PLEASE REFERENCE NHTSA CAMPAIGN #92V006000. OUR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH STARTED "STICKING" IN JANUARY 2001. IT WOULD OPEN EVENTUALLY AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. IN JANUARY 2002 HOWEVER, IT COMPLETELY STOPPED OPENING AT ALL. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH ON AND ROLL DOWN THE POWER WINDOW AND REACH OUT TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE CONTACTED OUR LOCAL DEALER HERE IN WASILLA, ALASKA, WHO IS NYE FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL IS NOT IN THEIR SYSTEM WITH FORD AND THEREFORE, THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE DEALER ON RECALL MATTERS. I AM SUBMITTING A SEPARATE COMPLAINT FOR SAID PREVIOUS ISSUE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET THIS DOOR LATCH REPAIRED. THANK YOU.*AK
1992 Ford Ford Truck
Owners filed 10 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › webbing. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires › Tread/Belt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seat Belts › Front › Webbing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Auxillary Tank › Selector Devices | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWITHOUT ANY WARNING, NO SMELL OR SMOKE, THREE HOURS LATER AFTER IT WAS PARKED IT IGNITED, OPENED THE DOOR AND SPRAYED WATER ON THE FIRE TO PUT IT OUT. OPENED HOOD AND DISCONNECTED BATTERY. FIRE STARTED IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, APPEARS TO BE ELECTRICAL.
STATE TROOPERS FIREMEN AND POLICE WITNESSED TRANSMISSION FIRE, TOTALLY DESTROYED MY VAN. *AK
STEER GEAR BOX BOLTS ASSEMBLY PULLED TROUGH FRAME RAILS AND CAUSING IT TO CRAKE AND SPLIT
WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK, FUEL FROM THE FIRST FUEL TANK CROSSOVERED TO THE SECOND FUEL, OVERFLOWING THE TANK, THE OVERAGE OF FUEL SPILLED OUT ONTO THE GROUND, PROBLEM RELATED TO RECALL CAMPAIGN 93V-125, CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *CJ
CONSTANT STALLING OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT 50 M/H WITH HIGH OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES (80+ DEGREES). SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO VAPOR LOCK. MUST BE TOWED OFF HIGHWAY AND ALLOWED TO COOL DOWN. PROBLEM DOES NOT SEEM TO EXIST IN COOL WEATHER. HAS STALLED ON OFF-RAMPS BLOCKING TRAFFIC COMING OFF HIGHWAY. ALSO STOPPED ON SIDE OF ROAD ON INTERSTATE. THE FORD TRUCK IS ON A CLASS C MOTORHOME. WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY OF OUR YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WE NEVER ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED. COULD NOT KEEP THE MOTOR RUNNING. CONSTANT STALLING.; EVEN AFTER BEING TOWED. HAD TO TURN BACK HOME AND CANCEL TRIP. ONCE NIGHT APPROACHED WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT BACK HOME. HAD TWO YOUND GRANDCHILDREN WITH US AT THE TIME.
FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX RADIAL, LT24575R16 ON A FORD, SHUTTLE VAN. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE HAS STEEL BELTS BUSTING THROUGH MIDDLE OF THE TREAD.*AK
ON MY DUAL TANK FUEL SYSTEM, SWITCHING TO THE REAR TANK CAUSED FUEL TO ENTER THE FRONT TANK, NO FUEL WAS SPILLED BUT COULD HAVE IF I HAD NOT USED THE FRONT TANK FIRST, THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST, IT ALSO RESULTS IN FUEL LINE PRESSURE DECREASING AFTER SHUTTING OFF, CAUSING PROLONGED STARTING TIME FOR VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT FAILED DURING ABOVE ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURY.
10 of 10 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2002Reading 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.