1993 FORD F-150 Complaints

FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED IN SEPT, 1999 WHILE DRIVING WEST ON I-40 NEAR LEBANON, TN. SPEED WAS APPROX 70MPH, LOAD OF ABOUT 200 LBS IN TRUCK BED, 1 DRIVER, 1 PASSENGER. A BRIEF "VIBRATION" WAS FELT, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD, BRIEF BANGING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. I SAW IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR A PIECE OF RUBBER LANDING IN THE ROAD AND CARS SWERVING BEHIND ME TO MISS IT. I DIDN'T LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK, BUT DID IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER. I OBSERVED THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND THE TREAD WAS MISSING, EXPOSING THE STEEL BELTS AND OTHER FIBERS. IT WAS STILL INFLATED. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK'S QUARTER PANEL AND TRIM AROUND THE TIRE OPENING. I CHANGE TO THE SPARE AND CONTINUED ON. I HAD THE TIRE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER FR480 AT A LOCAL NASHVILLE, TN DEALER AND THE BODY DAMAGE REPAIRED. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED IN OCTOBER, 2000. DRIVING WEST ON I-10 NEAR TUCSON, AZ, AT A SPEED OF APPROX 65MPH, WE FELT A SLIGHT VIBRATION THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. WE SLOWED TO ABOUT 55-60MPH AND THE VIBRATION SEEMED TO GO AWAY, COMING BACK WITH MORE SPEED. WE DROVE THE REMAINING 125 MILES OF OUR TRIP AT A SLOWER SPEED AND SAFELY RETURNED HOME. THE NEXT DAY, WHILE DRIVING TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP (LOU GRUBB IN SCOTTSDALE, AZ) I COULD FEEL THE STEERING WHEEL "SHIMMY" IN MY HAND, IN RESPONSE TO THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK. THE DEALER INSPECTED AND FOUND THE LEFT FRONT TO BE "SEPARATING" AND SUGGESTED IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT. I DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE TO DISCOUNT TIRE AND HAD ALL 4 FR480 TIRES ON THE ROAD REPLACED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER'S. I STILL HAVE ONE FR480 AS THE SPARE. DOT # FOR THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS VDHL1M4808 AND THE SECOND TIRE WAS VNHL1PA413 (POSSIBLY VNHL1P4413). IT WAS HARD TO READ THE NUMBER. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VDHL1M4808 TIRESIZE: P235/75/R1)

THE VEHICLE FUEL PUMP AND HARNESS WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL 00V-424, AT THE TIME OF REPAIR THE TECHNICIAN TOLD THE CUSTOMER THAT THE CHECK VALVE IN THE FUEL PUMP WAS CAUSING FUEL FROM ONE TANK TO FLOW INTO THE SECOND TANK RESULTING IN FUEL OVERFLOWING OUT THE FILLER TUBE, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE RECALL ONLY COVERED THE REGULATOR NO OTHER PARTS. NLM

RECALL 00V424000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S57. CONSUMER GOT RECALL AND CONTACTED DEALER. CONSUMER GOT RECALL FIXED. FORD STATED IT WAS ONLY THE REGULATOR.BUT, RECALL LETTER STATED IT WAS CROSSFLOW CONDITION. ALSO, THERE WAS A PROBLEM THAT CAUSED CROSSFLOW CONDITIONS BESIDES REGULATORS. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V424000 IN MAIL, AND WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THAT UNLESS SHE WAS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM, HER VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE SERVICED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

RECALL 00V424000/MANFACTURER'S RECALL 00S57. CONSUMER STATED RECALL WAS DONE ON VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD AND WANTS TO KNOW FROM FORD WHAT CAN BE DONE TO STOP THE GAS LEAK. *SLC

RECALL 00V424000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S57; CONSUMER STATED FORD DID RECALL, BUT DIDNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED LETTER REGARDING REFUND FOR FUEL CROSS FLOW CONDITION. ALSO, FORD STATED IN THE LETTER THAT IF CONSUMER EXPERIENCED FUEL CROSSFLOW CONDITION, IT WILL BE REPAIRED. IF HAD REPAIRED BEFORED JULY 2001 THEY WOULD GIVE CONSUMER A REFUND. FORD WAS NOT COMPLYING TO LETTER OR EXTENDED WARRANTY.*AK DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP DUE TO CROSS FLOW FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL 00S57. *SLC

VEHICLE STARTED LEAKING OIL THROUGH OUT OIL GASKET, AND IT LEAKED ON EXHAUST PIPE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER G0T A USED FUEL TANK TO REPLACE THE OTHER ON. CURRENTLY, USED ONE IS ALSO LEAKING. HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

SMELLED RAW GAS FROM THE TRUCK THIS PAST WEEKEND. JUST PURCHASED THE TUCK LAST MONTH. I FOUND THAT THE SEAM ON THE GAS TANK IS LEAKING GAS. I TRANSFED THE FUEL FROM THE FRONT TANK TO THE REAR,WHICH IS ALSO HEAVY RUSTED. I CONTACTED THE DEALER, THE COST FOR A NEW TANK IS $175.00 FOR THE FRONT AND A LITTLE LESS FOR THE REAR PLUS LABOR AND ANYOTHER PARTS THAT MAY BE NEEDED. I AM VERY LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE AS THE TANK WAS NEAR FULL, WITHIN FIVE GALLONS OF FULL!!!! I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEALER DOES NOR WANT TO COVER THIS COST OR EVEN PARTAKE IN IT AS SO MANY REPORTS OF LEAKING TANKS HAVE SURFACED, IN FACT THEY HAD ANOTHER CALL THE SAME MORNING FOR ANOTHER LEAKING TANK. FORD SHOULD BE HELD TO REPAIR THE TANK PROBLEMS BEFORE ANYONE IS KILLED.*AK