1997 FORD E-150 Complaints

MY VAN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES AND THEY TELL ME I NEED TO CLEAN THE INJECTORS. WELL IT HAS BEEN STARTING SLUGGISH FROM DAY ONE. TODAY IT WILL NOT START. SAME SYMPTOMS AS EVERYBODY ELSE. WEAK BATTERY AND SMOKE STILL WILL NOT START. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AGAIN. I THINK IT'S GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE. *JB

ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED INTO CYLINDER DUE TO GASKET FAILURE CAUSING PISTON ROD TO BEND. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS ALL TO COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1997 4.2 V6. I AM UNABLE TO HAVE MY TRUCK REPAIRED AT THIS TIME .THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED $4,000.00. *JB

MY 97 FORD E150 HAS THE 5.4 MOTOR IN IT. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS SPARK PLUG BLOW OUTS. THIS IS MY SECOND IN A YEARS TIME. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE DUE TO RAW FUEL COMING OUT OF THE SPARK PLUG HOLE AND THE COIL LAND ON THE HEAD COULD CASE A SPARK AND BOOM BAD FIRE. *NM

FORD'S RECALL NUMBER IS 01S14. MY E150 FILLS THE REQUIREMENTS OF "NEAR THE GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT WITH ... ROUGH ROAD... THE 35 GALLON MID-SHIP FUEL TANK ... CRACK ... " FORD TELLS ME THAT MY VIN IS OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF COVERED VANS. THE RECALL COVERS 1997 THROUGH 2001 MODELS. I SEE NO WAY THAT FORD WOULD KNOW WHICH VANS ARE USED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED MANNER. THIS PROBLEM APPEARED FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY OWNERSHIP. ANY FILLING OF MORE THAN 3/4 TANK, RESULTED IN STRONG GASOLINE SMELL AND LEAKAGE. THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO NOT FILL PAST 3/4, SOMETIMES I WOULD EXCEED THAT. EXPLOSION AND FIRE WERE CONSTANT THREATS. MY FORD DEALER TELLS ME THAT IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE MY VAN SHOULD BE INCLUDED. I AGREE. I HAVE PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK. THE BELOW INCIDENT DATE IS APPROXIMATE. I BOUGHT THE VAN IN DECEMBER 2001. *JB

I HAD A FUEL TANK LEAK ON MY FORD E150 CONVERSION VAN IN 2001. THE VAN HAD 85000 MILES ON IT. HAD THE TANK REPLACED AT A DEALER; ORIGINALLY HE ORDERED THE WRONG TANK, THINKING I HAD THE SMALLER ONE, BUT I HAVE THE 35 GAL. MIDSHIP TANK LISTED IN 01V114000. THEY REPLACE THE TANK ABOUT THE TIME THIS RECALL WAS ISSUED. THEN, 85000 MILES LATER, I HAVE THE SAME LEAK, EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE VISITED TWO DEALERSHIPS, EVEN SPOKEN TO THE ORIGINAL SERVICE MANAGER WHO HANDLED THE REPAIR IN 2001; ALL DENY THAT THE RECALL APPLIES TO THIS VEHICLE. I CALLED FORD AT THE NUMBER LISTED IN 01V11400; THEY DENY THAT I HAVE THIS FUEL TANK, EVEN THOUGH THEY INSTALLED IT SPECIFICALLY, ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY NOT ACCORDING TO THE RECALL INSTRUCTIONS. I FIGURE BECAUSE IT WAS A CONVERSION VAN THEY MAY NOT THINK IT WAS THE "ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT". I HAVE NOW HAD THIS PROBLEM TWICE, AND PAID FOR IT THE FIRST TIME. I WANT THEM TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE ORIGINAL REPAIR UNDER THIS RECALL, AND THEN TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR CORRECTLY, SINCE OBVIOUSLY THAT WASN'T DONE. I'M SURE THIS FUEL TANK LEAK HAS COST ME A LOT IN EVAPORATED GASOLINE TOO, PARTICULARLY AT TODAY'S PRICES. *NM

1997 FORD ECONOLINE 150 UNIVERSAL CONVERSION VAN. GAS TANK ROTTED OUT AT FILLER TUBE. GAS RUNS OUT ON GROUND WHILE FILLING. GAS TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NM

BRAKES LINES BURST AND BRAKES ON VAN FAILED. ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE ROTTED AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD E150. ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOST THROUGH THE REAR BRAKE LINES. THE MECHANIC DESCRIBED IT AS CORRODED, RUSTED LINES. THE CONSUMER REPORTED HAVING NO PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. HE NOTICED THIS TODAY.*AK

1997 FORD ECONOLINE 150 UNIVERSAL CONVERSION VAN. GAS LEAKS AT GAS TANK WHEN FILLING UP. THE MAIN FILLER TUBE ( HOSE) SEEMS TO BE LEAKING. GAS RUNS OUT ALL OVER THE GROUND. GAS TANK MUST BE DROPPED TO REPLACE HOSE. *JB

DT: CONTACT HAD BALL JOINTS PUT ON THE TRUCK WHEN IT WAS STAKEN TO TO THE DEALER FOR ALIGNMENT. . WHEN DEALER WENT TO ALIGN VEHICLE THEY FOUND A CRACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRAME, ALL THE WAY FROM WHERE THE DRIVE BOX WAS TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. ON THE CROSS MEMBER THAT HELD THE FRAME TOGETHER, THE RIVET WAS OUT OF THE FRAME. HE NOTICED THIS ON JULY 1, 2005. HE CALLED FORD TWICE, AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT SEND ANYONE TO LOOK AT VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO 2 AUTO BODY FRAME SHOP AND HAD IT REPAIRED. BOTH BODY SHOPS SAID THE CAR WAS NOT HIT, AND THAT HE SHOULD CONTACT FORD. HE CALLED THE DEALER, AND THEY HAD NOT CALLED HIM BACK.*AK