1999 Ford F-350 complaints

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES. THE DEALER HAS REPLAED TWO FUEL PUMPS . *AK

REAR TIRE LINERS ARE MADE OF THIN PLASTIC, CAUSING THE TIRES TO STICK AND PULL THE LINERS OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT MANUAL OPERATION VEHICLE WILL GO INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS NOT ABLE TO HOLD VEHICLE WHEN IT COMES TO PULLING A TRAILER. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

IE99-069; WHEN TRAVELING 68 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DOWNSHIFT, THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR. ALSO, IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE CONSUMER APPLIED EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, CONSUMER THEN TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF BY REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS NOT REPLACED PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE VEHICLE IS BEING USED TO PULL A TRAILER AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE WITHOUT PUTTING IT IN PARK POSITION.THE VEHICLE WILL ROLL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, HEARD A HEAVY NOISE. WHEN TAKING OFF AND GIVING IT GAS, VEHICLE WON'T SHIFT, AND THE RPMS WERE HIGHER. ALSO, SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO OUT. VEHICLE IS THE FIFTH TIME AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. *AK

I AM NOT THE ONLY FORD F-350 TRUCK OWNER HAVING THESE CLUTCH PROBLEMS. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL GUYS WHO HAVE PUT 3 OR MORE CLUTCHES REPLACED UNDER 100,000 MILES. THERE IS DEFINATELY A PROBLEM WITH THESE CLUTCH ASSEMBLIES. THESE TRUCKS ARE SOLD AS SUPER-DUTY WORK TRUCKS, BUT ARE NOT WITHSTANDING THE WORKLOADS THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY BUILT FOR. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SATISFACTION. I FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE IN ORDER.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45MPH, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

WINDSHIELS WIPER HOSES NOT SPRAYING HIGH ENOUGH ON WINDSHIELD TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT CONDITIONS. NLM

THE REAR ENDS KEEP LOCKING OR BINDING UP

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY WHILE IN USE DURING IN RAINY WEATHER. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY FOR THE DRIVER. REMOVED THE FUSE TO WINDSHIELD WIPERS. WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER TO HAVE WIPERS CHECKED. *AK

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH DEACTIVATES TURN SIGNALS WITH ONLY SLIGHT ROTATION OF THE WHEEL. DURING VERY WIDE TURNS OR CURVES SIGNAL DEACTIVATE. THE SWITCH SHOULD ALLOW MORE MOVEMENT OF THE WHEEL BEFORE DEACTIVATION OF SIGNALS.

THE SPARE TIRE BROKE LOOSE FROM UNDER THE TRUCK WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, BEING THAT WE WERE PULLING A 24'ENCLOSED RACE CAR TRAILER AT THE TIME THE SPARE TIRE BROKE OFF. WHEN HIT BY THE TRAILER IT THREW THE TRAILER IN THE AIR BRAKING THE AXELS ON IMPACT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN THE ONCOMMING LANE AT THE TIME OR FOLLOWING TO CLOSE BEHIND. DAMAGE WAS CAUSE HEAVILY TO THE TRAILER, THE TRUCK SEEMS TO BE OK. I AM GLAD WE WEREN'T TRAVELING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

ABS BRAKES; WHEN PUSHING ON THE BRAKES CONSUMER CANNOT TURN THE WHEEL. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT. DEALER HAS REPLACED HAS REPLACED THE 2 FRONT ROTORS. *AK

CREWCAB DULLY WITH SEVERE "CUPPING" OF TIRES. HIGH SPEED VIBRATIONS. NUMEROUS ALIGNMENTS DONE WITH NO CORRECTIVE ACTION. NEW TIRES PURCHASED AND CUPPING, VIBRATIONS AND ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. FORD IS NOT RECOGNIZING PROBLEM.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT23585R16 )

SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY ALLOWING STRAP TO GET CAUGHT/STUCK IN DOOR. MJS

BRAKES: BRAKES FADE EASILY AND WILL PULL TO THE LEFT. BRAKES ALSO SHAKE AND SHUDDER THE WHOLE VEHICLE AND SURGE GRABBING AND UNGRABBING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND BRAKE PEDAL PULSATES. BRAKES BEGAN PROBLEM WITH VERY FEW MILES NEVER LOADED OR PULLING. RESULTS IN UNSAFE BRAKING. SEAT BELT: DRIVERS SEATBELT HANGS DOWN AND GETS CAUGHT IN BOTTOM OF DOOR. YOU SHUT YOUR DOOR, FASTEN THE BELT NOT KNOWING IT IS STUCK IN DOOR. IN SUDDEN STOPS, THE BELT PULLS FREE WITH MUCH SLACK REMAINING POSSIBLY ALLOWING YOUR BODY TO GO THROUGH WINDSHIELD. BELT TWISTS VERY EASILY, AND BOTTOM PIVOT/ANCHOR TURNS EASILY ALLOWING BELT TO HANG DOWN IN DOOR. MUST FIDDLE WITH IT EACH TIME EXITING THE VEHICLE AND MUST DOUBLE CHECK IT IS NOT STUCK IN DOOR. TRANSMISSION: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DID NOT DISENGAGE IN COLD WEATHER CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AT INTERSECTION NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES. TRANSMISSION ALSO SHIFTS IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE GOING INTO OVERDRIVE ERRATICALLY. IT WILL GO IN AND OUT OF OVERDRIVE SEVERAL TIME WITHING A SECOND OR TWO CAUSING THE VEHICLE AND PASSENGERS TO JERK BACK AND FORTH SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFTEN WON'T TURN OFF. AT TIMES I HAVE TO PULL THE FUSS TO STOP THE WIPERS, AND REPLACE THE FUSS TO START THEM AGAIN. I HAD IT IN TO THE DEALER TWO TIMES, THEY FIRST REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR, THIS DID NOT FIX IT, SO THE NEXT TRIP IN, THEY REPLACE THE SWITCH, THIS HAS NOT FIXED IT.

TRUCK EXHIBITS SEVERE VIBRATION COMING FROM FRONT. TOOK TO DEALER, CANT'T FIX IT. *AK

VEHICLE PULLS HARD TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING. NLM

MY NAME IS DIANNE MCCULLAR. ADDRESS IS 5223 SOLAR RIDGE DR. COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80917. (719)574-2029 MY 1979 FORD BRONCO VIN#U15HLEJ5445 WAS HIT BY THE ABOVE MENTIONED TRUCK ON 05/23/99. THE OWNER LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE WHEN THE STEERING SHAFT/STEERING GEAR BOX SHEARED APART. MY TRUCK WAS PARKED AT THE TIME. $5100 OF DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY TRUCK. TIG INSURANCE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE COLLISION WAS DUE TO A FORD PART THAT IS UNDER RECALL (#98S17). DUE TO THEM DETERMINING THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY MECHANICAL DEFECT, TIG INSURANCE HAS DENIED MY CLAIM FOR DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK AND I AM HAVING TO PURSUE FORD DIRECTLY. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO THAT WOULD HELP MY CASE. THANK YOU. *AK

LUMBAR SEAT ADJUSTMENT KNOB DESIGN TOO LARGE,INTERFERENCE WHEN PASSENGER EXITING VEHICLE (DRESS CAUGHT) CAUSING INJURY WHEN CONSUMER WAS HANGING FROM DRESS. MJS

SEVERE DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE ROTOR DESTRUCTION FROM CALIPER MOUNTED ON FRONT OF ROTOR, PREVENTING SELF CLEANING OF MUD, FROM ROTOR FACE. ROTOR IS DESTROYED BY ABRASIVE ACTION OF GRIT HELD IN PLACE AGAINST ROTOR BY FORWARD MOTION OF WHEELS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED IN OUR OTHER TWO 1999 FORDS (1-F550 AND 1-F450). OUR COMPANY OPERATES A FLEET OF 50 VEHICLES IN OFFROAD OILFIELD SERVICE TRUCKING. WE HAVE 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF OFFROAD VEHICLE USE. THIS PROBLEM IS THE MOST SEVERE ENGINEERING PROBLEM WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN OUR EXPERIENCE. THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED BY FORD AND AN ENGINEERING CHANGE MUST BE MADE. CERTAIN INJURIES AND DEATHS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR DURING HIGH SPEED BRAKE APPLICATIONS IF THE DISC PAD LOCKS INTO THE FORGED COOLING WEB OF THE ROTOR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND BRAKING HARD SUDDENLY, VEHICLE SLID. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS ON ICE.VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT TO EXTREME RIGHT. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND TRYING TO COME TO A SOLUTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 50 MPH FRONT END VIBRATES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DEFECTIVE RELAY MODULE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SIDEWALL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING HEAVY PRESSURE TO BRAKE WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN, CAUSING DIRECTIONAL PROBLEMS. NM

OCCUPANT RECEIVED THREE DIFFERENT LOADS; 3340 LETTER WHICH IS IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL, 4450 AT THE DEALER, AND 4026 FROM THE RV NOTE, WHICH IT CAN HAUL. MANUFACTURER DOES NOT KNOW THE REQUIREMENT WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE BEGAN TO LEAK POWER STEERING FLUID WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL. ALSO, POWER STEERING HYDRAULIC UNIT IS CONNECTED TO THE POWER BRAKES WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO TRAVEL NEARLY TO THE FLOOR. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AT 55 MPH TRUCK BECAME SLUGGISH/HARD TO STEER WHILE ROUNDING CURVE. STEERING SEEMED TO BE UNRESPONSIVE AND RESULTED IN HEAD ON COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN 1 DEATH IN THE ONCOMING VEHICLE. MY TRUCK OVERTURNED UPON IMPACT, AND WAS TAKEN TO TRAUMA CENTER WITH CUTS/BRUISES AND HEAD WOUND.

WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND WHEN THE ENGINE RETURNS TO IDLE, ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

1. THE ENGINE IS STARVED OF AIR WHEN DRIVEN ON SNOW AND ICE. SNOW GETS PACKED IN THE AIR CLEANER BOX AND FREEZES. THE AIR INTAKE IS PULLED FROM THE WHEEL WELL. 2. ROAD DEBRIS AND ROCKS LOAD UP THE BOTTOM OF ALL DOORS. WEATHERSTRIPPING IS REQUIRED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 2,000 OR 2,500 RPM'S THE VEHICLE VIBRATES SO BADLY THAT FEET GOT NUMB. DEALER CONTACTED,AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, PLACED TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND STATED THE TRUCK, SOON AFTER THE TRUCK SURGED FORWARD INTO BOATHOUSE.

WE HAVE HAD 3 1999 SUPERDUTY'S 6-SPEED DUALLYS WHEN WE BOUGHT THEM. ALL STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AT ABOUT 3,000 MILES. EVERY TIME THAT YOU WOULD BE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU TURNED, THE REAR WOULD MAKE A BUMPING AND GRINDING NOISE. YOU CAN HEAR IT ON THE OUTSIDE REAL BAD. WE TOOK THEM TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THEY ALL STARTED LEAKING REAR END OIL. THEY PUT THE PART ON THEM, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE LEAK HAD STOPPED ON ALL OF THEM, BUT THE GRINDING NOISE STILL REMAINED. WE HAD TO LET ONE OF THEM GO BACK BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD. THE OTHERS ARE STILL DOING HORRIBLE. PLUS, WHEN YOU PUT THEM INTO GEAR, MAINLY IN REVERSE, YOU HEAR THIS GOD AWFUL POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEN YOU START GOING. THEY ALL MAKE THAT GRINDING NOISE IN THE REAR END EVEN WHEN BACKING UP AND TURNING. PLEASE HELP ME. I HAVE TAKEN THESE TRUCKS TO THE DEALERSHIP SO MANY TIMES AND YET THEY STILL ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THANK YOU AGAIN

VEHICLE PULLING TO THE LEFT UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY.

FUEL FILTER FAILURE RESULTED IN HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LEAK THAT FLOODED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH DIESEL FUEL. APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 GALLONS PUMPED FROM TANK AT HIGH PRESSURE, AND SPRAYED ALL OVER ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PROBLEM WAS NOT NOTICED AFTER PICKING VEHICLE UP FROM ROUTINE SERVICE. NOTICED PUNGENT ODOR WHICH INTENSIFIED AS I WAS DRIVING HOME. DEALER STATED THEY DID NOT SERVICE FUEL FILTER. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PICKED TO BE RETURNED TO THE DEALER, DIESEL FUEL CAME SPILLING OFF THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. DIESEL FUEL HAS PENETRATED THE VENTILATION SYSTEM AND GOT ALL OVER FRONT SUSPENSION PARTS REMOVING PAINT FROM THESE PARTS. FAILURE OF FUEL FILTER AND RESULTANT LEAK COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE, THANK GOD IT DID NOT HAPPEN (NOTE- FUEL LEAK WAS OCCURING WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME). WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE VIA TELEPHONE TO GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS WHICH RESULTS IN NOISE. THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE LEAF SPRINGS ARE LOOSE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BET NO RESPONSE. DEALER SAID IT WAS A LOCK NUT. HE REPLACED THE NUT AND WE CONTINUE TO CHECK. *AK.ET.

NO SUMMARY

FASTENER CLIP THAT HOLDS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS OMITTED AT THE FACTORY, CAUSING THE PEDAL TO FALL OFF WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK *ML

TRANSMISSION/ENGINE CRANCKSHAFT ARE MISALIGNED. TORQUE CONVERTOR IN BIND. VEHICLE MAKES A METAL GRINDING NOISE. VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN BEFORE WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

FLEXIBLE STEEL BRAKE LINE HAS RUPTURED, CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. *AK.ET.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT ON 11/17/98. I TOPPED A HILL AND WAS STRUCK HEADON BY TRUCK DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE BLOW WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT IT BROKE TIE RODS AND SUSPENSION RODS ON MY TRUCK. I THEN WENT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND DOWN A 20 FT EMBANKMENT, STRIKING A LARGE PINE TREE. THOUGH BOTH IMPACTS WERE ON THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WILL LIKELY BE TOTALED (1999 TRUCK), THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. CALLS TO THE DEALER AND TO FORD CONSUMER DEPARTMENT WERE IGNORED. I THINK THAT FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAGS ON THE NEW TRUCKS. I CHECKED MY STICKER AND IT INDICATED THAT AIR BAGS WERE PART OF THE EQUIPMENT.

THE DRIVER'S CABIN SEAT LOCATION IS OFF CENTER WHICH CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE OFF CENTER, AND MISAPPLICATION OF THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL. ALSO THE DRIVER'S SEATBELT IS TOO FAR BACK. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT NO SOLUTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG AND SAFETY BELT. WHEN INVOLVED IN AN HEAD-ON COLLISION, AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND SAFETY BELT FAILED TO LOCK UP. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER NOITCED A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED PROBLEMS WHEN CARRYING A LOAD. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE GIVES A LOUD METALLIC KNOCKING SOUND FROM THE TRANSMISSION/ FLYWHEEL AREA GIVES SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE.