1999 FORD F-250 Complaints

1999 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY DIESEL 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHILE IN FIRST GEAR AT STOP LIGHT WITH CLUTCH PUSHED IN TRUCK STARTED MOVING FORWARD. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF TRUCK. THE TRUCK FINALLY STALLED. FOUND OUT LATER CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER HAD GONE BAD. *LA

1999 FORD F250 PICKUP IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR AFTER THE CONSUMER HEARD OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEMS HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER CHECKED THE TIRES AND INDICATED NONE OF THEM WERE PART OF THE RECALL. WHILE DRIVING THE TREAD OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE CAME OFF BUT THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHO HANDLED THE HANDLED THE TIRE REPLACEMENTS. THE TIRE WERE LOOKED AT AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE THE NOISE, AND NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BLOWOUT. FIRESTONE, STEELTEX RADIAL AT, SIZE LT265/75R/16, DOT# IS VDW8-1XL-060. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH SPARK PLUGS BLOWING OUT ON A 1999 FORD F-250.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. FORD REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE TOWARD THE THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR BILL. *LA *JB

WHEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS NOT STEEP AT BETWEEN 7-8% SLOPE, ON LIGHT SNOW OR ICE MY TRUCK WILL ROLL BACKWARD. WHILE ROLLING, ONE REAR WHEEL WILL BE TURNING FORWARD WHILE THE OTHER WILL BE TURNING BACKWARD. THIS OCCURS WHETHER THE PARK BRAKE IS APPLIED OR NOT, WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK. MEANWHILE MY OLD 1983 CHEVROLET IS PARKED NEXT TO IT, NOT SLIDING. THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO ME WHENEVER SOMEONE COMES OVER AND PARKS BEHIND MY TRUCK, OR WHEN I AM PARKING ON THE STREET IN THE CITY. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, THIS IS NORMAL.*AK

WHILE MECHANIC WAS INSTALLING NEW TIRES HE NOTICED THAT THE TIE ROD ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE WAS SEVERELY WORN, DESTROYED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH CONSUMER FELT A VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE. A FEW SECONDS LATER RIGHT SIDE REAR WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER, WHERE THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE 8 LUGS: NUTS HAD SHEARED OFF. THERE WAS NO COLLISION OR INJURIES REPORTED IN THIS INCIDENT. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TRUCK LOST ACCELERATION AND WENT INTO IDLE CONDITION, AND VEHICLE WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AT 40,000 MILES. AT 87,000 MILES THE PROBLEM RETURNED. *AK

I RECENTLY WAS AT A FORD DEALER FOR A TRANSMISSION RELATED PROBLEM. WHILE THERE I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LEAF MISSING FROM MY LEFT REAR LEAF SPRING PACK. WHEN I MENTIONED IT TO THE MECHANIC HE SAID. OH YAH, WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE A LOT OF SPRINGS, THEY JUST KEEP BREAKING. HE SAID IF I LOOKED ON THEM I WOULD NOTICE THAT THEY WERE MADE IN MEXICO. HE SAID FORD HAS BEEN REPLACING A LOT OF SPRINGS. *JB

EMAIL FOIA REC'D FM WEBMASTER COMPLAINT INTEGRITY OF THE FUEL SYSTEM AND POST COLLISION FUEL-FED FIRES FOR THE MODEL YEAR 1999 AND 2000 FORD F250 OR F350 TRUCKS.*MR *CB