NHTSA Owner Complaint Log
This page lists owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA for the 1995 Ford F-250. Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and do not by themselves prove a defect or defect rate.
ENGINE IDLING AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. TT
CAPTIAN CHAIRS WILL NOT PROPERLY LATCH CAUSING A ROCKING CHAIR MOTION WHEN DRIVING AND OCCUPANT KNEES TO HIT DASH. TT
REPLACED NOISY FRONT BRAKE ROTORS.
WHILE TRYING TO SPEED UP THE TRUCK WOULD BOG DOWN, AND THEN IT WOULD START TO SPEED UP. TT
FRONT END HAS RIVOTS THAT WILL WEAR OUT IN TIME. CONSUMER CAN NEVER GET VEHICLE ALIGNED CORRECTLY. VEHICLE WILL SHAKE WHEN MAKING TURNS, CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
UPON APPROACHING A HILL IT IS VERY HARD TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAILS, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER , DEALER STATES THAT IT IS NORMAL OPERATION. *AK
DEALER TOLD DRIVER THAT THE ANTI-LOCKING WHEEL HUBS FAILED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT USED OFTEN ENOUGH.
AT 12:00 POSITION AT 75MPH DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. TT
WATER PUMP FAILURE, CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK. *AK
SUSPENSIONS I-ARMS LOOSE. *DSH
FRONT HUBS LOCK UP, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/WORN OUT UNIVERSAL JOINTS.
VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO FASTER THEN 35MPH, IF IT DOES GO OVER 35MPH VEHICLE WOULD STALL, REPLACE FUEL PUMP. TT
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE ON A PARKED 1995 FORD F-250. THE FIRE SPREAD RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND CAUSED A CAR PARKED NEXT TO THE TRUCK TO CATCH FIRE. THE VEHICLE IS TOTALED. THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR FOR MOUNT PROSPECT, IL, INDICATED THAT IT WAS LIKELY AN INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAULT. *TR
CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE RECALL ON HIS VEHICLE. *TS THE CONSUMER IS CURRENTLY AWAY AND UNABLE TO HAVE THE RECALL (05S28) REPAIR MADE ON THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE RECALL WORK CAN STILL BE DONE A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW. *NM
ON MARCH 1999, AN INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED ALL FOUR BOLTS WHICH HELD THE AXLE BRACKET. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BOLTS IN DECEMBER. ON JULY 2002, ONCE AGAIN ALL FOUR BOLTS WHICH HELD THE AXLE WERE REPLACED. ON JULY 2003, AN INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE SAME FOUR BOLTS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED AGAIN. *JB
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IS INTERMITTENTLY HAVING WHEEL LOCK-UP. YY
STRAPS CAME LOOSE WHICH HELD FUEL TANK, DUE TO NUT/BOLT FAILURE, RESULT TANK FELL TO GROUND. TT
A FIRE IN THE ENGINE WHILE THE OWNER WAS NOT DRIVING AND THERE WAS NO ODOR AND NO LINKAGE THIS IS A NEW CAR. TT
POWER STEERING BOX AND STEERING PUMP HAVE BURNED UP, THE OIL WAS HOTTER THEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, THE OIL MELTED THE DIP STICK, THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE FRONT END FELL OFF . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL SYS. MALFUNCTION WHILE DRIVING, FUSES BLEW OUT ALL COMPONENTS ON DASH AND INTERIOR LIGHTS.*AK
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCES ERRATIC OPERATION, POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS, UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, WHEN APPLYING BRAKE AT APPROX. 30MPH, THE BRAKES TEND TO GRAB/JERK, AND STICK, NO PRIOR WARNING.*AK
THE FRONT END SHIMMIES AND WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT IT POPS REALLY LOUD. *AK
TRIED TO SHIFT GEAR, WOULDN'T SHIFT, TOOK TO DEALER WHOFOUND THAT THE SEAL WAS LEAKING . *AK
THE FRONT ROTORS ARE WEAR OUT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED . *AK
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING DUE TO ALIGHMENT PROBLEM THAT CANNOT BE FIXED, CAUSES LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER HAS HAD A CONTINUOUS ALIGNMENT PROBLEM WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE PULL TO THE RIGHT. *AK
OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE SLAVE CYLINDER IS DEFECTIVE WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STOP AT ANY TIME. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT THIS PART HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. THE PLASTIC AROUND SLAVE CYLINDER MELTS. *AK
WHEN MAKING A TURN AT LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND THE VEHICLE MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE. *AK
TWO PIVOT BOLTS LOOSENED AND FELL OFF, CAUSING SUSPENSION SYTEM NOT TO HOLD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
IDLER ARM LOCATED NEA RTHE ENGINE SHEARED OFF,CAUSING THE ARM TO GO INTOTHE FAN BLADE.
THE DEALER HAS REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT MANIFOLS. THIS OCCURED IN 1997, 1998, AND NOW IN 1999. I WAS TOLD BY OTHER OWNNERS THIS MAY HAPPEN ON MY VEHICLE BEFORE IT HAPPENED. THIS IS THIRD TIME, ONCE JUST THE GASKET, ONE SIDE WAS COVERED BY DEALERSHIP, THE OTHER SIDE I HAD TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET @ $449.
WHIL DRIVING IN THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE MODE, VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. ACCORDING TO DEALER RIVET ON CROSSMEMBER FRAME THAT CONNECTS THE MAIN FRAME COMES LOOSE. FORD KNEW ABOUT IT, BURT WILL NOT WARRANTY REPAIRS. *AK
FRONT AXLE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND OF POOR DESIGN. NLM
EA99032; DUAL FUEL TANK CROSSFLOW/LEAKAGE: A PORTION OF THE UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK TO BE RETURNED TO SECOND TANK. WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE SECOND TANK EXCEEDED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGES. SPILLED FUEL CAN RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE NO BRAKES/ STEERING, AND NO CONTROL. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. FORD WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION SWITCH IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT FORD COMPANY HAS TO RECALL. *YH
FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, FORD, F250, LT245/75R16 SIZE. CAPS ON TWO OF THE TIRES WERE SEPARATING.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE WILL JUST SHUT OFF, CAUSING A LOSS OF ALL POWER FEATURES. AFTER IT SITS FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, IT WILL START RIGHT BACK UP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60-65 MPH TREAD ON REAR DRIVER'S GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL A 1995, FORD, F250. TIRE SIZE LT 23585R16. TIRE MILEAGE ABOUT 20,000, ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT. *AK *SLC
VEHICLE WAS AT A STANDSTILL/ IDLING, AND SUDDENLY EXHAUST SOUNDED LIKE MARBLES, AND TURBO QUIT. ALSO, HAD TO GET REAR MAIN SEAL REPLACED TWICE. BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED, AND TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. PLEASE ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE APPLING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD TRAVEL TO FLOOR BOARD. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, TECHNICIAN REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER, VEHICLE STILL HAS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
FRONT FRAME CROSS MEMBER LOOSE. *AK
FRONT LEFT AXLE PINION BRACKET BROKE, ONE OF THE BOLTS CAME OFF. *AK
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