1997 Ford F-150 complaints

VEHICLE DRIFTS AT 55 TO 60 MPH WHEELS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALSO STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN RECALL 98V095000, INVOLVING WHEEL LUGS: NUTS. CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITNG 2-3 MONTHS FOR PARTS. VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

THE EAR THAT THE CAM ADJUSTER RESTS AGAINST BENT BACKWARDS ALLOWING THE UPPER "A" ARM TO BECOME LOOSE. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE MAKING A SHARP LEFT TURN FROM EVEN PAVEMENT TO A RAMPED SIDE STREET.

MAKING SHARP LEFT TURN HEARD LOUD METAL NOISE. NOTICED FRONT END DROPPED. MECHANIC DID NOT FIND PROBLEM AT FIRST. NOTICED UPPER CONTROL ARM HAD BENT. HAD FRONT END ALIGNED, WHEEL BEARINGS HAD OVERHEATED/ROTORS WARPED. NEEDED TRUCK CHECKED. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, ALSO SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK UP.

TRAVELING 40MPH WHEN REAR WHEEL SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD IT REPAIRED. PROBLEM OF WHEEL OCCURRED BEFORE RECALL (#98V095000). DEALER DIDN'T WANT RESPONSIBILITY & MANUFACTURER. BACKED DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER IS 4'9" TALL. WHEN SHE LOWERS THE STEERING WHEEL HER CHEST IS APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES AWAY FROM CENTER OF STEERING WHEEL. IS AFRAID IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT AIR BAG WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE DUE TO HER SIZE. CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY OF SHORT PERSON AND AIR BAG. ADDED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

GROOVES WORN INTO SPARE TIRE SIDEWALL DUE TO RUBBING AGAINS FRAME BENEATH TRUCK BED. TIRE HAS NEVER BEEN USED AND NOW MAY BE UNSAFE SINCE THE GROOVES ARE 15-20% INTO THE SIDEWALL. FORD DEALER REFERRED ME TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO DENIED ANY PROBLEM.

EXPOSED SEAT TRACK INJURED CHILD TOO SHARP.

FAULTY MANUFACTURING OF WHEELS CAUSED FOUR LUG NUT ON ONE OF THE FRONT WHEELS TO SHEAR OFF, RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE.

SPARE TIRE DAMAGED DUE TO DESIGN OF THE MOUNTING SYSTEM WHICH CUT GROOVES INTO THE SIDEWALL.

BRAKES FAIL WHEN FIRST APPLIED.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK AT 68 MPH, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEPARATED FROM THE AXLE. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A TRACKER TRAILER. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROLBEM. THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

WHEN SWITCHING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK, AND TAKES AWHILE TO KICK INTO GEAR. DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

LOCATION OF EXHAUST SYSTEM IN FRONT OF PASSENGER'S SIDE CAUSES THE ABS BRAKES TO FREEZE UP IN WINTER. HAVE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER AS OF YET. *AK

VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITHOUT ROTOR SHIELDS. IN RAINY CONDITIONS WATER WILL SPLASH ONTO BRAKES, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. ONLY ONE BRAKE WILL GRAB. DEALER HAS PUT ON MISSING SHIELDS. *AK

STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHILE MAKING A LANE CHANGE, UNABLE TO TURN WHEEL , DRIVER HIT A SEMI HEAD ON.

O-RINGS AND LUG NUTS FAILED CAME OFF OF STUD DUE TO CHAFFING AND WEARING DOWN OF THE O-RING, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED WHEEL TO FALL OFF OF VEHICLE.

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, DAMP, RAINY OR COLD WEATHER, THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE NOISE & LOCK UP. AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC CHECKED IT. HAD REPLACED PADS & DRUMS ON BRAKES. HAD THE BRAKES INPSPECTED & TOLD BRAKES WERE OKAY, BUT STILL HAVE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC TO COME ONCE A MONTH TO HAVE IT CHECKED. MANUFACTURER KNOWS OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65MPH WHEN HE SMELLED A BURNING SCENT. THEN HEARD A BANG AND RAN OVER THE OBJECT. THE OBJECT THAT FELL OFF WAS A WHEEL WELL SCHROUD OF THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE CAME OFF, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE.

STEERING WHEEL CLUNKS WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING, AND WHEN ON BUMPY PAVEMENT.

WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD OR WET THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE REAR WHEELS LOCK UP. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO FIX. *AK

WHEEL CYLINDERS ARE SET AT 22 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZONTAL MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE ENTRAINED AIR IN THE SYSTEM RESULTING IN POOR PERFORMANCE OF BRAKES.

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE RIGHT REAR WHEEL/RIGHT HUB CAP/BUMPER AND EXHAUST SYSTEM. ALL PARTS REPLACMENT WAS DUE TO EXHAUST SYSTEM BEING IN THE WAY, WHICH CAUSED CORROSION TO ALL ABOVE PARTS. CONSUMER CONFRONTED THE SERVICEMEN ABOUT CONDITION REOCCURRING. HIS REPLY WAS THAT AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, IT BECAME CONSUMER'S PROBLEMS. DEALER NOTIFIED *AK

WHEEL HUB DESIGNED WITH AN "O" RING THAT MUST BE IN THE CENTER TO PREVENT WHEEL FROM COMING OFF, HOWEVER FORD DOES NOT MAKE THIS KNOWN. RESULTED IN CONSUMER'S WHEEL ALMOST COMING OFF.

CONSUMER HAD CRUISE CONTROL SET 65 MPH. WENT TO DEACTIVATE CRUISE CONTROL BY APPLYING BRAKES, ENGINE BEGAN TO DOWNSHIFT. KEPT THE MAINTAINED SPEED OF SET CRUISE CONTROL. CONSUMER HAD TO KEEP PRESSURE ON BRAKES FOR OVER A MILE BEFORE VEHICLE COULD SLOW DOWN. HAD TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO DISENGAGE ENGINE, CASUING THE CONSUMER TO BURN OUT BRAKES. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER 70 MPH, VEHICLE WOBBLED AND WHEEL BROKE AWAY FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE VEERED TO LEFT UNCONTROLLABLE, RAN OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A MUDDY DITCH. NO INJURIES.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AN OBJECT FELL OF A TRUCK IN FRONT OF CONSUMER. CONSUMER MOVED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING THE OBJECT. 8-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THAT WAS STRAPPED IN HIT THE WINDOW LATCH WHICH CAUSED A SMALL CUT TO OPEN UP.

TRUCK IS GETTING POOR GAS MILEAGE. IT IS AVERAGING 13 TO 14 MPG, ALTHOUGH THE STICKER ON THE WINDOW GIVES AN ESTIMATE OF-21 MPG. DEALER CHECKED IT OUT, AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE FAILURES.

RIGHT REAR WHEEL STUD DOES NOT TORQUE PROPERLY CAUSING THE LUG NUT TO STRETCH.

LUG NUTS AND STUDS ALMOST FELL OFF OF HUB ON TWO OCCASIONS, RIM AND O-RING DAMAGED DUE TO LUG NUT AND STUD FASTENER FAILURE.

ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOT CAUGHT IN THE FLOOR MAT, RESULTING IN UNWANTED ACCELERATION.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES TO HEAD.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT, AND BOTH AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO THE PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE UNLATCHED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THE ACCIDENT. *AK

EA97027; THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL FELL OFF DUE TO THE AXLE BREAKING AND CAUSING THE WHEEL BOLTS TO SHEAR OFF, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHEEL STUDS BROKE OFF CAUSING REAR TIRE TO FALL OFF.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK THE ABS LIGHTS COMES ON AND STAYS ON. ONCE TRUCK HAS BEEN STARTED, THE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON, BUT WHEN STARTED DRIVING FOR A WHILE THE LIGHT COMES ON. *AK

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN WET OR COLD WEATHER, THE BRAKES LOCK UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING A VEHICLE COLLISION .

TRANSMISSION JERKS VERY HARD FROM GEAR TO GEAR. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON, AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXCEESIVE GAS CONSUMPTION.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40-45 MPH THE TORSION BAR IN THE FRONT END SNAPPED IN HALF, CAUSING OWNER TO LOSE CONTROL OF TRUCK. THE TRUCK IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

THE LUG: NUTS SHEARED AND THE WHEEL CAME OFF THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS SEEN. *AK

STABILIZER BAR FAILED, CAUSING TRUCK TO COLLAPSE ON FRONT TIRES WITH NO WAY TO STEER.

DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 40MPH STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES, STOPPED & THE ABS LOCKED UP. TOOK TO DEALER 3 DIFFERENT TIMES & EACH TIME WAS INFORMED NOTHING WAS WRONG. COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN A COLLISION.