1999 FORD F-250 Complaints

THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERS 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE INTERIOR LIGHT COMES ON AT VARIOUS TIMES AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF UNLESS I PULL THE FUSE. A MODULE WAS CHANGED BY THE DEALERS AND NOW THEY SAY THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, BUT, ADMIT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL OF THESE FAILURES. *AK

RECALL 99V311 000/FMVSS 301 CONCERNING FUEL EMISSION CONTROL VALVE. DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL . DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD CALL MANUFACTURER, AND MANUFACTURER WOULD CALL CONSUMER WITHIN 3 WEEKS. THUS FAR, NO CALL RECEIVED. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND AS SOON AS THE PARTS COME IN THEY WILL REPAIR THE RECALL. *AK *ML

ACCUMULATION OF ROCKS IN THE GEAR HOUSING UNDER VEHICLE CAUSES GEAR SHIFT NOT TO PROPERLY SHIFT INTO PARK. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE BOLTS SHEARED OFF THE FRONT END WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AT ABOUT EVERY 7000 MILE INCREMENTS MY BRAKES BEGIN TO EXHIBIT "BRAKE SHUDDER" A VIBRATION THAT OCCURS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. NOT UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLITEN AND SHOW MY FORD DEALER WAS I ABLE TO GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED. FOLLOWNG IS THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: SOME 1999-2000 SUPER DUTY F-SERIES AND 2000 EXCURSIONS MAY EXHIBIT BRAKE VIBRATION OR SHUDDER WHILE BRAKING. ENGINEERING HAS RELEASED A NEW BRAKE PAD (P/N F81Z-2001-EA), WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A "V-SPRING." THE V-SPRING KEEPS THE BRAKE PAD OFF THE ROTOR, WHICH INCREASES BRAKE PAD LIFE AND DECREASES BRAKE SHUDDER AND NOISE. WHEN REPLACING THESE BRAKE PAD USE THE PRO-CUT BRAKE LATHE TO MACHINE THE ROTORS ON THE VEHICLE TO A LATERAL RUN-OUT OF .001" OR LESS. BESIDES THE SHUDDER THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST IS THE VEHICLE STARTS TO PULL TO LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES. THANK YOU FOR YOU CONSIDERATION ON THIS ISSUE.L. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S HIGH IDLE CONDITION PERSISTED EVEN AFTER MOTOR CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IS NOT UPDATED. YH

WHEN TOWING TRAILER AND OR WHEN CARRYING WEIGHT IN THE REAR OF THE BOX, UPON HITTING A LARGE BUMP OR A SMALLER ROLLER TYPE BUMP THE TRUCK SWERVES LEFT AND RIGHT AND THE STEERING SEEMS TO PULL SOMEWHAT. THE SERVICING LOCAL DELER SAID THERE IS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT FOR THE F-250, ONLY FOR THE F-350 AND UP . THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT ORDER THE PARTS TO FIX MINE BECAUSE FORD HAS NOT GIVEN APPROVAL FOR THIS. THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FROM FORD CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM , I BELIEVE IS TSB99-8-2. *AK

DOOR SENSORS AND WARNING CHIME KEEP INDICTATING DOORS ARE AJAR EVEN WITH ALL DOORS SHUT. ALSO, INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL COME ON BY THEMSELVES.. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE , BUT HAS REPLACED SENSORS, HOWEVER, PROBLEM KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK

HIT OBJECT IN THE ROAD, PUNCTURING THE GAS TANK WHICH HAD NO PROTECTIVE COVERING. CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THIS COVERING SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT, NOT JUST AN OPTION. *AK *ML

RECALL # 99V311000 FORD/FMVSS 301; VEHICLE CRASH: CUT OFF SYSTEM. DEALER STATED THAT BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A HOLE UNDERNEATH, THEY WILL NOT CORRECT. BUT OWNER WILL BE GIVEN CORDS TO FIX IF FRAMES CHANGE. *AK *ML