1999 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

I , BEING THE OWNER WITH A PASSENGER, OF A F- 350 7.3 CREW CAB DIESAL 4X4 WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER GOING OVER BLACK ICE ON I-40 NEAR FLAGSTAFF AZ. RESULTING A ROLL OVER AND TAKING OUT A 14 INCH PINE TREE AND LANDING ON ITS PASSENGER SIDE WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE! THE AIR BAGS IN THE PICK- UP DID NOT DEPLOY !

1999 FORD F-350. PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SOURCE APPEARS TO BE JUST BEHIND THE AIR FILTER BOX IN THE AREA OF THE MASTER CYLINDER. MOST OF THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS DESTROYED. DRIVER SIDE BATTERY MELTED DOWN. DENVER FIRE HAD TO RESPOND TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL AND THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED AT LEAST TWICE BY THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. *JB

(TRUCK HISTORY: WINDSHIELD REPLACED DUE TO CRACK FROM ROAD DEBRIS). PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED: ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN THE TRUCK WOULD RUN WITH KEY REMOVED WHENEVER IT WOULD RAIN HARD. TAKEN SEVERAL TIMES TO DEALER TO VERIFY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT PROBLEM WHICH WOULD COME ON AFTER HEAVY RAINS. THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT COMING ON/OFF BY ITSELF. THE MECHANIC FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHOM I HAD WORKED WITH ON MY PROBLEMS, DISCOVERED THE FUSE BOX (UNDER THE DASH) SHOWED SIGNS OF ELECTRICAL ARCING AND MOISTURE AREA THE CARPET IN THE FLOOR. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FUSE BOX AT MY EXPENSE. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE AND WAS PROPERLY SEALED, THE WINDSHIELD MECHANIC STATED THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT LEAKING BUT AROUND THE FENDER AND WINDSHIELD DRAIN TROUGH SHOWED SIGNS OF WATER STAINING. THE WATER WAS LEAKING ONTO THE FUSE BOX CAUSING HAVOC TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *NM

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY TOWING A TRAILER AND LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS. THE 1999 FORD F350 SD 7.3 DIESEL ENGINE REGAINED POWER AND SURGED FORWARD. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THIS TRIP AND SUBSEQUENT DATES. I ATTACHED A OBD2 READER, WHICH GAVE ME THE CODE FOR THE CAM POSITION SENSOR. I REPLACED THE CPS AND THE PROBLEM STOPPED. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE PARTS WORKER HAD THE PART NUMBER MEMORIZED WHEN HE SOLD ME A NEW ONE. I NOW CARRY A SPARE CPS AND A 10 MM WRENCH IN THE VEHICLE IN CASE IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS IS A QUALITY CONTROL ISSUE OR AN ENGINEERING ISSUE. PLEASE LET FORD KNOW THAT I WILL BY A DODGE OR CHEVY NEXT TIME. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELLING 65 MPH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SHREDDED WITH NO WEAR TO THE TREAD AND THE TIRE BLEW. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND KEPT AT REGULAR AIR PRESSURE. THERE WAS PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT WHEN THE TIRE BLEW. THE BLOWN TIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS OBSERVED TO BE FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE WELDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIM. THE DEALER EXPRESSED THE WARRANTY WAS FOR THREE YEARS AND OFFERED TO COVER THE WELDING LINE WITH SILICONE. THE REPAIR STOPPED THE LEAK FOR A FEW DAYS HOWEVER THE LEAK REOCCURRED CREATING A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK.

I HAVE HAD 2 SUPER DUTY'S NOW A 2000 F350 AND A 1999 F350 ON THE 2000 . I HAD THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAIL AT 45K AND THE RIGHT AT 53K MILES RUNNING STOCK TIRES AND WHEELS WHEN THE RIGHT SIDE FAILED THE WHEEL ALMOST CAME OFF I HAD TO BE TOWED I SOLD THAT TRUCK THINKING I WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AND GOT THIS ONE THE 99 BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ARE OUT. I LOOKED ON THE WEB THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS CAN'T EVEN GREASE THEM AND THEY ARE $550 EACH. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR FAILS TO LOCK. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED, HOWEVER, FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S FRONT WHEEL FRACTURED AND DETACHED ONCE AND ALMOST DETACHED A SECOND TIME. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS THAT LED UP TO THE PROBLEMS WITH THE WHEELS. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS IN 2005 AND COMPLETELY DETACHED AND THE SECOND TIME, IN 2006, AFTER VIEWING THE WHEEL THE CONTACT OBSERVED CRACKS IN THE WHEEL. THE WHEEL WAS REPLACED BEFORE IT COMPLETELY FRACTURED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE REASON FOR THE CRACKS WAS THE WAY THE WHEEL WAS MOUNTED TO THE FRONT HUB WHICH CAUSES STRESS CRACKS IN THE WHEEL ITSELF.

DRIVING ALONG AND ENGINE SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY DIED WITH NO WARNING. TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED. PROBLEM WAS THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. REPLACING THIS PART WITH A NEW ONE HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM SO FAR. I HAVE THE OLD PART. *NM