2008 FORD E-350 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD E-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STEERING BECAME LOOSE AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME ABNORMALLY STIFF AND AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE TO THE ROAD SHOULDER, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LINES CONNECTED TO THE STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEMS WAS COMPLETED RUSTED AND NEEDED REPLACING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED INSIDE AND HAD NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS FOR THE LINES TO BECOME RUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 17,000.

I WAS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE, I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEMS. HE INSPECTED THE CONTROL ARMS, BALL JOINTS AND REBALANCED THE TIRES. HE BASICALLY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE PROBLEM. THE FOLLOWING DAY I WAS DRIVING THE VAN TO WORK AND NOTICED THE FRONT END GETTING WORSE. I THEN CALLED INTO THE SHOP TO MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO THE MECHANIC THE VAN STEERING WENT AND THE VAN BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE, SINCE I WAS ONLY A FEW MILES AWAY I MANAGED TO GET IT TO THE SHOP. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE MECHANIC HE TOLD ME THAT THE STEERING BOX WAS BAD AND INDICATED IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR A 2008 WITH ONLY 60,000 MILES. I TOLD HIM TO FIX THE VEHICLE AND WHEN HE WENT TO THE PARTS DEALER TO PICK UP A NEW STEERING BOX THEY INDICATED THEY ARE SELLING ALLOT OF THESE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WHEN HE REMOVE THE STEERING BOX FROM OUR VEHICLE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION HE NOTICED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A FRACTURED MECHANICAL PART. WHICH MEANS IT WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, USUALLY A STEER BOX WILL GET LOOSE DUE TO WEARING COMPONENTS AND EVENTUALLY FAIL...THIS BROKE!!! HE ASKED ME TO CHECK WILL FORD TO SEE IF THIS STEERING BOX IN 2008 E350 VANS IS A RECALL ITEM, WHICH IT WASN'T. HE TOLD ME IF THIS FAILURE WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND MAY HAVE BEEN FATALITY. I LOOKED FOR RECALL INFORMATION AND FOUND NOTHING, I'M NOW REACHING OUT VIA THE NHTSA TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ISSUE IN HOPES THAT THEY CAN ALERT PEOPLE AND BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MANUFACTURER. I ALSO WOULDN'T MIND SOME PAY BACK FOR THE $1,200 BILL I RECEIVED FROM OUR MECHANIC. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR AND SIDE DOORS WILL POP. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED. THEY DO NOT COME OPEN JUST COME LOOSE. VERY WORRY SOME. I DO HOME CHILD CARE. I ALSO HAVE 7 CHILDREN OF MY OWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD E-350. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY MADE A CLANKING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALL JOINTS AND CENTER STEERING SHAFT BROKE; AS A RESULT, BOTH COMPONENTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 07/06/12 *BF UPDATED 07/12/12

CHECKED DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE PAD FOR NOISE. FOUND BROKEN PIN/BOLT. THERE HAD BEEN NO PREVIOUS WORK DONE ON THIS.APPEARS TO BE FATIGUE. AS A RESULT, THE CALIPER ASSEMBLY WAS ABLE TO SWING BACK AWAY FROM THE ROTOR. *TR

LOSS OF CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD DART ACROSS THE HIGHTWAY. TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A DEALER, DEALER FOUND DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS AT 51,000MILES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) T

THE STEERING ON THIS VAN IS VERY "LOOSE" CAUSING IT TO WANDER AND REQUIRE CONSTANT CORRECTION AT ALL SPEEDS. AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS, HITTING ANY BUMPS CAUSES THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE TO SKIP OR SHIFT REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT STEERING CORRECTION AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE VERY UNSTABLE. MECHANICAL INSPECTION REVEALS NO FAILURE WITH ANY PARTS. (SHAME ON FORD FOR THIS VEHICLE)

TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN HWY 54 EAST OF STRATFORD, TX THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPLODED ON OUR 2008 PLEASURE-WAY RV. THIS RV IS BUILT ON A FORD E350 CHASSIS. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND DRIFTED INTO THE PATH OF AN ONCOMING TRACTOR-TRAILER. DRIVER STEERED VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID THE ONCOMING TRUCK, THE RV CROSSED OVER THE ROAD INTO A DITCH ON THE RIGHT, AGAIN TURNED TO THE LEFT AND RE-ENTERED THE ROADWAY AT A SHARP ANGLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. PASSENGER 1 SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIGHT SHOULDER AND BACK INJURIES, PASSENGER 2 SUSTAINED A SEVERELY SPRAINED WRIST. TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED BEFORE BEGINNING THE TRIP, AND TIRES WERE VISUALLY INSPECTED AT A REST STOP 90 MINUTES BEFORE INCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS LIGHTLY LOADED AND WELL BELOW GVWR. THESE WERE OEM TIRES WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES AND HAD ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING BEFORE THE TIRE FAILED. *TR

WAS DRIVING NORMALLY WHEN THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON AND ALARM STARTED CHIMING. WHEN I PULLED OVER TO STOP THE ABS KICKED IN AND MY STOPPING DISTANCE GREATLY INCREASED. I HAD THE VAN TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE HE DISCOVERED CORROSION IN THREE ABS SPEED SENSORS. A TSB (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN) CONFIRMED THIS TO BE AN ISSUE ONLY ON THIS YEAR AND MODEL VAN. MOISTURE IS GETTING INTO THESE SENSORS AND WITHOUT WARNING IT IS CAUSING NORMAL BRAKING FAILURE. *TR