2000 FORD F-350 Complaints

HAVE 3 FORD F-350 DIESELS ALL HAVE HAD CLUTCH PROBLEMS. TRUCKS WILL STAY IN GEAR AND CLUTCH GOES TO THE FLOOR AND WILL NOT RETURN.. VEHICLE DOESN'T STOP, YOU MUST TURN OFF THE ENGINE TO GET IT TO STOP. VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PROBLEMS ON FORD- DIESEL.COM. *TS *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***762849

FRONT END STARTED TO SHIMMY, THEN FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. VEHICLE WAS JERKED OFF THE ROAD. MODEL, DUELER AT, DOT EJLF, SIZE LT28J-75R16, NOT ORIGINAL.*AK CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS TIRE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS, AND HE IS CONCERNED THAT THIS TIRE MAY BLOW OUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND HOPES TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY ON A TWO LANE ROAD. *SCC

RETAINING CLIP THAT ATTACHES CABLE TO PARKING BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY FAILED, WHICH CAUSED CABLE TO SEPARATE FROM THE ASSEMBLY RENDERING PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE INOPERABLE. REPORTED FAILURES ARE COMMON BASED UPON INTERNET SEARCH. MANUFACTURER DENIED PROBLEM EXISTS WITH DESIGN ALTHOUGH DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENTS REPORT MULTIPLE REPAIRS OF SIMILAR PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES INOPERATIVE TAIL LIGHT CAUSED ANOTHER VEHICLE TO REAR END HIS VEHICLE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

WHILE DRIVING TAIL LIGHTS WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING, AND CONSUMER WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT A CONNECTION TO STOP LIGHT HAD COME LOOSE. DEALER RECONNECTED WIRE. A MONTH LATER, TAIL LIGHTS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT. TOOK BACK TO DEALER, PROBLEM KEPT REOCCURING.*MJ

THE STEERING BOX BROKE CAUSING INSURED TO LOSE CONTROL RUNNING OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A DITCH, CLAIM 03-3137-171. *JG

WHILE IN MOTION, INSURED ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES WHEN THE STEERING WENT OUT, CAUSING INSURED TO STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HAD BEEN PUSHED BACK CAUSING SECTOR SHAFT TO BREAK, CLAIM 31-3069-892. *JG

CLAIM NUMBER 59-V709-810 - CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING ARM SHEARED FROM THE STEERING BOX, FORD STATED THIS WAS ACCIDENT RELATED, UNABLE TO FIND CONTACT ON STEERING ARM, NO CONTACT AROUND STEERING LINKAGE OR SPRING, CONTACT WAS MADE ON LEFT FRONT OF BUMPER BAR. *TT

CLAIM NUMBER 11-3548-745 - WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE, VEHICLE 1 WAS TRAVELING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND VEHICLE 2, AS VEHICLE 2 STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC, VEHICLE 1 ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES, WHEN SUDDENLY THE STEERING WOULD NOT RESPOND, CAUSING VEHICLE 1 TO COLLIDE WITH REAR RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE 2, INJURIES WERE A RESULT OF IMPACT. *TT

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS NOTIFIED DEALER, MECHANIC DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE IS THE CAUSE .*AK