2000 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

2000 F350 4X4 EXTENDED CAB HAD STEERING PROBLEMS SINCE DAY ONE. TRUCK WOULD WANDER AT ALL SPEEDS. DEALER FINALLY REPLACED STEERING GEAR BOX AT MY REQUEST AND AT MY COST AND TRUCK NOW STEERS AS IT SHOULD. THIS PART SHOULD BE A WARRANTY PART. *AK

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD AT 75000 MILES. FORD MANUAL DOES NOT RECOMMEND SERVICING THE SPARK PLUGS FOR 100,000 MILES. THIS IS CERTAINLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *CB

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE RESERVOIR PUMP FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE POWER STEERING HOSE BLEW OUT FROM THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR TO THE HYDRO BOOSTER. *JB *NM

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON STRAIGHT LEVEL ROAD VEHICLE LOST STEERING ABILITY DUE TO PASSENGER'S SIDE TIE-ROD FALLING OFF.*AK

ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2003, I HAD A FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S ON THE RIGHT REAR OF MY 2000 FORD F-350 SEPARATE ON INTERSTATE 10 IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. FIRESTONE DID NOT REPLACE OR PAY FOR REPLACEMENT OF S TIRE IN VIOLATION OF THERE PRODUCT WARRANTY. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, I WAS ADVISED BY A GOODYEAR TIRE DEALER THAT I SHOULD REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES AND HAVE DONE SO. *AK

PARTIAL TREAD SEPARATION/LOSS OF APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF THE TREAD WITH NO ADVANCE INDICATION OF ANY TIRE TROUBLE. THE ENTIRE INCIDENT AT FREEWAY SPEEDS (65-70) LASTED NO MORE THAN 15 SECONDS FROM THE TIME I HEARD SOMETHING HIT MY LEFT FRONT FENDERWELL UNTIL THE CHUNK OF TREAD FLEW OFF, (DAMAGING MY LOWER REAR FENDER) AND I CAME TO A FULL STOP. THANKFULLY, THE TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE. MY DUALLY PICK-UP HAS A FULL SET OF THESE TIRES TO INCLUDE THE THE SPARE WHICH REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. SHOULD I CONTINUE TO DRIVE ON THESE TIRES? THE ENTIRE SET HAS UNDER 26,000 MILES OF LIGHT DUTY USE. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED AND CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. *PH *TS *SCC *JB

A 2000 FORD F-350, DUALLY. ON THE INTERSTATE, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE PEALED LIKE A BANANA. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE UNTIL GETTING THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL AND STOPPED. THOUGHT IT WAS OUR TIME, VERY LUCKY THE TRUCK DID NOT ROLL OVER. THE DAMAGE WAS SHOCKING! FRONT BUMPER, ALONG THE WHOLE LEFT SIDE AND UNDER CARRIAGE TO THE BACK . DAMAGED! *JB

POWER STEERING LOCKS UP WHEN AT A STOP OR MOVING SLOWLY MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER IN PARKING LOTS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING EASTBOUND ON I80 (TWO LANES EACH DIRECTION), TWO MILES WEST OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NV, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE OF MY 2000 FORD F350 TRUCK SEPARATED. THE ENTIRE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE, WHILE THE REST OF THE TIRE REMAINED INTACT, INCLUDE AIR IN THE TIRE. DURING SEPARATION, WHICH HAPPENED IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, THE TREAD SEVERLY DAMAGED THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING THE FRONT BUMPER, THE WHEEL WELL, THE DRIVERS DOOR, AND DESTROYED THE SIDE STEP. THERE WERE NO INDICATORS THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. NO VIBRATION, OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SWERVED TO THE LEFT, ACROSS THE FAST LANE, AND HEADING TOWARDS THE MEDIAN. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE IN HEADED DONE THE EMBANKMENT AND INTO THE GULLY DIVIDING THE EAST AND WEST BOUND LANES, AND PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, DUE TO THE BUMPER BEING PUSHED INTO THE TIRE.