1996 Ford F-250 complaints

WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY MY FORD F-250 WITH TWO GAS TANKS BURST INTO FLAMES AND TOTALED THE PICKUP. FORTUNATELY, THE TRUCK WAS BACKED INTO THE DRIVE WAY BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE BURNED DOWN AND THE HOTWATER HEATER WOULD HAVE BEEN IGNITED. AS IT WAS, WE WERE LUCKY THAT THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED SO QUICKLY AND PREVENTED THE GAS TANKS FROM EXPLODING. BOTH LANES ON HWY 412 WERE SHUT DOWN, MANY PEOPLE GATHERED , ETC. THE MEDIA WAS THERE TAKING PICTURES. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MAYBE A WIRING DEFECT THAT COULD BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN OTHER FORD PICKUPS. I ALSO OWN A FORD F-360 DIESEL. I THINK THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED TO AVOID HAVING POSSIBLE FATALITIES. I HAVE INSURANCE, HOWEVER, IT WILL NOT PUT ME BACK WHERE I WAS. THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED AND I PLANNED TO RETAIN IT FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS. MY CHILDREN WERE HOME, WHEN A PASSERBY POUNDED ON THE DOOR HYSTERICALLY TO TELL THEM THAT THE PICKUP WAS ON FIRE AND COULD BE A BOMB. MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER GOT THE OTHER CHILDREN OUT AND PHONED 911. THEN, SHE WENT BACK IN TO WAKE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO LIVES IN OUR BASEMENT AS SHE HEAR EXPLOSIONS. (THE FRONT TIRES EXPLODED AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE.) PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OUT! THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE TECHNICIAN BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY LOOSE. TECHNICIAN REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT, LOCKING BUCKLE WILL NOT LOCK AND HOLD.*AK

THE VEHICLE TIRE TREAD HAS BEGUN TO SEPARATE. *NLM

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED, POSSIBLY DUE TO FUEL TANK PROBLEMS. TS *JB

THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS LEFT IN THE "ON" POSITION WHILE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN HOURS, APPARENTLY THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT TOLD BY PRESSURE REGULATOR OR COMPUTER TO TURN OFF. FUEL PUMP PUMPED APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN GALLONS OF FUEL INTO MOTOR, BY NOT KNOWING THIS AT THE TIME OF TRYING TO START VEHICLE A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WITHIN MINUTES THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED, LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT OR KILLED. FIRE DEPT. POLICE ON THE SCENE OF INCIDENT, PLEASE PURSUE THIS ISSUE SO THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN TO OTHER INNOCENT PEOPLE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE FATALITIES, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND ALSO MY FAMILY, I ALSO LOST A VERY NICE TRUCK AS THE RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, I FEEL THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INCIDENT. THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS OF MY VEHICLE WHICH SHOULD BE REPLACED BY FORD MOTOR CO. I ALSO FEEL THAT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE DONE ON THE VEHICLE, TO REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PARTS SO THAT FATALITIES WILL NOT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. FORD MOTOR CO. WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY WROTE ME A LETTER STATING THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE AND THAT ALSO NOTHING WOULD BE DONE TO SOLVE THIS MATTER AND NOTHING TO REPLACE MY VEHICLE. PLEASE CONTACT ME SO THAT THIS MATTER CAN BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY. MY FIRST CONTACT WITH FORD MOTOR CO. WAS THAT FORD WANTED ME TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO SEND MY TRUCK TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE, THEN A SHORT TIME LA

THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AREA. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS, Y PIPE AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH CAUSED THE OVERHEATING.*JB

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT VEHICLE SUDDENLY MADE A 45% TURN AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR. STEERING COLUMN SPLIT IN HALF. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WENT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE SLAMMING ON BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT BUT DRIVER DID NOT LOSE CONTROL, OWNER NOTICED THAT A 4'WIDE-6'EDGE CHUNK HAD PEELED AWAY. THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES. *AK *NLM

THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED (FELT VIBRATION) I TRAVELED APPRX 200 YARDS AND THEN THE TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE EXHAUST PIPES /WHEEL WELL/ WHEEL LINER/BED, AND WHEEL WELL TRIM.*AK

WHILE PULLING HIS 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE OF THE TOW VEHICLE. THE BLOW OUT HAPPENED ACROSS THE TREAD AREA. *CB

FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLES WILL NOT LATCH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL THEY HAVE NO LIABILITY.*AK *YH

UNIT WAS PARKED AND SHIFTER PLACED IN THE "PARK" POSITION. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK ACROSS THE PARKING LOT AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. WITNESSES ON THE SCENE VERIFIED THAT THE SHIFTER WAS IN PARK BUT THAT TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGED IN THAT POSITION. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, IT WAS DETERMINED, BY EXPERIMENT, THAT THE INDICATOR ON THE SHIFTER DID NOT SHOW THE ACTUAL GEAR. WHEN IN "PARK" THE TRUCK WAS ACTUALLY IN EITHER REVERSE OR NEUTRAL. ACCORDING TO OTHER SOURCES, THIS PROBLEM, OF EITHER JUMPING OUT OF PARK OR NOT BEING IN THE GEAR INDICATED, HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH FORD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN THE PAST.

FRONT CALIPERS CRACKED. CONTACTED DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE EXHAUST PIPES AND WHEEL WELL OF THE VEHICLE, THE TIRE HAD 30774 MILE ON IT AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE AND DAMAGES BUT WAS DECLINED BY THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER FOUND EVIDENCE THAT THE TIRE WAS OPERATED FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME WITH INSUFFICIENT AIR PRESSURE, THE CONSUMER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRES, SIZE LT 235/85R16, DOT#VDORRAA507, SET OF FOUR TIRES WAS PURCHASED 24-JUL-1999). NLM

CONSUMER STATED THE FACTORY INSTALLED WIRING HARNESS WHICH IS COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FUSE BOX BEGAN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH WAS CAUSING THE TURN SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHTS TO BE INOPERATIVE.*JB

THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING AND YOU CAN RESET THE COMPUTER AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT FINE UNTIL THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON. IT HAS BEEN TESTED AND IT SHOWS THERE IS NO REASON FOR IT TO BE FLASHING. HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP NOW 15 TIMES AND EVEN SPECIAL TECHNICIANS LOOKING AT IT AND CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. I DON'T WANT TO LOOSE MY TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT SUDDENLY COLLAPSED IN RECLINING POSITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS ORDERED CONSUMER A NEW SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND IT WAS SITTING FOR 15 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WENT FROM PARK TO DRIVE ALL BY IT'S SELF. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION IS ELECTRONIC AND HE SUSPECTT A SELONIDE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFTY ISSUE. *AK

WHILE TOWING RV ON STRAIGHT SECTION OF INTERSTATE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED. FORCE PUSHED UP RHT REAR 1/4 PANEL, TAIL PIPE, WHEEL HOUSING, CANOPY. VEHICLE DID NOT HIT ANY DEBRIS IN ROAD TO CAUSE TIRE FAILURE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDOR1WT TIRESIZE: LT235/85R1)

FIRESTONE STEEL TEX TIRES R4S LT235/85R16, DOT VDORTWC415; WHILE TRAVELING IN A FORD, F250 VEHICLE AT 60MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL. *AK DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE QUARTER PANEL AND WHEEL WELL, THE STEEL BRAID PULLED TAILPIPE FORWARD DAMAGING THE PIPES AND WHEEL HOUSING, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THESE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

RECALL 93 V 125 000/FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY: PORTION OF UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK HAD TO BE RETURNED TO THE SECOND TANK, THE SECOND TANK EXCEEDED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGES. SPILLING COULD RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER LEAVING VEHICLE PARKED OVERNIGHT, NEXT DAY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE EVEN BEFORE CONSUMER GOT CLOSE TO VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

TRAILER HITCH SIDE PLATES RECEIVER WAS ATTACHED BY 6 BOLTS OF WHICH FOUR ATTACHMENT PARTS BROKE, WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF TRUCK AND TRAILER. IF OTHER TWO BROKE, TRAILER WOULD HAVE SEPARATED. OWNER REPAIRED AND REINFORCED ATTACHMENTS FROM PARTS 9085087 RIGHT AND 9085088 LEFT THAT MANUFACTURER SENT. EAZLIFT TRAILER HITCH. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ATTACHMENT POINTS ON REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH WIDER THAT THE BROKEN PARTS. *SLC

THE TRUCK WAS PARKED FOR 10+ DAYS WITHOUT BEING STARTED. THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WAS SO SEVERE THAT THE INSPECTORS COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THERE WAS NO OTHER IGNITION SOURCE ANYWHERE AROUND THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHEN SWITCHING FROM LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM, HEADLIGHTS GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK *YH

FUEL PUMPS FROM REAR TANK TO FRONT TANK, CAUSING OVERFILLING AND SPILLAGE RESULTING IN FIRE HAZARD.*AK

TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, JUST LIKE THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDOR 1W1 TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)

WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK FUEL IS BEING PUMPED FROM FRONT TO BACK TANK, TANK WILL OVERFLOW AND SPILL FUEL. CONSUMER ONLY FILLS TANKS HALFWAY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.*AK

DRIVER'S FRONT AND REAR SEAT BELTS ARE NOT LATCHING PROPERLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH POWER STEERING WENT OUT, MECHANIC FOUND RETAINING RING THAT HOLDS THE PRESSURE SIDE OF THE POWER STEERING FLUID HOSE IN PLACE HAD SNAPPED. HE CHANGED A COUPLE OF THEM PER WEEK. VEHICLE HAS STANDARD POWER BOOSTER.*AK *SLC

RIM IS MADE OF ALUMINUM, AND WHEEL IS MADE OF STEEL. THESE DIFFERENT METALS CAUSE THE TWO COMPONENTS TO WELD TOGETHER, AND A HAMMER NEEDS TO BE USED TO SEPARATE THEM. *AK CONSUMER HAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO ALSO HAD TOUSE A DEAD BLOW HAMMER TO POUND THEM APART, HOWEVER DEALER DID NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS PULLING A 5TH WHEEL CAMPER FOR 5,0000 MILES WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED, DUE TO BURNT CLUTCHES. DEALER RECOMMEND WHEN BACKING OUT CAMPER CONSUMER SHOULD USE LOW RANGE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE.*AK

4 WHEEL LIGHT STATED THAT IT WAS IN 4- WHEEL DRIVE, IT WAS INFACT NOT, AND I ALMOST WENT OFF OF A CLIF. PUT NEW HUBS ON AND IT FAILED AGAIN IN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MUD. 4 WHEEL LIGHT STATED THAT IT WAS IN 4 WHEEL AGAIN.*AK

TIRES ARE CRACKING AROUND THE BEAD ON THE RIM. I HAVE CONTACTED COOPER ABOUT THIS AND WAS TOLD MY SUSPENSION IS STIFF CAUSING THE TIRE TO FLEX MORE THAN NORMAL. I HAVE CONTACTED LES SCHAWB, AND BIG O TIRE COMPANIES ABOUT THIS STATEMENT, AND WAS TOLD THIS IS TOTALLY WRONG. COOPER HAS REPLACED 4 SETS OF TIRES IN 2 YEARS. THEY MADE SURE THAT DOT NUMBERS DID NOT MATCH ON THREE OCCASIONS. COOPER HAS TOLD BE I WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE TIRES BECASUE I HAVE A LOAD RANGE D TIRE, AND FORD RECOMENDS A LOAD RANGE E. THE TIRE I HAVE PURCHASED WILL CARRY APROX 500LBS MORE THAN THE TIRE FORD RECOMENDS. THIS IS WHY LES SCHWAB AND BIG O TIRES ARE SAYING COOPER IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OF REPLACING A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 28161-3 TIRESIZE: 285/75/R16)

TIRES ARE FAILING ,CRACKING AND CHUNKS FALLING OFF ,OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVEING THE SAME PROBLEMS FIRESTONE DOES NOT WANT TO HELP US . *AK (TIRESIZE: 235-85R-16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235-85R-16 )

RUBBERT INTAKE BOOT FROM CLEANSER TO TURBO HAS FALLEN APART. HAD TO HAVE AN UPGRADED VERSION OF INTAKE BOOT REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC.*AK

IDLER PULLEY CAME OFF OF THE MOTOR, CAUSING SERPENTINE BELT, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, AND VACUUM PUMP TO FAIL. *SLC

THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE LT 235/85R16 M & S AT AND FIRESTONE LT 235/85R16 R4S TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE DEFECTIVE, SHOWED SIGNED OF CRACKING, SEPARATION AND EXPERIENCED BLOW OUT, THE FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSED CREDIT TO CONSUMER AS THEY WERE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEFECTIVE TIRES. CJ

VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH CONSUMER FEELS THE TIRES WERE THE CAUSE, HOWEVER NONE OF THE TIRES ACTUALLY BLEWOUT, PRIOR TO ACCIDENT A DEALER NOTICED STEELBELTS COMING THROUGH CENTER OF THE TREAD, FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES P235/85R16 DOTVD0RTWW046. *SLC

FIRESTONE STEELER 4RS TIRE (P235 85 R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD SHUT DOWN. HAPPENED AT STOP LIGHT OR SIGNS. CONTACTED FORD MANUFACTURER & INFORMED CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER. AT DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC PLACED VEHICLE ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE & NO CODES APPEARED. TRANSMISSION COULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY INTO EITHER 1ST OR 2ND GEARS WITHOUT MAKING GRINDING NOISES. MECHANIC REFUSED TO REPAIR VEHICLE DUE TO BEING OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

TIRE CAP CAME OFF AND TIRE BLEW.*AK (DOT NUMBER: ? TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)

TWO OF THE FIRESTONE (STEELTEX RADIAL LT 235/85R16 M/S) TIRES ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *MJS

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID VEHICLE NEEDED A TUNE UP AND COIL PACK REPLACE. DEALER SAID THAT PLUGS WOULD NOT COME OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE STUCK. SO CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE PLUGS WON'T COME OUT. DEALER CHARGED A $1000 TO TAKE THEM OUT.*AK THE LIGHT AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE FAILED. THE STARTER FAILED THREE TIMES. A/C FAILED. THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILED. BRAKE CALIPER AND ROTOR FAILED. WIRES UNDERHOOD RUST OUT. POWER STEERING HOSE FAILED. *YH

THESE 4 TIRES FAILED.THE CENTER STEEL CHORDS WERE SHOWING ON ALL 4 TIRES UPON INSPTECTION. I IMMIDEATLY REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL THE TIRES. I HAVE ONE TIRE LEFT THAT WAS A SPARE SERIAL NUMBER 20881URBD96426-4.THESE TIRES ARE THE ORGINAL TIRES BOUGHT ON A 1996 FORD 250 NEW AT COUNTS FORD, SULLIVAN, MO. I FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THE INFORMATION ON THESE TIRES BEING THAT YOU HAVE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH FIRESTONE TIRES.I REPLACED THESE TIRES OUT OF MY POCKET MYSELF AND CAN BE VERIFED OF THEIR CONDITION BY MONROE CITY TIRE& BATTERY, MONROE CITY, MO 63456.BUSINESS HWY. 36. *AK (TIRESIZE: 2358516M8)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 2358516M8 )

FIRST TIRE FAILURE THE TRUCK WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD AND HAD ABOUT 4000 MILES. I WAS DOING ABOUT 60 MPH ON I75 WHEN THE TIRE BLEW. I CALLED THE FORD SERVICE NUMBER AND A SERVICE VEHICLE CAME AND PUT MY SPARE TIRE ON. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE TIRE TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AT DADELAND IN MIAMI. THERE THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE I HAD DRIVEN ON IT. MY COMPLAINT WAS THAT NO OTHER RECORD WAS MADE OF THE EARLY TIRE FAILURE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 20891UR TIRESIZE: LT235/85R1)

3 FIRESTONE STEELTEX (16 INCH) AT TIRES EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL CRACKS. NLM

FUEL IS LEAKING CAUSING ENGINE TO SHUT OFF, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING ASSEMBLY, RESEALED O-RINGS, REPLACED LOW PRESSURE FUEL SENSOR, REPLACED PRESSURE SWITCH, AND TIGHTENED FUEL LINES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. TRANSMISSION BUCKS AT TAKE OFF. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL LEAK. *SLC

THE TRUCK STALLS AND GOES COMPLETELY DEAD. THERE IS NOT A SET PATTERN TO THE PROBLEM. SOME WEEKS IT HAPPENS MORE THEN OTHERS. IT HAPPENS IN BOTH TWO WHEEL AND FOUR WHEEL OPERATION, LOAD AND NO LOAD CONDITIONS. IT IS MOST DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AND MANEUVERS SINCE THE POWER STEERING IS GONE