1999 FORD ECONOLINE Complaints

CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE DRIBVER'S SIDE OF BUMPER.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE WOULD PULLED TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO FIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL TO CONTINUE NORMAL DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE'S REAR END VIBRATES VERY HARD. COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND CAUSE A CRASH. BEEN TO DEALER, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT INCLUDE SEVERAL FEATURES THAT WERE LOCATED ON PRIOR MODELS, POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO ILLIMINATION OF FEATURES. MJS

BRAKE PADS "BURNED" AND ROTORS WARPED ON A 1999 FORD ECONOLINE. VEHICLE HAS 14930 MILES ON IT OF WHICH OVER 12000 MILES HAS BEEN FREEWAY LONG DISTANCE WITH MINIMAL BRAKE USEAGE. THE VEHICLE WHICH IS RATED FOR 8 PASSENGERS WITH LUGGAGE, AND FOR HEAVY DUTY TRAILER TOWING HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN WITH ANY HEAVY LOADS. ALL LONG DISTANCE DRIVING WITH 1 OR 2 PASSENGERS AND LIGHT LUGGAGE ONLY. NONETHELESS FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE FORD DEALER INSIST THIS IS NORMAL AND DOES NOT REPRESENT A SAFETY HAZARD AND THAT FORD HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS REGARD. I BELIEVE THAT FORD HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO AT REPLACE THE SHODDY PARTS THAT THEY USED INITIALLY, TO FOREWARN CUSTOMERS THAT THEY WILL VERY LIKELY REQUIRE COSTLY BRAKE WORK AT VERY SHORT INTERVALS, AND THAT EVEN CAREFUL DRIVERS CAN NOT MAKE IT TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE WITHOUT SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BRAKES. I SHUDDER TO THINK OF THE DANGER TO OCCUPANTS OF FULLY LOADED ECONOLINES USED ON A DAILY HEAVY DUTY BASIS. THE BRAKES UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD SEEM UNLIKELY TO LAST MORE THAN A FEW THOUSAND MILES.

FUSES KEEPS BLOWING OUT, CAUSES PROBLEM WITH BRAKES, TURN SIGNALS & SHIFTING CAPABILITIES. OWNER FEELS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP WORKING ON VEHICLE BUT CAUSE NOT FOUND AS OF YET. *AK

VIBRATION BETWEEN 50 TO 70 MPH. HAD SAME TYPE PROBLEM WITH 1997 VAN AND TIRES WERE SWITCHED TO MICHLEN AND CORRECTED PROBLEM. THEY WONT DO THIS I WAS TOLD.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ON, AND IT ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMPS, VEHICLE ROCKS/WANDERS TO RIGHT OR LEFT IN WHICH CONSUMER MAY LOSE CONTROL. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK