1993 FORD F-150 Complaints

PE.00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 75MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD AN EXPLOSION. HE WAS ABLE TO CONTOL VEHICLE, AND PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FIRESTONE, FR480 P2357515, # DOT VDHL. HE WILL CONTACT FIRESTONE.*AK ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FAILURES CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

PE-00-020 TIRES ARE DAYTON DURALON VERTEX, TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT NUMBER BEGINS WITH VDHL. TIRES ONLY HAD 6087 MILES ON THEM, TIRES WERE PURCHASED AS REPLACEMENT TIRES FOR A FORD 150, 1993. WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FRONT END VIBRATED, CAUSING POOR VEHICLE CONTROL. TIRES WAS INSPECTED AND WAS SHOWEN EVIDENCE OF INNER BELTS SEPARATING. *AK

#EA99032; FUEL IS TRANSFERRING FROM THE REAR TANK TO THE FRONT TANK. FRONT TANK HOLDS LESS FUEL THAN THE REAR TANK WHICH IS CAUSING FUEL TO SPILL OVER. *AK

VEHICLE HAS DUAL FUEL TANK. SMELLED GASOLINE INSIDE OF GARAGE. HE FILLED VEHICLE UP WITH GASOLINE AND SMELLED GASOLINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC GRAINED THE GASOLINE TANK, AND THERE WAS WAS A HOLE INSIDE OF THE TANK. THERE WAS MOISTURE THAT GOT IN BETWEEN BELT AND GAS TANK, RESULTING IN THE HOLE. *AK

I HAVE HAD TWO OF THESE TIRES BLOWOUT, CAUSING THOUSANDS OF DAMAGE WITHOUT WARNING. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235X75R15 )

FRONT GAS TANK LEAK AT SEAM. WORST UP FRONT . EPOXY AT SEAM HAS FAILED. OTHER TANK OK. IMMEDIATE FIRE HAZARD.

DRIVER SIDE FIRESTONE FR480 TIRE P235/75R15 DOT VDHL1M4472 MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THEN VEHICLE WAS HARD TO STEER, CONSUMER SAW THE TIRE COME APART IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR, TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

THIS FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION THIS VAN HAS HAD IN 80,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM EXISTS IN THE ELECTRONIC OVERDRIVE. BETWEEN 35MPH AND 45 MPH THE ELECTRONICS HUNTS FOR A GEAR WITH GRINDING OCCURRING. EVENTUALLY THE GRINDING OCCURS AT OTHER SPEED RANGES. THE MECHANIC HAS SEEN THIS OCCURRING ON A WIDE RANGE OF FORD PRODUCTS CAUSING OWNERS $2,700+ IN REOPAIRS EACH TIME. *AK

THIS WAS A TIRE THAT BLEWOUT. THE BLOWOUT APPEARENTLY STARTED FROM THE RIM AND BLEW THROUGH THE SIDEWALL (RIM TO TREAD) ABOUT 7-8 INCHES (SIDEWALL LENGTHWISE). TIRE BLEW WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. I AM NOT SURE OF THE EXACT DATE BUT DO BELIVE IT WAS JUNE/JULY 2000. I CAN GET THIS INFO AS I CALLED AAA TO ASSIST AND THEY SHOULD HAVE RECORDS. THE TIRE HAS THE NAME FR480 ON THE SIDEWALL AND THE DOT CODE IS VDHL. IS THIS IN ANYWAY CONNECTED TO THE RECENT RECALL AND SHOULD THIS MODEL BE INCLUDED?? ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ME.( DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ON GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING ONLY IN HEAVEY TRAFFIC; DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS: