1998 Ford F-150 complaints

WAS MOVING 15MPH WHEN A POP SOUND WAS HEARD. RIGHT SIDE WENT DOWN. WAS BARELY ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE RETAILER & INFORMED IT WAS TORSION BAR THAT HAD SNAPPED. *AK

DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR TRUCKS DUAL PISTON CALIPERS/ WRONG PARTS ON TRUCK. *AK

RECALL 98V007000/THROTTLE ICING: SPEED CONTROL WILL NOT DISENGAGE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, AND INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR. *AK 2 GOODYEAR WRANGLER AP TIRE'S TREAD IS COMPLETELY GONE, SIZE P255/70R16, DOT PDCUF8WR038. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE HAS A PING SOUND WHEN FIRST STARTED IN COLD WEATHER, DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *SLC

LUGS: NUTS REQUIRE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO TIGHTEN. *AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND TIRE JUST BLEW OUT. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER AND NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM RIM. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P23570R16, DOT W208. HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE. *AK *SLC

TORSION BAR FAILED CAUSING LOWER LEFT SIDE TO PULL TO THE GUARDRAIL, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME AND HAD HEARD A LOUD NOISE. *SLC

DOOR SKIN IS CRACKED AT BELTLINE ON PASSENGER DOOR. DEALER RESPONSE: "WE'LL LOOK INTO IT" THIS SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WIRH THE 97 AND UP F150S.*AK

TIRES FAILED AT 16,000 MILES THEN AGAIN AT 26,000 COMPLAINT SENT TO FIRESTONE BUT THEY SENT LETTER THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE BOUGHT BEFORE THE RECALL. PLEASE HELP. THE TIRES DIDN'T WAIT FOR THE RECALL TO SPLIT AND PUT ME AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE AT RISK. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 2 TIMES IN 6 MONTHS. AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE THE FLY WHEEL NOW MAKES NOISE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. I DONT BELIEVE THEY DID SO. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TRUCK RUNS.*AK

FORD WANTS $150 TO MAKE THE REPAIR SINCE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED / I AM NOT AT FAULT FOR THE MANUFACTURED DEFECT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE. APPARENTLY TORSION BAR COMPLETELY SNAPPED WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO BECOME LOP SIDED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

CRACKS ARE ON BOTH DOORS AT THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF EACH WINDOW. IT SEEMS TO BE FATIQUE DUE TO THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE WINDOWS

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MAKING A TURN STEERING WHEEL BECOMES IRRATIC AND DRIFTS. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK STEERING GEAR AND PITMAN ARM WERE REPLACED FOR STEERING WHEEL PROBLEM. *YH

TIE ROD END FELL OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK

CONSUMER GOT IN VEHICLE AND TORSION BAR ON LEFT SIDE BROKE. DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION, THEY REPAIRED IT. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. CONSUMER CHANGED HIS OWN OIL & HOPING THIS WASN'T A PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY FRONT LEFT TIRE WENT FLAT, AND THEN CONSUMER REPLACED TIRE WITH SPARE. ABOUT 50 MILES LATER,TIRE CAME COMPLETLY OFF VEHICLE. VEHICLE CRASHED IN THE SIDE OF ROAD, AND DID SOME DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR HIM.*AK THE SPARE WHEEL THAT WAS USED DURING REPLACING FLAT TIRE CAME OFF DUE TO DEFECTIVE COATING THAT THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER HAD RECALLED FOR COATING BREAKDOWN AND CAUSING THE LUG NUTS TO COME LOOSE AND SPIN OFF. ( THE TIRE MAKE AND MODEL WAS NOT GIVEN) *YH

WHEN PUTTING CAR INTO PARK LOCKING PIN IN TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE. THEREFORE, VEHICLE WILL ROLL FORWARD. CONSUMER HAS TO USE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP CAR. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS PART FAILS 95% OF THE TIME. *SLC

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 35-40 MPH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. >PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

DIFFERENTIAL UNIT BROKE ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND BEEN REPAIRED/REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY DEALER. PROBLEM REOCCURRED AGAIN, AND DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR DUE TO WARRANTY EXPIRING, BUT STILL KNEW THAT THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT 20 MPH AND HAD AN ACCIDENT, HIT AN OIL TRUCK. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE WIRE FROM AIR BAG SENSOR WAS SEVERED. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. FRONT SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEG AND LACERATIONS ACROSS FOREHEAD. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TIRE HAD PARTIAL TREAD SEPARATION AND A NEAR-PERFECT RADIAL SPLIT FROM ROOT OF TREAD TO BEAD. ACTUAL TREAD SURFACE WAS FINE. DEALER SAID IT HAD BEEN "CUT." *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/7516LT)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/7516LT )

THE BAR FAILED WITHIN TWO DAYS OF EACH OTHER-WE HAD THE FRONT RIGHT FIXED THEN LATER THAT DAY AFTER GETTING THE RIGHT FIXED. THE LEFT SIDE WENT OUT. IT WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING AND WE DISCOVERED ICE IN THE BAR. IF WE WERE DRIVING FASTER I WOULD OF LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ESPECIALLY IN THE CLIMATE THAT WE LIVE IN-SNOW, ICE ARE APART OF OUR DAY. WE HAVE READ THIS IS A PROBLEM HAPPENING TO MOST TRUCKS. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE A RECALL SO NO ONE GETS HURT OR IS INCONVIENCE LIKE WE WERE-TOTAL DAYS WITHOUT TRUCK 5. *AK

I STARTED UP MY TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY AND AS I PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE II NOTICED A SLIGHT SLIPPAGE IN MY TRANSMISSION, I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT BECAUSE AT THE TIME THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS ABOUT 10 DEGREES AND I ASSUMED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME COLD. AS I TRAVELED APPROX. 1/2 MILE I NOTICED AS I WAS ACCELARATING THAT THE TRUCK SEEMED TO NOT WANT TO GO, I WAS ABLE TO NURSE IT ANOTHER 1/2 MILE TO MY MOTHERS HOUSE WHERE I DISCOVERED THAT THE HOSE POPPED OFF NEAR THE RADIATOR AND POORED OUT TRANSMISSION FLUID. I PUT THE HOSE BACK ON AND TIGHTENED IT BACK UP AND WAS ABLE TO PUT 6 QTS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID BACK IN. THIS SEEMED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND I THOUGHT THAT ALL WAS OKAY, BUT, I WAS WRONG! ON JAN.8TH ,2001 I NOTICED THAT AS MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT THAT IT WAS BEGINNING TO CATCH HARD WHEN I WAS STARTING OUT FROM A DEAD STOP. WELL BY THE TIME I GOT HOME WHICH WAS 10 TO 15 MINUTES LATER I STOPPED BY MY MAILBOX AND I WAS TRYING TO EDGE UP CLOSER AND IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD, BUT I NOTICED THAT I COULD GO BACKWARDS WITH NO PROBLEM. WELL I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND HE TOLD ME THAT I PROBABLY BURNED OUT THE "BANDS" IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IT COULD COST ME ANYWHERE BETWEEN 800 TO 1700 DOLLARS FOR REPAIR DEPENDING ON HOW MANY WERE BURNED OUT. THATS WHERE I,M AT NOW AND IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO GET FORD TO HELP ME, HA,HA!*AK

BOTH FRONT TIRES ARE CRACKING AND SEPERATING BETWEEN THE TREADS HAD THEM CHECKED AND FOUND THE THE CORDS ARE SEPARATING BETWEEN THE LAYERS OF THE TIRE AND ARE NOT SAFE TO USE !!! I HAVE JUS REPLACED THESE TWO FRONT TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND [BFG] AND THERE IS NO COMPARSON ON HOW MUCH BETTER THE TRUCK HANDLES A DRIVES I STILL HAVE THESE TIRES AND HAVE CONCTACED FIRESTONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND OF COURSE THEY WANT THEM SO NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE THE DEFECTS IN THESE OTHER WILDERNESS TIRES THANK YOU JEFF. *AK

WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE THE ACCELERATOR STUCK CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CONSUMER HAD TO PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE TO REDUCE SPEED. NLM

WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE GOES INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL IS SPLITTING WHEN CONSUMER CLOSES DOOR. THERE ARE CRACKS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, EXTERIOR IS SHOWING BIG CRACKS. FORD WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW, AS CONSUMER IS FACING DOOR, THERE IS A CRACK IN DOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CRACKED WELD. *AK THERE WAS CRACKING ON DOOR AND ROOF SEAMS BUT NECESSAY REPAIR WAS DONE ON WARRANTY. *YH

DRIVERS DOOR SHEET METAL HAS 3/4" HORIZONTAL CRACK EVEN WITH WINDOW SILL, LOOKS LIKE TOP OF DOOR COULD BREAK OFF IN A CRASH. *AK

INTERIOR LIGHT PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON MANY 1998 F-150 AND RANGERS. IT IS A SAFTEY HAZARD WHEN DRIVING WITH THE INERIOR LIGHT ON, ESPESIALLY WITH TINTED WINDOWS. *AK

TWO MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED WHEN ON ICY, SNOWY, OR SIMILAR SLIPPERY SURFACES, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM "LOCKED-UP" AND DID NOT "ANTI-LOCK" AS DESIGNED. THIS IS EVIDENCED BY MY REAR-END SLIDING AROUND SIDEWAYS AND NO REVERSE BRAKE PETAL PRESSURE. I HAD PREVIOUSLY OWNED A VEHICLE THAT HAD ANTI-LOCK BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PETAL WOULD PUSH AGAINST MY FOOT AND MAKE A VIBRATING NOISE WHEN ACTIVATED. THIS DOES NOT OCCUR ON THIS VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD, ALL FOUR BRAKES WILL LOCK UP WHEN ANY PETAL PRESSURE IS APPLIED--ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS SUCH AS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY OR OUT OF A PARKING LOT. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FORD DEALER NEAREST MY RESIDENCE (NOT THE DEALER I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE TRUCK) ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN WAS AT MY 30,000 MILE CHECK-UP ABOUT 10 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (AUGUST 27, 1998). THEY CHECKED BRAKES AND NOTED ON THE SERVICE INVOICE "COULD NOT VERIFY." THE SECOND TIME I TOOK IT IN WAS ABOUT 7 MONTHS LATER (MARCH 8, 1999) AFTER THE WINTER SEASON WAS OVER AND HAD THEM CHECK THE SYSTEM AND NO SERVICE WAS NOTED OR PERFORMED. I TOOK AT FACE VALUE THAT WHEN THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG. HOWEVER, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CHECK YEAR ROUND BUT RATHER ONLY WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS SLIPPERY. THEY SAID THEY CHECKED THEM BY PUTTING HEAVY PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES AND THEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND RULED OUT FAILURE OF

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT RIGHT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT, A ROCK WAS STUCK ON THE MIDDLE OF THE TIRE, FIRESTONE WOULD NOT FIX THE TIRE, P235/75R16 DOT VN085T770P. *SLC

TREAD ON THIS TIRE CAME COMEPLETELY OFF TIRE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. TIRES WERE INFLATED TO PROPER LEVEL AND OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75 DEGREES. ONLY REASON THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES WAS THE FACT THAT TIRE CONTINUED TO HOLD AIR UNTIL I COULD SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. I CONSIDER MYSELF EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM THIS. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/R7016)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/R7016 )

FROM 1997'S TO 2000'S F-150 1 OR 2 OF THEIR DOORS ARE CRACKING JUST ABOVE THE DOOR HANDLES AT BOTTOM OF GLASS ON THE EXTERIOR FORD MOTOR CO. HAS SERVICE BULLETINS DATED IN 1998 ON MY TRUCK TELLING OF THESE CRACKS . 2 PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY HAS THIS PROBLEM ALSO WITH THEIR 2000'S, AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE I TELL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM , A LOT OF THEM AREN'T AWARE OF IT, FORD WANTS TO PAY 80%, THEY SHOULD PAY IT ALL. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, VEHICLE EXPLODED, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 48000 MILES. *AK

ON 97'S AND UP THE DOORS ARE CRACKING JUST ABOVE THE DOOR HANDLES ON THE OUTSIDE THERE IS SERVICE BULLETINS ON MY 98 TELLING OF THESE CRACKS JUST ABOUT EVERYONE I TALK TO HAS THIS PROBLEM AND DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. FORD WANTS TO PAY 80% ,I FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON ALL OF THEM AND PAY IT ALL. *AK

THE ORIGINAL GOODYEAR TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED AT 33,000 MILES DUE TO BEING CHOPPED, WHICH CAUSED VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. *MJS

ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP / EMERGENCY SITUATION, IT CAUSES REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

MY 1 TIRE HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE EXACTLY LIKE THE 15" WILDERNESS AT TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I'VE WAITED TO SEE IF MY TIRES WOULD BE RECALLED. I REPLACED MY TIRES W/NEW GOODYEAR TIRES THE VERY NEXT DAY, BUT I KEPT THE OLD TIRES WHICH THE OTHER 3 SHOW SIGNIFICANT DETERIATION. I ALSO TOOK PICTURES OF ALL 4 TIRES SHOWING THE CRACKS ALONG WITH THE 1 THAT SEPERATED. I FEEL THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS & THAT THE 15" TIRES ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT COULD SEPERATE & COST INNOCENT PEOPLE THEIR LIVES. I FEEL ALOT OF CONSUMERS HAVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY & THIS IS SHOULD BE OF THE UPMOST URGENCY!! SINCERELY, ANN C RICKENBACH. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W208 1PT TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

AT SLOW SPEED WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, BRAKES DON'T WORK. ABS SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHILE BRAKES DEPRESSED. HAVE HAD TO TURN OFF IGNITION. *AK

THE DEALER HAS ADDRESSED THE BRAKE ISSUE BY TURNING ROTORS/DRUMS. 10,000 MILES LATER IM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH BRAKING EQUALIZATION FROM FRONT TO REAR. THE REAR BRAKES HAVE YET TO SHOW SIGNS OF WEAR. OVERALL THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING GOOD BUT IT APPEARS THE FEW ON GOING PROBLEMS ARE GOING TO COST ME AFTER WARRANTY IS OVER.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WIPER WASHER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

I REPORTED TRANSMISSION PROBLEM TO DEALER, BUT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG.*AK

CONSUMER FEELS THE BACK BRAKES DO NOT STAY ADJUSTED AND THAT THE SELF-ADJUSTERS ARE POORLY DESIGNED WHICH WILL NOT KEEP BRAKES ADJUSTED, THIS VEHICLE HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS DUE TO FAULTY BRAKES. *SLC

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 2 YEARS THE POWER CONTROL MODULE HAS FAILED. THE FIRST TIME WAS JUST AFTER I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN APRIL 1998. THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY JUST DIE. THIS HAPPENED REGARDLESS OF SPEED. THE ENGINE WOULD, MOST TIMES, REQUIRE SEVERAL MINUTES OF TURNING THE IGNITION ON AND OFF AND CRANKING OF THE ENGINE BEFORE IT WOULD RESTART. I RETURNED THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER I PURCHAED IT FROM 3 SEPERATE TIMES. TWICE I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT IN AND THE LAST TIME REQUIRED A TOW. ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES IN THE COMPUTER TO INDICATE THAT ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH THE PCM AND THE ECM AT THE TIME OF THE THIRD FAILURE AND THAT SOLVED THE PROBLEM AT THAT TIME. ON OCTOBER 1 OF 2000 MY WIFE AND I WENT TO RUN A FEW ERRANDS. WE HAD ONLY TRAVELED 1/4 MILE WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH. IT TOOK 6 ATTEMPTS TO RETART THE ENGINE. WE THEN DROVE ANOTHER 1/2 MILE ONLY TO HAVE THE ENGINE ONCE AGAIN SHUT DOWN WHILE TRAVELING UP A HILL AT 35 MPH. THE ENGINE KICKED BACK IN BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SO WE CONTINUED ON OUR WAY. ON OCT 2 DROVE THE TRUCK TO A DIFFERENT DEALER. SHOWED THEM THE PAPERWORK FROM 1998. AGAIN WHEN CHECKED, NO ERROR CODES. THEY HAD TRUCK FOR 3 DAYS BUT NO FAILURE. AGREED TO REPLACE PCM AT NO CHARGE. AS OF 10/28 NO FURTHER PROBLEM NOTED.*AK