1999 FORD F-550 SD Complaints

WHILE WORKING ON SNOW TRUCK SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. DAYS LATER, A FIRE INVESTIGATOR SAID THAT FIRE HAD STARTED BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING IN TURBO, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO BURN.*AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS REPLACING STABILIZER BAR. STABILIZER BAR HAS BROKEN AT LEAST 5-6 TIMES. FORD WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT WOULD NOT ASSIST AT THIS TIME. ONLY REMEDY THEY SEEMED TO HAVE WAS TO TO REPLACE BAR.*AK

STABILIZER BAR HAS BROKEN SO MANY TIMES THAT THEY PURCHASED THEM BY HANDFULS TO KEEP THEM HANDY. MANUFACTURER KNOWS THERE'S AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM, AND ISN'T HELPING. *AK

STABILIZER BAR HAS BROKEN 8 TIMES . FORD HAS MENTIONED THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM, BUT WAS NOT OFFERING TO DO ANYTHING FOR CONSUMER. THEY WERE JUST REPLACING PART. THEY HAD NOT TRIED TO FIND A PERMENANT SOLUTION. *AK THE DRIVE SHAFT MAKES NOISE WHILE DRIVING. *YH

WHILE DRIVING THE "HOT PIPE" TO THE TURBO-CHARGER BLEW OFF OF ITS COUPLING CAUSING LOSS OF POWER, THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND INSTALLED A NEW DESIGNED PIPE THAT WAS REDESIGNED DUE TO THE COMMON FAILURE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO THE FAULTY PART. *MJS

CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING ANY GEAR TO GET STUCK IN PLACE. DRIVER WOULD HAVE TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE GEAR. FORD HAD TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY TWICE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY CLUTCH FAILS,CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, TO GAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE ENGINE HAS TO BE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

FRAME BROKE ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK ABSORBER BRACKET. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

GEARS WOULD GET STUCK. CONSUMER COULD NOT DOWNSHIFT, BUT COULD SHIFT UP. WHEN ON INTERSTATE AND TRYING TO STOP, IT WOULD NOT STOP UNLESS CONSUMER SWITCHED OFF VEHICLE. TO START, CONSUMER HAD TO CRANK IT WHILE IN GEAR.*AK

FRAME CRACKED, HAD IT WELDED TWICE. ALSO, EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE BROKE WHEN PUSHING IT IN WHILE TOWING. *AK