Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#882387March 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE, MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH THE SENSOR WHEEL INSIDE DIFFERENTIAL. *AK THE BRAKES REQUIRE EXTRA PEDAL PRESSURE TO STOP. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741958March 5, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
ON 2/10/01 I WAS INVOLVED IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN THE FOOTHILLS NORTH OF BOULDER CO, WENT OFF A CURVE, ROLLED AN EMBANKMENT AND LANDED IN A RIVER. AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE. SUFFERED MUTIPLE BROKEN FACIAL BONES. HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE THIS. PLEASE CONTACT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#741877March 4, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
DRIVER OF THE TRUCK LIZABETH SALINAS, DRIVING NORTH ON INTERSTATE 25 FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO DENVER, VERY COLD OUTSIDE, APPROX 17 DEGREES , WELL BELOW FREEZING, I HAD THE HEAT ON THE LOWER VENTS ONLY, AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES I SWITCHED THE HEAT TO COME OUT THE DASH VENTS, SOON AFTER WITHOUT WARNING THE GLASS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW EXPLODED. I MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. GLASS WAS EVERYWHERE IN THE CAB, THE MAJORITY OF THE GLASS WAS IN THE RIGHT PASSENGER SEAT AND FLOOR, GLASS WAS ALSO FOUND IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. I HAD THE GLASS REPLACED WHILE I WAS AT WORK IN DENVER ($240.00 MY EXPENSE) DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE PAINT OUTSIDE RIGHT DOOR AND SIDE OF TRUCK ALSO THE RUBBER INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW WAS DAMAGED. THE INSIDE PLASTIC DOOR SURFACE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THE PAINT AND BODY WORK ON THE TRUCK, IT IS FORDS RESPONSIBILITY ANYWAY. I AM SUFFERING AN INJURED LEFT SHOULDER AND EAR ACHE IN MY RIGHT EAR. I NOTICED THE VENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE DASH WAS FACING DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT WINDOW. I BELIEVE THE HIGH HEAT BLOWING DIRECTLY ON THE GLASS CAUSED IT TO EXPLODE DURING OUR COLD WEATHER. THESE VENTS NEED TO BE LOWER SO THEY DON'T DIRECT INTENSE HEAT DIRECTLY ON THE GLASS, THIS MODEL TRUCK HAS THE LOWER CUT FRONT PART OF THE WINDOW TO ACCOMODATE THE NEW LARGER SIDE VIEW MIRRRORS. LUCKILY I HAD NO PASSENGER AND MAINTAINED CONTROL, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. DURING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS MOST FAMILIES CHOOSE TO DRIVE THEIR TRUCKS, TURNING ON THE HEAT IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IF IT HASN'T ALREADY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#741901March 4, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741862March 3, 2001
TIRES
CAN'T GET DOT NUMBER, NOTHING LEFT OF THAT PART OF TIRE BUT ROPES AND FIBERS. NO WARNING, NO NOISE TO INDICATE A BLOWOUT, JUST SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL AS THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE FELL APART. TREAD AND BELTS ALL COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER, SIDEWALLS SHREDDED. LOOKS LIKE THE TIRE PERFORATED AROUND ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE AT THE "BEADING". NOTHING LEFT OF SIDEWALLS EXCEPT "ROPES" CONNECTING INNER RIM TO TREAD SURFACE, CAN SEE ALL INDIVIDUAL LAYERS OF TREAD, BELTS AND FIBER SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER. FATHER STATES IT TOOK EVERY BIT OF STRENGTH (AND PAST RACING EXPERIENCE OF SEVERAL DECADES AGO) TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND KEEP IT FROM ROLLING. I AM KEEPING THIS TIRE IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO INSPECT IT, IT LOOKS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO THE ONES INVOLVED IN RECALL WHEN THEY FAILED. FATHER HAS NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE THIS WHEN IT WENT, INCLUDING WHEN RACING. HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIRE LOOK LIKE THIS AFTER A BLOWOUT. THE TREAD AND BELTS HAVE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER, ALL THE WAY AROUND! IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST FELL APART. THIS IS A DANGEROUS TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: SHREDDED TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741874March 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
DEALER REPLACED WARPED ROTORS, CALIPERS AND PADS TO ELIMINATE PULSATING. PULSATION IS BEGINNING TO RECUR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881999March 2, 2001
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
CONSUMER JUST BROUGHT TRUCK 2 WEEKS AGO AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE BUMPS AND BRUISES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#881665February 28, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
DRIVER WAS PREPARING TO ENTER PARKING SPACE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENDLY LOST ALL POWER BRAKES AND STEERING POSSIBLY CAUSED BY HYDROBOOST UNIT LOSS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE POWER STEERING UNIT HAS BEEN REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741623February 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON FEBRUAARY 3, 2001 MY WIFE WAS PULLING INTO THE CUSTOMER PICKUP AREA OF SEARS IN AMARILLO, TEXAS AS SHE PULLED UP TO THE PICKUP AREA AND REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND OUR PICKUP TRUCK RAMMED THE BACKEND OF ANOTHER PICKUP TRUCK IN FROM HER. SHE SHIFTED TO REVERS, THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING AT A RAPID SPEED, TO BACK AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE THAT SHE HAD RAMMED. SINCE THE ENGINE WS RUNNING AT A HIGH SPEED, OUR VEHICLE RACED BACKWARD. IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM BACKING TNTO SOMEONE BEHINDHER, SHE THEN SHIFTED INTO FORWARD GEAR AND RAMMED THE PICKUP IN FRONT OF HER AGAIN. ALL OF THIS TIME THE REAR TIRES WERE SPINNING AND SMOKING. AFTER SHE RAMMED THE PICKUP THE SECOND TIME, SHE TURNED THE IGNITION OFF TO STOP THE CRAZY SITUATION. HAD SHE KNOWN, OF COURSE, THAT THE THROTTLE WAS GOING TO STAY ENGAGED AT HIGH SPEED, SHE WOULD HAVE KILLED THE ENGINE EARLIER. THE COMBINATION OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKES AND AN UNCONTROLLABLE THROTTLE IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTOR.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741628February 27, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
ALL 5 GOODYEAR WARNGLER AP TIRES AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON TRUCK WERE DEFECTIVE WITH BULGES ON SIDEWALLS. BITTERROOT FORD REP DENIED THAT TIRES HAD ANY DEFECTS AND WOULD HAVE "PUT THEM ON HIS WIFE'S CAR" AND IN FACT SAID THAT THEY HAD THE EXACT SAME MODEL TIRES IN THEIR INVENTORY WITH THE SAME BULGES ON THE SIDEWALLS, BUT FOR CUSTOMER RELATIONS THEY WOULD REPLACE THEM AND HE REFUSED TO GIVE US GOODYEAR PHONE NUMBER. HOWEVER, WE DID GET THE GOODYEAR PHONE NUMBER FROM OTHER SOURCES AND CALLED GOODYEAR TIRE DIRECT WHO HAD US GO DIRECTLY TO THEIR GOODYEAR TIRE DEALER IN POLSON, MONTANA, WHO EXAMINED ALL 5 TIRES WHICH INCLUDED THE SPARE (WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN ON THE GROUND) AND VERIFIED THAT ALL 5 TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE WITH BULGES ON THE SIDEWALLS. HE THEN DIRECTLY INFORMED GOODYEAR TIRE AND THEY IMMEDIATELY AUTHORIZED HIM TO REPLACE WITHNO PRO-RATE REDUCTION ALL 5 OF THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER AP TIRES WITH ANOTHER MODEL THEIR TIRES. (DOT NUMBER: 302003-GRF TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881543February 27, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING
DOOR LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING, AND WHENBRAKES ARE APPLIED INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT AND THEY DON'T TURN OFF UNTIL HE STARTS DRIVING, THE LIGHTS CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881546February 27, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES
WHEN SWITCHING FROM FRONT TANK TO REAR TANK THERE IS A LEAK PRESENT DUE TO FUEL LINE CLAMP THAT DOES NOT HOLD LINES SECURE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559821February 26, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
LOSS OF CONTROL CAUSED BY STEERING SECTOR SHAFT FAILURE, BODY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL. CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741553February 26, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
EAST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 10, 20 MI WEST OF BUCKEYE AZ, AT 1630 AT 75 MPH WHEN L REAR TIRE BLEW. SIDEWALL APPEARS TO HAVE DISINTEGRATED. 1200 LB. CAMPER ON, NO KNOWN PREV DAMAGE. ALMOST ALL MILES FREEWAY DRIVING. *AK (DOT NUMBER: DB6447P TIRESIZE: LT265/75 R)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560409February 25, 2001
STEERING
THE CONSUMER ACCELERATED FROM A STOP TO MAKE A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY TURNED RIGHT MIDWAY IN THE TURN, THE VEHICLE HIT A GUARD DAMAGING RIGHT CONTROL ARM, AXLE MOUNT, RIGHT HEADLIGHT AND FENDER, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS ACCIDENT OCCURED DUE TO FAULTY STEERING COMPONENT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741481February 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
UNDER WARRANTY ROTORS MACHINED AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED. SECOND TIME, ROTORS MACHINED AND NEW FORD PART NUMBER FOR PADS REPLACED. BRAKE FAILURE POSSIBLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT WITH INJURY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559806February 23, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED MANY PROBLEMS WITH POWER STEERING, DEALER HAS REPLACED ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN, HYDRAULIC LINES TWICE ON POWER STEERING PUMP, HYDRA BOOST TWICE, POWER STEERING UNIT, AND HAD TO FILL POWER STEERING FLUID BECAUSE IT WAS LOW, DURING THESE REPAIRS DEALER HAS MADE THE AFTERMARKET SECURITY SYSTEM FAIL, POWER WINDOWS FAIL, AND TURN SIGNALS FAIL, DEALER AGREED TO PAY FOR THE AFTERMARKET SECURITY SYSTEM FAILURE, HOWEVER HAS NOT DONE SO, CONSUMER HAS EXHAUSTED EVERY RESOURCE TO HAVE PROBLEM CORRECTED AND FEELS FORD SHOULD BUY VEHICLE BACK. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741395February 23, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
NOTICED SMOKE BILLOWING OUT FROM UNDER THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WITHIN SECONDS THE CAB WAS FILLED WITH BLACK SMOKE AND THE FLAMES BROKE THROUGH THE DASHBOARD. THIS HAPPENED SO FAST THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE NO FIREWALL BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. THE FIRE WAS SO HOT IT MELTED PIECES OF THE TRUCK, AND THE TIRES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881293February 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
WHEN DRAINING WATER SEPARATOR DIESEL FUEL WILL DRIP ON SIDE OF ENGINE, CAUSING FIRE HAZARD. THERE IS NO SAFETY DEVICE OR HOSE TO PREVENT DRIPPING. *AK THE FUEL ALSO DRIPS UNDER NEATH THE VEHICLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881361February 23, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
RECALL 93V125000 PERFORMED IN 1994, VEHICLE HAS SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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