2003 Ford E550

THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR ANY INJURIES. THE COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE RIMS ON THE FORD 2003 MODEL 150 4 DOOR CREW CAB PICKUP TRUCK-- SUDDENLY, I HAD TIRES LEAKING AIR STARTING ON WEEKEND AND WENT BACK TO DEALER-GOODYEAR- WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT I HAD 2 LEAKING TIRES DUE TO HOLES IN THE RIMS--THE RIMS CANNOT BE REPAIRED-- IT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN-- NOW I AM CONCERED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE RIMS AND IF THE OTHER 2 WILL DO THE SAME-- AT $370+ DOLLARS A RIM THIS IS NOT A SMALL COST. *AK

BRAKING PROBLEM. MY 03 E 350 HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALER MANY TIMES TO HAVE THE BRAKING PULLEING REPAIRED AND AS OF TODAY 8/31/2004, 9600 MILES ON THE TRUCK IT STILL PULLS. TODAY THE TRUCK WAS LOOKED OVER BY A FORD REP. FOR THERE FINAL INSPECTION OF THE TRUCK TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE NATURE OF THE TRUCK TO PULL YOU INTO ONCOMING TRAFIC OR INTO THE CURB WHEN BRAKEIND AND THIS IS NOT A DEFECT. THE REP TESTED TWO OTHER NEW TRUCKS IN THE LOT AND TOLD ME THEY ALSO PULLED WHEN BRAKING AND THIS IS HOW THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT IS THE NATURE OF THE TRUCK TO DO THIS, AND THAT IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE THE OTHER NEW TRUCKS TO SEE THAT THEY ALSO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

WE BOUGHT A FORD F150 AROUND AUGUST OF 2003. WE HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL MARCH OR APRIL OF 2004. SINCE THEN IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THE WIPERS HAVE NOT FUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. AT THE BEGINNING, THEY WOULD WORK IN THE SELECTED MODE BUT IF YOU CHANGED THE SETTING, THEY WOULD STOP. THIS HAD HAPPENED ABOUT EIGHT TIMES. HOWEVER, IT HAS PROGRESSED TO STOPPING AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, NO MATTER WHAT MODE YOU ARE IN. THE RAIN IN LOUISIANA COMES DOWN IN TORRENTS, YOU CANNOT SEE EVEN WITH THE WIPERS ON FULL SPEED. WHEN YOU HAVE NONE, IT WILL BE CATASTROPHIC. WE WERE ON OUR WAY BACK FROM HOUSTON, TX. ON MAY 31ST, 2004, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, WHEN THERE WAS A DOWNPOUR. THE WIPERS WORKED FOR A COUPLE MINUTES THEN THEY JUST SHUT OFF. NO MATTER WHAT SPEED SHE PUT THE WIPERS IN, THEY WOULD NOT WORK. BY THIS TIME SHE REALLY COULDN'T SEE, TRIED TO PULL OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND WOUND UP IN THE MUD AND GRASS. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT, JUST SHOOK UP. WE WAITED UNTIL IT STOPPED RAINING AND PRECEDED HOME. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE FORD DEALER, THEY STATE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE SO THEY CANNOT FIX IT. TOOK IT BACK AGAIN, AFTER ANOTHER INCIDENT, THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE SO THEY STATE THEY CANNOT REPLACE THE ASSEMBLY. I HAVE TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER IN MICHIGAN, THEY STATE THEY CANNOT FIX IT IF THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE IT. OUR POSITION IS: THE TRUCK IS WORTHLESS TO US, WE SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT ANYWHERE. IT IS A HAZARD ON THE ROAD, TO US AND TO ANYONE ELSE. THE STATE LAW IS THAT WIPERS WILL BE FUNCTIONAL AT ALL TIMES, IF THEY ARE NOT, WE CANNOT GET A BRAKE TAG AND WE SURELY CANNOT DRIVE IT IN THE CONDITION IT IS IN. WE ARE AT OUR WITS END, WHAT ARE WE TO DO? PLEASE HELP US. *AK

I BOUGHT A 2003 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY WITH A 6.0 L DIESEL 5/2003. SINCE THE PURCHASE, THERE IS A NOTICABLE LACK OF POWER BELOW 1800 RPMS. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS CONTINUALLY ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, BUT ON THE MOST RECENT VISIT, I WAS ADVISED ALL OF THE 6 LITER MOTORS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY ADVISED FORD HAS NOT PROVIDED A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. A CLOSE FRIEND RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2004 6 LITER MOTOR AND IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HESITATES AT THE START OF ACCELERATION AND HAS PLACED ME IN SEVERAL COMPRIMISING POSITIONS SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS ESPECIALLY BAD WHEN I START FROM A STOP. THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WHICH OCCURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN.

ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2003 A FUEL INJECTOR FAILED AND FILLED THE OIL PAN WITH FUEL. THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND I HAD TO BE TOWED IN. IT TOOK FORD ROAD SERVICE 3 HRS TO FIND A TOW SERVICE. THE TRUCK HAD 5700 MILES ON IT. NOW ON MARCH 20, 2004 THE TRUCK WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE DEALER WITH WHAT ACTS LIKE THE SAME PROBLEM. IF FORD KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A CERTAIN BATCH OF INJECTORS THEY SHOULD REPLACE THEM ALL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE FREEWAY I NOTICED MY 03 F250 CREW CAB 4X4 STARTED TO PULL TO THE LEFT. I REALIZED I WAS GETTING A FLAT. I NOTICED MY RIM WAS DAMAGED(CRACKED) ALLOWING AIR TO ESCAPE FROM THE BEAD AREA. THE TIRE WAS NOT DEFLATED WHEN I PULLED OVER BUT IN A SHORT TIME IT WENT COMPLETELY FLAT. I WAS TOLD THE WHEEL WAS DEFECTIVE. IT WAS REPLACED AND THE ORIGINAL TIRE THAT WAS ON THE DAMAGED WHEEL WAS MOUNTED ON THE NEW RIM. THEY PUT THE WHEEL/TIRE IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK . THE NEXT MORNING AT APPRX 10:00 AM(APPRX 68 DEGREES OUT) THE TIRE EXPLODED. WAS BLOWN OUT TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALL AND RIPPED BACK TOWARD THE TREAD. THE CORDS AND RUBBER WHERE PUSHED FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THE TIRE WAS THOROUGHLY INSPECTED BY MORE THAT ONE PROFESSIONAL PRIOR TO IT BEING INSTALLED ON THE NEW RIM AND THEY ALL AGREED THERE WAS NO DAMAGE. I DID NOT STRIKE ANYTHING AND THE AIR PRESSURE WAS APPRX 45 PSI. THE MAX AIR PRESSURE ON THE TIRE IS 65PSI. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP. THEY DISMOUNTED THE TIRE FROM THE NEW RIM AND HAD IT INSPECTED BY PARNELLI JONES REPS. THE REPS CLAIM I STRUCK SOMETHING EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT(SCRATCHES,CUTS,BRUISING ETC ). I ALSO KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING LESS THAN TRUTHFUL DO TO THE FACT I KNOW I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING! THESE TIRES ARE 38X15.50-17 ARE 10 PLY AND E RATED. I ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION AS TO HOW IT COULD BLOWUP WHILE SITTING IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK NOT UNDER A LOAD. THEY HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR ME OTHER THAN U MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. IVY NEVER HIT ANYTHING AND IVE NEVER OFF ROADED THE TRUCK. THE INSIDE OF THAT DAMAGED TIRE ALSO SHOWED SIGNS OF THE INSIDE RUBBER SPLITTING FROM THE SEEMS. ONE OF THE OTHER TIRES THAT IS MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK IS CRACKING ON THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL APPRX ONE HALF INCH ABOVE THE BEAD. IT RUNS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE AND IS APPRX AN 1/8" DEEP. ALL MY OTHER TIES APPEAR TO BE FINE. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN ON THE TRUCK FOR 6 MONTHS. THEY HAVE 10K MILES ON THEM. *CB