2000 Ford F-550 SD complaints

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY RECALL 01V046000 CONCERNING TIRE: VALVE STEM. DEALERSHIP PERFORMED RECALL REPAIRS. HOWEVER, TIRE THAT WAS MISSING A VALVE STEM WAS NOT REPLACED ACCORDING TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION DEFINED BY RECALL. THOSE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED, AND CONSUMER WAS UNSURE WHICH TIRE WAS UNSAFE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT TWENTY MILES ON HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC. LEFT FRONT TIRE AIR CAME OUT. HE WAS FORCED OVER TO SHOULDER. CONTINENTAL GENERAL, P22570R19.5. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

RUBBER VALVE STEM ON TIRES/RIM. STEM BLOWOUT DAYS AFTER INSPECTION. BLOWOUT GIVE NO WARNING. TIRES DEFLATS INSTINTLY, SHOULD BE REPLACE WITH STEEL STEM.

RECALL 01V046000 ON VALVE STEMS DONE ON 23 APR.2001. DEALER INSPECTED VALVE STEMS, DID NOT REPLACE THEM. THEN ON 30 MAY 2001, PASSENGER'S REAR INSIDE TIRE WAS FOUND FLAT WHILE PARKED. *AK ON JUNE 18TH, DRIVER SIDE FRONT VALVE STEM BROKE. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD A TIRE VALVE STEM INSPECTION. DEALER INSPECTED TIRE ONE WEEK BEFORE, HE HAD A VALVE BLOWOUT, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL. *AK

DEALER HAD REPLACED BRAKE SYSTEM IN JULY 2000 BUT DID NOT ADVISE CONSUMER OF THE EXACT REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE. BRAKES FAILED AGAIN, DEALER REVIEWED PAST HISTORY ON THEIR SYSTEM, AND VOLUNTARILY WILL REPLACE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM AGAIN WITHOUT ADVISING CONSUMER AGAIN OF EXACT REPAIRS OR RECEIPT. *AK

FAILURE #1: SUDDEN BLOWOUT ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN IOWA OF LEFT FRONT TIRE. TIRE IN SHREDS BY TIME I GOT OFF HIGHWAY. REPLACED TIRE AT OWN EXPENSE. (TIRESIZE: 225R7019.5)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225R7019.5 )

DEALER ONLY REPLACED VALVE STEMS, REFUSED TO REPLACE LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD STATED IT WAS UP TO DEALER. *AK

DEALER ONLY REPLACED VALVE STEMS, REFUSED TO REPLACE LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD SAID IT WAS UP TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAD RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOWOUT ON MAY 2, 2001; FRONT LEFT TIRE BLOWOUT ON MAY 8, 2001. *AK

DEALER WILL ONLY REPLACE VALVE STEMS, NOT LEAKING TIRES AS STATED IN RECALL. FORD SAYS IT'S UP TO DEALER. VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 BLOWOUTS ON MAY 2 AND 3 , 2001; 1 RIGHT FRONT, AND 2 REAR TIRES, AFTER VALVE STEMS WERE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (01S05) CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION OF THE VALVE STEM AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE, HOWEVER TIRE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

REAR VIEW MIRRORS DO NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUPH TO SEE PAST THE TRUCK BODY CREATING A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY HAVE NOT OFFERED NO SOLUTION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE WELD IN THE FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE, CAUSING A SEPARATION OF THE UNITS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRAILER OVERTURNING. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

RECALL 01 V 046 000. RECALL STATES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A 12 FEET INFLATOR DEVICE; HOWEVER, FORD DOES NOT PROVIDE INFLATOR DEVICE.*AK CONSUMER FEELS IF SOMEONE WERE INJURED, THE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD FALL ON HIM, THEREFORE CONSUMER DOES NOT WISH TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY REGULATIONS UNTIL THE INFLATION DEVICES ARE PROVIDED. *SLC

VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 5 MPH GOING UP A HILL, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO BE INSPECTED FOR THIS PROBLEM AND AFTER VARIOUS DIAGNOSIS AND ATTEMPTED REPAIRS IT WAS FINALLY DISCOVERED THAT MANUFACTURER INSTALLED A GASOLINE PUMP IN THE TRUCK INSTEAD OF A DIESEL FUEL PUMP, CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED ANOTHER PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING, THE TRUCK STALLED AND FUEL AND OIL SPILLED ON THE ROAD AND THEN CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRUCK RENTALS. *JB

VARIOUS POSITIONS AND MILES. APPEARS TO BE A "ZIPPER FAILURE IN THE SIDEWALL"*AK (DOT NUMBER: CU8RHMTJ TIRESIZE: 225/70R19.)

TWO CLUTCH FAILURES WITHIN 80000 MILES. INTERSTATE DRIVEN ONLY.

THE TREAD OF THE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALLS. IT WAS THE INSIDE TIRE OF A DUAL WHEEL SETUP. *AK( DOT NUMBER: CU9PHMTJ TIRE SIZE: 2257OR19.5 )

WHILE PULLING A TRAILER AT 50 MPH WITH DRIVER & ONE PASSENGER, NOTICED A FLAPPING NOISE FROM REAR INNER TIRE. ENTIRE SIDEWALL HAS COLLAPSED ON A 2000, FORD F550 , ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, LMT460; DOT# CU9R1HTR389. TIRE AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. *AK

THE TRUCK HAS A VIBRATION, THAT IS WORSE WITH THE TRAILER ATTACHED, IT IS CAUSING THE STEERING TO BE LOOSE, AND IT IS HARD TO KEEP IN YOUR LANE. THE DEALER CAN NOT SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID THIS WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

ON HIGHWAY DURING BOTH FAILURES COULD NOT STOP. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN VEHICLE. *AK

BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE YOKE TO THE TRANSMISSION CAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE DRIVESHAFT TO DROP. DRIVESHAFT DUG INTO THE PAVEMENT, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. TRUCK, WHICH IS OWNED BY SMOTH TOWING IS BEING IS BEING REPAIRED. TRUCK IS OWNED BY . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.