Ford F-550 Complaints

561 consumer complaints on file.

#888091May 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING CLUTCH BROKE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO REMAIN IN GEAR AT 65 MPH. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK CONSUMER STATES PRESSURE PLATE IN CLUTCH SHATTERED THREE TIMES WITHIN 46,000 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745243May 12, 2001
TIRES
FAILURE #1: SUDDEN BLOWOUT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN IOWA OF LEFT FRONT TIRE. TIRE IN SHREDS BY TIME I GOT OFF HIGHWAY. REPLACED TIRE AT OWN EXPENSE. (TIRESIZE: 225R7019.5)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225R7019.5 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888003May 11, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
DEALER ONLY REPLACED VALVE STEMS, REFUSED TO REPLACE LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD STATED IT WAS UP TO DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888004May 11, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
DEALER ONLY REPLACED VALVE STEMS, REFUSED TO REPLACE LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD SAID IT WAS UP TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAD RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOWOUT ON MAY 2, 2001; FRONT LEFT TIRE BLOWOUT ON MAY 8, 2001. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887915May 10, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
DEALER WILL ONLY REPLACE VALVE STEMS, NOT LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD SAYS IT'S UP TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 BLOWOUTS ON MAY 2 AND 3 , 2001; 1 RIGHT FRONT, AND 2 REAR TIRES, AFTER VALVE STEMS WERE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561056May 3, 2001
TIRES:VALVE
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (01S05) CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION OF THE VALVE STEM AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE, HOWEVER TIRE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744642April 27, 2001
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
REAR VIEW MIRRORS DO NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUPH TO SEE PAST THE TRUCK BODY CREATING A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY HAVE NOT OFFERED NO SOLUTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561548April 21, 2001
TRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING THE WELD IN THE FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE, CAUSING A SEPARATION OF THE UNITS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRAILER OVERTURNING. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885512April 10, 2001
TIRES, TIRES:VALVE
RECALL 01 V 046 000. THE RECALL STATES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A 12FEET INFLATOR DEVICE TO INFLATE TIRES; HOWEVER , FORD DOES NOT PROVIDE DEVICE.*AK CONSUMER FEELS IF SOMEONE WERE TO GET HURT IT WOULD BE HIS RESPONSIBILITY, THEREFORE CONSUMER DOES NOT WISH TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY REGULATIONS UNTIL THE INFLATION DEVICES ARE PROVIDED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885513April 10, 2001
TIRES, TIRES:VALVE
RECALL 01 V 046 000. RECALL STATES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A 12 FEET INFLATOR DEVICE; HOWEVER, FORD DOES NOT PROVIDE INFLATOR DEVICE.*AK CONSUMER FEELS IF SOMEONE WERE INJURED, THE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD FALL ON HIM, THEREFORE CONSUMER DOES NOT WISH TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY REGULATIONS UNTIL THE INFLATION DEVICES ARE PROVIDED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885514April 10, 2001
TIRES, TIRES:VALVE
RECALL 00 V 046 000. RECALL STATES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A 12 FEET INFLATOR TO INFLATE TIRES. HOWEVER, FORD DOES NOT PROVIDE INFLATOR DEVICE.*AK CONSUMER FEELS IF SOMEONE WERE INJURED, THE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD FALL ON HIM , THEREFORE CONSUMER DOES NOT WISH TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY REGULATIONS UNTIL THE INFLATION DEVICES ARE PROVIDED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560671April 5, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 5 MPH GOING UP A HILL, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO BE INSPECTED FOR THIS PROBLEM AND AFTER VARIOUS DIAGNOSIS AND ATTEMPTED REPAIRS IT WAS FINALLY DISCOVERED THAT MANUFACTURER INSTALLED A GASOLINE PUMP IN THE TRUCK INSTEAD OF A DIESEL FUEL PUMP, CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED ANOTHER PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING, THE TRUCK STALLED AND FUEL AND OIL SPILLED ON THE ROAD AND THEN CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRUCK RENTALS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882933March 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
WHILE WORKING ON SNOW TRUCK SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. DAYS LATER, A FIRE INVESTIGATOR SAID THAT FIRE HAD STARTED BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING IN TURBO, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO BURN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880030February 7, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
STABILIZER BAR HAS BROKEN 8 TIMES . FORD HAS MENTIONED THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM, BUT WAS NOT OFFERING TO DO ANYTHING FOR CONSUMER. THEY WERE JUST REPLACING PART. THEY HAD NOT TRIED TO FIND A PERMENANT SOLUTION. *AK THE DRIVE SHAFT MAKES NOISE WHILE DRIVING. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880031February 7, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
STABILIZER BAR HAS BROKEN SO MANY TIMES THAT THEY PURCHASED THEM BY HANDFULS TO KEEP THEM HANDY. MANUFACTURER KNOWS THERE'S AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM, AND ISN'T HELPING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880033February 7, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS REPLACING STABILIZER BAR. STABILIZER BAR HAS BROKEN AT LEAST 5-6 TIMES. FORD WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT WOULD NOT ASSIST AT THIS TIME. ONLY REMEDY THEY SEEMED TO HAVE WAS TO TO REPLACE BAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557701November 16, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING THE "HOT PIPE" TO THE TURBO-CHARGER BLEW OFF OF ITS COUPLING CAUSING LOSS OF POWER, THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND INSTALLED A NEW DESIGNED PIPE THAT WAS REDESIGNED DUE TO THE COMMON FAILURE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO THE FAULTY PART. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735171October 26, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
VARIOUS POSITIONS AND MILES. APPEARS TO BE A "ZIPPER FAILURE IN THE SIDEWALL"*AK (DOT NUMBER: CU8RHMTJ TIRESIZE: 225/70R19.)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872735October 11, 2000
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING ANY GEAR TO GET STUCK IN PLACE. DRIVER WOULD HAVE TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE GEAR. FORD HAD TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY TWICE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#733932October 10, 2000
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
TWO CLUTCH FAILURES WITHIN 80000 MILES. INTERSTATE DRIVEN ONLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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