Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Feb 2, 1998TX
BRAKE LIGHT FUSE CONTINUES TO FAIL IN RAIN.
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1996 Ford E-150 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1996 record →
Suspension › Front
Filed Dec 16, 1997NJ
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
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 19, 1997LA
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
Electrical System › WiringFire
Filed Aug 1, 1997MA
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
Parking Brake › Conventional › Mechanical
Filed Feb 12, 1997WI
PARKING BRAKE CANNOT BE REACHED WITH FOOT OR HAND.
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)
Filed Jan 22, 1997OH
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
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jan 13, 1997NH
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
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hatchback/Liftgate › Lock
Filed Sep 3, 1996AZ
THE TRUCK WAS MODIFIED AND THE CONVERSION PEOPLE COVERED REAR HATCH LATCH, CANNOT USE REAR HATCH LATCH.*AK
Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under DashFire
Filed Apr 23, 1996KS
FIRE DEVELOPED UNDERNEATH THE DASH WHILE DRIVING. *AK
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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