Ford E-350 Complaints (1997)

79 consumer complaints on file.

#705340April 6, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
OUR VEHICLE QUIT WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON A 2-LANE RURAL HWY. W/NO SHOULDER. IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLUTTERING ON & OFF AND THEN THE OTHER ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS STARTED TO FADE. THE ENGINE THEN QUIT TOTALLY. WE TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE; IT WOULD TURN OVER BUT NOT FIRE. AFTER APPROX. 10 MINUTES WE TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED AND RAN FINE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO THE GALLOWAY FORD DEALERSHIP ON 3/25/99, INV.#FDTS344292, AND THEY SAID THE FOLLOWING ON THE INVOICE: ROAD TESTED 48 MILES AT HWY SPEED AND STOP & GO SEED W/FIRM & SOFT ACCELERATION. 2 DIFFERENT EVENTS DID HAPPEN. AFTER SHORT DRIVE HEADING TOWARDS I-75, TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO NEUTRAL OUT, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK TO SHOP, BUT DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE WAY BACK. TOOK TO TECH. THEY TRIED 1 MORE TIME TO RECORD ON GPS, NEGATIVE RECORDING/TOOK OUT 1 MORE TIME. BEFORE GETTING OFF LOT, THE ENGINE SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO SHIFT, BUT JUST DIED. STARTED BACK UP. TOOK OUT AGAIN WITH GPS, NEITHER EVEN OCCURRED. AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING OR NOT UP SHIFTING. VERY VERY LOW SPEEDS . . . . BOB BROOKS. THE TECHNICIAN AND SERVICE ADVISER TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS OR HOW TO CORRECT IT. I THINK THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IT MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON AN INTERSTATE AND THE ENGINE QUIT? WITH NO ENGINE POWER, DO WE HAVE STEERING AND BRAKE CONTROL? I AM AFRAID TO USE MY VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS. ANY HELP YOU CAN BE WITH THIS PROBLEM WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836299March 30, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING AND CRACKING, CAUSING LOSS CONTROL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836190March 26, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ENTIRE FRONT END VIBRATES. ALSO, DEALER REPLACED ROTORD AT LEAST FIVE TIMES. AFTER ROTORS REPLACEMENT VIBRATION STOPPED FOR A SHIRT PERIOD, AND THEN STARTED AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831818January 12, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPYLING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831823January 12, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, PEDAL TRAVELS ALMOST TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831821December 4, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830994November 18, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THE AMBULANCE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM, SUCH AS CRACKED ROTORS/ FROZEN CALIPERS, AND HAD 3 REPLACED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDERS THIS MAY CAUSE NO BRAKING ABILITY OR EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#539506September 1, 1998
PARKING BRAKE
DUE TO FAILURE OF THE PARKING BRAKE WHICH DOES NOT RELEASE CAUSING OVERHEATING OF BRAKE SYSTEM DAMAGING THE CALIPERS AND ROTORS, WHILE BRAKING THE STEERING WHEEL PULLS VERY HARD ALMOST RESULTING IN SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#826846August 17, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
INTERMITTENT PROBLEM; WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A SUDDEN, GRAUDAL OR NORMAL STOP THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS OUT THE CONSUMER'S HAND, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE PULLING TO RIGHT HAND SIDE DUE TO THE REAR BRAKES THAT ARE NOT RELEASING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#823053May 5, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE VEERS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT AND ALSO VIBRATES. DEALER CAN'T FIND SOLUTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#534454April 22, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO 2ND GEAR WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND OVER CAUSING ENGINE TO RACE EXCESSIVELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#822487April 16, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A STOP POSITION OR COMING TO A STOP THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#532622March 12, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
VEHICLE CONTINUES TO VIBRATE AND MAKE NOISE AFTER ENGINE REPLACEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#821764March 2, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. CAUSE OF FIRE WAS DETERMINED BY FORD INSPECTOR TO BE A FAULTY ELECTRICAL CABLE THAT SHORTED OUT DUE HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS AND NO PROTECTION OF CABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#525163October 17, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS
RIGHT REAR BRAKE SHOES WERE WORN OUT DOWN TO THE METAL AND IT RUINES SIDE DRUMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#813718July 23, 1997
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
REAR SUSPENSION AXLES CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE FRAME SPRINGS A NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH. THEY APPARENTLY EXCEED THEIR LIMIT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#813639June 30, 1997
WHEELS:HUB
DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE HUB CAPS, THE HUB CAPS FALL OFF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO A MOTORIST VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS LOST 8 HUB CAPS WITHIN 6000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#812492May 23, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME OR PULLING A LOAD THE BRAKES BECOME WARM AND THE BRAKING POWER DECREASES. THE VEHICLE ALSO VIRBRATES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. VEHICLE SERVICED 8 OR 9 TIMES FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK FRONT BRAKE ROTOR WARP DUE TO HEAT WHICH LESSONS THE CONTACT OF THE PADS CAUSING POOR BRAKING AND VIBRATION. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#809725March 5, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THROTTLE: WHILE DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY APPROXIMATELY 65MPH AND HIT THE BRAKES TO TURN OFF CRUIISE CONTROL BECAUSE APPROACHING A GRADE, HAD FOOT ON BRAKE AND VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING AT AVERY HIGH IDLE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED, CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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