1996 Ford Econoline Problems & Complaints

APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES ON A 800 MILE ROAD TRIP WHEN IT WAS 90 DEGREES OR HOTTER IN THE AFTERNOON MY 1996 E350 MOTORHOME WOULD STOP RUNNING AT HIGHWAY SPEED STRANDING US IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON I40. AFTER SITTING IDLE FOR 30-60 MINUTES IT WOULD START AND RUN MAYBE 30 MILES AND STOP. IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING OR MORNING IT WOULD RUN AS LONG AS NEEDED. THE PROBLEM IS AN INADEQUATE FUEL PUMP WHICH IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON MANY INTERNET BLOGS. IN MID YEAR 1996 FORD UPGRADED TO A TURBINE FUEL PUMP WHICH I HAVE NOW PAID $450 TO INSTALL. THIS UPGRADE SOLVES THE PROBLEM. I WAS ALSO STRANDED AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS ALSO. I READ THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WHICH I CANNOT FIND. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ORIGINAL FUEL PUMP WAS A GEROTOR WHICH CAUSED CAVITATION OF FUEL WHICH CAUSED AIR TO REACH THE FUEL RAIL CAUSING THE VAPOR LOCK LIKE PROBLEM.

ABS SPORADICALLY CAUSES DIFFICULTY IN PRESSING THE BREAK PEDAL WHILE RHYTHMICALLY PULLING HARD RIGHT. HIGHWAY OR SURFACE SPEEDS. GOOGLE HAS MANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO FIX. NO CODES ARE THROWN. DEALERS ARE NO HELP. MUST DISABLE THE ABS BY PULLING THE 60AMP FUSE.

MY VEHICLE ACCORDING THE NHTSA HAS RECALL #09V399000 FOR THE BRAKE SYSTEM SPEED CONTROL WHICH CAN CATCH ON FIRE EVEN IN THE GARAGE WITH THE VEHICLE OFF. I ASKED FORD TO REPAIR THIS BECAUSE I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AND THEY CLAIM THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE, AND I KNOW THERE IS AND I KNOW THE RECALL HASN'T BEEN INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE. ARE THEY SAYING THIS BECAUSE TIME RAN OUT TO HAVE THIS DONE BECAUSE I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE OR DO THEY JUST NOT WANT TO? THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. *JS

THIS ISSUE WAS ON A 1996 FORD F350 AMBULANCE ON ROUTE TO EMERGENCY CALL WHEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND LOST ALL POWER LIKE IT WAS OUT OF FUEL 7.3 LITER DIESEL AND TANK WAS FULL. HAD UNIT TOWED TO CROSS WOOD FORD IN KERNERSVILLE NC AND $2700.00 LATER AFTER NEW FUEL TANK FUEL PUMP 6 INJECTORS AND TURBO DUE TO LINER INSIDE OF TANK CAME OFF AND CLOGGED THE FUEL SYSTEM AND ENGINE FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS NO HELP AND SAID SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO RESOLVE THE COST ISSUES. *TR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND UPON ENTERING NOTICED THE SMELL OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. STARTED THE VEHICLE, ODOMETER WAS INOPERABLE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, FOUND A BLOWN 15 AMP FUSE IN THE FUSE PANEL. REPLACED FUSE, ODOMETER CAME BACK ON AND VEHICLE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK. APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS LATER, THE SMELL OF BURNING WIRING WAS EVIDENT, AS WAS SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED THE FUSE BACK OUT, OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH ON FIRE, WHICH MELTED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR AS WELL AS THE BATTERY CASING ALSO. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH DOES NOT LOCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT RELEASE OPEN IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS OR EXIT THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FAULTY DOOR CABLE. THE FAILURE INVOLVED BOTH SIDE DOORS AND REAR DOOR. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE DOOR CABLE KIT AND PERFORMED THE REPAIR HIMSELF. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 01/20/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A FLAW IN THE MECHANICS THAT OPERATES THE DOORS THAT CAN BECOME INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CABLES OPERATING THE LATCHES CAN AND DO FAIL BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE OF VINYL AND IN TIME FAIL. UPDATED 01/20/12

A CHROME COLOR GRILLE ABOUT 2.5 FEET WIDE AND 6" TALL FLEW OFF THE FRONT OF OUR 1996 F150 FORD VAN WHILE WE WERE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I NOTICED OTHER SIMILAR FORD VANS THAT HAVE ALSO LOST THE SAME FRONT GRILL PART. WE WERE GOING 55 MPH DOWN A 2 LANE HIGHWAY AND A LARGE TRUCK WAS GOING THE OTHER WAY. THE GUST OF AIR FROM THE PASSING TRUCK WAS SUFFICIENT TO TEAR OFF THE GRILL PART AND CAUSE IT TO FLY OVER THE TOP OF OUR VAN. *TR

DISCOVERY OF CRACKED FRONT ROTORS ON MY 1996 E-350 MOTORHOME. FIRST CRACKED ROTOR FOUND IN MAY 2007 WITH 35,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. SECOND CRACKED ROTOR FOUND IN SEPTEMBER 2009 WITH 41,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD E-150. WHENEVER THE CONTACT STARTS THE ENGINE AND DEPRESSES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE ENGINE BECOMES STUCK AT A HIGH RPM AND WILL NOT RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION. THE FAILURE CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO EITHER SURGE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS DEPENDING ON WHAT GEAR IT IS IN AT THE TIME. THE ENGINE HAS TO BE TURNED OFF IN ORDER TO RESTORE THE VEHICLE TO A PROPER SPEED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKES DO NOT HOLD OR STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGED. THE FIRST TIME THIS FAILURE OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE AT 10 MPH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES; HOWEVER, THE REAR WINDOW WAS DAMAGED. THROUGH RESEARCH, THE CONTACT FOUND NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THIS DEFECT ON THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP TWICE. DURING THE FIRST VISIT, THE MECHANIC CLEANED OUT THE ENGINE, ENGINE THROTTLE, AND CABLES. THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED FOR TWO MONTHS BEFORE IT RECURRED AGAIN. DURING THE SECOND VISIT, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SHOP AND THE MECHANIC CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS LUBRICATED PROPERLY. THE SHOP DID NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE FAILURE WOULD NOT RECUR. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 152,000.

FIRST MY ENGINE SEEMED TO OVERHEAT A BIT THEN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT WOULD SOUND LIKE THE ENGINE WAS GRINDING ON SOMETHING AND WOULDN'T STOP.. SOUNDED LIKE A BUNCH OF CHAINS IN MY HOOD. BUT THEN ON OCCASIONS THE STUPID THING WOULDN'T SHUT OFF WHEN IT WAS MAKING THE CHAIN SOUND, EVEN WITH MY KEY OUT. IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN AND NOW THE THING SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING IS BURNING AND I HAVE NO POWER WHAT SO EVER IN MY VEHICLE. BEFORE WHEN IT FINALLY SHUT OFF IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO SPARK. THEN IT WAS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE THAT WASN'T COOL. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WITH TRUCK IN GEAR AND CLUTCH PEDAL DOWN, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CLUTCH RELEASED WITH THE PEDAL STILL DOWN CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LURCH INTO THE STREET ABOUT 15 FT BEFORE I COULD STOP WITH THE BRAKES. THE CARS IN THE STREET WERE ABLE TO AVOID ME BUT I WAS VERY SHAKEN. I FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS THE "CLUTCH ROD END PLASTIC BUSHING AND RETAINER" HAD FAILED ALLOWING THE CLUTCH TO RELEASE WITHOUT THE PEDAL. THIS WAS REPLACED BUT FAILED AGAIN 6 MONTHS LATER. FORTUNATELY I ALWAYS KEEP THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL WHEN STOPPED NOW SO IT WAS ONLY AN INCONVENIENCE. CHECKING THE INTERNET FOR A FIX I FOUND SEVERAL COMPANIES THAT MAKE A REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR THIS BECAUSE OF ALL THE FAILURES. I HAVE BEEN KEEPING THE "ROD END" IN PLACE WITH WIRE AND ALWAYS KEEP IN NEUTRAL TO PREVENT ANOTHER FAILURE BUT HAVE ORDERED A REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY AN EBAY COMPANY TO PREVENT THIS VERY DANGEROUS FAILURE FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. WHY HASN'T FORD NOTIFIED ANYONE ABOUT THIS POSSIBLE CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING FAILURE AND AT LEAST SUPPLIED PARTS TO FIX THIS CORRECTLY. *TR

THERE IS A PRESSURE SWITCH ON MY MASTER CYLINDER OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THERE IS O LISTED RECALL FOR MY PICKUP TRUCK HOW EVER AFTER ABOUT $900.00 AND 2 DIFFERENT AUTO SHOPS I FOUND THIS SWITCH TO BE THE DEFECTIVE PART AND WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER JIM CLICK OF TUSCON AZ AND THE PARTS GUY GAVE ME THE PART I REQUESTED I QUESTIONED THE WIRING HARNESS ADAPTOR AND WHY THE SWITCH WAS NOT THE SAME AS I BROUGHT HIM. HE STATED WELL THERE WAS A LOT OF FAILURES WITH THE OLD DESIGN AND IT WAS A RECALL I STATED WELL SHOULDN'T THE PART BE FREE NO RESPONSE - - THE DEFECT IN THE PART WAS AN AIR LEAK CAUSING ME TO CHASE IT FOR A YEAR ON AND OFF CONSTANTLY BLEEDING LITTLE AIR BUBBLES OUT WITH OVER A GALLON OF FLUID. I NOTICED IT WITH JUST THE EVER SO SLIGHT OF DIRT STICKING TO THE LEAK ON THE UNDER SIDE OF SWITCH WHICH COULD NOT BE SEEN. THIS LEAK RESULTED IN A CONSTANTLY SOFT PEDAL WITH A ABOUT A 1-2 SECOND BRAKING DELAY. I CHECKED TO FORD SITE AND THE ONLY EXISTING RECALL IS A SPEED SENSOR. NOT FOR THIS PART. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 1996 FORD ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE ON JANUARY 14, 2008 WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE ENGINE AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED FORD RECALL NOTICE NUMBER 05S28 THE FIRST WEEK IN MAY OF 2008. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 122,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN FEBRUARY OF 2008. SINCE THAT TIME, HE HAS CALLED THE DEALER FIVE TIMES AND WAS INFORMED TO CALL BACK THE FOLLOWING WEEK. ON APRIL 2, 2008, HE WAS INFORMED TO CALL BACK IN AUGUST. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE PURCHASE DATE, POWERTRAIN, AND RECALL NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000. UPDATED 04/16/08 *BF UPDATED 04/16/08 *TR

1996 FORD ECONOLINE WITH FUSED JUMPER HARNESS RECALL. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER KEEPS TELLING HIM THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER IS VERY UPSET WITH THE UNSATISFACTORY WAY THIS RECALL IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF. *KB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V336000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE DEALER REPLACED THE SWITCH A FEW MONTHS AGO; HOWEVER, FORD IS CURRENTLY SENDING THE CONTACT ANOTHER LETTER STATING THAT THE PART THEY REPLACED WAS STILL DEFECTIVE, AND HE NEEDS TO MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. THE LETTER REQUESTS THAT HE LEAVE THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALER WHILE IT IS BEING REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR YEARS AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT IT COULD CATCH FIRE. HE IS SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD ECONOLINE. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE CRUISE CONTROL AND DESTROYED ALL OF THE SWITCHES, BUTTONS, AND MIRROR ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES. UPDATED 5/20/08 *CN

1996 FORD EXPLORER, 4X4. DRIVING IN DESERT WENT OVER A BUMP A LITTLE FAST, WHICH SET OFF MY AIRBAGS. MY RIDER IS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR BROKEN NOSE, CHEEK AND SOME KIND OF SMOKE INHALATION. MY WINDSHIELD IS BROKEN BECAUSE THE BAG HIT THE MIRROR WHICH THEN HIT THE WINDSHIELD. MY STEERING WHEEL IS DESTROYED, CRUISE CONTROL AND HORNS ARE OUT OF SERVICE. BEFORE I COULD DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN I HAD TO CUT THE AIRBAGS OUT. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR EXCEPT WHAT THE AIRBAGS DID. I WANT THIS ALL FIXED AT FORD'S EXPENSE. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR 10 YEARS WITH NO PROBLEMS EXCEPT; RECALLED TIRES, STEERING BARS AND BRAKES (ALL RECALL). *TR

MY 1996 MERCURY VILLAGER DEVELOPED A FAILURE IN THE AIR FLOW SENSOR (PART $330) THAT RESULTED IN VEHICLE STALLS, INCLUDING STOPS ON THE HIGHWAY, THAT NEARLY RESULTED IN CRASHES. THE REQUIRED REPAIRS EXCEEDED $500. I KNOW FORD HAS A SIMILAR RECALL OUT NOW FOR THE 1997-2003 (/) MODELS). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD ECONOLINE. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 24 HOURS, IT BURST INTO FLAMES. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY SOMETHING ELECTRICAL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. PERSONAL ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE YARD WERE BURNED AND DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED LAST NOVEMBER FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V286000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE CRUISE CONTROL NEVER WORKED PROPERLY AFTER THE REPAIR WAS MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 157,000. UPDATED 02-19-08 *BF

TIRE ON 2 CASES BLEW THE TREAD AND BELT, THE LATER OF THE TWO INCIDENCES WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH THAT TOTALED THE VEHICLE, AND RESULTED IN TWO INJURIES TO BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER. BOTH NEEDED TO BE HOSPITALIZED.*AK

THE MORNING OF 23 DEC 2006 AROUND 5:00 AM, MY 1196 FORD ECONOLINE CONVERSION VAN CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. DUE TO THE INTENSE HEAT MY HOME SUFFERED FIRE DAMAGE AS WELL. THERE WERE NO KNOWN MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VAN. IT WAS RUNNING LIKE A CHAMP UNTIL THIS INCIDENT.

1996 FORD E-150 SERPENTINE BELT, AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, IGNITION MODULE REPLACED, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, TIE RODS REPLACED, FUEL PUMP REPLACED. *KB

1996 FORD ECONOLINE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM REPEATEDLY CAUSED THE VAN TO BREAK DOWN. *KB THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR SEIZED AND THE SERPENTINE BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE IGNITION MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH FAILED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING AND THE ABS, AIR BAG AND ENGINE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. *JB

BROKEN FRONT SPRING ON 1996 ECONOLINE VAN APPARENTLY DUE TO CORROSION ISSUE. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AND STATES THAT BROKEN SPRING MAY OR MAY NOT COME LOSE AND RESULT IN A SAFETY HAZARD. *NM

1996 CLUB WAGON CHATEAU THEFT ALARM CAME ON/OFF CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO START THE NEXT MORNING. *TS THE ALARM ONCE AGAIN SOUNDED AND WAS TURNED OFF. A FEW HOURS LATER THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE'S CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH HAD FAILED PRIOR TO THE CONSUMER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED IN THE FIRE. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED. THE FIRE WAS LOCALIZED UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 06V286000 WHICH PERTAINED TO THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS LEAKING FLUID. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL ON OTHER FORD VEHICLES. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, THE REPAIR WERE MADE FOR A FEE. ALSO EVERY 25000 MILES, THE OIL PAN GASKET NEEDED TO BE CHANGED DUE A SMALL LEAK. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THIRD, THE EXHAUST AND INTAKE MANIFOLDS WERE LEAKING CAUSING A NOXIOUS SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE SAME SERVICE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH MANIFOLDS, AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK DRIPPING ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM.

DRIVING DOWN EXPRESSWAY, STOPPED TO DROP NEWPHEW OFF VAN SMELLED HOT/BURNING OPENED HOOD FIRE PRESENT. CRUISE CONTROL PART ON RECALL FOR OTHER FORDS STARTED FIRE. PUT FIRE OUT. FORD REFUSES TO PAY FOR PART EVEN THOUGH EXACT PART ON RECALL, BECAUSE IT IS ON A VAN NOT A TRUCK. IT IS STILL THE SAME FAULTY PART AS THE TRUCKS. HAS BURNED CRUISE CONTROL, BRAKE FLUID CHAMBER ELECTRICAL WIRES UNDER IT AND SHORTED OUT ALTERNATOR. *NM

ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 11, 2005 WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY I EXPIRED A SUDDEN SPIKE IN TEMPERATURE ON MY 1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. AFTER TAKING MY CAR TO A FORD DEALERSHIP I WAS INFORMED THAT MY "PLASTIC" INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION AND HAD NEVER RECEIVED ANY SORT OF CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION FROM FORD. I HEARD ABOUT THE MANIFOLD ISSUE FROM A FELLOW EMPLOYEE. THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS FOR THIS FAULTY MANIFOLD WAS $978.00. I FEEL IF THEY KNEW THEY NEEDED TO UPDATE IT WITH AN ALUMINUM MANIFOLD THAN THEY KNEW THE PLASTIC ONES WERE FAULTY.*JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP REPLACED A 15 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE HOURS IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS RELATED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL. UPDATED 12/07/05. *JB

ON SUNDAY MORNING AT ABOUT 6 AM THE ALARM OF OUR VAN WENT OFF. IT WOKE US UP. THE ENGINE OF THE VAN WAS ON FIRE. WE CALLED THE 911 AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME. MY HUSBAND TRIED TO USE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUT HE COULD NOT OPEN THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE.THE LAST TIME I DROVE THE VAN WAS ABOUT 8:30 PM ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IT WAS FINE THEN WHILE IT WAS BURNING IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO START. ONE FIREMAN SAID THAT SOUND WAS FROM THE WIRES BURNING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT IS A 1996 FORD [XXX] FORD E 350 LIMITED REGENCY THE MILEAGE WAS ABOUT79362. A STICKER ON THE WINDSHIELD SAYS BUILT WITH PRIDE ECONOLINE BY LORAIND OHIO ASSEMBLY UAW 425 2000. WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE CAR ALARM. WE WERE NOT DUE TO WAKE UP UNTIL AN HOUR LATER. WE THINK IT IS TOTALED BECAUSE THE WHOLE FRONT SIDE IS BURNED AND THE WINDSHIELD BROKE. ALL THE SEATS ARE STILL IN GOOD SHAPE. THE POLICE CAME TO THE SCENE BUT WHEN WE WENT TO GET THE REPORT WE FOUND THAT THE POLICE MAN DID NOT MAKE A REPORT. HE DIDN'T EVEN SPEAK TO US. LATER WE LEARNED THAT SHIFT CHANGE HAPPENS THAT TIME OF MORNING. (A POLICE MAN WHO GOES TO OUR CHURCH TOLD US ABOUT THE SHIFT CHANGE) HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY A REPORT WAS NOT TAKEN. *NM UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: THE CONTACT BOUGHT 4 NEW TIRES AROUND JUNE-2002. 3 FAILED. THE FIRST ONE FAILED IN 6-04, THE SECOND ONE BLEW OUT IN 3-05, AND THE THIRD ONE FAILED ON 8-15-05. NOTICED THE BUBBLES BEFORE THE OTHER TWO BLEW OUT. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THEM AT NO COST; BUT WAS WORRIED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE THE SAME TIRE. THE TIRE BRAND NAME IS BIG O. THE DOT NUMBERS ARE B4KV3800; UTRK-266E R-44448 K-9184 1914. THE TIRE LINE IS: LT235/75R15. *AK *JB

DT: THE CALLER SAID THAT WHILE AT WORK HIS VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT WAS SITTING FOR 2 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES. VEHICLE WAS SITTING ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THE CALLER WORKED, AND THE NEIGHBORS SAW THE FIRE AND HELPED PUT IT OUT ALONG WITH A PASSING POLICE OFFICER. FIRE WAS CAUGHT IN TIME, AND NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS CAUSED. DEALER /MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

1996 FORD ECONOLINE VAN WAS PARKED ON MY PROPERTY. IT STARTED ON FIRE WHICH SPREAD SO QUICKLY THAT THE WHOLE VAN WAS BURNT BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THE FIRE STARTED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BUT CAN NOT DETERMINE WHAT STARTED IT ALTHOUGH WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR REPORT. THIS VAN WAS NOT PARKED NEAR ANYTHING FLAMMABLE NOR WAS THERE ANYTHING FLAMMABLE IN THE VAN. THE FIRE WAS SO HOT THE WINDSHIELD MELTED. WE NOW HAVE NO VAN AND NO EXPLANATION OF WHY IT WOULD START ON FIRE. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WOULD NOT TAKE A REPORT UNLESS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SUSPECTS ARSON.

ON JUNE 25TH I CHANGED THE BATTERY ON MY 1996 FORD E150 BECAUSE THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR LATER I HEARD THE ALARM GOING OFF. WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I RAISED THE HOOD AND THE SENDING UNIT ON THE MASTER CYLINDER FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SMOKING AND THE WHITE SMOKE WAS INCREASING BY THE SECOND. I PULLED THE WIRES THAT WERE LEADING TO IT AND THE SMOKED STARTED TO DISAPATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING AND THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. ON JUNE 29, I WAS WATCHING THE JANE PAULY SHOW ON CNN. THEY WERE REPORTING ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THIS SAME PART ON THE FORD F150 PICKUPS. I BELIEVE THAT IF MY ALARM HAD NOT SOUNDED MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE LIKE THE PICKUP TRUCKS IN THE REPORT. AS OF YET I STILL HAVE NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND ALL PARTS ARE AS THEY WERE ON THE DAY OF THE INCEDENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE I WILL LEAVE THE VEHICLE THIS WAY SO YOU CAN INSPECT THE PROBLEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE. PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP SO I KNOW HOW TO PROCEED.

ON 06/03/2005, A GOVERNMENT OWNED, 1996 FORD BRONCO, WAS OBSERVED ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN A PARKING GARAGE. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TURNED OFF AND PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT HOURS WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED. THE FIRE WAS OBSERVED AT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND BURNED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE IT COULD BE EXTINGUISHED. THE FIRE WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH.

INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED ON 1996 THUNDERBIRD IN 2000. IT IS NOW CRACKED, AND AFTER SPENDING 550.00 TO FIND THAT OUT, THERE IS NOTHING FORD WILL DO EVEN THOUGH IT IS ON CAMPAIGN (97M91). NOW I CAN NOT DRIVE MY CAR.

1996 FORD E150 EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES.*MR THE FAILED PART WERE AT THE ABS CONTROL VALVE AND EXTENDED TO THE FRONT BRAKES. FOUR MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. *NM

THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MADE THE ASSUMPTION OF IT BEING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.

1. I WAS TRAVELING A 35 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. THE ROAD WAS DRY. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY, AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC IN A TWO LANE ROAD. AS I APPROACHED STANDING TRAFFIC AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT I BEGAN TO SLOW GRADUALLY WITH ENGINE BRAKING. AS I APPOACHED THE STOPPED CAR I BEGAN TO TOUCH THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED NO BRAKING EFFECT. I THAN PRESSED THE PEDAL A COUPLE MORE INCHES, AND STILL THERE WAS LITTLE BRAKING EFFECT. I THEN PRESSED AS HARD AS I COULD, AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW GRADUALLY, BUT NOT IN TIME TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR STOPPED AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE DONE TO THE STANDING VEHICLE, BUT ONLY BECAUSE I WAS TRAVELING SO SLOWLY AND HAD BEGUN TO ANTICIPATE THE STOP IN PLENTY OF TIME. HAVING BEEN AN AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC IN YEARS PAST, I DETERMINED THAT THE FAULT WAS IN THE VACUUM BOOSTER OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED REPAIR SHOP AND HAD THE BRAKE SYSTEM EVALUATED. THEY EXAMINED THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM AND COULD FIND NO REASON FOR THE FAILURE. THEY SAID THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MOMENTARY FAILURE OF THE ABS OR VACUUM BOOSTER SYSTEMS, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE FAULT UNLESS IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE THEY WERE TESTING THE VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

1996 FORD F-150 2WD MILEAGE 112,500 (WELL MAINTAINED) OSS OF STEERING RESULTING FROM SOMETHING INSIDE STEERING BOX DISENGAGING. CAUSING NO CONTROL FROM OPERATOR OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE PULLED TO RIGHT AND HIT PARKED CAR, ONCE PASS PARKED CAR VEHECLE CONTINUED TO PULL TO RIGHT, OVER THE LAWN AND HITTING ANOTHER PARKED CAR IN DRIVWAY BEFORECOMING TO A STOP NTIRE INCIDENT TOOK 3 SECONDS. I WAS ON I SIDE STREET CLOSE TO HOME DOING ABOUT 30-35 MPH, HAD IT BEEN A HIGHWAY, PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. LSO AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHY! PLEASE SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS!*AK

THE ABS WILL NOT ENGAGE WHEN BRAKING DURING A EMERGENCY SITUATION OR A SUDDEN STOP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO A REPAIR SHOP ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FRONT PADS AND BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *JB

THE ROOF ON MY 1996 FORD ECONOLINE WITH MOUNTED RACK HAS PAINT THAT HAS PEELED OFF AND BEGINNING RUST, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE RACK AND EDGES OF ROOF. IT IS A BLUE METALLIC PAINT AND IS SEPARATING FROM THE PRIMER, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS A DEFECT KNOWN AS DELAMINATION CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE PRIMER AND NORMAL ENVIRONMENT CONDITION OF ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE, A DEFECT THAT WAS LATENT FROM THE DATE IT WAS PAINTED AND HAS NOW BECOME VERY APPARENT. ESTIMATE TO REPAIR ROOF IS $1220.80 MILEAGE IS 55,834.*JB

I HAVE 2 1996 FORD E250 VANS. THEY BOTH LEAK GAS OUT THE FILL TUBE IF I FILL THEM ALL THE WAY UP. ESPECIALLY IF I PARK ON A SLOPE. I ASKED THE FORD DEALER IF THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM AND THEY TOLD ME NO. IT SHOULD BE.

MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE WAS HANGING UP. 4 YRS AGO IT BROKE, REPLACED IT 3 TIMES OVER THE NEXT YEAR. GAVE UP AND JUST ROLL MY WINDOW DOWN AND OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. NOW MY PASSENGER DOOR IS DOING IT. LAST WEEK RAN INTO SOMEBODY AT THE GAS STATION WHO WATCHED ME ROLL MY WINDOW DOWN TO GET OUT AND WAS LAUGHING, SAID HIS FORD VAN SAME YEAR DOES NOT WORK ON PASSENGER SIDE. MET A MAN ALMOST 3 YRS AGO AT FORD DEALERSHIP WALKING WITH DOOR HANDLE IN HAND, SAME THING. I HAVE MET AT LEAST 6 OR 7 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IN THIS YEAR OF FORD TRUCK. IF YOU HAVE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IN A HURRY OR THE POWER SYSTEM FAILS YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK FOR YOU ARE STUCK IN IT. I HAVE MET TO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. VERY FRUSTRATED. I FOUND ON THE FORD POWERSTROKE FORUM THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAY IT IS HANGING UP ON A PIECE OF METAL INSIDE. NOW I HAVE NO DOORS THAT OPEN FROM INSIDE.*AK

WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED FOUR TIMES SINCE THE CONSUMER HAS OWNED THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE INJECTOR DRIVER MODULE WAS THE PROBLEM. THIS MODULE WAS POSITIONED IN A WAY THAT MOISTURE COULD SEEP IN, CAUSING THE IPM MODULE TO FAIL. *AK RESPONSE FROM DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WAS POOR. *PH

SUBJECT VEHICLE IS A FORD E350 SUPERDUTY VAN CHASSIS MANUFACTURED IN MAY 1996 WITH VN [XXX] EQUIPPED WITH A E40D TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION IN A 1997 CLASS C MOTORHOME STARTED TO LEAK. THE PROBLEM WAS DETECTED BEFORE COMPLETE FAILURE, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO GARAGE. WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT A SEAL HAD TO BE REPLACE. THE OEM PART NUMBER WAS E9TP 7AP48 AA. THE SEAL WAS REPLACE WITH A PART FROM PERCISION INTERNATIONAL WITH PART NUMBER 16601EV, WHICH CAME WITH THE FOLLOWING ADVISORY "THE ORIGINAL DESIGN SILICONE RUBBER IS NOT AS COMPATIBLE WITH NEW FORD MERCRON V FLUID. ALSO IT'S NOT ABLE TO HOLD UP TO THE DEMANDS OF HEAVY DUTY TRUCK APPLICATIONS." IF THIS IS IN FACT THE CASES THE AFFECTED VEHICLES SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND IF NECESSARY RECALLED. *LA INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 45/55 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT OUT OF ROUND, AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF FATIGUE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED FRONT SHOCKS FAILED, AND THE HYDRAULIC FLUID SPILLED ONTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERE FRONTAL VEHICLE DAMAGE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS HAVING A PROBLEM KEEPING THE VEHICLE ALIGNED BECAUSE THE FRAME CRACKED NEAR THE STEERING BOX WHERE MOTOR MOUNT ARE ATTACHED. *AK *NLM

THE CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *AK TIRES WERE BROUGHT BRAND NEW AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH 30,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE FIRST TIRE THAT FAILED. CONSUMER DID HAVE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY ON THE TIRES. *PH *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH TREAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT VALVE STEMS RECOMMENDED FOR VEHICLE IS NOT EFFECTIVE AFTER 8000 MILES. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TIRES WOULD BECOME FLAT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER OF THE VALVE PROBLEM.*AK

REAR MAIN SEAL REPLACED AT 110K, STARTED TO LEAK AGAIN AT 130K. DEALER WILL NOT WARRANTY. *NLM

OIL PAN RUSTED THROUGH, SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR 1996 FORD E150 ECONOLINES. *NLM

THE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE DASH. *JB

THE REAR LEAF SPRING FAILED. *JB

THE OIL PAN RUSTED, WHICH CAUSED OIL TO LEAK. *JB

STARTER HAS FAILED SIX TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. DIFFERENT BRANDS USED, INCLUDING OEM, AND ALL HAVE FAILED. PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED AND INSPECTED EACH TIME. *NLM

THE INJECTOR MODULE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO STOP WORKING. *JB THIS WAS THE SECOND FUEL INJECTOR DRIVER MODULE THAT FAILED DUE TO WATER IN THE MODULE. THE ENGINE STOPPED WITH OVT WARNING. SCC

THREE OUT OF FOUR GOODYEAR TIRES HAD A LARGE AIR BUBBLE ON SIDEWALLS. BUBBLE WAS THE SIZE OF A TENNIS BALL. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS. *AK

THE BODY MOUNT BUSHINGS ON MY FORD E150 ECONOLINE VAN HAVE FAILED AND THE FORD MANUFACTURER DOESN'T THINK IT IS THEIR PROBLEM. AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION IT IS A MATERIAL DEFECT. I HAVE CHECKED WITH A FEW BODY REPAIR SHOPS IN MY AREA AND THEY HAVE HAD ONLY 1 CASE OF HAVING TO REPLACE THIS TYPE OF PART. I CAN NOT GET ANYONE TO QUOTE ME A PRICE OF HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO REPAIR THIS.

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. TS

GULF STREAM RV MANIFACTORYING. BUILT THE CLASS C RV ON FORD E-350 CUT A WAY CHASSIS. THE FORD CHASSIS MANUAL STATES THAT IT IS SUPPLIED W/ 2 HAZARD AND TURN LIGHTS ON FRONT AND 2 ON THE BACK (TOTAL OF 4 LIGHTS) AND A FLASHER FOR 2 BULB AND 4 BULB MAX FLASHER #SF-602 THIS IS THE ONLY FLASHER THAT FORD HAS. GULF STREAM ADDED ANOTHER TURN/ HAZARD BULB ON EACH SIDE ON REAR. PLUS TWO TRAILOR LIGHTS. THE FORD REFERENCE MANUEL PAGE 19 TABLE H STATES THAT IF MORE LIGHTS ARE ADDED THEY ARE TO CHANGE THE TURN SIGNAL FLASHER. WITH ONE HAVING THE CORRECT LAMP RAREING. GULF STREAM DIDN'T DO THIS THEY LEFT THE ONE THAT FORD PUT ON AT THE FACTORY. WHEN YOU TURN THE HAZARD FLASHER LIGHT ON IT OVER LOADS THE FLASHER OUT ($38.00 EA) THEN YOU DON'T HAVE FLASHERS. I HAVE BURNT OUT 2 SO FAR. I HAVE CONTACTED GULF STREAM RV ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND ON THIS. THEY SAID I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM. ONLY THE 1996 FORD E-350 USES THIS FLASHER. I CAN'T FIND ANOTHER ONE ANY WHERE THAT WILL WORK IN THE E-350. FORD TOLD ME THAT IS THE ONLY FLASHER THAT WILL WORK AND THAT IT IS A GULF STREAM PROBLEM AND THEY DENY THE PROBLEM. THIS AFFECTS ALL 1996 FORD E350 VANS. DT

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED 3 TREAD SEPARATIONS ON FIRESTONE STEEL TEX BRAND. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. TS ONE OTHER TIRE SHOWED SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION WHICH INCLUDED THE SPARE. ALL TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT *JB

AFTER FILLING FUEL TANK WITH GAS THE GAS WILL LEAK AROUND THE SEAM OF THE TANK. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THEIR WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL TANK WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE FRAME RUBBING AGAINST THE TANK. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PART BUT IT FOR THE 1995 VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE SPEAR TIRE CARRIER HAD BROKEN CAUSING SPARE TIRE TO FALL FROM UNDER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

3 TIRES ALL SEPERATED AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITHIN A 3 MONTH. BOTH FRONT TIRES AND ONE REAR TIRE. ALL 3 TIRES HAD THE SAME DOT NUMBER. THE OTHER 3 TIRES DID NOT SEPERATE AND HAD A DIFFERENT DOT NUMBER. I STILL HAVE ALL OF THE TIRES. DT

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WIT THE ABS SYSTEM. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE HCV/HYD CONTROL UNIT FOR THE ABS FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNDER HARD BEARING, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON/OFF. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL #96VZ14000. THE CONSUMER STATED HE OWNED ANOTHER VEHICLE LIKE THIS BEFORE AND IT ALSO HAD PROBLEMS-SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. *MR *SCCB *NLM

BRAKES WORE OUT AND WERE REPLACED EVERY 4-6 MONTHS. THE CALIPER WAS MADE OF FIBERGLASS AND CRUMBLED UNDER THE HEAT OF BRAKING CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING THE FRONT DISK BRAKES AND THE CALIPER PISTON REPLACED WITH METAL A METAL KIND, CONSUMER HAS ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS.*YH *CB

FUEL FILLER RUBBER TUBE HAS A RUPTURE WHICH LEAKS AROUND THE NOZZLE ONTO THE GROUND AND HOT EXHAUST. DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD OWNER THAT PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

FIBERGLASS CALIPER PISTON ON FRONT DISC BRAKES COVERED WITH METAL PLATE COVER BRAKE PADS ONLY LASTED 2 MONTHS BECAUSE IT STARTED TO CRUMBLE DANGEROUS. *AK

HORN BUTTONS ARE NOT VISIBILE WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AKIN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE THE HORN IN NEEDED, THE HORN IS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE. *JG

REAR BELT BUCKLE BROKE AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO USE IT WHILE DRIVING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BELTS ON THE CAPTAINS CHAIR WILL RELEASE IF ARM REST IS MOVED TO DOWN POSITION. *SCC

VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD WITH THE FOOT APPLIED TO THE BRAKE. VEHICLE IDLES REAL ROUGH BEFORE ACCELERATING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, AND COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED BY THE DEALER.*AK

THIS MAKES THE 2ND TIME I HAVE REPORTED THIS, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS!..... I HAVE HAD MANY OCCASIONS WHEN TRAVELING THE CALIFORNIA FREEWAYS, WHEN WET, AND THE REAR DRUMS/SHOES GET WET AND BECOME INNOPERATIVE. I HAVE BEEN A REPAIR TECH ON ALL SYSTEMS OF BRAKES, TECHNICAL AND SIMPLE, AND FIND THERE TO BE A DESIGN FLAW IN THE BACKING PLATE/RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAR DRUMS WHICH ALLOW WATER MIST TO ENTER AND WET THE REAR SHOES. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT DEEP PUDDLES OR GULLY-WASHERS, JUST A LIGHT DRIZZLE WILL PRODUCE THIS PROBLEM. WHEN BROUGHT TO FORDS ATTENTION, THEY SAID THEY HAVE NOT EXPEIRIANCED THIS WITH ANY ONE ELSE, AND MUST BE MY DRIVING HABBITS. WELL, IT DOESN'T RAIN ALL THAT MUCH,AND AT SLOWER SPEEDS, SAY UNDER 35, IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAPPEN. IT IS APPARANT WHEN JUST THE FRONT WHEELS LOCK UP, AND THE REAR WILL NOT EVEN RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY BRAKES, YOU KNOW THE REAR ARE WET AND NEED TO BE DRIED OUT LIKE IN THE OLDEN DAYS. I SEE IT AS A SAFETY CONDITION, AND ACTUALLY REAR ENDED A LADY AND HAD TO PAY FOR HER REAR BUMPER, FORTUNATELY, SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NECK INJURIES, AS OF THIS DAY IN MAY 20002. IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS LETTER. RICK WOLFF. 714- 821-5678 THANKS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE PROBLEM STARTS WHEN THE VAN STARTS PULLING RIGHT INTERMITTENTLY. THE ABS LIGHT STARTS COMING INTERMITTENTLY ON AND WHEN IT COMES ON THE VEHICLE STARTS DRIVING STRAIGHT. THE LIGHT GOES OUT AND IT STARTS PULLING AGAIN. WHEN BRAKING IT PULLS HARD RIGHT. THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT HAS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND WILL DRIVE GOOD FOR 5000 MILES. IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL MILES YOU CAN FEEL THE FRONT RIGHT ROTOR IS SIGNIFICANTLY HOTTER THAN THE LEFT.*AK

VAN WAS SLOWING GETTING UP SPEED THEN SURGED WHILE PARKING AND DID NOT STOP WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VAN HIT A PARKED PICKUP AND PUSHED IT UP THE PARKING LOT EMBARKMENT. THE ABC LIGHT CAME BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

UPON INSTALLING PERFORMANCE FRICTION BRAKE PADS ON VEHICLE, I FELT THEY WERE WRONG. I CALLED AUTO ZONE FROM WHOM I PURCHASED AFTER MEASURING AND FINDING THEY WERE 0.773 THICK. THEY ASSURED ME THEY WERE THE RIGHT PADS. I INSTALLED AND THOUGHT NOTHING MORE OF IT. UPON DRIVING VEHICLE AROUND A MONTH LATER, I HAD NOT GOTTEN 5 MILES WHEN THE FRICTION CAUSED MY CALIPER SEALS TO CATCH FIRE. WE CONTACTED PERFORMANCE FRICTION THE SAME DAY AND TALKED TO MIKE COCHRANE, WHO ASSURED HE WOULD INVESTIGATE AND GET BACK TO ME. AFTER NOT HEARING ANYTHING FOR OVER A WEEK, WE CONTACTED AGAIN. THIS TIME I TALKED TO JENNIFER RAMSEY, WHOM CONTACTED ME THE FOLLOWING VIA E-MAIL AND SAID THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE AND GET BACK. I DID SOME INVESTIGATING MYSELF AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING : NAPA PADS MEASURED 0.719 ; ALBANY 0.720 ; WAGNER 0.717 ; WAGNER HEAVY DUTY 0.738 AAND MOTORCRAFT 0.738. I REPORTED THESE FINDINGS TO MS. RAMSEY AND ASKED WHY THEIR PADS WERE NEARLY 0.040 THICKER THAN ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER, BUT STILL HAVE NO ANSWER. THE LAST CONTACT I RECEIVED FROM MS. RAMSEY STATED THAT THESE PADS WERE HIGH VOLUME SELLERS AND THEY HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINTS, AND THEY WERE STILL INVESTIGATING DATED 11/07/01. I LAST E-MAILED MS. RAMSEY ON 12/07/01 AND HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. THANK YOU. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK HAS BROKEN ON TWO OCCASIONS AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

TIRE HAD BIG LUMP ON SIDEWALL*AK (DOT NUMBER: 8XHLIPY TIRESIZE: 23575R15)

STRONGLY FEEL FORD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THIS AIR BAG MALFUNCTIONING INDICATOR LIGHT SAFETY ISSUE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED WITH NO ACCIDENTS. THIS CONCERNS ME GREATLY THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND SAID THE PROBLEM IS OUT OF WARRANTLY (5 YRS OR 50K MILES). THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $80 TO TROUBLE SHOOT LET ALONE FIX. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND MANUFACTURERS DEFECT PROBLEM THAT FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD COVER. YOUR ADVICE AND INPUT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.*AK

TIRES CAME APART& BLEWOUT.*AK (TIRESIZE: 225/75R16R)

MY FORD E-150 VAN, AFTER BEING DRIVEN ABOUT 1 HOUR EARLIER, BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. A FORENSIC INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED THE SPEED DEACTIVATION CONTROL SWITCH LOCATED ON THE MASTER BRAKE CONTROL CYLINDER. THIS IS THE SAME SWITCH AS IN 93 LINCOLN TOWNCARS AND MANY OTHER FORD CARS AND TRUCKS. IT WAS DESIGNED BY TEXAS INSTURMENTS TO BE WIRE AS SWITCHED BUT FORD INSTALLED IT AS WIRED ALWAYS HOT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THIS WILL CAUSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROPERTY DAMAGE AND COULD INJURE MANY PEOPLE. THESE VEHICLES CAN BURST INTO FLAMES AT ANY TIME OR IN ANYBODY'S GARAGE. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE FORENSIC REPORT I PAID FOR. THANKS, AND PLEASE DON'T PARK YOUR FORD IN YOUR GARAGE.*AK

MOOG REPLACEMENT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 14,000 MILES CAUSING STEERING DIFFICULTY AND UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. *AK

WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT OR SIGN VEHICLE WOULD IDLE ROUGHLY. WOULD JERK FORWARD WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. SOMETIMES WOULD ALMOST STALL OUT WHEN AT A STOP. BEEN TO DEALER, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM.*AK

THE ABS SYSTEM IS PERFORMING POORLY ALTHOUGH THE CONSUMER HOLDS FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH STEADY PRESSURE. NLM

I BOUGHT THE VAN WHEN IT WAS 2 YRS. OLD IN DEC. 1998, BY THAT SUMMER I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT ROTORS BECAUSE OF CRACKS, AND I HAVE HAD TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR SINCE. THE VAN IS NOT USED ON A DAILY BASIS SO I AM WONDERING ABOUT A POSSIBLE DEFECT FOR THIS TO BE HAPPENING EVERY 2-3,000 MILES. FORD SHOWS NO RECALLS ON THIS MODEL, BUT THE GARAGE THAT HAS CHANGED THE ROTARS EVERY TIME SAYS IT IS NOT NORMAL WITH SO FEW MILES BETWEEN EACH TIME IT HAPPENS.*AK

GAS FILLER TUBE LEAKS GAS WHEN FILLING TANK. THIS FIRST OCCURRED WHEN FILLING UP TANK LAST YEAR AND RESULTED IN POURING OF GASOLINE ONTO THE PAVEMENT BENEATH THE VEHICLE. THE FLOW STOPPED ONLY WHEN THE FUEL REACHED THE LEVEL OF THE APPARENT HOLE. I MENTI. *AK

ALL TIRES SHOWED SIGNS OF COMING APART, BOTH ON SIDES AND TREAD. *AK (TIRESIZE: 225-75R-16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225-75R-16 )

ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT ON A FORD, E350, 1996. 10,000 MILES ON TIRES. TIRE SIZE LT24575R16. TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL OF RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. CONSUMER REPLACED TIRE WITH SAME MODEL TIRE THAT HAD DEVELOPED SPLITS IN THE SIDEWALL. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A SHOP, AND BOTH FRONT ROTORS WERE CRACKED. *AK

AFTER NOTICING A FUEL SMELL CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED AND FOUND FUEL TANK WAS CRACKING AT SEAMS. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR FUEL TANK ON 1997-2001 VANS, BUT THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

CONSUMER STATES HE WAS TOLD BY DELAERSHIP THAT FRONT END BALL JOINTS WERE DESIGNED AND PUT IN WITHOUT A LUBRICATION POINT WHICH CAUSED THE TIE ROD ENDS, STEERING LINKAGE AND TIRES TO WEAR DOWN AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED, DEALERSHIP REPLACED BALL JOINTS WITH A GREESE FITTING. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE'S COOLING LINE BENEATH VEHICLE HAS SPLIT, CAUSING WATER TO SPILL OUT OF RADIATOR. VEHICLE HAS REAR HEAT. THERMOSTAT WAS OVERHEATING.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE CHANGES LANES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE SETS OF BRAKES PUT ON VEHICLE BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC.*AK

SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN 1999, I HAVE REPORTED TO FORD MOTOR AND BUDGET CAR SALES THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM, BRAKES JAM, VEHICLE GOES BACKWARD AND JERKS FORWARD WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC. FORD MOTOR CO. REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND BUDGET AUTO SALES SAYS THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND I NEED TO WAIT UNTIL "SOMETHING HAPPENS" THIS VEHICLE IS A DEATH TRAP AND I IMPLORE SOMEONE TO ASSIST ME IN GETTING THESE DEFECTS CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.*AK

SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE (1996 FORD SABLE) I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS..THE CAR SHUTS OFF AT SPEEDS OF 10MPH, WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC, OR ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBEM TO NHTSA, THE DEALER, FORD MOTOR CO. AND THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE DEALER SAYS HE CAN NOT FIX IT UNTIL IT DUPLICATES WHILE HE HAS IT...AGAIN HE SAYS "WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS" , I ASKED IF HE WERE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE INJURED OR KILLED HE SAID UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. I FIND THIS TO BE A LUDICRUOUS ANSWER, FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBLITY FOR MANUFACTURER DEFECTS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO CORRECT THESE DEFECTS.*AK

CONSUMER HAS A 1996, FORD, 350 AND LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF WITHOUT WARNING. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. TREAD GOT CAUGHT AND WIPED OUT HEATER AND A/C LINE. CONSUMER WAS WAS TRAVELING 60MPH. DEALER REPLACED TIRE WITH A SPARE. AT THIS TIME VEHICLE HAD 21,000 MILES. *AK RIGHT REAR TIRE ALSO EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, FIRESTONE TIRES, P225/75R16. *SLC

.ENGINE OIL PAN LEAKED ALL OVER DRIVEWAY. WARRANTY WAS UP IN JANUARY OF 2001. OIL PAN WAS RUSTED. *AK *SLC

PE-00-020- REPLACEMENT TIRES, SIZE P23575R15, DOT STARTED WITH W2HL, TIRES HAVE NO MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. WHEN DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING, PULLED OFF ROAD, AND NOTICED PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES. *SLC

FUEL VENT LINE HOSE HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS. WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULLED UP VENT LINES BEGIN LEAKING. FORD HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

RADIAL R4S, LT 225/75R16, DOT VD1L1XD418338, REPLACEMENT TIRES, 1 BLOWOUT PASSENGER REAR AT 2000 MILES ON TIRE, 2 TREAD SEPARATION ON PASSENGER REAR TIRE. BEFORE 8000 MILES ON TIRES, AND AT ABOUT 65 MPH. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE ENTIRE TREAD CAME OF THE RIGHT INSIDE DUAL TIRE, FIRESTONE LT 22575R16, WHICH PUT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTORHOME.

SYMPTOM IS THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN STEADY. WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON, THE ABS IS INOPERATIVE (UNSAFE CONDITION). THE 1ST HCU FAILED WITHIN 2 YEARS ($550 TO REPLACE). THE SECOND FAILED JUST OVER A YEAR LATER. THE DEALER MECHANIC SAYS THAT HE SEES *LOTS* OF THESE ($550 TO REPLACE EACH OCCURRENCE). FORD CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY. I HAVE A CLASS C MOTORHOME BASED ON THE SAME '96 FORD E350 CHASSIS. THE ABS LIGHT IS COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. I BELIEVE THE HCU'S THAT FORD IS INSTALLING ARE DEFECTIVE AND THEY SHOULD DESIGN A BETTER ONE (THAT LASTS LONGER THAN 1-2 YEARS). CURRENTLY, FORD EXPECTS THE CUSTOMER TO PAY $550 EVERY 1-2 YEARS JUST TO KEEP THE ABS SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL. THAT'S ON TOP OF ANY OTHER NORMAL MAINTENANCE THE VEHICLE REQUIRES. THANKS. *AK

FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRE (P225/75R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HOLDING TANK. *SLC

TWO FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

TWO FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

SEAT BRACKETS ON DRIVER'S SEAT SNAPPED, VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, CONSUMER'S FOOT ON BRAKE, SEAT WENT ALL THE WAY BACK. FORD TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY SINCE OUT OF WARRANTY, AND VEHICLE BEING CONVERSION VAN. FORD DEALER OFFERED TO PAY 2/3 OF COST OF REPAIR. *AK

THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S LT 225/75R16 E TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 20000 MILES DUE TO SIDEWALL AND TREAD CRACKS, THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 30451 MILES DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, DEALER CREDITED THE CONSUMER FOR SOME OF THE TIRE EXPENSE. *MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

GAS TANK CORROSION CAUSE LEAK OF FUEL AND FUMES INTO PASSENGER SPACE. ALTHOUGH FOUND UNDER THE MILEAGE WARRANTY LIMITS, REGULAR WARRANTY EXPIRED 3 MONTHS EARLIER. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH FORD AND DEALER, THEY REPLACED TANK UNDER "EXTENDED WARRANTY" BUT CHARGED US FOR LABOR COSTS. STEERING PROBLEM : HAVE HAD STEERING PROBLEMS WITH THIS VAN SINCE IT WAS FIRST PURCHASED. HAVE HAD MULTIPLE VISITS TO DEALER TO DISCUSS PROBLEM OF ALIGNMENT (VAN CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT) YET DEALER CAN FIND NO PROBLEM AND BLAMES IT ON "THE CROWN OF THE ROAD". HOWEVER, EVEN IN LEFT HANDED LANE (CROWN LEFT) VAN STILL PULLS TO RIGHT. EVEN HAD TO REPLACE ORGINIAL TIRES DUE TO WEAR PATTERN. IN OCTOBER 2000, FRONT RT TIE ROD ASSEMBLY BROKE, REPAIRED BY DEALER, (FREE ALIGNMENT) BUT VAN STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT.

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1996, E150 P235/75R15 SIZE. AT 70MPH FRONT TIRE EXPLODED, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK 2 GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT TIRES DOT#PDHLRN4RD86 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, ONE OCURRED ON 5-7-00 AND THE OTHER OCURRED ON 12-7-00. *SLC

UPON STARTING VEHICLE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BLEWOUT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC. PARTS COULD NOT BE ORDERED LOCALLY BECAUSE THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD. IT TOOK TWELVE DAYS BEFORE PARTS ARRIVED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 75 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT EARLY THAT DAY. THEN, ANOTHER BLOWOUT IN THE EVENING, BUT CONSUMER KEPT CONTROL OF VEHICLE. FORDTRUCK, ECONOLINE, 1996 HTLT 245/75 R16, DOT MD11 520 V425 272885-GRF-66.*AK FIRST TIRE FAILURE WAS THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE, SECOND FAILURE WAS THE DRIVER REAR TIRE, TIRES WERE GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT, SECOND FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE INCLUDING THE WATER TANK AND GAS HOSE. *SLC

DASH BOARD "ABS" LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON INTERMITTENTLY. SINCE VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE BUT IS OUT OF WARRANTY FOR TIME, FORD MOTOR COMPANY ESTIMATES $750.00 TO REPAIR HOWEVER DO NOT THINK THAT A COMPONENT OF THIS NATURE SHOULD FAIL AT THIS LOW MILEAGE SINCE THE VEHICLE IS USED IN VERY LIGHT DUTY AS EVIDENCED BY MILEAGE SHOWN SINCE PURCHASED IN JUNE 1996.*AK

THIS M/V HAS BEEN WORKED ON AT LEAST 15-20 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE BEGINING CAR WAS TAKEN TO SULLIVAN BROS WHILE UNDER WARRENTIE AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. SINCE 7-2000 THIS CAR WAS AT TWO DEALERS AND THE COST CLOSE TO $800,00 CAR STILL HAS SAME PROBLEMS. STALLS THE PAST WEEK THIS CAR HAS ALMOST BEEN IN TWO ACCIDENTS AS THE CAR HAS STALLED WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN INTO ON COMING LANES. CAR STALLS AND EVERY THING GOES DEAD. SINCE AUGUST THE CAR HAS BEEN WORKED ON AT SHIRETOWN FORD INC 147 SAMOSET ST PLYMOUTH MA #02360 STILL WAITING FOR PHONECALL TO BRING CAR BACK AGAIN WHAT CAN I DO. *AK

THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY WAS EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION OF FIRESTONE TIRES (STEELTEX R4S 225-75R16) USED ON THEIR BUSES. (E-350 SUPER DUTY CHASSIS 1996,1997 AND 1999) *YH

THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY WAS EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION OF FIRESTONE TIRES (STEELTEX R4S 225-75R16) USED ON THEIR BUSES. (E-350 SUPER DUTY CHASSIS 1996,1997 AND 1999) *YH

A REOCCURRING FAILURE OF A TIMING GEAR AT 64,000 MILES. FIRST, OCCURRED AT 55,000 MILES. REPAIRED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WITH DEALER'S PART. BELIEVED NHTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO AT THIS AS A DEFECTIVE PARTS. *AK

THE FIRST INCIDENT R-R TIRE BLEW OUT /REPLACED WITH SPARE TIRE. BOUGHT A NEW REPLACEMENT, AND ROTATED THE R-F TIRE TO THE R-R; STOWED THE (R-R) SPARE TIRE ; IN THE SECOND INCIDENT, THE R-R TIRE SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING ON I-10 FROM PHOENIX, AZ TO LA, CA (TIRESIZE: 225/75R16D)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75R16D )

1ST TIRE FAILURE / BLOWOUT/ I-580 E; 2ND TIRE FAILURE / TIRE SEPARATION/I-10 W (DOT NUMBER: VD1L1XE408 TIRESIZE: 22575R16)

REAR RIGHT INSIDE TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE GOING 60 MPH.*AK (TIRESIZE: R16 M/S)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: R16 M/S )

PE00020, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1996, FORD SUPER DUTY, TIRE SIZE LT22575R16, DOT VD1L1XA475,STEEL TEX RS4. ON APRIL 17, 1999, WHILE DRIVING REAR PASSENGER'S TIRE TREAD CAME OFF WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. ON JULY 24, 2000 WITH 22 MILES, WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A FLAPPING NOISE DUE TO DRIVER'S REAR TIRE TREAD COMING OFF WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO WHEELWELL. FIRESTONE UNWILLING TO HELP. *AK *SLC

DURING THE PAST 3 YEARS WE HAVE HAD 5 TIRES FAIL ON OUR 24 FT. MOTORHOME WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH ON THE OPEN ROAD. IN ALL 5 CASES THE BELTS APPEARED TO SEPRATE FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSE THE TREAD TO COME OFF. THREE TIMES THE TIRES BLEW OUT WHILE GOING 60 MPH. I TOOK THE TIRES TO FIRESTONE DEALERS IN PALM SPRINGS AND LANCASTER, CA TO BE REPLACED, ON EACH OCCASION I ASKED IF THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT. IN IN APRIL 2000 I REPLACED THE 2 FRONT TIRES WITH LOAD RATE E(ALL ORIGINAL TIRES HAD LOAD D. I WAS TOLD BY THE FIRESTONE DEALER THIS WOULD HELP THE PROBLEM.) IN PALM SPRINGS AFTER I HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE FRONT. IN AUGUST I REPLACED THE OTHER 5 TIRES WITH LOAD RATE E AFTER HAVING 2 BLOW OUTS IN ONE DAY, BOTH ON THE REAR..*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDIL 1XB 4 TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)

TREAD PEALED AWAY FROM CASING AND THEN CASING BLEW OUT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: LD16 TIRESIZE: LT 225/75)

3 FIRESTONE STEEL RADIAL R4S TIRES P225/75R16 TIRES EXPERIENCED FAILURE, 2 TIRES PEELED AND 1 TIRE SPLIT, EVEN THOUGH CONSUMER WAS ROTATING TIRES, WEAR STILL OCCURRED, CONSUMER SWITCHED BRANDS OF TIRES AND HAS HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS, DOT VD1L. *SLC

CONSUMER HEARS A CONSTANT GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, THE SOLENOID VALVE BLOCK, AND THE ROTORS BUT THE PROBLEMS STILL OCCUR, THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON, THE SOUND IS STILL HEARD, THE BRAKE PADS CONTINUE TO DRAG AGAINST THE ROTOR, AND THE ABS SYSTEM DOES NOT RESPOND LIKE IT SHOULD, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER UNDER THE VEHICLE FAILED AND THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE OCCURRED. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER) *MJS

NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT225/75 )

NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT225/75 )

I HAVE SUFFERED TWO COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATIONS ON TWO FIRESTONE FR480 TIRES, SIZE 235/75R15XL. THESE WERE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT ON MY 1996 FORD ECONOLINE 150 CUSTOM VAN. BOTH WERE REAR MOUNTED AT THE TIME OF FAILURE AND HAD APPROPRIATE INFLATION PRESUURE (AROUND 38 PSI). BOTH FAILURES OCCURED ON INTERSTATE AT MODERATE SPEEDS (60 - 65 MPH) IN THE EVENING AFTER THE HEAT OF THE DAY. FIRST FAILURE OCCURED 10/21/1999. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURED 7/25/00. THESE TIRES ARE THE SAME SIZE AND WERE MANUFACTURED AT THE SAME FACTORY AS THE RECALLED FIRESTONE ATX AND WILDERNESS TIRES. MY DATA SUGGESTS THAT OTHER TIRE MODELS OF THIS SIZE PRODUCED AT THIS ILLINOIS PLANT MAY HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE ALSO. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15X )

RIGHT REAR DUAL TIRE AN EXTREMELY LOUD FLAPPING SOUND STARTED AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, THEN IT BANGGED AND STOPPED, THE TREAD PICKED OFF AND WAS MISSING

SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT STAY BUCKLED. DRIVER HAS TO REBUCKLE THE SEAT BELT A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE IT STAYS LATCHED. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. BUCKLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

RIGHT FRONT FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRE P225/75R16 EXPRIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. *SLC

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND COLLAPSED TUBING AND METAL WEATHER PROTECTION INSIDE THE TIRE WELL; THE TIRE REMAINED PRESSURIZED; I WAS GIVEN REMAINING TIRE CREDIT AT A FIRESONE TIRE DEALER.( DOT NUMBER: VNIL IKE TIRE SIZE: LT22575R16 )

ON JUNE 28, 2000, MY WIFE MADE A LEFT HAND TURN. AS SHE WAS TURNING THE ENGINE WENT COMPLETLY DEAD, POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND A YELLOW LIQUID SHOOTS OUT FROM THE STEERING COLUMN ON TO THE DASHBOARD AND ON MY WIFE'S LEGS CAUSING THE SKIN TO BURN. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED WITH NOXIOUS FUMES CAUSING MY WIFE AND TWO OTHER PASSENGERS TO COUGH AND TO EVACUATE THE VAN. THE VAN STARTED BACK UP AFTER THIS INCIDENT. ON JULY 2 & 3, 2000 WE TOOK THE VAN TO A1 AUTO CARE IN HOBE SOUND, FL. THEY CHECKED FOR POTIENTIAL ANTIFREEZE LINE LEAKS, CHECKED THE AIR BAG COMPONENTS AND DISCOVERED SOME OF THE YELLOW LIQUID ON THE STEERING COLUMN. THEY WERE UNABLE TO SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AIR BAG ITSELF. THEY CALLED THE FORD TECH. SUPPORT LINE AND COULD NOT COME UP WITH ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THIS SITUATION. ON JULY 6, I CALLED THE FORD CORP. THEY DOCUMENTED THE EVENT AND DID SOME RESEARCH TO SEE IF SIMILAR INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED. THEY CLAIM TO HAVE NOTHING ON RECORD. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I CONTACT NHTSA. ON AUGUST 7, 2000, THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED TO THE VAN AGAIN. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. THE YELLOW LIQUID CAUSES BURNING OF THE SKIN AND THE FUMES CAUSES ONE TO CHOKE. THERE IS DEFINITELY A DEFECTIVE PART RELATING THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. I KNOW INDIVIDUALS TO REPORT ABOUT THE YELLOW NOXIOUS LIQUID AFTER THEIR AIRBAG DEPLOYED IN AN ACCIDENT.

AS WE WERE ENROUTE TO DISNEY WORLD WITH 2 ADULTS AND 2 CHILDREN IN THE MOTORHOME, WE NOTICED A VIBRATION THAT GREW IN INTENSITY AS WE APPROACHED DATONA BEACH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WITHIN 5 MILES OF FIRST NOTICING THE VIBRATION, WE PULLED OFF INTERSTATE 95 AND I LOOKED AT ALL OF THE TIRES. AS A FORMER FACTORY SERVICE REP FOR FORD AND A FULLY CERTIFIED ASE MECHANIC FROM MANY YEARS AGO, I SCRUTINIZED THE TIRES INTENSELY WITH MY EYES AND HANDS FINDING NOTHING ABNORMAL. WE DECIDED TO PRESS ON TO DAYTONA BEACH TO FIND A TIRE STORE AND HAVE THE VIBRATION CHECKED OUT. WITHIN 1 MILE OF PULLING ONTO THE FREEWAY AGAIN, THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE SHREDDED AND DAMAGED THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND FENDER PAINT ON THE VEHICLE. WE SUMMONSED A SERVICE TRUCK AND HAD THE SPARE TIRE REPLACED. WHILE IN ORLANDO, WE ORDERED A NEW TIRE AND HAD IT REPLACED. RETURNING HOME WE STOPPED AT A WEIGH STATION TO SEE JUST HOW HEAVY THE VEHICLE WAS WITH JUST THE FOUR OF US IN IT AND FOUND THAT WE WERE WITHIN 300# OF THE MAX GROSS WEIGHT ALLOWED FOR THE FRONT TIRES. THE TIRE PRESSURES HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED CLOSELY AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN ALIGNED REGULARLY. THERE WAS NOW ABNORMAL WEAR PATTERNS ON THE TIRE. LAST FALL, THE FRONT TIRES WERE ROTATED WITH THE INSIDE REAR TIRES TO MAINTAIN THE ROTATION PATTERN. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VD1L1XA086 TIRE SIZE: LT22575R16 )

INCIDENT 1- OCCURRED ON MAY 20,2000. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE STIPPED AND PEELED OFF WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A BIG BLOW OUT SOUND AND THE CAR SWAYED BUT WAS SAFELY PULLED OVER. IT CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT SIDE. FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED. THEY PROCESSED THE CLAIM AND PAID FOR THE REPAIRS. THE TIRE WAS SENT BACK TO THEM. INCIDENT 2-- OCCURED RECENTLY ON JUL 31 2000. THE BACK TIRE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE STRIPPED AND BLEW OUT IN A SIMILAR PATTERN WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL STEET. FIRESTONE WAS AGAIN NOTIFIED. THEY ASKED THE TIRE BE TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER. WE REQUESTED THAT THEY REPLACE ALL THE REMAINING TIRES US WE FEARED DRIVING WITH THE REMAINING TIRES. FIRESTONE DECLINED TO REPLACE IT BUT SAID WOULD PRORATE IT TO THE TREAD WEAR. WE DID NOT ACCEPT THAT US WE FEEL THAT THE TIRES WERE ORIGINALLY DEFECTIVE. PLEASE INFORM US ABOUT ANY PREVIOUS INCIDENTS SIMILAR TO THIS IF IT EXSISIT. WE STILL HAVE TWO OF THOSE TIRES ON THE VAN. PLEASE LET US KNOW OF ANY EXSISTING PROBLEM SO THAT WE CAN TAKE PRECAUTIONS. THANKING YOU . SINCERELY. NAIRS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT225/75R1 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLES TAKEN TO PA INSPECTION STATION FOR YEARLY REQUIRED INSPECTION. TECHNICIAN FOUND CRACKS IN BOTH FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS AND SEVER DRAGGING OF THE CALIPERS. VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION AND REPAIR FACILITY RECOMMENDED REPLACING ROTORS AND CALIPERS. ALL PARTS ARE ORDERED AND EXPECT REPLACEMENT IN SEVERAL DAYS. CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO FIND OUT ABOUT RECALLS; NONE LISTED. ASK ABOUT REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR IN OUT-OF-WARRANTY SITUATION BECAUSE OF SAFETY ITEM; THEY SAID NO BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. MY CONCERN IS THAT POSSIBLY MORE THAN JUST MY VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED THE CRACKS IN THE ROTORS BECAUSE OF A DEFECT IN THE PART. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT AND SIZE OF THE UNIT. AS A MOTORHOME OVER 10,000 LBS AND 32 FEET IN LENGTH ANY BRAKING PROBLEM AT HIGHWAY SPEED COULD LEAD TO MAJOR ACCIDENT POTENTIAL. WHETHER FORD ASSISTS OR THE NHTSA INVESTIGATES TO DETERMINE IF A RECALL IS NECESSARY, THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED BECAUSE I PERSONALLY WILL NOT USE IT WITH DEFECTIVE BRAKES. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ENGINEERING PART. DEALER HAS TOLD CONSUMER THE PART AT FAULT IS CALLED A 3-WAY TEE. IT REGULATES FUEL FUMES FROM THE GAS TANK. IT CAUSES THE MIXTURE TO BECOME TOO RICH WHICH SLOWS THE ENGINE DOWN. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE.*AK VEHICLE STOPS RUNNING SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING AND CUSTOMER BELIEVES IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLE. *YH

THE VEHICLE COULD NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO WORN OUT BRAKE PADS. YH

THE BRAKES FAIL ON WET ROADS AND QUICK STOPS. *AK

REPORTED TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THE OIL PAN IN THE VANS AND TRUCKS ARE STARTING TO RUST OUT FROM THE INSIDE. FORD WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY ADMITTED ON THE PHONE (GREG TREDWELL) IN VESTAL, NY THAT IN 96 AND 97 THEY WERE MADE OUT OF RECYCLED MATERIAL AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE RUSTING OUT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM? *AK

PAINT PEELING OFF VAN ROOF BECAUSE OF INFERIOR PRIMER ACCORDING TO BODY SHOP. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDED PRINTED REPAIR FOR DAMAGED SECTIONS OF THE FRAME OF THIS VEHICLE. THERE IS A TEAR IN THE METAL OF THE COMPRESSED AREA OF THE ASORBING PART OF THE CRUMPLE ZONE OF THE FRAME. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, I LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THIS TRUCK WAS A 4WD CONVERSION WHICH WAS DONE BY A COMPANY CALLED QUIGLEY, IN MANCHESTER, PA. THIS CONVERSION WAS APPROVED BY FORD AND THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED WITH THE CONVERSION. AFTER THE STEERING FELL APART, I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL TRUCK AND HAD AN ACCIDENT. APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS LATER, THE TRUCK, AGAIN, WENT OUT OF CONTROL AFTER HITTING A SLIGHT DIP IN THE ROAD. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION WITH THE DEALER, WHO CALLED QUIGLEY, QUIGLEY SAID THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AS IT HAD HAPPENED ON THEIR AMBULANCE 4WD CONVERSIONS. THERE WAS A KIT THEY COULD SUPPLY THAT WOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THE KIT , WHICH WAS A STABILIZER KIT, AND HAD THE DEALER INSTALL IT AND HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM SINCE. I MET SOME EMT'S FROM RIDDLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, OUTSIDE MEDIA, PA. AND THEY WERE DRIVING A 4WD AMBULANCE CONVERSION VAN FROM FORD AND QUIGLEY. I ASKED THEM IF THEY EVER EXPERIENCED WHAT I DID AND THEY SAID THEY DID, THAT THEIR SUPERVISOR HAD TO SEND THE AMBULANCES BACK TO QUIGLEY, AND FINALLY, QUIGLEY WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM AND INSTALL A STABILIZER KIT. I HAVE SINCE MET OTHER PEOPLE WITH FORD VANS AND QUIGLEY 4WD CONVERSIONS, WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS AS I WAS LUCKY AND WASN'T KILLED, BUT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE QUIGLEY CONVERSION. ITS EVEN MORE OF A DANGER WHEN AMBULANCES, FULL OF PEOPLE, GO OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF MY VAN CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH SIX PEOPLE COULD HAVE DIED. THE DISTURBING THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT QUIGLEY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM BUT DID NOT LET ANYONE KNOW. THE STABILIZER KIT COST ME ABOUT $ 400.00. A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR VEHICLE SAFETY..

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

DEALER CAN'T (WON'T) REPRODUCE OR FIX PROBLEM. TAKES ALL DAY, BUT DOES NOTHING. VERY FRUSTRATING. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

FRONT PADS WERE REPLACED EVERY 19,000 MILES, AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED ON TWO OCCASIONS. BUT, REAR BRAKES STILL APPEARED LIKE NEW; ALSO, EXPERIENCED FRONT WHEEL LOCKUP. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS PROBLEM OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE AT A STOP THE VAN ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND OVERRODE THE BRAKES. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED A CRASH IN APRIL OF 1997 AND SEVERAL NEAR MISSES. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM, AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE PARKED ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. COMSUMER WANTS TO BE COMPENSATED FOR LOSSES. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING ON A MOUNTAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN. HOWEVER, WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, THEN SHUT ENGINE OFF. *AK

REAR AIR CONDITIONER VENTILLATION DOES NOT WORK, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE FAILURE. MJS

TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. MJS

ON LEVEL ASPHALT, ATTEMPTING TURNAROUND, MADE SHARP LEFT TURN, STOPPED, MADE SHARP RIGHT TURN,PLACED INTO REVERSE GEAR, HEARD LOUD POP, BACKED UP, SAW BOLT LYING ON PAVEMENT, GOT OUT TO INVESTIGATE,PICKED UP BOLT,NOTICED BOLT TO HAVE FRESH BREAK, LOOKED UNDER VAN NOT KNWOING WHAT TO LOOK FOR, SAW NOTHING, GOT BACK IN AND PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE BACKING UP - I HAD NO STEERING - NOW STRANDED. PROBLEM: ALL THREE (3) BOLTS (GRADE 8) HAD BROKEN THAT HAVE THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY ATTACHED TO VAN'S FRAME. HAD I BEEN MOVING AT ANY SPEED; THIS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS (I.E. MAJOR ACCIDENT (POSSIBLY WITH FATALITIES)INVOLVING ONE OR MORE VEHICLES. THIS VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED, HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. FORD REPAIR HOUSE COMMENTED THAT THEY NEVER WITNESSED SUCH A FAILURE. THEIR INVESTIGATION NOTED THAT TWO OF THE THREE BOLTS APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN LOOSE POSSIBLY FROM LACK OF SUFFICIENT LOCKING COMPOUND BEING USED AT TIME OF ASSEMBLY.

WHILE PULLING OVER TO CHANGE DRIVERS VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK, AS THE DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE JUMPED INTO GEAR, CAUSING THE DOOR TO KNOCK THE DRIVER UNDER THE VEHICLE. DRIVER BROKE RIGHT ANKLE AND LEG, AND SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES ON LEFT ANKLE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NO SUMMARY

FIRST INCIDENT: DEALER REPLACED ANTI-THIEF MODULE AND 2 FUSES #8 & #? ON 9-11-97 IN THE NEXT YEAR I REPLACED THE NUMBER 8 FUSE AT LEAST 3 TIMES THINKING THE PROBLEM WASN'T SEVERE. IN JUNE 1999 THE WIRING DID BURN UNDER DASH. UNFORTUNATE FOR ME I NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT THEIR WORKMANSHIP OF THE FIRST INCIDENT.IT IS BEING REPAIRED AS OF AUG 5 AT WAIKEM FORD

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE ABS LIGHT TO COME ON AND OFF, INDICATATING A PROBLEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT RIGHT AND LEFT BRAKE ROTORS CRACKED IN THE SAME LOCATION WHICH MAY CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. BACK ORDER FOR BRAKE ROTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CURRENTLY OWN 4 FORD SUPER CLUB WAGONS, ALL 4 VANS HAVE EXPERIENCED BROKEN ROTORS, ONE VAN MORE THAT ONCE. *ET

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATLY 65-70 MPH AND SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND THEN COME BACK. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE DEFECT. *AK

TIRE FAILURE/BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER BRAKED VEHICLE HOWEVER THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE. WHEN REPAIR OF THE TIRE WAS COMPLETED THE CRUISE CONTROL WORKED FINE. MJS

REAR AXLE SEAL IS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID, AND CAUSING BRAKES TO WEAR OUT FASTER. *AK

THE RIGHT WHEEL BOLTS AND NUTS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE RIGHT WHEEL TO FALL, AND ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. CURRENTLY, LEFT WHEEL BOLTS AND NUTS ALSO SHEARED OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

NOISY ABS; DID WE AND DO WE HAVE WORKING ABS? NO HELP FROM FORD. DON DAVIS FORD INVOICE 202541 12/15/97, MIDDLEKAUFF INV. 404267 12/18/97 & 436463 2/2/99, FIVE STAR INV. C05234 6/2/98 PD FOR BRAKE FLUID FLUSHING WITH BRAKE JOB (5STAR RUINED CALIPER TOO), KARL KLEMENT INV. 36021 8/19/98. MY HUSBAND & I FLUSHED THE BRAKES - LOOKED LIKE DIRTY MOTOR OIL. 3 SECOND WHEE BECAME A CHIRP, PD. UTTER FORD INV. C02461 5/19/99 TO BLEED ABS CONTROL UNIT - WHEE IS GONE BUT DOES OUR ABS WORK? IT'S NEVER ENGAGED AND DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL. WE ARE ALSO NOW WORKING WITH AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE TO SOLVE OUR SUMMER STALLING OUT PROBLEM. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM FAILING TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. THE ABS SENSOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FAILS SIMULTANEOUSLY/ONE OR MORE WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP, AND BRAKE PADS FAILED AT 8-10,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS SYSTEM PERFORMING POORLY.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UP A STEEP HILL AND THEN DOWNSHIFTING BACK DOWN THE HILL, ENGINE QUIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, NEEDED TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKED CAUSING REAR BRAKE FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.

3-YEAR OLD SON WENT INTO VEHICLE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF HIS PARENTS. HE WA SFOLLOWED BY THE 2-YEAR OLD SON. 3-YEAR OLD SON WENT TO REAR OF VAN, AND WAS IN BETWEEN THE FA RSTATIONARY BENCH AND THE AUTOMATIC RECLINING SOFA BENCH. THE AUTOMATIC SOFA BENCH WAS ACTIVATED, INNING THE THREE-YEAR OLD AGAINST THE STATIONATY BENCH. HE SUFFOCATED BEFORE HELP ARRIVED. *AK

SUSPENSION SYSTEM NOT ADEQUATE CAUSING VEHICLE TO TIP SIDEWAYS.

CAPTAIN CHAIR DO NOT OFFER SUFFICIENT SUPPORT FOR BACK AND HEAD, RESULTING IN UNCOMFORTABLE RIDE AND POTENTIAL FOR HEAD INJURY IF ACCIDENT OCCURS.

OIL PAN CORROSION @ 40,000 MILES ( LESS THAN 2 YRS OLD ) !!! NOT WARRANTIED BY FORD

THREE INTERIOR DOOR PANELS CRACKED WITH AN OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE OF -28DEGF JUST BY CLOSING DOOR. BREAK OCCURRED IN PLASTIC PANEL JUST BELOW WINDOW ON DRIVE AND PASSENGER DOORS, APPROX 3/4 OF THE WAY TOWARDS BACK OF DOOR. BREAK IS APPROX 3" LONG, AND IN COLD TEMPS WILL BE FLEXED APPROX 3/8". NEED TO REDESIGN TO ACCOUNT FOR EXPANSION IN COLD TEMPERATURES.

I WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE WHO STOPPED SUDDENLLY. WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD MY FOOT WAS NOT FULLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE I JUST PIVOT MY FOOT KEEPING THE HEEL SATATIONARY. I WAS ABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL ENOUGH THAT PART OF MY RIGHT PUT DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME AS I WAS TRYING TO BRAKE RESULTING IN THE CAR NOT STOPPING. EITHER THE BRAKE PEDAL IS LOCATED TO CLOSELY TO THE GAS PEDAL OR THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL IS EXCESSIVE.

ABS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON/GOES OUT. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED/REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT DEALER, AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. DEALER/MFR. NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATLY 70 MPH DOWN INTERSTATE ,CONSUMER WENT TO PUSH HORN NOTICED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES. *AK

SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE RESULTING IN THE TIRE FALLING OFF ONTO THE HIGHWAY.

SPRINGS DEFECTIVE CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES.

T.V. AND VCR FAILED.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

FIRST TIME: PULLING OUT PARKING LOT. HEARD A NOISE STEERING WHEEL JUMPED OFF CENTER. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC FOUND NOTHING. STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. STEERING GEAR STARTED TO MOVE. MANAGED TO GET DEALER. AGAIN. 2 OF 3 BOLTS HAD SHEARED OFF. SECOND TIME WAS ON 5/7/96:UPON LEAVING FOR HOME WHEN A LOUD SNAP SOUND WAS HEARD. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. THERE WAS NO STEERING CONTROL. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME MECHANIC FOUND NO BOLTS HOLDING STEERING WHEEL TO COLUMN. ALL THREE HAD SHEARED/BROKEN OFF. *AK

FIRST TIME: PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT. STEERING WHEEL JUMPED OFF CENTER. AT DEALER WHEN MECHANIC SAID NOTHING WRONG. AT HOME WHEN STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT. STEERING GEAR STARTED TO MOVE. MANAGED TO GET TO DEALER & MECHANIC SAW 2 OF 3 BOLTS SHEARED OFF & REPAIRED IT. SECOND TIME: LEAVING PARKING LOT WHEN A LOUD SNAP WAS HEARD. PULLED OVER. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. HAD NO STEERING CONTROL. TOWED TO DEALER. MECHANIC SAID NO BOLTS AT ALL ON STEERING WHEEL. *AK

ENGINE STALLS WHEN STOPPING DURING THE SUMMER HEAT, ESPECIALLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE OVER 50 MPH IT IS UNUSABLE AND WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. DRIVER STATES THAT IT'S LIKE DRIVING ON ICE. THE DEALER STATES THAT THE PROLBEM IS DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT HAVING A SWAY BAR. *AK

PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE ROOF OF THE VAN.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A PULLING PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACED CALIPERS, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUES TO PULL. *AK

OWNER STATES CHASSIS ON CONVERSION TYPE VEHICLE FOR HANDICAP USEAGE ARE FAULTY,CAUSING MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, SUCH AS WIRING/SPRING PROBLEMS. VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *AK

GOOD YEAR TIRES ARE UNDERSIZED FOR WEIGHT OF THE VAN.

FRONT DISK BRAKE CALIPERS STICK AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO PULL.

BRAKE LIGHT FUSE CONTINUES TO FAIL IN RAIN.

BLOWN TAIL LIGHT FUSE WHEN DRIVING IN WET WEATHER.

BRAKES ON TRAILER FAILED.

ENGINE DIED, DUE TO CLOGGED FUEL FILTER, CAUSING FUEL PUMP FUSE TO BLOW.

FUEL SENDER FAILED.

FUEL PUMP FAILED.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP, CONSUMER'S FOOT HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO STOP, ONCE RESULTING IN A COLLISION. *AK

UPON TRAVELING THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. ALSO VEHICLE CUTS OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

EGR VALVE FAILED.

REAR BRAKES FAILED.

BOLT ON RUNNING BOARD FAILED CAUSING THEM TO PULL OUT.

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED RESULTING IN NOISE.

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED RESULTING IN NOISE.

STEERING COLUMN FAILED.

DEPENDING ON THE ROAD CONDITIONS, REAR OF THE VAN IS UNCONTROLLABLE.

STEERING PROBLEMS IN THE VEHICLE FRONT END, OFTEN SEVERAL HOURS OF HIGHWAY DRIVING, CRACKED BRAKE ROTOR ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL, REPLACE ROTOR.

DESIGN OF THE SEAT ARM RESTS ALLOWS SEAT BELT BUCKLE TO RELEASE WHEN ARMS ARE DOWN AND SEAT IS IN UPRIGHT POSITION.

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING ON INCLINE. PROBLEM HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO DEALER'S ATTENTION. OWNER NOTES THAT DEALERS HOOKED VEHICLE TO FLIGHT RECORDER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND ALSO REPLACE THE IAC MOTOR BUT PROBLEM REMAINS. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK

ENGINE STALLS WHILE IN STOPPED POSITION.

TIRES PICK UP AND THROW GRAVEL FREQUENTLY, ROCK THROWN FROM FRONT TIRE INTO BACK WINDSHIELD, CRACKING IT.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. VEHICLE THEN BURST INTO FLAMES AND BLEW UP FOR NO APPARENT REASON. FIREMAN STATED IT STARTED IN THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND THE CONSUMER BROADSIDED THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT DIDN'T STAY UP, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE INCIDENT. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN REAR OF VEHICLE TO BLOW FUSES DURING NORMAL OPERATION. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM.

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER HE WAS TOLD THAT THEIR WAS A HYDRAULIC FAILURE.OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

FACTORY INSTALLED PUSH-ROD, BETWEEN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND MASTER CYLINDER, WAS NOT THE PROPER PART (IT WAS TOO LONG). THE RESULT OF THIS ERROR HAS CAUSED FAILURE TO THE ABS SYSTEM.

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK

THE VEHICLE REAR SUSPENSION SPRINGS ARE BECOMING UNDONE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO HOLD THE TOTAL GROSS WEIGHT OF VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SAG AND LOSE CONTROL. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

REAR END IS TO LIGHT, CAUSING LOSS OF TRACTION ON TURNS AND ON SMALL BUMPS AT ANY SPEED.

PARKING BRAKE CANNOT BE REACHED WITH FOOT OR HAND.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VIBRATION IN DRIVESHAFT. *AK

EXHAUST FUMES ENTER INSIDE VEHICLE.

INSIDE OF WINDSHIELD FILM, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

OF THE THREE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE GEARBOX TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE TWO OF THEM HAVE COME OFF AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNALIGNED. *AK

WHILE STOPPING IN DRIVE POSITION AT AN INTERSECTION WITH FOOT FIRMLY PLACED ON BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE SURGES, ALMOST OVERPOWERING BRAKES, SOMETIMES REQUIRING EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. *AK

REAR END NOISE PRESENT, REPLACED REAR SUSPENSION AND NOISE CONTINUED.

UPPER SEAT BELT ANCHORS ON THE FRONT SEATS ARE LOCATED SUCH THAT THE SHOULDER BELT CROSSES THE NECK INSTEAD OF THE SHOULDER.

OWNER STATES THAT ABS BRAKES ARE NOT OPERATEING PROPERLY, HE NOTES THAT THE FRONT BRAKES HAVE MORE PRESSURE THAN REAR BRAKES, RESULTING IN COSTLY REPAIRS AND POOR BRAKE OPERATION. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE OVER BOOSTED, ALLOWING 60 TO 70 PERCENT OF BRAKING POWER NOT TO BE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED , CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED/RELEASED AND REAPPLIED.(2ND VEHICLE ON 508695)

ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS, POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW OF LOCATION IN MOUNTING OF THE UNIT, MOUNTING IS ON THE FRAME NEAR EXHAUST HEAT FACTOR, POSSIBLE RESTRICTION TO THE SYSTEM, NOT ALLOWING THE FLUID TO RETURN FROM THE CALIPERS TO THE MASTER CYLINDER (RESULTING IN OVERHEATING AND FAILURE OF MULTIPLE BRAKE SYSTEM COMPONENT REPLACEMENTS). MJS

THE TRUCK WAS MODIFIED AND THE CONVERSION PEOPLE COVERED REAR HATCH LATCH, CANNOT USE REAR HATCH LATCH.*AK

ENGINE STOPS AT A LOW SPEED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. DESIGN IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

FIRE DEVELOPED UNDERNEATH THE DASH WHILE DRIVING. *AK