1998 FORD F-250 Complaints

DEALER SERVICE DEPART STATES: "3 OUT OF 10" TRUCKS HAVE THIS PROBLEM! WHY NO RECALL?

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES RIGHT REAR WHEEL LOCKS UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN. DEALER CAN'T FIND A SOLUTION. *AK

BRAKES SHUDDER OR WOBBLE. MULTIPLE REPAIRS DONE BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. WE WERE GIVEN A LOANER TRUCK (SAME MODEL AND MAKE) WHICH TURNED OUT TO HAVE SAME PROBLEM! DEALER HAS REPLACED ALL BRAKE PARTS MULTIPLE TIMES , TURNED DRUMS MULTIPLE TIMES, AND REPLAC

FRONT END TIRES AND STEERING SHAKE CONSTANTLY AND AT HIGHWAY SPEED IT VIBRATES AND SHAKES SO HARD OVER 50 MPH IT IS HAD TO HOLD ON ROAD. TIRES ARE WEARING DUE TO SHAKING. VEHICLE HAS HAD NEW TIRES, BALANCING, FRONT END ALIGNMENT, MORE THAN ONCE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES OR SLOWING DOWN VEHICLE WILL SHUTTER, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THE DEFECT. *AK *ML

BREAKAGE OCCURRED EITHER WHILE STATIONARY OR DOING SLOW SPEED - NOT SURE WHEN. VEHICLE WAS LEANING TO RIGHT WHEN I RETURNED TO IT 20 MINUTES AFTER DRIVING IT. FEEL FREE TO CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION. I SEE ON THE WEB THAT THESE TORSION BARS HAVE BEEN BREAKING QUITE FREQUENTLY ON F150S TOO! *AK

MANUFACTURER INSTALLED TRANSMISSION WIRING INCORRECTLY AT FACTORY, RESULTING IN SHORT CAUSING OTHER OPERATIONS TO FAIL. *YC

BOTH FRONT TORSION BARS BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS SETTING IN THE GARAGE. IT APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO COLD WEATHER STRESS OR THE TORSIONS BARS WERE HEAT TREATED TO HARD. DID NOT FLEX BETWEEN THE COLD WEATHER (0 -10 DEG) AND THE WARM GARAGE (45 DEG

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE. ALSO DRUMS GOT VERY HOT. THE CONSUMER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE 7 TO 8 TIMES, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED, PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED. *AK

HAVE HAD 4 FAILURES IN THE REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. FIRST TIME, THE TRACTION BARS WERE MAKING A HORRIBLE METAL-METAL CREAKING/GRINDING NOISE; TRACTION BARS WERE REPLACED. SECOND TIME THE ENTIRE BRACKET BOLTED TO THE FRAME CAME LOOSE, SLIDING AND BANGING AROUND ON THE FRAME; TRACTIONS BARS, TRACTION BAR BRACKETS, AND TRACTION BAR BOLTS ALL REPLACED. THIRD TIME AIR SPRING (AIR RIDE SUSPENSION) LEAKED DOWN AND CAUSED THE TRUCK TO PULL TO ONE SIDE (TRUCK WAS NOT LEVEL; DRIVER'S SIDE REAR RODE VERY LOW, PASSENGER SIDE FRONT RODE VERY HIGH); AIR SPRING WAS REPLACED. FOURTH TIME THE TRACTION BAR (PASSENGER SIDE) BROKE; SERVICE CENTER NOT OPEN, PLAN ON TAKING IT IN TOMORROW. REAR WINDOW SEAL HAS BEEN 'FIXED' TWICE, YET CONTINUES TO LEAK WATER INTO THE CAB, LAST TIME SHORTING OUT SOME AFTERMARKET ELECTRONICS BEHIND THE REAR SEAT. BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (50-75) RESULTS IN A FRONT-END VIBRATION, ROTORS WERE TURNED BY THE DEALER RECENTLY DUE TO A FRONT DISC BRAKE PROBLEM THAT RESULTED IN THE INSIDE PAD WEARING DOWN TO BARE METAL AND MUCH GRINDING (WEAR INDICATORS ARE ON THE OUTSIDE PAD AND WERE NOT ENGAGED (SQUEAKING); SO THEY WERE NOT INDICATING PADS NEEDED REPLACEMENT). THE OTHER SIDE PADS WERE WORN NON-PARALLEL TO THE PAD BACKING (PAD WAS THICKER ON ONE EDGE THAN THE OTHER).