1999 FORD F-250 Complaints

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 75 MPH, ABOUT 90% OF THE TREAD ON THE DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. 1999, FORD, F250. TIRE SIZE LT 265/75R16, DOT # VNW81XL, ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT. TIRE MILEAGE ABOUT 20,000. OWNER TRIED TO CONTACT FIRESTONE, BUT GOT THE RUN AROUND. TRUCK WAS REGISTERED TO BENITO CANTU. REPORT GIVEN BY FRIEND. *AK THE CUSTOMER GOT NEW ALULMINIUM RIM INSTALLED. THE RIGHT FRONT SHOCK WAS LEAKING. WATER WAS COMING INTO AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLY. *YH

WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DISENGAGE INTO ANOTHER GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TIRE DID NOT "BLOW OUT" OR MAKE LOUD NOISE TO INDICATE A SUDDEN PUNCTURE. WHILE MAKING INITIAL ENTRANCE ONTO TWO MILE LONG BENICIA BRIDGE THE DRIVER HEARD A "FLAPPING" NOISE WHICH GOT LOUDER. SINCE I COULD NOT STOP ON BRIDGE SAFELY, I SLOWED SPEED AND WAS "SHEPHERDED" TO END OF BRIDGE BY A ANONYMOUS SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER WHO SAW THE TIRE FALLING APART. I REPLACED TIRE WITH SPARE WHEN SAFELY OFF THE BRIDGE. AS A RESULT OF HAVING TO DRIVE ON THE WHEEL ONLY THE FLAPS OF SIDEWALL WERE LEFT OF THE TIRE. I REPLACED IT WITH THE SPARE AND PROCEEDED ON MY WAY AND CONTACTED THE DEALER.( DOT NUMBER: VNW81XM TIRE SIZE: 265/75R16 )

THE CUP HOLDERS WILL NOT PROPERLY HOLD CUPS WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNING OR WHEN VEHICLE MAKES SHARP TURNS. THE CONTENTS OF THE CUPS WILL SPILL ON THE DRIVERS OR THE PASSENGERS LEGS DEPENDING ON WHICH DIRECTION THE VEHICLE IS TURNING.

FRONT BRAKES ARE TERRIBLE. VIBRATION, UPON BRAKING, LOUD NOISE WHEN TRUCK FIRST STRARTS. *AK

TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE WITH ALL OTHER COMPONENTS REMAINING INTACT. FLYING TREAD DAMAGED RIGHT FRONT FENDER EXTENSIVELY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75 R16 )

2 TIRES IN A 1 WEEK PERIOD WITH SAME DOT # FAILED OTHER 2 TIRES O.K.( DOT NUMBER: PJ11B7LV05 TIRE SIZE: P245/75/R1 )

PE00.020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS PULLING A FIFTH WHEEL AND CAMPER. T RIGHT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND PULL IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. FIRESTONE #STEEL TEX 16INCH #AT, NO INJURIES.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE LACK OF ACCERATION BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500 RPMS. I TOW A 30' 5TH WHEEL TRAILER AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE OR ANYTIME I LOOSE POWER BECAUSE OF A HILL I WILL STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL FOR PASSING GEAR. THE TRUCK WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN SPEED UNTIL IT GETS TO 3500 RPMS AND THEN LOOSES POWER AT ONCE. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL 4500 RPMS AND THEN IT SEEMS TO GO INTO ANOTHER PHASE AND ACTS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEFORE BY A GREAT INCREASE IN POWER. I HAVE HAD THIS TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND ALTHOUGH THEY ADMIT ITS A PROBLEM THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. TODAY AFTER THE 4TH TRY I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DROVE A NEW 2000 F250 WITH A V10 MOTOR AND IT DID THE SAME THING. BECAUSE OF THAT THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT CORRECTABLE BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON WITH THIS MOTOR. HOGWASH! I TOLD THEM THAT 2 PROBLEMS DON'T MAKE A CURE BUT I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE TO DO. THIS IS A SAFTEY ISSUE BECAUSE I AM SURE THAT I HAVE CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS BEHIND ME WHEN I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PAS OR INCREASE SPEED ON A HILL AND BECAUSE OF THIS LOSSE OF POWER HAVE IMPEADED TRAFFIC AND CAUSE UNCALLED FOR CONGESTION. MY CALL TO FORD'S CUTOMER SERVICE LINE WASN'T ANY BETTER THAT MY CONVERSATION WITH PRESTON FORD'S SERVICE PEOPLE. A LOT OF DOUBLE TALK THAT MEANT THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO THEY PUNTED. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP WITH THIS. THANK YOU, ROBERT W. CHALMERS

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND WHEN RUNNING OVER A BUMP, IT CAUSES A MOMENTARY LOSS OF BRAKES. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK