Ford F-150 Complaints (1997)

2,758 consumer complaints on file.

#732301September 23, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES
ON BOTH OCCASIONS TIE RODS CAME APART AT THE MIDDLE WITHOUT WARNING!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871249September 22, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 75 MPH TREAD PULLED AWAY FROM BODY OF THE TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 97, FORD, F150. TIRE MILEAGE BETWEEN 15,000 - 17,000 MILES. OWNER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND. PLEASE LIST TIRE SIZE AND DOT # IF POSSBILE.*AK WHEN THE OTHER TIRES WERE REPLACED, THEY DESCOVERED THAT THE OTHERS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SEPARATION. *YH
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732099September 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
LINE OF CRACKS ALL THE WAY AROUND RIM OF TIRE WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL. UNSAFE TO DRIVE.( DOT NUMBER: VN08IPU126 TIRE SIZE: P235 70R16 )
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732108September 21, 2000
TIRES
REPORTED PROBLEM TO FIRESTONE DEALER IN AUSTIN, MN. THEY INDICATED THE TIRE WAS NOT IN THE RECALL AND THEY WOULD DO NOTHING FOR US, EXCEPT PRICE NEW TIRES. THE TIRE BLEW UP WHILE ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE. WE ARE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED. WE HAD TO ASK SPECIFICALLY TO GET THE TIRE BACK FROM THE FIRESTONE DEALER. WE FEEL OTHER FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE RECALL. WE ARE NOT AFTER MONEY, BUT THESE TIRES ARE DANGEROUS. HOW MAN MORE LIVES HAVE TO BE LOST IN ORDER FOR FIRESTONE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THANK YOU.( DOT NUMBER: P235 TIRE SIZE: 70R16 1045 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732114September 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DRIVING AT 50 MPH, TIRE TREAD BEGAN TO RIP OFF THE TIRE. TIRE IS DISTROYED. NO ACCIDENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T PUT ON MY BRAKES. IF I HAD, I WOULD HAVE ROLLED OVER. TRIED TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED. FORD DEALER SENT ME TO A FIRESTONE STORE WHERE THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732115September 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPERATION( DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732162September 21, 2000
TIRES
DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY PULLED OFF ROAD AS TIRE BLEW. TREAD WAS SEPERATED FROM TIRE AND WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE OUR SPEED AT THE TIME WAS 35 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THIS OCCURED. WENT TO FIRESTONE STORE IN FALMOUTH AND PAID FULL PRICE FOR A NEW TIRE. CONTACTED FIRESTONE DIRECT AND WAS REIMBURSED FOR ONLY 1/2 THE TIRE. I FEEL WE SHOULD RECEIVEW THE OTHER HALF OF THE REIMBURSEMEHNT. WE TRADED THE TRUCK IN 1999. I SURE HOPE YOU PEOPLE WILL REIMBURSE THE REMAINDER TO US. THANK YOU( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235-35-16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732191September 21, 2000
PARKING BRAKE
THE EMERGENCY / PARKING BRAKE CABLE HAS BROKEN FOR THE SECOND TIME (PREVIOUS BREAK REPORTED TO NHTSA IN 1997 / 1998) BREAK WAS APROX 7" FROM PEDAL END OF CABLE (SAME PLACE AS BEFORE). REPLACEMENT PART # F65Z-2853BA $32.78. SUSPECT CABLE IS NOT THE PROBLEM BUT THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY COULD BE DESIGNED / MANUFACTURED INCORRECTLY CAUSING CABLE TO BE PINCHED / CHAFFED. I WAS JUST LUCKY THAT THE CABLE SNAPPED WHEN I WAS ON THE FLAT AND NOT IN MY INCLINED DRIVEWAY! STILL HAVE CABLE IF YOU WISH TO INSPECT IT, WILL GLADLY SEND IT TO YOUR ENGINEERS JUST GIVE ME AN ADDRESS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871191September 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD, F150, 1997 TIRE SIZE P235/70R16 WITH 29,000 MILES. RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD ITS STEEL BELT SEPARATED, AND ON RIGHT REAR EXPERIENECED A BLOWOUT . CONSUMER REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AT A OWNERS EXPENSE.*AK AFTER STEEL BELT SEPARATION ON FRONT TIRES, THE CUSTOMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554877September 20, 2000
TIRES
RIGHT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT (P235/70R16) TIRES FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731951September 20, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD CAME OFF TIRE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE WITHOUT DAMAGE. I HAVE SENT THREE E-MAILS TO FORD, THREE E-MAILS TO FIRESTONE AND TWO E-MAILS TO THE DEALER WITH ONLY ONE FORM LETTER REPLY FROM FORD. I STILL HAVE TWO OF THESE TIRES ON MY TRUCK. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732038September 20, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I PURCHASED A NEW F-150 XL IN AUGUST 1997 WITH FACTORY FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES. THE ORIGINAL SET LASTED 1 YEAR UNTIL I HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE REAR, DRIVER-SIDE TIRE. THERE WAS A COMPLETE TIRE SEPARATION DOWN TO THE RIM WITHIN SECONDS (10). I BROUGHT THE TIRE TO DISCOUNT TIRE IN LAKE CHARLES,LA TO HAVE IT REPLACED WITH THE MATCHING TIRE. THE NEW TIRE WAS PLACED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND BECAUSE THE THREE OTHER TIRES STILL ONLY HAD ~15,000 MILES, NO ROTATION WAS PERFORMED. APRROXIMATELY 1 MONTH LATER, WITH ONLY 3000 MILES OF TREAD WEAR, I HAD A REMARKABLY SIMILAR BLOW-OUT AND TREAD SEPARATION AT 65 MPH, JUST DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN A CAREFUL, STRAIGHT DIRECTION. I RETURNED TO DISCOUNT TIRE AND EXPLAINED THAT I HAD JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED THE TIRES AND THAT I BELIEVED THE TIRES MUST BE DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THIS WAS MY SECOND COMPLETE TIRE SEPARATION ON THE SAME LOCATION OF MY VEHICLE UNDER NON-EXTREME DRIVING CONDITIONS. I INQUIRED AS TO WHETHER IT COULD BE A DEFECT IN THE TIRE OR THE VEHICLE. HE REASSURED ME THAT THIS WAS AN IMPOSSIBILITY. MY SECOND BLOW-OUT WITHIN 1 MONTH WAS ONLY A COINCIDENCE. I HAD TO PAY THE NOMINAL TREAD-WEAR FEE AND THE MOUNTING FEE. LESS THAN ABOUT 6000 MILES LATER, I HAD A BLOWOUT AT THE EXACT SAME TIRE WELL (RIGHT REAR). THE MANAGER ONCE AGAIN CONVINCED ME THAT I MUST BE RUNNING OVER DEBRIS ON THE INTERSTATE, EVEN THOUGH I WAS ALWAYS IN THE SLOW LANE AND NOT VEERING WITH MY RIGHT TIRE ONTO EITHER SHOULDER. THE MANAGER ONCE AGAIN CONVINCED ME THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THREE DEFECTIVE TIRES WAS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE (ALTHOUGH, THIS TIME, HE REPLACE AND MOUNTED MY TIRE FOR FREE). TO SHORTEN MY STORY, AFTER MANY FUTILE ATTEMPTS AND ABOUT TEN HOURS OF WAITING AT THIS INCOMPETENT STORE, OVER THREE VISITS, THEY REPLACED MY TIRE FOR FREE WITH A WILDERNESS AT ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE LOCATION AND I LEFT IT AT THAT. THE WILDERNESS AT NEVER BLEW OUT FROM 30,000 TO 45,000 MILES WHILE I STILL OWNED MY TRUCK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732076September 20, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF PICKUP. I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT DATE OF THE ACCIDENT BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 1997 OR 1998. ALL THE ORIGINAL TIRES HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871036September 20, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1997, F150, P235/75R16 SIZE. TREAD IS STARTING TO CRACK ALONG THE SIDEWALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870904September 19, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR EXTERIOR SHEET METAL IS CRACKING AND SEPARATING AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW, CRACK IS ABOUT ONE INCH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554699September 18, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE FRONT COVER SEALS AND INTAKE GASKETS FAILED CAUSING ANTI FREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE OIL. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554680September 18, 2000
TIRES
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TWO BLOWOUTS WITHIN 10 MILES OF EACH OTHER, THE TIRES WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P23570R16. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554683September 18, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731799September 18, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE TREAD SEEMS TO BE SEPERATING FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. THERE IS A SMALL WIRE MESH BETWEEN THE TWO.( DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731808September 18, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
I FEEL THAT AT 37000 MILES BALL JOINTS SHOULD NOT BE BAD THIS TRUCK IS WELL CARED FOR & DOES NOT GO OUT IN WOODS & GO 4 WHEELING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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