1999 FORD ECONOLINE Complaints

FROM A SPEED OF 45 MPH THESE UNITS WITH REAR DISC BRAKES REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL 14 FEET TO STOP WHEN TESTED AGAINST AN OLDER UNIT THAT IS IDENTICAL IN EVERY WAY EXCEPT IT HAS DRUM BRAKES ON THE REAR. WE ALSO SEE THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2000 MODELS. *AK

WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES ON WET/SNOWY ROADS VEHICLE WOULD SKID/TRAVELED TO LEFT OR RIGHT, NO BRAKING POWER IN REAR WHEELS. *AK FRONT BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS WEAR PRMATURELY. REAR BRAKE DRUM RUSTED. THE BRAKE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YH

ENGINE - REVS UP WHILE VEHICLE IS IDLING, LEAPING FORWARD, UNEXPECTEDLY. STEERING, PULLS LEFT COONSTANTLY.*AK

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE BRAKES FAILED PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT WERE TOLD BY DEALER THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WAS COMMON FOR ABS BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR WHEN SITTING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT HOWEVER THEY DID PLAY WITH PEDAL UNTIL IT CAME UP SEVERAL TRIPS TO DEALER NEVER RESOLVED PROBLEM YET WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKES , TRANSMISSION,STEERING,OUTSIDE RIGHT MIRROR AND SEAT BELT IN MID RIGHT SEAT DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH ANYTHING BUT MIRROR WHICH THEY REPLACED HOWEVER TWO HOURS LATER ANOTHER DEALER SAID SEAT BELT WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD ORDER ONE A SECOND DEALER SHORTLY THEREAFTER REPLACED LOOSE LINKAGE IN STEERING, AND REBUILT TRANSMISSION WHICH HAD BURNT OVERDRIVE AND DEFECTIVE PARTS IN LOWER RANGE STILL NO-ONE COULD FIND BRAKE PRBLEM UNTIL CRASH WHEN DEPUTY SHERIFF TESTED BRAKE PEDAL 8 TIMES PUTTING PEDAL TO FLOOR FORD MOTOR CO SAYS THE DEPUTY WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO PERFORM SUCH A TEST AND WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THERE IS AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM THAT IS INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABS AS THE MECHANICS STATED THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN WITH THE COMPLAINT

NEW VEHICLE WITH ONLY 6,000 MILES AND ONE YEAR OF SERVICE SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CONSUMERS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEM

FORD DEALER ANALYSIS, TREAD SEPARATION, THEN BLOWOUT (DOT NUMBER: VDTL 1XB TIRESIZE: 225/75R16)

NOTICED 2 SEPERATE CRACKS OR SPLITS ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE OF MY VEHICLE. THE CRACKS ARE ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE ABOUT 1/2 INCH EACH.THEY ARE SEPERATE AND ABOUT A 1 INCH SPACE BETWWEEN THEM. BUT A VERY FINE LINE OR CRACK CAN BE SEEN CONECTING THE TWO FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.I'VE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AT BUSTLETON AND STREET RD. IN FEASTERVILLE,PA 19053 IWAS TOLD MY TIRES WERE NOT ON THE RECALL LIST , I MENTIONED THAT THESE TIRES WERE ON THE NEWS FOR BLOW OUTS AND TIRE SEPERATION.THE DEALER THEN SAID IF THE CRACKS GET WORSE TO BRING THEM BACK AND HE WOULD REINPSPECT THEM BUT FOR NOW IT LOOKED MINOR.ALSO I POINTED OUT THAT VERY SMALL CRACKS SURROUNDING THE DIAMETER OF THE TIRES BELOW THE TREAD ON THE SIDE WALL COULD BE SEEN ON ALL THE TIRES. THE DEALER SAID IT LOOKED LIKE DRY-ROT, I THEN COMMENTED THAT THE TIRES WERE NEW WITH VEHICLE AND PURCHASED 11-98 AND ONLY HAD 11,700 MILES ON THEM. THE DEALER SAID TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THEM AND IF IT WORSENS TO COME BACK.AFTER THAT I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO JOHN KENNEDY FORD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE TIRES. I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT ON THE RECALL LIST AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AND THEY RECCOMMENED TO TAKE THEM TO THE TIRE MANUFACTER FOR INSPECTION. (TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT22575R16 )

VEHICLE EXPERINCING PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION DURING DISENGAGING AND AFTER RESUMING CRUISE CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE FILL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DOWNHILL GRADE APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING ALONG WITH STEERING WHEEL. AS BRAKES WERE PUMPED SHAKING BECAME WORSE TO WHERE BEGAN TO LOOSE CONTROL. SAME THING ON RETURN TRIP. BRAKING WORKS FINE ON LEVEL TERRAIN. SITUATION WAS VERY FRIGHTNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER WHO STATED THAT IF THE SYMPTOMS CANNOT BE REPLICATED IN THE SHOP THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY ASKED IF THE ASB LIGHT CAME ON. I RESPONED THAT I WAS TOO BUSY TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO NOTICE. THEY SUGGESTED I TRY TO REPEAT THE SITUATION TO DETERMINE IF THE ASB LIGHT COMES ON AND IF IT DOES BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SHOP.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN BACK TIRE WAS LOW ON AIR. NOTICED CRACKS 1/4" AROUND THE RIM. CHECKED OTHER TIRES & SAME TYPE OF CRACKS ON THOSE TIRES. TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. HAVE NOT HAD TIRES EXCHANGED. FIRESTONE STEEL TEX, RT225/75R16 WITH 4,000 MILES ON A 1999,FORD ECONOLINE. *AK