1999 FORD ECONOLINE Complaints

FRONT DISC BRAKES ARE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT SEVERELY, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP 8 TO 10 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER EARLIER REPLACED ROTORS/ PADS ,AND CALIPERS. BUT STILL DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

DEALER UNABLE TO ALIGN FRONT END. BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND UNABLLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

DEPUTY SHERIFF ATTEMPTED TO CHECK BRAKE APPLICATION 8 TIMES PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. FORD HAD INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR (FORD EMPLOYEEE)CHECK VEHICLE NO PROBLEM OUT RIGHT LIE. *AK

SINCE INITIAL BRAKE/SPINDLE BREAKDOWN, WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $4000 ON BRAKE COMPONENTS, REPEATEDLY. AND THE BRAKES STILL PULL, WHINE AND MAKE THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY AND THE VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL.

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED 4/14/01 ON THE WAY BACK TO FLORIDA FROM PA. WE WERE ON I-77 TRAVELING APPROX. 60 MPH. WHEN A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION STARTED. WE SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT. ON INSPECTION THE LEFT INSIDE DUEL HAD EXPERIENCED SEPARATION OF TREAD FROM THE TIRE. TIRE PRESSURE HAD BEEN SET AT MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED PRESSURE. THE TIRE APPEARED TO HOLD AIR PRESSURE. UPON ARRIVING HOME WE TOOK PICTURES OF THE TIRE AND RETURNED IT TO OUR FIRESTONE DEALER WHO PRO-RATED IT. YESTERDAY (6/17/01 WE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT SIDE INSIDE DUEL. THIS TIME THE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD ANY AIR PRESSURE. OUR MILEAGE ON THIS TIRE WAS 19,126. WE FIND IT ODD THAT WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF PROBLEM WITH OTHER RIGS WE HAVE OWNED. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER 4 TIRES SINCE WE ARE PLANNING AN EXTENDED LONG DISTANCE VACATION IN JULY. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THESE TIRES ON ANY RECALL LIST. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VO1L1XD398 TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R15 )

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE SPARE TIRE CARRIER HAD BROKEN, CAUSING TIRE TO ROLL FROM UNDER VEHICLE . PLEAE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP RESTRAINT BELT BUCKLE ON REAR PASSENGER'S SEAT UNLATCHED, CAUSING CHILD IN SAFETY SEAT TO BE THROWN FORWARD, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURY.*AK

LUGS: NUTS ON LEFT REAR WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING TIRE TO COME OFF VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK