2001 FORD F-150 Suspension Problems

GAS TANK FELL OUT OF VEHICLE,TEARING FILLER HOSE. TANK STRAPS AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURES RUST THRU, FAILURE. DRIVERS' SIDE REAR SHOCK DROPPED FROM VEHICLE BECAUSE METAL BRACKET IT WAS ATTACHED TO ROTTED THRU. BED RAILS COMPLETELY RUSTED THRU. FRAME HAS RUSTED THRU HOLES. COMPLETE RUST FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 90K MILES ALWAYS MAINTAINED, WASHED UNDERNEATH WEEKLY IN WINTER. VEHICLE IN MOTION WHEN PARTS FELL ON RTE 58 AND THE SHOCK ON TOWN STREET..$900 TO REPAIR GAS TANK. SHOCK INCIDENT HAPPENED TODAY 11/26/2017, GAS TANK 9/12/2016

THERE HAS BEEN NO INCIDENT AS YET BUT THE FRAME OF THIS VEHICLE HAS SUCH EXTREME CORROSION THAT CERTIFIED MECHANICS ARE RELUCTANT TO WORK ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A FAILURE OCCURRING AT CONNECTION POINT WHERE THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION CONNECTS TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THEIR CONCERN IS A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IF ANY OF THE STEERING OR SUSPENSION CONNECTION POINTS FAIL DUE TO THE SEVERELY CORRODED FRAME. THIS IS NOT SURFACE CORROSION, THE METAL IS FLAKED AND SEPARATED AND IT IS THE ENTIRE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD JUST SPENT $4,000 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BACK TO THE TAIL PIPE AND THE MECHANIC IS WARNING ME ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE SUSPENSION AND STEERING COMPONENTS BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME CORROSION. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 77, 000 ORIGINAL MILES AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN SEVERE...

FRONT END BOUNCES AND IS EXTREMELY NOISY EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. MECHANICS REPLACED SWAY BAR AND THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE CORRECTION OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

SEVERE CORROSION ISSUES. *TR

ITS NOT WHAT HAPPENED ITS WHAT MAY HAPPEN SOON THE RUST IS SO BAD IN THE REAR I CANT EVEN PUT A TRAILER HITCH ON AND THE REAR SHACKLES THAT HOLD THE LEAF SPRINGS ON ARE ABOUT TO BREAK OFF THERES SO MUCH RUST IM VERY CONCERNED. *TR

THE FUEL TANK STRAPS ON MY 2001 FORD F150 ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED. OTHER AREAS HAVE ALSO RUSTED OUT SUCH AS THE RADIATOR SUPPORTS - RADIATOR AND SHROUD DROPPED OUT AND ARE HITTING AGAINST THE ENGINE FAN. THE PICK-UP BED OF THE TRUCK IS ALSO RUSTING OUT. UPDATED 08/11/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE INSPECTED THE STRAPS, HE FOUND ONE OF THEM COMPLETELY COVERED IN RUST, BUT STILL IN TACT. ALSO, THERE WAS UNUSUAL RUSTING ALL OVER THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE LOWER RADIATOR SUPPORT WAS ROTTED OUT AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PICK-UP BED AND OTHER SUPPORTS HAVE MAJOR RUST. UPDATED 08/12/11 THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE SUPPORT GAVE OUT THE RADIATOR AND RADIATOR SHROUD FELL ONTO THE FAN THAT IS MOUNTED TO THE ENGINE. ALSO, THE BALL JOINTS AND STEERING WERE WEARING PREMATURELY DUE TO LACK OF GREASE FITTINGS. UPDATED 08/30/11 *TR

I HAVE OWNED MY TRUCK FOR 15 MONTHS, AND RECENTLY I HAVE A SEVERE VIBRATION AT SPEEDS OF 40-45 MPH. I BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP 4 TIMES, THE LAST TIME BEING TOWED IN, BECAUSE IT SHOOK SO BAD, I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND THAT DIDN'T EVEN HELP. I HAVE CALLED FORD ON MANY ATEMPTS, TO INFORM THEM OF THIS PROBLEM, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS I HAVE HAD. THEIR RESPONSE WAS, OH WELL. I JUST LEARNED TODAY, THAT THE SEVERE VIBRATION IS COMMON IN THESE TRUCKS. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS, I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. IT IT EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THERE IS A WEIGHT OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE INSTALLED TO HELP THE VIBRATION. IF THIS IS TRUE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HOW I CAN GET IT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE SUSPENSION BOLT SNAPPED. *JB

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AT 1900 MILES. SUSPENSION, FUMES, BRAKES, SIGNAL SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SHORTAGES.

FROM ACCELERATION OF 25-50 MPH, A SEVERE VIBRATION WOULD OCCUR IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. AT 70 MPH OR MORE REAR END WOULD VIBRATE SEVERELY ALONG WITH A ROARING AND GRINDING SOUND. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK THE VIBRATION IS EXTREME TO THE POINT THAT CONSUMER IS AFRAID TO RIDE IN THE VEHICLE. THE POPPING SOUND IN THE DRIVERS SEAT FEELS LIKE THE SEAT IS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD OUT OF THE LOCKED POSITION. WHEN CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE HAD A NOISE UNDERNEATH. IT WAS TOLD TO CONSUMER THAT IT WAS BEING REPAIRED WITH A NEW MUFFLER THAT HAD BEEN ORDERED. AT THE TIME THE MUFFLER WAS BEING REPAIRED THE VIBRATION ALSO WAS WORKED ON. THE WORK DID NOT CORRECT THE VIBRATION PROBLEM. A SERVICE MAN TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE CONSUMER AND AGAIN THE VIBRATION PRESENTED...

TIRES ARE NOT IN ALIGN PROPERLY DUE TO SUSPENSION. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER HAD TO SWERVE TO LEFT TO AVOID HITTING A DOG, HE THEN SWERVED TO RIGHT TO GET BACK ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK *SLC