FordF-1502003
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2003 Ford F-150 Axle Assembly Problems

7
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 7 stored complaint records:

  • 3 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

What owners report

  • rear axle · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi5
30–60k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • December 16, 2005 · 40,448 miles

    Axle Assembly

    Driving in my back yard, testing new snow tires, speed aprox. 25 mph, hit 10" deep hole, broke axle, directly behind brake disc, rear wheel on the drivers side, pictures available. Had to replace axle. *nm

    Crash reported

    ODI 10151682

  • October 7, 2004 · 20,808 miles

    Axle Assembly · Tires

    While driving at 45 mph, suddenly the right rear axle broke and snapped off. This resulted in the right rear tire flying off followed by the driver losing control of the truck and impacting a ditch . The driver sustained minor bruises. *jb the engineer stated that the axle flew off on impact even though the tire flew off prior to impact. *sc

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 10096690

  • February 6, 2004 · 50 miles

    Axle Assembly

    2003 ford f-150 super crew, howling/whining noise from rear differential during accelleration. Noise only occurres between the speed of 40mph and 60mph, most noticable at 50 mph.*ak so far defect has not caused operational failure. Problem has been brought to attention of the ford dealership who sold me the truck. First attempt to repair resulted in no work performed, noise considered acceptable by ford specs.…

    ODI 10081032

  • November 15, 2003 · 4,500 miles

    Axle Assembly

    Rear axle whine noise at 45 to 50mph & 67 to 72 mph. Loud & getting louder. Ford dealers all over the area said ford knows of noise but has no fix. Said they were told ford would not spend money to fix because they were not making much as a company now. Two repars on rear end & still noisy, engineer had dealer put 125 wt grease in rear axle to try & quiet noise down. No good> lost fuel economy also. I need help…

    ODI 10066107

  • August 6, 2003 · 90 miles

    Axle Assembly

    Heard unusual noise coming from the rear-end of my 2003 ford f-150 supercrew the noise starts at 90 mph. Is this an on going problem? Please look into it. *ak

    ODI 10048852

  • May 15, 2003

    Axle Assembly

    Purchased new ford harley pickup. Loud noise in rear, shop could not identify. Rear axle broke in curve and rear wheel on driver side was several yards from where truck finally ran off road and overturned. Total loss. *nlm

    Crash reported

    ODI 10019096

  • March 26, 2003 · 2,000 miles

    Axle Assembly

    We own several ford f-150 trucks. In the last 3 months we had four separate problems with the rear axles. One truck the axle broke and the wheel came completely off. Another truck the axle was destroyed and had to be replaced. The last truck is brand new with less than 2000 miles and experienced the same problem yesterday. *jb

    ODI 10011046