2000 Ford F150 caught on fire while parked in the driveway.

- Houston, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2000, Ford, F150. He states that the vehicle caught on fire from the engine.

- El Monte, CA, USA

The consumer stated the engine caught on fire.

- Tyler, TX, USA

Arrived home 1500 parked 2000 Ford F150 in front of home. Truck had no modifications no leaks no previous problems with the exception of the cruise control which quit working in Sept or Oct at 1800 the truck burst into flames on LH front from under hood truck was parked 3 hours totally cold truck was totally destroyed.

- Mcdonough, GA, USA

The rear differential was fixed 3 times. When backing out of a driveway if the shifter was in drive, the vehicle shuttered. The vehicle was taken to the dealer 4 times within a 100,00 miles. The engine failed on one occasion.

- Decatur, MI, USA

2000 Ford lightning 5.4 spark plug blew out of head.

- Honolulu, HI, USA

Spark plug on my Ford svt F150 lightning popped out of the cylinder head while I was driving to work today. Doing 65 mph and had to swerve over into their traffic to get to the shoulder safely. Warranty just expired in June but still have only 21,000 miles on my truck. This is not right because I'm looking at a bill of several thousand dollars to get this fixed.

- Burke, VA, USA

Driving to work doing 60 mph slowing down to get on a off ramp and I heard a big bang. I look under the hood and my, passenger side second from the front, plug, coil, and boot were ejected from there hole.

- Mobile, AL, USA

While cruising at 65 mph a spark plug blew out of the cylinder into the fuel rail. Luckily no fire was started. This seems to be a common problem in the 5.4L engine. As even Ford has changed the design of newer 5.4L engines, but has done nothing for earlier owners. The vehicle has 40,000 miles and I was told that the vehicle had an extended warranty in 11/02. However, Ford now says the warranty was put on by mistake and was cancelled 1/03 - not notifying me, the owner of the truck, about it's cancellation. I have owned Ford for the last 18 years, but this will be my last.

- San Jose, CA, USA

I have a well maintained 2000 F-150 5.4L with 69,800 miles that spun a bearing last week. After pulling the motor and removing the oil pan, it is quite obvious that this is a manufacturing defect. The 'broken rods' that are used in this motor are of very poor quality. I contacted Ford customer service and their response was, "I am sorry about your luck, but your vehicle is no longer under warranty". please advise.

- Valencia, PA, USA

Only after 30,000 miles the check engine light comes on. Nothing seemed to be wrong. The longer the light was on the more the truck started to sputter and cut off while in drive. After being hooked up to a computer we found the oxygen sensor has gone bad.

- Keysville, VA, USA

Right side head gasket leaking oil. Replaced by Ford at 24,000 miles (Jan 2002). Truck now has 49,000 and is out of warranty. Right side head gasket leaking oil again. Common problem with 5.4L Ford dealers acknowledge a problem and say they have completed numerous repeat repairs at the consumers expense due to Ford's unwillingness to recall.

- Greeneville, TN, USA

Have a Ford F150 lightning truck. 2 weeks after I bought it cylinder #2 blew the spark plug out of the head. All I did was turn the engine over and it blew. When the dealer replaced the head and plugs they found 3 of the 7 remaining plugs loose. If I didn't have the dealer replace the plugs, it would of happened again. I have all this on an invoice. Dealer would not cover it under warranty. Bill was $2300.

- Tempe, AZ, USA

2000 F-150 4.6L engine. Blown spark plug, which damaged the driver's side head. Ford will not approve of a repair, so either the head or the engine needs to be replaced. From reading various Ford forums and message boards, this is a known problem that Ford should be held accountable for on the 4.6L and 5.4L engines.

- Lawrenceville, GA, USA

I had $1375 worth of maintenance done on my 2000 Ford F-150 at mak haik Ford on Aug.14, 2003, such as transmission & power steering flush, replacing fuel, air & oil filters, new brakes & fixing ABS sensor, etc. When I got home straight from the mak haik, the alarm was acting up. Later, I discovered the cruise control was broken. Two days later, while I was in bww on westheimer, my truck combusted into flames (about 30-40 feet high). The truck is a write-off. Mak haik blew up my truck. I want my $1375 back as well as approx. $32,500 for the truck.

- Houston, TX, USA

Spark plug launched from cylinder #7 (third back passenger side) on my 2000 Ford F-150 lightning with 26, xxx miles.

- Cascade, WI, USA

Factory intercooler is leaking at 41000 miles dealer said recall ended Sept 2002. Bought truck used didn't know about recall now will have to pay $1500 to fix the problem Ford knows about.

- Newport News, VA, USA

The engine failed while driving and caused the check engine light to illuminate.

- Newport, MI, USA

The consumer turned the vehicle off, and nearly 2 hours later, the horn began "blaring" and then the vehicle caught fire under the hood. Around 2 months before the fire the cruise control stopped working. Never had repaired.. the cruise starting working for about a half hour one day then stopped working again. Then the brake lights went out. One fuse was blown. Replaced 4 fuses and they kept blowing with a flash. On the fifth fuse I started the truck up and it took the fuse without blowing. This was all the day before the fire.

- Lima, OH, USA

The engine rattled on a cold start, which was commonly called a slapped piston, a ground wire was replaced under the hood, and a fuse was replaced for the cigarette lighter.

- Minier, IL, USA