1999 FORD F-150 Structurebodydoor Problems

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 EXTENDED CAB THERE IS A CRACK IN THE METAL AREA NEXT TO THE WINDOW AREA ON BOTH BIG DOORS. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT CERTAIN MODEL YEARS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. THESE CRACKS ARE GETTING WORSE. SINCE I FOUND THIS I LOOK AT OTHER FORD TRUCKS AND ON CERTAIN YEARS I BELIEVE 1999-2003 OR 2004 ON THE EXT .CABS THAT THESE CRACKS APPEAR ON EITHER ONE SIDE AND CERTAIN YEARS ON BOTH SIDES. I HAVE CALLED FORD BUT THEY WILL NOT RESPOND. I CAN FAX YOU A PICTURE OF THESE CRACKS IF YOU LIKE. I BELIEVE THESE CRACKS HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE MANUFACTURE DATE. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED 12/27/2005. THE TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR AT 20000 MILES. THE SEAT BELT ROLLER HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE AIR BAG CONTROL WAS REPLACED. BOTH DOORS HAD STRESS FRACTURES. THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE NOT SECURED PROPERLY WHICH RESULTED IN WEAR . THE WHEEL HUBS CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE DRIVER SIDE EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR WAS DEFECTIVE. *NM

DT: 1999 FORD F150. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE CRACKED JUST ABOVE THE DOOR HANDLE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY SAID THEY COULD GO 80%, THE CONSUMER COULD GO 20% ON THE BALANCE TO HAVE THE DOOR FIXED. THIS WOULD TAKE 3 TO 4 DAYS. DOOR WAS CRACKED BEFORE THE CONSUMER BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THIS WAS A STRUCTURAL DEFECT. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A KNOWN STRUCTURE DEFECT. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT SATISFIED.*AK

CRACK IS PRESENT IN THE DOOR SHEET METAL AT THE LOWER REAR OF THE WINDOW OPENING NEAR THE BELT MOLDING.*AK

THERE ARE STRUCTURAL CRACKS DEVELOPING ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGERS DOORS ON THE REAR UPRIGHT ADJACENT TO THE EXTERIOR HANDLE. *AK UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

MY FORD F-150 HAS A DEFECT IN THE DOORS THAT CAUSES THE METAL TO SPLIT AND THEN RUST. I CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY, WHO TOLD ME THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THE WARRANTY ON MY 1999 HAD EXPIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO.*AK THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AS CAN BE SEEN BY CHECKING AT: HTTP://WWW.F150ONLINE.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=&THREADID=1266 HTTP://WWW.F150ONLINE.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=DE44BCE6977B55250BD9B03E02B22148&THREADID=1468&PERPAGE=15&PAGENUMBER=1 A PICTURE THAT IS THE EXACT SAME FAILURE THAT I AND MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE IS HERE: HTTP://WWW.F150ONLINE.COM/ARTICLES/CRACKS.HTML I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL BODYSHOP AND THE ESTIMATE TO REPAIR WAS OVER $500, BUT THE OWNER TOLD ME THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT THEM. WHICH I DID, ONLY TO BE TURNED AWAY. UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FRAME DEVELOPED A CRACK. AS A RESULT, THE DOOR RUSTED AND LEAKED WATER.*AK

EXTERIOR - DOOR - DRIVER AND PASSENGER - CRACKS ALONG THE CURVE ON BODY ALONG THE BOTTOM BACK CURVE OF THE WINDOW MOLDING. *LA

DISCOVERED A CRACK IN DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR NEXT TO WINDOW.*AK

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS A SMALL STRESS CRACK IN THE SHEET METAL BY THE LOWER REAR WEATHER STRIPING ON THE WINDOW, CALLED MY DEALER AND FORD THEY COULDN'T HELP ME. *JB

EXHIBIT CRACKS IN THE DOOR SHEET METAL AT THE LOWER REAR OF THE BELT MOLDING. *AK

THERE IS A CRACK ON BOTH DOORS ON MY FORD F-150, BY THE WINDOW. THIS LOOKS LIKE A STRESS CRACK AND NOT WEAR AND TEAR. *LA

DOORS DEVELOPED CRACKS ABOVE THE INSIDE HANDLES. A KIT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM COSTS $600.00 PER DOOR.*AK *MR

DOORS ARE CRACKING APPROXIMATELY 4 1/2 INCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW WHERE THE DOOR HANDLES ARE LOCATED. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE THE PROBLEM, AND A REPAIR KIT IS AVAILABLE. THE COST OF THE KIT IS $600.00 PER DOOR.*AK *MR

I HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF THE HEAD ON MY TRUCK. IT IS A 1999 FORD F-150, WITH A 5.4 LITER TRITON V-8 ENGINE. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS, UNTIL THE MECHANIC AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAD SEEN IT BEFORE. ALSO AT AN EARLIER DATE THE SHEET METAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ABOUT THREE INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW CRACKED. ITS HAS CRACKED TWO MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. THEY (FORD MOTOR CO.) FINALLY PUT A NEW DOOR SKIN ON, BUT A MAN WHO I KNOW THAT RUNS A BODY SHOP SAID IT'S IN THE DOOR ITSELF AND THAT A SKIN WOULDN'T PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. I'M JUST VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE ON THE MARKET ANYMORE THEY LACK QUALITY AND THEY DON'T LAST FOR NEAR AS LONG AS THEY SHOULD. *LA

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-150 THAT DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE DOOR. *LA

DOOR FRAME CRACK AROUND WINDOW ON 1999 FORD F-150 TRUCK. *AK

THERE WAS A HORIZONTAL CRACK IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ABOUT 1.5 INCHES ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW OPENING. THE CRACK WAS PROGRESSING HORIZONTALLY TOWARD THE BACK OF THE DOOR. *TT

THE DOOR CONTAINED A CRACKED. *JB *TS *JB

CRACKS IN DOOR ON F150, BOTH DOORS. ----DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/01 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS--------769337. *AK

FORD PICKUP F150 TRUCK DOORS CRACKED AT WINDOWS ON BOTH SIDES. REPAIRED THROUGH FORD. THE DOORS CRACKED AGAIN WITHIN MONTH OF REPAIR. NOT FIXED ALTHOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FORD ISSUED BULLETIN AFTER REPAIRED, BUT WE WERE NOT INFORMED. BULLETIN TIME FRAME HAS EXPIRED. FORD REFUSES TO FIX. ALSO, FRAME UNDER BED WHERE CLASS 3 HITCH WAS INSTALLED PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF VEHICLE (NEW), BROKE. HAVE PICTURES OF SAME. FORD REFUSED TO FIX OR REPLACE FRAME. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE TOWING ON INTERSTATE, ALL COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED WHEN HITCH AND TRAILER BOUNCED OFF THE ROAD BED AND DUG INTO THE ROAD WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. FORD REFUSES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. HAD REPAIRS DONE BY WELDING SHOP. BODY SHOP AND WELDING SHOP BOTH STATE FRAME IS SUBSTANDARD (TOO THIN FOR WEIGHT THAT FORD STATES THIS TRUCK CAN SAFELY TOW). TONGUE WEIGHT LESS THEN 250#...SEATS REPAIRED 2 TIMES WITHIN...

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS CRACKED. *NLM SCC

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE MIDDLE AND DOOR IS RUSTY. PH

MY 1999 FORD F-150 HAS A CRACK IN THE ON THE SHEET METAL DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. CRACK IS LOCATED LOWER RIGHT SIDE. SINCE I NOTICED MY DOOR CRACKED I'VE BEN ON THE LOOK OUT FOR OTHER CRACKED DOORS. TO DATE AND AT RANDOM I HAVE FOUND 11 OUT OF 14 F-150'S WITH ONE OR BOTH DOORS CRACKED.SO FAR I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TELL 4 OUT OF THE 11 THAT THEIR DOOR WAS CRACKED AND NOT A ONE HAD A CLUE THEIR DOOD WAS CRACKED UNTIL I TOLD THEM. ON THE INTERNET I HAVE SEEN 100'S OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I CAN TELL FORD HAD THIS PROBLEM IN 1997, 1998, 1999, AND 2000. WHAT DOES A PERSON HAVE TO DO TO HAVE SOME ONE REALIZE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM.FORD HAS A BIG PROBLEM AND SEEMS TO WANT TO DO NOTHING TO...

CONSUMER STATES' WHEN DOOR IS SHUT, COMPUTER REGISTERS THAT DOOR IS OPEN. CONSUMER STATES AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ILLUMINATES FOR NO REASON. THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT ON WINDSHIELD EFFECTS CONSUMERS VISION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE CRACK IN THE DOOR IS COMING OUT FROM BEHIND THE WEATHER STRIPPING AROUND THE WINDOW. TO MY UNDERSTANDING IT IS DUE TO A FLEX IN THE SHEET MEDAL BEING TO THIN. DT

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE METAL NEAR THE WINDOW. TS

THE LEFT DRIVERS DOOR EXHIBITS A (STRESS?) CRACK APPROX. 1/4 IN. LONG LOCATED AT THE EXTERIOR RADIUS WHERE THE DOOR PANEL MEETS THE GLASS OF THE SIDE WINDOW AT AN AREA CLOSEST TO THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE. SUBJECT CRACK RUNS HORIZONTALLY FOR APPROX. 1/4 INCH. DEALER STATES THIS CRACK CAN CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE IF NOT REPAIRED. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAYS THEY WILL NOT PAY TO REPAIR UNLESS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIEVE IF THE CRACK IS ALLOWED TO PROPAGATE AT SOME POINT THIS BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE AS DOOR STRUCTURE WILL LOSE ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. APPARENTLY THIS PROBLEM HAS SURFACED OFTEN ENOUGH THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS DEVELOPED A REPAIR PROCEDURE/KIT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY FORD AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. THANK YOU. FORD MOTOR CO. HAS DEVELOPED

CONSUMER WANTS INFORMATION ON WHAT THE MANUFACTURER IS DOING ABOUT THE WINDOW FRAME DOOR CRACKS. HIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *JG *NM

CONSUMER STATES BOTH DOORS ON VEHICLE IS CRACKED. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH DOOR, A SPLIT WAS OUTSIDE OF GLASS.*JB

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS CRACKING ON OUTSIDE THROUGH METAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. DOOR WAS UNDER SHEET METAL. *AK *YH

I AM CONCERNED THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY THIS FACTORY DESIGN DEFECT. I AM CONCERNED THAT IN A CRASH THIS DOOR WILL FAIL TO PROTECT ME, SINCE IT HAS ALREADY CRACKED. I AM STILL AWAITING THE PASS. SIDE TO CRACK AS WELL. ALMOST ALL OF THIS MODEL YEAR AS WELL AS 1997, 1998, AND 2000 ARE CRACKED IN SAME AREA.*AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ON MY TRUCK HAS CRACKED FOR THE SECOND TIME. I KNOW OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND FORD SAID THEY WONT REPLACE IT AND I DONT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE A DOOR FOR THE SEND TIME IN 3 YEARS WHEN I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE BODY SHOP MANAGER THE FIRST TIME I HAD THE DOOR REPLACED THAT IN ALL LIKELYHOOD THE DOOR THEY JUST PUT ON WILL BREAK AGAIN. I WANT HELP BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT DECREASE THE VALUE OF MY TRUCK THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD BUT THE SAFTY OF IT BECAUSE I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT IF NOT FIXED THE WELD WILL COMPLETLY BREAK. IF YOU NEED OTHER INSTANCES OF THE SAME THING HAPPING TO OTHERS GO TO F150.COM THERE ARE POST THERE OF THE SAME...

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS SPLITTING ON OUTSIDE AT METAL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DOOR IS ON BACKORDER . DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH DOORS.*AK

WHILE LOOKING VEHICLE OVER, CONSUMER NOTICED CRACKS ON TOP OF DOOR FRAME BY WINDOW. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER WANTS $300 FOR REPAIR, THEY HAVE SPECIAL KIT FOR THIS REPAIR BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE FAULTY DOORS. *YD

CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK ON BOTH DOORS AT POST WHERE IT CURBED. CRACK HAD DEVELOPED ABOUT AN INCH LONG. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY SOLUTION TO PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVERS DOOR HAS A CRACK IN THE SHEET METAL ABOUT THREE OR FOUR INCHCES ABOVE THE BELT MOULDING AT THE REAR CORNER OF THE GLASS. THE DEALER SO FAR HAS REF SED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AND AT FIRST COMPLETELY DENIED THAT THERE WAS EVEN A PROBLEM. CLEARLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT AS THERE IS A TECNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN DATING 11/98. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS A 1999 F-150 WITH BOTH DOORS CRACKED IN EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE. OBVIOUSLY MY DRIVERS DOOR IS THE ONLY ONE CRACKED ON MY TRUCK BECAUSE IT GETS THE MAJORITY OF USE. I FIND IT DESPICABLE THAT FORD WOULD CONTINUE TO MANUFACTURE THE SAME DEFECTIVE PRODUCT SINCE 1997 AND REFUSE TO FIX IT AS WELL AS DENIE KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PROBLEM. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS AUOTBODY PROFESSIONALS WHO ALL HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM. WHATS...

CRACK IN THE DOOR SHEET METAL AT THE LOWER REAR OF THE WINDOW OPENING NEAR THE BELT MOLDING. *AK

I GOT IN A ACCIDENT WITH A DEER AND WAS TALKING WITH REPAIR PERSONAL. WHEN ONE ASKED IF I WAS HAVING ANY TROUBLE WITH MY DOOR. I SAID IT SHAKES WHEN HITTING BUMPS. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE DOOR FLYING OPEN WHEN ROLL OVER OCCUR. HE SAID THEY HAVE SEEN ALOT OF THEM CRACKING RIGHT AT THE WINDOW BASE THEN WE LOOKED AT MINE AND IT WAS CRACKED ALSO. HE SAID THAT THE DEALER WAS FIXING THE CRACK FOR FREE BUT WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID NO THEY WERE NOT FIXING THE DOORS. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF DEATH BECAUSE OF IMPROPER FIT. INTHE CASE OF A ROLL OVER THE DOOR MAY COME OPEN MORE FREELY.*AK

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT DOORS ARE CRACKING AROUND WINDOW, BODY OF VEHICLE IS FRAGILE. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT, DOORS MAY NOT HOLD. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *ET

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAS CRACKED NOW FOR THE 2ND TIME IN THE SAME PLACE. THE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED AT BOB TOWNSEND FORD IN CINCINNATI, OH AND WHEN I RETURNED TO SHOW THE DEALER THAT THE DOOR WAS CRACKED AGAIN I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MGR THAT SOMETIMES STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS. I HAVE NOTICED THE SAME CRACK IN THE SAME SPOT ON OTHER FORDS INCLUDING THE 97 MODEL. I WANT MY DOOR REPAIRED BY FORD! I WAS TOLD BY BOB TOWNSEND FORD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR OUT OF MY POCKET. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT IS UNWILLING TO HONOR ITS SO CALLED QUALITY CARE PROGRAM TO ITS CUSTOMERS.*AK

THERE IS A CRACK IN THE SHEET METAL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHICH HAS STARTED TO RUST THE FORD MOTOR CO. DENIES ANY PROBLEM AND REFUSED TO COVER COST OF REPAIR, BECAUSE IT HAS 53,000 MILES AND I DID NOT PURCHASE THE TRUCK NEW.

CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR, AND ANOTHER DOOR WAS PUT ON. CURRENTLY, IT WAS HAPPENING TO NEW DOOR.*AK

DOOR STRUCTURE CRACKING AT BOTTOM OF WINDOW. *AK

WHEN ROLLING UP WINDOW IT PUSHES ON DOOR FRAME AND PRODUCES CRACK ON DOOR HANDLE, BELOW RIGHT WINDOW LOWER PORTION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *JB

DEALER REFUSES TO FIX THIS INHERENT PROBLEM.*AK

METAL PART OF DRIVER'S DOOR IS CRACKING.*AK REPAIRED BY THE DEALER BUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE OF VEHICLE. *YH

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS A CRACK IN NEAR THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. THE CRACK APPEARS TO BE STRUCTURAL IN NATURE. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.5" IN LENGTH FROM THE INTERIOR EDGE OF THE SHEET METAL EXTENDING OUT TO BEYOND THE END OF THE WINDOW MOLDING. *AK

DOORS HAVE A ELECTRICAL SHOCK. WHEN EXITING TRHROUGH DOORS FROM VEHICLE CONSUMER WILL GET AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK THE ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAPPENS ONLY TO THE DRIVER NOT PASSENGERS. THE DRIVER THINKS A BUILD UP OF STATIC ELECTRICITY IS BEING TRANSFERRED BY STARTER, STEERING COLULMN, GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL. THE STARTER, THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM, CATALYTIC CONVERTOR AND EXHAUST SYSTEM HAD BEEN REPLACED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES. *YH

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR EDGE NEAR THE GLASS METAL IS SHEARING IN HALF AND PAINT IS CHIPPING.*AK