1997 FORD F-250 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F250. THE STEERING COLUMN BEGAN SHAKING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND THEN LOCKED. THE CONTACT APPLIED FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL TO UNLOCK IT AND THE SHAFT BEARING FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRUST BEARING WAS ON BACK ORDER AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND FAILURE HE EXPERIENCED WITH THE STEERING. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 147,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

WHILE TRAVELING ON ARIZONA STATE HWY 87 NORTH FROM PAYSON AS ENTERING INTO PINE ARIZONA I STRUCK A LARGE TRUCK FROM REAR. THIS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE TRUCK ACTUALLY BREAKING THE FRAME, PUSHING THE FRAME THRU THE BUMPER AND REQUIRING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO UTILIZE THE JAWS OF LIVE AND RELEASING THE STEERING WHEN FROM MY CHEST. INJURIES INCLUDED SKULL FRACTURE, BROKEN FEMUR, CHEST AND HEART CONTUSION. AIRLIFTED TO NEAREST HOSPITAL. LATER FOUND THAT THE INSIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL APPEARED TO BE POPPED OFF AND WAS HANGING BY A CABLE YET AN AIRBAG WAS NOT PRESENT. TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THE TRUCK WAS ORIGINAL WITH AN AIRBAG. IT WAS A GOVERNMENT STATE OF ARIZONA VEHICLE. *TR

TRYING TO FIND OUT IF A 1997 F 250 4X4 WAS STANDARD ISSUE WITH DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F250. THE CONTACT'S WIFE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON HER 2001 FORD EXPEDITION FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. WHEN HIS CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING, HE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE IF HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE SAME RECALL. THE CONTACT FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL); HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FORD MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT HIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 118,000. UPDATED 01-14-08. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE RECALL DIDN'T AFFECT MODEL YEAR 1994- 2002 FORD F250'S. THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH LEAKED BRAKE FLUID ONTO THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND SHORTED OUT THE SWITCH. UPDATED 12/12/07. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2007, THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V336000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

SPEED CONTROL ON MY 1997 FORD F250 DIESEL STOPPED WORKING. FOUND FLUID LEAKING FROM PRESSURE SWITCH THAT APPARENTLY SHORTED THE HARNESS OUR. DISCONNECTED HARNESS FOR SAFETY. *TR

MONDAY, JULY 31 2007, I EXPERIENCED THE LAST OF A SERIES OF INTERMITTENT STALLING EVENTS IN MY 1997 FORD F250 HD VEHICLE, EQUIPPED WITH A 7.3 DIT POWERSTROKE DIESEL. SUBSEQUENT TO MY OWN INVESTIGATIONS, I DISCOVERED THAT THE CAM POSITION SENSOR WAS A COMPONENT IMPLICATED IN SUCH EVENTS. I REPLACED THE COMPONENT ON JULY 27, 2007, AFTER AN INCREASE IN STALLING PROBLEMS. THE CONDITION REPEATED ON THE LATER DATE ABOVE, AND I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR FACILITY. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY DIAGNOSTIC CODES FROM THE PCM, BUT THE STALLING EPISODES INCREASED DURING THEIR ANALYSIS. AFTER PERFORMING OTHER SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES, THEY WERE LEFT WITH THE FINAL CONCLUSION THAT THE CPS MUST BE THE CULPRIT FOR THE STALLING CONDITION. THE NEWER CPS I INSTALLED WAS REPLACED BY THE REPAIR TECHNICIAN WITH ANOTHER CPS. TO DATE THE CONDITION APPEARS RESOLVED. I HAVE RETAINED ALL PARTS AND THE REPAIR WORK-ORDER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F-250 LD. THE VEHICLE HAS MILESTONE 1000R20, SIZE 265-75/16 TIRES. THE WIRES WERE EXPOSED FROM THE SIDES OF THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRES. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE TIRE BECAUSE THEY WERE DANGEROUS. THE DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED WAS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES OF THE VEHICLE WERE 219,330. UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR

WENT TO START MY TRUCK ONE MORNING AND SMOKE CAME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH ON TOP OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER BURNED. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, OPENED THE HOOD AND PULLED THE WIRE FROM THE SWITCH. TRUCK IS 1997 FORD F250. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE TRUCK. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO CLINTON FORD IN ROCK HILL, SC AND THEY PUT A CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH IN AT A COST OF $292.09. NOW I SEE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL 05S28 THAT APPLIES TO THE TRUCK THAT I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE FOR. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT FORD DID NOT NOTIFY ME OD THIS SAFETY RECALL. THEN WHEN THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, I WAS BILLED FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

POWER STEERING BRACKET BROKE. UNABLE TO GET PART THROUGH ANY DEALERSHIP OR JUNK YARD IN THE UNITED STATES. THROUGH NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO GET THIS PART I HAVE FOUND THAT SO MANY HAVE BEEN SOLD RECENTLY THAT THE SUPPLY HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. THEREFORE, IT IS NOW ON BACK ORDER UNTIL JUNE. THE PART APPEARS TO BE DEFECTIVE AFTER 10 YEARS, AND IS DANGEROUS AS IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STEERING AND BRAKES IF THE MOTOR IS A TURBO DIESEL.*AK