1999 FORD F-350 Complaints

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITH MY 99 FORD F-350 PULLING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. AS I WRESTLED THE TRUCK TO THE SHOULDER, THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED. AS FAR AS I COULD TELL, EVEN THE ELECTRONIC BRAKES ON THE TRAILER WEREN'T HELPING TO STOP ME AS I DRIFTED TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. THE TIRE TREAD WHEN IT SHREDDED APPARENTLY BLEW OUT A VACUUM HOSE AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER CONNECTOR OR LINE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABS SYSTEM THAT WAS AFFECTED - BUT I THINK IT WAS JUST THE VACUUM HOSE. THE MECHANIC WHO GOT US BACK ON THE ROAD SAID THAT WHEN THE HOSE WENT OUT, THE ABS SYSTEM THOUGHT THE TIRE WAS LOCKED SO IT SHUT OFF THE BRAKES - APPARENTLY ALL OF THEM. IF I HAD BEEN IN CITY TRAFFIC, WE'D HAVE PLOWED INTO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF US POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN DEATH OR SEVERE INJURY FOR SOMEONE. TRYING TO REMEMBER TO DOWNSHIFT OR HIT THE PARKING BRAKE WHILE WRESTLING A TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER THAT IS RIDING ON THE FRONT WHEEL RIM AND TRYING TO PULL BACK INTO TRAFFIC IS RATHER CHALLENGING. I'VE LOST A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN ABS AND WONDER IF THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE OR A BASIC HAZARD OF ABS SYSTEMS THAT IS UNKNOWN TO THE PUBLIC. *TR

THE FORD F350 1995 THRU 2003 MODELS HAVE THE SIGNAL TURNING ARM ATTACHED TO THE STEERING COLUMN JUST ABOVE THE LEFT KNEE. WHEN GIVING A LEFT TURN SIGNAL THE LEFT LEG IS IN THE WAY TO TURN THE SIGNAL LIGHT ON. THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL CAN BE TURNED ON WITH THE LEFT LEG LOWERED IN A VERY AWKWARD FASHION AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ACTIVATED,THIS IS NOT VERY SAFE DRIVING WITH THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ACTIVATED WHILE WAITING TO TURN ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY OR AT A STOP SIGN AT A FOUR WAY STOP. WHEN GIVING A LEFT HAND TURN SIGNAL WITH THE LIGHTS ON DIM THE LEFT LEG PUSHES THE TURN SIGNAL OFF EVERY TIME LEAVING A PERSON ON A LEVEL ROAD STOPPED IN THE STREET WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS ACTIVATED AND NO TURN SIGNAL OPERATION UNLESS SOMETIMES HE HAS HIS BRIGHT LIGHTS ON WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND IS HOLDING THEIR LEFT LEG AT A VERY AWKWARD POSITION .WHEN TURNING ON A UPWARD INCLINE HILL, RIDING THE CLUTCH TO KEEP THE TRUCK STILL WHILE WAITING THEN THIS IS FOR SURE NO LEFT SIGNAL WILL BE WORKING DUE TO THIS KEEPING THE LEFT LEG HIGH ON THE CLUTCH . I HAVE WRITTEN AND CALLED A LOT OF FORD DEALERS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID WITH NO RECALL THEN BIG DEAL!!~.I WAS TOLD TO JUST KEEP MY BRIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME . I JUST WANTED A NEW TURN SIGNAL ARM THAT WAS TURNED UP INSTEAD OF TURNED DOWN TOWARDS MY LEFT LEG. IF THE TURN SIGNAL WAS STRAIGHT LIKE MOST CARS THEN PLENTY OF ROOM IS AVAILABLE! WHO LET THIS SLIP BY? *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING STEERING FAILURE, HE FELT THE VEHICLE SWAY BACK AND FORTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED HIM OF RECALL NUMBER 98V116000 (STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)). HOWEVER, FORD STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF THERE WAS A RECALL, HE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,858 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN AIR BUBBLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE TIRE PLUS STORE WHERE IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE RECURRED, HOWEVER, THERE WERE FOUR AIR BUBBLES IN THE TIRE AND THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. THE TIRE STORE STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT REPAIR IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SHE WAS STRIKING THE CURB WHEN PARKING AND DRIVING, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRES HERSELF. THE TIRES WERE BRIDGESTONE DUELER A/T 693, SIZE LT265/75R16. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

TWO FAILURES OF CAM POSITION SENSOR CASUSED ME TO BE STRANDED TWICE UNTIL THE PART WAS REPLACED. *AK

I HAVEA 1999.5 FORD F-350 DIESEL CREWCAB DUALLEY TRUCK. ON 05/15/2007 WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER. I GOT OFF FREEWAY, AND TRUCK WAS IDLING ERRACTICLY AND ROUGHLY WITH LOSS OF POWER. THE NEXT DAY TRUCK STARTED UP LIKE NORMAL. I TEST DROVE THE TRUCK, AND SAME SYMTOMS OCCURRED. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CHANGED THE CAM POSITIONER SENSOR (CPS), AND RESET THE COMPUTER. I TEST DROVE THE TRUCK WITH NO PROBLEMS I HAD BEFORE.*AK

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT ON V10 ENGINE. ONLY HAS 74000 ON THE ENGINE. IN THE OWNERS MANUAL IT STATED THE FIRST MAJOR TUNE UP WASN'T UNTIL 100000. LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WANTED $5000.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SAYS IT WAS VERY COMMON ON THE V10 FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. FORD WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM ,AND THIS DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. WHY WERE A FEW F350 SUPER CREW TRUCKS BLOWING SPARK PLUGS. THEY SAY IT WAS HEAVY DUTY, BUT IT WAS NOT. IF THIS WAS SO COMMON THAT EVEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WHEN HE PICKED UP THE TRUCK THEN IT MUST BE A DESIGN FLAW FORD SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK WHEN THIS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY WITH OUR 6 YEAR OLD TRIPLETS. SHE BARELY MADE IT TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, AND ALMOST WAS HIT TWICE. FORD WAS LUCKY BECAUSE IF ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED TO MY CHILDREN I WOULD BE IN COURT GETTING LOTS OF MONEY FROM FORD. *AK

VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING RANDOM STALLING OR NOT STARTING WITHOUT CRANKING FOR A LONG DURATION. FINALLY VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WHEN VEHICLE STALLED A LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING WAS NOTICED DESPITE THE VEHICLE BEING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND IN GEAR AND BEING BACK DRIVEN AS TERMED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. VEHICLE REQUIRED A TOW TRUCK TO DELIVER TO DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE CMP SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. TROUBLE CODE P1111 WAS FOUND BY TECHNICIAN. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A "PROBLEMATIC" PART AND I SHOULD CARRY A SPARE IN CASE IT HAPPENED AWAY FROM THE CITY. AS A RESULT I CHOSE TO PURCHASE A SPARE PART AND KEEP IT IN THE GLOVE BOX FOR JUST SUCH A REPEAT OCCURRENCE.*AK

MULTIPLE CPS FAILURES. I'VE HAD 2 SENSORS FAIL IN A 40,000 MILE PERIOD. WHEN THE SENSOR FAILS THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. IT'S NOT A FUN RIDE WHEN YOU HAVE A TRAILER WEIGHING CLOSE TO 10,000 POUNDS ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK THAT LOOSES POWER WITHOUT WARNING. I NOW CARRY A BRAND NEW PACKAGED SPARE SENSOR AND TOOLS TO CHANGE IT IN MY TRUCK AT ALL TIMES. *TR

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATING POWER, THEN LOST ALL POWER, BRAKES AND STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH NO PROBLEMS. NEW CAM SENSOR SOLVED PROBLEM. *JB