Ford F-150 / 2001
2001 Ford F-150 problems
Owners have filed 1,451 complaints about the 2001 Ford F-150 with NHTSA. Engine and engine cooling accounts for 16.4% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of vehicle speed control at 12.4%.
Complaints1,451
Crashes113
Fires292
Injuries110
Deaths8
What owners report breaking
Engine and engine cooling 16.4% · 238
Vehicle speed control 12.4% · 180
Electrical system 9.5% · 138
Fuel system, gasoline 8.8% · 128
Seats 6.1% · 89
Seat belts 5.5% · 80
Power train 5.4% · 79
Structure 4.6% · 67
Severity
Of those complaints, 113 describe a crash, 292 describe a fire, 110 report an injury and 8 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 35 model years of the Ford F-150 in this data, 2001 sits 13th by complaint volume. 2013 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 18 in the last three years against 32 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 98,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Dt: while the consumer was driving a spark plug blew out on 7-30-05. When the consumer took vehicle to the dealership put the spark plug back in its place. The problem has not occurred again. The service engine light came on and the engine was running rough. Other than the above entioned problems the consumer had no other trouble with the vehicle. The consumer believed the problem was with the engine. Engine and engine cooling
Spark plug blew out of driver side cylinder head, on an 2001 Ford, F-150 lightning all factory 5.4L supercharged v8. Vehicle was traveling in extreme rain at around 40 mph, and 1000 rpm. Vehicle has 31,000 miles, and no modifications have been added to the vehicle. If the vehicle was running at a higher rpm, spark plug could have become a projectile injuring somebody, or causing a wreck at 5:00 traffic time. Engine and engine cooling · reported at 31,000 miles
Pulled out of side road onto major highway and suddenly a loud flapping noise from engine was heard. Immediately pulled to shoulder of road and turn vehicle off and called for assistance. Was told that a spark plug was the cause of the problem and that it should be a easy fix, this was not the case because the head had to be removed to extracted to damaged plug. Our fix is costing upwards of $700. Engine and engine cooling · reported at 202,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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Other Ford F-150 years
1998 1,624 complaints · 11.6% fuel system, gasoline 1999 1,323 complaints · 17.3% engine and engine cooling 2000 1,274 complaints · 15.4% electrical system 2002 965 complaints · 20.4% engine and engine cooling 2003 527 complaints · 13.5% engine and engine cooling 2004 2,431 complaints · 34.9% visibility