2000 Ford F-150: engine stalls while driving

Filed Nov 1, 2026 · Brakes, Electrical · MO

Truck was shut down while driving. I was unable to apply brakes in a safe manner, truck was hard to stop and steering wheel was impossible to turn. Something in the steering wheel column ALWAYS breaks on Ford F150 model trucks. There are 3 F150's in my family right now and ALL 3 have had the same exact problems. Something in the electrical system makes the batteries go bad prematurely. The air conditioner compressors and the dryers all go bad prematurely. The door locks on ALL Ford models break and doors cannot be opened. The gear shifters will not go all the way into park and vehicle rolls posing a danger to anyone standing nearby. I nearly got run over by this Ford F150 slipping out of gear and rolling backward, had there not been a planter with plants in between me and the truck I would have been run over by my own truck and DEAD! There AbSoLuTeLy DOES NOT need to be a KILL SWITCH installed on ANY vehicle, as it endangers all drivers and all passengers in the vehicle, as well as poses a danger to any surrounding motorists!!!!!! This is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS for an elderly driver or inexperienced driver!! Maybe before FORD installs a kill switch, they need to correct the JUNK they have been making for years (YEAR AFTER YEAR)!!!! ALL of theses issues have occurred in 6 FORD model vehicles, ranging from 1999 - 2013, to include a 2013 Ford Taurus, 2000 Ford F150, 1999 Ford F150, 2000, Ford F150 Lariat, 2006 Ford 500, 2010 Lincoln MKX. My 76 year old Mother has a friend her age that has a Mercury Sable (Ford 500 Style) that has had the same problems as well. I also spoke with a man at Auto Zone last Sunday, with a Ford Taurus, same problems.

Filed Nov 6, 2019 · Acceleration, Transmission · 100,000 miles · AR

First I purchased the ford f-150 2000 year model from a car dealership on oct 28, 2019. Immediately there was problems keeping it running. They put a new battery in it 2 days later then while reaching 50 MPH my tons would drop and the truck would not accelerate I had just put 51 dollars in the tank, then I pushed the gas to the floor my rooms would go all the way to 3 then I would have to let off the gas and it seemed to do a hard switch in gear. As this continued the entire truck shook till I figured ok just pump the gas and let off before the shaking got to bad. Now the shaking as gotten worse and the truck seems to not want to accelerate at all or does a hard stall. It is supposed to have a new low range motor with only 100,000 miles on it at least the dealer told me that, I also verbally made an agreement with the dealer that if anything was to go wrong he would fix it, he agreed. Now that I have seen my truck has 18 recalls and one that has not been fixed, a duplicate title and had 2 liens I honestly want my money back.im a single mother going to college and I'm all my daughter gots. I told the dealer I needed a reliable vehicle. The vehicle was in motion all times and it does it on the hwy and city streets.

Filed Jun 19, 2016 · 222,000 miles · CT · fire

I was driving home from work on the highway when I started to smell a slight burning smell. I was following a tractor trailer truck and I assumed it was just the smell of that trucks brakes. A few miles up the highway my truck shut off while driving. When I pulled over thats when I saw anoke coming from under the hood. I grabbed my keys and popped the hood. Thats when I saw a good sized flame on the drivers side of the engine compartment. I went a safe distance from the truck and called 911. My truck quickly went up in flames. I did some research and found alot of trucks the same year as mine were catching fire due to a recall for the speed control sensor. I then looked into that and found there waa no pending recall for that issue for my truck and could not find if it had been done on my truck previously.

Filed Mar 24, 2005 · Steering · 45,000 miles · WI

I purchased a new 2000 f150 pickup truck from van boxtel ford in green bay wi. After putting 45000-50000 miles I had a bad experience with my vehicle. I was driving into a parking lot off the street and was turning into the second parking stall when the vehicle would not turn. I stopped and got out of the truck to see if something was wrong.the front tires were pointing in opposite directions and I noticed a hissing sound coming from the right side front tire. I looked under the vehicle and the tierod had poked a hole thru the tire and rim. The vehiclewas totally unsteerable. The repairs were 700-800 dollars which ford did not stand behind.what would have happened had the tierod poked thru the rim and tire when iwas driving at highway speeds.I made three calls to ford at their headquarters, nobody called or responded as requested. People could be killed with this type of incident.

Filed Mar 14, 2005 · Electrical · MN

Vehicle was on the road when all of a sudden the spark plug blew out, causing vehicle to stall. Consumer will take vehicle to dealer for repairs for the second time.

Filed Apr 5, 2004 · Electrical · 59,472 miles · NJ

Ford f150 xl 2000. 11/28/03 coil #2 had to be replaced. 07/08/03 coil #4 had to be replaced. 03/06/03 coil #3 had to be replaced. On 04/05/04 my wife bessie was driving and the truck stalled. The steering wheel locked up and she had no control over the vehicle. Luckily, she did not get into an accident. She came to a complete stop, put the truck in park, turned the ignition off, then turned the ignition key and the vehicle started up. My wife was very upset. I contacted chapman ford rep. Bob 609‑646‑2000 concerning this matter. He asked me if I had the vehicle detailed lately. I advised him I had the vehicle washed last week. He advised me that water probably got into one of the coils and is causing the problem. I did not have the engine washed. These coils are defective. The vehicle bucks when the coils go bad and has very little power. On 07/02/03 the sensor and processor had to be replaced. Vehicle stalled while driving 65 MPH on 2 occasions. I lost complete power of the vehicle. Luckily, there was no accident. It costs over $200.00 to have the coils replaced. I have spent well over $600.00 in coil repairs. Ford nor chapman ford have compensated me for the defective coil repairs. I have a total of 8 coils and they are going bad one after another. After doing extensive investigating gentillini ford tim champion in woodbine advised me that chapman ford should have fixed the sensor and processor for free because it was under warranty. Chapman ford charged me for the sensor and processor. I communicated with service mgr. Jim bailey @ chapman ford for several months concerning this matter. Chapman ford finally reimbursed me for the sensor and processor.

Filed Sep 9, 2003 · Engine · 00

Timing sensor gear and pulley broke, causing vehicle to stall and lose power steering.

Filed May 13, 2003 · Engine · PR

While driving the vehicle stalled.

Filed Feb 12, 2003 · Suspension · WV

The front coil spring failed, which caused the vehicle to stall.

Filed Jan 6, 2003 · Engine · 58,000 miles · NM

Head gasket blew while driving causing antifreeze to leak resulting in engine overheating and stalling. Mechanic diagnosed head gasket as being defective. Ph

Filed Aug 15, 2001 · Fuel system · NJ

The f-150 pickup truck is a dual fuel vehicle which when cold on natural gas stalls on cool mornings.

Filed Sep 1, 2000 · Transmission · PA · crash

The vehicle stalls numerous times I have been involved in 1 minor accident with a stationary object I was almost hit by a tractor trailer when the vehicle stalled at an intersection I have tried numerous times to resolve the problem to no assurance that the vehicle is good to drive I have contacted ford and the dealership and also been contacted by them I have been given the run around numerous times. The truck has been to 2 different shops and it goes back in on 9/4/00 they have tried 3 times to correct the problem and only once did they do something to try to correct it and it has not worked