1996 FORD F-350 Complaints

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT APPARENT CAUSE AND BALANCE OF TIRE BLEW, CAUSING ADJACENT TIRE TO BLOW OUT AS WELL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT22575R16 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDDR RAA TIRE SIZE: 235-85R-16 )

PE00020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1996 FORD, E350 CHASSIS, DUTCHMEN CLASS C, TIRE SIZE LT22575R16, DOT VD1W1XB435. PASSENGER'S INSIDE TIRE, A FOOT LONG TREAD PEELED OFF WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. *AK WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARTED AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT. AS THE RESULT, THE RIGHT MUD FLAP WAS TORN OFF. THE TIRE THAT BLEW WAS FIRESTONE STEEL TEX RADIAL. *YH

I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET A PHONE CALL THRU TO FIRESTONE, THE EMAIL DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY INTELLIGENCE ON THE OTHER END. I AM HOPEFUL THAT SOONER OR LATER PREF SOONER, I WILL GET MY DAY IN THE SUN. 73, NMC( DOT NUMBER: VDOR???445 TIRE SIZE: LT235/85R1 )

TWO REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES P235/85R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

I WAS TRAVELLING EASTBOUND ON ROUTE 2 IN CONNECTICUT WHEN MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE FELL APART. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE BODY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE TIRES LISTED ON RECENT NEWS REPORTS, HOWEVER, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY TIRE AS THE ONES SEEN ON NEWS REPORTS. I CONTACTED A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER IN ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT WHO STATED TO ME THAT THE A/T TIRE WAS NOT IN QUESTION AND THEREFORE THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO. I REITTERATED TO HIM THAT THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN SEEN ON NEWS REPORTS. ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2000, I PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES FROM SEARS. I SHOWED THE MANAGER THE TIRE IN QUESTION AND HE STATED THAT IT WAS INDEED TIRE TREAD SEPARATION AND THAT IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE NOT THE TIRES LISTED, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT A DEFECT EXISTS WITH THESE ALSO AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE CONTACT ME SHOULD YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION OR WISH TO VIEW THE TIRE. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23585R16E )

FUEL LEAK, FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR HOUSING, FUEL HEATER THERMOSTAT REPLACED 6/12/00. NEEDS FUEL INJECTOR O-RINGS AND NEW FUEL FILTER. ESTIMATE $690.00 HOOKS FORD COMMENTED THIS IS A "COMMON" PROBLEM FOR THESE TRUCKS BECAUSE OF THE POLYURETHANE SEALS. FORD IS NO LONGER USING THE POLYURETHANE SEALS. THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSING OIL TO LEAK INTO THE GAS LINE. IS THIS A DRIVING OR EPA HAZARD?

4 WD NEVER WORKED, BUT DID NOT REALIZE UNTIL WARRANTY OUT; BALL JOINTS KEPT GOING OUT, HAD TO BE FIXED TWICE, AUTO TRANSMISSION WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER WARRANTY OUT, WERE TOLD WAS FAULTY TRANS. AND AVE. OF 1 PER DAY THROUGHOUT US WERE GOING OUT, THAT FORD WAS SWITCHING TO DIFFERENT TYPE TRANSMISSION IN FUTURE. TRANS. REPAIR CONTACTED FORD TO SEE IF THEY WOULD FIX IT SINCE IT WAS CLOSE TO WARRANTY MILEAGE, THEY REFUSED. WE HAVE SINCE HEARD MANY STORIES OF OTHER OWNERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM.*AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS REAR BRAKE SHOES HAVE EXPANDED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, AND STAYED IN CONTACT WITH THE BRAKE DRUMS, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR AND BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

TURNED THE IGNITION, THERE WAS A DISINCT BURNING SMELL AND THE WIRING HARNESSES IN THE TRUCK WAS SHORTED. SOME OF THE WIRING AND HARNESSES ACTUALLY MELTED. THE TECHNICIAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WIRING DIAGRAM WAS INCORRECT, BUT THEY HAD NOT GOTTEN AROUND TO CORRECTING IT.