Ford F-550 Complaints

561 consumer complaints on file.

#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
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0
Deaths:
0
#8002028January 11, 2002
WHEELS:MULTI PIECE
WHEEL STUDS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING RIGHT REAR DUAL WHEELS TO FALL OF TRUCK, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
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No
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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
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No
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Injuries:
0
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0
#8001475January 3, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE RIGHT FRAME RAIL CRACKED AND BROKE IN HALF, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND WANTED DEALER TO GET IN TOUCH WITH FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE. *JG *AK
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No
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No
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0
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0
#8000734December 14, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
LEFT REAR OUTSIDE DUAL TIRE HAD SOME TREAD SEPARATION. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 1,836 MILES, MOUNTED ON A 2001, FORD, F550. *AK TIRE SIZE 225/70R19.5, CONSUMER STATED HE WAS NOTIFIED BY THE TIRE COMPANY OR FORD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VALVE STEMS UNTIL AFTER THE SECOND BLOW OUT OF THE TIRE.*SLC
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898740November 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY ALL OF A SUDDEN CLUTCH WENT OUT. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE INTO DEALER ALMOST EVERY 20OOO MILES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK THE VEHICLE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE CRUISE CONTROL GOES OFF WHILE DRIVING FOR NO REASON. THE BOLTS SHEERED OFF FROM THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, INJURING THE CONSUMERS SON, ALSO CONSUMER STATES EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ON RECALL, HOWEVER DID NOT SPECIFY IF REPAIRS HAD BEEN DONE.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
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
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No
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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
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896513September 19, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
MANUFACTURERS RECALL 01505. STEMS OF TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE, STEMS WILL NOT HOLD AIR INSIDE OF TIRES, AND HAD TWO BLOWOUTS. *AK GOOD YEAR REP. RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE VALVE STEMS AND TIRES, THERE IS NO PROBLEMS WITH BLOW OUT. * ET
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752184September 14, 2001
TIRES
TIRES ARE CRACKED, WEAR BARS WERE SHOWING AT 24,000 MILES, ONE TIRE IS EGG SHAPED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: CU9RHMTJ29 TIRESIZE: 225/70R19.)
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No
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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
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891740June 29, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY
FABRICATED ASSEMBLY THAT HOLDS 5TH WHEEL HAS EXCESSIVE WEARNESS. IT IS WOREN OUT.
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
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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
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890437June 15, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
RECALL 01V046000 ON VALVE STEMS DONE ON 24 APR.2001. DEALER ONLY INSPECTED VALVE STEMS, DID NOT REPLACE. THEN ON 1 JUNE 2001, WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH DRIVER'S REAR INSIDE TIRE WENT FLAT DUE TO FAULTY VALVE STEM. NO ACCIDENT. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890190June 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH REAR END OF VEHICLE LOCKED UP. DEALER STATED THAT REAR DIFFERENTIAL OIL PLUG FELL OUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, OIL LEAKED OUT AND CAUSED REAR END TO LOCK UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889876June 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING UPHILL VEHICLE WAS FINE. AS DOWNGRADING STARTED, CONSUMER NOTICED TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS NO BACK PRESSURE FROM LOWER GEARS. VEHICLE STILL AT DEALER AT THIS TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
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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
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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
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888298May 15, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
RECALL 01V046000 REPAIRS NOT AFFECTIVE BECAUSE NOT ALL VEHICLES HAD VALVE STEMS REPLACED. ALL DEALER DID WAS LOOK AT TIRE, AND IF TIRE WAS LEAKING, THEN THEY PUT SOME STICKERS ON VEHICLE. BUT, EVEN THOUGH CONSUMER'S TIRES WERE NOT LEAKING AFTER RECALL WAS DONE, THEY BLEWOUT. *AK THE VALVE STEM BREAKS OFF CAUSING TIRE TO DEFLATE. ALL VALVE STEMS SHOULD BE REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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