1999 Ford F Series (heavy)

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling1
000
Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Jun 19, 2015120,000 milesCA

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. SPARK AND GASOLINE COULD START FIRE.

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Jun 29, 2009170,000 milesCO

TRUCK ENGINE STARTED TO CUT OUT. OCCURS EVERY FEW HUNDRED MILES, REQUIRES PART REPLACEMENT. THE CAM POSITION SENSOR IS THE PART THAT CONTINUES TO FAIL. REPLACEMENT FIXES IT. *TR

Suspension › Front
Filed Feb 5, 2009109,000 milesMS

FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN ENCOUNTERING SUCCESSIVE DIPS OR POTHOLES AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 . REPLACED TIRES,SHOCKS, TIE ROD ENDS, STEERING BOX, AND LINKAGE. CONSTANTLY VERIFYING TIRE PRESSURE, WHEN THIS OCCURS DAILY I MUST SLOW TO A CRAWL OR SHAKE THE STEERING WHEEL FROM TEN TO TWO TO MAKE IT QUIT. CANT AFFORD TO REPLACE ANYTHING ELSE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK TOTAL THUS FAR IS IN THE 900'S. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Sep 26, 200368,000 milesIA

MY TRUCK STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND SLOWLY GOT WORSE OVER ABOUT 6000 MILES. I BROUGHT IT INTO FORD AND THE SAID IT WAS PISTION SLAP OR A BAD BEARING. THEY TOLSD ME IT WOULDNT AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OR THE TRUCK AND IT IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. SO I TOLD THEM I WANTED TO TRADE IT IN AND THEY SAID THEY DIDNT WANT IT BECAUSE IT WAS MAKING NOISE. HELP!!!

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 13, 20033,785 milesNJ

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH LOW MILEAGE. *JB

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20027000Routine
20008010Routine
1999 — this page5000Routine
19951000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.