1999 FORD E-150 Complaints

THE STEERING LINKAGE FELL OFF MY 1999 FORD E150 VAN NEARLY CAUSING A SEVERE ACCIDENT. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VAN. MY FOUR CHILDREN WITH HER. SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VAN AFTER THE LINKAGE FELL OFF. SHE BARELY HAD TIME TO STOP BEFORE GOING THROUGH A FENCE. I AM AN ENGINEER. IT WOULD SEEM THAT STEERING LINKAGE WOULD BE COMPRISED OF COMPONENTS WITH AN INSIGNIFICANT RISK OF FAILURE. WE DO NOT TRUST THE VAN ANYMORE. IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY IF THEY WERE ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE LINKAGE FELL OFF.

SEVERE GASOLINE LEAK WHEN FILLING TANK ON FORD 1999 E150 FORD VAN. WHEN FILLING TANK APPROXIMATELY 1 GALLON OF GAS WOULD LEAK ONTO TOP OF TANK AND ONTO THE GROUND UNDER THE VEHICLE. BOTH A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, THIS IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT AS ONE TYPICALLY DOES NOT LOOK UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN FILLING THE TANK. FURTHERMORE, SOME LEAKAGE OCCURS WHEN GOING OVER LARGE HILLS AS THE GAS SLOSHES AROUND THE TOP OF THE TANK. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FILL TUBE WITHOUT REMOVING THE TANK, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS NOT OBVIOUS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY A MISALIGNMENT OF THE TANK FILL HOLE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FILL HOSE ASSEMBLY. THIS SEEMS LIKELY GIVEN THE SMALL CONNECTORS THAT ARE USED TO HOLD THE TANK AND FILL TUBE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY TOGETHER. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE FILL TUBE ASSEMBLY, IT APPEARS RUSTY, BUT IT IS INTACT. FURTHERMORE, THE HOSE AT THE TOP OF THE ASSEMBLY WAS DRY WHEN FILLING EVEN THOUGH THE TANK WAS LEAKING PROFUSELY. I DISCOVERED THIS LEAKAGE ON A FAMILY TRIP (WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE) HAVING JUST DEPARTED FROM A HIGHWAY. BY THE TIME I DETECTED THE LEAK, A PUDDLE APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE HAD FORMED UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE LEAK WAS ABSOLUTELY REPRODUCIBLE. FORD'S NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SEVERITY OF THE SAFETY ISSUE, AND SIMPLY STATED THEY RECOMMEND THAT I HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. AT THE DEALER I REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO A REGIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD THE REGIONAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES ARE RESOURCES FOR USE BY THE DEALERS, AND NOT AVAILABLE TO THE CUSTOMERS. I HAD THE DEALER REPLACE THE FILL TANK HOSE ASSEMBLY AT MY EXPENSE. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM AFRAID THAT THIS MAY BE A PROBLEM THAT IS ENDEMIC TO THE FORD ECONOLINE VEHICLE FLEET, AS THIS PARTICULAR VAN IS RELATIVELY NEW AND HAS EXPERIENCED A VERY MILD SERVICE HISTORY AS A FAMILY VEHICLE. *JB

THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE DRIVER APPLIED THE PEDAL HARDER BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE TOTALLY AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE PITTED AND RUSTED AND THE BRAKE PADS WERE WORN. THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX LEAKED. *NLM *NLM

E-150 VAN STEERING COLUMN "CLUNKS" DURING TURNS. IDENTIFIED PROBLEM WHEN VAN WAS NEW. TOLD THAT IT WAN'T DANGEROUS. SOUND IS INCREASING WITH AGE.

AFTER CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE OFF, AND TOOK THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION, ENGINE CONTINUES TO RUN AND THE HEAT BLOWER STAYS ON. THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO FIX PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. PH

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE, HE HAS BEEN HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS. (WHEN THE BRAKES BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS, THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE MANAGER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE HAS HARD BRAKE LININGS AND THEY NEEDED TO BE BROKEN IN) THEN AFTER, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE BRAKES BECOMING INOPERATIVE, GRABBING/PULLING(SHARPLY), AND FAILING. ON TWO SEPERATE OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED, CONSUMER DROVE TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM, AND THE LAST INCIDENT THE CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND TRIED TO STOP BUT THE VEHICLE HAD GONE THROUGH THE RED LIGHT. THE VEHICLE PULLED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT, THEN 25-30 YARDS PAST THE INTERSECTION WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHARPLY PULLED TO THE LEFT AND THEN RIGHT AND FINALLY STOPPED. THE CUNSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE CALIPER SLIDES ARE HANGING UP-COULD NOT DUPLICATE) *SCC

THE VEHICLE IS AN ELECTRICAL NIGHTMARE . THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS CHAFFED AND SHORTED OUT WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF SERVICE . THE LIFT SYSTEM HAS AN INTERMITTANT PROBLEM , FREQUENTLY WILL BLOW RESETABLE BREAKER .WHEN IT RAINS THE SYSTEM GETS WET BECAUSE THE DOOR DOESNT CLOSE PROPERLY,WHEN THE FLOOR WAS DROPPED FOR THE MODIFICATIONS IT WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY. BECAUSE OF THIS THE DOOR LEAKS ,CAUSES THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO GET WET . THE VAN FOR SALE , THE ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT WILL BE REMOVED FIRST THOUGH , I ASSURE YOU ! I HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT AND STUCK INSIDE DUE TO THE SIDE DOOR OPENING FAILURES (MULTIPLE ).PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME , OUR LEGAL EXPERT WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF PROBLEMS . THE VAN IS FOR SALE,BUT IT WILL BE A WHILE . THE WORLD OF INDEPENDENCE COMPANY DID THE BEST THEY COULD , BUT THEY SHOULD NOT DO ANY MORE ADA MODIFICATIONS . CHARLES SCHOLL 321-452-0667

AT 35MPH CONSUMER WOULD TRY TO MAKE A TURN BUT VEHICLE WILL DELAY THE TURN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE BRAKES GRAB OR PULL LEFT OR RIGHT EVERY NOW AND THEN-MOSTLY WHEN ITS RAINING ,HAS RAINED RECENTLY OR IS HUMID .TWICE IT PULLED ME ON THE SHOULDER-ON THE GRAVEL---SEVERAL TIMES INTO THE NEXT LANE --USUALLY JUST MOMENTERALLY -TWICE THE VAN DIDN'T STOP--THE FIRST TIME I DROVE ONTO THE SHOULDER TO MISS OTHER CARS --THE SECOND TIME I WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT--IT PULLED MOMENTERRALLY TO THE RIGHT THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL KEPT BOUNCING--I KEPT HARD PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE --STOPPED 25-30 YARDS PAST THE RED LIGHT---PULLED LEFT THEN RIGHT THEN STOPPED NORMALLY . I PULLED INTO LARRY BYARDS AUTO REPAIR SHOP--LARRY DROVE 1/2 MILE UP THE ROAD & BACK --BRAKES ACTED NORMAL..I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VAN SINCE(DEC/20/01)THEN --I'M AFRAID TO--I'M A BILATERAL AMPUTEE(LOST BOTH LEGS IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH) AND ALSO A LOT OF MY CO-ORDINATION..I HAVE 6 DOCUMENTED REPAIR ATTEMPTS OR REQUESTS AND A "LAST CHANCE TO REPAIR "LETTER TO FORD MOTOR CO.FOR THE "LEMON LAW" BUT THE BRAKES ARE STILL NOT FIXED AND THE VAN IS SITTING---WHO WOULD BE LIABLE IF I DROVE THE VAN AND SOMETHING HAPPENED ??? I WANT FORD TO TAKE THE VAN BACK --ITS DANGEROUS !!! THANKS FOR LISTENING, ESKO ALHOLINNA. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES WILL HOLD SOMETIMES OR NOT HOLD AT ALL WHEN APPLIED, CAUSING DRIVER TO RUN A RED LIGHT, ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK