2004 Ford F-150 locks problems

Filed Jul 17, 2023 · Locks · 160,472 miles · VA

The contact owns a 2004 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the rear driver's side door failed to open. The contact removed the door and replaced the plastic ends with new metal ends. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the federal safety agency Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 160,472.

Filed Apr 2, 2018 · Locks · 73,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. According to the vehicle owner's manual, the ignition key had to be used to open a lock in the rear of the vehicle to access the spare tire. The contact discovered that the lock was rotted out and needed to be replaced. The dealer (betten baker ford in ludington, michigan) diagnosed that the lock to the spare tire was corroded and a special tool needed to be used to remove the cylinder. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was invalid. The approximate failure mileage was 73,000.

Filed Dec 30, 2010 · Locks · 67,578 miles · IN

My 16yr old son was driving down the highway at around 60mph when the drivers side window just fell down into the door almost causing him to crash into oncoming traffic.

Filed Oct 26, 2010 · Locks, Transmission · 63,000 miles · WV

Automatic transmission shift cable is routed too close to the engine causing the cable cover to melt over time allowing the cable to become loose. This prevents the column shifter from transferring the vehicle into park even though the dashboard indicator is in the park position.

Filed Oct 12, 2010 · Locks, Visibility · 138,000 miles · TX · crash

2004 ford f-150 crew cab lariat. Driving in rainstorm, the power window regulator fails and the window comes crashing down. This is the 3rd of 4 windows that has fell down for no reason in a 18 mo. Period. The shock and surprise has caused me to lose control and run into a fence. Had this been on a freeway it could be worse.

Filed Sep 18, 2010 · Locks, Visibility · 36,500 miles · CA

My ford f150 2004 power window regulator broke while I was driving. Not only did it scare me because of slamming down so hard, it made me swerve off the road. Thank god I got safely over, but was so shaken I had to wait before proceeding. It was l09 degrees that day and had to drive with the window broken and down. I know many people have had this problem with this model and year, why haven't you done anything about this. It is a safety issue that needs to be addressed to all consumers who own or going to own this auto. I can't afford to fix it now, they want nearly 400.00. I am so afraid my truck is going to get stolen, but what can I do? I also worry that when I park my truck in a public parking area, that someone may easily take my truck with me in it!!!!!!!!!

Filed Jul 21, 2010 · Locks · 76,098 miles · CA

I have a ford f150 5.4 triton, and the window regulator cable broke dropping the window into the door on the drivers side with no way to get the window back up without a new part.

Filed Aug 29, 2009 · Locks, Tires · 70,000 miles · MI

No access to spare tire: 2004 ford f-150 "heritage" (2003 body style) spare stored under truck bed lowers using "key" and winch.the winch and key are supposed to engage via a "star shaped" indentation. If this does not engage one cannot lower the spare tire for use. The replacement (ford refuses to pay for)comes re-designed so that one actually inserts the lowering rod into the winch.there is no "star" to strip out or be worn down. With a flat tire on a busy road and one under the truck trying to access a spare tire constitutes a life threatening situation. Ford has sold the re-design as a replacement and this in itself is an admission of a defective product design. Dealership informed me that they simply cut the tire free and replace the winch at customer cost.

Filed Aug 3, 2009 · Body, Locks · 46,375 miles · CA

Second window drive failure in 6 weeks. Very loud bang from door (sounds like truck is hit by large rock/hard object) which is very startling, then window glass slides down into door. On the freeway this is extremely distracting and dangerous. The first window failure (one month ago) cost me $430.00 at ford dealer to repair. I was never informed that this was a frequent problem. After second failure in 4 weeks, I went on the web and discovered that this is happening to thousands of 2004-2005 f-150's, and ford refuses to address it! I'm waiting to talk to dealers service manager about second failure to try and get ford to pay for the repairs, as well as inspect the other windows and repair them as necessary. It's only a matter of time before they fail as well. - this is a well-known design defect!!! Ford has already changed the design/part # for the faulty part (regulator/cable assy) three times- and it still fails without warning! These trucks should be recalled and fixed at ford's expense!!!!

Filed Mar 6, 2009 · Acceleration, Locks · 74,000 miles · SD

I was driving when I heard a loud pop! At that point my driver side window rolled down and couldn't be rolled back up. Ford said they would look at it for 200.00 and that was just to look at it. I tore into it myself and found the window regulator to be broken. Ford wants to charge me 198.00 for the whole assembly. This I believe to be rediculous. Also my passenger side window does not want to role up with the passenger side control so that is inopporative. One more thing my cruise control doesn't work half of the time. My major complaint though is the window regulator as this seems to be a major problem with ford components and even the ford mechanics I talk to say this is a big problem.