2007 Ford F-150 Fuel System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ODOR OF FUEL COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL LINE HOSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,287. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT

THE FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE, WHICH IS LOCATED EXTERNAL TO TANK MOUNTED ON FRAME, FAILED BECAUSE IT CORRODED THRU TO THE INSIDE OF UNIT. AT THE TIME OF FAILURE CAR WAS PARKED, BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ON HIGHWAY AND FUEL PUMP STOPPED WORKING? FORD WOULD NOT REPLACE THE PART EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS REDESIGNED WITH STAND-OFFS TO PREVENT DISSIMILAR METAL REACTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-150. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-150. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A FUEL LEAK ONLY AFTER FUELING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V278000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

UPON SPEEDING UP FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE STUTTERED AND STALLED. I COASTED TO A PARKING LOT AND TRIED TO RESTART. THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK BUT NO ATTEMPT TO START. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES I STOPPED. UPON CHECKING INTERNET FOR PROBLEMS DISCOVERED MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE RUSTING AND FAILING SUDDENLY. I CHECKED MODULE AND IT WAS RUSTED THROUGH. I REPLACED MODULE AND TRUCK NOW RUNS FINE. I NOTICED THAT THE MOUNTING BOLTS HAVE CHANGED ALLOWING SPACE BETWEEN MODULE AND CROSS MEMBER. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ISSUE AS THE PART MOUNT HAS CHANGED. IF THIS SUDDEN FAILURE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED AT HIGH SPEED SERIOUS PROBLEMS MAY HAVE RESULTED. THIS IS A FORD ISSUE IN DESIGN THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED BY FORD.

TRUCK WOULDN'T START. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. PROBLEM WAS CORRODED FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE. NEW PART COST $195.07 AND LABOR WAS $285.00. GOING ON LINE TO SEE WHAT WAS DONE, THE LABOR CHARGES SEEM VERY EXCESSIVE! THIS ISSUE LOOKS TO BE VERY WIDESPREAD AND SHOULD BE A RECALL BY FORD. *TR

THE FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE DESIGN IS TERRIBLE ON THESE TRUCKS. LUCK FOR MY FAMILY WE WERE IN TOWN GOING SLOW WHEN THIS UNIT SHORTED OUT. IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY GRAVE AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. FROM READING ON THE INTERNET THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS PART. *TR

DRIVING ON A 2 LANE ROAD COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT, TRUCK SHUT OFF COMPLETELY, COULD NOT RESTART, HAD TO CALL FOR TOW TRUCK, SITTING ON ROADWAY AT A 3 WAY RUSH HOUR INTERSECTION FOR HALF HOUR WAITING FOR TOW. REPAIR COST $350.00 DOLLARS. PLUS $100.00 DOLLARS TOWING. *TR

VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING WHILE DRIVING , LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE RIDE IN VERY COLD WEATHER , THE FUEL CONTROL MODULE WAS SO CORRODED AND BROKE OFF FRAME CAUSE VEHICLE'S ENGINE NOT TO RUN. THERE SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL ON THESE MODULES. MY TRUCK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND YOU SHOULD SEE HOW BAD OF CONDITION THE MODULE LOOKS.. LOOKS LIKE IT WAS IN ACID AND COMPLETELY DISSOLVED THE BACK PANEL. *TR

ENGINE QUIT RUNNING WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH ON A COUNTRY ROAD. NO SHOULDER ON THIS ROAD SO HAD TO LEAVE IT SIT IN THE ROAD WHILE I WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK. TOOK IT TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THE PROBLEM WAS A CORRODED FUEL PUMP MODULE. $125.00 FOR THE TOW AND $350.00 TO FIX THE TRUCK. NOT A VERY GOOD DAY. *TR

THE TRUCK SUDDENLY STALLED. UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. AFTER BEING TOWED HOME, I FOUND THE FUEL PUMP MODULE CORRODED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE BACK SIDE. THE ALUMINUM BACK HOUSING WAS DETERIORATING BAD ENOUGH THAT IT CRUMBLED APART AS I WAS REMOVING IT. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE IN THIS VEHICLE WHEN IT STOPPED. IT WAS 5 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND NOT SAFE TO WALK ANY DISTANCE FOR HELP ESPECIALLY ON OUR SECONDARY ROADS. THIS PART IS AN ENGINEERING FAILURE. THE ALUMINUM DOES NOT MATE WITH THE STEEL ON THE TRUCK FRAME. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AS TO THIS PART AND NO INVESTIGATION. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN LIFE THREATENING TO MY FAMILY. THE COLD, NO HEAT, AND SMALL CHILDREN ADD UP TO PROBLEMS. A VEHICLE OWNER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COULD BE RECTIFIED BY CHANGING THE MATERIAL IT IS MADE OF. PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF THE MANY FAMILIES DRIVING THIS COMMON TRUCK, MAKE THE COMPANY OWN UP TO THE FAILURE OF THIS PART BEFORE IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INJURING SOMEBODY OR WORSE YET A CHILD OR INFANT. *TR

I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF. I AM 8MTHS PREGNANT AND WAS STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR OVER A 1/2 HOUR IN -45 DEGREE WEATHER WAITING FOR TOW TRUCK, BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. MECHANIC LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND FOUND #9 FUSE FOR FUEL PUMP BLOWN. FUSE REPLACED, AND VEHICLE RAN FOR 30SECONDS AND ELECTRICAL PLUG TO DRIVER CONTROL MODULE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND MELT. DRIVER CONTROL MODULE AND ELECTRICAL PLUG REPLACED, AND VEHICLE RUNS. I WOULD HAVE LIKE TO HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY FORD TO AVOID MY STRANDED EXPERIENCE IN -45 DEGREE WEATHER. THIS WAS A HUGE SAFETY RISK AND IT CAN BE AVOIDED. FORD SHOULD HAVE LOCATED THIS DEVICE NEAR THE FUSE BOX OR UNDER HOOD BY FIRE WALL PLENTY OF ROOM AND SAME AMOUNT OF WIRE. *TR

I STARTED MY TRUCK AFTER WASHING IT, IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH SO I SHUT IT OFF AND TRIED TO RESTART IT AND IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A REPAIR GARAGE THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THE FUEL MODULE WAS BAD, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED IT. AFTER LOOKING ON LINE I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS FROM 2004-2008 MODELS. SOUNDS LIKE A POOR DESIGN. *TR

TURNS OVER WILL NOT START. DEALER SAYS FUEL SENDING UNIT $407.00 REPLACED!!!!!!! *JB

TRUCK RANDOMLY STOPS RUNNING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000. UPDATED 11/30/13*CN

WENT TO START TRUCK AT HOME AND IT WOULD NOT START. ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER, BUT WOULD NOT START. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. TOLD BY THE FORD SERVICE MANAGER THAT IT PROBABLY WAS THE FUEL CONTROL MODULE LOCATED BY THE REAR SPARE TIRE AND THEY HAVE REPLACED MANY OF THEM. THE FORD DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED IT AND REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL MODULE. MY COST $312.83. WE AVERAGE 160 INCHES OF SNOW PER YEAR. LONG WINTERS AND LOTS OF SALT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY TOWING A TRAILER WEIGHING ABOUT 4, 000 LBS. WE WERE TRAVELING APPROX 45MPH WHEN THE TRUCK HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE AND STALLED. AFTER STOPPING AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION I HAD TO CALL 911 BECAUSE I WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC. THEY HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK CAPABLE OF TOWING TRUCK AND TRAILER OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. AFTER THE TOW BILL AND LOCAL FORD DEALER SINKING THEIR TEETH INTO ME THE TOTAL WAS $518. *TR ## VIN FAILED ##

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A TOWNSHIP ROAD AND MY TRUCK JUST SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN HAD TO GET IT TOWED LUCKILY I WASN'T ON A BIGGER ROAD OR ELSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DIDN'T KNOW MY TRUCK JUST SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AT FIRST. IT ENDED UP BEING THE FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE WHICH WAS PUT RIGHT ON THE FRAME AND IT CAUSES CORROSION IF THE PART IS THAT IMPORTANT TO WHERE IT JUST MAKES YOUR TRUCK SHUT OFF IT SHOULDN'T BE WHERE IT IS. I FEEL THESE SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE THERE IS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL WAS ABNORMALLY LEAKING FROM THE FUEL RAIL TO THE MOTOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT HAD A LOSS OF POWER ONCE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,000.