NHTSA Complaint #10146615 — 2000 FORD F-150 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE

Complaint Details

ODI Number	10146615
Vehicle	2000 FORD F-150
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
Date of Incident	August 1, 2005
Date Filed	December 31, 2005
Mileage	93,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	GA

Consumer Description

WELL I GOT SUCKERED OCT 4 2003 INTO A 2000 F-150 W/52,000 MILES . MY LOVELY TRUCK WAS DOING GREAT UNTIL SEPT 2004 AND THEN MY TRANNY WENT OUT. JUST BLEW OUT. WELL $1400 DOLLARS AND A LOT OF (I MEAN A LOT) OF MONEY AND TIME LATER (NOV 2004) I GOT IT FIXED (HAPPY TIMES RIGHT?). DAD, ME SOME BUDDIES PUT THE TRANNY IN. SO I AM DOING GREAT AND THEN I STARTED TO SMELL ANTI FREEZE AND WELL SOME TIME LATER IN AUG 2005 IT STARTED A STEEM SHOP OUT THE EXHAUST. WATER, ANTI FREEZE AND OIL THAT IS WHAT IS WAS. LOOKED LIKE HEAD GASKET OR HEAD MIGHT BE CRAKED SO GOT NEW GASKET SET AND GOT HEADS TESTED AND RESHAPED AND NEW HEAD BOLTS.($400 LATER) WELL I FINALY GOT TO GETTING IT BACK TOGETHER AND IT IS STILL SMOKING (TODAY IN DEC 2005). SO SOMETHING BAD IS WRONG MAYBE BLOCK IS CRAKED. I DONT KNOW BUT I AM VERY MAD I OWE $12,000 ON IT.

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