Driver's side window, as consumer is facing door, there is a crack in door. Took vehicle to dealer, and they said it was a cracked weld. *ak there was cracking on door and roof seams but necessay repair was done on warranty.
1998 Ford F-150 body complaints
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Driver's side door panel is splitting when consumer closes door. There are cracks inside and outside, exterior is showing big cracks. Ford was notified.
Drivers door sheet metal has 3/4" horizontal crack even with window sill, looks like top of door could break off in a crash.
From 1997's to 2000's f-150 1 or 2 of their doors are cracking just above the door handles at bottom of glass on the exterior ford motor co. Has service bulletins dated in 1998 on my truck telling of these cracks . 2 people in my family has this problem also with their 2000's, and just about everyone I tell has the same problem , a lot of them aren't aware of it, ford wants to pay 80%, they should pay it all.
On 97's and up the doors are cracking just above the door handles on the outside there is service bulletins on my 98 telling of these cracks just about everyone I talk to has this problem and didn't know anything about it. Ford wants to pay 80% ,I feel they should have a recall on all of them and pay it all.
Both the driver's and passanger's doors have sheet metal failure next to the lower rear corner of the window. Crack is approximately 1/2 inch long and appears to be growing. Dealer says ford knows of this issue but is not covering it.
Crack in drivers side door .seems to be a very common problem.
Driverside door has a 1/2" crack in sheet metal around window. Took truck to nearest dealership and they blew me off. Called ford motor company, they also blew me off. Ford has numerious trucks in the 1997-98 year having same problem. They won't do any nessicary repairs. They should have a recall, due to the fact that this is a manufacturing defect.
There are so many complaiets on the cracked door why is there not a recall?
My truck has a crack in the outside body sheet metal near the corner of the drivers window on the door. Dealership where I bought it says nothing they can do because it is out of warranty. This crack is due to maufactures defect. I need help in bearing the cost of repair. The federal safety agency item # sb608461 / service bulletin # 99-6754
The door crack is at the base of the lower window structure. The crack will continue to increase in size further weakening the door strength. It is unknow if the door will remain intact during collision. Personal survey results : 62 vehicles examined, 52 had cracks, 2 were repaired under warranty by manufacturer.
Driver's and passenger's side doors are cracking vertically, and the upper and lower doors are detaching from panel.
Cracks in the door sheet metal at the lower rear of the belt molding.
I have noticed a small crack forming in the metal on the driver side door. If your facing the door form the outside, the crack is located by the lower right hand corner of the window. After doing some research I have found that this is a problem in many newer model ford trucks.
Crack developing in driver's side door sheet metal on aft post. Approximately 1/4" long. Have not contacted dealer. Personally inspected 5 other like trucks and found all to have similar cracks.
Both driver's side and passenger's side doors have cracked. Both doors were replaced. However, problem has reoccurred on the driver side. Consumer has contacted dealer. Please provide any further details.
Crack in driver's side door beyond window molding.
Driver side door has a 3/4 inch crack developing from about 1" from the rounding from the bottom rear corner of the outside window molding (metal part of the door) and have notice avery ford 150 I've look at has this door crack. And over hafe of have them have them on both driver & passenger doors. There seem to be a disign flaw that ford motor company doesn't want to say yes to. And fix the flaw and not just put a band-aid fix on it. You spend any where's from 22,000 to 29,000 not including tax and all they are going to do is drill weld and bondo. That's a poor engneering design. I could under stand if the truck only costed $1000 not only is there a safety concern for starters. Lets get to the bottom of this once and for all?
Deal has attempted to fix both brakes and the door cracks: brakes still do not work and door cracked again. Dealer now will not fix them again.
Both doors are experiencing cracks in the metal. Dealer/manufacturer were not contacted at this time.
On-going problem with running board gets slippery when wet / in very cold weather. Dealer notified, and nothing could be done. Asking the federal safety agency to look into this matter, could cause bodily harm. *ak
Crack found on door, I have heard of many others exeriencing this problem
Rear of left side frame cracked piece fell off @ t/hitch mount
There is a crack developing in the door sheet metal at the lower rear of the belt molding. Could lead to disassembly or failure of door
Crack developing on door, at rear side of window, 2" above bottom of window. Almost every f-150 owner who's heard of this problem has taken a look at his/her truck and found same problem. Ford not making any effort to remedy.
There is a crack (1/2" in length) that has developed on the outer sheetmetal of the drivers door on the lower left hand corner near the l shaped weatherstripping. This crack is growing weekly and structural integrity in an accident is my major concern as the crack can act as a "crumple" joint. Cosmetically it is also likely to begin to rust if not corrected as the paint is beginning to peel around the crack.
Door sheet metal cracking around window. Unknown affect to integrity of door.
As stated, the door is cracking at the rear of the driver's side window approximately 1/4 of the way up from the bottom of the window. I have personally seen numerous f150 vehicles with the same type of crack. I believe this to be a safety issue because of the compromise of the structural integrity of the vehicle at normal speed as well as during a crash.
Cracks appearing in door
Center console located on the 60/40 split bench seat has a cup holder / storage compartment. However, console will lock in the up position, but will not lock in the down position causing discomfort to driver possible safety hazard.
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