2000 Ford F-150: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Dec 2, 2017 · Transmission · 200,000 miles · AR

While in neutral there is a whinning noise push clutch in it quietens but its tough switching into gears. It grinds very hard to put shifter in any gear. Now it whines all the time. And it grinds even more now going from first to second upon accelerating . When in reverse it stutters really bad ive checked all fluids.

Filed May 24, 2011 · Body · 149,000 miles · MA

I began hearing a squeal coming from the engine compartment and on stopping I could hear the cooling fan hitting the fan cowling. I thought the squeal was from one of the idler pulleys on the serpentine belt, and thought that maybe the fan cowling had loosened. On my way to the repair station, I lost the belt, it came completely off. What actually happened was the radiator support had completely rusted and disintegrated causing the front portion of the engine components to fall forward. I had to bring the vehicle to a body shop where they had to remove the bumper, front end, both fenders, and the hood to replace the radiator support. The owner of the shop knew of this problem when I brought the truck in and stated that this was a common problem with this truck and that he has done approximately 20 of them in the past year. $1400.00 dollars later my truck rides much better and noise free. I thought that I had something going on the passenger side of the truck, for it would bounce terribly over bumps. I thought maybe a bad shock. Turns out after this repair, the problem is gone.

Filed Mar 18, 2009 · Suspension · 116,900 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford f150 xl 4x4. The contact stated that the rear suspension on the vehicle failed due to the rack and pinion. Before the vehicle was diagnosed, he heard a grinding sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was repaired at that time. He stated that other ford f-150 owners have experienced the same issue. The contact does not want to drive the vehicle while hauling something and the rear suspension fails and causes a major crash. The current mileage was 117,000 and failure mileage was 116,900.

Filed Aug 14, 2004 · Electrical, Transmission · 28,000 miles · CO

Electrical problems. Most significantly the truck shut off while I was driving down a road at about 50mph. Zero electrical and the power stearing was out and I had to muscle the truck to the side of the road, my wife would not have been able to do this.I waited about 15 minutes and it started. Had I been in a turn I may not have been able to turn the truck fast enough and hit oncomming cars. I took it in to john elway ford dealership and they said they couldnt find anything wrong with it and said they could do nothing. They said there was no error code logged in the computer so nothing was done. Today, aug 13, 2004 the truck started but the odometer was not lit but then lit when I backed out of my parking space. My wife later took the truck to the store then to a playground where it failed to start again. This is the third occurance of this and the ford dealership said they could not find anything wrong. When I called ford they agreed that they could not do anything if they could not recreate the problem. I also have an occasional grinding from 2nd to 3rd gear that I have taken it in for several times only to be told sorry we cant recreate the problem. My main concern is losing electrical power while driving. If this happens to my pregnante wife I am very concerned that she could get into a bad accident.

Filed Jun 14, 2004 · Transmission · 40,000 miles · GA

The standard transmission grinds going into third all the time and going into first sometimes. This has been going on since 40,000 miles. After many trips to the dealer, I finally found out that this is a common problem and they would do nothing for me. I love the truck, but hate the transmission.

Filed Jun 16, 2003 · Airbags · MA · crash · 1 injury

While driving made a left turn and heard a grinding noise from steering column. Without warning both driver's and passenger's front air bags deployed, causing significant injury to consumer and damage to vehicle.

Filed Jul 11, 2001 · Brakes · OH

Premature wear of brake pads and rotors. Dealer has replaced rotors twice, and brakes still squeak when applied. Please provide additional information.