2001 FORD F-350 Complaints

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, CONSUMER STATES THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

TRUCK DRIFTS TO SIDE OF ROAD OR PULLS HARD AND SUDDEN WHEN MODERATE TO HARD BRAKING IS APPLIED. EFFECT IS NOT AS APPARENT AFTER ALIGNMENT IS PERFORMED. APPROXIMATELY 7 ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REPAIR. TIE ROD PULLED APART WHILE DRIVING.

HI, THE PART IN THE TRANS. THAT FAILED IS CALLED THE (SWAG )GEAR. HOW I FOUND OUT. I LOST 3RD AND REVERSE COMING HOME FROM NH. I BROUGHT IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO GET IT LOOKED AT, THEY SAID IT WAS RUNNING HOT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT, COST TO DO SO WAS 2600.00 I NEW I COULD GET IT DONE CHEAPER BY A TRANS. REBUILDER SO THE NEXT DAY I DROPPED IT OFF FOR REPAIR, THE BILL CAME TO 2250.00. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE OWNER AND ONE OF HIS STAFF SAID THE PART THAT FAILED WAS RECALLED BACK IN AUG. 2000 ALL VEHICLES THAT HAD THIS TRANS. NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE SELLING THE VEHICLE. I EXPLAINED THIS TO FORD MOTOR BUT THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE TRANS. PARTS. I DID FIND SOME INFO ON ALLDATA.COM THAT RELATES MORE INFO PLEASE CALL ME 508 889 8782 THANK YOU SCOTT DT

WHILE AT STAND STILL WITH FOOT ON BRAKE CAN NOT TURN WHEEL AND AT SPEED WHILE APPLYING BRAKES CAN NOT STEER. 3RD STEERING BOX TO BE REPLACED DOES WANDER WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. FORD DEALER SAYS ITS NORMAL. FORD MFG SAYS SAME. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE SPARE WHEEL FELL OFF DUE TO THE PLASTIC WHEEL COVER BREAKING. CONTACTED DEALER. NLM

COSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF THE VEHICLE, THE PLASTIC COVER ON THE SPARE TIRE IS WHAT BROKE OFF. CONTACTED DEALER. NLM

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, AND AT ABOUT 3/4 WAY UP THE HILL GOING AT 52-56 MPH, FOR ABOUT 4-5 SECONDS, THERE WAS A WASH BOARD EFFECT, WHERE THE ROAD WAS GROOVED SIDWAYS FOR ANOTHER 4-5 SECONDS. THE VEHICLE HEADED FOR THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEN THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE RIGHT REAR TO THE RIM. THE TIRE HAD COME COMPLETELY APART. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REPLACEMENT FOR THE TIRE BOUGHT FOR THE SPARE-($123) *SCC

I HAVE HAD 2 TREAD DELAMINATIONS WITHIN A 2 MONTH PERIOD. THE FIRST OCCURED 7-09-02 TO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE INNER AND OUTER FENDER WERE DAMAGED BY THE FLYING OFF READ. THE SECOND DELAMINATION OCCURED ON 9-21-02 TO THE LEFT REAR TIRE. I FELT THE VIBRATION AND WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIRE BEFORE ANY DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. YOU COULD SEE THE AREA WHERE THE DELAMINATION WAS HAPPENING. THE TIRES ARE KEPT AT 80PSI AND ARE CHECKED ON A WEEKLY BASIS. I STILL HAVE POSSESION OF BOTH TIRES AT THIS TIME. THE FIRESTONE DEALER WANTS TO TAKE THEM WHEN HE REPLACES THE TIRES. NLM

AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR A DRIFT IN THE STEERING, FORD HAS TOLD ME THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT CURRENTLY THERE IS NO FIX. THIS PROBLEM COULD LIKELY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT AS THE TRUCK WILL DRIFT THE MOMENT THE STEERING WHEEL IS RELEASED. I HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY DEALERSHIP THAT THIS WAS THE WAY THE TRUCK WAS DESIGNED TO RESPOND. NOW FINALLY THEY ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. KEEPING CONSTANT PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSES ME TO SUFFER FROM PAIN IN MY ARM AFTER A LONG DRIVING TRIP. IT ALSO CAUSES GREAT FATIGUE AND I AM AFRAID TO LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE IN MOTION, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE HEARD A THUMPING NOISE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND FOUND A HOLE IN THE LEFT REAR TIRE WITH A BULGE IN 1/3 OF THE TIRE WHERE IT HAD SEPARATED. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED TO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. *JG (VEHICLE IS A 3/4 TON)FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL AT LT 265 75R16 VNW81XL