Ford E-150 Complaints (1994)

121 consumer complaints on file.

#754613November 16, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TO TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE A LARGE POP WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. ALL THREE BOLTS HOLDING THE STEERING GEAR BOX TO THE FRAME HAD SNAPPED. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, THE GEARBOX, BOLTS AND UPPER AND LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED TO A TUNE OF $743.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749959August 6, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
FUEL FILLER &VENT HOSES DECAYED GAS VAPOR ESCAPED WHEN ADDING FUEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890815June 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER NOTICED AN OIL STAIN UNDER VEHICLE. DEALER STATED OIL PAN WAS RUSTING FROM INSIDE OUT, AND WAS LEAKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745479May 17, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
ENGINE EXPERIENCED FAILURE - WHEN DEALER TRIED TO REPLACE ENGINE TOLD IT WAS NO LONGER MADE. IT WAS REPORTED TO MY FORD DEALER THAT PARTICULAR "HIGH PERFORMANCE" ENGINE IS NOT PLACED IN E-150. HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE IT WAS. HAVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED THAT HE "CLOCK SPRING" IN THE STEERING COLUM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. FINALLY BECAME CONSTANT ISSUE AT ABOUT 95,000 MILES. HORN CEASED TO FUNCTION, AB LIGHT STAYED IN FLASHING MODE, CRUISE CONTROL INOPERABLE. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES ON VAN, STARTING AT LESS THAN 25, 000 MILES. IDLE ASSEMBLY REPLACED 3 TIMES DUE TO CONSTANT SQUEALING. FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROX 95 000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745269May 13, 2001
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, STEERING, SUSPENSION:FRONT, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
MULTIPLE SYSTEMS FAILURES; CURRENTLY ABS LIGHT STAYS ON, AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES, FUEL SMELL, SLOPPY STEERING, FRONT SUSPENSION NOISES, POWER DOOR LOCKS INOPERATIVE, CRUISE CONTROL INOPERATIVE, HORN INOPERATIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743281March 29, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER
RIGHT FRONT SHOCK IS LEAKING FLUID-NOTICE THAT THE FEMALE PART OF THE SHOCK IS RUBBING THE FRAME,RIGHT ABOVE THE MOU N TNG BOLT.ALSO THE RIGHT SHOCK IS RUBBING THE FRAME.THIS VEHICLE HASN'T BEEN IN A WRECK-I THINK THERE NEEDS TOA SPACER BETWEEN THE SHOCKS MOUNTING BOLT AND THE FRAME,TO PULL IT AWAY FROM THE FRAME-
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882117March 5, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
CONSUMER'S WIFE HEARD A POPPING SOUND, THEN NOTICED THAT STEERING WAS NOT RIGHT. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A TEAR IN FRAME, AND NEEDED WELDING. *AK THE WELDING WAS DONE AFTER THE THREE BOLTS, HOLDING THE GEAR BOX WERE REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740918February 15, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE AT LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE CAR SHUDDERED. MY STEERING WHEEL WAS THEN AT THE 2/7 POSITION INSTEAD OF THE 3/9 POSITION. TOOK THE CAR HOME FROM HERE. LATER DROVE AROUND THE CORNER (ABOUT 1/10 MILE) TO PICK UP KIDS FROM SCHOOL DANCE. STEERING WHEEL WAS NOW AT THE 6/12 POSITION. CONTACTED REPAIR SHOP ON SATURDAY 2/10. DROVE TO REPAIR SHOP ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES AWAY DOING ABOUT 25 MPH OR LESS. PARKED IT. MECHANIC CAME OUT TO SEE HOW MUCH PLAY WAS IN THE WHEEL, HEARD ANOTHER LOUD POP AND THE WHEEL PROCEEDED TO GO IN COMPLETE CIRCLES. INSPECTION BY MECHANIC SHOWED THAT ALL THREE BOLTS IN THE GEAR BOX HAD BROKEN. HEAD MECHANIC SAID THAT IN THE THIRTY SOME YEARS HE'S BEEN IN THE BUSINESS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE HAS SEEN THIS HAPPEN. THESE BOLTS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BREAK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878621January 19, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF LAST GEAR & VEHICLE WOULD START TO VIBRATE AS IF GOING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS. HAPPENS WHEN TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. VIBRATIONS IN TRANSMISSION WOULD LAST ABOUT 15-25 SECONDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877859January 10, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRAME IS CRACKING WHERE STEERING BOX IS BOLTED TO FRAME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734846October 21, 2000
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
STEERING BOX CAME LOOSE FROM FRAME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555767October 11, 2000
TIRES
FIRESTONE TIRE P235 75 R15 EXPERIENCED BLOW OUT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, AN INJURY AND A DEATH, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#728366August 18, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK GOING SOUTH ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 71. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. I CAME WITHIN18 INCHES OF HITTING THE CONCRETE DIVIDER THAT SEPERATES THE NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND LANES. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO CHECK THE TIRE THERE WAS NO TREAD LEFT. I COULD SEE ONLY THE STEEL BELT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: VDHL1PY127 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867559August 11, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE ATX TIRE P225/75R15 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAD ALSO EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS MAKING BUMP SOUNDS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724629June 27, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
THIRD FAILURE OF BALL JOINTS (CURRENTLY UPPER ARE BAD AGAIN). FIRST REPLACED 02/08/1995, SECOND REPLACE AT ~60,000 MILES ON 07/30/1998. THIRD NOW BAD AT ~80,000 MILES. 90% OF DRIVING IS INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 10-12K MILES PER YEAR. FORD HAS SERVICE BULLETINS BUT WILL NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551604March 29, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN AND UNWANTED ACCELERATION WHILE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE PROPERLY. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853260November 23, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
PARKED VEHICLE ON A HILL, AND GAS WAS RUNNING OUT OR LEAKING. NOTICED A HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE TANK . CONTACTED THE DEALER, WAS TOLD THAT THE VENT LINE BROKE. THEY REPLACED THE VENT HOSE FROM TOP OF TANK TO THE INTAKE NOZZLE. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852873November 15, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN OFF INTERMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714078October 29, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL TANK FILL HOSE CONNECTION, CRACKED AND LEAKS HEAVILY WHEN ADDING FUEL. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD, AND IT WILL COST $100.00 , IN PARTS ALONE TO REPAIR. I AM EMPLOYED IN THE MARINE INDUSTRY AND HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH HAZARDOUS PETROLEUM APPLICATIONS, 5 YEARS LIGHT DUTY , AS THE 150 VAN , SHOULD NOT LEAD TO A BADLY CRACKED FUEL FILL HOSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852141October 28, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WOULD VIBRATE AT 50MPH OR HIGHER SPEEDS. HAPPENS WHEN ITS SHIFTING ON ITS OWN. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC DRAINED & REPLACED TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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