1999 Ford F-350 Complaint Log

INSTALL 4 NEW BFG TIRES ON MY NEW TRUCK. ALL 4 FAILED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION & BLOWOUTS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: BEXFUB1124 TIRESIZE: 33X12.5X16)

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH HE TRIED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, BUT THE STEERING DID NOT WORK AT THAT TIME. *AK

HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY,GOING TO WORK. BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED AT ALL SPEEDS, DEALER CUT DOWN ROTORS AT APPOROX. 23,000 MILES...I ASKED IF THEY HAD ANY OTHERS NEED CUT AT THAT MILEAGE, HE STATED WAS PROBABLY DUE TO RUST...I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK ONLY 4 WEEKS AFTER BUILD DATE, AND IT DOES NOT SIT...TRUCK CONTINUES TO HAVE A PULSATING BRAKE, AND IS HARD TO STOP. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED/ ANY TIME. TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, CANNOT REMEDY SITUATION. *AK ALSO, TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. *YH

WHILE MAKING A "HARD STOP" T VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER STEERING WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, AND SAID IT WAS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH DRIVER HIT A VEHICLE WITH FRONT END. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING NECK INJURIES, EVEN WITH SEATBELTS WORN. PLEASEPROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FROM DELIVERY, ABS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INTERMITTANTLY STAY ON. EL;ECTRICAL SYSTEM SOMETIMES 'STUMBLES' AND LOOSES VOLTAGE... AS IF IT IS GOING TO STALL.. THEN IT CORRECTS ITSELF UNTIL THE NEXT TIME DRIVING IS VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO POOR FRONT SHOCK/SPRING SETUP.. MUST FIGHT TO KEEP ON ROAD AT TIMES. I HAVE HAD TO PLACE 500 LB. WEIGHT IN REAR TO IMPROVE THIS SOMEWHAT.

FRONT LEFT TIRE HUB BROKE OFF CAUSING THE TRUCK TO HIT A BRIDGE, DRIVER SAYS THE TRUCK DROPPED DOWN AND THEN HIT THE BRIDGE, THE TIRE FELL OFF BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE BRIDGE, THIS ACCIDENT TOTALLED OUR TRUCK AND DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE BRIDGE. HAVE COMPALINED TO FORD, THEY WILL NOT REPLACE TRUCK, SAYS IT WAS OUR FAULT, BUT WE KNOW THE TIRE FELL OFF, THE INVESTIGATOR TOLD US THE NUT ON THE INSIDE BACKED OFF, CAUSING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE AND HUB TO BREAK OFF, AND IT WAS IN NOWAY OUR FAULT, IS A DEFECT IN THE TRUCK..

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265X75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265X75R16 )

I HAVE HAD THREE TIRE BLOWOUTS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST OCCURED ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SIDEWALL BLOWOUTS WITH COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TIRE (UNABLE TO REPAIR) ALL OCCURED AT LESS THAN 40 MPH ON GRADED GRAVELED ROADS. IT APPEARED AS IF THE TIRES HAD BEEN CUT. (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )

WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN HEAD-ON ACCIDENT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. *AK

THESE FIRESTONE STEEL TEX AT, P26575R16 WERE (OE) ON THIS FORD TRUCK. SEPERATION OF TREAD WAS NOTICED WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING. FIRESTONE REPLACED THE TIRE.*AK THE TIRE WAS MADE IN CANADA. FIRESTONE PRORATED THE TIRE AND REPLACED IT AS A ROAD HAZARD CLAIM. *YH

DUE TO DEFECTIVE TURBO INTAKE WHICH BLEWOUT VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THIS MIGHT HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER FIXED THIS PART 5 TIMES, BUT IT IS STILL REOCCURRING. ALSO, WHILE DOWNSHIFTING FROM 2ND GEAR TO 1ST GEAR VEHICLE WILL GO INTO REVERSE AUTOMATICALLY, CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE REAR PART OF VEHICLE. *AK ONE TURBO LOST ITS POWER AND SHUTDOWN BEFORE BEING PULLED OVER TO ROAD SIDE. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO INTO REVERSE GEAR. *YH

EVERY 20,000 MILES ROTORS WENT OUT. FRONT END BOUNCED AROUND, AND STOPPING DISTANCE HAD INCREASED. THIS WAS THE 3RD TIME THAT ROTORS WORE OUT. DEALER SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF IMPROPER BRAKING. *AK

HYDRO-BOOST ASSEMBLEY STARTED LEAKING AT MASTER CYLINDER AND HYDRO-BOOST MOUNT POINT. LOST OF BRAKE ASSIST AND STEERING DUE TO FLUID LEVEL LOSS. FORD DEALER HAS TRUCK FOR REPAIRS REPALCING HYDRO-BOOST ASSEMBLY. I SEE THIS IS THE THIRD REPORTED INCIDENT ON THE WEB PAGE.

POWER STRG PUMP NOISEY AND WHEN APPLY BRAKES AND TRY TO TURN AT SAME TIME STRG REAL STIFF, RD TEST, REPLACED P/S PUMP AND SWAP PULLEYS AND FLUID PUMP - POWER STEERING

WHILE DRIVING AND PULLING A TRAILER IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS ,AND TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, TRUCK STARTED TO SLIDE ONE WAY AND THE TRAILER WENT THE OTHER, CAUSING THE TRAILER TO SMASH INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH DRIVE THROUGH A LINE RUNNING OVER A CURVE, REAR AXLE FELL DOWN. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND HAVE ALSO BEEN TURNED TWICE.FORD INSTALLED NEW ROTORS AND PADS 36000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY,THIS SEEMS TO BE AONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS,I'M CONCERNED WHY THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY 9000 MILES OR SO AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FURTHER REPAIRS NOW THAT THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.IT APPEARS THAT FORD DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM.DOING FRONT BRAKES EVERY 9000 MILES IS NOT NORMAL FOR ANY SIZE TRUCK AND IS A MAJOR SAFTEY CONCERN FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.PLEASE INFORM ME OF ANY RECALLS OR IF FORD IS STILL LIABLE FOR FURTHER REPAIRS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.*AK

EVERYTIME WHEN APPLYING BRAKES OR TURNING A CORNER ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER CLEANED THE CONNECTORS, BUT CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE PROBLEMS. *AK

CABLE THAT ATTACHES SPARE TIRE TO VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BREAK. DEALER HAS REPLACED SPARE TIRE CARRIER SEVERAL TIMES. *AK SEAT BELT DOESN'T RETRACT PROPERLY. *YH

EXTERIOR MIRRORS LEAVE BLIND SPOT, AND UNABLE TO MAKE AJUSTMENT. NOTICED CORRECTION MADE ON 2000 F350 MODELS, BUT NOT 1999 MODELS. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK

IE99-069; WHEN TRAVELING 68 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DOWNSHIFT, THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR. ALSO, IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE CONSUMER APPLIED EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, CONSUMER THEN TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF BY REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS NOT REPLACED PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45MPH, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION/OVERDRIVE WENT OUT AND COULDN'T SHIFT INTO ANY GEARS. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. 15000 MILES LATER, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN. CONTACTED DEALER AGAIN, AND AT 26000 MILES TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ONCE MORE. THIS WAS THE 7TH TRANSMISSION REPLACED.*AK

THE SPARE TIRE BROKE LOOSE FROM UNDER THE TRUCK WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, BEING THAT WE WERE PULLING A 24'ENCLOSED RACE CAR TRAILER AT THE TIME THE SPARE TIRE BROKE OFF. WHEN HIT BY THE TRAILER IT THREW THE TRAILER IN THE AIR BRAKING THE AXELS ON IMPACT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN THE ONCOMMING LANE AT THE TIME OR FOLLOWING TO CLOSE BEHIND. DAMAGE WAS CAUSE HEAVILY TO THE TRAILER, THE TRUCK SEEMS TO BE OK. I AM GLAD WE WEREN'T TRAVELING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, HEARD A HEAVY NOISE. WHEN TAKING OFF AND GIVING IT GAS, VEHICLE WON'T SHIFT, AND THE RPMS WERE HIGHER. ALSO, SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO OUT. VEHICLE IS THE FIFTH TIME AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. *AK

CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER STUCK TO THE FLOOR ALMOST RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING ANOTHER, SERVICE BULLETIN ON FAILURE, HOWEVER UNABLE TO FIX DUE TO BACK ORDERED PARTS. MJS

A FEWS DAYS AFTER PURCHASE THE ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY ON, UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. MJS

HUB CAPS ON ALL 4 WHEELS KEEP COMING OFF. SIX HAVE BEEN REPLACED. CURRENTLY, BACK 2 ARE MISSING. WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. DEALER HAS NO REASON WHY THEY KEEP COMING OFF. *AK

DESIGN OF THE MIRRORS (CONVEX) DO NOT ALLOW THE CONSUMER TO SEE PROPERLY, AND IS UNABLE TO ADJUST THE MIRROS. AN ACCIDENT COULD RESULT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY OR BLIND SPOT. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE. NHTSA NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK

2 REAR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CRACK ALONG CIRCUMFERENCE OF SIDEWALL.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265-75-16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265-75-16 )

FORD CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM 31/2 YEARS. THE REAR END IS TAKING A BEATING W/ GEAR SLACK.THE BUCKING ACTION IS VIOLENT IN THE CRUSE CONTROL. DELERS SAY IT CANT BE FIXED.*AK

MY NAME IS DIANNE MCCULLAR. ADDRESS IS 5223 SOLAR RIDGE DR. COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80917. (719)574-2029 MY 1979 FORD BRONCO VIN#U15HLEJ5445 WAS HIT BY THE ABOVE MENTIONED TRUCK ON 05/23/99. THE OWNER LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE WHEN THE STEERING SHAFT/STEERING GEAR BOX SHEARED APART. MY TRUCK WAS PARKED AT THE TIME. $5100 OF DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY TRUCK. TIG INSURANCE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE COLLISION WAS DUE TO A FORD PART THAT IS UNDER RECALL (#98S17). DUE TO THEM DETERMINING THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY MECHANICAL DEFECT, TIG INSURANCE HAS DENIED MY CLAIM FOR DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK AND I AM HAVING TO PURSUE FORD DIRECTLY. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO THAT WOULD HELP MY CASE. THANK YOU. *AK

LUMBAR SEAT ADJUSTMENT KNOB DESIGN TOO LARGE,INTERFERENCE WHEN PASSENGER EXITING VEHICLE (DRESS CAUGHT) CAUSING INJURY WHEN CONSUMER WAS HANGING FROM DRESS. MJS

CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS WARNING LIGHT FOR OVER 16 MONTHS BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS ACTUALLY DIANOSED AS BEING A FAILED ABS MODULE, CONSUMER STATED THERE WOULD ALSO BE A POPPING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED.*JB

DEFECTIVE RELAY MODULE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SIDEWALL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I FEEL THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO OWNERS OF SIMILAR AND ALL SEEM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. WHEN THE PAKING BRAKE IS APPLIED IT IS INSUFFICIENT TO HOLD THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING.

SEVERE DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE ROTOR DESTRUCTION FROM CALIPER MOUNTED ON FRONT OF ROTOR, PREVENTING SELF CLEANING OF MUD, FROM ROTOR FACE. ROTOR IS DESTROYED BY ABRASIVE ACTION OF GRIT HELD IN PLACE AGAINST ROTOR BY FORWARD MOTION OF WHEELS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED IN OUR OTHER TWO 1999 FORDS (1-F550 AND 1-F450). OUR COMPANY OPERATES A FLEET OF 50 VEHICLES IN OFFROAD OILFIELD SERVICE TRUCKING. WE HAVE 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF OFFROAD VEHICLE USE. THIS PROBLEM IS THE MOST SEVERE ENGINEERING PROBLEM WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN OUR EXPERIENCE. THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED BY FORD AND AN ENGINEERING CHANGE MUST BE MADE. CERTAIN INJURIES AND DEATHS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR DURING HIGH SPEED BRAKE APPLICATIONS IF THE DISC PAD LOCKS INTO THE FORGED COOLING WEB OF THE ROTOR. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFTEN WON'T TURN OFF. AT TIMES I HAVE TO PULL THE FUSS TO STOP THE WIPERS, AND REPLACE THE FUSS TO START THEM AGAIN. I HAD IT IN TO THE DEALER TWO TIMES, THEY FIRST REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR, THIS DID NOT FIX IT, SO THE NEXT TRIP IN, THEY REPLACE THE SWITCH, THIS HAS NOT FIXED IT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE BRAKING FADING AND VIBRATION. CONTACTED DEALERS, WHO STATED THAT BRAKES COULD NOT COULD NOT BE FIXED, AND WOULDN'T BE FIXED. *AK

CLUTCH LOCKS UP AND ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT GEARS. FAILURES OCCUR WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHEN THE CLUTCH DISC SPRING POCKETS BREAK, JAMMING THE CLUTCH. IF THIS HAPPENS IN TRAFFIC IT COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FORD ADMITS THAT THERE IS A FAILURE PROBLEM WITH CLUTCH DISC. CONSUMER SAYS CLUTCHES ARE LASTING 25K MILES BETWEEN FAILURES. *AK *ML

BRAKES: BRAKES FADE EASILY AND WILL PULL TO THE LEFT. BRAKES ALSO SHAKE AND SHUDDER THE WHOLE VEHICLE AND SURGE GRABBING AND UNGRABBING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND BRAKE PEDAL PULSATES. BRAKES BEGAN PROBLEM WITH VERY FEW MILES NEVER LOADED OR PULLING. RESULTS IN UNSAFE BRAKING. SEAT BELT: DRIVERS SEATBELT HANGS DOWN AND GETS CAUGHT IN BOTTOM OF DOOR. YOU SHUT YOUR DOOR, FASTEN THE BELT NOT KNOWING IT IS STUCK IN DOOR. IN SUDDEN STOPS, THE BELT PULLS FREE WITH MUCH SLACK REMAINING POSSIBLY ALLOWING YOUR BODY TO GO THROUGH WINDSHIELD. BELT TWISTS VERY EASILY, AND BOTTOM PIVOT/ANCHOR TURNS EASILY ALLOWING BELT TO HANG DOWN IN DOOR. MUST FIDDLE WITH IT EACH TIME EXITING THE VEHICLE AND MUST DOUBLE CHECK IT IS NOT STUCK IN DOOR. TRANSMISSION: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DID NOT DISENGAGE IN COLD WEATHER CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AT INTERSECTION NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES. TRANSMISSION ALSO SHIFTS IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE GOING INTO OVERDRIVE ERRATICALLY. IT WILL GO IN AND OUT OF OVERDRIVE SEVERAL TIME WITHING A SECOND OR TWO CAUSING THE VEHICLE AND PASSENGERS TO JERK BACK AND FORTH SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY.

WHEN DRIVING & STARTING TO BRAKE, BRAKES WOULD PULSATE & VIBRATE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED BRAKE ROTORS & SHOES WERE INADEQUATE FOR VEHICLE. THE ROTORS WERE WARPING, AND WERE TURNED. CALIPERS & SHOES WERE REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ROTORS/CALIPERS & SHOES WERE REPLACED AGAIN FOR THE 4TH TIME. HEAT FROM SIZE OF TRUCK WOULD WARP ROTORS. DEALER WAS ORDING HEAVY DUTY BRAKE ROTORS/ CALIPERS & SHOES.*AK

WHILE STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL, LOST ALL STERRING CONTROL-UNABE TO STEER VECHICLE. *AK

WHILE PRESSING ON BRAKES, VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE ALSO PULLS TO LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE MANUFACTURER SAYS THAT THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE BRAKE PROBLEM. ALSO, ROUGH ROADS CONFUSE THE COMPUTER RESULTING IN BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. *YH

ABS BRAKES; WHEN PUSHING ON THE BRAKES CONSUMER CANNOT TURN THE WHEEL. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES DRIVER CAN'T TURN THE WHEEL. ABS BRAKE FAILURE. *ML

YOU CAN NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. LIKE WHEN YOU NEED TO PARK PULL IN OR OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY GO AT A VERY SLOW SPEED AND TURN. IF YOU HAD TO TURN THE WHEEL AND APPLY THE BRAKES AS IF A KID RUN INTO THE ROAD YOU COULD NOT DO THAT. *AK