2001 FORD F SUPER DUTY Complaints

RIGHT FRONT WHEEL INSIDE BEARING FROZE TO SPINDLE AND FELL APART. APPEARED TO LACK SUFFICIENT GREASE. LEFT WHEEL ALSO LACKED GREASE.*AK

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE TRUCK STALLED. IT WAS TAKEN TO NEAREST FORD SERVICE CENTER .A TECH WHO SERVICED THE TRUCK FOUND AN OBJECT INSIDE THE AIR INTAKE\AIR FILTER AREA.THIS GOT THE TRUCK RUNNING AGAIN. I WAS 200 MILES FROM HOME AND WAS COMING BACK FROM A CAMPING TRIP. THE OBJECT WAS NOT IDENTFIED TO ME YET I HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT IT COULD BE. ONCE HOME I WENT TO NEW CENTURY FORD NEAR MY HOME AND ASKED THEM TO HELP ME INVESTIGATE THIS OBJECT THAT WAS FOUND AT THE CAPISTRANO FORD 200 MILES AWAY.DON LEE THE SERVICE G.M. WAS NICE TO OFFER HELP IN FIGURING OUT WERE THIS OBJECT CAME FROM. THE TRUCK WAS RISED AND THE FENDER COVER WAS REMOVED AND THERE I SAW A OBJECT HALF INSIDE THE AIR INTAKE AND HALF ON THE FENDER.THE OBJECT LOOKS TO BE FOR INSULATION OR SOUND RESRICTION. THE OBJECT HAS NOT BEEN NAMED TO ME BY THE DEALERSHIPS. YET THEY AGREE IT IS FACTORY INSTALLED. I WAS TOLD BY DON THAT IF A OBJECT EVEN A VERY SMALL OBJECT GET INTO THE "SOFTBALL SIZE AIR INTAKE THE TRUCK COULD SUFFER GREATLY." I WOULD NOT WANT ANY OTHER PERSON TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.*AK

DRIVING ALLONG HIGHWAY, WHEN TRANMISSION APPARENTLY PLACED ITS OVERDRIVE OVERRIDE SWITCH ON BY ITSELF, (THIS BECAUSE THE BUTTON WAS BLINKING) AS BEST I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT THE INDICATOR OPTION BY CHOICE (OWNERS MANAUAL SAYS LIGHT ON OR OFF). I CLEARED THE PROBLEM AND IT KEPT RESETTING ITSELF ( PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SHUT VEHICLE DOWN AND RESTART, CLEARS OVERDRIVE). APPARENTLY THIS FAILED OR SOME OTHER THING WITH THE TRANMISSION FAILED BECAUSE SMOKE APPEARED IN THE ENGINE, DRIVER COMPARTMENT, PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID FIRE AND FOUND THE TRANMISSION FLUID BOILING OUT OF THE TRANMISSION, WHICH APPARENTLY BURNED THE TRANMISSION UP. CAR HAS BEEN AT DEALER THREE WEEKS AND THEY WILL NOT TELL ME WHAT HAPPEN, THEIR ONLY EXPLANATION IS THAT FORD DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO LOOK AT THE TRANMISSION TO DETERMINE CAUSE, THEY ARE TO REPLACE THE TRANMISSION AND SHIP THE DEFECTIVE UNIT BACK TO FORD. *AK

HAD BEEN TRAVELING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED. AFTER SAFELY GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND EXAMINING THE TIRE, I COULD SEE THAT THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL HAD BLOWN OUT. WILL E-MAIL PHOTO TO WWW. NHTSA.DOT.GOV (DOT NUMBER: VNW8XL4500 TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)

LACK OF REAR SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS IN EARLY 2001 MODELS IS A SAFETY HAZZARD. FORD MODIFIED LATER 2001 MODELS, DEALER WON'T REPLACE SEATS. FULL RECALL/SEAT REPLACEMENT NEEDED ASAP -ANOTHER LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *AK

MULLAHEY AND ATASCADERO FORD, TWO DEALERSHIPS, SAID THEY COULD NOT EXCHANGE MY TIRES BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THEM. WAYNE'S TIRES, A GENERAL DEALER, REPLACED THE SHREDDED TIRE BUT WOULD GIVE ME ONLY A 50% DISCOUNT IN REPLACING THE OTHER THREE. AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THOSE TIRES. AT 10,000 MILES A TIRE SHOULD NOT DISINTEGRATE WHILE GOING 50 MPH. I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE ON THOSE TIRES, AND JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THEM DIDN'T MEAN THEY WERE. IF YOU BOUGHT A NEW PAIR OF SHOES AND THE RIGHT SHOE'S SOLE CAME APART, WOULDN'T YOU THINK THE LEFT ONE WOULD DO THE SAME? FORD AND GENERAL SEE NO POINT IN PREVENTATIVE MAINTANENCE AND WILL DO NOTHING UNTIL A RECALL IS ISSUED. I WONDER HOW MANY FIRESTONE TRAGEDIES COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THESE DEALERSHIPS HAD LISTENED TO THEIR CONSUMERS. HOW MANY MAIMINGS, DEATHS, AND LAWSUITS DO THEY NEED BEFORE THEY TAKE ACTION. I, FOR ONE, WILL NOT STAND BY IDLY AND SERVE AS THEIR "CRASH-TEST DUMMY" ANOTHER STATISTIC ACCRUED UNTIL THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT FOR A RECALL. I HOPE THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN HELP ME GET THE REMAINING BALANCE ($160) OF MY TIRES. DEALERSHIPS CAN DO A LOT TO PREVENT FURTHER MISHAPS BY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR COMPANY'S PRODUCT LINE. JUST BECAUSE THERE IS NO "RECALL" ON A TIRE DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE SAFE. THANK YOU, TED SAWZAK,. *AK (TIRESIZE: 255/70R16)

BEEN TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 5 TIMES FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE YET TO BE RESOLVED. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK