Ownership Cost for 2000 Ford F-150 (Lariat SuperCab Short Bed 2WD)
Estimated: $39394 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1310
$629
$550
$498
$445
$3432
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$2294
$2363
$2446
$2543
$2658
$12304
Maintenance
$2763
$2107
$1013
$688
$2291
$8862
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$377
$377
$377
$377
$377
$559
Total Ownership Costs
$9172
$7781
$6916
$6789
$8735
$39394
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Cab Type: Extra/Super/ Quad/Double/King/Extended
Body Class: Pickup
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 4200.0
Displacement CI: 256.29972519787
Displacement L: 4.2
Drive Type: 4x2
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 200
Engine H P_to: 210
Engine KW: 149.1400
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 1D: 5,001 - 6,000 lb (2,268 - 2,722 kg)
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: F-150
Model Year: 2000
Other Engine Info: EFI
Plant City: Norfolk
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Virginia
Seat Belts All: Manual
Valve Train Design: Overhead Valve (OHV)
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1997
TIRES
SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT-JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY THEN SHOOK VIOLENTLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE ON I37. THE VEHICLE LEFT THE HIGHWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND SLAMMED THRU BRUSH SMALL TREES, CAREENED OFF A LARGE OAK TREE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ROLLED THREE TIME COMING TO A REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED AND INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE POLICE REVEALED THE RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE CARCASS OF THE TIRE CAUSING A BLOWOUT PLUS A BLOWOUT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO THE VIOLENT MANUVERS PRIOR TO LEAVING THE HIGHWAY. THANKS TO GOD, SEATBELTS AND AIRBAGES MY WIFE AND I WERE NOT KILLED BUT BRUISED PRETTY GOOD. WE STILL SUFFER NECK PAINS AND SHOULDER PAINS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235/70RX16)
2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2000 FORD F150. HAS LAUNCHED SPARK PLUGS ON TWO OCCASIONS. FIRST ONE SHOT THROUGH COIL PACK, DISABLING VEHICLE. LAST ONE TOOK THREADS WITH IT, FORD SAYS HEAD WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR AROUND 4000 DOLLARS.HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/FORD_SPARK.HTML , THIS SITE HAS OVER 300 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON MODELS FROM 1997 TILL PRESENT. HOW CAN THE SAME PROBLEM CONTINUE TO HAPPEN FOR OVER TEN YEARS WITHOUT ANY RECALL BEING ISSUED? FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS MIGHT BE RECALL, CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT TEN MODEL YEARS AMOUNTS TO FRAUD. THE SPARK PLUGS ALSO REST BELOW THE FUEL RAIL, ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE BURNS TO DEATH OR CRASHES DUE TO THE SUDDENNESS OF THE PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT ONLY FORD WILL CHANGE THESE PLUGS AND WHEN THEY WONT THREAD IN BECAUSE THE THREADS ARE GONE, THEY TELL YOU 4000 DOLLARS FOR A NEW HEAD OR TOW IT OUT. OUR FORD DEALER TOLD US IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE HOME, I STARTED IT UP, I DON'T THINK SO. FORD TOLD ME IT WAS A SPARK PLUG DESIGN ISSUE, BUT THE PLUGS THEY INSTALLED WERE MOTORCRAFT, ALSO A FORD PRODUCT. SO IN MY MIND IT STILL A FORD DESIGN PROBLEM, NOT MINE. *TR