2000 Ford F-350 complaints

ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONLY LISTED THIS AS 1 INSTANCE OF FAILURE SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS POORLY DESIGNED (DANGEROUS) SOLUTION FINALLY COST ME GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. THIS ABS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED ME TO LOOSE SLEEP AT NIGHT SINCE OWNING THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS TIMES IT HAS FAILED ME! IT SHOULDN'T TAKE AN EINSTEIN TO FIGURE OUT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH A BRAKE SYSTEM THAT FAILS WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT TO WORK! NOT ONLY DOES IT FAIL THE BRAKES, BUT SINCE THE POWER STEERING IS USED TO (HYDROBOOST) POWER THE BRAKE SYSTEM, WHEN THE ABS UNIT DUMPS THE FLUID TO RELEASE THE BRAKE PRESSURE, YOU ALSO LOOSE STEERING ABILITY! I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THIS INADEQUATE DESIGN. I GUESS I SHOULD COUNT MYSELF LUCKY THAT I'M EVEN ABLE TO WRITE THIS, BUT THIS SYSTEM IS PLAINLY INADEQUATE AND FLAWED AT THE DESIGN LAYER. EITHER SOMEONE REQUIRES THIS TO BE CORRECTED OR EVERYONE THAT DRIVES A VEHICLE WITH THIS TYPE OF SOLUTION BETTER TRIPLE THEIR LIFE INSURANCE AND QUADRUPLE THEIR LIABILITY INSURANCE AND ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES DAILY IN HOPES THAT THEY SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!!!! OH, MAYBE I'VE TOUCHED ON SOMETHING THERE. DO YOU THINK THE INSURANCE COMPANIES MIND THE PROSPECT OF HAVING EVERYONE HAVING TO INCREASE THEIR INSURANCE TO PREPARE FOR THE RESULTS? DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING A PROBLEM WITH HIS TIRES LEFT REAR DRIVER SIDE HAD A FLAT DOWN THE TIRE VALVE HAD COME OUT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. FIRESTONE TIRE SIZE LT285/75/16. TS

THE CONSUMER WAS BACKING UP IN A PARKING LOT AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING HIS POWER STEERING WENT OUT. ALSO THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. TS

TREAD SEPERATION ON 2 TIRES AND POSSIBLE ANOTHER. CONTACTED FIRESTONE DEALERS AND DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM WHATSOEVER. HAVE A SIGNED CARD BY A DEALER FOR THE 3RD TIRE SAYING NOTHINGS WRONG THAT HE COULD SEE. DT

TIRE PROVIDED TO STATE FARM INSURANCE CLAIMS CENTER FOR ADJUSTMENT WITH FIRESTONE. TO DATE (10/24/02) NO RESPONSE FROM FIRESTONE. DT

LF CAME APART GOT RID OF ALL 4 SAVED ONE I TOW A 14000 LB BOAT COULDN'T TAKE A CHANCE OF LOOSING ANOTHER ONE AT 75 MPH ALL FIRESTONE TIRES ARE JUNK ALSO ONTARIO FIRE DEPT. WAS RESPONDING ON FWY TO A CALL & LOST ONE ON THERE BRAND NEW FORD 4X4PICKUP PULLING A HAZEMET TRAILER. FORD & FIRESTONE BOTH TOLD ME SORRY, PLEASE CALL ME. DT

LEFT REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX R45 TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. *SCC ...*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A COOLER LINE LEAK, CONSUMER STATED THAT A SIMILIAR LEAK WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THAT NO OTHER DAMAGE HAD OCCURED.*JB

CLUTCH ASSEMBLY BECOMES INOPERATIVE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN OPERATOR TRIES TO STOP THE TRUCK THE CLUTCH WILL NOT DISENGAGE. THIS CAUSES THE TRUCK TO BCOME A MISSILE. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE TRUCK IS TO KILL THE ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPEN TWICE THE FIRST TIME WHILE EXITING FROM A INTERSTATE HWY AT 70 MPH WHILE PULLING A GOOSENECK TRAILER. THE TRUCK PUSHED THE OCCUPANTS INTO ONCOMING SIDE ROAD TRAFFIC. THE SECOND TIME THE TRUCK HAD TO BE DRIVEN UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK IN A CROWED STREET. BOTH TIMES THE OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED. THIS PROBLEM COMES UNEXPECTED AND WITH NO WARNING. THE MANUFACTURE REPAIRED THE DEFECT THE FIRST TIME BUT REFUSES TO REPAIR THE SAME PROBLEM THIS TIME. *AK

TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH REAR ABS. WHEN MAKING A RAPID STOP AND THE REAR END HITS A BUMP INSTEAD OF THE ABS MODULATING THE BRAKES IT RELEASES ALL OF THE BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES SINCE I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK AND THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ISOLATED TO JUST MY TRUCK. CHECKING THE FORUMS AT FORD-DIESEL.COM THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHERS OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. DEALERS HAVE TOLD THEM IT IS NORMAL. I DON'T BUY IT. THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN BRAKING IS TO LET UP ON THE PEDAL, THEN QUICKLY REAPPLY. THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN I JUST BARELY HAD TIME TO DO THAT. IT IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE IT IS NOT LIKE MOST ABS WHERE THE PEDAL WILL PULSE. THIS ACTS AS IF THE BRAKES HAVE JUST TOTALLY RELEASED, AND THE PEDAL DROPS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND, NOR DOES ANYONE ELSE WITH THE PROBLEM WHY THE FRONT BRAKES LET GO. IF IT IS ONLY REAR WHEEL ABS THEN WHY DO WE LOSE THE FRONT BRAKES ALSO? THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU REALLY CAN'T PREDICT WHEN IT WILL DO IT. I KNOW THAT I AM VERY WARY OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT A LITTLE HOP OF THE REAR WHEELS DURING HARD BRAKING CAN CAUSE THIS AND DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. NO PROBLEM WITH A LOAD IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, BUT WITH A LIGHT REAR IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME. I AM SURPRISED NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT.*AK

THE TIRE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND IN ABOUT 20 SECONDS (ABOUT THE TIME IT TOOK ME TO REALIZE THAT THE VIBRATION WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE ROAD) THE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE TIRE, WHICH DID NOT IMMEDIATELY LOSE AIR. THE TRUCK SWERVED WILDLY TO THE RIGHT AND THANKS TO A WIDE SHOULDER, FRONT & REAR WAY BARS, AND AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER IT DID NOT ROLL OVER. THE TIRE LOAD WAS APX. 200 LBS UNDER IT'S MAX. LOAD RATING, INFLATED TO MAX. PRESSURE OF 80 LBS, AND WAS NOT OVER HEATED. THE AIR TEMP WAS ABOUT 95 DEGREES. I HAVE THE TIRE AND TREAD IN MY POSESSION. THE FORD DEALER CLAIMED THAT FORD HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT A FIRESTONE DEALER. I DID CONTACT A DEALER, THEY GAVE ME AN 800 NUMBER WHICH I CALLED, THAT PERSON TOLD ME HE WOULD FILE A CLAIM AND THAT THE FIRESTONE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTACT ME. THE FIRESTONE 800 NUMBER ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE REFERED ME TO A DEALER OR THEIR WEBSITE. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IF I CAN BE OF ANY ASSSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER, THANK YOU, JIM WELLS. *AK

MIRROR WAS STRUCK AND SHATTERED INTO JAGGED PIECES, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AND INJURY TO OCCUPANT.*AK

1ST TIRE SEPARATED ON 07/01/02; 2ND TIRE SEPARATION DID DAMAGE TO TRUCK'S BRAKE LINE AND LR QUARTER PANEL. NHTSA APPEARS NON-RESPONSIVE, AS IS FIRESTONE. DOCUMENTATION ON RECORD TO SHOW TIRES ROTATED & CHECKED EVERY 3,000 MILES BY FORD. TIRE CHECKED FOR PROPER INFLATION 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO 2ND BLOW OUT ON STRAIGHT HIGHWAY, NOT OVERLOADED, MODERATE TEMPERATURE. TWO REMAINING (NOT BLOWN) TIRES REMOVED AND ALSO SHOW IMPENDING SIGNS OF FAILURE. FIRESTONE SENT TIRE AND "RUBBER STAMPED" RESULTS AS DUE TO UNDERINFLATION FOR UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME. UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME IS WHEN TREAD SEPERATED, REVEALING BELTS AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEFLATING TIRE. THE NOW UNDERINFLATED TIRE CAUSED RIM TO DAMAGE TIRE WALL WHICH ALLOWED FIRESTONE'S INEPT CONCLUSION. DISCOUNT TIRE, GCR (BRIDGESTONE/FIRE STONE), AND TED WEIN'S (FIRESTONE), AGREE INDEPENDENTLY ON TIRE FAILURE. APATHY SEEMS TO SWEEP THRU NHTSA AND FIRESTONE SETTING IN MOTION CIVIL LITIGATION/CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION IF NOTHING IS DONE. ADD THIS TO THE OVER 162 OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE STEEL TEX, ALONG WITH ARIZONA'S DPS PROBLEMS. THIS IS THIRD SUBMITTAL TO NHTSA WITH NO RESPONSE ON FIRST TWO!!! SEN. REID, NV, ALSO BEING ADVISED. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A GRINDING NOISE PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING 40-50 MPH. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUS EOF PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TIRE FAILED ON ASPHALT, NO WARNING. TOTAL SEPARATION , ONLY BEAD THE TIRE TREAD LEFT. NO ROAD HAZARD AT TIME. FOURTH FIRESTONE FAILURE, SECOND FOR SAME TIRE SIZE. *AK

BULDGE (THE SIZE OF AND APPLE) IN SIDEWALL ON 2 DIFFERENT TIRES ON THE SAME VEHICLE.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE TO TOTALLY SHREAD TO WHERE AFTER THE TIRE IS TAKEN OFF OF THE WHEEL BOTH OF THE BEADS ARE TOUCHING.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT END OF TRUCK IS OUT OF LINE. FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING TO SOON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT LOW SPEED WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE TRUCK WHEN TRYING TO BRAKE AND STEER AT THE SAME TIME. MY WIFE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO STEER THE TRUCK AND I AM JUST ABLE TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY.*JB

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH RIGHT TIRE CAP CAME OFF TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT , TIRE CAP DID VEHICLE WHEEL WELL DAMAGE THIS IS SECOND TIRE FROM SAME SET ON VEHICLE WHEN PURCHASE VEHICLE DID SENT INFO ON 10-13-01 FIRESTONE WAS GIVEN THE TIRE AND ALL INFO, THEY DEINE SAYING LOW TIRE PRESSUE WAS NOT SO BOTH TIRES WERE AT THE CORRECT PRESSURE, THE OTHER TWO TIRES SHOW SIDEWALL CRACKING, AND ARE BEING TAKEN OUT OF SERVICES BY ME, DURING THIS TIRE FAILURE THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPURE WAS AT 115 DEGREES AND DRIVING LESS THAN 15 MILES WHEN IT FAILED, THE TRUCK BED DID NOT HAVE ANY LOAD IN IT JUST VEHICLE WEIGHT AND TWO PERSONNEL INSIDE AT THE TIME LOCATION OF TIRE FAILURE WAS SOUTH BOUND HIGHWAY 14 ON CEMENT ROAD BED PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I DO BELIEVE THIS TIRE SHOULD BE RECALLED.*AK

TIRE FAILED ON ASPHALT, NO LOAD, NO WARNING. TOTAL SEPARATION , ONLY BEAD THE TIRE TREAD LEFT. NO ROAD HAZARD AT TIME. SAME AS TWO PREVIOUS FIRESTONES TIRES, NOT THE SAME TYPE OR YEAR. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: DIESEL WOULD DIE OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN CAME BACK ON BY ITSELF. LOSS OF STEERING AND ALL POWER DURING LOST POWER OR CURVES AND HILLS. FORD REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER AFTER SEVERAL VISITS THERE.*AK

BLUE SMOKE COMING FROM TAIL PIPE. FORM LETTER REPLY. *MC THE TAIL LATCH WAS STICKING, THE ROTOR HAD TO BE MACHINED, THE WINDSHIELD HAD TO BE RE-SEALED DUE TO IT LEAKING, THE BALL JOINTS AND SERPENTINE BELT WERE REPLACED, THE VALVE COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

HAVE 3 FORD F-350 DIESELS ALL HAVE HAD CLUTCH PROBLEMS. TRUCKS WILL STAY IN GEAR AND CLUTCH GOES TO THE FLOOR AND WILL NOT RETURN.. VEHICLE DOESN'T STOP, YOU MUST TURN OFF THE ENGINE TO GET IT TO STOP. VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PROBLEMS ON FORD- DIESEL.COM. *TS *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***762849

FRONT END STARTED TO SHIMMY, THEN FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. VEHICLE WAS JERKED OFF THE ROAD. MODEL, DUELER AT, DOT EJLF, SIZE LT28J-75R16, NOT ORIGINAL.*AK CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS TIRE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS, AND HE IS CONCERNED THAT THIS TIRE MAY BLOW OUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND HOPES TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY ON A TWO LANE ROAD. *SCC

RETAINING CLIP THAT ATTACHES CABLE TO PARKING BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY FAILED, WHICH CAUSED CABLE TO SEPARATE FROM THE ASSEMBLY RENDERING PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE INOPERABLE. REPORTED FAILURES ARE COMMON BASED UPON INTERNET SEARCH. MANUFACTURER DENIED PROBLEM EXISTS WITH DESIGN ALTHOUGH DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENTS REPORT MULTIPLE REPAIRS OF SIMILAR PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES INOPERATIVE TAIL LIGHT CAUSED ANOTHER VEHICLE TO REAR END HIS VEHICLE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

WHILE DRIVING TAIL LIGHTS WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING, AND CONSUMER WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT A CONNECTION TO STOP LIGHT HAD COME LOOSE. DEALER RECONNECTED WIRE. A MONTH LATER, TAIL LIGHTS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT. TOOK BACK TO DEALER, PROBLEM KEPT REOCCURING.*MJ

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS NOTIFIED DEALER, MECHANIC DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE IS THE CAUSE .*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIRBRATE SEVERELY, DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THE TURN SIGNAL IS INOPERATE, DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM

CAB FLOOR CRACKING AT SEAT MOUNTING BOLTS. DEALER HAS DENIED WARRANTY REPAIRS. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT STATE SPEED LIMIT, AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE UP TO 65-68 MPH. CONSUMER HAD APPLIED BRAKES WHEN ACCELERATION OCCURS, HOWEVER BRAKES FAILED. NLM

WHILE GETTING ON EXPRESS WAY, WITH OUT WARNING, VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE TO 65-68 MPH; THIS RESULTED IN ALL LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE ON DASH BOARD. THIS CAUSE A FAILURE OF THE BRAKES AND A REAR END COLLISION. NLM

UNDER BRAKING POWER STEERING LOCKS UP, UNABLE TO TURN EVEN WITH EXCESIVE FORCE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. CONTACTED 2 SEPERATE DEALERS (4 INSTANCES) AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM OR THIS IS NORMAL.*AK

TURN SIGNAL IS NOT LOUD ENOUGH. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BY NOT KNOWING SIGNAL IS STILL ON. CONSUMER FEELS DOOR CHIME IS TOO LOUD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *TT

BRAKE SURGES UNCONTROLABL, ALSO REPLACED HITCH BUT NEW HITCH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

WHILE APPROACHING THE HIGHWAY, BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, THEN BRAKES LOCKED UP AND ENGINE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN CAUSING BRAKES TO GO IN ABS, CONSUMER RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND STARTED TO PUSH THE OTHER VEHICLE TWO LANES LENGTH. CONSUMER APPLIED PARK BRAKE AND VEHICLE STOPPED. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK *TT

POWER STEERING GETS STIFF AND/OR GOES OUT (DOES NOT WORK) WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED WHILE I AM DRIVING AND/OR AT A STAND STILL.AT TIMES THE STEERING LOCKS UP WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED AND THEN COMES BACK GRADUALY. THE TURN SIGNAL WILL NOT STAY ON WHILE I AM DRIVING AND WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO TURN ON IF MY STEERING WHEEL IS SLIGHTLY TURNED

AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR POPIN NOISE IN FRONT END WHILE TURNING FOUND OUT THAT THE TRAILING ARM BRACKET WAS BROKEN IN HALF. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARSNTY BECAUSE I HAVE A LEVELING KIT ON MY TRUCK. THEY REFERED ME TO A PLACE TO WELD IT TOGETHER WHEN I CONTACTED THEM I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE FIXED MANY FORD TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM SOME OF THE TRUCKS HAD LEVELING KITS SOME WITHOUT. THEN I CONTACTED A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ALSO WERE FIXING NUMEROUS TRUCK WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT FORD HAD MADE A NEW PART THAT WAS STRONGER AND THAT'S HOW THEY WERE FIXING THE PROBLEM. I THINK FORD OBVIUOSLY HAS HAD A PROBLEM OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE MADE A STRONGER PART BUT THEY ARE USING THE LEVELING KIT ON MY TRUCK AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY SO MANY TRUCKS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEMS BUT THERE ISN'T AS RECALL TO MAKE FORD FIX IT. *AK

DURING BRAKE APPLICATION WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL PULL INTERMITTENTLY TO RIGHT AND / OR LEFT, MORE SEVERE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE NINE TIMES, AND REPLACED BRAKE CALIPERS/PADS/ LINES/ REAR SPRING SHACKLE ADJUSTMENTS, AND POSITIVE CASTER. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY REMEDY PROBLEM ,AND INFORMED CONSUMER NO MORE SERVICE WOULD BE PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND SERVICED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60 TO 70MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, GOT OFF THE ROAD AND CHECK THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, FOUND LEFT REAR TIRE FLAT. THE TRUCK WAS NOT TOWING NOR WAS THERE A LOAD ON THE BED.

TIRE BLEW OUT ON INTERSTATE WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH...2ND INSTANCE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW8TXM429 TIRESIZE: 265 75 R16)

DRIVERS AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON IMPACT. *AK

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN TIRE SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION. TOOK TIRE TO SELLING DEALER THEN TO LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE. HE EXAMINED TIRE FOR ROAD HAZARD DEFECT AND FOUND NONE. HE OFFERED TO PRO-RATE THE TIRE AS HE FELT IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VDW81XL220 TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)

MANUAL TRANSMISSION PILOT BUSHING MALFUNCTIONED; PILOT BUSHING HAS BEEN REPLACED AT 9000 MILES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS CLUTCH WOULD SLIP, DEALER REPLCED FLYWHEEL CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND TRANSMISSION SEAL, AFTER LEAVING DEALER, CONSUMER NOTED DEALER HAD NOT PUT FLUID IN TRANSMISSION, 2 U JOINTS AND THE CAM SENSOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO DRIVETRAIN VIBRATION, TRANSMISSION NOW MAKES HOWLING NOISE, ENGINE HAS A NO START CONDITION. *TT

PILOT SHAFT BUSHING GOES OUT AND CAUSES THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK DEALER REPLACED 2 UJOINTS AND THE CAM SENSOR DUE TO DRIVETRAIN VIBRATION. *JB

POWER STEERING ASSIST GOES AWAY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. VERY ANNOYING, AND IF I EVER HAD TO STOMP THE BRAKE PEDAL AT SPEED AND NEED TO SWERVE, TURN, ETC. I BELIEVE IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE FATAL TO SOMEONE. FROM THE INFORMATION I HAVE READ THIS IS A PRETTY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. THEY ARE MUCH TOO BIG AND HEAVY TO NOT BE ABLE TO STEER CORRECTLY.*AK

CAMSHAFT SENSOR HAS FAILED TWICE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY BOTH TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

FIRST FAILURE AT 15900 MILES WAS A TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT. SECOND FAILURE AT 20445 MILES WAS A TREAD SEPARATION ONLY. (TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE) TIRES WERE LOADED NEAR THE MAXIMUM LOAD RANGE AND PROPERLY INFLATED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VDW81XM509 TIRESIZE: LT265/7516)