Ford F-150 Complaints

39,812 consumer complaints on file.

#871196September 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE.00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 75MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD AN EXPLOSION. HE WAS ABLE TO CONTOL VEHICLE, AND PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FIRESTONE, FR480 P2357515, # DOT VDHL. HE WILL CONTACT FIRESTONE.*AK ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FAILURES CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871209September 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00.020 ;WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED A LOUD NOISE. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER. ALL FOUR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE#AT, P23575R15. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871159September 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE-00-020 TIRES ARE DAYTON DURALON VERTEX, TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT NUMBER BEGINS WITH VDHL. TIRES ONLY HAD 6087 MILES ON THEM, TIRES WERE PURCHASED AS REPLACEMENT TIRES FOR A FORD 150, 1993. WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FRONT END VIBRATED, CAUSING POOR VEHICLE CONTROL. TIRES WAS INSPECTED AND WAS SHOWEN EVIDENCE OF INNER BELTS SEPARATING. *AK
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
#731962September 20, 2000
TIRES
I HAEV BEEN ADVISED AS FAR AS THE ADVISORY OF WILDERNESS HT TIRES CURRENTLY ON LIST, FOR 1 FIRESTONE DEALER IN MY ARE REFUSED TO INSPECT TIRES PERIOD. I DRIVE HIGHWAYS AND AT THIS POINT NOW WHERE THE TRUCK HAS BEEN DOCKED DUE TO QUESTIONABLE SAFETY OF TIRES. I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH FIRESTONE NUMEROUS TIMES AND FORD WHICH FORD WILL NO REPLACE THEM AT ALL PERIOD, THESE ARE FACT TIRES STILL ON VEH AND ARE LIKE NEW TO THIS DAY I REQUESTED REPLACEMENTS FROM FIRE WHICH THEY DENIED ME.( DOT NUMBER: W2 TIRE SIZE: 235 70 16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731996September 20, 2000
TIRES
THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH AN OCCURENCE DATE OF 10/9/99 WAS WHEN I LOCATED A LUMP IN THE LEFT SIDE FRONT TIRE. WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD MOVE SIDE TO SIDE AS THE LUMP OR RAISED PORTION OF THE WHEEL WOULD COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE ROAD. AT HIGHER SPEEDS IT FELT LIKE THE TIRE WAS OUT OF BALANCE. I FINALLY LOCATED THE LUMP AND HAD THE TIRE REPLACED. I WAS INFORMED AT THE TIME THE BELTS HAD SEPERATED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BUT ONLY AFTER THE PRICE HAD BEEN PRORATED ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS MUCH MORE SERIOUS. WHILE RETURNING HOME FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPERATED ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. I WAS TRAVELLING ON A HIGHWAY KNOWN AS THE CIMMARON TURNPIKE. THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE TURNPIKE IS 75 MPH. I NOTICED A VIBRATION AND THEN THE WHOLE TIRE LET GO. THE TREAD STRIPPRD OFF AND TORE UP THE WHOLE INSIDE OF THE FENDER AS IT CONTINUED TO GO AROUND. IT TORE OUT THE INNER FENDER WELL LINER . IT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THE TIRES BEING SHOWN ON THE NEWS REPORTS CONCERNING FIRESTONE. AFTER THESE TWO INCIDENTS THESE TIRES WERE REPLACED UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY BUT ONLY AFTER THEY HAD BEEN PRORATED. I REPLACED THE TWO REAR TIRES IN APRIL OF 2000 PRIOR TO TAKING A TRIP BECAUSE I THOUGT THEY MIGHT DO THE SAME THING.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/70SR16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732004September 20, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE TIRES ARE VISIBLEY SEPARATING AND IT HAS ME CONCERNED IN DRIVING MY 91 F150. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HL1PY TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
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
#731956September 20, 2000
TIRES
I TOOK MY TIRES TO A FORD DEALER AND SHOWED THEM. THE ONLY THING THEY SAID WAS THAT I BETTER GET THEM CHANGED OR PARK MY TRUCK. THESE TIRES STILL LOOK NEW. BUT THEY ARE GETTING AIR BUBBLES UNDER THE TREAD. BELTS ARE COMING APART OR BROKEN. BUT THE TREAD STILL LOOKS LIKE NEW. I DONT THINK IT IS FAIR , THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES AND WONT FIX THEM. I HAVE EVEN TALKED TO MY FORD DEALER ABOUT YOUR ADVISERY AND THEY SAID IT DOESNT MEAN ANYTHING TO THEM. PLEASE DONT LET THESE PEOPLE GET AWAY WITH THIS. MY WIFE AND 4 KIDS RIDE WITH ME, I CANT AFFORD TO LOOSE THEM BECOUSE SOME TIRE COMPANY FEELS LIKE THEY DONT HAVE A PROBLEM. THANKS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70/R1 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871017September 20, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
OWNER WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH FUEL FLOWING FROM ONE TANK TO ANOTHER & OVERFLOWING ONTO THE GROUND. BROUGHT VEHICLE IN 10/10/95. SPOKE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED THAT MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN 1996. OWNER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS OF FUEL TANK. TOOK TO DEALER & SERVICE MANAGER CHECKED FUEL TANKS & DID NOT FIND ANY VISIBLE SIGNS OF REPAIRS. RECALL CAMPAIGN #93V125000.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871044September 20, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES
A PROTION FROM OF UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK IS RETURNING TO THE SECOND TANK, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL; HOIWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871048September 20, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871114September 20, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR OIL CHANGE, AND MECHANIC POINTED OUT A HOLE INSIDE OF THE OIL PAN. FORD USED RECYCLEED OIL PANS. OIL PAN WAS LEAKING OUT OIL FROM UNDERNEATH. HE CONTACTED FORD AT THIS TIME THERE IS A SOLUTION.*AK THE GASKET AND THE OIL PAN FAILED DUE TO INCORRECT METAL USED BY MANUFACTURER. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871119September 20, 2000
TIRES
PE00 020; VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND SHE NOTICED DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. TIRE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS#HT P235/70R16. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK TWO TIRES HAD BUBBLE BY THE TREAD. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871066September 20, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 TO 50MPH TREAD OF BOTH REAR TIRES SEPARATED. TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH DIFFERENT BRAND. ALSO ANOTHER ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE DID THE SAME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871061September 20, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD, F150, 1994, P26575R15, DOT W29V 1N3 TIREES FAILED WITHIN ONE WEEK DUE TREAD SEPARATION ,THERE WERE BUBBLES IN BIG SECTION, IT CAME OFF THE CASING.*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

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