1998 FORD F-150 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE DROPPED. DEALER DETERMINED THAT INNER TIE ROD HAD BROKEN.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON FOUR OCCASIONS AND THE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON FIVE OCCASIONS AND THE PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *MJ

DEALER REPORTS COOLANT LOSS INTO OIL SYSTEM, STATES CAUSE IS DEFECT IN TIMING CHAIN COVER OR INTAKE MANIFOLD, 1997 TRUCKS WITH SAME ENGINE EQUIPED WITH DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN COVER, FORD ISSUED SILENT RECALL TO DEALERS TO COVER COST OF REPAIRES FOR 1997 TRUCKS, FORD CLAIMES DEFECT CORRECTED FOR 1998 TRUCK, DEALER STATES THAT EVEN IF COVER IS DEFECTIVE, FORD WON'T COVER COSTS FOR REPAIRES, I WONDER IF FORD COMPLETLY CORRECTED TIMING CHAIN COVER PROBLEM.*JB

WHEN APPYLING BRAKES, BRAKE PAD WILL RUB AGAINST ROTOR, CAUSING THE ROTORS TO WARP. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL GRABBED MAKING A THUMPING NOISE CAUSING THE SURFACE OF THE ROTOR TO FLAKE. THE FLAKING CHEWED THE BRAKE PADS EXCESSIVELY. ROTORS HAD TO REPLACED. *TT

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A STEERING PROBLEM, WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE COULD NOT STEER, HE LET THE WHEEL GO AND THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP, CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE TIRE WAS FLAT ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL AND THE TIE ROD WAS JAMMED IN THE WHEEL RIM AND SHREDDED, THE INSIDE OF THE RIM DEFLATED THE TIRE, THE TIE ROD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BALL JOINT, THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH OUTER TIE RODS AND BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS.*JB

WHILE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH THE VEHICLE LOCKED AND THE KEYS IN THE HOUSE THE TRUCK STARTER CRANKED OVER WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN 1ST GEAR AND RAN INTO MY PORCH, I RAN OUT TO STOP THE TRUCK AND I HAD TO JUMP OVER THE BROKEN RAILING AND WHEN I DID I SERVERLY SPRAINED MY ANKEL WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. *AK

TIE ROD END CAME APART AT JOINT WHILE DRIVING ,LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WENT OFF RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD;THEN, COMPLETELY ACROSS THE ONCOMING LANE BEFORE STOPPING. I HAVE THE PART . I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPEN BEFORE WITH THIS TYPE OF TRUCK .*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A WET PAVEMENT CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED, AND VEHICLE TOTALED.*TT

TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHICH IS WHEN TIE ROD BROKE IN HALF. *AK MECHANIC PULLED VEHICLE IN AND THAT IS WHEN THE TIE ROD BROKE IN HALF, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE LEFT BALL JOINT BROKE. JLG

FRONT LEFT TIE ROD END BROKE WHILE BACKING INTO DRIVEWAY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK *YH