1999 FORD E-350 Complaints

CONSUMER OPERATES TWELVE AMBULANCES AND SEVEN WHEELCHAIR VANS. THE VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING PREMATURE FAILURE/SEPERATION OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR HINGES. *JG

14 PEOPLE IN VAN AT TIME OF ROLLOVER. ONLY PERSON THROWN FROM VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE SEATBELT ON. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS GOING 20MPH DOWN A DIRT ROAD. THE VAN HIT A BUMP AND LOSS CONTROL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED BY A COLLISION SHOP. CONSUMER SUSTAINED EYE INJURIES, PASSENGER RECEIVED INJURIES TO NECK AND STOMACH, ALSO HAVING HEADACHES. LOSS OF STEERING ALSO CAME ABOUT IN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE IS GAS POWERED, NOT DIESEL!!! *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARTED. THE TIRE IS A GOOD YEAR RANGLER LT24575R16 LOW RANGE. NLM *YH

GOODYEAR, TIRE SIZE LT245/75R16. CONSUMER HAS HAD TWO TIRES REPLACED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. GOODYEAR REPLACED 3 TIRES DUE TO SAFETY PROGRAM. WOULD NOT REPLACE OTHER TWO. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD, E350, 1999. *AK *TT

OIL LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET. AFTER TWO FAILURES OF THIS POSSIBLE FACTORY DEFECT, DEALER IS REPLACING MY ENGINE WITH A REBUILT ENGINE. THEY INITIALLY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE A BRAND NEW FACTORY ENGINE. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. I WANT A BRAND NEW FACTORY ENGINE. FORD IS NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS PROBLEM IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ITS SERIOUS NATURE. TO SAY "IT'S FIXED" BY PUTTING IN A REBUILT ENGINE IS RIDICULOUS. WORD AT FORD ENTHUSIASTS MESSAGE BOARDS IS THAT 1999 5.4 LITER ENGINES HAVE CASTING DEFECTS. PLEASE HELP.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO FENDER OF VEHICLE. 245/75R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, MOUNTED ON A 1999, FORD E350, 47000 MILES.*AK. CONSUMER STATED TIRES WERE UNDER RECALL, GOODYEAR REPLACED 4 TIRES, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT REPLACED THE TIRE THAT FAILED.*JB

WHEN APPYLING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL TEND TO PULL TO THE LEFT. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS. BUT, IT HAPPENS STRONGER WHEN BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED AT HIGH SPEEDS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

2 INCH LONG 1/8 INCH DEEP SPLIT ON THE SIDEWALL PERPENDICULAR TO THE TREAD. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VD11 1XD52 TIRESIZE: LT225/75R1)

ANOTHER CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN VEHICLE AND REACHED IN TO TURN VEHICLE OFF. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND WHEN CONSUMER REACHED IN TO RESTART VEHICLE, AIRBAG DEPLOYED IN HIS FACE WITHOUT REASON. CONSUMER BECAME UNCOUNSCIOUS, CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER STATED NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE VEHICLE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK *JB