1999 Ford Econoline complaints

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP RESTRAINT BELT BUCKLE ON REAR PASSENGER'S SEAT UNLATCHED, CAUSING CHILD IN SAFETY SEAT TO BE THROWN FORWARD, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURY.*AK

LUGS: NUTS ON LEFT REAR WHEEL SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING TIRE TO COME OFF VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK

FROM A SPEED OF 45 MPH THESE UNITS WITH REAR DISC BRAKES REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL 14 FEET TO STOP WHEN TESTED AGAINST AN OLDER UNIT THAT IS IDENTICAL IN EVERY WAY EXCEPT IT HAS DRUM BRAKES ON THE REAR. WE ALSO SEE THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2000 MODELS. *AK

WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES ON WET/SNOWY ROADS VEHICLE WOULD SKID/TRAVELED TO LEFT OR RIGHT, NO BRAKING POWER IN REAR WHEELS. *AK FRONT BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS WEAR PRMATURELY. REAR BRAKE DRUM RUSTED. THE BRAKE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YH

ENGINE REPLACED.

ENGINE - REVS UP WHILE VEHICLE IS IDLING, LEAPING FORWARD, UNEXPECTEDLY. STEERING, PULLS LEFT COONSTANTLY.*AK

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE BRAKES FAILED PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT WERE TOLD BY DEALER THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WAS COMMON FOR ABS BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR WHEN SITTING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT HOWEVER THEY DID PLAY WITH PEDAL UNTIL IT CAME UP SEVERAL TRIPS TO DEALER NEVER RESOLVED PROBLEM YET WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT BRAKES , TRANSMISSION,STEERING,OUTSIDE RIGHT MIRROR AND SEAT BELT IN MID RIGHT SEAT DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH ANYTHING BUT MIRROR WHICH THEY REPLACED HOWEVER TWO HOURS LATER ANOTHER DEALER SAID SEAT BELT WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD ORDER ONE A SECOND DEALER SHORTLY THEREAFTER REPLACED LOOSE LINKAGE IN STEERING, AND REBUILT TRANSMISSION WHICH HAD BURNT OVERDRIVE AND DEFECTIVE PARTS IN LOWER RANGE STILL NO-ONE COULD FIND BRAKE PRBLEM UNTIL CRASH WHEN DEPUTY SHERIFF TESTED BRAKE PEDAL 8 TIMES PUTTING PEDAL TO FLOOR FORD MOTOR CO SAYS THE DEPUTY WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO PERFORM SUCH A TEST AND WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THERE IS AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM THAT IS INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABS AS THE MECHANICS STATED THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN WITH THE COMPLAINT

NEW VEHICLE WITH ONLY 6,000 MILES AND ONE YEAR OF SERVICE SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CONSUMERS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEM

FORD DEALER ANALYSIS, TREAD SEPARATION, THEN BLOWOUT (DOT NUMBER: VDTL 1XB TIRESIZE: 225/75R16)

NOTICED 2 SEPERATE CRACKS OR SPLITS ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE OF MY VEHICLE. THE CRACKS ARE ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE ABOUT 1/2 INCH EACH.THEY ARE SEPERATE AND ABOUT A 1 INCH SPACE BETWWEEN THEM. BUT A VERY FINE LINE OR CRACK CAN BE SEEN CONECTING THE TWO FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.I'VE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AT BUSTLETON AND STREET RD. IN FEASTERVILLE,PA 19053 IWAS TOLD MY TIRES WERE NOT ON THE RECALL LIST , I MENTIONED THAT THESE TIRES WERE ON THE NEWS FOR BLOW OUTS AND TIRE SEPERATION.THE DEALER THEN SAID IF THE CRACKS GET WORSE TO BRING THEM BACK AND HE WOULD REINPSPECT THEM BUT FOR NOW IT LOOKED MINOR.ALSO I POINTED OUT THAT VERY SMALL CRACKS SURROUNDING THE DIAMETER OF THE TIRES BELOW THE TREAD ON THE SIDE WALL COULD BE SEEN ON ALL THE TIRES. THE DEALER SAID IT LOOKED LIKE DRY-ROT, I THEN COMMENTED THAT THE TIRES WERE NEW WITH VEHICLE AND PURCHASED 11-98 AND ONLY HAD 11,700 MILES ON THEM. THE DEALER SAID TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THEM AND IF IT WORSENS TO COME BACK.AFTER THAT I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO JOHN KENNEDY FORD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE TIRES. I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT ON THE RECALL LIST AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AND THEY RECCOMMENED TO TAKE THEM TO THE TIRE MANUFACTER FOR INSPECTION. (TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT22575R16 )

VEHICLE EXPERINCING PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION DURING DISENGAGING AND AFTER RESUMING CRUISE CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE FILL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DOWNHILL GRADE APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING ALONG WITH STEERING WHEEL. AS BRAKES WERE PUMPED SHAKING BECAME WORSE TO WHERE BEGAN TO LOOSE CONTROL. SAME THING ON RETURN TRIP. BRAKING WORKS FINE ON LEVEL TERRAIN. SITUATION WAS VERY FRIGHTNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER WHO STATED THAT IF THE SYMPTOMS CANNOT BE REPLICATED IN THE SHOP THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY ASKED IF THE ASB LIGHT CAME ON. I RESPONED THAT I WAS TOO BUSY TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO NOTICE. THEY SUGGESTED I TRY TO REPEAT THE SITUATION TO DETERMINE IF THE ASB LIGHT COMES ON AND IF IT DOES BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SHOP.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN BACK TIRE WAS LOW ON AIR. NOTICED CRACKS 1/4" AROUND THE RIM. CHECKED OTHER TIRES & SAME TYPE OF CRACKS ON THOSE TIRES. TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. HAVE NOT HAD TIRES EXCHANGED. FIRESTONE STEEL TEX, RT225/75R16 WITH 4,000 MILES ON A 1999,FORD ECONOLINE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING IN HOT WEATHER VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION.*AK SERVICE THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND WHEN ENGINE DIED, THE DRIVER COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL OR PARK. *YH

VEHILCLE HAS BEEN INTO REPAIR SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS TO HAVE THE WINDSHIELD FIXED, WHICH HAS BEEN LEAKING SINCE OWNERSHIP. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MILES RIGHT FRONT TIE ROD CAME OFF AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL AND WENT INTO A DITCH. ANOTHER PASSENGER SAID THAT RIGHT TIRE CAME DOWN TO THE GROUND AND WENT BACK UP TO VAN AGAIN. *AK

TRAILER HITCH HAD NO LOCKING BOLTS. WHEN HAULING FREIGHT HITCH BROKE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE AND VEHICLE RIVVED REAL HARD & ACCELERATED INTO THE SPACE. IT JUMPED CURB, WENT UP IN THE AIR & CAME DOWN ON THE FRONT HOOD OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER PUT VEHICLE ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE AND THEY FOUND NOTHING. THEY WERE SAYING THAT SOMETHING COULD BE WRONG. *AK

SEVERAL TIMES WE HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT AS THERE IS NOTHING TO GRAB ONTO WHEN CLIMBING IN. WE PURCHASED 2 VEHICLES AT THE SAME TIME. THE OTHER VEHICLE IS A TAURUS WHICH HAS HANDLES EVERYWHERE TO ASSIST CLIMBING INTO THE CAR. FINALLY WE ARE PUTTING ON RUNNING BOARDS AT OUR EXPENSE. THE DEALER REFERRED US TO VANTASTIKS WHICH IS A COMPANY THAT COULD ALTER OUR VEHICLE. AT VANTASTIKS WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE MOTORISTS MOBILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT FORD HAS. WE WERE NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM INITIALLY. TODAY I WAS TOLD THAT THE IS NOT THE FIRST THING THEY THINK OF. I WOULD THINK THAT THE SAFETY OF THEIR PASSENGERS SHOULD BE PRIMARY AND ANYTHING THAT CAN INSURE THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT. THE HANDLES ARE ON THE PILLARS IN AN F150. THESE SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE E150. WE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM CALIFORNIA WHERE WE HAD A CHEVROLET ASTRO MINI VAN. THE STEP ON THAT VEHICLE WAS MUCH LOWER AND THERE WAS A HANDLE TO ASSIST CLIMBING INTO THE VEHICLE. THE STEPS ON THE FORD E 150 ARE MUCH HIGHER AND THERE IS NOTHING TO GRAB TO HOLD WHILE CLIMBING INTO THE VEHICLE. *AK

POOR MFG. SPECS ALLOW FOR NON ALIGNMENT OF WHEELS AND UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. *AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS DRIVEN IT APPEARED THAT SOMETHING UNDERNEATH WAS ABOUT TO BREAK APART. VEHICLE IN DEALER SHOP, AND DEALER IS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

REAR BRAKE CALIPER BOOTS REPLACED, SPLITTING. *MJS

THE STEERING SHAFT LOWER SECTOR FAILED CAUSING NOISE. *MJS

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT A HIGH SPEED VEHICLE WANDERS TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ENGINE RECENTLY REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME , DUE TO OIL LEAKS OUT OF THE HEAD GASKET.BOTH TIMES THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW ONE. VEHICLE STILL NOT REPAIRED. *AK.ET.

4-WHEEL DISC BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO OWNER BRAKES MET REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS AFTER BEING BLED. OWNER FELT MASTER CYLINDER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY FOR BRAKES. THE BRAKES FELT MUSHY WHEN DRIVEN OFF LOT.

CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE DRIBVER'S SIDE OF BUMPER.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE WOULD PULLED TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO FIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL TO CONTINUE NORMAL DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE'S REAR END VIBRATES VERY HARD. COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND CAUSE A CRASH. BEEN TO DEALER, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT INCLUDE SEVERAL FEATURES THAT WERE LOCATED ON PRIOR MODELS, POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO ILLIMINATION OF FEATURES. MJS

BRAKE PADS "BURNED" AND ROTORS WARPED ON A 1999 FORD ECONOLINE. VEHICLE HAS 14930 MILES ON IT OF WHICH OVER 12000 MILES HAS BEEN FREEWAY LONG DISTANCE WITH MINIMAL BRAKE USEAGE. THE VEHICLE WHICH IS RATED FOR 8 PASSENGERS WITH LUGGAGE, AND FOR HEAVY DUTY TRAILER TOWING HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN WITH ANY HEAVY LOADS. ALL LONG DISTANCE DRIVING WITH 1 OR 2 PASSENGERS AND LIGHT LUGGAGE ONLY. NONETHELESS FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE FORD DEALER INSIST THIS IS NORMAL AND DOES NOT REPRESENT A SAFETY HAZARD AND THAT FORD HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS REGARD. I BELIEVE THAT FORD HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO AT REPLACE THE SHODDY PARTS THAT THEY USED INITIALLY, TO FOREWARN CUSTOMERS THAT THEY WILL VERY LIKELY REQUIRE COSTLY BRAKE WORK AT VERY SHORT INTERVALS, AND THAT EVEN CAREFUL DRIVERS CAN NOT MAKE IT TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE WITHOUT SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BRAKES. I SHUDDER TO THINK OF THE DANGER TO OCCUPANTS OF FULLY LOADED ECONOLINES USED ON A DAILY HEAVY DUTY BASIS. THE BRAKES UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD SEEM UNLIKELY TO LAST MORE THAN A FEW THOUSAND MILES.

FUSES KEEPS BLOWING OUT, CAUSES PROBLEM WITH BRAKES, TURN SIGNALS & SHIFTING CAPABILITIES. OWNER FEELS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP WORKING ON VEHICLE BUT CAUSE NOT FOUND AS OF YET. *AK

VIBRATION BETWEEN 50 TO 70 MPH. HAD SAME TYPE PROBLEM WITH 1997 VAN AND TIRES WERE SWITCHED TO MICHLEN AND CORRECTED PROBLEM. THEY WONT DO THIS I WAS TOLD.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ON, AND IT ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMPS, VEHICLE ROCKS/WANDERS TO RIGHT OR LEFT IN WHICH CONSUMER MAY LOSE CONTROL. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK