2003 FORD CVPI Complaints

DT: TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, THEY INSPECTED THE STEEL WHEELS AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. CHANGED DRIVE AXLE. BUT STILL HAD A SLOW LEAK OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. MANUFACTURE WILL FIX AS NEED BASIC, BUT WILL NOT CHANGE THE OTHER WHEELS. DID HIS OWN INSPECTION ON THIS TIRE, AND FOUND A CRACK IN THE STEEL WHEEL ABOUT ONE TO TWO INCHES. WHERE THE WHEEL MEETS THE RIM. *AK

SLOW LEAK LED TO TIRE FAILURE. WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE, THE WHEEL WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED.*AK

DURING ROUTINE SERVICE, THE WHEEL WAS CHECKED FOR CRACKS. THE RT FRONT WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AND WAS REPLACED.*AK

RT REAR WHEEL LOST 10 POUNDS OF AIR PRESSURE OVERNIGHT. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE WHEEL WAS CRACKED.*AK

LT REAR TIRE HAD SLOW LEAK. UPON INSPECTION, THE WHEEL HAD CRACKED, CAUSING THE LEAK.*AK

DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND THE MANUFACTURER ALLOWING INSTALLATION OF THE DEFECTIVE WHEELS ON THE NEW VEHICLES: FAILURE OF STEEL ROAD WHEEL IN THE NATURE OF A CRACK IN THE WELD BETWEEN THE WHEEL DISK AND WHEEL HUB. A SEPARATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1/16 OF AN INCH IN WIDTH AND APPROXIMATELY 18 1/4 INCHES AROUND THE HUB. PROPER AIR PRESSURE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED IN THE TIRE. CRACKED WHEEL RESULTED IN A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING OF VEHICLE, AS THOUGH WHEN TIRE WAS MOUNTED IT HAD NOT BEEN BALANCED PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, FAILURE REPORTED AND PART ORDERED. NEW WHEEL WAS PICKED UP FROM DEALER AND FAILED WHEEL TURNED IN FOR WARRANTY REPLACEMENT UNDER SAFETY RECALL 03S05.*AK

DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND THE MANUFACTURER ALLOWING INSTALLATION OF THE DEFECTIVE WHEELS ON THE NEW VEHICLES: FAILURE OF STEEL ROAD WHEEL IN THE NATURE OF A CRACK IN THE WELD ETWEEN THE WHEEL DISK AND WHEEL HUB. A SEPARATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1/16TH OF AN INCH IN WIDTH AND APPROXIMATELY 18 1/4 NCHES AROUND THE HUB. PROPER AIR PRESSURE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED IN THE TIRE. CRACKED WHEEL RESULTED IN A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING OF VEHICLE, AS THOUGH WHEN TIRE WAS MOUNTED IT HAD NOT BEEN BALANCED PROPERLY. DEARLERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, FAILURE REPORTED AND PART ORDERED. NEW WHEEL WAS PICKED UP FROM DEALER AND FAILED WHEEL TURNED IN FOR WARRANTY REPLACEMENT UNDER SAFETY RECALL 03S05.*AK

OFFICER USING A MARKED CRUISER CAR CVPI REPORTED A "SLOW LEAK" IN LEFT FRONT. UPON INSPECTION A CRACK IN THE WHEEL WELD WAS DISCOVERED. NO INJURIES, NO CRASH.*AK

RT FR TIRE APPEARED LOW ON AIR. THE WHEEL WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SMALL CRACK. THIS WHEEL WAS INSTALLED ON THE CAR AS PART OF RECALL 03S05 AT 25,947 MILES. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 94,059.*AK

RT RR TIRE HAD SLOW LOSS OF AIR. UPON INSPECTION, A SMALL PINHOLE WAS FOUND IN THE WHEEL.*AK