2001 FORD F-350 Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A POPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING THE WHEELS WHILE STANDING STILL. DEALER FOUND LEAF SPRINGS RUSTY AND DIRTY. *TT

OUR CONCERN STEMS FROM NOT ONLY THE FAILURE OF OUR TRANSMISSION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FROM THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY OTHERS, IF WE HAVE EVER HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. WE FREQUENTLY PULL OUR FIFTH WHEEL RV AND COME INTO CONTACT WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE AT THE RV PARKS. IN TOO MANY CONVERSATIONS TO RECALL, THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION HAS BEEN THE 2001 FORD F-350 TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE EITHER ENCOUNTERED THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR OWN TRUCK OR KNOWS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS. WE BEGAN EXPERIENCING MINOR PROBLEMS AT AROUND 17,000 MILES WHICH INCREASINGLY GOT WORSE. THE PLANETARY (SP?) GEAR IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD WAS THE ACTUAL PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS PINPOINTED WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. THE NUMBER OF TRANSMISSION SHIPPING CASES ALONE, FOUND IN BACK OF THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE HAD OUR TRUCK REPAIRED INDICATIVE OF A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY FORD. FROM WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED, THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR UNTIL YOUR MILEAGE IS ABOVE 15,000. SINCE THE WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION EXPIRES AT 36,000, I EXPECT FORD IS SIMPLY PLAYING THE ODDS ON THE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT HAPPENING AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD RATHER THAN ISSUING A RECALL ON THE PLANETARY (SP?) GEAR. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL FORD CONSUMERS FOR LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER. VICKIE RAGLE. *AK

THERE'S A SEPARATION ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE. GENERAL TIRE, 17235/85R16. *AK FOUR OUT OF SIX TIRES HAD SIDEWALL SEPARATIONS THAT WERE SERIOUS. FORD FINALLY DECLARED FOUR OF THE SIX AS BEING DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED THEM. COSNUMER WAS HAVING THE VEHICLE CHECKED WHEN THE CLAIMS ADJUSTER POINTED OUT THAT THE TWO FRONT TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION DEEP ENOUGH FOR A DIME TO FIT 1/8TH OF AN INCH. THE SEPARATIONS WERE TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN LENGTH. THE TWO OUTER BACK TIRES ALSO HAVE TREAD SEPARATION BUT NOT AS DEEP AS THE FRONT TWO. FORD TRYS TO CHARACTERIZE THE DEFECTS AS UNUSUAL TREAD WEAR. THE DEFECTS WERE ACTUALLY SIDEWALL SEPARATIONS. CONSUMER WAS ONLY PARTIALLY REIMBURSED FOR THE DEFECTS. *JG

WENT TO DEALER IN AM ABOUT CLUTCH PROBLEMS, DEALER LOOKED AT TRUCK, SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. LEFT DEALER WAS COMING UP TO INTERSECTION, WENT TO DOWN SHIFT, CLUTCH WENT OUT AND BRAKES. HAD NO BRAKES OR CLUTCH! WAS TOWED TO DEALER. HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBEMS SINCE WITH EMERG. BRAKE NOT WORKING. WAS TOWED AGAIN 4/19/2002 WAS PULLING FORWARD CLUTCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE ALMOST HIT 3 MAIL BOXES AND STONE WALL.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY JUMP OUT OF FOUR WHEEL DRIVE INTO TWO WHEEL DRIVE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REOCCURRING.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE DASH SAYS THE VEHICLE IS IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, HOWEVER WHEN CONSUMER TRIES TO MOVE THE VEHICLE THE REAR TIRES WILL SPIN.*JB

ROTORS WARP AFTER ONE THOUSAND MILES, HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY REPLACE THEM. MORE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE LESS STOPPING POWER CONSUMER HAD. ALSO, DOORS MAKE A RATTLING SOUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FOLDER COVER ON BACK OF TRUCK FLEW OFF WHILE DRIVING 50-55 MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK *YD

DEALER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM BUT NO SOLUTION OFFERED FROM FACTORY. PROBLEM IS RECURRING AND CAUSES ERRATIC ENGINE MISFIRE NOISES, LOSS OF PERFORMANCE AND LOW FUEL MILEAGE.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT LOW SPEEDS OR HIGH SPEEDS STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP, AND CONSUMER CANNOT CONTROL VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING WHEN APPLYING BRAKES POWER STEERING GOES OUT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK