CONSUMER LOST CONTROL ON LOOSE GRAVEL, VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, THEN HIT A DITCH HEAD ON. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER'S AIRBAG WAS SHUT OFF. CONSUMER SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK
2002 Ford F-250 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2002 record →
I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SIDE WALL FAILURE OF A FIRESTONE LIGHT TRUCK TIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. WHILE ACCELARATING DOWN THE ENTRANCE RAMP I NOTICED A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK WHICH STOPPED ONCE I MERGED ONTO THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH. AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT THE VIBRATION WAS DUE TO ROUGH PAVEMENT ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP. A SHORT TIME LATER, POSSIBLY 3 OR 4 MILES, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW. THERE WAS A SLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL AS THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK FELT AS IF IT WERE SLIDING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE TRUCK NOTICEABLY LEANED TO THE LEFT . THE EXTERIOR SIDEWALL (FACING THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRUCK) OF THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED ENTIRELY LEAVING ONLY A SMALL RING OF RUBBER AROUND THE RIM OF THE WHEEL. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF FAILURE THAT HAS OCCURRED WITH OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES. WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THESE TIRE WERE SAFE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: ? TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)
THE MODULE ACTAVATING THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS ENGAGING AT IDLE, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE, AND VEHICLE TO SURGED FORWARD WITHOUT MANUALLY APPLYING ACCELERATOR.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS PEDAL FEELS HARD, AND THERE IS NO BRAKING ACTION, AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK
CONVEX MIRROR PART ON OUTSIDE MIRROR IS NOT ADJUSTABLE, MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE LANES SAFELY.*AK
PASSENGER SIDE EXTERIOR MIRROR IS CAUSING BLIND SPOT WHICH RESULTS IN POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. *AK
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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