1993 FORD F-150 Complaints

VEHICLE HAS DUAL FUEL TANKS ,THE BACK TANK IS PUMPING GASOLINE INTO THE FRONT TANK AND IS OVERFLOWING. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT PRESSURE SAFETY VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE STERING COLUMN. ONLY DAMAGE WAS OUR OWN, WITH BURNT WIRES WITHIN THE WIRELOOM UNDER THE DASH. UPON INVESTIGATION BY MY HUSBAND, HE FOUND 7 WIRES MELTED INTO ONE ANOTHER. THE FUSE DID NOT MELT, BUT THE WIRES HAD TOTALLY DISINTIGRATED. THE WIRES ARE TO SMALL FOR THE 15 AMP FUSE THEY ARE ATTACHED TO. WE HAVE HAD THIS BURNING UNDER OUR DASH SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS PAST YEAR. NOT UNTIL THE TAIL LIGHTS REFUSED TO WORK DID WE DO THE DEEPER INVESTIGATION OF THE WIRE LOOM. IN THE MEAN TIME WE HAVE LOST OUR CRUSE CONTROL AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE MIGHT TURN UP. I'VE CONTACTED THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY PERSONALLY ABOUT THE SITUATION. THEY SAY UNTILL FORCED BY A RECALL THERE IS NOTING THEY CAN DO FOR OUR SITUATION. OUR 93 FORD IS WELL OVER IT'S WARRENTY AND WITH 120,000 MILES AND NO RECALL TO DATE FOR MY PROBLEM DESCRIBED ABOVE. REPAIRS WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BY US AND WILL BE REIMBURST UNON ANY FUTURE RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. GOSH, I'VE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE 1993 FORD 150'S ALL DEALING WITH THIS SIMMILAR TYPE OF SITUATION, BURNING AND SMOKE FROM THE STERING COLUMN. ALL THAT IS STATED IS THAT THE SITUATION IS ELECTRICAL. WELL, IT CERTAINLY IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER IS THE SORCE OF THE PROBLEM. USING WIRES TO SMALL FOR THE FUSES THAT THEY INSTALLED IN THEIR VEHICLES. SO LET'S AT LEAST WARN ALL 1993 WEHICLE OWNERS TO THE FACT. WE WILL BE LOOKING TO REPLACE OUR 1993 FORD AS SOON AS WE CAN AFFORD TO DO SO. I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY SOME ELECTRICAL FIRE OR BRAKE FAILLURE OR WHAT EVER. I HAVE ALSO SEEN THAT THERE WAS A FATALITY IN ONE THE ELECTRICAL COMPLAINS ON THESE 1993 FORD F-150 VEHICLES......THIS IS TO SCARRY....I DO NOT WANT TO OWN ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT!*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE SPEED WAS SET AT 55 MPH. DRIVER HIT RESUME AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DISENGAGE. *JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL ON LEAF SPRING. RECALL NUMBER UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

A HALF AN HOUR AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE INSPECTOR INDICATED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE IGNITION/ STEERING WHEEL COLUMN AREA.*AK *TS *JB

VEHICLE WAS PART OF RECALL 93V125000 TO REPLACE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. RECALL DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE REAR FUEL TANK IS USED, IT STILL PUMPS FUEL INTO THE FRONT FUEL TAKE. WHEN THE FRONT TANK FILLS UP, FUEL FLOWS OUT OF THE FILL TUBE, DOWN THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK BED AND ONTO THE FRAME AND TIRES. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD! *NLM

THE REAR FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BUT INDICATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *NLM RECALL #93V125000. THE CONSUMER STATED HIS FAMILY CAN SMELL THE GAS. FORD WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 5 MPH, THE TIE ROD FRACTURED, AND THE CONSUMER LOSS THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *JB DURING THE PAST EVENTS/INSPECTION, THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT FAILURE WOULD OCCUR. *SCC

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING IN ALL GEARS AND REVERSE IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. *NLM