2001 FORD F-250 Complaints

CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A SQUEAK IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN MAKING TURNS, ALSO THE STEERING WAS HARD TO ADJUST ON TILT WHEEL.*JB

CONSUMER STATED ALL TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED, THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 2001 FORD F250 TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16). NLM THE DOT NUMBERS FOR ALL FOUR TIRES ARE: VNW 81 X M2900. *JG

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE VECHILE STARTED TO BECOME UMCOMFORTABLE, THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 TO 65 MPH VEHICLE SWERVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO STEER VEHICLE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FIRST HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FAILURE OCCURRED (WHILE LIVING IN FL) ON 06 JUN 2001 (ODO: 2188 MILES) AT APPROX 30MPH. LOST USE OF CLUTCH WHILE SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD GEAR. HYDRAULIC CYLINDER REPLACED BY ORVILLE BECKFORD FORD UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND OCCURRENCE IS DESCRIBED EARLIER IN THIS REPORT --OCCURRED AFTER MOVING TO TX. TO BE REPAIRED BY GILLESPIE FORD, SAN ANTONIO, TX.*AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE POWER STEERING IS WEAK OR NON-EXISTING WHEN PUTTING FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND DRIVING IN SLOW CONDITIONS. DEALER STATES THIS IS NORMAL, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT TAIL GATE DOES NOT OPEN, STABILIZER LINK REPLACED. *AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING 55MPH AND HITTING PASSING GEAR, VEHICLE WENT INTO IDLE, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES RECENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING A LANE CHANGE AT 70 MPH, THE RPMS DROPPED TO 600, CONSUMER PUMPED THE ACCELERATOR TWICE BEFORE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, CONSUMER STATES THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *SLC

REAR AXLE SEAL FAILED AND WAS LEAKING LUBRICANT INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL RIM AND BRAKING COMPONENTS. IF GONE UNNOTICED THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE FAILURE OF THE LEFT SIDE BRAKING SYSTEM IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION BURNED UP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WE HAD THIS TRUCK INTO A DEALERSHIP 9 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRE FOR WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, THE DEALERSHIP FAILED TO FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH OUR TRUCK AND ADVISED US THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT PREVENTED US FROM DRIVING IT. 9 DAYS LATER WE WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND FELT THE NEED TO GET ANOTHER OPINION SO WE WERE IN ROUTE TO A DEALERSHIP AND DID NOT MAKE IT DUE TO THE TRUCK FAILING AND CATCHING FIRE. TRANSMISSION FLUID ESCAPED THE FILLER TUBE AND WENT ON THE EHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH CAUSED A FLASH FIRE. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET OURSELVES AND OUR SMALL CHILDREN OUT OF THE TRUCK IN TIME. THE DEALERSHIP PRIOR TO THE FIRE SAID THAT IF WE WERE IN FACT HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT WE WOULD HAVE SEEN THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT ON THE SHIFTER COLUMN FLASHING, THIS NEVER OCCURRED WHICH LEADS US TO BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE A FAILURE IN THE COMPUTER OF THIS TRUCK THAT THEY REFUSED TO FIND. WE PLEADED WITH THE SERVICE ADVISOR AT THIS DEALERSHIP TO INVESTIGATE WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEMS WE WERE EXPERIENCING AND THEY REFUSED. NOW WE HAVE A TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN AT A DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST 90 DAYS AND THEY HAVE YET TO FIND THE CAUSE OF FIRE. AND DUE TO THE FIRE FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR PRODUCT. THEY DENIED HELPING US AND REFERRED US TO OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. WE HAVE INCURRED A DRASTIC FINANCIAL LOSS DUE TO THIS AND FEAR BEING PUT BACK IN THIS VEHICHLE KNOWING THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, BECAUS THE INITIAL CAUSE OF FIRE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. WE HAVE FAUGHT A HARD FIGHT WITH ALLSTATE INSURANCE TO GET THEM TO FIX OUR TRUCK PROPERLY TO NO AVIAL. WE KNOW OF OTHERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND WE FEEL FORD NEEDS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS MECAHNICAL FAILURE, DUE TO FAULTY PRODUCTION OF THESE TRUCKS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS.*AK