NHTSA Complaint #10244722 — 1999 FORD F-150

1999 FORD F150 . FORD PUT ALUMINUM HEADS IN THESE VEHICLES. THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE SHOOTING OUT THE SPARK PLUGS. THEY HAVE NEVER RECALLED THIS. IN THE PAST 4MOS, WE HAVE HAD 4 SPARK PLUGS SHOOT OUT. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT COST 300.00 TO REPAIR AND 200.00 FOR TOWING. NOT INCLUDING THE MONEY LOST IN WAGES, RENTING A VEHICLE ETC. I CONTACTED FORD AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THEY SAID THEY WOULD DOCUMENT THIS AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE END OF THIS. THE DEALER SHIP WE TOOK THIS TO, SAID THEY SEE A LOT OF THESE. IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE ALUMINUM HEADS AND FORD RECOGNIZES THIS NOW AND CHANGED IT. WELL, THEY DID NOT CHANGE IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE THESE TRUCKS. THIS SITUATION IF VERY FRUSTRATING TO ME AS A CONSUMER. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BLOW THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT EVEN 10YRS OLD. THERE ARE 4 MORE SPARK PLUGS THAT COULD GO YET. WE DO NOT HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY TO KEEP STICKING INTO THIS TRUCK AND WE ARE IN NO FINANCIAL SITUATION TO BUY ANOTHER ONE AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE TO GET BY WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH THIS MESS. IN MY OPINION AND OTHERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT, FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS. THEY NEED TO MAKE THIS RIGHT TO THEIR CONSUMERS. THANK YOU, WILLIAM KRUMHUS *TR