1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty

What owners should know

Covers 1999–2004 · 7.3L and 6.0L Power Stroke diesel, 5.4L V8 and 6.8L V10 gas · Updated 2026-10-01

Researched from owner forums and NHTSA complaints and written by Know Your Truck. These are patterns in what owners report, not a guarantee about any particular truck.

Common failures & how to fix them

Parts and video buttons search for your 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty. Always confirm a part fits using your VIN. Brakes, steering, fuel and airbag work affects your safety, so if you're not sure, have a qualified mechanic do it.

• 7.3L stalling (cam position sensor)

  Easy DIY

  Signs: Engine cuts out or won't start, the tachometer drops to zero, and power steering and brakes go stiff when it dies.

  Fix: Replace the camshaft position sensor. Owners recommend a genuine Motorcraft sensor. It's a small part on the front of the engine.

  May be covered free by recall 07V553000. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

  Shop: 7.3 Powerstroke camshaft position sensor▶ How-to videos

• 7.3L rough cold starts or misfire (valve cover harness)

  Moderate DIY

  Signs: Rough running when cold, a miss on one or more cylinders, or glow plug codes.

  Fix: Inspect and replace the under-valve-cover harness (UVCH) and its gaskets, and check glow plugs and connectors.

  Shop: 7.3 Powerstroke under valve cover harness▶ How-to videos

• Spark plug blowout (5.4L / 6.8L gas)

  Hard DIY

  Signs: A loud pop, then a ticking or puffing noise and a misfire. The plug may be sitting loose in the coil.

  Fix: Repair the stripped threads with a thread insert kit made for these heads, often without removing the head. Many owners have a shop do it.

  Shop: Ford Triton spark plug thread repair kit▶ How-to videos

• Cruise control switch fire risk

  Dealer (recall)

  Signs: Often no warning. The switch on the brake master cylinder can overheat and burn.

  Fix: Covered by Ford recalls. A dealer replaces or disconnects the switch for free.

  May be covered free by recall 06V286000 / 09V399000. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

• Rusted brake lines

  Hard DIY

  Signs: Heavy scale or swelling on the steel lines along the frame, a soft pedal, or a fluid leak.

  Fix: Replace rusted lines with pre-bent lines or copper-nickel line, then bleed the brakes. Do the whole run, not just the bad spot.

  Shop: brake line kit▶ How-to videos

• Worn ball joints and tie rods

  Hard DIY

  Signs: Clunks over bumps, wandering steering, uneven tire wear, or play when you rock a lifted front wheel.

  Fix: Replace worn ball joints and tie rod ends, then get an alignment. Ball joints need a press tool, which many parts stores lend out.

  Shop: ball jointsShop: tie rod end▶ How-to videos

Recalls

A recall doesn't mean a truck still has the problem. Enter the truck's VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or ask a dealer to see whether the repair was done.

• Vehicle Speed Control

  Oct 2009 · #09V399000

  FORD IS RECALLING MODEL YEARS 1995-2003 WINDSTAR, 2000-2003 EXCURSION DIESEL, 1993-1997 AND 1999-2003 F-250 SD THROUGH F-550 SD DIESEL, 1992-2003 E-150 THROUGH E-550, 1995-2002 EXPLORER, 1997 AND 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER, 1995-1997 AND 2001-2003 RANGER, AND 1994 F53 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH (SCDS). THE SCDS MAY LEAK INTERNALLY AND THEN OVERHEAT, SMOKE, OR BURN.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: A VEHICLE FIRE COULD OCCUR WITH OR WITHOUT THE ENGINE RUNNING.

  Fix: FORD WILL NOTIFY OWNERS THAT DEALERS WILL INSTALL A FUSED WIRING HARNESS IN LINE WITH THE SCDS. ON 1999-2003 WINDSTAR VEHICLES WITH A LEAKING SCDS, DEALERS WILL ALSO INSPECT THE ABS CONTROL MODULE CONNECTOR AND REPAIR AS NECESSARY. REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 27, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-888-222-2751.

• Wheels:Hub

  Dec 2007 · #07E106000

  CERTAIN FEDERAL-MOGUL REPLACEMENT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLIES WITH THE BRAND NAMES: NATIONAL, CARQUEST P/NOS. 515020, 515021, 515025, 515053, 515054, 515059, AND 515060, SHIPPED BETWEEN JANUARY 23, 2006, AND DECEMBER 20, 2007, SOLD FOR LIGHT DUTY AND MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS. THE INBOARD RETENTION NUT USED TO MAINTAIN HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY CAN LOOSEN RESULTING IN AN ABS LIGHT INDICATION, NOISE, AND/OR WHEEL SEPARATION.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: WHEEL SEPARATION CAN RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

  Fix: FEDERAL-MOGUL WILL NOTIFY CUSTOMERS AND WILL REPLACE THE HUB ASSEMBLY FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 7, 2008. OWNERS CAN CONTACT FEDERAL-MOGUL TOLL-FREE AT 877-489-6659.

• Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Diesel

  Dec 2007 · #07V553000

  ON CERTAIN HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 7.3L DIESEL ENGINES, THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR LOCATED ON THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE MAY FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN ENGINE STALL.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: IN THE EVENT OF AN ENGINE STALL, A CRASH COULD RESULT WITHOUT WARNING.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE SENSOR AND REPLACE IT WITH AN IMPROVED CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 29, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-866-436-7332.

• Equipment:Electrical

  Aug 2007 · #07E066000

  CERTAIN CEQUENT 90 DEGREE 7-WAY RIGHT ANGLE ADAPTORS SOLD BY DISTRIBUTORS IN TOW PACKAGES FOR AFTERMARKET SALES TO TOW 5TH WHEEL RV TRAVEL TRAILERS. DUE TO INCORRECT WIRING OF THE HARNESS, THE TRAILER LIGHTS MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: IF THE TRAILER LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, A VEHICLE CRASH CAN OCCUR.

  Fix: ALL OF THE DEFECTIVE TOW PACKAGES ARE STILL AT THE DISTRIBUTOR LEVEL AND HAVE NOT BEEN SOLD TO ANY CONSUMERS.

• Vehicle Speed Control

  Aug 2006 · #06V286000

  ON CERTAIN TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SPEED CONTROL, GASOLINE OR NATURAL GAS ENGINES, THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY OVERHEAT.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: OVERHEATING COULD RESULT IN SMOKE OR BURN AND AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL INSTALL A FUSED WIRING HARNESS INTO THE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 7, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-866-436-7332. (NOTE: ALSO SEE RECALLS 05V017 AND 05V388)

• Parking Brake:Conventional:Mechanical:Linkage And Cable

  Mar 2002 · #02V068000

  ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, FAILURE OF THE FRONT PARKING BRAKE CABLE INPUT BUTTON COULD RESULT IN FAILURE OF THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM TO HOLD THE VEHICLE STATIONARY.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: THIS COULD RESULT IN UNINTENDED VEHICLE MOVEMENT AND A VEHICLE CRASH.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT PARKING BRAKE CABLE AND THE CONTROLLER AND VERIFY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 5, 2002. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT FORD AT 1-866-436-7332.

• Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly

  Nov 1999 · #99V311000

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH GASOLINE ENGINES AND 8 FOOT BOXES, MAY NOT FULLY SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 301, "FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY." IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL BARRIER CRASH TEST, A FUEL TANK VAPOR RECOVERY VALVE SEPARATED INTERNALLY. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT STATIC ROLLOVER TEST, FUEL SPILLAGE EXCEEDED THE SPECIFIED RATE.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL INSTALL A STOP PLATE ASSEMBLY ON THE VEHICLE FRAME TO PREVENT RECOVERY VALVE CONTACT WITH A FRAME CROSSMEMBER DURING THE IMPACT SEQUENCE.

• Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly

  Aug 1999 · #99V219000

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: GASOLINE AND DIESEL ENGINE PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 8 FOOT BEDS, DO NOT FULLY SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 301, "FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY." THE FUEL TANK FRONT STRAP ISOLATOR MAY NOT BE PROPERLY POSITIONED WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE STRAP CUTTING THE TANK DURING A 30 MPH FRONT BARRIER TEST, RESULTING IN FUEL SPILLAGE.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: DURING THE SUBSEQUENT STATIC ROLLOVER TEST, FUEL SPILLAGE EXCEEDED THE SPECIFIED RATE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL REPOSITION THE FRONT STRAP ISOLATOR.

• Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly

  Apr 1999 · #99V093001

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: GASOLINE AND DIESEL ENGINE PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 6" AND 8" BEDS MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 5, 1998 THROUGH MARCH 21, 1999, DO NOT NOT FULLY SATISFY THE POST CRASH TEST STATIC ROLLOVER REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 301, "FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY." SIX ATTACHMENT BOLTS (M12 BOLTS) MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING THE 30 MPH FRONT BARRIER TEST ALLOWING THE BOLTS TO SHIFT OR BECOME DETACHED, RESULTING IN FUEL SPILLAGE.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL AUGMENT THE BOX-TO-CHASSIS ATTACHMENT BY INSTALLING BOX-TO-CHASSIS RETAINING CABLES.

• Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Mounting

  Apr 1999 · #99V093002

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 6" BEDS MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 5, 1998 THROUGH JUNE 4, 1999, DO NOT NOT FULLY SATISFY THE POST CRASH TEST STATIC ROLLOVER REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 301, "FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY." CONTACT BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND A FUEL TANK LOCATOR BRACKET DURING A FRONT BARRIER IMPACT TEST RESULTED IN A CUT IN THE TANK, RESULTING IN FUEL LEAKAGE.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL TANK LOCATOR BRACKET WITH A SIMILAR BRACKET WHOSE DESIGN HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCORPORATE MORE ROUNDED SURFACES WHERE CONTACT WITH THE TANK OCCURS.

• Vehicle Speed Control

  Mar 1999 · #99V062001

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN 1997-1999 RHD EXPLORER EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L OHV/SOHC ENGINES AND CRUISE CONTROL BUILT FROM MAY 29, 1996 THROUGH MARCH 4, 1999; 1998-1999 EXPLORER/MOUNTAINEERS EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L OHV/SOHC OR 5.0L ENGINES OR 1998-1999 RANGERS EQUIPPED WITH 2.5L, 3.0L FFV/EFI OR 4.0L ENGINES AND CRUISE CONTROL BUILT FROM JANUARY 5, 1998 THROUGH MARCH 4, 1999; 1998-1999 MUSTANGS EQUIPPED WITH 3.8L, 4.6L 2-VALVE OR 4-VALVE ENGINES AND CRUISE CONTROL BUILT FROM MARCH 2, 1998 THROUGH MARCH 4, 1999; 1999 F250/F350/F450/F550 (OVER 8,500 LBS.) TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 5.4L OR 6.8L ENGINES AND CRUISE CONTROL BUILT FROM MARCH 2, 1998 THROUGH MARCH 4, 1999; AND 1999 F-53 STRIPPED CHASSIS EQUIPPED WITH 5.4L OR 6.8L ENGINES AND CRUISE CONTROL BUILT FROM MARCH 2, 1998 THROUGH MARCH 4, 1999. A CRUISE CONTROL CABLE CAN INTERFERE WITH THE SPEED CONTROL SERVO PULLEY AND NOT ALLOW THE THROTTLE TO RETURN TO IDLE WHEN DISENGAGING THE CRUISE CONTROL.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: IF THE CRUISE CONTROL IS USED AND THIS CONDITION IS PRESENT, A STUCK THROTTLE COULD RESULT, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A CRASH.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLES. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE REPLACEMENT CABLES ARE NOT AVAILABLE. CUSTOMERS ARE BEING ADVISED NOT TO USE THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM UNTIL A REPLACEMENT CAN BE MADE.

• Air Bags:Frontal:Sensor/Control Module-Inactive

  Dec 1998 · #98V303000

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS. THE CAST TOW HOOKS CHANGES THE CRASH PULSE OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONTAL BARRIER IMPACTS AND THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS NOT CALIBRATED TO THIS NEW CRASH PULSE WHICH MAY CAUSE THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY IN LOWER SPEED IMPACTS THAN DESIGN INTENT.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: UNEXPECTED AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT CAN RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CAST TOW HOOKS WITH FORGED HOOKS.

• Steering:Gear Box (other Than Rack And Pinion)

  May 1998 · #98V116000

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS AND CHASSIS-CABS. ONE OR MORE OF THE FOUR RIVETS ON THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT FLEX COUPLING MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CRIMPED DURING THE SUB-ASSEMBLY PROCESS.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: IF A RIVET IS NOT CRIMPED, THE FLEX JOINT CAN ROTATE ON THE SHAFT AND THERE WOULD BE A REDUCTION IN OR LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT RIVETS AND REPLACE ANY SHAFTS WITH UNCRIMPED RIVETS.

• Parking Brake

  May 1998 · #98V101000

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SUPER DUTY SINGLE REAR WHEEL PICKUP TRUCKS. THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM, WHEN ENGAGED WITH A FORCE OF 125 POUNDS APPLIED TO THE PARK BRAKE FOOT CONTROL, MAY NOT HOLD THE VEHICLES ON A 20 DEGREE GRADE. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 105, "HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEMS."

  Risk and fix

  Risk: THIS COULD ALLOW A VEHICLE TO ROLL ON AN INCLINE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL BURNISH THE PARKING BRAKE USING A SPECIFIED PROCEDURE.

• Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery:Cables

  Mar 1998 · #98V056000

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SUPERCAB PICKUP TRUCKS. THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE IS TAPED TO THE NEGATIVE CABLE WHICH CONTAINS A CLIP TO SECURE THE ASSEMBLY TO THE SIDE FRAME RAIL. IF INCORRECTLY POSITIONED, THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE CAN CONTACT THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR PULLEY.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: IF THE CABLE WEARS, A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE CAN OCCUR AND POTENTIAL SPARKING AND/OR IGNITION OF FLAMMABLE MATERIAL.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND/OR MODIFY THE BATTERY CABLE CLIPS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY LOCATED.

• Equipment:Mechanical:Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift

  Mar 1998 · #98V055000

  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SUPERCAB PICKUP TRUCKS WITH DUAL REAR WHEEL, AND WIDE FRAME. THE JACKS PROVIDED WITH THESE VEHICLES ARE TOO LARGE TO BE STOWED SECURELY UNDER THE SEAT AS INTENDED AND WERE PLACED LOOSE ON THE FLOOR IN THE REAR OF THE CAB.

  Risk and fix

  Risk: THE JACKS CAN MOVE ABOUT THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSONAL INJURY DURING A CRASH OR SUDDEN STOP.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THESE JACKS.

Owner complaints by area

Reports owners filed with NHTSA. They aren't verified, and one complaint can mention more than one area. Tap an area to read the most recent ones.

• Tires119

  7 involved a crash · 1 involved a fire

  • Filed Jul 2018

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK DYNAPRO AS TIRES, SIZE: 235/85R16. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SWERVE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING DOWN QUICKLY AND UNEVENLY, BUT THE REAR TIRES SHOWED NO FAILURES. THE LOCAL TIRE STORE WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY NO LONGER SERVICED OR SOLD HANKOOK TIRES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND LEFT A VOICE MESSAGE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 370,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

  • Filed Oct 2015

    I WIAS TRAVELING ON HWY. 27 OUTSIDE OF BLAKELY GA ON 09-17-15. MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE TREAD BELT SEPARATED. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND NARROWLY AVOIDED A SEVERE ACCIDENT. THE TIRE WAS A PRO-COMP ALL TERRAIN LOAD RANGE E 265/75/16.

  • Filed Feb 2015

    TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: X RADIAL LT, AND TIRE SIZE: 265/75/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS 220,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

  • Filed Sep 2013

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350 WITH UNIROYAL LIBERATOR TIRES, SIZE: LT265/75/16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

  • Filed Apr 2013

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 DIESEL EQUIPPED WITH NITTO LOW RANGE E TIRES, SIZE: LT 245/75/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES BLEW. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE ALSO BLEW SHORTLY AFTER THE INITIAL FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE LEFT WITH HALF OF THE TREAD LIFE AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TIRES WAS 40,000. *TR

  • Showing the 5 most recent of 119.
• Service Brakes82

  11 involved a crash

  • Filed Nov 2018

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE THE CONTACT'S FATHER WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, HE SWERVED TO AVOID STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES DID NOT STOP AND THE STEERING SEIZED. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER STRUCK A TREE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A DITCH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT'S FATHER SUSTAINED BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE TORSO AND WAS FATALLY INJURED UPON IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

  • Filed Apr 2014

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE PARKING BRAKE WAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE DEFECT WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

  • Filed Jul 2012

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARKING GEAR AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE WOULD NEED REPLACING AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V068000 (PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

  • Filed Jul 2011

    BRAKE LINE RUPTURED WHILE DRIVING. AFTER CHECKING THE METAL BRAKE LINES FOUND ALL TO RUSTED BADLY. *TR

  • Filed Jul 2011

    1 OPERATING HOUR AFTER COMING DOWN A 7% GRADE MY 1999 F350 TRUCK WITH CAMPER SUFFERED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO A CORRODED BRAKE LINE. THE FAULT OCCURRED IN A CLIP WHERE MOISTURE AND ABRASIVES HAD BEEN HELD AGAINST THE STEEL BRAKE LINE. NEARBY DIESEL FUEL LINES EXHIBITED NO RUST. BECAUSE FORD USED STEEL THAT CAN RUST FOR THE CRITICAL BRAKE LINE, MY FAMILY ALMOST LOST OUR LIVES AND POTENTIALLY CAUSED THE DEATHS OF OTHERS. THE REPLACEMENT LEFT PAR OF THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LINE IN PLACE. *TR

  • Showing the 5 most recent of 82.
• Hydraulic79

  10 involved a crash

  • Filed Jul 2011

    BRAKE LINE RUPTURED WHILE DRIVING. AFTER CHECKING THE METAL BRAKE LINES FOUND ALL TO RUSTED BADLY. *TR

  • Filed Jul 2011

    1 OPERATING HOUR AFTER COMING DOWN A 7% GRADE MY 1999 F350 TRUCK WITH CAMPER SUFFERED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO A CORRODED BRAKE LINE. THE FAULT OCCURRED IN A CLIP WHERE MOISTURE AND ABRASIVES HAD BEEN HELD AGAINST THE STEEL BRAKE LINE. NEARBY DIESEL FUEL LINES EXHIBITED NO RUST. BECAUSE FORD USED STEEL THAT CAN RUST FOR THE CRITICAL BRAKE LINE, MY FAMILY ALMOST LOST OUR LIVES AND POTENTIALLY CAUSED THE DEATHS OF OTHERS. THE REPLACEMENT LEFT PAR OF THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LINE IN PLACE. *TR

  • Filed Sep 2010

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND THE FRONT BRAKE PADS FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND RUBBED THE CURB SO THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. THE CONTACT CALLED THE AUTHORIZED DEALER REGARDING THE FAILURE AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PADS FELL OFF BECAUSE THE ROTORS WERE TOO THIN. THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,000.

  • Filed Apr 2010

    TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD AND STUCK. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME WHERE HE CHECKED THE BRAKE LINE AND SAW THAT IT WAS CORRODED ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE IN FRONT OF THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT DID CALL; THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO REPAIR THE BRAKE LINE AT HIS EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 72,000.

  • Filed Sep 2009

    ROTTED OUT REAR BRAKE LINE BEHIND FUEL TANK. I WAS TOWING A TRAILER AND WENT TO STOP AT A LIGHT AND THE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I SWERVED TO AVOID THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY RIGHT LANE WAS EMPTY ALLOWING ME TO USE IT AS A EMERGENCY LANE AND STOP BECAUSE THE TRAILER HAD BRAKES. I LIMPED HOME FOR REPAIRS. I REPLACED THE COMPLETE BRAKE LINE FROM FRONT TO REAR. IT HAD ROTTED OUT BEHIND THE FUEL TANK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. *TR

  • Showing the 5 most recent of 79.
• Power Train74

  2 involved a crash

  • Filed Jul 2018

    TAKATA RECALL. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY TRUCK SHUT OFF RANDOMLY MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AFTER THIS AND CONTINUED TO FLASH AND STILL SHUTS OFF SO I REPLACED MY FUEL FILTER, CPS SENSOR AND IT STILL SHUTS OFF. IT'S LIKE I'M GOIN DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STALLS. IT DOES IT MORE THAN ONCE WHEN I'M DRIVING I JUST SHUT IT OFF AND START IT AGAIN.

  • Filed May 2015

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FAULTY AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURES, THE REAR AXLE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES, LATER THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FAULTY AGAIN AND THE AXLE WAS REPLACED A SECOND TIME. AFTER HAVING THE AXLE REPLACED, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT TO THE SIXTH GEAR WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 363,000. UPDATED 7/14/15*CN UPDATED 10/16/2017*CN

  • Filed Jun 2014

    LARGE AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT ON DRIVEWAY MAKING TRUCK UNABLE TO DRIVE. *TR

  • Filed Nov 2009

    1999 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY P/U CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER FAILED W/O WARNING. TRUCK WOULDN'T COME OUT OF FORWARD GEAR. CLUTCH PEDAL INEFFECTIVE - WENT TO FLOOR AND STAYED. NARROWLY MISSED WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN CROSSING INTERSECTION. TRUCK BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP OR HOLD THE TRUCK. FORWARD MOTION CONTINUED UNTIL IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME TRUCK ALMOST WENT THROUGH SHOPPING CENTER WINDOWS. FORD CHARGES OVER $500 TO REPLACE THE PART, WHICH WILL AGAIN FAIL AND PROBABLY CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

  • Filed Oct 2009

    DRIVING MY 1999 F350 FORD CREW CAB LONG BOX. VEH IS A 7.3 DIESEL WITH A 6ZF 6SPD TRANSMISSION. TRAVELING 75MPH THE VEHICLE DEVELOPS A MILD VIBRATION. I PUSH IN THE CLUTCH TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC, THE REAR DRIVE LINE FLANGE BOLTS SHEER OFF AT THE TRANSFER CASE, THE DRIVE LINE KNOCKS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE VEHICLE CAVES IN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TEARS OUT THE CARRIER BEARING AND SEPARATES THE TWO PIECE DRIVE SHAFT. THE REAR SECTION OF THE DRIVE SHAFT HITS THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SENDING THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AIRBORNE AND BREAKING THE DRIVE LINE OFF AT THE REAR AXLE. FURTHER INSPECTION I FIND THE TRANSFER CASE HAS BEEN TORN FROM THE TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING DESTROYING THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING. THIS TRUCK HAS 124000 MILES ON IT HAS NEVER HAD WORK ON THE DRIVE TRAIN. AND INSPECTION OF THE DRIVE TRAIN LESS THAN A YEAR AGO SHOWED NO SIGNS OF EXCESS WEAR. *TR

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• Steering55

  12 involved a crash

  • Filed Jul 2021

    This truck has the death wobble. It gets the death wobble at 20 mph. My next step is to sue Ford

  • Filed Oct 2020

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE OWNER WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WAS AVAILABLE WHILE TURING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT HOWEVER, WAS NOT AVAILABLE WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HOWEVER, THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

  • Filed Nov 2018

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE THE CONTACT'S FATHER WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, HE SWERVED TO AVOID STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES DID NOT STOP AND THE STEERING SEIZED. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER STRUCK A TREE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A DITCH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT'S FATHER SUSTAINED BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE TORSO AND WAS FATALLY INJURED UPON IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

  • Filed Feb 2013

    AT A STOP AND THEN AT 5 MPH APPLIED BRAKES STEERING I HAVE REPLACED STEERING BOX AND POWERSTEERING PUMP AND STILL SAME PROBLEM. THIS COULD CAUSE A WRECK IF HAPPENED WHEN TURNING AND NOT ABLE TO RETURN STEERING. *TR

  • Filed Jan 2012

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 SD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE POWER OF STEERING FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE STEERING SHAFT BROKE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT DUE TO THE FAILURE HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL AND CRASHED INTO SNOW BANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

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• Engine And Engine Cooling54

  4 involved a crash · 1 involved a fire

  • Filed Apr 2012

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE IN WHICH HE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESUME AS NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

  • Filed Feb 2010

    ON NOVEMEBR 20, 2009 I TOOK MY FORD F350 TO A DEALER FOR RECALL WORK, CAM SENSOR REPLACEMENT 07S57. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THE SENSOR BUT VISUAL CHECKED IT. I WROTE A LETTER TO FORD ON NOVEMBER 30, 2009 EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM AND THEY ASSIGNED CASE NUMBER TO MY PROBLEM. ON JANUARY 7, 2010 I WROTE A SECOND LETTER TO FORD ASKING FOR A DECISION AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. ALL I WANT IS A FORD GUARANTEED CAM SENSOR INSTALLED IN MY TRUCK PER THE RECALL NOTICE. *TR

  • Filed Nov 2009

    TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE LAIRD NOLLER FORD DEALERSHIP FOR A CAM SENSOR RECALL IN NOVEMBER 2008. THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE REPAIR THAT DAY AND MY APPOINTMENT WAS RESCHEDULED FOR AFTER CHRISTMAS 2008. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PARKING BRAKE MODULE AND THEY WOULD REPLACE IT AT THE SAME TIME THEY REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR. APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS (IT WAS A WEDNESDAY) I TOOK IT BACK IN FOR THE REPAIRS. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE IT DONE AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY CALLED BACK AND SAID IT WOULD NOT BE DONE UNTIL THE NEXT WEEK. SO, THAT NEXT MONDAY (JANUARY 3RD ISH 2009) THEY CALLED, I WENT TO PICK UP MY TRUCK AND ALL THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE MADE. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17TH 2009. I HAD MY TRUCK PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SET (IT HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSON), SO IT WOULD WARM UP THAT MORNING. I WAS WALKING BACK TO MY HOUSE WHEN I HEARD A LOAD POP, I TURNED TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND MY TRUCK BEGAN ROLLING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY AND SMASHED INTO A TREE. CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY, TOLD THEM MY PARKING BRAKE MODULE BROKE AND THAT FORD HAD JUST REPLACED IT EARLIER IN THE YEAR. THEY TOWED MY TRUCK TO A BODY SHOP. I CALLED FORD NEXT, AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CRASH. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD GATHER ALL MY PAPER WORK AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD GET A HOLD OF THEM, AND THEY WOULD TALK WITH THEM ABOUT WHO WOULD PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. THEN I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND TOLD THEM WHO TO TALK TO. MY INSURANCE DECIDED THE PARKING BRAKE HAD FAILED, AND THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO FORD TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. FORD LOOKED AT IT, AND AGREED THAT YES THE PART (FACTORY RECALLED AND REPLACED PART) HAD FAILED, AND PROCEEDED TO PRICE ME A NEW ONE. THEY TOLD ME MINE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE REPLACEMENT PART ALLEGEDLY HAD ONLY A 12 MONTH 12,000 WARRANTY, AND I WAS AT 10 MONTHS, 14,000 ON A PART THAT DOESN'T WEAR BECAUSE OF MILEAGE. THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT REPLACED AND FAILURE OCCURS DURING EVERY USE. *TR

  • Filed Jul 2009

    I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-350 WITH THE V-10 ENGINE AND ONLY 60,000 MILES. COMING BACK FROM DENVER - NOT HAULING ANYTHING - THE ENGINE BLEW OUT A SPARK PLUG. THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT AND WELL DOCUMENTED ON FORD PROBLEMS.COM. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND THE POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUES WITH A BLOWN OUT PLUG I RESPECTIVELY REQUEST THAT THIS BE CONSIDERED AS A RECALL MATTER ON ALL SUCH EQUIPPED VEHICLES. *TR

  • Filed Jul 2009

    TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 SD. IN MARCH OF 2009, A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE COIL PACK HOLE. THE CONTACT HAD THE SPARK PLUG REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON JULY 23, 2009. THE CONTACT IS UNSURE IF HE WILL HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AGAIN DUE TO THE SAFETY DEFECT. BOTH FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

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• Suspension44

  4 involved a crash

  • Filed Jun 2022

    The contact owns a 1999 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving at speeds in excess of 40 MPH, after driving over a pothole in the roadway, the vehicle started shaking and vibrating violently. The contact stated that after slowing down the failure ceased. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 50,000.

  • Filed Jul 2021

    This truck has the death wobble. It gets the death wobble at 20 mph. My next step is to sue Ford

  • Filed Jun 2016

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY BRACKET WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY BRACKET WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

  • Filed Sep 2014

    DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F350 DIESEL DOWN THE HIGHWAY, APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HEARD A THUMP AND LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. COULD NOT PULL OVER DUE TO TRAFFIC, PULLED OVER WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED, AROUND ANOTHER 100 FEET. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDER TRUCK, TO DISCOVER FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGING ALONG THE HIGHWAY. REAR FUEL TANK STRAP HAD BROKEN. *TR

  • Filed Jun 2010

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOUD POP SOUND COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE, SECONDS LATER, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY GUARD RAIL. THE CONTACT SUFFERED A CONCUSSION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS 50000.

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• Wheels32

  1 involved a crash

  • Filed Dec 2016

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350, EQUIPPED WITH ALCOA WHEELS, SIZE: 16 X 6. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE WHEELS VIBRATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SPOKES WERE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE WHEEL AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

  • Filed Jun 2016

    TAKATA RECALL WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE LOST ALL AIR AFTER TAKING TIRE AND WHEEL IN TO GET FIXED THE TIRE SHOP SAID THE WHEEL HAD SEPERATED CAUSING THE TIRE TO LOOSE AIR LEFT FRONT TIRE NOW LOOSING AIR I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEMS ON FORD F350 1TON DULLYS04

  • Filed Jun 2016

    BOTH FRONT ALUMINUM RIMS CRACKED, FIRST ONE I REPAIRED IN 2006 THE SECOND ONE JUST HAPPENED AND IS NOT REPAIRABLE. 120 K ON TRUCK. DEALER TOLD ME NOTHING HE COULD DO ON THE FIRST ONE. THESE RIMS ARE DEFINITELY DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE!

  • Filed Feb 2012

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE IN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS ALSO FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE MOST RECENT FAILURE, BUT WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE WHEEL WAS NOTIFIED AND DEEMED THE VEHICLE AS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

  • Filed Feb 2011

    TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DUAL WHEEL STUDS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY REPLACED THE EIGHT DEFECTIVE WHEEL STUDS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

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• Air Bags29

  21 involved a crash

  • Filed Nov 2018

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE THE CONTACT'S FATHER WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, HE SWERVED TO AVOID STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES DID NOT STOP AND THE STEERING SEIZED. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER STRUCK A TREE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A DITCH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT'S FATHER SUSTAINED BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE TORSO AND WAS FATALLY INJURED UPON IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

  • Filed Mar 2010

    I WONDERED IF THE SITUATION I'M ABOUT TO PRESENT ARE GROUNDS FOR INVESTIGATION FOR A SAFETY RECALL. BOTH AIRBAGS ON MY 1999 F350 SUPER DUTY TURBO DIESEL 7.3L WERE DEPLOYED HITTING ME ON MY CHEST AND MY 17YR SON ON HIS FACE, IMPAIRING THE ABILITY TO DRIVE TILL WE WENT TO A HALT, THANK GOD I WAS ONLY GOING 30MPH AND NOT TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON EITHER SIDE. CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAPPEN AT THE FREEWAY AT 65MPH. PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG COVER SHATTERED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE SHAFT BECAME LOOSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION JOINT, THE SHAFT 12.9 GRADE BOLTS BROKE IN HALF AND THE ROCKING SHAFT DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION CASING AND BRACKETS, DEPLOYING THE 2 AIRBAGS AND SHATTERING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG COVER,MAKING THE VEHICLE UNUSABLE. FORD CO. ASSUMED NO RESPONSIBILITY ON THIS ISSUE AT ALL, NOT EVEN ATTEMPTED TO INVESTIGATE OR TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW THE PART BROKE AND WHY THE AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED IN THE ABSENCE OF A CRASH. THIS SITUATION WILL COST ME A LOT OF MONEY, SUFFERING, FINANCIAL SITUATION AND DEFINITELY COULD CAUSE INJURIES AND DEATH. ON MECHANIC MALFUNCTION FORD MOTOR COMPANY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, THEY JUST INFORMED ME THERE WERE NO SAFETY RECALLS ON THAT ISSUE. *TR

  • Filed Mar 2010

    WHILE DRIVING A 1999 FORD F-350 I HIT A SMALL BUMP IN A PARKING LOT AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER TOM HOLZER FORD WHO REFUSED TO LOOK AT IT AND TOLD ME IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE AIR BAGS BUT HAVE HEARD AFTER THE INCIDENT THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS. I AM CONCERNED THAT I WILL REPLACE THE AIR BAGS AND THEY WILL DEPLOY AGAIN, AND CAUSE SOME TYPE OF ACCIDENT. *TR

  • Filed Dec 2006

    I , BEING THE OWNER WITH A PASSENGER, OF A F- 350 7.3 CREW CAB DIESAL 4X4 WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER GOING OVER BLACK ICE ON I-40 NEAR FLAGSTAFF AZ. RESULTING A ROLL OVER AND TAKING OUT A 14 INCH PINE TREE AND LANDING ON ITS PASSENGER SIDE WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE! THE AIR BAGS IN THE PICK- UP DID NOT DEPLOY !

  • Filed Feb 2006

    DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 65MPH. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH THE SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S GARAGE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE POLICE WERE ALERTED IN ORDER TO ASSIST WITH TRAFFIC WHILE THE TIRE WAS BEING CHANGED. THE DRIVER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO THE ARM, BUT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. THERE WAS NO CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE TIRE BECAUSE THE CONTACT FELT THE BLOW OUT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO A NORMAL ROAD HAZARD. THE PRIMARY CONCERN EXPRESSED WAS WITH THE UNWARRANTED DEPLOYMENT OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAG.

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• Fuel System25

  1 involved a crash · 1 involved a fire

  • Filed Dec 2016

    01/2016: VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN HOME FROM WORK WHEN THERE WAS A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO ROLL TO A STOP IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CHURCH. LATER IT WAS DETERMINED THIS RESULTED FROM FAILURE OF #7 CYLINDER INJECTOR UNIT, BELIEVED TO HAVE FAILED DUE TO DELAMINATION INSIDE OF FUEL TANK. ABOUT 02/23/2014, 207980 MILES: FUEL TANK HAD BEEN REMOVED AND INTERNAL SCREENS CLEARED DUE TO THE ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING PRIOR TO INJECTOR FAILURE. INTERNAL PICK-UP TUBE SCREENS WERE BLOCKED WITH DELAMINATION MATERIAL FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TANK. TWO NEW FUEL PUMPS HAD BEEN PURCHASED AND INSTALLED PRIOR TO CLEANING THE INTERNAL PICK-UP SCREENS. I HAVE RECEIPTS FOR WORK AND PARTS RELATING TO THE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM. *TR

  • Filed Nov 2011

    REAR FUEL TANK STRAP THAT HOLDS THE FUEL TANK IN POSITION FAILED. IN 2003 FORD HAD A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK TO INSTALL SAFETY STRAPS AROUND THE FUEL TANK IN CASE THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE MAIN STRAPS. WHEN THE REAR STRAP FAILED THE SAFETY STRAP FAILED AND THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE TANK IN THE TRUCK WAS THE FUEL LINE. THE TANK WAS ABOUT 3/4 FULL IF IT HAD SEPARATED ALL TOGETHER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER AND PROBABLY A FIRE. *TR

  • Filed Oct 2011

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 PICK UP. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE FUEL STRAPS DETACHED FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY CONFIRMED THE VIN DID NOT QUALIFY FOR RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V311000 ( FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

  • Filed Dec 2010

    I NOTICED A STRONG DIESEL SMELL WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F350 PICKUP TWO WEEKS AGO. UPON INVESTIGATION I FOUND DIESEL HAD SPRAYED ON THE TOP OF THE HOT ENGINE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL SHOP; THE MECHANIC TOLD ME, "YEAH, WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME, USUALLY ON TRUCKS OF THIS AGE. IT'S THE FUEL DRAIN VALVE BEHIND THE FILTER CASING." I DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF ANY FUEL SPRAYING ONTO THE TOP OF A HOT ENGINE! *TR

  • Filed Feb 2010

    ON NOVEMEBR 20, 2009 I TOOK MY FORD F350 TO A DEALER FOR RECALL WORK, CAM SENSOR REPLACEMENT 07S57. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THE SENSOR BUT VISUAL CHECKED IT. I WROTE A LETTER TO FORD ON NOVEMBER 30, 2009 EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM AND THEY ASSIGNED CASE NUMBER TO MY PROBLEM. ON JANUARY 7, 2010 I WROTE A SECOND LETTER TO FORD ASKING FOR A DECISION AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. ALL I WANT IS A FORD GUARANTEED CAM SENSOR INSTALLED IN MY TRUCK PER THE RECALL NOTICE. *TR

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• Gasoline19

  1 involved a crash · 1 involved a fire

  • Filed Nov 2011

    REAR FUEL TANK STRAP THAT HOLDS THE FUEL TANK IN POSITION FAILED. IN 2003 FORD HAD A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK TO INSTALL SAFETY STRAPS AROUND THE FUEL TANK IN CASE THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE MAIN STRAPS. WHEN THE REAR STRAP FAILED THE SAFETY STRAP FAILED AND THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE TANK IN THE TRUCK WAS THE FUEL LINE. THE TANK WAS ABOUT 3/4 FULL IF IT HAD SEPARATED ALL TOGETHER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER AND PROBABLY A FIRE. *TR

  • Filed Oct 2011

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 PICK UP. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE FUEL STRAPS DETACHED FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY CONFIRMED THE VIN DID NOT QUALIFY FOR RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V311000 ( FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

  • Filed Apr 2005

    THE FUEL PUMP ON 1999 F350 4X4 WITH 38800 MILES [XXX] STRANDED ME AND THE FAMILY AFTER TRAVELLING 80 MILES DRIVING AT 65MPH NEAR MORRIS, IL. REQUIRED A TOW TRUCK THAT TOOK OVER 2 HOURS TO GET US. I AM A DIABETIC AND AS A CONSEQUENCE OF BEING STRANDED MY BLOOD SUGAR WAS TOO LOW. TOWED TO THE FORD GARAGE AND TECHS REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AT A COST OF $680, THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT 7 OTHER FORD VEHICLES WERE TOWED IN WITH FUEL PUMP FAILURES. HE CALLED FORD TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT FORDS FAULT BUT TOO HIGH OF A ALCOHOL LEVEL IN THE LOCAL GAS. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AS MY WIFES JEEP USES THE SAME FUEL THAT I DO AND HER CAR DID NOT HAVE A FUEL PUMP FAILURE.*AK *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

  • Filed Apr 2002

    RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL REGARDING FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. TOOK VEHICLE IN. CALLED DEALER TO CHECK ON VEHICLE . DEALER INDICATED VEHICLE REPAIRS ALMOST DONE. COUPLE HOURS LATER, CALLED DEALER BACK AND DEALER INDICATED DID NOT HAVE PARTS. HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK WHEN PARTS CAME IN.*AK *TT

  • Filed Mar 2001

    OWNER HAS DUAL FUEL TANKS. IF FRONT TANK DOES NOT STAY FULL GAS FROM REAR TANK GOES INTO FRONT TANK. FRONT TANK RECEIVES GAS FROM REAR TANK, AND IF GAS CAP IS OPENED, FUEL WILL SPRAY OUT. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

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• Vehicle Speed Control18

  1 involved a crash · 4 involved a fire

  • Filed Jan 2012

    I OWN A 1999 FORD F-350 I PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY AT 8 PM ON JANURARY 1 AND WOKE UP AT TO A LOUD BOOM AT 5 AM IN THE MORNING . FORD SENT ME A RECALL NOTICE ON DECEMBER 30 WAS GOING TO SET A APPOINTMENT ON JANURARY 2 UNFORTUNATELY THE TRUCK BURNED MONDAY MORNING. ALSO HAVE A FORD EXPEDITION LOOKED UP THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND IT TO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM FORD HAS YET TO SEND ME A RECALL NOTICE. NOW ARGUING WITH INSURANCE COMPANY THEY WANT TO GIVE ME NOTHING FOR MY TRUCK.

  • Filed Mar 2011

    TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN NOVEMBER 2009 UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V286000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). IN MARCH 2010, THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE YET THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 109,000.

  • Filed Oct 2008

    TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TRANSITION FROM IDLE OR GAIN SPEED. IT WOULD TAKE MINUTES FOR HIM TO SWITCH OUT OF IDLE MODE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THE FIRST TWO TIMES AND REPAIRED IT UNDER WARRANTY. DURING THE LAST TWO OCCURRENCES, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP ONCE AND ANOTHER TIME REPAIRED THE ISSUE HIMSELF. THE THROTTLE PEDAL ASSEMBLY WAS THE COMPONENT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 138,754 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,573. UPDATED 11/14/08 *LJ UPDATED 11/18/08.*JB

  • Filed Nov 2006

    1999 FORD F-350. PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SOURCE APPEARS TO BE JUST BEHIND THE AIR FILTER BOX IN THE AREA OF THE MASTER CYLINDER. MOST OF THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS DESTROYED. DRIVER SIDE BATTERY MELTED DOWN. DENVER FIRE HAD TO RESPOND TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL AND THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED AT LEAST TWICE BY THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. *JB

  • Filed Oct 2005

    1) CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ALWAYS SET & WHEN I TOUCHED THE BRAKE IT WOULD NOT ALWAYS STOP. *JB

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• Electrical System18

  6 involved a fire

  • Filed Oct 2010

    I HAVE A 1999 F350 SUPER DUTY DIESEL WITH A 7.3 ENGINE AND MY INSIDE LIGHT DO NOT WORK RIGHT SOME TIMES IT WILL JUST COME ON AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND SOME TIMES IT WONT COME ON WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR .THE INSIDE LIGHT IS GETTING WORSE MY TRUCK WOULD JUST STOP RUNNING AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET OR AT A STOP LIGHT. I WENT INTO THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL AND I THOUGHT IT COULD BE A FUSE COME TO FINE OUT THAT MY RELAY FUSE TO THE INSIDE LIGHT WAS SO HOT THAT IT COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE SO I PULLED IT OUT NOW I DRIVE AROUND WITH NO INSIDE LIGHTING. *TR

  • Filed Feb 2009

    AUTO PART PUT ON ORDER BUT SEEMS FORD MOTOR COMPANY KNOWS PROBLEM EXISTED WITH MANY OTHER TRANSMISSIONS YET IT SEEMS TECH'S AT AUTO DEALERS ARE SOME HOW NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM IN TECH ORDERS THAT SHOULD BE ISSUED. THE PART IS HARD TO GET AS IT'S ON BACK ORDERS. THE PART NUMBER IS(CLUSTER GEARS FOR SPEEDOMETERS THAT GO INTO TRANSMISSIONS)XC3Z*10849*YA INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITH 7543 AGC-20AMP GLASS FUSE.THE DEALERS ARE CHARGING CUSTOMERS A TOTAL OF $610.18 FOR THE REPAIR. WHEN THIS PART FAILS THE SPEEDOMETER STOPS OPERATING V10TRANSMISSIONS *TR

  • Filed Mar 2008

    THE BATTERIES ON MY 1999 F350 CREW CAB DUALLY WITH A 7.3 DIESEL WENT DEAD. WHEN I TRIED TO CHARGE THE BATTERIES THE CHARGER SHOWED AN EXTREMELY HIGH DRAW. I HEARD A SOLENOID CLICKING UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE BATTERY AND THE RADIO WOULD TURN ON AND OFF. I ALSO NOTICED THAT MY HEATER CONTROL WOULD WORK EVEN WITH THE KEY OFF. AFTER TAKING TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS LEAKING AND WATER HAD DAMAGED THE GEM MODULE AND THE FUSE BLOCK. REPAIR COST TO REPLACE THE GEM MODULE, FUSE BLOCK AND SEAL THE LEAKING AREA WAS $1063.01. WHEN CHECKING THE INTERNET TO SEE WHAT THE GEM MODULE CONTROLLED I FIND THAT THE WATER LEAK IS A KNOW PROBLEM DUE TO A SKIP OR VOID IN THE PRODUCTION SEALER. ACCORDING TO THE FORUMS I HAVE READ THERE ARE MANY MANY TRUCKS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I FOUND THERE ARE TWO TSB'S ISSUED FOR THE WATER LEAK. THEY ARE TSB 99-2-3 AND 04-23-9. FROM COMMENTS ON THE INTERNET SEVERAL TRUCKS HAVE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED UP. FORD APPARENTLY DOESN'T THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM AND HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM NOR WILL THEY ASSIST IN THE REPAIR. *TR

  • Filed Jun 2007

    PROLONGED CRANK/NO START. *AK

  • Filed May 2007

    TWO FAILURES OF CAM POSITION SENSOR CASUSED ME TO BE STRANDED TWICE UNTIL THE PART WAS REPLACED. *AK

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• Parking Brake17

  4 involved a crash

  • Filed Nov 2009

    TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE LAIRD NOLLER FORD DEALERSHIP FOR A CAM SENSOR RECALL IN NOVEMBER 2008. THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE REPAIR THAT DAY AND MY APPOINTMENT WAS RESCHEDULED FOR AFTER CHRISTMAS 2008. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PARKING BRAKE MODULE AND THEY WOULD REPLACE IT AT THE SAME TIME THEY REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR. APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS (IT WAS A WEDNESDAY) I TOOK IT BACK IN FOR THE REPAIRS. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE IT DONE AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY CALLED BACK AND SAID IT WOULD NOT BE DONE UNTIL THE NEXT WEEK. SO, THAT NEXT MONDAY (JANUARY 3RD ISH 2009) THEY CALLED, I WENT TO PICK UP MY TRUCK AND ALL THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE MADE. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17TH 2009. I HAD MY TRUCK PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SET (IT HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSON), SO IT WOULD WARM UP THAT MORNING. I WAS WALKING BACK TO MY HOUSE WHEN I HEARD A LOAD POP, I TURNED TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND MY TRUCK BEGAN ROLLING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY AND SMASHED INTO A TREE. CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY, TOLD THEM MY PARKING BRAKE MODULE BROKE AND THAT FORD HAD JUST REPLACED IT EARLIER IN THE YEAR. THEY TOWED MY TRUCK TO A BODY SHOP. I CALLED FORD NEXT, AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CRASH. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD GATHER ALL MY PAPER WORK AND MY INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD GET A HOLD OF THEM, AND THEY WOULD TALK WITH THEM ABOUT WHO WOULD PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. THEN I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND TOLD THEM WHO TO TALK TO. MY INSURANCE DECIDED THE PARKING BRAKE HAD FAILED, AND THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO FORD TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. FORD LOOKED AT IT, AND AGREED THAT YES THE PART (FACTORY RECALLED AND REPLACED PART) HAD FAILED, AND PROCEEDED TO PRICE ME A NEW ONE. THEY TOLD ME MINE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE REPLACEMENT PART ALLEGEDLY HAD ONLY A 12 MONTH 12,000 WARRANTY, AND I WAS AT 10 MONTHS, 14,000 ON A PART THAT DOESN'T WEAR BECAUSE OF MILEAGE. THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT REPLACED AND FAILURE OCCURS DURING EVERY USE. *TR

  • Filed Feb 2008

    EMERGENCY BRAKE FILL NOT HOLD TRUCK ON A HILL AND CABLE BREAKS EVERY YEAR. HAVE ADJUSTED, REPLACED PEDAL, CABLE, ETC. *TR

  • Filed Aug 2003

    1999 F350 DULLIE, HAS NO PARKING BRAKES ,

  • Filed Jan 2003

    I PURCHASED A 1999 F-350 SUPER DUTY DUALLY. FROM RECORDS FROM THE PERVIOUS OWNERS PROBLEMS AND THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK, I CAN NOT BELIVE SERVICE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE PARKING BRAKE BLEW WHEN I WAS ON ALMOST LEVEL GROUND AND NEED LEAST TO SAY THE TRUCK ROLLED AND CRASHED, LUCKY NOT ONE WAS HURT.BUT IT DID QUIT A BIT OF DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AND MY TRAILOR. NOW I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM ON THESE FORDS BUT NOT YET ON MY PERTICULARE TRUCK. ALSO IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS I HAVE PUT IN A NEW CLUTCH WITCH IS EXPECTED. AND HAVE HAD CLOSE TO $ 3,000 IN BRAKE REPAIRS????? THAT WAS NOT!!!DRUMS CRACKING,HUBS EXPLOADING WITCH I UNDERSTAND IN A PROBLEM TOO BUT NOT ON MY TRUCK YET?????? PLEASE HAVE SOME ONE CONTACT ME I NEED SOME GUIDENCE, INFORMATION, HELP I HAVE HAD NO HELP FROM FORD.

  • Filed Jan 2003

    TRUCK WAS PARKED IN GARAGE, FACING OUT OF GARAGE. TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR 4 DAYS. TRUCK HAD HANDBREAK SET WHEN PARKED. I STARTED TRUCK UP DUE TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS IT HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN TO CHARGE BATTERY. VERFYED THAT HANDBRAKE WAS SET ( RED BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON) AND PLACE TRUCK IN NEUTERAL (5-SPEED). (GARAGE DOOR WAS OPEN DUE TO TRUCK RUNNING). I WENT INSIDE AND ABOUT 5 MIN PASSED LOOKED OUT KITCHEN WINDOW SAW TRUCK AT END OF DRIVE WAY. TRUCK WAS STOPPED BY TOW HOOK HITTING TREE. DRIVER SIDE MIRROW HIT TREE AND WAS FOLDED BACK.

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• Equipment12

  1 involved a crash · 1 involved a fire

  • Filed Nov 2009

    1999 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY P/U CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER FAILED W/O WARNING. TRUCK WOULDN'T COME OUT OF FORWARD GEAR. CLUTCH PEDAL INEFFECTIVE - WENT TO FLOOR AND STAYED. NARROWLY MISSED WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN CROSSING INTERSECTION. TRUCK BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP OR HOLD THE TRUCK. FORWARD MOTION CONTINUED UNTIL IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME TRUCK ALMOST WENT THROUGH SHOPPING CENTER WINDOWS. FORD CHARGES OVER $500 TO REPLACE THE PART, WHICH WILL AGAIN FAIL AND PROBABLY CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

  • Filed Aug 2009

    FORD F-350 TRUCK. FRONT ALUMINUM WHEEL ON PASSENGER SIDE OF TRUCK HAS NOW STARTED TO SEPARATE. I CONTACTED THIS OFFICE ON JUNE 25, 2009 AT 4:09 PM EDT ABOUT THE DRIVERSIDE FRONT ALUMINUM WHEEL SEPARATING ODI # 10274954. I CONTACTED FORD AND THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP ( HAGERSTOWN FORD TIM ROWE) AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING. *TR

  • Filed May 2009

    I HAVE A 1999 FORD F350. I HAVE THE BRAKES WORKED ON 4 SEPARATE TIMES IN THE 5 YEARS SINCE THE TRUCK FROM MY FATHER IN LAW. THE FRONT START TO SHAKE VERY HARD AND FINAL SLOWS DOWN. I HAVE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACE THE CALIPERS REPLACED AND THE ROTORS TURNED. I HAVE ONLY PUT 60,000 MILES ON THIS TRUCK AND MY FATHER IN LAW HAD PUT 160,000. HE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER EACH TIME AND THEY SAY IT IS HARD DRIVING. I HAVE NOT BEEN PULLING ANY TRAILERS WITH IT AND THE BRAKES USUALLY START SHAKING WITHIN A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES OF THE BRAKE JOB. *TR

  • Filed Aug 2001

    FRONT A/C COVER DISINIGRATED ON US 270 WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH, AND END UP ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY.

  • Filed Aug 2001

    WHILE TRAVELING SMELLED SMOKE. SOON AFTER THAT AIR CONDITIONING FAN STOPPED BLOWING . CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER, AND NOTICED SIGNS OF A FIRE MELTIG THE WIRING HARNESS. FUSE PANEL AND BLOWER SWITCH HEATER WERE REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S COST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

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• Visibility12

  1 involved a fire

  • Filed Aug 2001

    WHILE TRAVELING SMELLED SMOKE. SOON AFTER THAT AIR CONDITIONING FAN STOPPED BLOWING . CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER, AND NOTICED SIGNS OF A FIRE MELTIG THE WIRING HARNESS. FUSE PANEL AND BLOWER SWITCH HEATER WERE REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S COST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

  • Filed Jul 2001

    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

  • Filed Jul 2000

    EXTENDED DRIVER SIDE OUTSIDE WIDE ANGLE MIRROR DOES NOT PROVIDE THE VIEW THE DRIVER NEEDS. *AK BECAUSE THE MIRROR IS POORLY DESIGNED, IT IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO SEE VEHICLES IN ADJACENT LANES DURING CHANGING LANES. *YH

  • Filed May 2000

    BLIND SPOT PORTION ON DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR POINTS TO LEFT REAR WHEELS. BLIND SPOT MIRRORS ARE NOT ADJUSTABLE. CONSUMER CANNOT MOVE MIRROR TO BE ABLE TO SEE OTHER CARS. ALSO, RIGHT BLIND SPOT MIRROR DOES NOT GIVE THE PROPER VIEW, UNABLING DRIVER TO SEE OTHER VEHICLES, WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK *ML

  • Filed Feb 2000

    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

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• Structure11

  1 involved a crash

  • Filed Jun 2012

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE METAL SURROUNDING THE REAR LIFT GATE WINDOW WAS SEPARATING AND CAUSING A LEAK. ALSO, THE RIDGES ON THE ROOF WERE SEPARATING AND CORRODING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

  • Filed Aug 2011

    THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT IN CANADA AND SHIPPED TO GERMANY APROX. JUNE 2000. BECAUSE OF MUCH CORROSION AT THE CHASSIS I DECIDED TO REMOVE THE CHEAP BITUMEN PROTECTION AND TO COVER THE CHASSIS WITH SPECIAL PAINTS. DOING THIS, I DISCOVERED, THAT THE IRON BELTS OF THE FUEL TANK WAS COMPLETELY ATTACKED BY CORROSION. MAY BE 20 % OF IRON HAD CHANGED INTO FEO. IN THIS MOMENT, THE BELT WOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN, MAY BE 3 OR 5 YEARS LATER. IF MY REPORT IS NOT 100 % CLEAR IT'S BECAUSE ENGLISH IS NOT MY MOTHER LANGUAGE.

  • Filed Oct 2010

    TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350 CREW CAB. AS HE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE REAR PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER HAD TO CLIMB OVER THE FRONT SEAT IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CABLES ON THE DOOR. THE CONTACT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE REPAIR COST OF $600 SINCE THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 01/12/11*LJ UPDATED 03/02/11

  • Filed Jul 2009

    1999 FORD F350. PULLS TO SHARP RIGHT WHEN BRAKING. WOBBLING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. CLUNKING WHEN YOUR TURN SHARP. HAS BEEN IN NUMEROUS SHOPS AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

  • Filed Feb 2008

    THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE FORD SUPER DUTY AND LOCK MECHANISM ARE PLASTIC. WHICH IN TURNS BREAKS VERY EASILY.THIEVES KNOW THIS AND TARGET THESE VEHICLES AT AN ALARMING RATE. MY SUPER DUTY HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO 3 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS. FORD HAS NO FIX TO STOP THIS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

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• Seat Belts7

  1 involved a crash

  • Filed Jul 2006

    DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR FAILS TO LOCK. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED, HOWEVER, FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

  • Filed Nov 2000

    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

  • Filed Dec 1999

    FRONT PASSENGER'S AND THE REAR DRIVER /PASSENGER SEATBELTS TIGHTENED WHILE WEARING THE SEATBELTS SO HARD WHERE THE OCCUPANTS NEEDED TO TAKE OFF THE SEATBELTS, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN EVENT OF A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

  • Filed Jul 1999

    SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY ALLOWING STRAP TO GET CAUGHT/STUCK IN DOOR. MJS

  • Filed Jul 1999

    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.

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• Exterior Lighting6

  • Filed May 2001

    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

  • Filed Sep 2000

    WHERE WIRES PLUG IN TO HEADLIGHT, ASSEMBLEY KEEPS COMING APART CAUSING LIGHT FAILURE

  • Filed Dec 1999

    HAVE NOTICED FAILED THIRD BRAKELIGHTS AN ALMOST ALL 1999+ F250/F350S ON THE ROAD. TALKED TO MANY WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THEN CHECKED MINE AND FOUND IT FAILED. EXTREMELY HIGH FAILURE RATE FOR A SAFETY RELATED COMPONENT. UNFORTUNATELY, LIGHT BULBS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY PAST 12,000 ILES. THIS LAMP BURNS OUT EVERY COUPLE WEEKS IT APPEARS.

  • Filed Dec 1999

    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

  • Filed Aug 1999

    TURN SIGNAL SWITCH DEACTIVATES TURN SIGNALS WITH ONLY SLIGHT ROTATION OF THE WHEEL. DURING VERY WIDE TURNS OR CURVES SIGNAL DEACTIVATE. THE SWITCH SHOULD ALLOW MORE MOVEMENT OF THE WHEEL BEFORE DEACTIVATION OF SIGNALS.

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• Interior Lighting5

  • Filed Oct 2010

    I HAVE A 1999 F350 SUPER DUTY DIESEL WITH A 7.3 ENGINE AND MY INSIDE LIGHT DO NOT WORK RIGHT SOME TIMES IT WILL JUST COME ON AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND SOME TIMES IT WONT COME ON WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR .THE INSIDE LIGHT IS GETTING WORSE MY TRUCK WOULD JUST STOP RUNNING AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET OR AT A STOP LIGHT. I WENT INTO THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL AND I THOUGHT IT COULD BE A FUSE COME TO FINE OUT THAT MY RELAY FUSE TO THE INSIDE LIGHT WAS SO HOT THAT IT COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE SO I PULLED IT OUT NOW I DRIVE AROUND WITH NO INSIDE LIGHTING. *TR

  • Filed Jan 2003

    DOME LIGHT INSIDE CAB WILL SOMETIMES STAY ON AFTER OPENING A DOOR. WHEN ACCELERATION OCCURS LIGHT WILL GO OUT, WHEN VEHICLE SLOWS LIGHT COMES BACK ON. EXTREMELY AGGRAVIATING WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE, ESPECILLAY AT NIGHT.

  • Filed Apr 2002

    WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 15 MPH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL CUT ON AFTER VEHICLE HAS TRAVELED OVER 15 MPH. INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF.*AK

  • Filed May 2001

    COURTESY LIGHTS AND THE CARGO LIGHTS WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO ASSIST BECAUSE PROBLEMS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALLS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

  • Filed Mar 2000

    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

• Unknown or Other5

  1 involved a crash

  • Filed Aug 2007

    THE FORD F350 1995 THRU 2003 MODELS HAVE THE SIGNAL TURNING ARM ATTACHED TO THE STEERING COLUMN JUST ABOVE THE LEFT KNEE. WHEN GIVING A LEFT TURN SIGNAL THE LEFT LEG IS IN THE WAY TO TURN THE SIGNAL LIGHT ON. THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL CAN BE TURNED ON WITH THE LEFT LEG LOWERED IN A VERY AWKWARD FASHION AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ACTIVATED,THIS IS NOT VERY SAFE DRIVING WITH THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ACTIVATED WHILE WAITING TO TURN ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY OR AT A STOP SIGN AT A FOUR WAY STOP. WHEN GIVING A LEFT HAND TURN SIGNAL WITH THE LIGHTS ON DIM THE LEFT LEG PUSHES THE TURN SIGNAL OFF EVERY TIME LEAVING A PERSON ON A LEVEL ROAD STOPPED IN THE STREET WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS ACTIVATED AND NO TURN SIGNAL OPERATION UNLESS SOMETIMES HE HAS HIS BRIGHT LIGHTS ON WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND IS HOLDING THEIR LEFT LEG AT A VERY AWKWARD POSITION .WHEN TURNING ON A UPWARD INCLINE HILL, RIDING THE CLUTCH TO KEEP THE TRUCK STILL WHILE WAITING THEN THIS IS FOR SURE NO LEFT SIGNAL WILL BE WORKING DUE TO THIS KEEPING THE LEFT LEG HIGH ON THE CLUTCH . I HAVE WRITTEN AND CALLED A LOT OF FORD DEALERS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID WITH NO RECALL THEN BIG DEAL!!~.I WAS TOLD TO JUST KEEP MY BRIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME . I JUST WANTED A NEW TURN SIGNAL ARM THAT WAS TURNED UP INSTEAD OF TURNED DOWN TOWARDS MY LEFT LEG. IF THE TURN SIGNAL WAS STRAIGHT LIKE MOST CARS THEN PLENTY OF ROOM IS AVAILABLE! WHO LET THIS SLIP BY? *JB

  • Filed Sep 2005

    DT: THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A FORD F350 EXTENDED CAB DUALLY IN 1999. THREE YEARS AGO THE TIRE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE BROKE WHILE PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE SPARE TIRE CABLE FREE OF CHARGE. THE DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY IT HAPPENED. SINCE PURCHASE THE SPARE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN USED OR TOUCHED BY ANYONE. RECENTLY, WHEN AT A TIRE SHOP WHILE GETTING TIRES REPLACED AND AN OIL CHANGE THE SERVICEMAN NOTED THERE WAS NO SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CABLE WAS AGAIN BROKEN. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS, AND DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD DEALER, BUT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE SPARE TIRE CABLE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND THEY TOO DECLINED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE SPARE TIRE CABLE COULD BREAK ON THESE VEHICLES, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY TO OTHERS. *AK *JB

  • Filed Sep 2003

    THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WHILE DRIVING. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPEED OF VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *TS *JB

  • Filed Jan 2003

    I PURCHASED A 1999 F-350 SUPER DUTY DUALLY. FROM RECORDS FROM THE PERVIOUS OWNERS PROBLEMS AND THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK, I CAN NOT BELIVE SERVICE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE PARKING BRAKE BLEW WHEN I WAS ON ALMOST LEVEL GROUND AND NEED LEAST TO SAY THE TRUCK ROLLED AND CRASHED, LUCKY NOT ONE WAS HURT.BUT IT DID QUIT A BIT OF DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AND MY TRAILOR. NOW I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM ON THESE FORDS BUT NOT YET ON MY PERTICULARE TRUCK. ALSO IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS I HAVE PUT IN A NEW CLUTCH WITCH IS EXPECTED. AND HAVE HAD CLOSE TO $ 3,000 IN BRAKE REPAIRS????? THAT WAS NOT!!!DRUMS CRACKING,HUBS EXPLOADING WITCH I UNDERSTAND IN A PROBLEM TOO BUT NOT ON MY TRUCK YET?????? PLEASE HAVE SOME ONE CONTACT ME I NEED SOME GUIDENCE, INFORMATION, HELP I HAVE HAD NO HELP FROM FORD.

  • Filed Feb 2000

    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.

• Fuel/Propulsion System4

  • Filed Jul 2018

    TAKATA RECALL. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY TRUCK SHUT OFF RANDOMLY MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AFTER THIS AND CONTINUED TO FLASH AND STILL SHUTS OFF SO I REPLACED MY FUEL FILTER, CPS SENSOR AND IT STILL SHUTS OFF. IT'S LIKE I'M GOIN DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STALLS. IT DOES IT MORE THAN ONCE WHEN I'M DRIVING I JUST SHUT IT OFF AND START IT AGAIN.

  • Filed Dec 2016

    01/2016: VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN HOME FROM WORK WHEN THERE WAS A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO ROLL TO A STOP IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CHURCH. LATER IT WAS DETERMINED THIS RESULTED FROM FAILURE OF #7 CYLINDER INJECTOR UNIT, BELIEVED TO HAVE FAILED DUE TO DELAMINATION INSIDE OF FUEL TANK. ABOUT 02/23/2014, 207980 MILES: FUEL TANK HAD BEEN REMOVED AND INTERNAL SCREENS CLEARED DUE TO THE ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING PRIOR TO INJECTOR FAILURE. INTERNAL PICK-UP TUBE SCREENS WERE BLOCKED WITH DELAMINATION MATERIAL FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TANK. TWO NEW FUEL PUMPS HAD BEEN PURCHASED AND INSTALLED PRIOR TO CLEANING THE INTERNAL PICK-UP SCREENS. I HAVE RECEIPTS FOR WORK AND PARTS RELATING TO THE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM. *TR

  • Filed Sep 2014

    DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F350 DIESEL DOWN THE HIGHWAY, APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HEARD A THUMP AND LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. COULD NOT PULL OVER DUE TO TRAFFIC, PULLED OVER WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED, AROUND ANOTHER 100 FEET. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDER TRUCK, TO DISCOVER FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGING ALONG THE HIGHWAY. REAR FUEL TANK STRAP HAD BROKEN. *TR

  • Filed Aug 2014

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FUEL STRAPS WERE DISCONNECTED AND COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000. UPDATED 10/28/2014*LJ UPDATED 04/21/2015 *JS

• Diesel4

  • Filed Dec 2016

    01/2016: VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN HOME FROM WORK WHEN THERE WAS A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO ROLL TO A STOP IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CHURCH. LATER IT WAS DETERMINED THIS RESULTED FROM FAILURE OF #7 CYLINDER INJECTOR UNIT, BELIEVED TO HAVE FAILED DUE TO DELAMINATION INSIDE OF FUEL TANK. ABOUT 02/23/2014, 207980 MILES: FUEL TANK HAD BEEN REMOVED AND INTERNAL SCREENS CLEARED DUE TO THE ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING PRIOR TO INJECTOR FAILURE. INTERNAL PICK-UP TUBE SCREENS WERE BLOCKED WITH DELAMINATION MATERIAL FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TANK. TWO NEW FUEL PUMPS HAD BEEN PURCHASED AND INSTALLED PRIOR TO CLEANING THE INTERNAL PICK-UP SCREENS. I HAVE RECEIPTS FOR WORK AND PARTS RELATING TO THE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM. *TR

  • Filed Dec 2010

    I NOTICED A STRONG DIESEL SMELL WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F350 PICKUP TWO WEEKS AGO. UPON INVESTIGATION I FOUND DIESEL HAD SPRAYED ON THE TOP OF THE HOT ENGINE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL SHOP; THE MECHANIC TOLD ME, "YEAH, WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME, USUALLY ON TRUCKS OF THIS AGE. IT'S THE FUEL DRAIN VALVE BEHIND THE FILTER CASING." I DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF ANY FUEL SPRAYING ONTO THE TOP OF A HOT ENGINE! *TR

  • Filed Feb 2010

    ON NOVEMEBR 20, 2009 I TOOK MY FORD F350 TO A DEALER FOR RECALL WORK, CAM SENSOR REPLACEMENT 07S57. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THE SENSOR BUT VISUAL CHECKED IT. I WROTE A LETTER TO FORD ON NOVEMBER 30, 2009 EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM AND THEY ASSIGNED CASE NUMBER TO MY PROBLEM. ON JANUARY 7, 2010 I WROTE A SECOND LETTER TO FORD ASKING FOR A DECISION AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. ALL I WANT IS A FORD GUARANTEED CAM SENSOR INSTALLED IN MY TRUCK PER THE RECALL NOTICE. *TR

  • Filed Sep 2006

    FUEL DRAIN O RING FAILS ALLOWING FUEL LEAKAGE DURING OPERATION IN FORD AMBULANCES F350 BUILT IN 1999. *JB

• Trailer Hitches3

  • Filed Jun 2002

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

  • Filed May 2001

    AS CONSUMER WAS STRAIGHTENING UP HIS 2000 SNOWBIRD TRAILER, THE 20K 5TH WHEEL HITCH RELEASED THE TRAILER WITH THE TRAILER FALLING ON THE BACK OF THE PICKUP, A REESE REP STATED THAT THE HITCH WAS IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION AND IS DENYING ANY OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS FAILURE, THIS NEWLY DESIGNED HITCH OPERATES SO A PERSON JUST HAS TO MOVE THE LATCH OUT OF THE WAY FOR HOOKUP, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. *SLC

  • Filed Apr 1999

    OCCUPANT RECEIVED THREE DIFFERENT LOADS; 3340 LETTER WHICH IS IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL, 4450 AT THE DEALER, AND 4026 FROM THE RV NOTE, WHICH IT CAN HAUL. MANUFACTURER DOES NOT KNOW THE REQUIREMENT WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• Engine2

  • Filed Jul 2018

    TAKATA RECALL. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY TRUCK SHUT OFF RANDOMLY MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AFTER THIS AND CONTINUED TO FLASH AND STILL SHUTS OFF SO I REPLACED MY FUEL FILTER, CPS SENSOR AND IT STILL SHUTS OFF. IT'S LIKE I'M GOIN DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STALLS. IT DOES IT MORE THAN ONCE WHEN I'M DRIVING I JUST SHUT IT OFF AND START IT AGAIN.

  • Filed Sep 2016

    SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM HEAD ON STARTUP.

• Other2

  • Filed Mar 2003

    THE LEFT REAR WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE JERK FOWARD. *JB THE CONSUMER REQUESTED AN 03 VEHICLE OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, THE MANUAL, LOCKABLE HUB(S) BEGAN TO FAIL. THE DEALER CONVINCED THE CONSUMER(S) TO PURCHASE 8 PLY TIRES, BUT THIS DIDN'T REDUCE THE NOISE OR HUB PROBLEMS, THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED ACCELERATION PROBLEM'S. THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THE ENGINE IDLED ROUGH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON. A BAD CAM SENSOR WAS FOUND, AND A SOUND HAD COME FROM THE FUEL PUMP. AN ADAPTER TO THE METAL PLATE WAS BUILT IN, EXTENDING FROM THE UNDERDASH, TO THE FIREWALL, TO PROVIDE A BETTER GROUND SYSTEM. SCC

  • Filed Dec 2002

    CONSUMER STATES HE HAS PUT 6 FUEL PUMP ON HIS TRUCK SINCE 1999. HE ALSO STATES THAT THE FIRST PUMP LASTED APPROX 40,000 MILE, THE 2ND ON E LASTED UP TO 60,000 MILES, AND THE REST OF THEM HE CANNOT REMEMBER. HE STATES THAT THE LAST PUMP WAS PUT ON NOV 19 OR 20TH AND LASTED ONLY 10 DAYS. HE STATED TOO, THAT WHEN THE PUMPS GOES OUT HIS TRUCK STOPS AND IF HE IS ON THE MOUNTAIN OR ON A HILL, HE CANNOT BREAK OR STOP THE TRUCK BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT THAT HE CARRIES. HE CARRIES STEEL AND IT IS HEAVY. HE STATES THAT THIS IS SCARRY, AND NOBODY SEEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP HIM.

• Seats2

  • Filed Jun 1999

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

  • Filed Nov 1998

    THE DRIVER'S CABIN SEAT LOCATION IS OFF CENTER WHICH CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE OFF CENTER, AND MISAPPLICATION OF THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL. ALSO THE DRIVER'S SEATBELT IS TOO FAR BACK. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT NO SOLUTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• Latches/Locks/Linkages1

  • Filed Feb 2008

    THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE FORD SUPER DUTY AND LOCK MECHANISM ARE PLASTIC. WHICH IN TURNS BREAKS VERY EASILY.THIEVES KNOW THIS AND TARGET THESE VEHICLES AT AN ALARMING RATE. MY SUPER DUTY HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO 3 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS. FORD HAS NO FIX TO STOP THIS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

Safety ratings

NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings from government crash tests. Ratings can differ by cab style and 2WD/4WD.

NHTSA hasn't published star ratings for this truck. Many heavy-duty pickups aren't included in NHTSA's crash-test program, so this doesn't mean the truck is unsafe.