1994 Ford F-350 Complaint Log

OWNER STATES THAT HIS ABS BRAKES HAVE BEEN SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO PERFECTION, WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THE REAR ABS BRAKES GRAB, BUT THERE IS LESS EFFORT COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES, OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT HE CAME CLOSE TO HAVING MANY ACCIDENTS . *AK

CRUISE CONTROL INOPERATIVE. *SD

DEFECTIVE I-BEAM, CAUSING UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. *DSH

THE CLUTCH FLUID LEAKS AND WHILE DRIVING IT GOES OUT AND THEN THE TRUCK WILL NOT MOVE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

BRAKES LOCKED UP. *SD

CLUTCH DOES NOT OPERATE DUE TO DEFECTIVE SLAVE CYLINDER; WENT OUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. TT

REAR BRAKES LOCK UP AND LEAK. TT.

PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL. *AW

REAR LEFT WHEEL LOCKS UP AND OVERHEATS, DLR HAS REPLACED MAJOR PARTS SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL. *AK

UPPER STEERING COLUMN BEARING REPLACED 3 TIMES. *SD

WITHIN 15,000 MILES BRAKE PAD MELTED AND ATE THROUGH THE ROTOR, REPLACE SHOES/PADS/CALIPER/LINING/DRUMS. TT

ABS, WHEN MAKING A FAST STOP, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ONLY PULSATE ONLY TIME AND RELEASE, STAYS RELEASE AND NEVER ENGAGES. TT

SERPENTINE BELT HAS BROKEN, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. TT

ABS, BRAKES FAILURE, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE RIGHT REAR GRABS AND AND LEFT FRONT, CAUSING THE LOCKUP AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK

FORMBY FORD IN SILVERTHORN COLORADO DENIED RECALL SERVICE DUE TO TRUCK HAVING SNOW PLOW MOUNTING FRAME. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

WHEN DRIVING ALONG AT A SPEED OF 55 THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A NOISE AND THEN THERE WAS A VIBRATION, THE ABS BRAKES JUST DON'T SEEM TO WORK. *AK BRAKES CHATTER AND HAVE A FRONT END RUMBLE, CONSUMER FEELS ABS IS NOT SYNCHRONIZED TO GRAB BOTH BRAKES AT THE SAME TIME, BRAKE CABLE CONTINUES TO RUB ON THE LEFT REAR SHOCK, DEALER STATED ASBESTOS LINING IS NOT USED ANYMORE DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, CAUSING ROTORS TO GLAZE. FRONT BUMPER CAN NOT WITHSTAND A 2.5 COLLISION. DRIVER'S SEAT LUMBAR SUPPORT DOES NOT HOLD AIR PRESSURE, PASSENGER SEAT SQUEAKS AFTER BEING SERVICED THREE TIMES. POOR GAS MILEAGE AND HIGH IDLE, CONSUMER STATES WHILE FILLING FUEL TANK, THE NOZZLE WOULD CLICK OFF SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE TANK WAS FULL. WINDSHILED WIPERS WOULD SKIP AND CHATTER WHILE IN USE. *SLC

IMPROPER SEALING OF DOOR GASKETS ALLOWING FUMES TO BE EMITTED IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. TT

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. (OTHER VEHICLE ON 479649) *SKD

BRAKES FAIL, ALSO VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN BRAKES APPLIED.

TRANSMISSION OIL COOLING LINE FAILURE HAD FOUR TRANSMISSION REPLACE IN SEVEN MONTH. TT

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HAS A DEFECT . TT

REAR WHEELS LOCK UP, SLIDE, LET GO/LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL, TWICE VEHICLE VEHICLE ENDED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION/RED LIGHT. *AK

ERRATIC SHIFTING OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CAUSING VEHICLE TO SURGE. TT

TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES FAILED, CAUSING LEAK.

SERPENTINE BELT THAT CONTROLS THE MOTOR BREAKS, RESULTING IN STEERING AND BRAKE LOST, REPLACE 3 TIME. TT

TRANSMISSION FAILED 6 TIMES, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO EXHAUST.

PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE NEW IN DEC. OF 1993 AND HAVE HAD 7 TRANSMISSION FAILURES. SOME OF THESE FAILURES HAVE CREATED SITUATIONS OF TRANSMSISSION FLUID BOILING OUT OF DIPSTICK TUBE AND DROPPING DOWN ON EXHAUST. VERY GOOD POTENTIAL FOR OIL FIRE WHEN TRANSMISSION FLUID BOILED OUT AND VEHICLE WAS SMOKING FROM FLUID DROPPING ON EXHAUST. HAVE CHECKED WITH ATRA {AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REBUILDERS ASSOCIATION} AND THEY HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION{E4OD} HAS BEEN VERY TROUBLESOME WITH HIGH FAILURE RATE. CHECKING WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES AND INVESTIGATIVE COMPANIES THAT INVESTIGATE VEHICLE FIRES TO SEE IF THERE ARE MANY FIRES RELATING TO THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN FORDS TRANSMISSIONS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1989 THRU 1997.

MAIN DRIVE BELT CONTINUES TO BREAK. TT

PURCHASE TRUCK 2/1994 AND BELT BROKEN DEALER REPAIR IT BROKE AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME. TT

TRANSMISSION FLUID BOILS AND LEAKS ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE.

ABS SYSTEM NOT STABLE YOU CANNOT BE SURE IF THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO STOP OR NOT. TT

MAIN DRIVE BELT KEEP BREAKING, RESULTING IN STEERING AND BRAKING LOSS IN DIESEL TRUCK, REPLACE BELT 11 TIMES. TT

1) AFTER PARK HAS BEEN ENGAGED AND YOU DISENGAGE MECHANISM TRUCK WILL MOVE. 2) ABS BRAKES FAILS WITH NUMEROUS PARTS REPLACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

THE BACK BRAKE WILL NOT STAY ADJUSTED THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS OF PROBLEM . TT

EQUIPPED W/ABS BRAKES; REAR BRAKES PERFORM ERRATICALLY, LOCKING UP AND FRONT BRAKES VIBRATE UPON APPILCATION. *AK

FRONT RIGHT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP 3 TIMES. *AK

CLUTCH ASSEMBLY SLAVE CYLANDER ACTUATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES, PART IS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO EXHAUST WHICH CAUSES IT TO MELT. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. DEALER SAYS BRAKES ARE WORKING RIGHT. ALSO CAN FEEL VIBRATION IN PEDAL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. ALSO REPLACED REAR BRAKE DRUMS. *AK

ABS BRAKES LOCK UP THE REAR TIRES AT 5MPH. VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND HAS A BAD SHUTTER WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.

SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE PAINT HAS APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY FADED. CONSUMER HAS CONSTANTLY WAXED AND POLISHE DVEHICLE, BUT OF NO AVAIL.

THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING HAS PIN HOLES IN IT THAT ARE LEAKING ONTO THE MOTOR. EADELR SAYS THE HOUSING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

BRAKES WOULD RANDOMLY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. WOULD FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED. BRAKE PEDAL WOULD DROP,BUT NOT TO FLOOR. WOULD GO THROUGH STOP LIGHTS AND INTERSECTIONS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER , IT WAS TEST DRIVEN. MECHANIC REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

PER OWNER MANUAL, ENGINE SHOULD HOLD 12 QUARTS OF OIL. A CHANGE WAS MADE TO THE DIP STICK BY THE MANUFACTURER, WHICH INCREASES THE OIL INTAKE TO 14 QUARTS. CONSUMER WASN'T NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGE. THIS RESULTED IN ENGINE FAILURE, DO TO INSIGNIFICANT OIL CONSUMPTION. *PH

THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS DO NOT STAY IN ADJUSTMENT AND CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. *AK SIDE VIEW MIRRORS WERE IN POOR CONDITION SINCE PURCHASE. *LA *JB