1995 FORD ECONOLINE Complaints

ANTILOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. NO CAUSE FOUND. TIRES WORN OUT AT 32000 MILES IN SPITE OF SCHEDULED BALANCE AND MAINTENANCE BEING PERFORMED. REPLACEMENT SET IS ALSO NEARING WEAR OUT PREMATURELY.( DOT NUMBER: )

BRAKE PADS DISCONNECTED WHILE TRAVELING AT 15 MPH, AND CAUSED DAMAGES TO THE FRONT RIGHT ROTOR. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

I BROUGHT IN VEHICLE IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER FOR ROUTINE AND ASKED ABOUT HEAD GASKETS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH TEMPERATURE IN ENGINE, TOLD EVERYTHING OK. NOW AT 118,000 MILES IN JANUARY, TOLD BOTH HEAD GASKETS ARE BLOWN AND HIT WITH A $1200.00 BILL. NOW, MY VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING AGAIN. I KNOW THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON HEAD GASKETS 7 YEARS OR 100,000, BUT I HAD BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN PREVIOUSLY. TO IT GOING OVER THE 100,000. PLEASE HELP. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED BESIDE OUR HOUSE. IT WAS A 95 FOUR WINDS 5000 MOTORHOME ON A FORD ECONOLINE CHASIS, CHASIS YEAR WAS 1994. VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN FOR 5 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS PLUGGED INTO ELECTRICAL, BUT NOTHING WAS TURNED ON OR RUNNING. FIRE STARTED IN THE DASHBOARD AREA OR JUST UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. ONLY OTHER PROBLEM WITH UNIT WAS THE MULTIPURPOSE SWITCH FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY. WE ARE STILL FIGHTING WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY TO PROVIDE US WITH A CAUSE OF THE FIRE. FIRE STARTED AT 3 AM. OUR NEIGHBOOR WAS ASLEEP ON HIS COACH AND HEARD A NOISE AND LOOKED OUT AND SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE MOTORHOME, HE CALLED 911, RAN OVER TO SEE IF ANYBODY WAS IN, GRABED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, THAN POUNDED ON OUR DOOR TO GET US UP. FIRE DEPT. GOT THERE JUST AS THE FIRE STARTED DOWN THE TOP AND STARTED BURNING THE SIDE OF OUR HOUSE. WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE SIDING ON THE HOUSE AND WINDOWS, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. CLASS C MOTORHOMES ARE NOT DESIGNED WITH ESCAPE ROUTES IF THE FIRE STARTS IN THE ENGINE AREA. HAD SOMEBODY BEEN IN THE BED ABOVE THE CAB, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO JUMP OVER THE FIRE TO GET OUT. WE HAD WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS, BUT THE IT BURNED VERY QUICKLY. ESCAPE ROUTES ARE THE DOORS, AND SIDE WINDOWS, NEVER PLANNING TO HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE BED ABOVE IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY MANUFACTURES. TRUCK CAMPERS PROVIDE AN ESCAPE HATCH OVER THE BED. IF THIS HAPPENED TO US, THE NEXT TIME IT COULD HAPPEN WITH SOMEBODY'S GRANDKIDS IN THE BED WITH THEM HAVING TO JUMP OVER A VERY SMOKEY FIRE TO GET OUT. *AK

WHEN USING MULTI- PURPOSE SWITCH ON STEERING COLUMN AND PUT ITON HIGH BEAMS ,ALL OF THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OFF, BECOME TOTALLY INOPERATIVE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE BRAKES WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DO A SLOW CONTROL, WHICH MEANS TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, NOT BRING IT TO A COMPLETE STOP. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH GETTING DEALER TO HONOR RECALL # 98S-08 FOR PARKING BRAKE CABLE/ FUEL LINE; INTERFERENCE BETWEEN PARKING BRAKE CABLE AND FUEL LINE WHICH, OVER TIME, CAN RESULT IN DAMAGE TO FUEL LINE, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE; LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION, CAN RESULT IN A FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. ALSO, THIS RECALL INVOLVED FOUR OTHER VEHICLES; ALL ARE 1995 ECONOLINE VANS : 1) [XXX], 2) [XXX], 3) [XXX] AND 4) [XXX]. THE 5TH ONE IS LOCATED IN VIN BOX. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

RECALL 98V062000, BRAKES. MANUFACTURER SAYS THE RECALL CAN'T BE SEVICED UNTIL OCT. 1998. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (398V062000) & NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP. TOOK VEHICLE ON APPOINTED DATE. AFTER ARRIVING, WAS INFORMED HAD NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR BRAKES. WAS TOLD WILL CALL WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. AS OF THIS DATE, HAS NOT HEARD ANYTHING & IT HAS BEEN OVER 1 1/2 MONTHS. *AK

FUEL TANK LEAKS GAS WHEN FILLED. FUMES GETS INSIDE. DON'T KNOW CAUSE OF PROBLEM. TOOK BACK TO DEALER & TOLD WAS VENTS. HAD THEM REPLACED. FORD MFG. COULD NOT REPLACE TANK W/NEW TANK FROM ANOTHER MOTOR HOME.