{"count":191,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11543544,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/05/2023","dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2023","vin":"1FTHX26G3TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"Cruise control switch began smoking, disconnected it and took it to Awesome Ford of Chehalis, WA for recall service sometime in June or July. Service tech found that brake fluid had wicked its way up electrical harness into cruise control servo, necessitating replacement in order to complete recall service. FoMoCo has been unable/unwilling to replace cruise control servo and is instead requiring that I pull one from a wrecking yard in order to complete recall service.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11469663,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/30/2022","dateComplaintFiled":"06/16/2022","vin":"1FTHX26H6TE","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"A MALFUNCTIONING CHECK VALVE WITHIN THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY CAUSES A PORTION OF THE UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK TO BE RETURNED TO THE SECOND TANK. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE CAPACITY OF THE SECOND TANK CAN BE EXCEEDED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGE. ABOUT 5 GALLONS OF FUEL SPILLED OUT OF FILL TUBE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11196563,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/10/2019","dateComplaintFiled":"04/15/2019","vin":"2FTHF25GXTC","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"FUEL RUNNING OUT FOUNT TANK IN DRIVEWAY WITH SELECTOR ON REAR TANK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11024911,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/20/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"09/21/2017","vin":"1FTHX26G8TE","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"EXCESS FUEL FROM REAR TANK IS RETURNED TO FRONT TANK CAUSING FUEL OVERFILL AND FUEL LEAK.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10837715,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/02/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/2016","vin":"1FTHX26G2TE","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"FRONT FUEL TANK STOPPED WORKING. VEHICLE RUNS USING REAR FUEL TANK. IF I TAKE OFF THE FRONT TANK FUEL CAP, GAS POURS OUT SOMETIMES SPRAYS ( ABOUT 8 OUNCES OR SO) . FRONT FUEL TANK SEEMS TO BECOME PRESSURIZED. THIS CAN HAPPEN EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE IT ( IF YOU REMOVE THE FRONT CAP). IN MY OPINION THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I DID SOME SEARCHES ON THE INTERNET AND THIS PROBLEM IS QUITE COMMON. BIG FIRE HAZARD.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10794901,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"11/19/2015","vin":"1FTHX26F9TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH UNIROYAL LAREDO TIRES, SIZE: 265/75R16 (NA). WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE RUPTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"UNIROYAL","productModel":"LAREDO","size":null,"manufacturer":"UNIROYAL TIRE CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10766371,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/25/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"09/21/2015","vin":"1FTHX26G9TE","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"FUEL SPILLS FROM REAR TANK WHEN FUELING FRONT TANK. ENGINE SPUTTERS AND QUITS WHILE RUNNING DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE FAILURE..","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10668218,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/25/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"12/25/2014","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT BUT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT I HAVE FOUND TO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM ON THE STEERING NOT RETURNING AFTER A TURN. THE STEERING COLUMN BEARING IN THE TOP OF THE COLUMN IS BAD. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE AT LEAST 20 OF THESE FOR THIS COMPLAINT AND FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE LOCKING OF THE STEERING WHEN BREAKING IS A HYDROBOOST PROBLEM NOT A STEERING PROBLEM. FORD NEED TO RESEARCH THIS AND CORRECT IT BEFORE THERE IS A DEATH BECAUSE OF IT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10648731,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/16/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/20/2014","vin":"2FTHF26H1TC","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND THE KEY WAS OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WHO STATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD FROM A WIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10593652,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/22/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2014","vin":"1FTHX26G3TE","components":"SEATS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE DRIVERS SEAT RECLINED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS A LICENSED MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE SEAT UPRIGHT WERE BROKEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT.  THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10584057,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/21/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"04/21/2014","vin":"1FTHX26F1TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS REPLACING THE GLOW PLUGS WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V286000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE MANUFACTURER'S LEGAL TEAM, WHO ADVISED THAT THE FIRE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER NEVER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10522089,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/26/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"06/27/2013","vin":"2FTHF26H6TC","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVE WAY WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND DETERMINED THAT THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS THE CULPRIT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER IN REGARD TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V286000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL), BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10499660,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"02/22/2013","vin":"1FTHX26G4TE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER, WHICH HELD THE REAR OF THE FUEL TANK WAS CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 96V146000 (STRUCTURE) THAT BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10481090,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/09/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"10/19/2012","vin":"1FTHX26F8TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TWO OUT OF FOUR KUMHO TIRES HAVE FAILED WITH A THIRD ONE ON ADVISEMENT IN POOR CONDITION.  ONE TIRE SEPARATED IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AT HIGHWAY VELOCITY.  EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, BODY AND FUEL SYSTEM.  VERBALLY AND IN WRITING I ASKED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER WITH NO ACTION BEING TAKEN.  I HAVE MAINTENANCE LOGS, RECEIPTS, PICTURES, ESTIMATES AND ALL EMAIL CORRESPONDENCES FOR YOUR REVIEW.  *TR  ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2010, UPON A VISUAL INSPECTION, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS GETTING READY TO SEPARATE. SO, HE REPLACED IT WITH ONLY 15, 979 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.  ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2012, THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH 22,642.6 MILES ON THE TIRE, THE APPROXIMATE TREAD WAS 7/32. UPDATED IVOQ 11/19/12","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"KUMHO","productModel":"ROAD VENTURES","size":"15/85R16","manufacturer":"Kumho Tire Co., Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10432898,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/07/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2011","vin":"1FTHF25F5TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250 DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, AN ODOR OF BURNING PLASTIC BURNING WAS EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL BURNED A HOLE IN THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. AS A RESULT, THE CRUISE CONTROL LINES AND THE BRAKE FLUID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKES WERE NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 183,628 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 186,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10399114,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/08/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"05/04/2011","vin":"1FTHX25F6TE","components":"STEERING","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250 DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING COLUMN BECAME VERY LOOSE WHILE DRIVING.  THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,600.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10386991,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/22/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"03/09/2011","vin":"1FTHW26FXTE","components":"STEERING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250 DIESEL. THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL PARKING GARAGE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO BRING IT TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS A WEAK STEERING COLUMN WHICH WOULD REQUIRE REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 263,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10366654,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/17/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"11/18/2010","vin":"1FTHX25F7TE","components":"STEERING","summary":"1996 FORD, F250, 7.3 LITER DIESEL: HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE FAILED AT CONNECTION TO THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS DUE TO FAILURE OF AN INTERNAL PLASTIC COMPONENT THAT CONNECTS THE TUBING TO THE CONNECTING NUT/FITTING. REPLACED WITH A FABRICATED HYDRAULIC HOSE THAT DID NOT HAVE ANY INTERNAL PLASTIC COMPONENTS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10365720,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/09/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"11/15/2010","vin":"1FTHX26G5TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE GARAGE THE VEHICLE IGNITED INTO FLAMES.  THE VEHICLE BURNED DOWN THE ENTIRE GARAGE AND DID PARTIAL FIRE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE. THE CONTACT HAS NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FIRE. THE CONTACT NOTICE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING FIRES FOR THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL.  THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER A MANUFACTURERS RECALL YEARS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL WHERE THE DEALER REPLACED A WIRING HARNESS THAT COULD CAUSE A FIRE.  THE CONTACT STATED SOMEONE COULD HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE DUE TO THE FIRE.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 158,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10295252,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/05/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2009","vin":"1FTHX26F1TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250.  HIS VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE HE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE ENGINE. THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE WIRING HARNESS AND BURNED  THE HIGH PRESSURE OIL LINE.   HE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERIES. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. FORDS LEGAL DEPARTMENT SENT A LETTER DENYING RESPONSIBILITY , BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BY A FORD DEALER.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10289346,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/20/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"10/22/2009","vin":"2FTHF26GXTC","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"A MALFUNCTIONING CHECK VALVE WITHIN THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY CAUSES A PORTION OF THE UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK TO BE RETURNED TO THE SECOND TANK. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE CAPACITY OF THE SECOND TANK CAN BE EXCEEDED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10285108,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/05/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"09/24/2009","vin":"1FTHW26F8TE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"FORD F250 1996  BRAKE CYLINDER LEAK  FIRE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10283633,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"09/11/2009","vin":"1FTHX26F4TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING DECELERATION, SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, OR WHILE IN IDLE THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED IN REFERENCE TO RECALL# 07V553000, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ENGINE, DIESEL WHO CONFIRMED THAT HIS VIN WAS EXCLUDED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 360,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.    UPDATED 10/06/09 *BF  UPDATED 10/08/09","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10246189,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"10/21/2008","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I HAVE A 1996 FORD F250 7.3 LITER DIESEL TRUCK.  IT STALLS ON OCCASION AT LOW SPEEDS WHICH I FEEL IS A SAFETY ISSUE.  I FOUND OUT THAT FORD HAD A RECALL ON 1997 AND NEWER TRUCKS BECAUSE OF THE CAM POSITION SENSOR. EVERYTHING I COULD FIND OUT ABOUT MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME.  THE CPS UNIT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM.  I FEEL FORD SHOULD REPLACE MY CPS UNIT AS WELL. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10234866,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/18/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/18/2008","vin":"1FTHX26FXTE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CAM POSITION SENSOR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE MOTOR FAILED AS WELL.  THE SENSOR IS LOCATED ON THE LOWER FRONT END OF THE MOTOR OF THE VEHICLE.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS.  HE CALLED THE FORD MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE ISSUE SINCE 1996, BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THE FAILURE.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. UPDATE 09/10/08 *CW  THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE STALLING. UPDATED 09/16/08 *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10223081,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/29/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"04/01/2008","vin":"1FTHX25F1TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I HAVE A 1996 F250 THAT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE CAM SENSOR  FOR THE SAME REASON THAT THE 97-03 HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEIRS   THIS IS A 7.3 LITER POWERSTROKE  WHY AM I NOT GETTING A RECALL NOTICE FOR THIS YEAR MODEL   ITS THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL REALLY CLOSE CALLS WITH IT DYING IN TRAFFIC    THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY EVERY TIME I DROVE IT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10220816,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/02/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/11/2008","vin":"1FTHF26H5TL","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"OUR FORD F-250 4X4 CAUGHT FIRE IN OUR DRIVEWAY ON DEC. 2, 2007.  THE TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN STARTED IN OVER A MONTH.  IT WAS LIMITED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE GRILL AREA OF THE VEHICLE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10219703,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/12/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"02/29/2008","vin":"1FTHF26F4TE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250.  WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH DOWN A HILL, THE VACUUM PUMP FAILED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DROVE THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE.  THE VEHICLE FINALLY COASTED TO A HALT.  THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT WORK EITHER DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE BOAT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PULLING.  THE CONTACT REPLACED THE VACUUM PUMP.  THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED.  THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10218245,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/09/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"02/17/2008","vin":"1FTHX26F7TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"MY 1996 F250 WITH A 7.3 LITER POWERSTROKE . WAS HUNTING FOR MONTHS , I ATTRIBUTED THIS TO FUEL , BUT THEN IT STALLED ON MY WIFE . FOLLOWED BY STALLING ON ME THEN HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME . THE PROBLEM , CPS CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. I HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS BEFORE WITH OTHER TRUCKS MOST TIMES LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT. I WAS LUCKY BUT NOT HAPPY YOU SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES AT FORDS EXPENSE FIX THE PROBLEM FOREVER AND REIMBURSE ANY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10210682,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/02/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/03/2007","vin":"1FTHF26H5TL","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN JUST OVER A MONTH AND WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE.  FIREFIGHTERS WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE FIRE STARTED BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO OPEN THE HOOD DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10196412,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"07/15/2007","vin":"1FTHX25F0TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I HAVE A FORD F-250 POWERSTROKE YEAR 1996. THE TREAD ON THE TIRE SEPARATED,  CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. THE TIRE WAS A TRAIL CUTTER RADIAL R/T. LT 265/75/R16.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"TRAIL CUTTER","productModel":"LT24575R16","size":null,"manufacturer":"Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10182653,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/15/2007","vin":"2FTHF26G1TC","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL*  THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250.  THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON  FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY.   A NEIGHBOR INFORMED THE  CONTACT  OF THE VEHICLE FIRE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE FIRE DESTROYED THE VEHICLE, AND WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SIDE PANELS FOR THE TRUCK BED.  THE MANUFACTURERWAS CURRENTY INVESTIGATING THE VEHICLE FIRE.  HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD NO INFORMATION ON THE  STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION.  THE CONTACT  COULD PROVIDE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10166446,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/20/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"08/24/2006","vin":"1FTHX26H6TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS APPROACHED AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 2 HOURS, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE BAY.  WHEN THE HOOD WAS OPENED, FIRE WAS SEEN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SERVICE DEALER. THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE FIRE WAS BEYOND THE RECALL REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT (FORD RECALL # 05S28 OR NHTSA # 05V388000 OR 06V286000). THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED THE CONTACT $5,000.00 FOR THE DAMAGED VEHICLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10166366,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/23/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"08/23/2006","vin":"1FTHX26FXTE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"1996 F250 4X4 DIESEL AUTOMATIC. I STARTED UP FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF, LIKE A KEY SHUT DOWN. IT WOULD TURN OVER BUT NOT LIGHT OFF, BOTH FUEL TANKS FULL AND PRESSURIZED  FUEL WAS PUMPING THROUGH FILTER DRAIN WHILE CRANKING. 4 GUYS HELPED PUSH ME OUT OF THE 4 LANE ROAD. THIS IS THE 2ND CPS IN 3 YEARS. AUGUST 2003 IT FAILED IN SAVANNAH, GA AND I WAS TOWED AGAIN TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRUCK SHOP. THEY TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE CPS PROBLEM IN FORDS. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10165019,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/28/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"08/09/2006","vin":"1FDHX25H1TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR 45 MINUTES, FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE ENTIRE FRONT BUMPER AREA.  THE VEHICLE CAB AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT QUICKLY BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.  THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE.  THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.  THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 05V388000 REGARDING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL.  THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.  THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE RECALL WAS LIMITED TO TRUCKS UNDER 8500 GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT , HOWEVER ACCORDING TO A LETTER THAT WAS RECEIVED NO THERE WAS NO GVW LIMITATION.  THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE SERVICE BODY INCREASED THE GVW WHICH ELIMINATED THE VEHICLE FROM BEING INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.  UPDATED 08/29/06. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10164541,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/11/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"08/04/2006","vin":"1FTHX2680TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY.   THE FIRE BEGAN WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHETHER THE FIRE CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL SOURCE OR FUEL.  THE ENGINE MASTER CYLINDER MELTED. PICTURES WERE TAKEN.  THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO EXPRESSED THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WOULD RETURN THE CALL.  THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE ACTION TAKEN BY THE MANUFACTURER.  THE SERVICE DEALER WAS ALSO CONTACT AND THE DEALER DETERMINED SINCE THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE ACTION TAKEN BY THE MANUFACTURER, THE DEALER WOULD NOT PERFORM OR ASSIST IN REPAIRING THE VEHICLE NOR OFFER COMPENSATION.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10159093,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/30/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"06/06/2006","vin":"1FTHX26G0TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"FORD F250 4X4  CAUGHT OF FIRE AT THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH.  FORD SAYS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE.  FORD SAYS PUT OLD PART BACK ON. THAT IT WAS VERY RARE THAT IT HAPPENED.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10155626,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/11/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"04/18/2006","vin":"1FTHX25FXTE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"I HAD RAISED MY HOOD TO CHECK THE OIL, AND THERE WAS SMOKE FROM THE CRUISE CONTROL SHUT OFF SWITCH LOCATED AT THE END OF THE MASTER CYLINDER.  IT CONTINUED TO SMOKE AND BURN UNTIL I UNPLUGGED IT.  IT WAS NEARLY ON FIRE.  THE BODY OF THE SWITCH IS MELTED AND BURNED.  WHEN I WENT TO FORD DEALER ON 4/17/06 FOR A REPLACEMENT PART, THE PARTS MANAGER THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT BE PART OF THE RECALL THAT IS IN FORCE FOR THE F-150.  THE SERVICE MANAGER CHECKED, AND IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE F-250.  THIS IS DISTURBING TO ME, BECAUSE THE SWITCH IS THAT SAME FOR EITHER VEHICLE.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10155625,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/11/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"04/18/2006","vin":"1FTHX25FXTE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAD RAISED MY HOOD TO CHECK THE OIL, AND THERE WAS SMOKE FROM THE CRUISE CONTROL SHUT OFF SWITCH LOCATED AT THE END OF THE MASTER CYLINDER.  IT CONTINUED TO SMOKE AND BURN UNTIL I UNPLUGGED IT.  IT WAS NEARLY ON FIRE.  THE BODY OF THE SWITCH IS MELTED AND BURNED.  WHEN I WENT TO FORD DEALER ON 4/17/06 FOR A REPLACEMENT PART, THE PARTS MANAGER THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT BE PART OF THE RECALL THAT IS IN FORCE FOR THE F-150.  THE SERVICE MANAGER CHECKED, AND IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE F-250.  THIS IS DISTURBING TO ME, BECAUSE THE SWITCH IS THAT SAME FOR EITHER VEHICLE.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10152251,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/12/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/08/2006","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE CPS ON MY 1996 FORD F-250 WITH 7.3 LITER DIESEL FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 77, WITH FAMILY ABOARD.  COASTED TO STOP WITH DIFFICULTY STEERING.  SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON NC HWY 115, AND WOULD NOT RESTART.  COASTED TO STOP ON SIDE OF ROADWAY, TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10151053,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/14/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/2006","vin":"1FTHX25FXTE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL","summary":"THE AIR/FUEL SEPARATOR (SIMILAR TO A THROTTLE BODY) ON MY 1996 FORD F250 DIESEL DEVELOPED A HOLE AWAY FROM ANY MOVING PART.  IT SPRAYED FUEL AT ABOUT A GALLON A MINUTE ONTO THE HOT ENGINE AS MY WIFE PULLED INTO OUR DRIVEWAY.  IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE GOING DOWN THE ROAD WITH GALLONS OF FUEL ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FUEL ALL DOWN THE BOTTOM OF MY TRUCK AND 30 FOOT TRAILER.  THE LOCAL FORD DEALER SAID THIS IS VERY COMMON ON MY YEAR PICKUP AND THEY REPLACE THEM REGULARLY WHEN THEY LEAK.  I TOOK DIGITAL PHOTOS AND KEPT THE PART.       I CONTACTED FORD AND THEIR ATTITUDE WAS WHO CARES.  SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE PEOPLE DIE.  MY PREVIOUS 1996 FORD F250 BURNED TO THE GROUND IN MY DRIVEWAY AFTER SITTING WITH NO PEOPLE AROUND FOR 3 HOURS.  THAT FIRE WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL THAT WAS RECALLED A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE INSURANCE COMPANY REPLACED THAT FIRST TRUCK.  THIS COULD BE FAR WORSE WITH FUEL SOAKING EVERYTHING BEFORE THE FIRE WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEED.        FORTUNATELY, MY WIFE SMELLED FUEL AS SHE PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY, INSPECTED AND FOUND FUEL RUNNING OUT ONTO THE GROUND OFF THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND HOSED EVERYTHING DOWN.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10149384,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/03/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/03/2006","vin":"1FTHX26F1TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED ONE YEAR AGO THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING.  THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL WHEN THIS HAPPENED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A MECHANIC.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE.  THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, #05V388000.  THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE THE FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL AND IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN.     UPDATED 2/27/2006 - *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10143470,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/09/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"11/22/2005","vin":"1FTHF26H7TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN  05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL.  THIS VEHICLE MANIFESTS THE SAME PROBLEMS  AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10137133,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/28/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/20/2005","vin":"1FTHX25G5TE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"1996 FORD F250 PICKUP WITH DUAL GAS TANKS HAD MALFUNCTIONING CHECK VALVE IN FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY IN ONE TANK WHICH CAUSED UNUSED FUEL TO BE RETURNED TO SECOND TANK WHICH CAUSED CONSTANT OVERFLOW AND FUEL SPILLAGE. FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED IN 1989 TO 1993 FORD F250 PICKUPS AND RESULTED IN A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10130015,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/28/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/25/2005","vin":"1FTHW26G4TE","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"REAR RIGHT FEAMALE PORTION OF SEATBELT LATCH BECAME DETATCHED FROM BELT. IT APPEARS THE STITCHING THAT BINDS THE BELT TO ITSELF AFTER IT PASSED THROUGH THE LATCH BODY FAILED. THERE WAS MINIMAL STRESS ON BELT AT TIME OF FAILURE, MY DAUGHTER HAD PULLED UP ON LATCH BODY TO SECURE BELT MALE END IN TO FEMALE BODY WHEN BODY SEPRATED FROM BELT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10127288,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/18/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/01/2005","vin":"1FTHX26G1TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DT: CONSUMER REPORTED  FORD  F250 SUPER DUTY 1996 CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE WITH THE KEY OUT OF  THE IGNITION. FIRE  ORIGINATED  FROM THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT  DID INVESTIGATED AND DETERMINED THAT CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH CAUSED THE FIRE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10118987,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/15/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/20/2005","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER WENT HOME, PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.  AFTER RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE,HE SMELLED SMOKE, LIFTED THE HOOD, AND DISCOVERED THAT CRUISE CONTROL WAS SMOKING.  HE DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY, AND THE SMOKING CEASED.  THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS LATER REPLACED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10116547,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/05/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"04/07/2005","vin":"1FTHF26G8TE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL BE CANCELLED BY TURNING ON THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL ONLY, NOT THE RIGHT  TURN SIGNAL. CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE SPEED.  THE CRUISE CONTROL OTHERWISE FUNCTIONS NORMALLY. ALSO, IF I AM AT A STEADY SPEED IN HIGH GEAR [OVERDRIVE] , THE TRUCK WILL DOWNSHIFT, AND THE RPM'S WILL INCREASE 300-500 IF I UTILIZE THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL. THIS PHENOMENON DOES NOT OCCUR WHEN STOPPED IN GEAR OR IN PARK. I RECENTLY REPLACED THE TACHOMETER WHICH HAD BEEN STICKING. THE WHILE OBSERVING THE NEW TACH, I NOTICED THE RPM CHANGES.  CANCELLING THE OVERDRIVE CAUSES A SIMILAR, BUT MORE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN RPM AND THE ASSOCIATED DOWNSHIFTING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10117500,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"04/06/2005","vin":"1FTHX25F0TE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED  VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THERE IS NO WARNING. CONTACTED THE DEALER. WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10097472,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1901","dateComplaintFiled":"10/15/2004","vin":"1FTHX2TF4TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WITH NO LOAD TIRE BLEWOUT.    *BF   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"FIRESTONE","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10068467,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/05/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"05/07/2004","vin":"1FTHX26H9TE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY MY FORD F-250 WITH TWO GAS TANKS BURST INTO FLAMES AND TOTALED THE PICKUP.  FORTUNATELY, THE TRUCK WAS BACKED INTO THE DRIVE WAY BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE BURNED DOWN AND THE HOTWATER HEATER WOULD HAVE BEEN IGNITED.  AS IT WAS, WE WERE LUCKY THAT THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED SO QUICKLY AND PREVENTED THE GAS TANKS FROM EXPLODING.  BOTH LANES ON HWY 412 WERE SHUT DOWN, MANY PEOPLE GATHERED , ETC.  THE MEDIA WAS THERE TAKING PICTURES.  I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MAYBE A WIRING DEFECT THAT COULD BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN OTHER FORD PICKUPS.  I ALSO OWN A FORD F-360 DIESEL.  I THINK THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED TO AVOID HAVING POSSIBLE FATALITIES.  I HAVE INSURANCE, HOWEVER, IT WILL NOT PUT ME BACK WHERE I WAS.  THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED AND I PLANNED TO RETAIN IT FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS.  MY CHILDREN WERE HOME, WHEN A PASSERBY POUNDED ON THE DOOR HYSTERICALLY TO TELL THEM THAT THE PICKUP WAS ON FIRE AND COULD BE A BOMB.  MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER GOT THE OTHER CHILDREN OUT AND PHONED 911.  THEN, SHE WENT BACK IN TO WAKE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO LIVES IN OUR BASEMENT AS SHE HEAR EXPLOSIONS.  (THE FRONT TIRES EXPLODED AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE.)  PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OUT!  THANK YOU, [XXX].  *AK    INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10042400,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/06/2003","vin":"1FTHX25F1TE","components":"STEERING","summary":"VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE TECHNICIAN BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY LOOSE.   TECHNICIAN REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10029062,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"07/24/2003","vin":"1FTHX26GXTE","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT, LOCKING BUCKLE WILL NOT LOCK AND HOLD.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10019971,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2003","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE VEHICLE TIRE TREAD HAS BEGUN TO SEPARATE.  *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"11R245","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":8023898,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/05/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/2002","vin":"2FTHF26H9TC","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED, POSSIBLY DUE TO FUEL TANK PROBLEMS. TS  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":767895,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/20/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2002","vin":"1FTHX26G1TE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS LEFT IN THE \"ON\" POSITION WHILE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN HOURS, APPARENTLY THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT TOLD BY PRESSURE REGULATOR OR COMPUTER TO TURN OFF. FUEL PUMP PUMPED APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN GALLONS OF FUEL INTO MOTOR, BY NOT KNOWING THIS AT THE TIME OF TRYING TO START VEHICLE A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WITHIN MINUTES THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED, LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT OR KILLED. FIRE DEPT.  POLICE ON THE SCENE OF INCIDENT, PLEASE PURSUE THIS ISSUE SO THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN TO OTHER INNOCENT PEOPLE  AND POSSIBLY CAUSE FATALITIES, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND ALSO MY FAMILY, I ALSO LOST A VERY NICE TRUCK AS THE RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, I FEEL THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INCIDENT.  THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS OF MY VEHICLE WHICH SHOULD BE REPLACED BY FORD MOTOR CO.  I ALSO FEEL THAT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE DONE ON THE VEHICLE, TO REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PARTS SO THAT FATALITIES WILL NOT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. FORD MOTOR CO. WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY WROTE ME A LETTER STATING THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE AND THAT ALSO NOTHING WOULD BE DONE TO SOLVE THIS MATTER AND NOTHING TO REPLACE MY VEHICLE. PLEASE CONTACT ME SO THAT THIS MATTER CAN BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY. MY FIRST CONTACT WITH FORD MOTOR CO. WAS THAT FORD WANTED ME TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO SEND MY TRUCK TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE, THEN A SHORT TIME LATER I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD MOTOR CO. STATING THAT THEY WERE FINISHED AND DID NOT WANT TO EVEN SEE THE VEHICLE.  PLEASE RESPOND , AS THOUGH YOU SEE THAT FORD MOTOR CO.  IS NOT !  THANK YOU,. ROBERT ROBINSON III.  2958 CEMETERY RD.  XENIA, OHIO 45385.   MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8018975,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/09/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"09/18/2002","vin":"1FTHX25G6TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE  EXHAUST MANIFOLD AREA.  DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF  PROBLEM.*AK. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS, Y PIPE AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH CAUSED THE OVERHEATING.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8017152,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/20/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/2002","vin":"NOT AVAILAB","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT VEHICLE SUDDENLY MADE A 45% TURN AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR.  STEERING COLUMN SPLIT IN HALF.  CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WENT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE SLAMMING ON BRAKES.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8015462,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/05/2002","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT BUT DRIVER DID NOT LOSE CONTROL, OWNER NOTICED THAT A 4'WIDE-6'EDGE CHUNK HAD PEELED AWAY.  THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES. *AK  *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":764921,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/26/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/30/2002","vin":"1FTHX25G9TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED (FELT VIBRATION) I TRAVELED APPRX 200 YARDS AND THEN THE TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE EXHAUST PIPES /WHEEL WELL/ WHEEL LINER/BED, AND WHEEL WELL TRIM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":566765,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/16/2002","vin":"9999","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE PULLING HIS 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE OF THE TOW VEHICLE.  THE BLOW OUT HAPPENED ACROSS THE TREAD AREA.  *CB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"DUNLOP","productModel":"DUNLOP","size":null,"manufacturer":"DUNLOP TIRE CORPORATION"}]},{"odiNumber":8013820,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/11/2002","vin":"1FTHW25FXTE","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLES WILL NOT LATCH.  CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL THEY HAVE NO LIABILITY.*AK  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":762674,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/04/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/05/2002","vin":"1FTHX26F3TE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"UNIT WAS PARKED AND SHIFTER PLACED IN THE \"PARK\" POSITION.  THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK ACROSS THE PARKING LOT AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE.  WITNESSES ON THE SCENE VERIFIED THAT THE SHIFTER WAS IN PARK BUT THAT TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGED IN THAT POSITION.  AFTER THIS INCIDENT, IT WAS DETERMINED, BY EXPERIMENT, THAT THE INDICATOR ON THE SHIFTER DID NOT SHOW THE ACTUAL GEAR.  WHEN IN \"PARK\" THE TRUCK WAS ACTUALLY IN EITHER REVERSE OR NEUTRAL.  ACCORDING TO OTHER SOURCES, THIS PROBLEM, OF EITHER JUMPING OUT OF PARK OR NOT BEING IN THE GEAR INDICATED, HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH FORD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN THE PAST.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8010246,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2002","vin":"1FTHX26F2TE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"FRONT CALIPERS CRACKED. CONTACTED DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM.  *AK  *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":565680,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/01/2002","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE EXHAUST PIPES AND WHEEL WELL OF THE VEHICLE, THE TIRE HAD 30774 MILE ON IT AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE AND DAMAGES BUT WAS DECLINED BY THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER FOUND EVIDENCE THAT THE TIRE WAS OPERATED FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME WITH INSUFFICIENT AIR PRESSURE, THE CONSUMER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRES, SIZE LT 235/85R16, DOT#VDORRAA507, SET OF FOUR TIRES WAS PURCHASED 24-JUL-1999).  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IT HAS BEEN TESTED AND IT SHOWS THERE IS NO REASON FOR IT TO BE FLASHING. HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP NOW 15 TIMES AND EVEN SPECIAL TECHNICIANS LOOKING AT IT AND CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. I DON'T WANT TO LOOSE MY TRANSMISSION. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8003089,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/29/2002","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"WHEN  VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN  PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT SUDDENLY COLLAPSED IN  RECLINING POSITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED  DEALER. DEALER HAS ORDERED  CONSUMER A NEW SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":756388,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/21/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"01/04/2002","vin":"1FTHX26H2TE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND IT WAS SITTING FOR 15 MINUTES.  THE VEHICLE WENT FROM PARK TO DRIVE ALL BY IT'S SELF.  I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION IS ELECTRONIC AND HE SUSPECTT A SELONIDE CAUSED THE PROBLEM.  I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFTY ISSUE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":754030,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/30/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"11/02/2001","vin":"1FTHX26F4TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TOWING RV ON STRAIGHT SECTION OF INTERSTATE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED.  FORCE PUSHED UP RHT REAR 1/4 PANEL, TAIL PIPE, WHEEL HOUSING, CANOPY.  VEHICLE DID NOT HIT ANY DEBRIS IN ROAD TO CAUSE TIRE FAILURE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDOR1WT  TIRESIZE: LT235/85R1)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":897448,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/08/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/09/2001","vin":"1FTHX25H7TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEEL TEX TIRES R4S LT235/85R16, DOT VDORTWC415; WHILE TRAVELING IN A FORD, F250 VEHICLE AT 60MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION.  PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL.  *AK DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE QUARTER PANEL AND WHEEL WELL, THE STEEL BRAID PULLED TAILPIPE FORWARD DAMAGING THE PIPES AND WHEEL HOUSING, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THESE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":897080,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/27/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2001","vin":"1FTHF25 YXT","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"RECALL 93 V 125 000/FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY:  PORTION OF  UNUSED FUEL FROM ONE TANK HAD TO BE RETURNED TO THE SECOND TANK, THE SECOND TANK EXCEEDED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGES. SPILLING COULD RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER  THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER  RECALL DUE TO VIN.  FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":896949,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/27/2001","vin":"1FTHX25H5TE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"AFTER LEAVING  VEHICLE PARKED OVERNIGHT,  NEXT DAY  VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE EVEN BEFORE CONSUMER GOT CLOSE TO  VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":896668,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/10/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/21/2001","vin":"1FGHX25GXTE","components":"TRAILER HITCHES","summary":"TRAILER HITCH SIDE PLATES RECEIVER  WAS ATTACHED BY 6 BOLTS OF WHICH FOUR ATTACHMENT PARTS BROKE, WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF TRUCK AND TRAILER. IF OTHER TWO BROKE, TRAILER WOULD HAVE SEPARATED. OWNER REPAIRED AND REINFORCED ATTACHMENTS FROM PARTS 9085087 RIGHT AND 9085088 LEFT THAT MANUFACTURER SENT.  EAZLIFT TRAILER HITCH.  *AK  CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ATTACHMENT POINTS ON REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH WIDER THAT THE BROKEN PARTS.  *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":751807,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2001","vin":"1FTHX26H3TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE TRUCK WAS PARKED FOR 10+ DAYS WITHOUT BEING STARTED. THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WAS SO SEVERE THAT THE INSPECTORS COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THERE WAS NO OTHER IGNITION SOURCE ANYWHERE AROUND THE VEHICLE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":895741,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2001","vin":"1FTHX25F0TE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WHEN SWITCHING FROM LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM, HEADLIGHTS GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":751741,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/21/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2001","vin":"1FTHX26H4TE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FUEL PUMPS FROM REAR TANK TO FRONT TANK, CAUSING OVERFILLING AND SPILLAGE RESULTING IN FIRE HAZARD.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":751283,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/27/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/28/2001","vin":"1FDHF25HOTE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, JUST LIKE THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDOR 1W1  TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":895236,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/27/2001","vin":"1FTHX26G4TE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK FUEL IS BEING PUMPED FROM FRONT TO BACK TANK, TANK WILL OVERFLOW AND SPILL FUEL. CONSUMER ONLY FILLS TANKS HALFWAY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":891298,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"06/26/2001","vin":"1FTHX26F2TE","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DRIVER'S FRONT AND REAR SEAT BELTS ARE NOT LATCHING PROPERLY.  DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S  RECALL, AND OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":889655,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/29/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/04/2001","vin":"1FTHX26F9TE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH POWER STEERING WENT OUT, MECHANIC FOUND  RETAINING RING THAT HOLDS THE PRESSURE SIDE OF THE POWER STEERING FLUID HOSE IN PLACE HAD SNAPPED.  HE CHANGED A COUPLE OF THEM PER WEEK. VEHICLE HAS STANDARD POWER BOOSTER.*AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":885957,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"04/16/2001","vin":"1FTHX26F8TE","components":"WHEELS","summary":"RIM  IS MADE OF ALUMINUM, AND  WHEEL IS MADE OF STEEL.   THESE  DIFFERENT METALS CAUSE THE  TWO COMPONENTS TO  WELD TOGETHER, AND A HAMMER NEEDS TO BE USED TO SEPARATE THEM.  *AK  CONSUMER HAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO ALSO HAD TOUSE A DEAD BLOW HAMMER TO POUND THEM APART, HOWEVER DEALER DID NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":885410,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/08/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/09/2001","vin":"1FTHX26F5TE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER WAS PULLING A 5TH WHEEL CAMPER FOR 5,0000 MILES WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED, DUE TO BURNT CLUTCHES.  DEALER RECOMMEND WHEN BACKING OUT  CAMPER CONSUMER  SHOULD USE LOW RANGE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":743758,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/09/2001","vin":"1FTHW26F5TE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"4 WHEEL LIGHT STATED THAT IT WAS IN 4- WHEEL DRIVE,  IT WAS INFACT NOT, AND I ALMOST WENT OFF OF A CLIF. PUT NEW HUBS ON AND IT FAILED AGAIN IN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MUD.  4 WHEEL LIGHT STATED THAT IT WAS IN 4 WHEEL AGAIN.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":743762,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/09/2001","vin":"1FTHX26F8TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRES ARE CRACKING AROUND THE BEAD ON THE RIM.  I HAVE CONTACTED COOPER ABOUT THIS AND WAS TOLD MY SUSPENSION IS STIFF CAUSING THE TIRE TO FLEX MORE THAN NORMAL.  I HAVE CONTACTED LES SCHAWB, AND BIG O TIRE COMPANIES ABOUT THIS STATEMENT, AND WAS TOLD THIS IS TOTALLY WRONG.  COOPER HAS REPLACED 4 SETS OF TIRES IN 2 YEARS.  THEY MADE SURE THAT DOT NUMBERS DID NOT MATCH ON THREE OCCASIONS.  COOPER HAS TOLD BE I WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE TIRES BECASUE I HAVE A LOAD RANGE D TIRE, AND FORD RECOMENDS A LOAD RANGE E.  THE TIRE I HAVE PURCHASED WILL CARRY APROX 500LBS MORE THAN THE TIRE FORD RECOMENDS.  THIS IS WHY LES SCHWAB AND BIG O TIRES ARE SAYING COOPER IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OF REPLACING A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 28161-3  TIRESIZE: 285/75/R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":743249,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/29/2001","vin":"1FTHX25F7TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRES ARE FAILING ,CRACKING AND CHUNKS FALLING OFF ,OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVEING THE SAME PROBLEMS FIRESTONE DOES NOT WANT TO HELP US . *AK (TIRESIZE: 235-85R-16)( DOT NUMBER:  TIRE SIZE: 235-85R-16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":884146,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/08/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/26/2001","vin":"1FTHX26F5PE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"RUBBERT INTAKE BOOT FROM CLEANSER TO TURBO HAS FALLEN APART. HAD TO HAVE AN UPGRADED VERSION OF INTAKE BOOT REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":785253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/06/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/04/2001","vin":"1FTHX26F1TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"IDLER PULLEY CAME OFF OF THE MOTOR, CAUSING SERPENTINE BELT, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, AND VACUUM PUMP TO FAIL.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":559318,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2001","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE LT 235/85R16 M & S AT AND FIRESTONE LT 235/85R16 R4S TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE DEFECTIVE, SHOWED SIGNED OF CRACKING, SEPARATION AND EXPERIENCED BLOW OUT, THE FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSED CREDIT TO CONSUMER AS THEY WERE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEFECTIVE TIRES.   CJ","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":878031,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/04/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/11/2001","vin":"1FTHX26G8TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH CONSUMER FEELS THE TIRES WERE THE CAUSE, HOWEVER NONE OF THE TIRES ACTUALLY BLEWOUT, PRIOR TO ACCIDENT A DEALER NOTICED STEELBELTS COMING THROUGH CENTER OF THE TREAD, FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES P235/85R16 DOTVD0RTWW046.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":557273,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2000","vin":"1FTHX25G6TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEELER 4RS TIRE (P235 85 R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":874025,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/2000","vin":"FILL IN","components":"POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD SHUT DOWN. HAPPENED AT STOP LIGHT OR SIGNS. CONTACTED FORD MANUFACTURER & INFORMED CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER. AT DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC PLACED VEHICLE ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE & NO CODES APPEARED.  TRANSMISSION COULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY INTO EITHER 1ST OR 2ND GEARS WITHOUT MAKING GRINDING NOISES. MECHANIC REFUSED TO REPAIR VEHICLE DUE TO BEING OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":735195,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/30/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2000","vin":"1FTHX25F7TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE CAP CAME OFF AND TIRE BLEW.*AK (DOT NUMBER: ?  TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":556403,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/24/2000","vin":"1FTHX2SFXTE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TWO OF THE FIRESTONE (STEELTEX RADIAL LT 235/85R16 M/S) TIRES ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.   *MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":873293,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/09/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/18/2000","vin":"2FTHF26H8TC","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EQUIPMENT","summary":"VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID VEHICLE NEEDED A TUNE UP AND COIL PACK REPLACE. DEALER SAID THAT PLUGS WOULD NOT COME OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE STUCK. SO CONSUMER  WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE PLUGS WON'T COME OUT.  DEALER CHARGED A $1000 TO TAKE THEM OUT.*AK  THE LIGHT AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE FAILED.  THE STARTER FAILED THREE TIMES.  A/C FAILED.  THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED.  THE EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILED.  BRAKE CALIPER AND ROTOR FAILED.  WIRES UNDERHOOD RUST OUT.  POWER STEERING HOSE FAILED.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734545,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/17/2000","vin":"1FTHX26GXTE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THESE 4 TIRES FAILED.THE CENTER STEEL CHORDS WERE SHOWING ON ALL 4 TIRES UPON INSPTECTION. I IMMIDEATLY REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL THE TIRES. I HAVE ONE TIRE LEFT THAT WAS A SPARE SERIAL NUMBER 20881URBD96426-4.THESE TIRES ARE THE ORGINAL TIRES BOUGHT ON A 1996 FORD 250 NEW AT COUNTS FORD, SULLIVAN, MO. I FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THE INFORMATION ON THESE TIRES BEING THAT YOU HAVE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH FIRESTONE TIRES.I REPLACED THESE TIRES OUT OF MY POCKET MYSELF AND CAN BE VERIFED OF THEIR CONDITION BY MONROE CITY TIRE& BATTERY, MONROE CITY, MO 63456.BUSINESS HWY. 36.  *AK (TIRESIZE: 2358516M8)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: 2358516M8 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734568,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/24/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"10/17/2000","vin":"1FTHX25HXTE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRST TIRE FAILURE THE TRUCK WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD AND HAD ABOUT 4000 MILES. I WAS DOING ABOUT 60 MPH ON I75 WHEN THE TIRE BLEW. I CALLED THE FORD SERVICE NUMBER AND A SERVICE VEHICLE CAME AND PUT MY SPARE TIRE ON. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE TIRE TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AT DADELAND IN MIAMI. THERE THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE I HAD DRIVEN ON IT. MY COMPLAINT WAS THAT NO OTHER RECORD WAS MADE OF THE EARLY TIRE FAILURE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 20891UR  TIRESIZE: LT235/85R1)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":556206,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/17/2000","vin":"2FTHF25G9TC","components":"TIRES","summary":"3 FIRESTONE STEELTEX (16 INCH) AT TIRES EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL CRACKS.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":556206,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/17/2000","vin":"2FTHF25G9TC","components":"TIRES","summary":"3 FIRESTONE STEELTEX (16 INCH) AT TIRES EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL CRACKS.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872980,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/13/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/13/2000","vin":"2FTHF26F9TC","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN","summary":"FUEL IS LEAKING CAUSING ENGINE TO SHUT OFF, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING ASSEMBLY, RESEALED O-RINGS, REPLACED LOW PRESSURE FUEL SENSOR, REPLACED PRESSURE SWITCH, AND TIGHTENED FUEL LINES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.  TRANSMISSION BUCKS AT TAKE OFF.  VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL LEAK.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734199,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/12/2000","vin":"1FTHX26F7TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE TRUCK STALLS AND GOES COMPLETELY DEAD.  THERE IS NOT A SET PATTERN TO THE PROBLEM.  SOME WEEKS IT HAPPENS MORE THEN OTHERS.  IT HAPPENS IN BOTH TWO WHEEL AND FOUR WHEEL OPERATION, LOAD AND NO LOAD CONDITIONS.  IT IS MOST DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AND MANEUVERS SINCE THE POWER STEERING IS GONE","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872527,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/31/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/08/2000","vin":"2FTHF25G3TC","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ENGINE PULLEY WAS COMING OFF THE CRANKSHAFT DUE TO SHEARED OFF BOLTS.  DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST.  *AK  THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FAILED BECAUSE IT IS DEFECTIVE.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872280,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2000","vin":"1FTHX26F4TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A THUMPING NOISE.  HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER ,  RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM.  THERE WAS A SECOND INCIDENT WHERE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED THE TIRES. FIRESTONE,   STEELTEX RADIAL#AT,#LT2358516E  HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE.   TIRES WERE REPLACED BY COOPER TIRES, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK   FIRST TIRE SEPARATION OCCURED AT 25000 MILES.  THE REPLACED TIRE FAILED SIMILARLY AT 37OOO MILES, FIRESTONE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THE TIRE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872309,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON  HIGHWAY  AND FELT VIBRATION INSIDE  VEHICLE.  HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER,  AND  NOTICED THAT  RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE, STEELTEX, #R4S 2358516.  HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872238,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2000","vin":"1FTHX26FXTE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE00-040;  ORIGINAL TIRE ON FORD, 1996, F250, LT235/85R16 M/S. PASSENGER'S REAR SIDE TIRE TREAD CAME OFF AT 45 MPH. CONSUMER  WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE, INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN ALASKA.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872244,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/05/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2000","vin":"2FTHF25G9TC","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE LOOKING TIRES OVER, NOTICED CRACKS ON TREAD. CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES . *AK  TIRES WERE FIRESTONE STEELTEX  P235/85R16.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872041,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/11/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/02/2000","vin":"1FTHX26GXPE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE00020, ORIGNAL EQUIPMENT ON 1996, FORD, F250, TIRE SIZE LT23585R16.  DUE TO A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL DRIVER'S REAR TIRE EXPLODED FROM THE SIDEWALL, WHICH ALMOST CAUSE A CRASH.  FIRESTONE PRORATED THE TIRE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733064,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2000","vin":"1FTHX26F8TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"SIDEWALL BOWOUT. NO REASON FOR BLOWOUT. SIDEWALL FAILURE. (TIRESIZE: LT 235-85R)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT 235-85R )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732986,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/05/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2000","vin":"1FDLE40G5TH","components":"TIRES","summary":"ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HAVE SUFFERED TREAD SEPERATION ON 4 TIRES.  *AK (TIRESIZE: 225/75R16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: 225/75R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732505,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/30/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2000","vin":"1FTHW25F9TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE CATASTROPHIC  FAILURE WHILE DRIVING THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH. THE TEMPERATURE ON THE DAY OF THE FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES. THERE WAS SUFFICENT TREAD ON THE TIRE AND THE PRESSURE WAS MAINTAINED AT 70 PSI. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS THAT THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE. WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT THE TREAD SLUNG UPWARD INTO THE TAIL PIPE DRIVING IT INTO THE FENDER, CAUSING $800.00 WORTH OF BODY DAMAGE. I BELIEVE THESE TIRES ARE NOT RECEIVING THE ATTENTION OF THE TIRES ON THE FORD SUV'S BECAUSE TRUCKS DO NOT TEND TO ROLL OVER, THEREFOR FATALITIES ARE NOT REPORTED. THIS DOES NOT HOWEVER NEGATE THE FACT THAT FIRESTONE HAS PRODCUED A BAD TIRE THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.*AK( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: 235/85 R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732505,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/30/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2000","vin":"1FTHW25F9TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE CATASTROPHIC  FAILURE WHILE DRIVING THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH. THE TEMPERATURE ON THE DAY OF THE FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES. THERE WAS SUFFICENT TREAD ON THE TIRE AND THE PRESSURE WAS MAINTAINED AT 70 PSI. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS THAT THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE. WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT THE TREAD SLUNG UPWARD INTO THE TAIL PIPE DRIVING IT INTO THE FENDER, CAUSING $800.00 WORTH OF BODY DAMAGE. I BELIEVE THESE TIRES ARE NOT RECEIVING THE ATTENTION OF THE TIRES ON THE FORD SUV'S BECAUSE TRUCKS DO NOT TEND TO ROLL OVER, THEREFOR FATALITIES ARE NOT REPORTED. THIS DOES NOT HOWEVER NEGATE THE FACT THAT FIRESTONE HAS PRODCUED A BAD TIRE THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.*AK( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: 235/85 R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":731998,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/19/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/20/2000","vin":"1FTHX25H3TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRES WORE OUT IN ONE SECTION ONLY.  THE REST OF TIRE TREAD GOOD FOR ANOTHER 20000 MI.  DEALER SAID TIRES WERE MADE INCORRECTLY AND WERE EGG-SHAPED INSTEAD OF ROUND.  I HAD TO PAY $137.69 TO REPLACE TIRES THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED REPLACING YET IF THEY WERE MADE CORRECTLY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDOR1WW445 TIRE SIZE: 23585R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":554825,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/19/2000","vin":"1FTHX25G6TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL RFS P235 85 R16 TIRES EXPERIENCE CONSTANT VIBRATION AND TREAD WEAR.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":554825,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/19/2000","vin":"1FTHX25G6TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL RFS P235 85 R16 TIRES EXPERIENCE CONSTANT VIBRATION AND TREAD WEAR.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":731446,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/14/2000","vin":"1FTHX26F7TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ON A CAMPING TRIP I AWOKE ON THE MORNING OF 9/30/00 TO FIND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE FLAT.  I INSTALLED THE SPARE AND WHEN I GOT HOME SECURED REPLACEMENT GOODYEAR TIRES AND COMMENCED TO INSTALL THEM.  PRIOR TO DEMOUNTING THE RIGHT FRONT I INFLATED IT TO DETERMINE WHERE THE AIR WAS ESCAPING.  IT APPEARED TO BE ESCAPING IN AN AREA BETWEEN THE TREAD PATTERN.  WHEN I DEMOUNTED THE TIRE I INSPECTED THE INTERIOR AND COULD SEE NO EVIDENCE OF A PENETRATION WOUND AND COULD FIND NO TYPE OF FOREIGN OBJECT.  IN MY TWO YEARS WORKING AT A TIRE INSTALLATION FACILITY (SEARS) I NEVER ENCOUNTERED A FAILURE OF THIS NATURE.  NEEDLESS TO SAY WITH THE EVENTS OF THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AT FIRESTONE AND MY SUBSEQUENT TIRE FAILURE MY CONFIDENCE IN THE FIRESTONE TIRE COMPANY HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY ERODED.  FIRESTONE IS NOW RECALLING SOME SIXTEEN INCH TIRES BUT AS YET HAVE NOT INCLUDED THE 235/85 STEELTEX.  I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW IF ANY FAILURES OF MY SIZE TIRE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION.   THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.  SINCERELY    RICHARD NEITZEL.  *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNOR1WW365 TIRE SIZE: 235/85R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":6900166,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/23/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/12/2000","vin":"1FTHW26G8TE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE: DRIVING ON TURN PIKE WHEN TIRE BLEW OUT, TIRE DENTED REAR QUARTER PANEL.  (CLAIM#38-J518-357) *MW","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":784722,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/02/2000","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE LEFT FRONT RADIATOR SUPPORT BROKE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":723884,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/25/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"06/11/2000","vin":"1FTHX26F6TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER FAILURE DUE TO PREMATURELY WORN BUSHING. PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN AMONG DEALERSHIP MECHANICS. THIS PART CONTROLS THE TENSION ON  THE SINGLE SERPENTINE BELT WHICH OPERATES THE POWER STEERING PUMP (MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF ABILITY TO STEER UPON FAILURE), THE AC COMPRESSOR, THE WATER PUMP (MAY CAUSE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT UPON FAILURE) AND THE ALTERNATOR FOR THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":860934,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"04/25/2000","vin":"1FTHX26F2TE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"STARTER HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES. VEHICLE ONCE ROLLED IN DRIVEWAY THROUGH THE GARAGE / WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND BRAKES  ON.  DEALER KEPT REPLACING IT, BUT COULDN'T REMEDY PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":857889,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/03/2000","vin":"1FTHX26G3TE","components":"SEATS","summary":"DRIVER'S SEAT WELD THAT HOLDS SEAT TO RAIL BROKE OFF, CAUSING SEAT TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH. CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT FORD SHOULD COVER REPAIR COST SINCE IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":857133,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/17/2000","vin":"1FTHX26F3TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING IN SNOW CONDITIONS  FAN BELT FELL OFF DUE TO SNOW HITTING THE UNDERBODY OF THE VEHICLE, ALLOWING ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS TO STOP.  PRIVATE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BELT AFTER DEALER WAS UNABLE TO/REFUSED TO COVER COST.  *AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":718883,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/11/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/17/2000","vin":"1FTHX26F3TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A SMALL SNOW DRIFT, ON AN ISOLATED COUNTRY ROAD, SNOW DISLODGED THE SERPENTINE BELT, THUS DISCONNECTING POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, THE COOLING SYSTEM AND DISCHARGING THE BATTERY. LUCKILY A PASSING SNOW PLOW OPERATOR ASSISTED US OR THIS COULD HAVE HAD MORE TRAGIC RESULTS. WE HAVE ASKED FORD ENGINEERS TO ASSIST WITH A SOLUTION. SKID PLATES ARE NOT MADE FOR THIS VEHICLE NOR CAN THEY APPARENTLY BE MANUFACTURED BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. WHILE OUR LOCAL DEALER IS HELPING TO PROBLEM SOLVE, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE NO REPLY NOR INTEREST FROM FORD, WHO CLAIMS THAT ANY SOLLUTION WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY OR IMPROVEMENT RATHER THAN A REPAIR. WE FEEL THAT SINCE THIS VEHICLE IS ADVERTISED AS A RUGGED OFF-ROAD FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE THAT IS DEPICTED BLASTING THROUGH DEEP SNOW DRIFTS ON COMMERCIALS, IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BREAK DOWN AND STRAND PASSENGERS WHEN THE TRUCK IS CONFRONTED WITH NORMAL WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. FURTHER, IT SHOULDN'T LEAVE THE PASSENGERS STRANDED WITHOUT POWER,ENGINE COOLING, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":853866,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/02/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"01/05/2000","vin":"1FTHX25E2TE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2 DEFECTIVE  WIRES WHICH GO OVER THE HEATER CORE  SHORT CIRCUITED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING.  THIS  COULD CAUSE A CRASH.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":716917,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/02/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/05/2000","vin":"1FDHX26H2TE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE TRANSMISSION GEAR INDICATOR INDICATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY IN REVERSE OR NEUTRAL.  THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND IN PARK, AND IT ROLLED DOWN AN INCLINE AND STRUCK A POST.  THIS IS THE THIRD 1996 FORD F250 IN OUR COMPANY THAT THE SHIFT INDICATOR LINKAGE HAD THE SCREWS BACK OUT, CAUSING THIS SAME THING TO HAPPEN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":853812,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/07/1999","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING HUB CAPS WOULD ROLL OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. HUP CAPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TEN TIMES.  RECENTLY HUB  CAP ONCE AGAIN  ROLLED OFF, HITTING  ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":715719,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/1999","vin":"1FTHX26F5TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE AUTO TRANS WILL LOCK UP IN 1ST GEAR AND WILL NOT SHIFT TO 2ND. THIS HAS HAPPEND MANY TIMES . WHEN IT DOSE LOCK IN FIRST GEAR THE ENGINE WILL RUN TO THE GOV. AND STAY THERE AS LONG AS YOU HOLD THE THROTTLE DOWN AND THEN SHIFT WITH A BANG. IF YOU LET OFF OF THE THROTTLE THE TRUCK WILL FREE WHEEL. EVERY TIME THIS HAS HAPPEND","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":714483,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/25/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/08/1999","vin":"2FTHF26H3TC","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I WAS TOLD BY LOCAL DEALER THE EXAHUST MANIFOLDS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARNTY.  WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TIME REPORTING THE PROBLEM THEY SAID THE PINGING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WAS NOT A PROBLEM.  NOW WEVE HAD TO PAY A $1100 REPAIR WITH LESS THAN 36,000 MILES OF USE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":848236,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/21/1999","vin":"1FTHX26FOTE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHEN DRIVING AT ABOUT 25 MPH THERE IS HEAVY VIBRATION WITHIN STEERING. CONSUMER HAS TO USE BOTH HANDS TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE STEERING, OR STEERING WHEEL WILL FALL INTO CONSUMER'S HAND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":711698,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/21/1999","vin":"1FTHX26F0TE","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"NO SUMMARY","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":847585,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/11/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/13/1999","vin":"1FTHX26F8TE","components":"STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"BOLT THAT HOLDS THE POWER STEERING SNAPPED IN HALF. AFTER SNAPPING IN HALF, VIBRATED OUT TOWARDS POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY, CAUSING THE PULLEY TO LOCK UP, AND BREAKING THE POWER STEERING PUMP BRACKET.   THI S CAUSED THE MAIN DRIVE BELT TO COME OFF, LEAVING CONSUMER WITHOUT BRAKES OR STEERING.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":847455,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/1999","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHILE DRIVING E STEERING COLUMN VIBRATES, ALMOST CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":710024,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/31/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/16/1999","vin":"2FTHF26F9TC","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRUCK WAS AT A STOPPED POSITION AND I NOTICED THAT THE LOCKING HUBS WOULD NOT STAY ENGAGED.  THERE WAS A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE.  I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE THE 4WD SINCE THE INCIDENT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":710047,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/16/1999","vin":"2FTHF26F7TC","components":"WHEELS","summary":"PUT IN 4WD HAD TO CALL A WRECKER BECAUSE THE AUTOMATIC LOCKING HUBS WOULD NOT ENGAGE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":842811,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/14/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"07/21/1999","vin":"1FTHX25F8TE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CASTING CRACKED, AND THE PUMP FELL OFF (BEARING IN PUMP FAILED).  THIS CONTROLS THE POWER BRAKE ASSIST. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/06/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/1999","vin":"1FTHF26H3TE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION/ALIGNMENT, REPAIRS SEVERAL TIMES AND STILL EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/06/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/1999","vin":"1FTHF26H3TE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"AXLE HOUSING SEAL FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/18/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/1999","vin":"1FTHF26H3TE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRING FAILURE CAUSING ABS LIGHT TO COME ON AND CRUISE CONTROL TO MALFUNCTION, CRUISE CONTROL CONTINUES TO MALFUNCTION AFTER REPAIR ATTEMPT. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/04/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/1999","vin":"1FTHF26H3TE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION BOLTS/AND UNIT NOT PERFORMING, CAUSING MALFUNCTION IN TRANSMISSION OPERATION. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/1999","vin":"1FTHF26H3TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"EGR VALVE REPLACED CAUSING ROUGH IDLE. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/05/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/1999","vin":"1FTHF26H3TE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE SYSTEM CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS, UNABLE TO BE RECTIFIED. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/12/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/1999","vin":"1FTHF26H3TE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"WATER LEAKAGE INTO THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO SEAL FAILURE. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/08/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/1999","vin":"1FTHF26H3TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"SERPENTINE BELT FAILED CAUSING NOISE. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":544407,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/22/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"03/16/1999","vin":"2FTHF26F7TC","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER BELIEVES AUTOMATIC LOCKING HUBS WERE INCORRECTLY DESIGNED DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH HUBS BEING NOISY AND NOT LOCKING FROM A PARKED POSITION. ALSO, 4WD TO FAIL ON WET GRASS/SLIGHT INCLINE, BOTH HUBS REPLACED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":704049,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/02/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/04/1999","vin":"1FTHW26F8TE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"AFTER BOTH HUBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, THERE IS STILL A CLICKING IN THE FRONT WHICH OCCURS DURING BACKING THAT HAS YET TO BE CORRECTED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":832943,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/11/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"12/31/1998","vin":"1FATHX26F4T","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ENGAGE INTO AUTOMATIC FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE. WHEN THE WHEEL BEARING GREASE HEATS UP, IT FLOW IN TO AUTOMATI LOCKING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK.ET.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":832959,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/31/1998","vin":"NOT AVAILAB","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"BARRIER HAS COME APART, CAUSING THE REAR END TO DROP. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":701305,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/02/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/12/1998","vin":"1FTHX26F6TE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"BUSHING ON BELT TENSIONER ON 7.3 LITER DIESEL ENGINE FAILS - KNOWN DEFECT BY FORD PERSONELL.  *MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":701158,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/07/1998","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"BEARING FAILED ON BELT TENSIONER CAUSING ME TO LOSE THE SERPENTINE BELT WHICH CONTROLS POWER STEERING,COOLING,CHARGING,AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING.ENGINE DID OVERHEAT,BUT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO CLOSE TO AN EXIT IN WEST VIRGINIA.AFTER I TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE I FOUND THAT AT LEAST 6 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS.I CONTACTED FORD BUT THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF THESE PROBLEMS.TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS WAS 131.00 WHICH PORT CITY REFUNDED ME.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":700830,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"11/22/1998","vin":"1FTHX26F1TE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"FRONT BRAKE ROTORS (RIGHT AND LEFT) WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKED DURING 60,000 MILE SERVICE. NO MECHANICAL SYMPTOMS OF THE PROBLEM MANIFESTED THEMSELVES PRIOR TO THE FINDING OF THE DAMAGE DURING 60,000 MILE SERVICE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":829894,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/02/1998","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THE FRONT BRAKE  DISC ROTORS HAVE CRACKED ALL THE WAY TO THE HUB. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL VIBRATES. DEALER HAS REPLACED BOTH FRONT DISC ROTORS.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":828450,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/19/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/1998","vin":"1FPHX26F6TE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION SLOW TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. WOULD SHAKE & SHIMMY WHEN SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR. FEELS LOOSE  WHEN STOPPING & GOING AT LOW SPEED, CAN FEEL THE LOOSENESS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":828372,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/1998","vin":"1FTPX26FXTE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE  FUEL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE FUEL TO LEAK OUT. IF A SOURCE OF IGNITION OCCURRED IT MAYHAVE STARTED A FIRE.  PROBLEM REOCCURRING.  DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND ALL FUEL LINES.  PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":826727,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/29/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"08/14/1998","vin":"1FTHX26FITE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY ON THE HIGHWAY, AND REPAIRS WERE DONE BECAUSE BOLTS WERE LOOSE AND MISSING ON THE FRONT AXLES. AXLE PIVOT BRACKET. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":825255,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/27/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"07/09/1998","vin":"1FTHX26FITE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TAKING VEHICLE IN FOR BRAKE REPAIRS WHEN DEALER INFORMED  CONSUMER THAT BOTH FRONT DRUMS WERE CRACKED. IT WAS DUE TO VEHICLE TRAVELING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. BUT YET THE CONSUMER SUPPOSE TO HAVE HEAVY- DUTY TRAILER TOW PACKAGE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR. CONDITION NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":536867,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"06/14/1998","vin":"1FTHX25F9TE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHEN THE TENSIONER WAS LOST, I LOST POWERSTEERING, BRAKES ETC.  I WAS NEGOTIATING A TURN WITH A TRAILER ATTACHED AND LOST SUBSTANTIAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.  THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT KNOW OF A RECALL ETC.  THIS      PROBLEM COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":533377,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"03/28/1998","vin":"1FTHX25G7TE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 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AFTER PARKING BRAKES WERE APPLIED, VEHICLE DRIFTED TO LEFT, COULD HAVE CAUSED CRASH. DEALER WILL REROUTE PARKING BRAKE CABLE, INSTALL WINDLECE ON LEFT REAR SPRING BRACKET TO PREVENT CHAFING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":816745,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/1997","vin":"1FTJW36F8TE","components":"STEERING","summary":"SHORT SHAFT (PITMAN ARM) CAME OUT OF STEERING WHEEL AND BROKE. HAD LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE . 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THE ABS ONLY APPLIES TO THE REAR BRAKES.  *AK  WHILE DRIVING ON WET ROADS, CONSUMER TOUCHED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STEER OR STOP, CONSUMER STATED ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP, CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED THAT VEHICLE ONLY CAME EQUIPPED WITH REAR ABS, TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":987200,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/19/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"07/23/1996","vin":"1FTHX26H2TE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHEN TURING IN ANY DIRECTION FRONT END MAKES A LOUD POPPING NOISE. FELLS LIKE WHEELS ARE COLLAPSING.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":506270,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/21/1995","dateComplaintFiled":"07/10/1996","vin":"1FTHF25H7TE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"RIGHT FRONT WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN/ROLLOVER/ACCIDENT.*SD","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1996","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":986270,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/19/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"06/28/1996","vin":"1FTHF26H4TL","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"ABS-WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE THE REAR BRAKES DO NOT LOCK.  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