1998 Ford Super Duty F Series

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
101

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, HydraulicCrash1 injured
Filed Jan 15, 200426,000 milesTX

WE HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VAN, THE LATEST APPEARS THAT THE PAINT IS CHIPPING AND THE BODY RUSTING AT SEAMS, ESPECIALLY TOP LIP AREA ETC, BOLTS ON WINDOWS RUSTING, EVEN WHEN NEW, BRAKES HAVE FAILED ON NUMEROUS TIMES ONCE MY HUSBAND SKIDDED ACROSS A ROAD AND INTO A POST AND BROKE HIS ARM IN 3 PLACES, RECENTLY THE TRANSMISSION SEAL WAS REPLACED, WE HAVE NEVER PULLED ANYTHING AND IT EVEN HAS LEVEL 3 TOWING, THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED NOT LONG AFTER BUYING BECAUSE IT KNOCKED WHEN STARTED, THE SECOND ENGINE DID THE SAME AFTER ABOUT 26000 ALSO, THE HEATER CORE WENT OUT AT ABOUT 80,000, THE FRONT DOORS SOUND LIKE SOMETHING LOOSE INSIDE WHEN CLOSED, THE SEATCOVERS BEGAN COMING APART AT THE SEAMS SO THEY WERE REPLACED BY FORD, THE REAR END LEAKED WHEN I FIRST GOT IT , SO THEY REDID IT 3 OR 4 TIMES UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NEVER REPLACED IT, THE FRONT END VIBRATES WHEN I BRAKE, I PAID TO REPLACE THE 4 TIRES THEN RECEIVED A RECALL AFTER I HAD PAID FOR MY TIRES, THE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING AT IT'S SEAM, AND THE LIST GOES ON. THIS VEHICLE IS SERVICED REGULARLY AND CHECKED.....I HAD TRIED TO GET FORD TO REPLACE IT SINCE THE SECOND ENGINE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY....BUT THEY WAITED UNTIL THE WARRANTY RAN OUT THEN CONTACTED ME AND SAID THEY REALLY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.... THE SCARRIEST PART SO FAR IS THE FAILING BRAKES, I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME 3 TIMES ALSO. THE SEATBELT BUCKLE LITERALLY FELL APART IN MY HAND ONE DAY, PRIOR TO THAT IT WAS NOT SNAPPING PROPERLY, AL

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
20013000Routine
20002000Routine
19994000Routine
1998 — this page1000Routine
19971000Routine
19961010Routine

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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.