2000 FORD F-350 Complaints

1ST TIRE SEPARATED ON 07/01/02; 2ND TIRE SEPARATION DID DAMAGE TO TRUCK'S BRAKE LINE AND LR QUARTER PANEL. NHTSA APPEARS NON-RESPONSIVE, AS IS FIRESTONE. DOCUMENTATION ON RECORD TO SHOW TIRES ROTATED & CHECKED EVERY 3,000 MILES BY FORD. TIRE CHECKED FOR PROPER INFLATION 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO 2ND BLOW OUT ON STRAIGHT HIGHWAY, NOT OVERLOADED, MODERATE TEMPERATURE. TWO REMAINING (NOT BLOWN) TIRES REMOVED AND ALSO SHOW IMPENDING SIGNS OF FAILURE. FIRESTONE SENT TIRE AND "RUBBER STAMPED" RESULTS AS DUE TO UNDERINFLATION FOR UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME. UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME IS WHEN TREAD SEPERATED, REVEALING BELTS AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEFLATING TIRE. THE NOW UNDERINFLATED TIRE CAUSED RIM TO DAMAGE TIRE WALL WHICH ALLOWED FIRESTONE'S INEPT CONCLUSION. DISCOUNT TIRE, GCR (BRIDGESTONE/FIRE STONE), AND TED WEIN'S (FIRESTONE), AGREE INDEPENDENTLY ON TIRE FAILURE. APATHY SEEMS TO SWEEP THRU NHTSA AND FIRESTONE SETTING IN MOTION CIVIL LITIGATION/CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION IF NOTHING IS DONE. ADD THIS TO THE OVER 162 OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE STEEL TEX, ALONG WITH ARIZONA'S DPS PROBLEMS. THIS IS THIRD SUBMITTAL TO NHTSA WITH NO RESPONSE ON FIRST TWO!!! SEN. REID, NV, ALSO BEING ADVISED. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A GRINDING NOISE PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING 40-50 MPH. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUS EOF PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TIRE FAILED ON ASPHALT, NO WARNING. TOTAL SEPARATION , ONLY BEAD THE TIRE TREAD LEFT. NO ROAD HAZARD AT TIME. FOURTH FIRESTONE FAILURE, SECOND FOR SAME TIRE SIZE. *AK

BULDGE (THE SIZE OF AND APPLE) IN SIDEWALL ON 2 DIFFERENT TIRES ON THE SAME VEHICLE.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE TO TOTALLY SHREAD TO WHERE AFTER THE TIRE IS TAKEN OFF OF THE WHEEL BOTH OF THE BEADS ARE TOUCHING.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT END OF TRUCK IS OUT OF LINE. FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING TO SOON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT LOW SPEED WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE TRUCK WHEN TRYING TO BRAKE AND STEER AT THE SAME TIME. MY WIFE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO STEER THE TRUCK AND I AM JUST ABLE TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY.*JB

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH RIGHT TIRE CAP CAME OFF TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT , TIRE CAP DID VEHICLE WHEEL WELL DAMAGE THIS IS SECOND TIRE FROM SAME SET ON VEHICLE WHEN PURCHASE VEHICLE DID SENT INFO ON 10-13-01 FIRESTONE WAS GIVEN THE TIRE AND ALL INFO, THEY DEINE SAYING LOW TIRE PRESSUE WAS NOT SO BOTH TIRES WERE AT THE CORRECT PRESSURE, THE OTHER TWO TIRES SHOW SIDEWALL CRACKING, AND ARE BEING TAKEN OUT OF SERVICES BY ME, DURING THIS TIRE FAILURE THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPURE WAS AT 115 DEGREES AND DRIVING LESS THAN 15 MILES WHEN IT FAILED, THE TRUCK BED DID NOT HAVE ANY LOAD IN IT JUST VEHICLE WEIGHT AND TWO PERSONNEL INSIDE AT THE TIME LOCATION OF TIRE FAILURE WAS SOUTH BOUND HIGHWAY 14 ON CEMENT ROAD BED PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I DO BELIEVE THIS TIRE SHOULD BE RECALLED.*AK

TIRE FAILED ON ASPHALT, NO LOAD, NO WARNING. TOTAL SEPARATION , ONLY BEAD THE TIRE TREAD LEFT. NO ROAD HAZARD AT TIME. SAME AS TWO PREVIOUS FIRESTONES TIRES, NOT THE SAME TYPE OR YEAR. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: DIESEL WOULD DIE OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN CAME BACK ON BY ITSELF. LOSS OF STEERING AND ALL POWER DURING LOST POWER OR CURVES AND HILLS. FORD REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER AFTER SEVERAL VISITS THERE.*AK

BLUE SMOKE COMING FROM TAIL PIPE. FORM LETTER REPLY. *MC THE TAIL LATCH WAS STICKING, THE ROTOR HAD TO BE MACHINED, THE WINDSHIELD HAD TO BE RE-SEALED DUE TO IT LEAKING, THE BALL JOINTS AND SERPENTINE BELT WERE REPLACED, THE VALVE COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB