2000 FORD F-250 Complaints

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX (LT 265/R16) TIRE EXPERIENCED A PUNCTURE AND RAPID DEFLATION, SIDE WALL OF TIRE APPEARED TO PART FROM MAIN CASING. *JB

FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT265/75R16, DOT VNW81XL349, ORIG. EQUIPMENT WITH 26000 ON A 2000, FORD, F250 , WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. FIRESTONE DEALER STATED IT WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZARD.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE DESTROYED BY FIRE ORIGINATING UNDER HOOD. EXACT CAUSE UNKNOWN DUE TO EXTENT OF HEAT/DAMAGE UPON DISCOVERY OF EVENT. FIRE BURNED THROUGH THE FIREWALL INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED APX 2 HOURS WITH IGNITION SWITCH OFF AND KEY OUT OF IGNITION. VEHICLE HAD HAD A 5,000 MILE SERVICE WITH THE NEXT SERVICE DUE AT 10,000 MILES. *AK

TO DATE 3 TIRES W/SEPARATION 2/3 AROUND NEXT TO RIM ON INSIDE-T WO W/BUBBLES ABOUT 4" OUTWARD. *AK (DOT NUMBER: ADOR IJD24 TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)

THE STEERING MECHANISM BROKE CAUSING THE DRIVER TO CRASH INTO A TELEPHONE POLE AND THEN A SNOW BANK, THE AIR BAGS DEFLECTED IMPACT,HOWEVER CONSUMER SUFFERED A SORE NECK AND BACK, THE PARTS AND TOOL TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE HAVE BEEN UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE IT IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER . NLM

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S REARVIEW MIRROR IS OF SUCH DESIGN THAT IT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED. DRIVER CAN NOT SEE ANOTHER VEHICLE IN LANE NEXT TO HIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER CAN SEE VEHICLE IF BEHIND HIM, BUT NOT ON SIDE OF HIM. *AK

CONSUMER PURCHASED A CAMPER TOP. SUSPENSION IS TOO WEAK TO SUPPORT THIS CAMPER, BACK END SINKS DOWN ABOUT 3 INCHES WHEN CAMPER IS PUT ON. WHICH IN TURN PUTS FRONT END UP. CONSUMER HAS A HARD TIME LOOKING OVER HOOD OF VEHICLE.*AK

WHEN DRIVING IN SNOW AND APPLYING BRAKES ALL 4 WHEELS LOCK UP, REGULAR BRAKES DID NOT WORK AT THAT TIME EITHER. CONSUMER WAS WITHOUT BRAKES FOR 20-40 FEET.*AK

SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE STEERING HAS HAD PROBLEMS. WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL THERE IS A DELAY. CONSUMER TURNS WHEEL 1/4 OF A TURN AND VEHICLE WILL NOT RESPOND. DEALER HAS TIGHTENED STEERING AND GEARBOX. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DEALER STATED FORD IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT HAS NO REMEDY.*AK ALSO THE VEHICLE STEERS LEFT AND RIGHT. *YH

BLOWOUT DESTROYED OUTSIDE SIDEWALL, TIRE BLEMISHES AND CRACKS WERE SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT TO FORD DEALER ABOUT 750 MILES BEFORE AND DISMISSED BY EMPLOYEE BLAKE SHOOK. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW8 1XL TIRESIZE: 265/75R16E)