Ford F-350 Complaints (1999)

553 consumer complaints on file.

#10203468September 19, 2007
WHEELS:RIM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT AND THE RIM WAS CRACKED. HE FELT THAT THE CRACKED RIM CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE DEALER DID NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE SAME FAILURES, BUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND RIM. HE BELIEVED ONCE MORE THAT THE CRACKED RIM CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 285,500. THE DEALER INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10203481September 19, 2007
WHEELS:RIM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY. WHILE DRIVING 44 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT THE AIR PRESSURE BEING RELEASED FROM HIS TIRES. HE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED A CRACK THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY TWELVE TO THIRTEEN INCHES ON ONE OF HIS CAST ALUMINUM RIMS. THE RIM WAS PLACED ON A SIXTEEN INCH TIRE. THE VEHICLE CAME EQUIPPED WITH THE RIM AND ITS SPECIFIC NAME WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 196,800. UPDATED 10/03/07 *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202244September 8, 2007
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN, STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
I HAVE HAD 2 STEERING GEAR BOXES BREAK ON MY TRUCK. THE FIRST WAS WHEN MY TRUCK WAS HIT WHILE PARKED. THE INDIVIDUAL HIT THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE AND DENTED IN THE FRONT BUMPER AND FENDER. IT WAS NOT UNTIL WE WENT TO LOAD THE TRUCK ON THE WRECKER THAT WE DISCOVERED THE BROKEN BOX. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID AN INDIVIDUAL MAKING A TURN IN FRONT OF THEM. I JERKED MY WHEEL TO THE LEFT TO GO OVER THE CURB AND AVOID THE ACCIDENT BUT WHEN MY TIRES HIT THE CURB IT SHEARED OF THE PITMAN ARM RIGHT BELOW THE STEERING GEARBOX WHICH RESULTED IN ME LOSING MY STEERING. I THEN PLOWED INTO THE VEHICLE INFRONT OF ME WITH NO WAY TO AVOID THEM. THE CURB WAS NOT A VERY BIG ONE AND IT WORRIES ME THAT THIS IMPORTANT PART BROKE SO EASY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10202172September 7, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10199109August 10, 2007
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10197849July 30, 2007
STEERING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10195011June 29, 2007
TIRES
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10194081June 24, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
PROLONGED CRANK/NO START. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10191789May 26, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TWO FAILURES OF CAM POSITION SENSOR CASUSED ME TO BE STRANDED TWICE UNTIL THE PART WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10191216May 19, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190516May 11, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190274May 9, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189176April 28, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189040April 26, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188867April 25, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
WE HAVE A 1999 FORD 7.3 DIESEL (112,000 MI), THIS IS THE SECOND CAM POSITION SENSOR TO GO OUT. IN THIS INSTANCE WHEN THE SENSOR WENT OUT THE TRUCK SHUT ITSELF OFF, AS IF THE IGNITION HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. IT DIED JUST BEFORE I WAS ABOUT TO GO DOWN A VERY STEEP HILL. HAD THE TRUCK DIED WHILE GOING DOWN THE HILL, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK WITHOUT POWER BRAKES. WE ALSO HAVE A 2002 F350 7.3 LITER DIESEL THAT HAS ONE CAM POSITION SENSOR REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 7.3 LITER TRUCKS AND IN MY OPINION A DANGEROUS ONE, SINCE THE TRUCK TURN THEMSELVES OFF WITH NO WARNING. WITH THE ENGINE OFF, THERE IS NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING ON A TRUCK THAT WEIGHS SEVERAL TONS, THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187809April 13, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F 350 SD WITH A FAILURE MILEAGE OF 132,000 MILES. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE HE HEARD A CRACKING NOISE, AND REALIZED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. HE HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE CONTROLLER FAILED. RECALL 02V068000 WAS ISSUED FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184481March 7, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
THE CPS UNIT ON MY 1999 FORD F-350 7.3 DIESEL MOTOR GAVE OUT WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. WE WERE DRIVING ON A VERY CURVY ROAD AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK (NO BRAKES, NO POWER STEERING). IT SEEMS THAT THESE CPS UNITS FAIL OVER AND OVER ON ALL OF THESE FORD DIESELS. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT THEY ARE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS AND THAT SOMEBODY HAS HAD TO HAVE DIED FROM THIS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10182396February 12, 2007
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
(1) DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY DIESEL HOME FROM WORK. (2) I PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO SHIFT DOWN, THE CLUTCH FAILED TO RELEASE AND THE PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR. I ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AVOIDING A COLLISION. THE TRUCK IS UNDRIVEABLE, BLOCKING TRAFFIC, AND REQUIRED TOWING. (3) THE CLUTCH RELEASE FOR HAD CRACKED AND BENT ALSO CAUSING A FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT. REPLACEMENT OF THE RELEASE FORK AND HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT RESTORED THE TRUCK TO OPERATION CONDITION. THE PART NUMBER OF THE NEW CLUTCH RELEASE FORK WAS DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE ONE REMOVED, LEADING ME TO SUSPECT A PROBLEM WITH THE STOCK RELEASE FORK. ORIGINAL RELEASE FORK PART NUMBER F61A-7515-BE. NEW INSTALLED RELEASE FORK PART NUMBER YC3Z-7515-BB. I HAVE RETAINED THE OLD RELEASE FORK AT MY HOME ADDRESS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10177356December 29, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
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 !
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10174140November 24, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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