2000 FORD F-350 Complaints

COMPLETE SEPERATION OF INSIDEWALL ON AMBULANCE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: WIOP TIRESIZE: LT21685R16)

FULL TREAD SEPARATION FROM THE SIDE WALLS. SIDE WALLS ON OTHER TIRES ARE CRACKING. *AK (DOT NUMBER: KNW81XM TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

WHILE DRIVING, LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD TOTALLY SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL OF TIRES CAUSING A BLOWOUT. WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON TIRES AND 95% OF THOSE MILES ARE HIGHWAY. TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AND BALANCED EVERY 3-4000 MILES, AND THE AIR PRESSURE IS CHECKED WEEKLY AND EVERYDAY WHILE AWAY FROM HOME. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED AS WE WERE 1000 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AT THE TIME THE BLOWOUT OCCURRED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW8XM TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)

PE00 020; WAS TRAVELING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THEN, NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDERS, AND HE NOTICED THAT PASSENGER REAR WAS FLAT. HE WAS ABLE TO CHANGE IT . FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, #2657516. HE HAS CONTACTED FORD, AND FIRESTONE. THE PROBLEM WAS THE VAVLE STEM. *AK

THE OEM VALVE STEM WERE FOUND TO BE FATIGUED WHER THEY MOUNT TO TH RIM OF STEEL-TEX MOUNTED TIRES. THE RIGHT REAR INSIDE TIRE WENT DOWN FIRST AND THE SPARE WAS PUT ON. THEN TWO DAYS LATER THE LEFT REAR INSIDE TIRE WENT DOWN DUE TO VALVE STEM FAILURE. IT WAS FOUND AT THE TIME OF MOBILE SERVICE REPAIR THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE VALVE STEM WAS SEVERELY FATIGUED AND THE AMBULANCE WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE UNTIL IT WAS DRIVEN TO A TIRE SHOP WERE THE REMAINING 5 OF 7 VALVE STEMS WERE REPLACED. ALL THE ORIGINAL TIRES WERE PUT BACK ON THE GROUND AND THE SPARE WAS STORED. TWO DAYS LATER THE RIGHT REAR INSIDE TIRE HAD A BLOW OUT WHILE ENROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A PATIENT ON BOARD. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE WHICH IS A STEEL-TEX TIRE. THE SPARE WAS REPLACED AND STORED AWAY. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES AS OF 06/02/01. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W10P1XN070 TIRESIZE: LT21585R16)

TIRE SIZE LT 265/75R16; LAST YEAR ONE OF THE TIRES HAD SOME TIRE SEPARATION. WITHIN LAST YEAR ALL 4 TIRES HAD TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. LAST ONE TO SEPARATE WAS FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. TIRES MOUNTED ON 2000, FORD, F350, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.*AK ON ONE OF THE OCCASIONS THE RIM WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACED. *SLC

WHILE RETURNING FROM A CALL DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS. THE TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED. THE ONLY PART OF THE TIRE THAT REMAINED WAS THE SIDE WALLS. I HAVE SINCED BEEN TOLD THAT THE TWO TIRES ON THE FRONT OF THIS UNIT ARE BAD AND NEED REPLACING. I AM CONCERNED IF THESE TIRES ARE SAFE TO RUN ON AN AMBULANCE. I CALLED FIRESTONE AND GOT THE "RUN-A-ROUND". MY LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES ARE SAFE AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE ANY OF THE DAMAGED TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 8X0P TIRESIZE: LT 215/85R)

WHY DID MY TIRE COME APART AND THEY AREN'T ON THE RECALL LIST? NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONED. *AK

SINCE CONSUMER FIRST OWNED VEHICLE STEERING HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO CONTROL DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS. STEERING BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHEN TURNING AND BRAKING AT SAME TIME. AT SOME POINTS, CONSUMER LOSES CONTROL OF POWER ASSISTED STEERING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT SAME TIME. THIS PROBLEM COULD BE RELATED TO POWER STEERING PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. FELT LIKE COASTER BRAKES. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC AFTER TEST DRIVING VEHICLE, THAT NO PROBLEM WITH BRAKES FOUND AFTER 25 MILES.*AK