1999 Ford F-250 complaints

MY FORD F250 IS EQUIPPED WITH A TOWING PACKAGE TO TOW A FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. THE TOWING MIRROR IS MY COMPLAINT. THERE IS A LARGE MIRROR ON TOP AND A SMALLER PARABOLIC MIRROR ON THE BOTTOM OF THE MIRROR FRAME. THE UPPER MIRROR IS ADJUSTABLE, BUT THE PARABOLIC MIRROR IS NOT ADJUSTABLE AND YOU CANNOT SEE ANYTHING OUT OF IT EXCEPT FOR THE REAR TIRES OF THE PICKUP AND THE GROUND. IF I WERE ABOUT 5 FEET TALL IT WOULD WORK GREAT, BUT I AM 6'1'' AND CANNOT SEE ANYTHING OUT OF IT THAT WILL HELP ME SEE THE TRAILER OR THE TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. I HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALER, THE FORD DEALERS IN TUCSON, AZ AND THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND HAVE GOTTEN NO SATISFACTORY ANSWER. THE MIRROR NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTABLE FOR PERSONS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHTS. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO AT THIS TIME TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION.

DISC BRAKES FILL UP WITH MUD , TEARING REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS AND CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 45 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION, HITTING TWO TREES, TOTALLY DAMAGING THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR (PARK), IT PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL. THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WAS OPEN AND CAUGHT ON A TREE WHICH WAS NEAR THE VEHICLE. IT ALSO KNOCKED DOWN AND INJURED A 4 YEAR OLD AS IT WAS ROLLING DOWN THE HILL. THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED DOWN BY THE TREE, WHICH BARELY GAVE THE DRIVER ENOUGH TIME TO CLIMB INTO THE VEHICLE AND BRING IT TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE IT WENT BACKWARDS INTO A REVINE. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED WHY THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED.

I WAS TAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY AT 60 MPH WHEN I CAME UPON A PICK-UP TRUCK THAT WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND RAMMED INTO THE BACK END. THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM WAS TO DO THE REPAIR WORK. THEIR BODY SHOP WAS TO GET WITH FORD TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE REASON THEY TOLD ME WAS THAT THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS MOVING SLIGHTLY AND THAT FORD'S AIRBAGS WAS NOT DESIGNED TO GO OFF IN THOSE SITUATIONS. THIS TO ME IS A FEEBLE ANSWER.

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE. THE POWER WENT OUT COMPLETELY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

10/11/98 APPOX 1100 MI - TRUCK SURGED WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. THIS WAS SECOND TIME. 10/13/98 1180 MI - 3RD OCCURRENCE - SAME BUT GREATER SURGE REQUIRING EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO AVOID HITTING CAR AT INTERSECTION. MORNING - ENGINE COLD. DISTANCE FROM START (HOME DRIVEWAY) TO INTERSECTION APPOX. 200 YARDS. 10/15/98 1308 MI - 4TH OCCURRENCE - LEFT PARKING SPACE AFTER WORK (3:30 PM) AND TRAVELED 100 FEET AND APPLIED BRAKE TO MAKE LEFT TURN. ENGINE SURGED REQUIRING ALL MY POWER TO AVOID CRASHING INTO SIDE OF PARKED VAN WITH PASSENGER INSIDE. 10/21/98 1358 MI - LEFT AT NORTHPORT FORD - COMPANY COULD NOT DETECT ANY PROBLEM AND STILL HAS THE TRUCK (AS OF 10/27/98). I FEAR THAT THE INCREASINGLY POWERFUL ACCELERATIONS WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED WILL RESULT IN AN UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT AND AM LEAVING THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALER UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS IDENTIFIED AND FIXED. FORD IS TRYING INFLIGHT DETECTOR.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES TO NECK,BACK AND ARM.

WHEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY THE BRAKES, ON BUMPY SURFACE, SUDDENLY LET LOOSE. THERE ARE NO BRAKES AT ALL UNTIL SMOOTH PAVEMENTS AND SLOWER SPEED. SPEED IS NOT A FACTOR BETWEEN 25MPH, THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. DEALER CONTACTED AND WILL CHECK OUT AND CONTACT OWNER. NO RESPONSE FOR ONE MONTH. *AK

ABS PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES DURING NORMAL BRAKING, MORE DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THERE IS A SPONGY FEELING AND A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE SYSTEM. THE TRUCK DOES NOT STOP UNLESS DRIVER REALLY JAMS THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH AND WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WILL PROVIDE VIN. # AT LATER DATE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, CONSUMER'S GRANDSON WAS SITTING UP FRONT WHEN HE WANTED TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND SEE HOW HIGH THEY WERE OFF THE ROAD. HE TOUCHED/GRABBED HANDLE ON PASSENGERS DOOR TO PULL SELF CLOSER TO WINDOW AND REACHED IN TOO FAR, HITTING THE DOOR HANDLE WHICH WAS LOCKED. UPON TOUCHING THE HANDLE WHILE THE DOOR WAS LOCKED THE DOOR UTOMATICALLY POPPED OPEN. THE MAUFACTURER NEED TO PUT CHILD PROOF LOCKS ON PASSENGER DOOR AS GRAB HANDLES ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF DOOR HANDLE. *AK

REAR VIEW MIRROR DESIGN EXTENDS TOO LONG, RESULTING IN ONCOMING TRUCK TO HIT THE MIRROR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SHATTERING THE MIRROR AND CRACKING THE HOUSING.

TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN AN INTER-SECTIONAL CRASH, IMPACT SPEED ABOUT 40 MPH, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. THE TRUCK IS BEING REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP. *AK

CLUTCH DID NOT WORK IN THEIR 1999 FORD TRUCK. *AK

HOOD LATCH BAR IS ATTACHED BY TWO BOLTS. ONE OF THE BOLTS HAD FALLEN 0UT/BECAME LOOSE, CAUSING HOOD TO START BOUNCING, WHICH COULD ALSO HAVE RESULTED IN HOOD COMING OFF. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#98V116000) & NOTIFIED DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRS. CALLED MANUFACTURER & WAS TOLD DID NOT HAVE ANY PARTS TO SEND TO DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR STEERING COLUMN. *AK

MIRRORS ARE DESIGNED IN A FIXED POSITION, CAN'T BE ADJUSTED. QCAW

REAR BRAKES ARE NOT FULLY RELEASING, NOT BINDING AND CAUSING THE PADS TO RUB AGAINST EACH OTHER AND BECOME VERY HOT, CAUSING A NOISE AND MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE DISCS. MANUFACTURER STATED THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT NO SOLUTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50MPH THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONTROL, UNKNOWN AS TO WHY THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, AND WENT THROUGH A MAILBOX/TREE/ EMBANKMENT UNTIL IT STOPPED ON A FIELD ON ITS OWN. ALSO, THE BUMPER EXPERIENCED FRONTAL IMPACT DAMAGE, BUT THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. CAUSED UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

NO PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR THE AIR CONDENSER.

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 98V116000, MANUFACTURER'S NUMBER 98S17. SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT COME WITH A SPARE TIRE. CONSUMER QUESTIONS THE SAFETY OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITION WHEN SUDDENLY CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY BRAKES. FRONT WHEEL ON DRIVER'S SIDE LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, BUT NO INJURIES. DEALER INSPECTED BRAKE SYSTEM. INFORMED CONSUMER NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

RECALL # 98V116000 FORD/LOWER CONTROL ARM. OWNER IS STILL EXPERIENCING A PROLBEM WITH TRUCK AFTER HAVING RECALL WORK PERFORMED. WHEN HITTING A BUMP, ETC IN THE ROAD, THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY VIBRATES. IN SOME CASES, JERKING STEERING WHEEL FROM HAND. *AK

OWNER WISHES TO NOTIFY NHTSA OF A RECALL CONCERNING THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT WHICH IS MISSING OR HAS CRIMPED RIVETS. OWNER DID NOT LOCATE THE RECALL ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE.

BRAKES CYLINDER FAILED AND SPRAYED BRAKE FLUID OVER THE TIRES.

98V116000, STEERING COLUMN SHAFT; CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD. CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION FROM FORD ON THE RECALL, AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE OR REMEDY THE PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST ONE WEEK OR UNTIL NOTIFIED BY FORD OF THE RECALL. *AK

NHTSA RECALL # 98V11600 MFR # 98S17, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER TO HAVE RECALL CORRECTED, DEALER UNAWARE OF RECALL. REFUSED TO REPLACE ANY PARTS. *AK

VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO 4X4 LOW RANGE WITHOUT DRIVER SHIFTING GEARS. VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ON ITS OWN.