1993 FORD F-250 Complaints

WHILE STARTING UP TRUCK DRIVE BELT FELL OFF. ALSO, THERE WERE NO BRAKES OR STEERING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE DRIVE BELT SIX TIMES. CONSUMER INDICATED IF GOING DOWN A HILL VEHICLE WOULD HAVE CRASHED. NEITHER DEALER NOT MANUFACTURER PROVIDED ANY HELP. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK UP, CAUSING DRIVER TO RECEIVE MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. *AK COLLISION WAS FRONTAL WITH DRIVER'S SIDE DAMAGE. THE DRIVER'S SHOULDER PORTION OF RESTRAINT RESULTING INFATALITY FAILED. *YH

4- WHEEL DRIVE LOCKING HUBS FAILED, CAUSING POWER TRAIN AXLE ASSEMBLY TO LOCK UP. VEHICLE IN DEALER SHOP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STARTED SMELLING EXHAUST FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE. DRIVER STARTED GETTING A HEADACHE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC NOTICE BOLTS ON MOTOR SHEARED OFF ATTACHMENT. PROBLEM REPAIRABLE, BUT WILL REAPPEAR DUE TO DESIGN OF BOLTS. MANUFACTURER KNOWS OF PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE KNOCKING, THE DEALERSHIP WILL TEMPORARILY FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THEN IT RETURNS. *MJS

CONSUMERS TANK WAS LEAKING PER RECALL 93V125 BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. NLM

THE INCIDENT WITH THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER,AGAIN RESULTED IN LOSS OF STEERING, AND BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE VACUUM PUMP BEING RUN BY THE ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP, AND STEERING WAS EXTREMELY HARD. IF MY WIFE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THERE WOULD SURELY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS UNIT HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THIS ENGINE. FORD HAS NOT COME UP WITH A SUITABLE ENGINEERING DESIGN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FAILURE. I EXPECT THAT THIS WILL AGAIN FAIL SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE NOT WITH DISASTEROUS RESULTS. THE DAMPENER, SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR, AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE TENSIONER. THE RECALL WHICH WAS DONE ON THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS YOU WERE LED TO BELIEVE. THE DEFROSTER ALSO FAILS TO GO INTO THE DEFROST MODE ONCE THE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY COLD, AND THE BLOWER MOTOR IS MAKING A GRINDING, SQUEELING NOISE. I EXPECT THAT THESE WILL STOP COMPLETLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

WHILETRAVELING THE CLUTCH WENT COMPLETLEY OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE, KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE CLUTCH FOUR TIMES. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

A PORTION OF UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK IS RETURNING TO THE SECOND TANK, RESULTING IN FUEL LEAKAGE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

FUEL TANK OVERFLOWS WITH FUEL WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE IF SOURCE OF IGNITION WAS PRESENT. FORD DID A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT PROBLEM IS ON BOTH TANKS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK