2000 FORD F-350 Complaints

UNABLE TO ACCESS EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL FROM DRIVERS SEAT, NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO ACCESS. YH

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL IS NORMAL, BUT VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH CONSUMER NEEDED TO KEEP ROCKING THE STEERING WHEEL SIDE TO SIDE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION DID NOT HOLD UP AND KEPT BREAKING DOWN. TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN THE FIRST TIME AT 27,000 MILES. SECOND TIME ON JAN 20, 2000. ENTIRE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BOTH TIMES. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, TRUCK BROKE DOWN AGAIN. TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH 40,000 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CLUTCH ASSEMBLY SPRINGS SEPARATED FROM THE CLUTCH ON THREE OCCASIONS. DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE THREE TIMES IN THREE WEEKS. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

TRUCK ROLLED WHILE IGNITION WAS OFF, TRUCK WAS IN GEAR AND EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED. *AK

ON 1/28/2000, THE OPERATOR OF THIS VEHICLE PARKED IT OUTSIDE A BUSINESS AND PUT THE TRUCK IN LOW GEAR, APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND EXITED AND LOCKED THE VEHICLE. IT WAS PARKED ON A SMALL DOWNWARD SLOPE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL AND CROSSED 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC, MADE A SHARP LEFT HAND TURNED, LOOPED AROUND AND RAN THROUGH A WALL OF A BUSINESS. THE OWNER OF THIS BUSINESS WAS PRESENT AND WITNESSED THE INCIDENT AND WHEN OUR DRIVER CAME OUT OF THE BUILDING HE WAS IN, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND OUR DRIVER AND ANOTHER WITNESS WALKED TO THE TRUCK AND WATCHED WHILE OUR DRIVER UNLOCKED THE VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. FOUR PEOPLE WITNESSED THAT THE TRUCK WAS TURNED OFF AND ALSO WITNESSED THE TRUCK BEING UNLOCKED BY OUR OPERATOR AND VERIFIED THE TRUCK WAS IN LOW GEAR AND THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF OTHER SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS WE HAVE 2 ADDITIONAL F350'S (A 1999 AND ANOTHER 2000) IN WHICH CASE THE OPERATORS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR BRAKING PROBLEMS ALTHOUGH ACCIDENTS HAVEN'T OCCURED IN THE OTHER TWO. I WILL ALSO REPORT THOSE SEPARATELY AS COMPLAINTS. COULD YOU ESTIMATE A TIME FRAME FOR INVESTIGATING THIS COMPLAINT? THANK YOU, TAMMY GILES/OFFICE MANAGER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, VEHICLE STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES. ALSO, STEERING GOT HARD TO TURN, AND HAD NO BRAKES. PULLED OVER AND SHUT VEHICLE OFF. STARTED IT BACK UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ANOTHER TIME WIFE HAD THE VEHICLE, WENT TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT, AND VEHICLE WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION INTO THE DITCH. HAD NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

PASSENGER DOOR OPENED WHILE DOING A 360 DEGREE SPIN. PASSENGER WAS HOLDING GRAB HANDLE ON PILLAR AND DRIVERS ARM. DOOR SNAPPED FORWARD AND JAMMED INTO RIGHT FENDER. BOTH HINGES MAY BE CRACKED. DEALER`S RESPONSE WAS FOR ME TO REPORT TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY THAT I HAD AN ACCIDENT. WE STRUCK NOTHING AT ALL. DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE NO RESPONSABILITY TO REPAIR ANYTHING. WE FEEL THAT A DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILED UNDER NORMAL USE THERE WAS NO IMPACT WITH ANYTHING. *AK