1993 FORD F-150 Complaints

RECALL ON CROSS FLOW PROBLEM WAS DONE ON 05-DEC-2001. ON 10 JULY 2002, CONSUMER NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL AND SAW FUEL UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. FRONT LEFT TANK WAS LEAKING AT VALVE. *AK FUEL TANK WAS NOT LEAKING PRIOR TO RECALL REPAIRS. FUEL TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT

AT 60MPH, A TIRE BLEWOUT WITH NO WARNING DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE SIZE 3110R15LT, DOT UNKNOWN. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN, AND THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE GOING 70 MPH, AND WHEN HE SLOWED DOWN TO 60 MPH TO EXIT, TREAD FROM THE BACK DRVER SIDE TIRE SEPERATED IN TO TWO PIECES. ONE PIECE WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE, AND THE OTHER WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE TIRE SPUN AROUND AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLES BODY. THE TIRE DID NOT LOSE AIR PRESSURE DURING THE INCIDENT. *SCC

FUEL PUMP AND TANK WERE REPLACED. FUEL STILL WOULD GO INTO OTHER TANK AND SPEW OUT OF GAS FILLER PIPE. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT IN ADDITION TO FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR RECALL, TRUCK WOULD NEED (1) CHECK VALVE PER EACH TANK. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL REFERRING TO THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE STILL TRANSFERS FUEL FROM THE REAR TANK TO THE FRONT TANK. MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH THE RECALLED DEFET BUT WITH THE FUEL PUMP. *JG

WHILE COMING TO A STOP DRIVER AND MIDDLE PASSENGER SEATBELTS UNBUCKLED. CHILD IN SAFETY SEAT WAS THROWN AGAINST DASH, SUFFERED CUTS THAT REQUIRED 3 STICHES.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE TO A COMPLETE STOP AT 1-5-10 MPH THE SEAT BEALTS CAME LOOSE AND THE CHILD IN THE SEAT WENT FOWARD AND RAN INTO DASH BOARD AND HAD MINOR INJURIES.

TIRE VIBRATION AT 65 MPH, FOUND ORIGINAL GENERAL TIRE (TIRE INFORMATION UNKNOWN) TREAD SEPARATED AND OUT OF ROUND. REPLACED WITH GOODYEAR GSA'S. *TT

AFTER GETTING FUEL CROSS FLOW RECALL DONE, REMEDY DID NOT WORK. CONSUMER HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED AND THAT FIXED THAT PROBLEM.*AK DEALER FOUND LEFT SIDE LEAF SPRING WAS BROKEN AND REPLACED LEFT SIDE LEAF SPRING. *TT

WHILE PULLING OUT THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER STEERING, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE LOWER SHAFT PITMAN HAD MALFUNCTIONED. NLM

VEHICLE HAS DUAL GAS TANKS. FRONT DOES NOT WORK, AND BACK TANK PUMPS THE GAS INTO THE FRONT. THERE IS A BACK UP, AND IT SPILLS ONTO THE GROUND. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *YH