1999 FORD F-250 Complaints

GAS TANK STRAP BROKE ALLOWING THE GAS TANK TO FALL OUT OF PLACE ALMOST TOUCHING THE ROAD. HAD TO HAVE TRUCK TOWED IN. WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN GETTING COSTS COVERED FOR THE REPAIRS FROM ANY RECALL ON THIS SAFETY HAZARD SINCE THE GAS TANK COULD HAVE EXPLODED. ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

(1999 FORDS SUPER DUTY EXTENDED CAB 4X4 WITH 5.4) DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY AND BANG SO PULLED OVER TO DISCOVER A BLOWN SPARK PLUG AND BROKEN COIL, HAD CAR TOWED HOME FOR $200 AND TAKING IT IN TO HAVE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP FIX THE BLOWN-OUT SPARK PLUG AND CHECK ALL OTHER PLUGS , WIRES, COILS, ESTIMATED AROUND $560 PLUS PARTS. THE SECOND BLOWN-OUT SPARK PLUG HAPPENED 47 DAYS LATER AND HAD TO TOW IT AGAIN NOW JUST SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED. FORD SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS DESIGN DEFECT ON THE HEADS. I HAVE READ THOUSANDS OF ARTICLES THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO.BEEN A REAL EXPENSIVE FOR SOMEONE THAT DOE NOT HAVE MONEY FOR THESE KIND OF REPAIRS AND FORD JUST DOES NOT CARE, THEY WOULD RATHER YOU TAKE ITTO THERE SHOP AND CHARGE YOU $2,000 OR MORE TO HAVE IT FIXED. BS. I HAVE A 1972 RANCHERO ALSO AND I'M SO PISSED OFF I'M THINKING OF SELLING ALL MY FORDS AND BUY A MOPAR. I TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THIS DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BOLT THAT HELD THE FUEL TANK FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FILLER NECK AND THE FAILED BOLT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 250,000

I FILED A CLAIM WITH MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC (MICHELIN), THAT WAS DENIED, FOR DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF $3,000.00 INCURRED BY MY PERSONAL VEHICLE RESULTING FROM THE COMPLETE TREAD DETACHMENT OF A UNIROYAL LAREDO TIRE (DOT# BFW8FEUU4107), AFTER 13,586 MILES. DETACHMENT OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65MPH) WITH PROPER INFLATION PRESSURE, CHECKED PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF TRAVEL. PRIOR TO COMPLETE TREAD DETACHMENT, THE SUBJECT TIRE WAS REPAIRED FOR DAMAGE INCURRED BY A COMMON ROAD HAZARD (I.E., A NAIL PUNCTURE). THIS, THE TIRE?S ONLY, REPAIR WAS PERFORMED BY A REPUTABLE SERVICE CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES SET BY US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. MICHELIN DOES NOT CALL INTO QUESTION TIRE REPAIR AS THE CAUSAL FACTOR. RATHER, MICHELIN ASSERTS THAT THEIR INSPECTION OF THE TIRE INDICATES TREAD DETACHMENT RESULTED FROM TIRE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE PUNCTURE. AND, ?EVIDENCE OF THIS IS FOUND WHEN TRACING THE STEEL CORD PATH FROM THE PUNCTURE/REPAIR TO THE INITIAL DETACHED AREA?. MICHELIN FEELS THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES. I CHALLENGE MICHELIN?S DENIAL BASED ON (1) MICHELIN?S ADMISSION THAT THE ?INITIAL DETACHED AREA? OCCURRED AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE REPAIR/PUNCTURE; (2) MICHELIN HAS A HISTORY OF TIRE RECALLS PERTAINING TO DEFECTS AND POTENTIAL TREAD DETACHMENT OF SIMILAR TIRES; AND (3) THE SUBJECT TIRE WAS MANUFACTURED DURING A PERIOD BOUNDED BY TWO LAREDO TIRE RECALLS, DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TREAD DETACHMENT: ?SEPTEMBER 2004, UNIROYAL VOLUNTARY RECALL OF 46,000 TIRES DUE TO POSSIBLE TREAD/BELT DETACHMENT. ?JULY 2012, NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA #12T-019) RECALL OF APPROXIMATELY 800,000 UNIROYAL TIRES, DUE TO POSSIBLE TREAD BELT SEPARATION. FURTHER, A MODICUM OF RESEARCH CLEARLY INDICATES THAT INSUFFICIENT TIRE BONDING AND OTHER MANUFACTURER DEFECTS ARE THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSE OF TREAD DETACHMENT. THEREFORE, I WOULD SUSPECT COMPLETE TREAD DETACHMENT WOULD RESULT FROM A PREEXISTING TIRE DEFECT, RATHER THAN A NAIL PUNCTURE. *TR

HEARD A LOUD POP FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GLOBE BOX AREA. THE ENGINE EJECTED A SPARK PLUG WHICH IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE FOR TRITON ENGINES WITH ALUMINUM HEADS - THREADS FAILED THAT HOLD THE SPARK PLUG IN PLACE. I DID NOT HEAR ANY WARNING SOUNDS THAT A FAILURE WAS IMMINENT. THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE, SPARK PLUG CLOSEST TO THE FIREWALL WAS BLOWN OUT WHICH IS ALSO VERY COMMON. I SMELLED GASOLINE AND EXHAUST AND FORTUNATELY THIS FAILURE DID NOT RESULT IN A FIRE. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-250 SD WITH FEDERAL COURGIA TIRES, LINE SIZE: 35X12.5R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS FLIPPED AND ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES AS A RESULT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL SLOWLY SANK TO THE FLOOR. I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I NOTICED AN EXPANDING POOL OF HYDRAULIC FLUID FORMING UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK, JUST FORWARD OF THE REAR, DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LINE HAD CHAFFED A HOLE ON THE FRAME RAIL RESULTING IN A LOSS OF BRAKES. HAD THIS BRAKE LINE FAILED AT ANY OTHER TIME, RATHER JUST BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DIRE CONSEQUENCES.

MY TRUCK WAS PARKED AT WORK. WHEN I GOT IN THE TRUCK TO LEAVE I WENT TO START IT AND I HAD HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER THE HOOD FOLLOWED BY A CLATTERING SOUND. I OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND THAT I HAD BLOWN A PLUG. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR FORD 4.6L 5.4L 6.8L ENGINES. I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE HAS REPORTED THIS ISSUE AND I THINK ITS ABOUT TIME A RECALL IS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC WITH THE BRAKES ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000. *TR...UPDATED 05/22/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE BATTERY CABLE WAS REMOVED AND REINSTALLED IN ORDER TO RESET THE COMPUTER. THE FAILURE HAS YET TO RECUR. UPDATED 06/10/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKED THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN WHEN THE LATCH WAS PULLED FROM THE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND STATED THE LOCK AND CABLE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED ON BOTH DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.