1999 Ford F-250 Complaint Log

VEHICLE WAS STRUCK AT 45 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED *TS *NLM

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WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A SUDDEN STOP. AND HE HIT THE VEHICLE FROM BEHIND AND THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

THE BRAKE ROTORS WORE OUT WHICH CAUSED A HEAVY VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

1999 FORD FWIW TURBO DIESEL WITH 78,972 MILES ON 10-8-02 NOISE/RATTLE IN ENGINE. DETERMINED TO BE TORQUE CONVERTER. REPLACED AND REPAIRED TORQUE CONVERTER, ALSO REPLACED FRONT TRANSMISSION SEAL. 10-29-02 LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, TRANSMISSION EXTREMELY BURNT/ TORQUE CONVERTER HAS INTERNALLY BURNT ,CAUSING INTERNAL DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION. REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER. ON 4-12-07 TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED, TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED AND FRONT PUMP. *AK

SPARK PLUG IN THE #7 CYLINDER SUDDENLY BLEW OUT, FORD COMMENTS WERE THAT THEY WERE SYMPATHETIC, BUT THAT THE COST OF REPAIR WOULD BE BORN BY ME($3000.00). AFTER DOING SOME INTERNET RESEARCH I FIND THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHERS WHO UTILIZE THE 5.4 LITER ENGINE, EVEN THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES HE HAS HAD SEVERAL CASES. THESE WERE FACTORY INSTALLED ORIGINAL PLUGS. *PH *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**768315

WHEEL STUDS BROKE LOOSE ON ATTEMPTED THIRD TIRE ROTATION. MR

WHEN MAKING A TURN POWER STEERING RETURN LINE POPPED OUT CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CAPABILITIES, THIS OCCURANCE ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT .*AK *NLM

WHEN BRAKING, IF ONE OR BOTH REAR TIRES LOOSE CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SURFACE, ALL BRAKING IS LOST UNTIL THE BRAKE PEDAL IS MANUALLY PUMPED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING STEERING SECTOR SHAFT BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING.*AK

SIDE MIRRORS WILL NOT STAY IN THE POSITION THE CONSUMER SETS IT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A BIG BANG, LOST ENGINE POWER. HAD VEHCILE SERVICED, SPARK PLUGS STRIPPED INTO HEAD OF ENGINE. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE VIBRATION ON FRONT END OF TRUCK WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STATES VIBRATION IS SO BAD IT FEELS AS IF MAY LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TRUCK CHECKED BY DEALER WHO INSTALLED A FRONT STABILIZER KIT. REPAIR ONLY WORKED TEMPORARILY, VIBRATION HAS STARTED AGAIN.*JBTHE LATEST VIBRATION WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND THE VIBRATION HAS CEASED. CONSUMER SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FROM FORD. *JG

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND SHAKES. THE DEALER MACHINED THE ROTORS AGAIN BUT THE VEHICLE STILL VIBRATES ABOVE 35 MPH. *YH

SUPPLMENT; AIR BAG AND ANTI LOCK BRAKES DID NOT WORK

CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CLUTCH PEDAL WENT ABOUT 1/2 WAY BEFORE ENGAGING. DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE CLUTCH AND SHIFT TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOWING A TRAILER AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. WHEN I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALER TO SCHEDULE REPAIR HE SAID NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE VERY FAR BECAUSE COMPLETE FAILURE WOULD PROBABLY OCCUR. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT FORD IS VERY AWARE OF THIS DEFECT AND HAS REDESIGNED THIS PART DUE TO MANY FAILURES. EVEN THOUGH AN ACCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR, I THINK A SAFETY RECALL IS NEEDED SINCE THESE VEHICLES ARE DESIGNED TO HAUL OR CARRY HEAVY LOADS AND THIS TYPE OF FAILURE COULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE THE CLUTCH WHEN TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. THE COST FOR REPAIR WAS $305.26

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL ENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO BRAKE POWER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ON 7-28-02 I WAS DRIVING WESTBOUND WITH MY 26' FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILER ON U.S.90 EAST OF SYRACUSE, N.Y. WHEN I FELT A SLIGHT SHIMMY IN MY STEERING. THE SHIMMY SOON BECAME A SEVERE WOBBLING SO I SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AT THE FIRST EXIT I CAME TO IN SYRACUSE. ON EXAMINING THE TIRE I SAW THAT THE STEEL CORE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. I PUT ON MY SPARE TIRE AND THE NEXT DAY CONTINUED BY TRIP. ON 8-7-02 I WAS NORTHBOUND ON NORTH DAKOTA 281 SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN WHEN I FELT ANOTHER SHIMMY IN THE TRUCK NEAR HIGHWAY 34. THIS TIME I DISCOVERED THAT THE STEEL CORE OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD SEPARATED THE SAME AS THE FIRST. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE I CONTACTED LOCAL FORD AND FIRESTONE DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD BY BOTH THAT THESE TIRES ARE NO LONGER WARRANTED AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REPLACE THEM.*AK

CONSUMER SHIFTED TO REVERSE AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND SHOT BACKWARDS 30 FEET,HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK

WHEN CHANGING A TIRE CONSUMER NOTICED SPARE TIRE HAD 8 GROOVES IN THE SIDEWALL, 3 INCHES LONG AND 1/4 INCH DEEP. THIS WAS CAUSED BY TIRE RUBBING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE AT A STOP TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD NOISE. VEHICLE MADE IT ACROSS THE INTERSECTION, THEN ,VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. DEALER NOT CONTACTED YET.*AK

CONSUMER WOULD PUSH CLUTCH IN, AND THEN HE COULD NOT PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR. AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO MECHANIC , HE FOUND OUT THAT TRANSMISSION BEARING WAS GONE/ ALL BURNED. *AK

AFTER THE FIRESTONE PROBLEM, I NEEDED NEW TIRES ~40K. I WENT TO GOODYEAR, THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN "E" RANGE TIRE IN THIS SIZE SO THEY PUT "D" LOAD RNAGE TIRES ON. AFTER 5000 MILES, FIRST ROTATION, THERE WERE BUBBLES ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THEY REPLACED THEM UNDER WARRANTY. AT THAT TIME THEY START TO OFFER "E" SO I SWITCHED TO "E" RANGE. AFTER 5000 MILES THEY STARTED TO DEVELOP A VIBRATION, LIKE AN OUT OF BALANCE PROBLEM. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE THEM IN BEFORE THE NEXT ROTATION WAS DUE. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE PULLING MY BOAT DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN NEW YORK. I LOST CONTROL WHEN IT GOT DOWN ON THE RIM AND THE BOAT JACKKNIFED. IT SPUN OUT OF CONTROL INTO THE MEDIAN. POLICE WERE CALLED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEABLE. I CHANGED TIRE AND DROVE HOME. NO PUNCTURES WERE NOTED AFTER INSPECTION BY TIRE DEALER AND INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR.. SWITCHED BACK TO FIRESTONE STEELTEX. AWAITING GOODYEARS RESPONSE. OTHER PROBLEMS NOTED AS HAVING OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR, UNKNOWN IF CAUSAL, FOR COMPLETENESS ONLY.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB

WHILE TURNING INTO DRIVEWAY AT 30 MPH THE TIE ROD END FELL OFF.*AK *NLM

AXEL ASSEMBLY APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DEVOID OF LUBRICANT SINCE MANUFACTURING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BANG UNDER THE HOOD. ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BLOWNOUT, CAUSING 2000 DOLLARS DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK JLG

THE SPARK PLUGS WERE BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE. *NLM *TS

CONUSMER SMELLED OIL, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKING.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE BROKE. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. MR VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURER DATE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 02S34. *TT *JB

BALL JOINT IS WORN OUT, AND AT 20MPH FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS FELL ONTO THE GROUND. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO SPEEDS OF 5-10 MPH THE TWO FRONT AIR BAGS UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED AND BROKE THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND HIT THE DRIVER. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER DETERMINED THAT CLUTCH FORK HAD BROKEN.*AK

THE VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING A BRAKE FADE WHILE COMING TO A HARD STOP. AFTER THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED, CONSUMER TRIED TO DUPLICATE THE EVENT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL SERVICE STATION TO HAVE THE BRAKE SYSTEM INSPECTED. THE TECHNICIAN LOOKED OVER THE BRAKES AND SAW NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE OR ABNORMAL ROTOR WEAR. THE TECH SUGGESTED THEAT THE REAR ROTORS AND ALL PADS BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE TECH INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE BRAKE LINE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY BLED FROM A PREVIOUS RECALL SERVICE PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE INSPECTION THERE WAS A FAINT SCRAPING SOUND COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. TWO WEEKS AFTER HEARING THE NOISE, THE BRAKES FAILED. ON THE GROUND WERE PIECES OF THE BRAKE PAD AND SMALL FRAGMENTS OF CAST STEEL. BRAKE FLUID LEAKED HEAVILY FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL SERVICE CENTER. THE OWNER OF THE CENTER CONCLUDED THAT THE CAUSE APPEARED TO BE A CALIPER WHICH FROZE IN THE ENGAGED POSITION DUE TO CONDENSATION WITHIN THE CALIPER LEADING TO INNER CORROSION AND THUS MECHANICAL FAILURE. *JG

CONSUMER STATES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, IF VEHICLE HITS A BUMP ABS WILL STOP HOLDING CAUSING DRIVER TO RUN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE.*JB

5.4 L ENGINE IS LOSING OIL WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUMPY ROAD PASSENGER'S DOOR OPENED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, OUTSIDE SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT REAR TIRE. HAD TO WAIT UNTIL TIRE HAD COOLED DOWN BEFORE CHANGING. FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT LT265-75-R16 DOT VNW8 1XL - 079E4 - 008062 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR A 1999, FORD, F250. *AK CONSUMER SUSTAINED CUTS AND MINOR BURNS DUE TO CHANGING THE TIRE. *TT

WHILE CHANGING FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS, CONSUMER NOTICED THE FRONT ROTORS WERE CHIPPING ON THE INSIDE. CONSUMER REPLACED ROTORS. *AK *JG

WHEN MAKING TURNS THERE WAS A LOUD SQUEAKING IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED BOTH FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER REPLACED BALL JOINTS. *AK

WHILE REPLACING FRONT ROTORS, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FRONT AXLE WAS INCORRECT FOR THIS VEHICLE AS LISTED IN PARTS OF CATALOG. FORD HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK *JB

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A GRADUAL STOP, TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY LOCKED UP. TRANSMISSION HUNG UP IN GEAR AND FAILED TO DISENGAGE FROM ANY GEAR. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. *AK *SLC

WHILE PARKED, SIDE WALL OF TIRE EXPLODED AND INSTANTLY WENT FLAT. (FIRSTONE STEELTEX) *JG

AFTER CHECKING THE VEHICLE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE RIGHT SIDE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE I WAS EXITING MY TRUCK, WITH MOTOR OFF AND TRANSMISSION IN PARK, THE PIN THAT HOLDS IT IN PARK FAILED AND ALLOWED THE TRUCK TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THIS SCOPED ME UP IN THE DOOR AND DRAGGED ME OVER THE HILLSIDE NEXT TO THE ROAD. I HAD TO ESCAPE FROM THE DOOR BEFORE IT RAN INTO TREES, AND IN THAT PROCESS DISLOCATED MY LEFT ELBOW AND TWO RIBS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS BRUISES. THE TRUCK IS AT A REPAIR SHOP TO REVIEW WHAT HAPPENED TO ITS PARK GEAR.*AK

DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION, DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS FACE, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICE OIL LEAKING ONTO THE BLOCK AND THE HEAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED. NLM *MJ

TWICE I WAS HIT IN THE FRONT END AND TWICE THE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF. IS IT POSSIBLE THE AIR BAGS ARENT IN THERE AT ALL?*AK