1999 FORD F-250 Complaints

BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED PREMATURELY AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES CONTINUALLY BEFORE THE VEHICLE HAD COME TO A STOP. *SCC *JB

THE FRONT TIRE ROD FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK BOTH FRONT OUTER TIE ROD ENDS WERE REPLACED. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 90 MPH ON WAY TO HOSPITAL VEHICLE STALLED TWICE. DEALER REPLACED 4 SENSORS, CAMSHAFT SENSOR WAS ONE OF THEM. *AK *TS

CABLES HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE TRUCK BED BROKE AND DROPPED THE TIRE TO THE GROUND. THIS OCCURED WHILE THE TRUCK WAS MOVING BUT FORTUNATELY WAS STILL IN THE FARM LANE. COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HAD IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK A VEHICLE RAN THE STOP SIGN AND THE CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE ON A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE VEERED UPON IMPACT AND WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THERE FOUR HORSE TRAILER WITH THREE HORSES ON BOARD JACKNIFED AND CAUSED THE TRUCK TO HEAD EASTBOUND AS IT ROLLED OVER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. ALL WINDOWS EXCEPT THE WINDSHIELD POPPED OUT. THERE WAS MORE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE THAN THE LEFT SIDE. *PH *JB

GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S SEPARATED FROM BELTS AND BLEW OUT WITH 5/16 TREAD LEFT, OTHERS ARE CRACKED AND BUBBLED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

FORD F-250 5.4 L V8 BLOWN SPARK PLUG FROM CYLINDER HEAD. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH THREADS TO KEEP THE SPARK PLUG FROM EVENTUALLY BEING BLOWN FROM THE HEAD. HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES MYSELF WITH THIS PROBLEM IN TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES. FORD NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM AND WARRANTY THE PARTS. WE STILL HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE IT WILL BE COVERED. EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS RIGHT IN THE PAPERWORK THAT THIS PART IS COVERED. *NLM

SHORTLY AFTER MY TRUCK ROLLED OVER 106,000 IT STARTED MAKING SOME VERY LOUD RATTLING SOUNDS. AFTER A FEW FALSE STARTS WITH DIAGNOSIS, IT WAS FOUND THAT IT HAD A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER AND THERE IS A TSB ON THE SAME SUBJECT DATED 1999 (THE SAME YEAR AS MY TRUCK) AND THE PROBLEM WAS RECOGNIZED BUT NOT FIXED AT THE FACTORY, JUST TOLD MY MECHANIC TO REPLACE THE PART TO THE TUNE OF $373 FOR THE PART AND $275 LABOR. THEY SAID THE REPLACEMENT HAD A NEW DESIGN TO KEEP THE SAME PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. WHY WHEN IN 1999 DIDN'T THEY FIX THE PROBLEM TO START WITH? *PH

ENGINE LEAKING OIL THROUGH HEAD GASKET. FOUR ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM BEGAN @ 17, 000 MILES. CURRENTLY VEHICLES HAS 67,000 MILES. FIRST ATTEMPT TOOK OVER 6 WEEKS TO COMPLETE. ALL OTHER ATTEMPTS TOOK 1 WEEK. ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH CARBON BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE HAVE OCCURED INBETWEEN REPAIR ATTEMPS. ANY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT FORD TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM WAS A DEAD END.