2004 Ford F-150: engine knocking or ticking

Filed Nov 13, 2017 · Engine · 165,000 miles · MS

My ford f 150 has thrown a rod & the motor is knocking badly, to my understanding all 2004 ford f150 3v have a bad motor in all trucks, every truck I know have this problem. You exchange this motor to a later or early motor it won't work I being told by the dealership mech. I believe ford should be held to recall & replace these motors.

Filed Oct 19, 2017 · Engine · 116,454 miles · WA

Cam phazer is out leaning out the timing, causing the motor to knock and idle at 500 rpms causing the vehicle to completely stop in traffic or at a stop light. I am told at minimum a timing chain kit, phaser, might fix the problem if not I would need a new engine at 5000.00 dollars this needs to be a recall fix my truck only has 116454.miles on it and should not need this kink of repairs yet. Or should be covered by ford through a malfunction of equipment that was installed and there for malfunctioned prematurely

Filed Apr 19, 2017 · Engine · 139,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated that while stationary, the camshaft phaser malfunctioned. The contact stated that there was a knocking noise coming from the engine of the vehicle. In addition, the spark plugs and the timing chain were the source of the failure as well. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 139,000.

Filed Apr 6, 2017 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 179,000 miles · VA · crash

With my foot on the brake, I put the truck in reverse to begin backing out of a driveway. I applied a little gas to slowly backup around the turn in the drive. As I was rolling backwards, I had my foot on the brake because I was navigating past other parked vehicles. As I was clearing one of the vehicles, the truck suddenly jolted backwards hitting a tree. So then, with my foot on the brake, I put the truck in drive so that I could pull forward away from the tree. As I began to press on the gas pedal and the truck instantly thrust forward, hitting another tree, stopping the truck & knocking the tree over. It happened with such power that the wheels spun down into the mulch bed before I was able to brake, put the truck into park and remove the keys to turn it off. While the damage on the back bumper was minimal, the damage to the front of the truck was extensive & the insurance company declared the truck a total loss. There was one other time, while on the local highway at a stoplight, with my foot on the brake, that the truck began to thrust forward on its' own. After it first rocked forward, I pressed the brake all the way to the floor which prevented it from actually moving forward any more. Once the light turned green, the truck seemed to return to normal functioning. This incident occurred around the time I was due for a tune-up so I figured it was a fluke and would have been resolved with the tune up.

Filed Mar 14, 2016 · Engine · 185,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. While driving at approximately 24 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact had to depress the accelerator pedal with extreme force and the vehicle started to make an extremely loud abnormal knocking noise. The vehicle was parked at the contact's residence where it was diagnosed by an independent mechanic that the cam phaser seized and the engine needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 185,000.

Filed Jan 18, 2016 · Engine · 100,000 miles · MO

Had owned the truck for about 2 months before the engine started knocking, staling, and would just completely shake so bad the truck would shut off like it was outta gas! Had the cam shafts replaced, fixed the problem for about 15 days, then knocking started up again..long story short- engine ended up blowing up! $5000.00 later for a remanufactured engine with corrected parts that should of been corrected in the first place by ford! Selling faulty parts that could not only harm my family while driving but others on the roadways as well... Ford needs to own up and correct their mistakes! I will never purchase a ford vehicle again!

Filed Dec 27, 2015 · Engine · 155,000 miles · CA

My truck felt like it was driving really well, I was driving from a to b which was about 6 miles. Im almost home & I stop at a light,when it turned green I accelerated &when I did I heard a knocking sound&so I pulled over& I couldn't pin point exactly where it was coming from,just it was coming from the back of the engine on the right side. Im guessing maybe the 3rd or 4th spark plug. I checked my oil I was maybe 1quart low. So hoping that was it, I bought a quart&some oil repair to go in with it. The guy at autozone thought the same. As u could guess that didn't work.it sound almost like a lawn mower.which is baffling cuz there was no warning, no check engine light,no prior noise.I'm lost.I've been reading about spiting spark plugs&a lot of the same stuff happening in these trucks.I'm wondering if there was a recall? If not why? If there are complaints from over 1000 people saying the exact samething,why hunt ford done anything about it?I use this truck to take my71 year old vietnam veteran grandpa to his dr appointments&use it for work.from what I'm reading no one is gonna help but I have to try.please let me know if there is any advice or hopefully do the right thing & help me work with the dealership I bought the truck from.my# is [xxx].thanks. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Sep 18, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 96,000 miles · ID

Within a few weeks of purchasing my vehicle in february after pulling into a parking lot the check engine light came on. I also noticed it was making a ticking noise like a diesel engine but it's not a diesel. I went to get the codes and found it was a retarded variable valve timing issue code p0022. I looked online and went to multiple shops and mechanics to figure out the problem. After paying to replace the vct solenoids it was apparent that that was not the issue causing the timing problem. For weeks I noticed the truck shaking and at one point it actually stalled as I was pulling out of a parking lot into a busy road and it stalled as I was going into the road which caused the on coming traffic to slow and stop to avoid hitting me in the middle of the road. After spending weeks in the dealership service shop and a large sum of money they found they needed to replace the engine entirely. I have witnessed this issue happening to many many others online and in person who have the same year range with the 5.4l 3 valve triton engines. This is absolutely unacceptable for so many vehicle to have the same issue especially when it has under 100,000 miles. It is not only very poor quality for such a large price but also a safety hazard to the owner and others around these vehicles.

Filed Sep 13, 2015 · Engine · 77,000 miles · NC

Truck starts making a loud ticking noise coming from engine, I have always gotten oil changes and have no clue what this is but it has lowered power also. It is still making the ticking/rattling noise and its loud. Carried to ford dealership and was told it would cost $2000.00 or more. Told this is normal. I don't think a gasoline engine should sound like a diesel. This seems to be a manufacturer issue and ford needs to take responsibility for the problem.

Filed Jun 30, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 125,000 miles · MN

The rear differential acts up and prevents the truck from accelerating properly. Stutters all of the time and has a mild misfire and what sounds like knocking.

Filed May 16, 2015 · Engine · 105,500 miles · VA

I am now a victim of the 2004-2008 5.4l cam phaser problem. It started out when I came to a stop light and the truck started shacking really bad and making a loud knocking sound. As soon as I accelerated it went away so I thought it was a fluke. Nope!! It stated doing it more and more but I was not getting a check engine light. Finally the light came on and gave me the code p0012-intake camshaft position timing over retarded on bank 1. The only place to take it was ford because they have the most up to date and complete diagnostics tool. It is still in the shop right now but to look at the phasers to see if I need both it is running me $600 just for them to remove the valve covers to look. He said it was going to cost me close to $1500 just to fix the issue! I have read all over the internet about this issue and it seems like ford know about this issue because in 2013 they got sued because of this same problem! If you look 2004 has the most complaints of every year by far! Please stay away from the 5.4l engine or ford in general. I don't even want to get started with the spark plugs that break in the engine if you don't know what you are doing. That was another $600 bill that ford had to do. The 4wd system as well had many issues with the iwe because its a vacuum system and was brand new in 2004. To many problems with ford!

Filed May 13, 2015 · Engine · 108,000 miles · OH

All the sudden the truck starts making a loud ticking noise coming from engine, I have always gotten oil changes and have no clue what this is but it has lowered power also. It is still making the ticking/rattling noise and its loud.