1999 Ford F-350 Complaint Log

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 45 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MANUFACTACTURER CONTACTED. *AK *YH

AT 35MPH HITCH DISCONNECTED FROM TRAILER WITH NO WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK

CAB OF THE TRUCK VIBRATED VERY HARD AT ANY SPEED. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER, THEN HUB, STILL SAME PROBLEM. TOOK TO FORD, FORD REPLACED TIRES, STILL SHAKING. THEN, THEY REPLACED DRIVESHAFT, STILL SHOOK. DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS TREAD SEPERATION ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO RIM AND VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 34000 MILES,LT265/75R16, MOUNTED ON A 1999, FORD, F350. *AK DOT # VNW81XM088. *YH

AFTER PARKING HIS VEHICLE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ON, VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE HILL, HITTING OTHER VEHICLE, CABLE ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD BROKEN. *AKTHE CABLE FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TRUCK ROLLING AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, BUT FORD CLAIMS THE TRUCK IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL FOR SAID FAILURE. *JG

WHILE CLUTCH IS FULLEY DEPRESSED AND IN GEAR VEHICLE WILL TAKE OFF.CONTACTED DEALER. REPLACED PART, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK

THE VEHICLES GEAR SHIFT BROKE OFF THE TRANSMISSION. *NLM

TRUCKS TWO FRONT WHEELS HAVE CRACKED AND WILL NOT HOLD AIR.*MR BOTH FRONT ALUMINUM WHEELS. THE CRACK ON BOTH WHEELS IS LOCATED ON THE INSIDE AROUND THE SPOKE. THE DEALER HAD CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO HELP. THE WHEELS WERE REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING SECTOR SHAFT BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. *JG *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45-65 MPH, BRAKES MALFUNCTION/ LOCK UP, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ON 23-FEB-2002 DEALER REPLACED HYDRO BOOST AND FRONT PADS VEHICLE STARTED LOCKING UP AGAIN, ON 24-FEB-2002 DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND NOW BRAKES ARE WORKING. *YD

DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION IN 1999 F350 SERIES TRUCKS. *MR THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AT THE TIME, FORD INSTALLED A RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION PER COMPANY POLICY. FOR THAT TRANSMISSION THE CONSUMER PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. ALMOST ONE YEAR LATER A SECOND TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER FORD DEALER IN IOWA STATED THAT THE RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE START AND THAT A PART OF IT WAS EGGING WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROUND. THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE FIRST 2K MILES. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT FORD SHOULD COVER THE COST SPENT ON THE REPAIR(S). *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING LEFT FRONT WHEEL WENT INWARD DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITH SUSPENSION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRANSFER CASE SHIFTING FORK WORE OUT. TRUCK HAD ONLY BEEN IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES ALL IN SNOW CONDITIONS ON MAJOR HIWAYS. NO OFFROADING AT ALL. HAD TO REPLACE THE SHIFTING FORK, A PLANETARY GEAR AN A IMPUT SHAFT. THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY FORD WOULD SELL THE REPACEMENT PARTS. FORD HAS MADE A DESIGN CHANGE ON THE SHIFTING FORK.*AK

REAR TIRE SIDEWALL SHREDDED AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WAS NOT A BLOWOUT, BUT A SEPARATION OF THE TIRE COMPONENTS. PHOTOS AVAILABLE.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RIGHT REAR LEAF SPRING, NUMBER 3, BROKE FOR NO REASON. *SLC

DT: BOUGHT TRUCK 11-15-01. SINCE THEN YOU HAVE HAD REPAETED PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT HUB BEARINGS. THE 1ST TIME THEY WENT OUT WAS 12-12-01, AGAIN ON 2-11-02, AND 2-14-02. AGAIN 4-23-03. NOW CURRENTLY OUT AGAIN. IN THE PAST FORD HAS WORKED WITH THIS ISSUE, NOW WILL NOT. 3-15-05 NEW ENGINE WAS INSTALLED, NOW HAS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND KNOCKING NOISES. DEALER IS REFUSING REPAIRS UNLESS PAYS OUT OF POCKET.

STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BADLY AT ANY SPEED, DEALER DETERMINED A STABILIZER ARM NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. *AK *YD

AFTER BEING PARKED FOR AN HOUR VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

I WAS ON AN INTERNET SITE CALLED FORD-DIESEL.COM AND A FEW GUYS THERE REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH THEIR STEERING LOCKING UP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES HARD. ONE GUY EVEN REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO STEER HIS TRUCK WHEN HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO GET CONTROL OF HIS TRUCK. I DECIDED TO DO A LITTLE TEST ON MY TRUCK TO SEE IF MY TRUCK HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I APPLIED MY BRAKES HARD AT ABOUT 55 MPH AND TRIED TO STEER AND SURE ENOUGH THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED UP. SEE THIS LINK FOR THE GUY WHO ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE HTTP://FORUMS.FORD-DIESEL.COM/UBB/ULTIMATEBB.PHP?UBB=GET_TOPIC&F=24&T=003307 . I AM NOT SURE IF FORD IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUY GUYS WITH BRAN NEW TRUCKS ARE REPORTING THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEIR DEALER IS SAYING THEY HAVE NO FIX FOR IT. I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEONE PULLING A LARGE LOAD WITH ONE OF THESE TRUCKS AND NOT BE ABLE TO STEER WHEN THEY NEEDED TO.*AK

WRONG LOAD RATED TIRE, THIS MODEL CALLS FOR LOAD RATE E NOT D, QUESTION THE SALE AT LEAST THREE TIMES BEFOR PURCHASE. SALEMAN INFORMED ME THAT THESE TIRES WERE NOT INVOLVED IN A RECALL. LATER MY WIFE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVERS SID REAR TIRE AT 75MPH.

NUT HOLDING STEERING KNUCKLE TO STEERING GEAR BOX WORKED LOOSE ALLOWING KNUCKLE TO WORK LOOSE FROM GEAR BOX CAUSING SLACK IN STEERING.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING,THE 4 INTERIOR LIGHTS SUDDENLY CAME ON,DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO TURN THEM OFF. POWER WINDOW, AND WINDSHIELD WHIPER BECAME INOPERATIVE.HAD VEHICLE SERVICED,THE COMPUTER GEM MODULE HAD WENT OUT. THIS ALSO CONTROLS THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE PARKED IN A DOWN HILL POSITION IN DRIVEWAY AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE SNAP AND VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN HILL. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-45 MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. IMPACT WAS MOSTLY ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, PASSENGER'S AIRBAG WAS TURNED OFF. *AK *YH

GENERAL, GRABBER AW, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 25996 MILES, LT235/85R16 MOUNTED ON A 1999 FORD F350. DOT# ADOR1JC458. THERE WAS TREAD SEPARATION ON LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK *SLC

THE PICKUPS LEFT FRONT 16 INCH FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE HAD A MALFUNCTION OF SOME TYPE WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE PICKUP TO SHARPLY VEER LEFT GOING ONTO THE MEDIAN AND THEN CROSSING THE WESTBOUND LANES, THE DRIVER OF THE U-HAUL (DECEASED) WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE PICKUP CROSSING THE MEDIAN AND INTO THE PATH OF THE WESTBOUND LANES (ATTORNEY FOR DECEASED). NLM

FRONT END OF VEHICLE STARTS WOBBLING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHENEVER DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS CLUTCH WOULD GO OUT. WOULD HAVE NO PRIOR WARNING. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES, AND CLUTCH HAS BEEN CHANGED 4 TIMES. THERE ISN'T ANY INDICATION OF CAUSE OF PROBLEM. IT STILL EXISTS.*AK

CLUTCH HYDRAULIC RELEASE SYSTEM FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD IMMEDIATELY AND VIOLENTLY. FORTUNATELY THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WAS FAR ENOUGH AWAY SO THAT I DIDN'T HIT IT, BEFORE GETTING VEHICLE STOPPED. ON INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT THE ROLL PIN WHICH HOLDS THE CLUTCH LINE INTO THE SLAVE CYLINDER HAD BACKED OUT, AND ALLOWED THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE TO DISCONNECT. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE CLUTCH ENGAGED VIOLENTLY, AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD ON ENGINE POWER. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT, IF ANY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAD BEEN DIFFERENT.*AK

I OWNED A 99.5 FORD F350 WITH THE 7.3L DIESEL AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AT AROUND 30K MILES, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH WHILE TOWING A LOADED TRAILER, THE TRUCK SHUT OFF. THIS LEFT ME WITH NO POWER STEERING AND NO POWER BRAKES OR ABS BRAKES. HAD THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A STEEPER GRADE OR BUSIER TIME OF DAY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. AFTER PULLING OVER TO THE SHOULDER, THE TRUCK RESTARTED AND RAN BRIEFLY BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN AGAIN. IT HAD TO BE TOWED AT THAT POINT. THE TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT FIXING THE TRUCK, WHICH LED TO ANOTHER HIGH SPEED STALL WITH LOSS OF CONTROL, THEY FINALLY REPLACED THE CAM POSITION SENSOR (CPS). I HAD TOLD THEM THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE PROBLEM WHEN I HAD IT TOWED THE FIRST TIME. IT SEEMS COMMON KNOWLEDGE AMONG FORD 7.3L DIESEL OWNERS THAT THIS PART FAILS WITHOUT WARNING AT AS EARLY AS 500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. MOST OWNERS CARRY A SPARE IN THEIR TRUCKS TO AVOID BEING STRANDED. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS HAS BECOME A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS AS MORE AND MORE FAMILIES USE THEM AS GROCERY-GETTERS AND/OR THE FAMILY WAGON. A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER OR A DRIVER IN A MORE HAZARDOUS SETTING WOULD NOT HAVE FARED AS WELL AS I DID. I URGE YOU TO RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM AND BRING IT TO LIGHT SO THAT FORD CAN NO LONGER SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG UNTIL PEOPLE GET HURT. AS THESE TRUCKS GET MORE MILES ON THEM THE ODDS INCREASE DRAMATICALLY THAT THE CPS WILL FAIL LEAVING THE VEHICLE IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE STATE IN MANY INSTANCES. *JB

CLAIM NUMBER 22-V597-733 - WHILE PULLING A TRAILER IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS, STEERING SHAFT WHICH CONNECTS TO THE PITMAN ARM BROKE CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE ALL CONTROL OF STEERING AND VEHICLE TO FLIP, NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. *TT

VEHICLE WILL NOT START. IF VEHICLE DOES START IT WILL KEEP STALLING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE IAC MOTOR. PROBLEM CAME BACK. CURRENTLY, THEY REPLACING COMPUTER CHIP. *AK JLG

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT THAT DID DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AREA. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT A CEMENT CULVERT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HUB AND AXLE HOUSING. DURING OR BEFORE (UNKNOWN) THE ACCIDENT THE STEERING BOX OUTPUT (PITMAN) SHAFT BROKE. WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE TYPES OF TRUCKS AND ONE OTHER F350 THAT WHILE DRIVING IN A STORM THE WHEEL HIT A RUT IN THE ROAD AND THE PITMAN SHAFT BROKE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO UP AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLL OVER.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT REGULAR SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WINDOW GLASS EXPLODED AND SHATTERED INSIDE OF VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND AT THE TIME. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 TO 75 MPH RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE, STEELTEX R4S TIRE, SIZE: LT265/75R16, DOT: DA217PF09L EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO 1999, FORD, F350. IT WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. *AK DAMAGE WAS TO THE RIGHT REAR PICK-UP BED, REAR RUNNING BOARD, AND TAILPIPE, CONSUMER PURCHASED 5 NEW TIRES. *SLC

CLUTCH PEDAL WILL NOT RETURN WHEN APPLIED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED OF A YOKE FAILURE. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST. DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE FROM FORD, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED WHY FAILED YOKE IS NOT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *AK *TT

DT: THE CONTACT STATED AT 30,000 MILES THE FRONT END SHOOK, AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 5 MPH B TO GAIN CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE LOWER BALL JOINT. AT 78,000 MILES, THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING AFTER HITTING A BUMP WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY APPARENT PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END ASSEMBLY. *AK

CLAIM NUMBER 53-C783-964 - WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN, HOWEVER CONSUMER COULD NOT STEER VEHICLE CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL AND HIT A POLE, CONSUMER ADDS THAT AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT INTO DEALER THREE TIMES BECAUSE OF STEERING PROBLEMS. *TT

THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD WELL ON AN INCLINE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY NOTICED IN REVERSE, AS ON A BOAT RAMP WITH A BOAT THAT I AM TRYING TO LAUNCH. I CAN SET THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I CAN AND THE TRUCK WILL STILL ROLL BACK AGAINST THE PARKING PALL IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO THEN SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR. THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT IT TWICE AND STATED THAT THEY DON'T SEE A PROBLEM BUT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE CONDITIONS.*AK

AT 35000 MILES LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY WENT OUT. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER WHEN AXLE HUB ASSEMBLY WENT OUT IT CAUSED BEARINGS TO GET REALLY HOT, AND COULD POSSIBLY START A FIRE. CONSUMER STATED AT 35,750 MILE VEHCILE'S RIGHT/ LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATED THAT AT 66,000 VEHICLE NEEDED ANOTHER LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 60 MPH IN HIS 1999 FORD F350, LEFT FRONT FIRESTONE TIRE SIZE: LT265/75R16, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHICH DAMAGED WHEEL WELL/ FENDER, AND RUNNING BOARD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRE CENTER AND THEY REPLACED FRONT LEFT TIRE BECAUSE OF TREAD SEPARATION. ALSO, FRONT RIGHT FIRESTONE TIRE WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF A LUMP/BUBBLE THAT FORMED ON SIDEWALL/TREAD BOUNDARY. THESE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 46,000 MILES ON THEM. *AK DOT NUMBER VNW81XL328. *SLC

THE FRONT TIRES ALWAYS NEED AIR, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE TIRES MAY BE MISLABLED (THE TIRE SAYS 2 PLY BUT IT SHOULD HAVE AN 8 OR 10 PLY RATING), THE TIRE INFLATION SPEC IS 65 BUT THE TIRE MANUFACTURER HAS 80, THE OUTER DRIVERS SIDE TIRE HAS A BULDGE AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THERE ARE NUMEROUS CRACKS IN THE TIRE SIDEWALL WHICH APPEARS TO BE DRY ROT (GENERAL GRIPPER LT235/85R16). NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE. AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE TRAVELED OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. *AK *JB

I HAVE HAD THE FRONT BRAKES REPLACED 3 TIMES AND THE REAR BRAKES REPLACED 2 TIMES. THESE REPAIRS WERE ALL DONE WITHIN THE 3 YEAR, 36,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. SOON AFTER THE WARRANTY ENDED, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THE TRUCK WAS FINE. THIS IS IN NO WAY A TRUE STATEMENT. EACH TIME I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR THESE BRAKE PROBLEMS, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES AND HAVE AGREED THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME THEY HAVE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THERE ALSO WAS A RECALL FOR THE REAR BRAKES.*AK

DRIVING TO LOCAL FISHING SPOT ON A SPRING DAY WHEN A LOUD POP FROM UNDER THE HOOD FOLLOWED BY MORE CONSISTENT POPS, NOISE, AND POOR RUNNING CONDITION. I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD ONLY TO FIND THE COIL PRECARIOUSLY PROPPED UP AND OUT OF IT'S SEAT. REMOVING THE COIL WAS ASTONISHED TO SEE THAT THE PLUG WAS STILL IN THE COIL. THE PLUG HAD BEEN EJECTED CRUSHING THE COIL AND FUEL RAIL. I CALLED THE LOCAL WRECKER FOR A TOW (MUST BE FLATBED DUE TO SIZE OF TRUCK) TO THE DEALER. DEALER DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEM AND WAS PROMPTLY TOLD IT WOULD BE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPAIR AND MANY MANY DAYS OUT OF SERVICE. I HAD TRUCK TOWED TO MY HOME AND PROCEEDED TO FIX IT MYSELF. *NM

TIRES WERE CONSTANTLY GOING FLAT. SEVERAL TIMES I PULLED PIECES OF GRAVEL/ROCK OUT TO FIND THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE LEAKING. I FEEL THESE TIRES WERE UNREASONABLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PUNCTURES . TO HEAR OF GRAVEL PIERCING THROUGH THE TIRE, I REPLACED THEM FEARING THAT IF I HIT A LARGER PIECE OF DEBRIS THAT A SEVERE TIRE FAILURE MAY OCCUR.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/16)

MANUAL TRANSMISSION CLUTCH ROD CYLINDER BROKE WHILE SHIFTING TO MAKE A TURN. WAS GOING ONLY 25MPH ON A BACK ROAD. WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AND DROVE IT HOME. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF BREAKAGE, BUT WAS ABLE TO REPLACE ROD AND SLAVE CYLINDER.*AK

AIR-BAG DEPLOYED WHEN VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE ON REAR OF TRUCK WHILE PULLING A 24-FOOT STOCK-TRAILER ,FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WONT LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM OR FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. THE TRUCK IS USED AS A FARM VEHICLE AND IS JARRED AROUND ALL THE TIME IN PASTURES AND IF IT IS POSSIBLE THEY NEED TO TRY AND LOOK INTO FARM TRUCKS TO COME WITH A SHUTOFF FOR AIRBAGS IF POSSIBLE OR BETTER SYSTEM. *AK ALSO THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE.*JB

CONSUMER HEARD A GROWLING NOISE WHILE DRIVING, DEALER DETERMINED THAT FRONT BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 26700 MILES. ON 16 JULY 2002, CONSUMER HEARD NOISE IN FRONT END AGAIN, BALL JOINTS WERE BEING REPLACED. *AK THE TIE ROD ALSO FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

I HAD JUST CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURES (70PSI) PRIOR TO LEAVING HOME. 45 MINUTES INTO THE TRIP, I FELT 2 OR 3 SECONDS OF ROUGH SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN A LOUD NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY A "DROP" OF THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TAKEN MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACELORATOR AT THE SHAKING AND MAINTAINED CONTROL WHILE GENTLY BRAKING AND WHEN SLOWED ENOUGH, PULLED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS TOWING A GOOSENECK TRAILOR AND ALL WHIGHTS WERE WITHIN LOAD CAPACITY OF THE F350. THE SEPEAATED TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY TORE UP THE REAR PANEL OF THE TRUCK, TWO ESTIMATED WITHIN $50 OF EACH OTHER; LOWEST WAS $2654. I FILED A CLAIM WITH FIRESTONE TO PAY OR THE REPAIR AND WAS REQUIRED TO SEND THEM THE TIRE REMANTS AS PART OF THAT CLAIM. I THINK THOSE TIRES ARE TOO LIGHT FOR A SUPERDUTY TRUCK RATED AT 3600# LOAD CAPACITY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES WITH THE BLOW-OUT, BUT I CUT MY FINGER REALLY BADLY UNDOING THE BENT FENDER STRUT DAMAGED BY THE TIRE IN ORDER TO GET THE SPARE TIRE ON.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL487 TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)