2000 Ford F-150: engine knocking or ticking

Filed Oct 3, 2026 · Suspension · TX

In my year 2000 Ford 150. I had the passenger window down and noticed it was sprinkling. I went outside to put the window up and when I closed the door, the back window of the truck literally smashed to pieces. I was told it was because of heat. I took pictures of everything. I am writing this as a recall so no one else will experience this or possibly get hurt. Also, the motor blew out at in the range of 180,000 miles. I was told the rods were knocking so hard.

Filed Aug 21, 2018 · Engine · 132,000 miles · TN

Takata recall, on my 2000 ford f-150 it had very few issues till this occured. At just over 130,000 miles the engine began knocking on the interstate and progressively grew worse as I was looking for a exit, it started to lose power and I got it to the shoulder before it died. Later that day I had a tow truck pull it up to a trusted shop about 60 miles away. The mechanic there said that it droped a rod and the crankshaft was shot. After talking to him, he said that this is a fairly frequent occurrence. I took it to get a second opinion from another shop a few miles away and had the same conversation. Both mechanics and a few fourms on the internet said this is a problem with the 1998-2003 and 2004 heritage, that have the ford 5.4 triton 2v engine. At the mechanic the the truck was diagnosed as nonrepareable engine and would have to be swaped out for a diffrent one. The cost of this was for a rebuilt engine by jasper's becasue a donor truck engine would be prone to the same failure. The cost to replace would total out to be around $6500 between parts and labor including the new engine. Be wary of the ford 5.4 2v engines, there are a few unicorns out there that will never have a problem, but most, even if they have regular maintenance like mine will be prone to this fate.

Filed Sep 6, 2007 · Engine · 30,000 miles · FL

30,000 miles motor started knocking, spun a bearing, had motor repaired now motor is knocking again. Ford motor and dealership denied any responsability

Filed Sep 25, 2006 · Engine · 62,000 miles · FL

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle began to lose power, accompanied by a knocking noise coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, who determined that the # 2 spark plug had blown out of the head. One year prior, the # 7 plug had also blown out of the head, and the dealer replaced the head, however the problem persisted.

Filed Jan 26, 2005 · Electrical · 60,000 miles · TX · fire

Consumer came home, parked the vehicle, and went to bed. Later, there was a knock on the door, and the consumer was notified that the vehicle was on fire. Consumer had an investigation done to see if the vehicle had been set on fire. The report came back negative.*ak

Filed Jan 7, 2004 · Acceleration · 20,000 miles · AZ

Consumer had a 2000, ford, f150 vehicle and from day one a hollow knocking noise was heard at idle, most noticeable when in gear at idle, or low RPM. Sounded like a diesel engine. Vehicle had been several times at different ford dealers, and they indicated there was nothing wrong, the service manager stated he did hear the noise, but ford did not know what it was. Therefore, they couldn't do anything.