Ford F-550 Complaints (2000)

72 consumer complaints on file.

#565955June 5, 2002
TIRES:VALVE, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHILE PULLING 17,000 LB. 5TH WHEEL AT 75 MPH OR MORE A PASSERBY HONKED HIS HORN AND POINTED TO THE VEHICLE REAR PASSENGER DUAL TIRES. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND FOUND THAT THE INSIDE TIRE TREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALLS. THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT, THE VALVE STEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND ALL THE AIR LEAKED OUT CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE AND THEN SEPARATE, DEALER REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE RUBBER VALVE STEMS WITH STEEL STEMS. TWO MORE RUBBER VALVE STEMS WERE LEAKING AND DEALER REPLACED WITH STEEL, CONSUMER THINKS THE RECALL WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY, IF IT HAD BEEN THE STEMS WOULD NOT HAVE LEAKED AGAIN, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID#01V046000, GENERAL TIRES, DOT#CU9RHMTJ0600, TIRE SIZE# 225/70R 195 LMT400. *YD *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010954June 3, 2002
SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER USES VEHICLE FOR HAULING PURPOSES. PILOT BEARING GOES OUT WHICH DISENGAGES THE CLUTCH. THIS CAUSES GEARS NOT TO SHIFT. VEHICLE IS ONLY OPERATING IN NEUTRAL, AND RELYING ON THE BRAKES. PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY 1600-1700 MILES. DEALER IS AWARE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008078April 19, 2002
TIRES:VALVE
CONSUMER STATES ALL THE VALVE STEM WAS REPLACE DUE TO A PAST RECALL AND NOW THE PROBLEM REOCCURRING. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007971April 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE HAVE FAILED TWICE WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD WITH OUT SLOWING DOWN AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL SLOW DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005569March 13, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE AT 40 MPH AND HIGHER. VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE OVER 60 MPH WHEN BRAKING, AND REAR WHEELS LOCK UP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES, AND DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM .*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT REAR WHEELS LOCK UP CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564568March 5, 2002
TIRES
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, GENERAL TIRES, SIZE P225/70R19.5, LOSE TRACTION ON SNOWY PAVEMENT, CONSUMER HAS HAD 2 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THESE TIRES ARE SOLD AS ALL TERRAIN TIRES, HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003349January 31, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE TO DUMP A LOAD OF MATERIAL A FIRE ERUPTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP IS IN POSSESSION OF TRUCK ,AND HAS NOT RELEASED IT TO THE OWNER. CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS TRANSMISSION VENT HOSE BEING PINCHED, WHICH CAUSED AN INCREASE IN PRESSURE BEHIND THE DIP-STICK. DIP-STICK WAS FORCED OUT OF PLACE DUE TO PRESSURE.THIS ALLOWED TRANSMISSION FLUID TO BE SPRAYED INTO HOT ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002022January 11, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL RESISTS AND BECOME VERY HARD, CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002032January 11, 2002
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH REAR PASSENGER TIRE FELL OFF. NO ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563765October 23, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
WHILE TOWING 17,500 LB. FIFTHWHEEL, CONSUMER NOTICED BROKEN VALVE STEM ON A CONTINENTAL GENERAL 225 / 70R 19.5 LMT 400 TIRE AND NO AIR IN TIRE. FIRST DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR STATING THAT SIDE WALL OF TIRE COULD BE DAMAGED. CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND HAD THE VALVE REPAIRED. UPON DEPARTING DEALER, CONSUMER NOTICE ANOTHER VALVE WAS MISSING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO ORIGINAL DEALER AND WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED. INSTEAD, DEALER REPAIRED ALL 4 VALVE STEMS. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897013September 28, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY RECALL 01V046000 CONCERNING TIRE: VALVE STEM. DEALERSHIP PERFORMED RECALL REPAIRS. HOWEVER, TIRE THAT WAS MISSING A VALVE STEM WAS NOT REPLACED ACCORDING TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION DEFINED BY RECALL. THOSE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED, AND CONSUMER WAS UNSURE WHICH TIRE WAS UNSAFE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892525July 11, 2001
TIRES
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT TWENTY MILES ON HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC. LEFT FRONT TIRE AIR CAME OUT. HE WAS FORCED OVER TO SHOULDER. CONTINENTAL GENERAL, P22570R19.5. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9003860June 19, 2001
WHEELS
RUBBER VALVE STEM ON TIRES/RIM. STEM BLOWOUT DAYS AFTER INSPECTION. BLOWOUT GIVE NO WARNING. TIRES DEFLATS INSTINTLY, SHOULD BE REPLACE WITH STEEL STEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890435June 15, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
RECALL 01V046000 ON VALVE STEMS DONE ON 23 APR.2001. DEALER INSPECTED VALVE STEMS, DID NOT REPLACE THEM. THEN ON 30 MAY 2001, PASSENGER'S REAR INSIDE TIRE WAS FOUND FLAT WHILE PARKED. *AK ON JUNE 18TH, DRIVER SIDE FRONT VALVE STEM BROKE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889829June 5, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
CONSUMER HAD A TIRE VALVE STEM INSPECTION. DEALER INSPECTED TIRE ONE WEEK BEFORE, HE HAD A VALVE BLOWOUT, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889427May 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
DEALER HAD REPLACED BRAKE SYSTEM IN JULY 2000 BUT DID NOT ADVISE CONSUMER OF THE EXACT REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE. BRAKES FAILED AGAIN, DEALER REVIEWED PAST HISTORY ON THEIR SYSTEM, AND VOLUNTARILY WILL REPLACE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM AGAIN WITHOUT ADVISING CONSUMER AGAIN OF EXACT REPAIRS OR RECEIPT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745243May 12, 2001
TIRES
FAILURE #1: SUDDEN BLOWOUT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN IOWA OF LEFT FRONT TIRE. TIRE IN SHREDS BY TIME I GOT OFF HIGHWAY. REPLACED TIRE AT OWN EXPENSE. (TIRESIZE: 225R7019.5)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225R7019.5 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888003May 11, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
DEALER ONLY REPLACED VALVE STEMS, REFUSED TO REPLACE LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD STATED IT WAS UP TO DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888004May 11, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
DEALER ONLY REPLACED VALVE STEMS, REFUSED TO REPLACE LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD SAID IT WAS UP TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAD RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOWOUT ON MAY 2, 2001; FRONT LEFT TIRE BLOWOUT ON MAY 8, 2001. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887915May 10, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
DEALER WILL ONLY REPLACE VALVE STEMS, NOT LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD SAYS IT'S UP TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 BLOWOUTS ON MAY 2 AND 3 , 2001; 1 RIGHT FRONT, AND 2 REAR TIRES, AFTER VALVE STEMS WERE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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