{"count":360,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11717576,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/05/2026","dateComplaintFiled":"02/12/2026","vin":"1FTNX21F1XE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 1999 N/A Ford F-250. The contact discovered a mileage discrepancy after the purchase. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 176,369. The contact stated that the odometer was inoperable. The contact stated that the odometer only operated while the 4WD feature was activated. Upon further investigation, the contact became aware that when the previous owner purchased the vehicle in 2023, the mileage was 167,697. The correct odometer reading was unknown.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11687994,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2025","dateComplaintFiled":"09/17/2025","vin":"2FTHF25G6PC","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"The contact owns a 1993 N/A Ford F-250. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V424000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). The contact stated that fuel spewed out of the rear tank filler neck. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the dealer refused to perform the recall repair. The contact was informed that the recall repair pertained only to the chassis and not light-duty trucks. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 155,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11680432,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/13/2025","dateComplaintFiled":"08/13/2025","vin":"1FTHX26KXRK","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"The contact owns a 1994 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while renewing the registration, the contact was informed of an open, unrepaired recall associated with the VIN. The unrepaired open recall was NHTSA Campaign Number: 09V399000 (Vehicle Speed Control). The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the dealer declined to perform the recall repair because the VIN was not in the Manufacturer\u2019s Database. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The manufacturer located the VIN information in the database and the contact was referred to the dealer for assistance. The contact had not experienced a failure.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11670381,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/30/2025","vin":"1FTNX21F9YE","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"your records are inaccurate, the issues have been repaired by me because Ford refused to comply. update your records","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11489797,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2022","dateComplaintFiled":"10/18/2022","vin":"1FTNF21L9YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while standing next to the vehicle a burning odor was present coming from under the hood. Upon inspection of the vehicle, it was discovered that several wiring harnesses were saturated with leaking brake fluid. The contact was concerned that the saturated wiring harnessed had caused electrical failures within the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 240,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11463917,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/20/2019","dateComplaintFiled":"05/09/2022","vin":"1ftnx21f2ye","components":"TIRES","summary":"Left front tire blew without warning, lost control of truck and trailer and crossed the median into oncoming interstate traffic.  Stearing link on truck broke, not sure when.  Truck and trailer were totaled.  LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW WHILE PARKED A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER.  No visible defects.  I have attached two pictures of the left front tire taken at the scene of the accident and three pictures of the left rear tire taken as it failed in two stages, first a bulge in the tread, followed a few weeks later by a zipper-like sidewall separation.  Tires were less than 10 years old when they failed.  I still have the tires as well as the other two matching tires from the set.  The accident occurred in Bath NY.    Michelin LT235/85R16","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"MICHELIN","productModel":"UNKNOWN","size":null,"manufacturer":"MICHELIN TIRE CORP."}]},{"odiNumber":11433076,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/10/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/2021","vin":"","components":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250. The contact stated that the passenger\u2019s side and driver\u2019s side rear door locking mechanism was faulty and the doors could no longer be opened. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was unknown.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11394476,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/09/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"02/03/2021","vin":"1FTNX21F4YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER HIS VEHICLE, THE GEAR SHIFTER INADVERTENTLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE CAUSING THE DOOR TO KNOCK THE CONTACT DOWN TO THE GROUND WHERE THE CONTACT WAS RAN OVER BY THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS, TWO FRACTURED VERTEBRAE IN THE NECK, A PARTIALLY SEVERED RIGHT EAR, AND AN UNSTATED INJURY TO HIS LEGS. THE VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED TO ROLL DOWN A SLIGHT HILL AND CAME TO A STOP AFTER CRASHING INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ARRIVED TO THE SCENE AND THE AMBULANCE TOOK THE CONTACT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT TO HIS INJURIES. THE CONTACT WANTED TO STAY THAT HE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT FOR TWO WEEKS AND ON A FEEDING TUBE FOR A FEW WEEKS. THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT AND LATER SENT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 295,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11377702,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"12/03/2020","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"WE JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK AND THE OLD MAN THAT OWNED IT HAS USED A BUNGEE CORD TO KEEP IT SHUT BUT WE PREFER NOT TO DO THAT SO I'M LETTING THE PROPER AUTHORITIES BE AWARE THAT THE DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH WON'T STAY SHUT, SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LATCH, THE DOOR OPENS WHEN DRIVING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11278561,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/05/2019","dateComplaintFiled":"11/06/2019","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION,WHEELS","summary":"WHEN DRIVING AND HITTING A BUMP ESPECIALLY IN A TURN, THE FRONT WHEELS SHUTTER VIOLENTLY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11267944,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/07/2019","dateComplaintFiled":"10/11/2019","vin":"1FTNW21F3YE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"MY CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT, I WAS RESEARCHING ONLINE WHAT PARTS MAY HAVE GONE OUT WHEN I SEEN A RECALL DONE FOR CRUISE CONTROLS COVERING FORD VEHICLES INCLUDING THE DIESEL OF MY TRUCK AND YEAR. WHEN I CALL TODAY I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED I DO NOT SEE HOW ALL THESE OTHER VEHICLES ARE COVERED DID INCLUDE AT THE DIESEL AND THE YEAR OF MY TRUCK AND NOW THEY SAY IT'S NOT COVERED. THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING ON MY WAY TO WORK OCTOBER 7TH.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11256240,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/09/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"09/17/2019","vin":"1FTNW21F4YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TAIL LIGHT BULB SOCKET BURNT.  NOTICED THAT BULB ACTS LIKE IT'S BLOWN BUT RESEATING ALLOWS IT TO FUNCTION AGAIN.  THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. NO FUSES ARE TRIPPED WHICH IS ODD. HOWEVER THE FIRST TIME I CHECKED THIS I NOTICED THE SOCKET WAS SCORCHED YET WIRING LOOKS OK.  I ASSUMED IT WAS JUST MY VEHICLE BUT SINCE HAVE HEARD SAME REPORT FROM OTHERS ON THEIR TRUCKS AND CARS.  THERE IS NO INDICATION OF DANGER UNTIL YOU REMOVE TAIL LIGHT TO CHECK BULB.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11229963,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/07/2019","dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/2019","vin":"1FTNX20F4YE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING,STRUCTURE","summary":"TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED ALL AFTERNOON AT WORK. UPON LEAVING WORK THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOUD NOISE THAT WENT ON FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN STOPPED. IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING BUT ONCE THE VEHICAL WAS STOPPED I SAW THAT THE UNIROYAL  LIBERATOR A/T TIRE HAD BEEN THE ISSUE. IT HAD TREAD SEPERATION AND HAD DESTROYED THE BED OF MY TRUCK WHEN IT CAME APART.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11220117,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/18/2019","dateComplaintFiled":"06/18/2019","vin":"1FTNX21F7YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"2000 FORD F250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE CLUTCH PEDAL. *LD    THE CONSUMER STATED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL AND THE LINKAGE  FAILED AT LEAST 4 TIMES   *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11131134,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/25/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2018","vin":"1FTNX2137YE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"BRACKETS HOLDING FUEL TANKS HAVE CORRODED ALLOWING THE FUEL TANK TO DROP.  I NOTICED IT WHEN I PARKED MY TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY.  I HAVE SINCE PUT A CHAIN AROUND TO TRY TO PREVENT IT FROM DROPPING ENTIRELY AND EXPLODING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11061997,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/28/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2018","vin":"1FTNX21F6YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WE HAD JUST HAD NEW FIRESTONE TRANSFORCE HT TIRES PUT ON OUR TRUCK. APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS LATER, AS WE ARE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, WE FELT A SERIOUS VIBRATION IN THE LEFT REAR TIRE. WE SLOWED DOWN TO 60 MPH & THAT'S WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT. WE PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY TO INSPECT & THE TIRE BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL. WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING & NO ROAD HAZARD CAUSED THIS DAMAGE. WE SIMPLY FELT AS A SERIOUS VIBRATION & WITHIN A HALF A MILE OR MILE IT BLEW OUT. THE SHOP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE TIRES CHARGED US FOR ANOTHER TIRE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY WARRANTY BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND PAID FOR IT BECAUSE WE NEEDED THE VEHICLE FOR WORK. IT CONTINUED TO HAVE SEVERE VIBRATIONS WHICH CAUSE DIFFICULTY STEERING THE VEHICLE IN ACCELERATION & IN BRAKING. SO WE HAD EVERYTHING REPLACED ON THE FRONT END. AFTER THIS, THE TRUCK STILL FELT UNSTABLE...THE VIBRATION WAS STILL THERE AND IT WAS STILL DIFFICULT TO STEER.. IT ALSO HAD A TENDENCY TO PULL FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER & AT ALL TIMES & MY AIR PRESSURE WAS AT SPEC. THEN JUST RECENTLY, WE NOTICE THAT ALL THE TIRES, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WE HAD REPLACED FROM THE BLOWOUT, WERE COMING APART ON THE SIDE WALLS. THERE WERE CRACKS ALL AROUND THE SIDEWALL OF EVERY SINGLE TIRE. THIS CAUSED QUITE AN ALARM TO US AS WE HAD BEEN DRIVING THIS TRUCK & COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED HAD WE NOT NOTICE THIS FLAW! THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES AND IT IS SERIOUS! THERE'S ALSO ALSO A PROBLEM WITH SOME OF YOUR DEALERS AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY ALSO REFUSED TO REPLACE THESE FOUR TIRES UNDER WARRANTY JUST AS THEY DID FOR THE BLOWOUT. THEY PRORATED MY TIRE USAGE WITH NO KNOWN MILEAGE OF WHEN THE TIRES WERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DOCUMENT IT.  ALL FIVE OF THESE TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY WITH NO CHARGE! THEY NEED TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11016037,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/16/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"08/17/2017","vin":"1FTNW20L9YE","components":"ENGINE","summary":"WENT TO START ENGINE IN THE TRUCK AFTER SETTING OVER NIGHT UNDER MY CARPORT AND SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD . THIS TRUCK HAS A 5.4 LITER V8","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10994196,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"06/09/2017","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL GENERAL (NA) TIRES, SIZE: 265/75/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND REAR TIRE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE, TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE, AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"CONTINENTAL","productModel":"CONTINENTAL","size":null,"manufacturer":"Continental Tire the Americas, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10983449,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/03/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"05/04/2017","vin":"1FTNW20L0YE","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"EJECTED SPARK PLUG RUPTURING THE FUEL RAIL CATCHING THE TRUCK ON FIRE, BURNING IT TO A CRISP. HAPPENED 4 TIMES, (EJECTING THE PLUG) THE FIRST TIME THE FORD DEALER REPAIRED IT. WE WERE DRIVING IT DOWN THE ROAD HEARD A BANG THAN A HISS OF THE FUEL LEAKING GOT THE TRUCK STOPPED AND JUST GOT OUT IN TIME. FULL FLAMES IN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10955161,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/22/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"02/16/2017","vin":"1FDNF20L4YE","components":"ENGINE","summary":"I HAVE HAD THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHERE THE SPARK PLUG HAS BLOWN OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO AND FROM WORK AND TWO OF THE THREE TIMES I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.WE FIXED THEM WITH NEW PARTS FROM AUTO STORE BUT WAS REMINDED THAT THE REPAIR IS ONLY TEMPORARY.TWO OR THE THREE TIMES I WAS ON A HIGHWAY IN BUSY TRAFFIC AND THE OTHER TIME I WAS ON A RURAL ROAD.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10948970,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/28/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2017","vin":"1FTNX21S7YE","components":"ENGINE","summary":"SPARK PLUG BLEW WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, GOING 30 MILES PER HOUR.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10888059,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/08/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"07/24/2016","vin":"1FTNW20L2YE","components":"ENGINE","summary":"BLUE A SPARK PLUG OUT OF HEAD, BROKE COIL IN PROCESS WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 45MPH.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10865662,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/13/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"05/18/2016","vin":"3FTNX21S0YM","components":"ENGINE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT AND THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10864269,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"05/10/2016","vin":"1FTNW21L8YE","components":"ENGINE","summary":"THE SPARK PLUGS ON MY TRUCK HAVE BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD GASKET WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.  I HAVE SPENT OVER $1300 REPAIRING/REPLACING THE SPARK PLUG AND THREADS ON THE HEADS.  I HAVE BEEN READING ON THE INTERNET WHERE OTHER FORD OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT APPEARS THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.   THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK.  THE FIRST TIME WAS IN FEBRUARY 2011, SECOND TIME WAS APRIL 2015.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10863576,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/04/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/2016","vin":"1FTNX20F3YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, IT ATTEMPTED TO START INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CONNECTORS TO THE BATTERY TERMINAL HAD TO BE REMOVED TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM INDEPENDENTLY STARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10822320,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/12/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"01/26/2016","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE I WAS ON A HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 65 MPH MY STEERING AND BRAKES WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I HAPPENED TO BE 200 YARDS BEHIND THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE IMPACT. A HYDRAULIC HOSE FAILED AND RENDERED THE STEERING AND BRAKES ALMOST COMPLETELY USELESS. THE STEERING WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL BUT I MANAGED. THE BRAKES WERE ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE BUT I MANAGED TO SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN TO A SAFE STOP OFF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY DIESEL MECHANIC I WAS TOLD BY THE OWNER THAT FORD ENGINEERED THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO CONTROL THE STEERING AND BRAKES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD WITH THAT KIND OF RIDICULOUS ENGINEERING. I HAD THREE HOSES REPLACED AT A TOTAL COST OF $451.54. ONE FACTORY HOSE WAS $172.53, ANOTHER $100.68 AND THE THIRD WAS $24.04. THE SAFETY ISSUE HERE IS UNREAL. HOW COULD FORD ENGINEERING HAVE DONE SUCH A STUPID THING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10629699,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/09/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/2014","vin":"1FTNX21L8YE","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"THE STRAPS ON THE FUEL TANK BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I DID NOT DISCOVER UNTIL I ARRIVED HOME AND SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GAS. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND THE GAS TANK WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. LUCKILY IT WAS SNOWING OR A  FIRE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10554896,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/02/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"12/05/2013","vin":"1FTNW20F1YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F250 THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH TIRES, SIZE: 235/85/R16.  THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES BECAME UNRAVELED.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12T019000 (TIRES) BUT THE DEALER WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE WARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,500. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"B.F.GOODRICH","productModel":"LT23585R16","size":null,"manufacturer":"B.F. GOODRICH TIRE CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10533957,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/27/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"08/06/2013","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHEN VEHICLE IS AT IDLE, TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IS IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER THE TRUCK IN AND OUT OF PARKING SPACES WITHOUT RISKING HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE OR A PERSON.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10510325,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/04/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"05/01/2013","vin":"1FTNX21S3YE","components":"ENGINE","summary":"I HAVE A 2000 FORD F-250 WITH A V-10 ENGINE.  I HAVE HAD 5 OF MY 10 SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT IN THE LAST YEAR.  4 OF THEM REQUIRED A HELO-COIL REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF ABOUT $1,600.00 TOTAL.  THE SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT WITHOUT WARNING RIPPING THE THREADS OUT OF THE HEADS, RENDERING THE TRUCK USELESS.  IN THAT LAST INCIDENT I WAS TOWING A CAMPER WHEN IT BLEW LEAVING ME IN AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS POSITION.  I CAN NOT EMPHASIZE HOW DANGEROUS THIS PROBLEM IS.  FORD TELLS ME I NOW NEED NEW HEADS AT A COST OF ABOUT $5,000.00.  FORDS STATES THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE AND WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, EVEN THOUGH THEIR HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE.  THEY TELL ME THAT IT IS UP TO THE NHTSA TO MAKE A RECALL.  AND UNTIL THEY DO NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.  THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE..... THIS IS NOT A BLOWN MUFFLER OR A BLOWN WINDSHIELD WIPER. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE.  WILL THE NHTSA STAND TALL HERE AND ORDER A RECALL OR PUSH IT OFF?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10494344,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/10/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2013","vin":"1FTNX21S6YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"SINCE 2006 AND BEFORE, I HAVE HAD UNEXPLAINED INCIDENCES OF BATTERY FAILURES AND DASHBOARD WARNINGS. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED IN 2006 AT MY REQUEST.  MY BATTERY WAS REPLACED IN 2006.  I ALSO HAD A TEMPORARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN ABOUT THIS TIME. I HAD BATTERY REPLACEMENT IN 2009 AND 2012. ON 11/02/2012 I ATTEMPTED TO START MY F250 ONLY TO DISCOVER ABOUT A PINT OF WATER IN THE FLOOR TRAY. I JUMP STARTED, CONTINUED THE TRIP ONLY TO DISCOVER THE HEATER FAN STILL OPERATING! AFTER FURTHER CHECKS, MY FORD DEALER PROVIDED A TSB 04-23-9 WHICH HAD NO WARNING OF THE POTENTIAL ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTIONS OR DAMAGES AND NOT MAILED TO ME. I HAD THE DEFECT CORRECTED BY A LOCAL SHOP AND FORD WAS MAILED MY COMPLAINT ON 11/28/2012 AND HAVE RECEIVED NO ANSWER. I HAVE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH MAILING FOR SERVICE AND FORD SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO INFORM ME.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10490045,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/24/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"12/25/2012","vin":"","components":"ENGINE","summary":"THIS IS MY THIRD PROBLEM WITH THE SAME TRUCK. THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD.  EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM HAPPEN I HAD TAKEN IT TO A SHOP AND THEY HAVE FIXED IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THREE DIFF. PLUGS, NOT THE SAME ONE.  THIS LAST TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED THE SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE PLUG STRIPPED IT OUT SO BAD THAT IT CANT BE FIXED AND THAT I NEED A NEW HEAD OR ENGINE.  I HAVE BEEN READING ALOT ABOUT THIS AND NOTHING IS HAPPEN, SO I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD REPORT IT AS WELL.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10485265,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/10/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"11/20/2012","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"I HAVE TIRES ON A VEHICLE THAT ARE ON RECALL #12T-019. HAVE VISITED SAMS CLUB IN MONTGOMERY AL MONTHS AGO ABOUT REPLACEMENT. THEY SAID TIRES WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT, TOOK MY NAME AND PHONE NUMBER TO CALL WHEN THE TIRES ARE AVAILABLE. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM SINCE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"BF GOODRICH","productModel":"COMMERCIAL T/A A/S","size":"LT 235/85R16 120 Q LRE","manufacturer":"Michelin North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10470280,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/03/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2012","vin":"3FTNW20SXYM","components":"ENGINE","summary":"BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10469400,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/04/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/06/2012","vin":"1FTNW21F3YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE STEEL RADIAL A/T TIRES, DOT VDWD1XL150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS TWENTY YEARS OLD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TIRE WAS 41,930.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEEL RADIAL A/T","size":"LT265/75R16","manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10463092,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/25/2012","vin":"1FTNX21L4YE","components":"POWER TRAIN,ENGINE","summary":"THE TRUCK HAS AN INTERMITTENT HIGH IDLE PROBLEM.  WHEN SLOWING DOWN, (EITHER BY DOWNSHIFTING THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION OR COASTING TO A STOP), THE ENGINE WILL SOMETIMES IDLE AT 1500 RPM RATHER THAN THE NOMINAL 700-800 RPM.  IF I DON'T COME TO A COMPLETE STOP (LIKE WHEN TURNING ONTO MY STREET), THE IDLE WILL REMAIN HIGH TRYING TO MAKE THE TRUCK GO FASTER.  IF I DO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP (LIKE AT A STOP SIGN), THE ENGINE WILL IDLE DOWN THE SECOND I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.  I AM CONCERNED ABOUT NOT ONLY MY BUT OTHERS SAFETY AS THE TRUCK TRIES DRIVING FASTER THAN I WANT WHEN THE IDLE IS HIGH.  I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO SEVERAL DEALERS WHO HAVE PERFORMED MANY SERVICES TO THE TRUCK IN AN ATTEMPT TO DIAGNOSE AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT TO NO AVAIL.  I HAVE REPLACED NUMEROUS SENSORS ON THE TRUCK WITH ORIGINAL FORD EQUIPMENT BUT AGAIN NO IMPROVEMENT.  I HAVE CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY BUT ALL THEY TELL ME IS TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO MY FORD DEALER.  I AM OUT OF OPTIONS AS THE FORD DEALER CANNOT SEEM TO DIAGNOSE THIS PROBLEM AND ALONG WITH IT MY CONCERN FOR SAFETY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10460624,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/04/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"06/05/2012","vin":"1FTNX21L1YE","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 25-35 MPH WHEN THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 185,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10459750,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/25/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"05/26/2012","vin":"1FTNX20SXYE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR,FOUND BRAKE LINE TO REAR WHEELS RUSTED THROUGH.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10452726,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/26/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"03/22/2012","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FUEL TANK COMING APART TRUCK STALLS AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED WITH HEAVY LOADS REPLACED FUEL TANK ON 5/26/10 FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY WERE PUTTING A NEW AND IMPROVED FUEL TANK BACK ON TRUCK NOW ITS 3/21/12 TRUCK IS BACK IN SHOP AT A DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIP SAME PROBLEM TANK DID NOT EVEN LAST 2 YEARS BOTH TRIPS TO SHOP COSTING OVER $6000.00 BECAUSE OF TANKS LABOR FILTERS INJECTORS VC GASKETS ETC  ALL FORD CAN SAY IS 12000 MILES OR 1 YEAR WARRANTY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM WITH FUEL TANKS WHICH LED TO SHUT DOWN OF TRUCK RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE???????  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10450066,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"03/02/2012","vin":"1FTNF20L0YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"SPARK PLUG BLOW-OUT ON #4 CYL, POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10449337,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/23/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"02/25/2012","vin":"1FTNF20L4YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY PICK UP TRUCK AT 35 MPH, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG, I PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY , WHEN I POPPED THE HOOD, I SEEN THE COIL WITH THE SPARK PLUG ON THE OTHER END ! IT HAD BLOWN RIGHT OUT OF THE ENGINE ! I HAVE READ A LOT OF BLOGS OUT THEIR AND I WAS VERY LUCKY, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN AND THE PLUG BLEW OUT WITH SUCH FORCE IT HIT THE FUEL INJECTORS AND CAUSE AN ENGINE FIRE !   I DO NOT HAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT FORD IS CHARGING TO FIX THIS ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN READING ! THEIR HAS BEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE RETAPPING WHERE THE PLUGS ARE GOING INTO ONLY TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN TO ANOTHER SPARK PLUG ! SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED HERE AND FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THIS PROBLEM THESE 5.4 LITER TRITON MOTORS ARE HAVING !   I AM IN THE MILITARY AND JUST CAME HOME FROM IRAQ AND REALLY DONT HAVE TO MONEY TO GET IT FIXED THE RIGHT WAY ! HOPE YOU CAN HELP ?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10444896,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/22/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"01/23/2012","vin":"1FTNW20L7YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE SAME PLUG BLEW OUT AGAIN.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10444897,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/20/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/23/2012","vin":"1FTNW20L7YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE SAME SPARK PLUG HAS BLOWN OUT!!!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10444894,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/11/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"01/23/2012","vin":"1FTNW20L7YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I BOUGHT A NEW ENGINE ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO AND THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. GOT IT \"FIXED\" FOR $200.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10439064,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"12/08/2011","vin":"1FTNF21F6YE","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WOULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY LATCHING INTO THE BUCKLE. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED UNTIL THE SEAT BELT COULD NO LONGER BE REMOVED FROM THE BUCKLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10422806,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/31/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/2011","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V286000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED PRIOR TO THE FIRE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD BE PERFORMED BUT THE OTHER DAMAGES THAT RESULTED FROM THE FIRE WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED.  THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10419635,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/12/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"08/16/2011","vin":"1FTNW21F8YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED  THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE TAIL PIPE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHERE THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST INDICATED THAT THE WIRING INJECTOR WAS MELTED FROM A FIRE. THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 134,179.    UPDATED 10/31/11 *BF   THE CONSUMER STATED EVERY TIME THE WIRING HARNESS FAILED, THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THE VEHICLE INSTANTLY LOST POWER. UPDATED 01/18/12","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10378699,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/20/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"01/25/2011","vin":"1FTNW21S5YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"BLEW #2 PLUG OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD ON A FORD F 250 V10 TRITON ENGINE AT 36K MILES AND THEN RECENTLY AT 85 K MILES. PROBLEM LIES IN THE MANUFACTURING/DESIGN BY FORD. SPARK PLUGS HAVE FEW THREADS TO HOLD THEM IN THE CYLINDERS.  ALSO ALUMINUM HEADS WON'T HOLD THE PLUGS. THOUSANDS ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR FORDS. WHY NO RECALL?????  I HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEAD TOTALING NEARLY $ 4000.00 TO FIX THIS!  TALKED TO 3 OTHER FORD TRUCK OWNERS LOCALLY, AND THEY ALL HAVE HAD PLUGS BLOW OUT OF THEIR FORD TRUCKS TOO!  WHAT GIVES????? THIS IS SAD AS THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND FORD STILL FEELS LIKE THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE!!! *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10336463,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/12/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/15/2010","vin":"1FTNX21S3YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED AND THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE CAB AND TIRES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED UNDER THE HOOD.  THE CONTACT PLANNED TO SPEAK WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 207,000.   UPDATED 07/28/10. *LJ  ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATOR, THE FIR ORIGINATED WITHIN THE LEFT OR DRIVERS SIDE REAR OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. THE FIRE WAS BEING CLASSIFIED AS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA AND HAS BEEN RECALLED.  10/14/10*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10289156,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/14/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"10/20/2009","vin":"1FTNX21S8YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE ENGINE MISFIRED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING A FIRE REPORT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE A RESPONSE WITHIN 15 DAYS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10272549,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/15/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"06/01/2009","vin":"1FTNX21F6YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F250.  WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER STOPPED FUNCTIONING.  THE CONTACT NEARLY CRASHED, BUT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER OFF THE ROADWAY.  HE DROVE TO A DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST.  THE CONTACT HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW PANEL FROM THE DEALER.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 89,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10267036,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/02/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"04/27/2009","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHEN ACCELERATING, DRIVER NOTICED AN EXTRA SOUND FROM THE ENGINE (LIKE A SPARK KNOCK).  EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT MULTIPLE BOLTS (BOTH MANIFOLDS) HAD BROKEN OFF RESULTING IN THE SOUND.  HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE'S F250 TRITON V-10?  MILEAGE IS 60,000 AND VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND NOT ABUSED. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10252753,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/05/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"12/24/2008","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE TREAD CAME OFF REAR TIRE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE COOPER DISCOVERER ATR LT285/75R16, THE YEAR OF THE TIRES IS 2005. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"COOPER","productModel":"DISCOVERER ATR","size":"LT265/75R16","manufacturer":"Cooper Tire & Rubber Co."}]},{"odiNumber":10231474,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/25/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/18/2008","vin":"1FTNW21SXYE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F250.  WHEN THE CONTACT TURNS OFF THE VEHICLE AFTER IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN, IT WILL SUDDENLY RESTART AUTOMATICALLY.  SHE MUST INSERT THE KEY AND TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH ON AND OFF IN ORDER TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE.  THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE.  THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY.  THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 150,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10230520,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/10/2008","vin":"3FTNX21S1YM","components":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"BACK DOORS OF MY F250 EXTENDED CAB PICKUP WILL UNLATCH TO THE SAFETY LATCH WHILE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD - FORD WILL NOT REPLACE THE TRUCK OR EVEN REPLACE THE LATCHES  - THEY SAID THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM - WHAT IF A DOOR OPENS WHEN I HAVE SOMEONE RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT AREA - KIDS OR GRANDKIDS?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10224926,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/18/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"04/18/2008","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F250.  THE CONTACT OWNS A TIRE BUSINESS AND HAS HAD TEN NANKANG MUDSTAR RADIAL TIRES, SIZE 305/70R16 (NA) RETURNED BY CUSTOMERS.  THE TIRES ARE COMING APART WITH VERY LOW MILEAGES.  THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST.  AS OF APRIL 18, 2008, THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT ASSISTED.  THE CONTACT HAS ALL THE RECORDS FOR EACH TIRE THAT WAS REPLACED.  NO OTHER VEHICLE OR DEALER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"NANKANG","productModel":"NANKANG","size":null,"manufacturer":"NANKANG RUBBER & TIRE CORP."}]},{"odiNumber":10208395,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/20/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/08/2007","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE BEGAN TO BOUNCE AT 40 MPH.  RETURN TO RETAILER AND FOUND THAT TIRE WAS SEPARATING. REPLACE 2 TIRES UNDER WARRANTY,LATER 1 MORE TIRE DID SAME .  REALTOR WAS ASK IF THIS WAS PROBLEM. NOT A PROBLEM, INSTALLER STATED THEY HAD SEEM MANY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"DISCOVERER H/T","productModel":"P22575R15","size":null,"manufacturer":"Cooper Tire & Rubber Co."}]},{"odiNumber":10204623,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/28/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2007","vin":"","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"I WAS DRIVING OUT MY GRAVEL DRIVEWAY WHEN THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE BROKE OFF.  CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SAID THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM.  THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS INCIDENT IF IT HAD OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY OR WHILE TOWING A TRAILER.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10198408,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/09/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"08/03/2007","vin":"1FTNW21S9YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F250 PICKUP.  WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND PULLING A FIFTH WHEEL, THE CONTACT FELT A VIBRATION.  A SECOND LATER, SHE HEARD A LOUD BUMP AND THEN A BANG.  SHE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED AND DAMAGED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE FENDER.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 54,098.  THE PURCHASE DATE OF THE VEHICLE WAS UNKNOWN.   UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF  UPDATED 02/01/08  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10193448,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/19/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/15/2007","vin":"1FTNX21F3YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  A 2000 F-250 FORD PICKUP  RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW OUT. WE HAD OVER $3,000 DAMAGES TO THE BOX AND EXHAUST OF THE PICKUP. WE REPLACED TIRE OURSELVES AND INSURANCE PAID FOR DAMAGES TO PICKUP. WE HAVE PICTURES AND INSURANCE COMPANY HAS PICTURES AND STILL HAVE WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT. DO NOT HAVE PARTS OF PICKUP THAT WERE REPLACED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX R4S","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10190956,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/14/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2007","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"CPS FAILURE WHILE PULLING OUT OF  A MAJOR HIGHWAY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10186552,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/25/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/30/2007","vin":"3FTNX20S4YM","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F250.  WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND DECELERATE.  THEN, THE  VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF.  THE DEALER STATED THAT THE  METAL ON THE SPARK PLUGS  WAS  TOO STRONG FOR THE ENGINE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CYLINDER, HEAD, SPARK PLUGS, AND MANIFOLD.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 79,000.*AK  THE CONSUMER SPOKE WITH 3 HEAD PROFESSIONAL MECHANICS WHO STATED THAT ENGINES WITH ALUMINUM HEADS ARE PRONE TO THIS KIND OF FAILURE. THE OWNER FEELS THAT FORD SHOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP AND WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED. UPDATE 4/23/07 *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10179271,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/12/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/21/2007","vin":"1FMNU42F6YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I HAVE A 2000 FORD EXCURSION WITH THE 7.3 DIESEL ENGINE. ON 1/12/07, WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT IT KILLED ON ME. STARTED RIGHT UP AND PERFORMED OK. ON 1/17/07, WHILE ACCELERATING AT ABOUT 7 MILES PER HOUR IT STOPPED RUNNING AGAIN. I'VE PARKED IT UNTIL I CAN DETERMINE WHAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM. IT IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD TO BE STOPPED IN FRONT OF FAST MOVING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.  BRUCE MCPHERSON.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10177508,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/26/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/28/2006","vin":"1FTNX20F0YE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL","summary":"2000 FORD F250 LEAKED DIESEL FUEL.  *CC  WHILE RETURNING FROM A TRIP THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE USING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF FUEL AND WAS NOT GETTING THE PROPER MILEAGE.  THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AT A REST STOP AND NOTICE FUEL LEAKING.  THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK WAS COVERED IN FUEL.  THE CONSUMER DROVE TO THE NEAREST AUTO PARTS STORE AND REPLACED THE  PLASTIC DRAIN VALVE WITH A 3/8 BOLT ON THE METAL DRAIN LINE.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10175402,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/01/2006","vin":"1FTNX20F9YC","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER'S DODGE RAM WAS TOWING (2000 FORD 250) HAD A BLOWOUT.  THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER OF THE RAM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND RUN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.  THE RAM AND TOW VEHICLE ENTERED THE NORTHSIDE DITCH AND THE TOW VEHICLE OVERTURNED.  *TS  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"UNKNOWN","productModel":"UNKNOWN","size":null,"manufacturer":"UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER"}]},{"odiNumber":10161314,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/30/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/03/2006","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE SECTOR SHAFT OF THE STEERING GEAR BOX SNAPPED OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING RESULTING IN A CRASH INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THIS CRASH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE  FRONT AND PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.  THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP.  UPDATED 7/21/2006 - *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10160138,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/08/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"06/19/2006","vin":"1FTNX20F1YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE FENDER.  THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND THE TIRE WAS CHANGED.  BOTH THE TIRE AND VEHICLE DEALER WERE ALERTED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10159986,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/13/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"06/16/2006","vin":"1FTNF21LXY3","components":"TIRES","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT IN THE SIDEWALL.  THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD AND THE TIRE WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A SHARP OBJECT, ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING IN THE ROAD.  THE AUTO DEALER HAS BEEN ALERTED.    UPDATED 7/13/2006 - *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX A/T","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10153681,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/25/2006","vin":"3FTNW20F3YM","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TRAVELING SOUTH ON HWY 78 IN SACHSE, TX MY ENGINE STALLED AT CRUISING SPEED IF 45 MPH. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL ON MY 2000 F250 DIESEL. I PARTIALLY GOT MY TRUCK INTO A TURN LANE, AND AFTER 5 MINUTES OF REPEATED CRANKING THE TRUCK STARTED AGAIN ONLY TO STALL OUT 15 SECONDS LATER. THE DATE BELOW IS APPROXIMATE, BUT CAN BE VERIFIED AS THE PART WAS CHANGED UNDER WARRANTY, AND EXPLAINED AS NORMAL BY MY DEALERSHIP. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10147583,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2006","vin":"1FTNW20F6YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"2000 F250 BEGAN TO VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING THEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT.  *TS *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10142631,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/30/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"11/14/2005","vin":"1FTNX20F2YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DT: CONTACT STATED WHEN STARTING HER HUSBAND'S VEHICLE HEARD A NOISE.  HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. WHEN HE CRANKED THE VEHICLE  AND IT MADE NOISES WHILE CRANKING. IT MADE A POPPING NOISE IN THE BACK. THE BUTTERFLY PISTON WAS THE SAFETY DEFECT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10139953,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":5,"dateOfIncident":"07/26/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/12/2005","vin":"","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"CERTIFIED LTR REQUESTING NHTSA INITIATE A DEFECT INVESTIGATION  RE SELECTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY VEHICLES LEFT FRONT INNER BEARINGS FOR ADVANCED FATIGUE CRACKS.  *TS  COMPLAINANT WAS RECENTLY ASKED TO CONSULT IN THE MATTER OF A FATAL HIGH SPEED HEAD ON TWO-VEHICLE COLLISION.   WHILE DRIVING WESTBOUND 2001 FORD EXPEDITION  VEERED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE AND STRUCK AN EASTBOUND 2000 FORD F250 LONG BED TRUCK TOWING A 5TH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER.  THE RESULTING COLLISION KILLED THE THREE OCCUPANTS IN THE 2001 EXPEDITION AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS IN THE 2000 FORD F250 PICKUP TRUCK.  THE PICK UP TRUCK AND TRAILER WERE COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES UPON OFFICER'S ARRIVAL.  METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT THE LEFT FRONT INNER BEARING FAILED ON THE EXPLORER AS A RESULT OF PROGRESSIVE FATIGUE.  THE BEARING FAILURE OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES.  PLEASE REFERENCE ODI# 10139931 TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE 2001 FORD EXPEDITION.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10127745,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/05/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/2005","vin":"3FTNX21S7YM","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DT: CONSUMER STATES AFTER HAVING DRIVEN ABOUT 300 MILES HIS VEHICLE  IT DIED IN TRAFFIC. AT ONE TIME HE HAD A FUEL SENSOR GO OUT,  BUT DEALER HAS NOT FOUND OUT WHY THE VEHICLE CUT OFF LIKE IT DID.  IT HAS BEEN  DOING  THIS  SINCE HE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW.   IT HAS DIED OUT COMPLETELY ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES.   IF IT SITS ABOUT 2 DAYS, IT WILL START.   THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER LAST ON 12-03. THE CAR ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10125480,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/16/2005","vin":"1FTNW21F5YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"DT: LIVE ON LAKE, DRIVEWAY HAS A SLOPE AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THE CUT  SWITCH OFF GET OUT OF THE TRUCK AND THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING.  HAD TO JUMP BACK IN AND MESS WITH THE GEARS IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10124506,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/07/2005","vin":"1FTNX21L3YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DT: WHILE DRIVING A SPARK PLUG CAME OUT OF VEHICLE.  HAD TO AWAIT FOR PART TO  BE ORDERED.  TOOK  VEHICLE TO A TRUCK STOP FOR REPAIRS.  WHEN PLUG WAS TO BE REPLACED THEY DISCOVERED THAT TREADS WERE ALL GONE OUT OF THE HEAD.  CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP, AND SAID A WHOLE NEW HEAD WOULD BE NEEDED.  HAD TOWED  VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WOUND COST OVER $3,000 FOR  REPAIRS AN A PROBLEM  THAT BEGAN WITH A SPARK PLUG.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10115478,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/16/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/02/2005","vin":"1FTNW20F1YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF.  THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER WAITING 10 TO 15 MINUTES , THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN.  THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND  IT WAS, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED.   *AK   *SC  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10108984,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/24/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2005","vin":"1FTNX20F2YE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"RECALL CAMPAIGN 01V258000 CONCERNING  WINDSHIELD WIPERS.  WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, HE WAS TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE DID NOT FALL INTO THIS RECALL ALTHOUGH THE CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.   *AK   THE WIPERS WERE INTERMITTENT AFTER ABOUT TEN MILES OF OPERATION, THEN WOULD NOT SHUT OFF.  A LOCAL FORD DEALER REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY.   *SC   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10120613,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/10/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2005","vin":"1FMNU42SXYE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DRIVING 50MPH W/CRUISE  ON. 2000 EXCURSION ACCELERATED ALARMINGLY.KICKED ACCELERATORL, BOUGHT UNDER CONTROL.NO HARM.DID NOT USE CRUISE FOR AWHILE! AND ASKED SEVERAL FRIENDS IF THEY KNEW WHY IT WOULD DO THAT..HAD FORGOTTEN INCIDENT UNTIL SAW ON  8 NEWS HERE IN DALLAS TONIGHT. I DID NOT BUY NEW, IT  WAS FROM LITTLE ROCK,AR,WITH  70K MILES AND WAS DRIVEN OVER ROUGH DUSTY ROADS .","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10116486,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/17/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/06/2005","vin":"1FTNW21S1YE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"2000 FORD F-250 HAVING CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEMS WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE OFF WHEN FIRE IGNITED AND BURNED RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF TRUCK. FIRE DEPT. REPORT STATES FIRE ORIGINATED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WAS ELECTRICAL. TRUCK SOLD FOR JUNK METAL PRIOR TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2000 FORD F-150 TRUCK AND OTHER RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL RESULTING IN FIRE. FORD DECLINES ASSISTANCE SINCE THEY DO NOT HAVE VEHICLE TO EXAMINE INSPITE OF REPORTS AND WITNESSES TO THE EVENT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10115864,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/26/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/25/2005","vin":"1FTNX20S4YE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS IT  SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED THE OWNER THAT  VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE , AND THAT IT SPREAD TO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. OWNER NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO SAID THEY WOULD SEND OUT AN INVESTIGATOR TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION. AS OF TODAY, THE MANUFACTURER HAD DONE NOTHING.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10109215,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/15/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/15/2005","vin":"1FTNF20F5YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN TRYING TO TAKE OFF.  IT IS DIFFICULT TO GAIN SPEED.    DEALER FINDS NO DEFECTS.*AK  MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED.  CONSUMER STATED THAT A PUSH ROD BROKE IN THE ENGINE ONE MONTH PRIOR.  *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10115634,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/15/2005","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD ON  THE CONSUMER'S 2000 FORD F250 SD SEPARATED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR FENDER.  *NM   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10108761,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/20/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"03/02/2005","vin":"1FTNX21F5YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE TURNING RIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING.   THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO.   THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION.   THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.   PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.    *JB  WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE VEHICLE DIED WITHOUT WARNING.  THE VEHICLE STARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.  *TC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10113732,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/04/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/16/2005","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE TREAD OF THE CONSUMER'S 2000 FORD F250 SEPARATED FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FENDER.   *NM   *SC  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10109298,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/31/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/31/2005","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE  VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE BURNED TO THE GROUND. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10108655,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/12/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/21/2005","vin":"1FTNW20L4YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE CHANGING THE OIL, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP FIRE BY PULLING OUT WIRES WHERE FIRE WAS COMING FROM.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10103275,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/18/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/15/2004","vin":"1FTNX20F0YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FAILURE OF FIRESTONE STEELTEX LIGHT TRUCK TIRE.  THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE HAD COLLAPSED.  THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED AND REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES.  THE TRUCK WAS DAMAGE.   *BF   THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DAMAGED DONE TO HIS VEHICLE.   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10087451,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/06/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/2004","vin":"1FTNE2426YH","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE TIRE, STEELTEX A/T, 265/75R16 123 1200,  DOT# VNW8LXL2301.  WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE VAN, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.  THE TIRE WAS STILL IN TACT, BUT THE TREAD WAS GONE.   *AK   *SC  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX A/T","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10083335,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/20/2004","vin":"1FTNW21F42E","components":"SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONSUMER NOTICE AFTER BRAKING, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10072050,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/04/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/04/2004","vin":"1FTNX21T31E","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM REAR.  THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY.  THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER.  THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL.  THE DRIVER CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO CHANGE TIRE.  FIRESTONE,  STEELTEX RADIAL  LTD.    *AK   (RIGHT REAR TIRE LOST ITS TREAD/BELT)   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX RADIAL","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10073355,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/10/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"05/10/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED.  THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO SIDE OF THE ROAD.  THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION.  THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE PULLEY BELT BECAUSE IT HAD WORN.  PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10063546,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/15/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2004","vin":"1FTNX21S0YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ALL 4  TIRES DEVELOPED CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THESE TIRES, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*AK  *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX A/T","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10065217,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/30/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2004","vin":"1FTNX21S6YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH SPARE TIRE CARRIER CABLE LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE  BROKE.  AS A RESULT, THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.   *AK   THE CABLES END HAD COME OF DUE TO THE RUSTING AND FRACTURING OF THE CABLE AT THE END PIECE WHICH WAS CAST ONTO THE CABLE END.  THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THESE FAILURES WERE A COMMON PROBLEM.   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10065223,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/22/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD.  THE DRIVER CHANGED THE TIRE. FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T,  SIZE 265/75/R16.  *AK   THE CONSUMER PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES.   *SC  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX A/T","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10071797,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/24/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2004","vin":"3FTNX21F6YM","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH T DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRES TREAD SEPARATED. AS A RESULT,  DRIVER LOST CONTROL, BUT IMMEDIATELY REGAINED CONTROL. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX A/T","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10071398,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/22/2004","vin":"1FTSW31S2YE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN HEAVY RAIN  WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING.  CONSUMER SMELLED BURNING PLASTIC, AND  VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.  CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER.  THE RAIN PUT OUT THE FIRE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10067512,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/10/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/20/2004","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED STEERING WHEEL BROKE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10066765,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/04/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/07/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TOWING THE CAMPER DRIVER HIT A BUMP AND THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER FELL OFF BECAUSE THE CABLE SNAPPED.   DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10061042,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/22/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/23/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A FLAPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.  AFTER COMING TO A STOP CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THE SIDEWALL RUPTURED ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE.   DEALER EXAMINED THE TIRE AND CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE *AK.   CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT SEVERAL FORD F250 MODELS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME TIRE FAILURE.  *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX RADIAL TIRE","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10063562,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/19/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE, STEELTEX TIRES, LT265/75R16 LRE WERE  REPLACED WITH  FIRESTONE, STEELTEX LT265/75R16 LRD TIRES WHICH  CURRENTLY WERE BEING RECALLED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","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":10059763,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/16/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/25/2004","vin":"1FTNX21F9YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  AT LOW SPEEDS STEERING  WHEEL LOCKED UP, MAKING IT   HARD FOR  CONSUMER TO TURN THE WHEEL. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10039960,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/12/2003","vin":"1FTNX21F7YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK    *PH   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10046580,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/07/2003","vin":"1FTNW21F0YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK BROKE. THE CABLE FRAYED AND SNAPPED. AS A RESULT, THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10046447,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/16/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"11/05/2003","vin":"3FTNX21F2YM","components":"TIRES","summary":"VEHICLE SUFFERED TIRE TREAD SEPARATION.*MR          WHILE DRIVING THE  TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE.  THE CONSUMER SENT THE TIRE TO THE MANUFACTURER.   *PH   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","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":10044525,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/22/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/21/2003","vin":"1FTNW21L9YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"VEHICLE SUFFERED TWO TIRE FAILURES.*MR.  THE TIRE TREAD SEPERATED. *TS  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX AT","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10044079,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/16/2003","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD A TAPPING NOISE, AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE.  A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART, AND INSTALLED A  NEW ELECTRICAL COIL, BUT THE PROBLEM  RECURRED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10038548,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/03/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/12/2003","vin":"FTTNX20F2KE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH THE CONSUMER FELT THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATING.  THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE CONSUMER CONTINUED  WITH THE TRIP. CONSUMER STOPPED AT A FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP TO FIND THAT TWO OF THE TIRES,  FRONT DRIVER SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WERE ABOUT TO SEPARATE. 2 TIRES WERE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE AND THE SPARE TIRE WAS PUT ON THE VEHICLE. ONE TIRE WAS BOUGHT TO REPLACE TO HAVE ALL FOUR TIRES THE SAME SIZE ON THE GROUND. THE  MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THOSE TIRES WERE NOT ON RECALL.   *AK   THE SPARE WAS FROM THE ORIGINAL SET AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED.   (REAR PASSENGER SIDE)   *SCC   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX RADIAL TIRE","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10042322,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/06/2003","vin":"1FDNF21L7YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE TRUCK IS NOT STEERING PROPERLY, DRIVER HAS TO CONSTANTLY FIGHT TO KEEP TRUCK FROM WONDERING OVER THE ROAD. DEALER SAYS THERE IS A CRACK ON THE HANDLE THAT  CONNECTS THE STABILIZER ARM TO THE AXLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10038608,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2003","vin":"1FTNW21F5YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING, THE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10034149,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/18/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/18/2003","vin":"9999","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMER WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT. THE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD KEPT COMING ON, INDICATING THAT THERE WAS AN AIR BAG PROBLEM.  *AK   *CB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10031572,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/29/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"07/30/2003","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"CONSUMER STATES  TIRE ARE DRY ROTTEN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10026283,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/30/2003","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED FROM THE INSIDE OUT. CAUSE  UNKNOWN.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10021952,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/30/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"06/26/2003","vin":"1FTNX20F1YE","components":"STEERING,VISIBILITY","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE  WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WHILE IN USE.    *AK. THE WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL PREVIOUSLY, HOWEVER  THE SECOND TIME THE COVER AND SWITCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER EXPENSE. ALSO THE PINION SEAL WAS REPLACED DUE TO A LEAK.   PH   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10022643,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/09/2003","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE  FRONT TIRE SEPARATED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX TIRE","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10020333,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/21/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2003","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10019429,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/20/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/08/2003","vin":"FILLIN","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE LEFT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE.  *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10019356,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/04/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/07/2003","vin":"PLEASE PROV","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT PROPERLY.  *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10018060,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/23/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/02/2003","vin":"FILLIN","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED.  IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE  SPARK PLUGS WERE DEFECTIVE.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10014941,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/30/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"04/01/2003","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"AT A COLD START, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AUTOMATICALLY.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10014951,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/30/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"04/01/2003","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHITE SMOKE ENTERED INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT, HOWEVER THE SMOKE APPEARED AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10009292,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"02/25/2003","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THERE WERE NO BRAKES IF THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED SHORT.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10007232,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/15/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/12/2003","vin":"FULLFILL","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE VEHICLE BED DID NOT HOLD THE CAB AS DESIGNED, THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE WAS WEAK.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10007086,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/11/2003","vin":"1FTNF21L8YE","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"THE DRIVER SIDE AXLE BROKE. DEFECTIVE HOSE CLAMP AND STEERING FAILED. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10002497,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2003","vin":"1FTNX21FXYE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN BRAKING, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY IN THE FRONT.  DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND RELACED ALL 4 ROTORS, 10,000 MILES LATER PROBLEM REOCCURRED.  PLEASE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10001936,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"01/03/2003","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAS A SQUEAKY NOISE THE DEALER STATED THAT BALL JOINTS ARE WORN DOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10001376,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/23/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/23/2002","vin":"1FTNW214F4Y","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, VEHICLE STALLED. THE  DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE CAMP POSITION SENOR HAD  GONE  BAD WHICH CAUSED THE  PROBLEM. THE  DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE  PART, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8023617,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/03/2002","vin":"1FTNE2425YH","components":"SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, DEALER STATED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO REMEDY . TS   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8023546,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/02/2002","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE CLUTCH DISENGAGED WITH THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING. TS CONSUMER STATED THE CLUTCH  HAD CRACKED.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8023030,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/20/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"11/20/2002","vin":"1FTNS21F6YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE RUNNING INTO A DITCH.   DEALERSHIP CAN NOT FIX PROBLEM.  PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS.           TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8023002,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"11/19/2002","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TOWING A TRAILER AND APPLIED BRAKES THE TRUCK SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY AND THE TRAILER ALMOST \"JACK KNIFED\".  VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPING EXCESSIVELY DUE TO WATER BEING SPLASHED AND THE HEAT GENERATED WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.  FIRST TIME THE ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED WAS AT 38K MILES.  THE SECOND TIME WAS AT 58K MILES. TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8022891,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/02/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"11/18/2002","vin":"1FTNX21F6YE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE LEFT. TOOK TO DEAELR AND DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATED, AFTER WHICH CONSUMER TOOK VEHCLE BACK OUT ON ROAD.  AS A RESULT CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND LANDED IN A DITCH.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8021710,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/19/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"10/28/2002","vin":"PLEASE PROV","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER STATES WHILE SHIFTING DOWN FROM 2ND TO 1ST THE GEAR GOES INTO REVERSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.     TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":768446,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/08/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"10/14/2002","vin":"1FTNX21F6YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I HAD A FLAT SO I HAD ALL TIRES CHANGED AND TECNICIAN FOUND A LARGE BUBBLE ON THE INSIDE OF LEFT FRONT TIRE WHICH CAUSED SIDEWALL TO BE VERY WEAK.  FIRESTONE REFUSED TO HONOR WARRANTY STATING IT WAS CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARD.  NOT TRUE.  TIRE DEFECT.  WOULD HAVE CAUSED MAJOR CRASH IF LEFT ON FRONT AND FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEED.   MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8019936,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2002","vin":"1FTNX21F7YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CONSUMER STATES IF ENGINE CUT OFF OR VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL GEAR THERE IS NO BRAKE POWER, RESULTING IN CONSUMER BEING RUN OVER BY VEHICLE, AND CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.  DEALER CONTACTED.  NLMFORD STATES THIS IS STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR THIS VEHICLE.  IT IS CALLED A VACUUM ASSIST BRAKING SYSTEM.  *JG","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":767935,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/29/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2002","vin":"1FTNW21S5YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE BLEW UP WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH NO WARNING NO NAILS OR PUNCTURE INDICATIONS IN TIRE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":767935,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/29/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2002","vin":"1FTNW21S5YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE BLEW UP WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH NO WARNING NO NAILS OR PUNCTURE INDICATIONS IN TIRE.   MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8019594,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/21/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/26/2002","vin":"1FTNW21F7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE MFG., GENERAL; MS LT23585R16 GRABBER AW; THE TIRE DECENTEGRATED WHILE BEING DRIVEN 65 MPH ON A EIGHT LANE SECTION HIGHWAY.   PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":767787,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/26/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/26/2002","vin":"3FTNF20L6YM","components":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"IMPROPER HOOD LATCH BOLT NOT EQUIPPED WITH SERRATED LOCKING WASHER WORKED LOOSE AND RELEASED HOOD ON FREEWAY.  HOOD RIPPED OFF IT'S RETAINING STRUTS AND SMASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD.   NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":766635,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/03/2002","vin":"1FTNW21F8YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"HAD JUST COMPLETED DRIVING 280 MILES ON I-10 AND TEMPERATURE WAS APPROX. 100 DEGREES.  TIRES WERE AT 80 PSI AND HAD BEEN CHECKED PRIOR TO TRIP.  EXITED OFF I-10 ONTO COUNTY ROAD AND THEN ONTO ANOTHER SECONDARY ROAD. HAD JUST ACCELERATED TO 45 MPH WHEN I HEARD LOUD BANGING NOISE AND AND FELT BACK END VIBRATE.  PULLED OFF ROAD AND STOPPED WITHIN 100 YARDS.  FOUND THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM MOUNTED TIRE AND IT WAS NOW WRAPPED AROUND AXLE IN ONE PIECE.  THE INTERIOR TIRE WAS DESTROYED AND WHEEL WAS RESTING ON SHREDDED SIDEWALL AND RIM.  TIRES ARE 10 PLY, E RATED.  INSPECTION OF ENTIRE SEPARATED TREAD REVEALED NO PUNCTURES OR OTHER DAMAGE.  VEHICLE OFTEN USED TO PULL HORSE TRAILER.  BELIEVE HAD TIRE TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, COLLISION/ROLLOVER COULD HAVE RESULTED DUE TO RAPID TIRE DEFLATION ONTO RIM AND TREAD WRAPPING AROUND AXLE.  AM STATE POLICE OFFICER AND HAVE INVESTIGATED MULTIPLE INJURY/FATALITY COLLISIONS INVOLVING FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES.  TIRE SEPARATION IN THIS INCIDENT APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":766555,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/16/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/2002","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ENTIRE SIDEWALL BLEWOUT AT 65 MPH. HAVE ENCOUNTERED 2 SIMMILAR INCIDENTS ALONG MN FREEWAYS IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND PHOTOS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8017484,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/28/2002","vin":"1FTNX20F5YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX TIRE, LT265/75R16SIZE, DOT# VNW81XM040. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, FORD, F250. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS  VALVE STEM SEPARATED. FORD AND FIRESTONE WERE NOTIFIED.*AK *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":765937,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/16/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/20/2002","vin":"3FTNX20F7YM","components":"TIRES","summary":"TREAD SEPARATED AND DAMAGED REAR FENDER. TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE, OTHER TIRES SHOW SIGNS OF RIPPLING IN SIDEWALL AND APPEAR TO BE DEFECTIVE. TIRES STILL HAVE VERY GOOD TREAD DEPTH. DEALERSHIP HAS ROTATED AND MAINTAINED TIRES ON SCHEDULE.  THIS TIRE WAS NOT COVERED ON RECENT RECALL. HOW CAN I RECEIVE DUE PROCESS ON THIS MATTER.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":566893,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/06/2002","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 55 MPH, HOWEVER THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BROKEN NECK AND CLOSED HEAD INJURIES.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":765202,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/02/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/05/2002","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":765099,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/14/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/02/2002","vin":"1FTNW21F8YE","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"BRAKES- DON'T KNOW WHAT PART WOULD BE CONSIDERED DEFECTIVE.  HAVE HAD IT IN ATLEAST 9 SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO ANDERSON FORD IN GRAND ISLAND, NE 120 DIERS AVE 68803.  THEY HAVE ADJUSTED THE CAMBER ON THE BRAKES, REPLACED PADS, AND HAVE HAD TO ADJUST THE ALIGNMENT.  HAVEN'T HAD IT IN SINCE DEC. 27, 2001, ALTHOUGH BRAKES ARE PULLING AGAIN. (ANDERSON FORD SAID THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY AGAIN).   TIRE- THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL HAS BLOWN OUT WITH NO HOLES IN THE TREAD AREA, CAUSED ME TO LOOSE CONTROL AND GO INTO DITCH, HAVE MINOR FINDOR AND PAINT DAMAGE DID NOT REPORT.  WORKER AT GARRET TIRE AT 3004 W. OLD POTASH HWY, GRAND ISLAND 68803 SAID THAT THE VALVE STEM HAD A CUT IN IT AND CAUSED THE PRESSURE TO RUN LOW.  SAID THE SIDEWALL WAS BASICALLY RUNNING ON THE ASPHALT AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE SIDE OF THE TIRE TO COMPLETELY BLOW OUT.  WAS NOT LOW WHEN I STARTED MY TRAVEL.  I HAVE PICTURES AND ALSO HAVE THE TIRE AND WITNESSES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":764551,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/12/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/22/2002","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"SIDEWALL BUBBLE; TIRE REPLACED BEFORE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8013335,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/04/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/05/2002","vin":"1FTNX21L5YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THE METAL BRAKE LINE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER UP TO THE FRONT WHEELS HAS A HOLE, WHICH WAS WORN INTO FROM RUBBING AGAINST THE MOVING STEERING WHEEL SHAFT.  CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKING FLUID.  CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS LINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SECURED TO THE FIREWALL, TO PREVENT SITUATIONS LIKE THIS FROM OCCURING.  ALSO THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY.  *AK *SCC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":763791,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/03/2002","vin":"1FTNW21F3YE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"MY FORD TRUCK WAS IMPACTED AT 55 MILES AN HOUR HEAD-ON.  I KNOW OF AT LEAST FOUR OTHER PEOPLE PERSONALLY, WHOSE FORD AIRBAGS DID NOT BEEN EMPLOYED ON THEIR TRUCKS DURING COLLISION.  YET I SEE NO REPORTS ON THE NTSA AS FAR AS AS COMPLAINTS GO. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU DO TOO WAND IT'S NOT BEEN REPORTED.  I INTEND ON CONTACTING MY CONGRESSMAN ABOUT THE NHTSA'S LACK OF RECOGNITION IN THIS PROBLEM.  MY CAREER WAS ENDED BY A 55 MILES AN HOUR HEAD-ON IMPACT IN MY FORD TRUCK.  HAVE SEEN NO SUCH REPORT OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT AIRBAGS ON YOUR WEB SITE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":763401,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/23/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/24/2002","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"DRIVING DOWN A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, WHEN WE FELT A BAD VIBRATION IN THE TRUCK,  WAS SLOWING DOWN WHEN THE TRUCK MADE A LOUD NOISE AND VEERED SHARPLY TO THE ONCOMING TRAFFICS LANE. WE GOT THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL AND PULLED OFF AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE PLACE.THE TIRE DID NOT LOSE ANY AIR BUT IT DID LOSE ALL OF ITS RUBBER LIKE IT WAS A RETREAD TIRE.  WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT WE WERE NOT TOWING HORSES AT THE TIME AND THAT THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8012218,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/13/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/20/2002","vin":"1FTNX20F7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ORIGINAL TIRES ON A FORD F250 2000, R4X2 L265/75R16 DOTVNW81XM349.  TOWING AND TRAILING AT 65 MPH, THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD COME COMPLETELY APART.  THE CONSUMER KEPT CONTROL AND HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.  *AK  THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THEY DO NOT AGREE W/FIRESTONE IN REFERENCE TO THE 8 PLY TIRES AND IF A FORCE GREAT ENOUGH TO BREAK THE STEEL BELTS, THEY FEEL THAT THE 2 PLY SIDEWALLS WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN DAMAGED.  *SCC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8010656,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/29/2002","vin":"1FTNW21F7YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN BRAKING STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED /PULSATED, VEHICLE BECAMES UNSTABLE, FELT  LIKE IT WAS FLOATING.  VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES.  PAD AND SHOES/ LINING WERE REPLACED, AND ROTORS RESURFACED. DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":762136,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2002","vin":"1FTNX21L9YE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"SWING-AWAY PASSENGER SIDE ON 2000 F250 - CAN NOT SEE CARS IN NEXT LANE - SAFETY HAZARD.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":762103,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/16/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/20/2002","vin":"3FTNW20F1YM","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,AIR BAGS","summary":"I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN TRAFFIC STOPPED AHEAD OF ME.  IT WAS RAINING PRETTY HARD AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP AND I HIT A MINIVAN THAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME.  (THERE WERE 40 - 50 OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT, BUT MY PIECE OF THE GREATER WRECK ONLY INVOLVED MYSELF AND THE MINIVAN.)  I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST I WAS GOING WHEN I MADE CONTACT, BUT IT WAS FAST ENOUGH TO CAUSE $16,000 OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK.  THE IMPACT MOSTLY WENT ABOVE THE BUMPER, PUSHING THE GRILL INTO THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE CAUSING EVERYHING IN FRONT OF THE ENGINE TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH REPLACEMENT OF THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS.  NEITHER THE DRIVER OR PASSANGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.  I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT, SO I WAS NOT AT ALL INJURED, BUT I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT A SIGNIFICANT INPACT LIKE I EXPERIENCED DID NOT SET OFF THE AIRBAG.  ARE THERE ANY GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR WHEN THE AIRBAGS SHOULD DEPLOY?*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":762113,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/06/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/20/2002","vin":"1FTNX21F6YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"TURNING LOCKS WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AT LOW SPEEDS. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PARK THE VEHICLE BECAUSE STEERING IS IMPEDED. PS PUMP REPLACED TWICE WITHOUT ANY CORRECTION. BELIEVE PROBLEM LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE PS PUMP SERVES AS A BRAKE ASSIST PUMP AND IS NOT PUMPING SUFFICIENTLY TO OPERATE BOTH THE BRAKES AND THE STEERING. CONDITION APPEARS TO BE RAMPANT AS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ARE NOTED ON NHTSA'S WEB PAGE.  SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED, POSSIBLE MFG. DEFECT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":761933,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/15/2002","vin":"","components":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. I HAVE AN ESTIMATED 15 FRIENDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR FORD TRUCKS. THIS COULD CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS IF NOT FIXED AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT A 50 000 DOLLAR VEHICLE WOULD HAVE PROPOR WORKING DOORS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":761933,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/15/2002","vin":"","components":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. I HAVE AN ESTIMATED 15 FRIENDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR FORD TRUCKS. THIS COULD CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS IF NOT FIXED AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT A 50 000 DOLLAR VEHICLE WOULD HAVE PROPOR WORKING DOORS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":761828,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/16/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/13/2002","vin":"1FDNF20F4YE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIRBAGS FAILED TO INFLATE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8009613,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/16/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/10/2002","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"VEHICLE WAS GOING 10MPH WHEN  HYDRO BOOSTER LINE BLEWOUT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8007730,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/02/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"04/16/2002","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE  VEHICLE IS IN IDLE AND  BRAKES ARE APPLIED  STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND  DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8007556,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/14/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"04/15/2002","vin":"1FTNX21F4EB","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM  RIGHT REAR TIRE, TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE.   THIS CAUSED FENDER TO CURL UP AND MUDFLAPS TO BE TORN OUT. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE.  *AK  *YD","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":564962,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/08/2002","vin":"1FTNX21F8YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"DAVID WARSHAW OF WARSHAW ENGINEERING WAS ASKED TO INSPECT VEHICLE AFTER ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN DRIVER RAY KANE WAS DRIVING,  MR KANE STATED THAT THE STEERING SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JACK KNIFE, HOWEVER THE INVESTIGATOR STATES THAT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH THE STEERING SYSTEM THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8006478,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/27/2002","vin":"1FTNX21F6YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES DIFFICULT TO STEER AND THE CONSUMER LOOSES ALL POWER STEERING. NLM  CONSUMER STATES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AND THE BOOSTER PUMP RUNS BOTH THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8005024,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/30/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/05/2002","vin":"1FTNW21S8YE","components":"SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT  VEHICLE WILL SHAKE. WHEN PULLING FROM A DROP OFF OR PARKING LOT  THERE WAS A LOUD HUMMING NOISE. THEN, IT FADED AWAY. DRIVER ALSO, WHEN PUTTING IN GEAR, THERE WAS A CLUNCK NOISE THEN A JERK.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8004614,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/25/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2002","vin":"1FTNX21S7YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING ON EXPRESSWAY CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, ALSO THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM PASSENGERS SIDE WHEEL.  DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.  *AK  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8004327,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/29/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/21/2002","vin":"3FTNW21F3YM","components":"SEATS","summary":"VEHICLE WAS AT DEALERSHIP FOR WARRANTY WORK.  WHILE PARKED  DRIVER'S POWER SEAT SHORTED OUT AND CAUGHT FIRE, CAUSING $ 17000.00 DAMAGE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8004162,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/18/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/19/2002","vin":"1FTNX21L7YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY","summary":"WHILE PARKED WITH KEY ON IN ACCESSORY POSITION WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES.  VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING BETWEEN DASH AND UNDERNEATH HOOD, AND COULD HEAR A SIZZLING NOISE. SMELLED RUBBER BURNING. COULD NOT TURN WIPERS OFF UNTIL PULLING FUSE FROM FUSE BLOCK.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":757418,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"01/28/2002","vin":"1FTNW21F3YE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9005320,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/18/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"01/17/2002","vin":"1FTNX20F5YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TRUCK SHAKES AND BUCKS OUT OF CONTROL WHEN MAKING UNNORMAL STOPS. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE Z-RELAYS WHERE NOT INSTALLED. ANY ONE OF THESE TRUCK ON THE ROAD PULLING A TRAILER WITHOUT THIS RELAY STANDS A CHANGE OF LOSING CONTROL.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8001787,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/08/2002","vin":"1FTNX21S9YE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9005504,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/08/2002","vin":"1FTNW21F2YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ON A STEEL GRATE BRIDGE, VEHICLE BECAME VERY UNSTABLE, THIS HAPPENS AT POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 45MPH.  FORD SAID FOR ME TO CONTACT FIRSTONE. FIRESTONE SAID THAT ALL TIRES DO THIS. TIRE DEALER AGREED TO PRORATE AND EXCHANGE TIRES, BUT DID NOT KNOW IF THIS WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":756377,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/10/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"01/03/2002","vin":"1FTNW21F7YM","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE PROCEEDING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC ALSO MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, HALFWAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION MY TRUCK STOPPED TURNING. LUCKILY, I AM YOUNG AND IN GOOD SHAPE, I COULD \"MUSCLE IT\" THROUGH THE REST OF THE TURN TO AVOID THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC.  IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY QUICK THINKING AND \"LUCKY\" CONDITIONS, THIS COULD HAVE EASILY RESULTED IN A FATALITY. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8000948,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"12/19/2001","vin":"3FTNW21F41M","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"HYDRAULIC CLUTCH   HAS FAILED TWO TIMES WHILE TRAVELING LESS THAN 5 MPH.   DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED  CLUTCH DISC ASSEMBLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY  PROBLEM.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":755593,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/31/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2001","vin":"1FTNX21FOYE","components":"STEERING","summary":"AT VERY SLOW SPEED WITH THE BRAKE APPLIED (SUCH AS FRONT & BACK PARKING MANEUVERS, OR JACKING A TRAILER INTO A TIGHT SPOT), THE STEERING HAS ALMOST NO POWER ASSIST. I DIDN'T MENTION IT TO THE DEALER UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2001,AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS \"NORMAL\" AND GAVE ME A COPY OF A SERVICE MEMO FROM FORD STATING THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND \"NO REPAIRS SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED\". AROUND NOVEMBER OF 2001 I RECEIVED A SURVEY FORM FROM FORD ASKING BASICALLY HOW I LIKED MY TRUCK. I TOLD THEM ABOUT MY CONCERN WITH THE STEERING. I ACTUALLY RECEIVED A CALL FROM FORD ABOUT MY PROBLEM. THEY ALSO CALLED THE DEALER AND WE SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE DEALER TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM. ON 12/11/01 THE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER PERSONALLY CHECKED-OUT THE PROBLEM (WITH ME ALONG), AND AGREED THAT THE STEERING PROBLEM WAS NOT NORMAL AND HIS COMMENT WAS \"IT'S LIKE THE WHEEL IS AGAINST A ROCK\". HE SAID THAT HE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, AND WOULD CALL THE FORD ENGINEERS. HE CALLED ME LATER THAT SAME DAY AND INFORMED ME THAT FORD WAS ADAMANT THAT THE CONDITION IS \"NORMAL\" AND ABSOLUTELY NO REPAIRS SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED. THEY SAID THAT HE COULD CHANGE ALL THE POWER STEERING PARTS, AND THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT PAY HIM TO DO ANY WORK ON THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE HYDROBOOST SYSTEM DIVERTS ALL OF THE POWER ASSIST TO THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEED AND NOT TO THE POWER STEERING, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS DESIGN. THE FORD ENGINEER GAVE THE DEALER A REPORT NUMBER TO USE IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER REFERENCE TO THIS SITUATION. THE REPORT NUMBER IS \"1LKEB013\" DATED 12/11/01. ON 12/12/01 I CALLED BACK TO THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PERSON THAT ORIGINALLY CALLED ME (ROSA AT 1-800-393-3673X2452) AND REPORT THE RESULTS. SHE INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THAT SHE COULD DO BECAUSE THE FORD ENGINEER DECLARED THE PROBLEM TO BE NORMAL OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":6900624,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2001","vin":"1FTNX21L2YE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE WANDERING ACROSS THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED; VEHICLE BEEN IN  DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND  PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":899962,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/07/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"12/07/2001","vin":"1FTNX20L6XE","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"WHILE DRIVING, THE CABLE THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE BROKE AND TIRE FELL OFF,  CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER. *AK *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":755373,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/13/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F9YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I NOTICE CRACKING ON SIDE OF TIRES WHERE THE SIDEWALL AND TREAD MEET.  HAD TIRES CERTIFIED SAFE TO OPERATE BY CERTIFIED FIRESTONE DEALER PER FIRESTONE.  AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPERATED WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND COME TO COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  TIRE WAS REPLACED BY FIRESTONE DEALER SAME DAY, I WAS CHARGED FOR THE MOUNTING AND BALANCING. ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO FENDERWELL OF VEHICLE TO INCLUDE BENT METAL AND TORN MUD FLAP ESTIMATED DAMAGE 250.00. FIRESTONE DENIED REPLACEMENT OF OTHER TIRES.  I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THEM WITH ANOTHER BRAND.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75/16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":898742,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"11/05/2001","vin":"1FTNW20L6YE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"WHEN VEHICLE GOES THROUGH LARGE PUDDLES OF WATER IT SPLASHS ONTO WINDSHIELD, CAUSING IT TO BE VERY BLURRED. IT TAKES SEVERAL WIPES BEFORE WINDSHIELD IS CLEARED ENOUGH TO SEE.  WINDSHIELD IS SO COVERED THAT DRIVER CAN'T TELL WHAT IS IN FRONT OR WHERE HE IS GOING.  MANUFACTURER WILL LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":753747,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/28/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2001","vin":"1FTNX20F9YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON I-10 @ MONROE ST. IN INDIO, CALIFORNIA AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. I FELT THE TRUCK START TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE, IMMEDIATELY STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I LOOKED IN MY MIRROR AND SAW THE TREAD COME OFF . WITHIN 1 - 2 SECONDS, I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION WHEN THE TIRE BLEW UP. AS ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING, I WAS PULLING OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPING. WHEN I DID GET STOPPED, I HAD TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 1/8 OF A MILE. LOOKING BACK AT THE TIRE TREAD, I OBSERVED ANOTHER VEHICLE STRIKING THE TIRE TREAD AND KNOCKING THE TREAD  INTO THE CENTER DIVIDER AND UNFORTUNATELY, FELT IT FAR TOO UNSAFE TO TRY TO CROSS TWO OR THREE LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC TO RETRIEVE THE TREAD*AK. (DOT NUMBER: VDW81XM260  TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":897998,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/17/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/19/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F0YE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING AT 50-55 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF A COLLISION HEAD-ON  WITH  TWO WHEEL TRAILER  AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.  *AK  A VEHICLE THAT WAS BEING TOWED, CAME OFF THE TRAILER AND HIT CONSUMERS VEHICLE HEAD ON, CONSUMERS WIFE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH HER FACE.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":563610,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor 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HERE ARE ALL THE #'S ON THE TIRE; LT265/75R16  123/1200 UNW8 1XL/399  MADE IN CANADA. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: LT216/75R1  TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":896211,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/12/2001","vin":"1FTNW2OF4YE","components":"SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,INTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"UPON STARTING THERES WAS LOUD POPPING NOISE IN  FRONT END.    ONCE  IN  A WHILE  DASH PANEL LIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON, AND TURN SIGNALS SOMETIME DON'T WORK.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":752098,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/02/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/12/2001","vin":"1FTNW2OF4YE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"IHAV EGONE TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES AND ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE GOTTEN NO SUPPORT FROM THEM. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN SEVERN TIMES  AND FILLED TWO DISPUTE SETTELMENT CLAIMS. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM, I FEEL WE BOUGHT A THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR HEADACHE! PLEASE HELP ME TO GET THIS TRUCK REPAIRED OR REPLACED. I FEEL WE HAVE GIVEN PENINSULA FORD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT  THEY SEEM TO NOT WANT TO NOW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR MONEY. I WOULD NOT FEEL RIGHT SELLING THIS VEHICLE TO SOMEONE,KNOWING THAT SOONER OR LATTER IT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, THANKS FOR  LISTENING/HELPING. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK (TIRESIZE: 235/85R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":752000,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/09/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE SEPARATED ON FREEWAY AT SPEED OF SIXTY MPH. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL399  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":895624,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/28/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/2001","vin":"1FTNF20L7YB","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING 10-15 MPH ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE, CAUSING SPARE TIRE TO COLLAPSE AND ROLLOVER ONTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":751479,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/30/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/2001","vin":"1FTNW20L3YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TREAD SEPARATION ON HIGHWAY CAUSED TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75 R16) (TIRESIZE: 265/75 R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":895419,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/29/2001","vin":"1FTNX20F7YE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND HIGHER, STEERING WHEEL JERKS OUT OF CONSUMERS HANDS, CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION, IF A ROUGH SURFACE IS HIT, STEERING WILL JERK OUT OF DRIVERS HANDS, VEHICLE WILL BOUNCE AROUND SIDEWAYS OUT OF CONTROL, DEALER INSTALLED SHIMMY SHOCK TO ATTEMPT TO CORRECT PROBLEM, CONSUMER STATES IT HELPS, HOWEVER HAS NOT COMPLETELY REMEDIED PROBLEM.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":895179,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/24/2001","vin":"3FTNXZ0L777","components":"TIRES","summary":"PEE 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON  HIGHWAY  AND HEARD A NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO  SHOULDER  AND  NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED.  ALSO, LEFT REAR TIRE HAD  A BUBBLE.   FIRESTONE, RS4 LT2657516. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":750537,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/06/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/15/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F4YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE SIDEWALL BELW OUT WITHOUT WARNING.  COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL.  THE REST OF THE TIRE IS INTACT.  *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL299  TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":750280,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/19/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2001","vin":"1FTNX20F0YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE FAILED DRAMATICALLY AT 70 MPH.  ENTIRE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL SEPARATED.  TRUCK WAS PULLING FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER.  TRAILER WEIGHT WAS 11,500 LBS WITH A HITCH WEIGHT OF 2000 LBS.  TIRE PRESSURES WERE CHECKED BEFORE HOOKING UP TRAILER, ABOUT 2 HOURS BEFORE FAILURE.  REAR PRESSURE WAS 70 PSI AND FRONT PRESSURE WAS 45 PSI AS RECOMMENED BY FORD.  FAILURE OF TIRE WAS ABOUT 10 MILES INTO TRIP.  ONLY WARNING WAS A RUMBLING SOUND IMMEDIATELY BEFORE FAILURE.  TIRE WAS CHECKED AT FORD.  NO PUNCTURES WERE NOTICED.  FIRESTONE HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED BECAUSE ALL FIRESTONE TIRES WILL BE REMOVED FROM THIS VEHICLE BEFORE THE TRAILER IS AGAIN TOWED.*AK (DOT NUMBER: ILLEGBLE  TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":893961,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/20/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/09/2001","vin":"1FTPF17M9YK","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"NATURAL GAS VEHICLE. CLAMP IN  ENGINE  WAS RUBBING ONTO  FLEXIBLE HOSE THAT WAS HOOKED TO FUEL INJECTORS, CAUSING A HOLE IN FLEXIBLE HOSE, EMITTING NATURAL GAS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":749401,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/29/2001","vin":"1FTNX21S3YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"UPON INSPECTING THE TIRES (LT265/75 R16), DURING ROUTINE ROTATION, 3 OF THE 4 ROAD TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED NUMEROUS 1/4\" SPLITS IN THE CENTER AND OUTER TREAD. ON ONE TIRE THEY ARE AS CLOSE AS 1\" APART FROM ONE SPLIT TO THE NEXT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL389  TIRESIZE: LT265/75/R)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":749114,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/19/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/25/2001","vin":"1FTNX21L2YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ON 7/19/01 I FOUND A BUBBLE ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE BUBBLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8\u0014 LONG. WHEN THE TIRE WAS REMOVED FROM THE RIM THE BUBBLE ALSO EXTENDED INSIDE THE RIM. ON  7/21/01 I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER TIRES AND FOUND CRACKS  FORMING ON THE SIDE WALLS ON THE OTHER THREE. THESE CRACKS ARE THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH IN LENGTH.  *AK (DOT NUMBER: ADOR1JD379  TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":748402,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/13/2001","vin":"1FTNW20F3YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"BLEW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP. THE VIN OF THE TIRE WAS DESTOYED BY THE BLOW OUT. TIRE WAS AT RECOMENDED AIR PRESSURE AT LAST FILL UP OF DIESEL.*AK (DOT NUMBER: N/A  TIRESIZE: LT265R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":892543,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"07/11/2001","vin":"1FTNX2153YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON  HIGHWAY THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM  EXHAUST SYSTEM PIPE .     DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF  PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":891456,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/27/2001","vin":"1FTNW21SDYE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,VISIBILITY,TIRES","summary":"VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP PROPERLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. WOULD SHAKE AND VIBRATE BADLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP,  MECHANIC NOTICED ROTORS WERE WARPED, WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKING PROBLEM. HAD THEM REPLACED AFTER 10,000 MILES.*AK  ENGINE STALLS AND OIL LEAKS FROM THE TURBO INTO THE INTER COOLER.  TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT.  TIRES BEGAN TO BULGE OUT, CONSUMER DID NOT SPECIFY KIND OF TIRES.  ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTOR FAILED.  SEALS ARE OUT ON THE FRONT AXLES  AND THEY WERE JUST REPLACED TWO MONTHS AGO.  AIR FILTER SYSTEM IS INADAQUET FOR THIS SIZE OF ENGINE AND HAS TO BE REPLACED EVERY 2 TO 3 THOUSAND MILES.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":891256,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/26/2001","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, FORD F250, LT235/85R16 SIZE. THERE IS A BULGE ON  LEFT AND FRONT TIRE FROM  INSIDE OUT.  TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED.*AK CONSUMER WS INFORMED BY CONTINENTAL TO VEHICLE TO AUTHORIZED TIRE DEALER FOR AN ADJUSTMENT OR REPLACEMENT, CONSUMER DOES NOT WANT THE SAME BRAND TIRES ON VEHICLE, HE BELIEVES TIRES TO BE A ROAD HAZARD.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":747378,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/23/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/25/2001","vin":"1FTNX21FXYE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKES FIRST WAS HAVING PROBLEMS AT  APPROX 15,000 MILES THE ROTORS HAD WENT OUT. FALLON FORD SUPPOSELY TURNED THE ROTORS AND PUT NEW PADS ON.  AT APPROX. 28,000 MILES LITHIA TURNED THE ROTORS AND PUT NEW PADS ON, STATING THAT FALLON NEVER DID THAT, THEN LATER ON THE BRAKES STILL ACTING UP PULLING RIGHT.  LITHIA PUT ON A NEW MASTER CYLINDER, LITHIA ALSO HAD THE ALIGHMENT PROBLEM SO THEY HAD SHIMMS PUT IN. LITHIA RELPLACED THE ELECTRONIC CLUSTER TWICE.   WHEN TAKEN IN A GAIN FOR CHATTERING LITHIA SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES, THEY ALSO SAID BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT WORK ON IT WITH OUT BEING PAID. JONES WEST FORD REVIEWED ALL OF THE PAPER WORK AND SEEING THAT IT MET THE LEMON LAW THEY REFUSED TO WORK ON IT. LETTER WAS WRITTEN TO THE CEO OF FORD, WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE TRUNK IS USED FOR BUSINESS. THE DISTRICT REP THAT CAME TO LITHIA SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE TRUCK BECAUSE LITHIA WAS NOT A FORD/TRUCK DEALER SHIP THAT THE TRUCK SHOULD BE REPLACED, LITHA SINCE HAS REFUSED TO WORK ON THE TRUCK, FALLON REFUSES TO REPLACE THE TRUCK. NOW THE BRAKES HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED. WE TOOK IT IN TO A GOODYEAR SHOP WHO SAID WHEN WE HAD THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE THE ABS BOX AND THE PORPORTIONING VALVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACE AND IS WHAT PROBABLY WAS WHAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":747271,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/23/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F1YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE STEERING BECOMES DIFFICULT TO TURN.  IN SOME CASES, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN AT ALL.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":890545,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/14/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/18/2001","vin":"3FTNW20F3YM","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF  CONSUMER. CONSUMER HIT  OTHER VEHICLE ON DRIVERS SIDE. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER WAS INJURED.  DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":746436,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/14/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/05/2001","vin":"3FTNF21L6YM","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"DAY ONE.  DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED PADS MULTIPLE TIMES. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":889636,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/23/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/04/2001","vin":"1FPNX21F0YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30  MPH STEERING GEAR BOX FAILED.  WHEN VEHICLE WAS DIRECTED TO THE RIGHT, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO REDIRECT  VEHICLE TO THE LEFT.   VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH AS A RESULT OF  CONSUMER NOT BEING ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE TO THE LEFT.   *AK  VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":889684,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/13/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/04/2001","vin":"1FTNNX21S2Y","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHENEVER BRAKING VEHICLE WILL PULL TO  RIGHT OR SOMETIMES TO  LEFT.  *AK  CONSUMER STATES SEVERAL DEALERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIX PROBLEM, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":746169,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/30/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/30/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F6YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"14400 MILES ON ORRIGINAL TIRES.  LONGITUDINAL SEPARATIONS ON ALL FOUR TIRES FROM 1/4\" TO 2\" WITH FROM 5 TO ABOUT 20 INDIVIDUAL SEPARATIONS ON EACH TIRE.  COMPLAINT #727191 INDICATES THE SAME PATTERN OF FAILURE AS WELL AS THE SAME DOT #.  FORD DEALER BLOWS ME OFF AND NO WORD FROM FIRESTONE YET.  I'M REPLACING MY TIRES TOMMORROW(05/31/01 AND THEY WON'T BE FIRESTONE!).  I STRONGLY URGE ANYONE WITH A FORD SUPER-DUTY AND FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES TO REPLACE THE TIRES IMMEDIATELY.  AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS SUMMARIES ON THIS SITE, I'M CONVINCED THESE TIRES ARE AS DANGEROUS AND PROBABLY MORE PRONE TO FAILURE THAN THE INFAMOUS WILDERNESS TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 008061  TIRESIZE: 265/75/R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":888939,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2001","vin":"1FTNF21F0YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"EXHAUST FUMES  WERE ENTERING  CAR, AND CONSUMER  WAS BREATHING IN FUMES. DEALER COULD NOT FIND  CAUSE. 2200 MILES LATER, CONSUMER TOOK CAR BACK FOR SAME SMELL, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS A GASKET LEAK.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":888740,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/11/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F2YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THERE WAS VIBRATION IN  VEHICLE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED.   DEALERSHIP EXAMINED  VEHICLE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT  BRAKE ROTORS WERE WORN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK  *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":745530,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/19/2001","vin":"3FTNW21S4YM","components":"STEERING","summary":"QUESTION - I READ IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SOME STEERING COMPONENT OF THE F250 FORD PICKUP; HOWEVER, THE ARTICLE DID NOT ELABORATE.  COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEFORE I TAKE IT INTO THE DEALER. INFORMATIONAL, NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":745534,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/05/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/19/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN BRAKING HARD AND TRYING TO TURN/STEER AS IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND EVASIVE MANEUVERING, THE STEERING WILL LOCK MOMENTARILY. IT IS A HARD SITUATION TO DUPLICATE SINCE IT IS A REACTIONARY ACTION AND IS ADRENALINE POWERED, BUT IT CAN BE SIMULATED WITH THE ENGINE ON AND THE VEHICLE IN PARK. ?DEALER INSISTS THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION AND THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX!!! THIS HAS OCCURED TWICE WITHIN THE MONTH OF MAY AND BOTH INCIDENTS RESULTED IN NEAR COLLISIONS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":745504,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/19/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/18/2001","vin":"1FTNX21S1YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"CATASTROPHIC SIDEWALL FAILURE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VDW81XL  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":888482,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/13/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/17/2001","vin":"1FDAF57F1YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"A COMPANY VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHEN USING,  VEHICLE HAD BEEN EXAMINED, AND  FIRE WAS THE RESULT OF TRANSMISSION LINES BEING POSITIONED TOO CLOSE TO  EXHAUST SYSTEM, A HEAT PRODUCING SOURCE.  TEMPERATURE THAT DAY WAS APPROXIMATELY 75-80 DEGREES. *AK  MANUFACTURER NOT WILLING TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY, THEY ARE STATING THERE WAS NO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS THAT CAUSED FIRE.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":888255,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/20/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/15/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"IF THERE ARE ANY UNEVEN PARTS OF  ROAD OR BUMPS,  STEERING WHEEL WILL RIP RIGHT OUT OF  CONSUMER'S  HAND, AND CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":888094,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/22/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/14/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F5YE","components":"SUSPENSION,AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH  AND TOWING A TRAILER  EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURRED WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, RESULTING IN  TRUCK AND TRAILER TURNING OVER. *AK  THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT AND THE TRAILER WAS TOTAL LOSS.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":888207,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/14/2001","vin":"","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION","summary":"STEERING IS DEFECTIVE.   STEERING WHEEL WANDERS OFF IN ANOTHER DIRECTION DUE TO BALL JOINTS  BEING DEFECTIVE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":888016,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2001","vin":"ADD","components":"STEERING","summary":"STEERING IS VERY TOUCHY,  WHEN TURNING WHEEL JUST A BIT VEHICLE WILL RESPOND TOO MUCH.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":745206,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F5YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"I AM ON 3RD POWER STEERING PUMP AND 2ND. HYDROBOOSTER IN 53000 MILES 3RD. PUMP FAILING AGAIN I AM ALREADY OUT 1600 DOLLARS ON THESE REPAIRS  .FORD HAS A MAJOR PROUBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT .","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":887870,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/07/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/09/2001","vin":"1FTNF21F7YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  WOULD STEP ON  BRAKES PEDAL LIGHTLY AND  POWER STEERING WILL LOCK UP WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THIS VEHICLE IS A DIESEL MODEL.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":561031,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/21/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/02/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F3YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX (LT 265/R16) TIRE EXPERIENCED A PUNCTURE AND RAPID DEFLATION, SIDE WALL OF TIRE APPEARED TO PART FROM MAIN CASING.         *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":744405,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/10/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/23/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F3YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"VEHICLE DESTROYED BY FIRE ORIGINATING UNDER HOOD. EXACT CAUSE UNKNOWN DUE TO EXTENT OF HEAT/DAMAGE UPON DISCOVERY OF EVENT. FIRE BURNED THROUGH THE FIREWALL INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED APX 2 HOURS WITH IGNITION SWITCH OFF AND KEY OUT OF IGNITION. VEHICLE HAD HAD A 5,000 MILE SERVICE WITH THE NEXT SERVICE DUE AT 10,000 MILES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":886477,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/21/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/23/2001","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT265/75R16, DOT VNW81XL349, ORIG. EQUIPMENT WITH 26000 ON A 2000, FORD, F250 , WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH  LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT.  FIRESTONE DEALER STATED IT WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZARD.*AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":743728,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/08/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TO DATE 3 TIRES W/SEPARATION 2/3 AROUND NEXT TO RIM ON INSIDE-T WO W/BUBBLES ABOUT 4\" OUTWARD.  *AK (DOT NUMBER: ADOR IJD24  TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":884914,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/03/2001","vin":"01FTNX21SXY","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S REARVIEW MIRROR IS OF SUCH DESIGN THAT IT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED. DRIVER CAN  NOT SEE ANOTHER VEHICLE IN LANE NEXT TO HIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER CAN SEE VEHICLE IF BEHIND HIM, BUT NOT ON  SIDE OF HIM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":884773,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2001","vin":"01FTNX21SXY","components":"STEERING","summary":"SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE  STEERING HAS HAD PROBLEMS.  WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL THERE IS A DELAY. CONSUMER TURNS WHEEL 1/4 OF A TURN AND VEHICLE WILL NOT RESPOND. DEALER HAS TIGHTENED STEERING AND  GEARBOX. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DEALER STATED FORD IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT HAS NO REMEDY.*AK  ALSO THE VEHICLE STEERS LEFT AND RIGHT.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":884776,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2001","vin":"01FTNX21SXY","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN DRIVING IN SNOW AND APPLYING BRAKES ALL 4 WHEELS LOCK UP, REGULAR BRAKES DID NOT WORK AT THAT TIME EITHER. CONSUMER WAS WITHOUT BRAKES FOR 20-40 FEET.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":884780,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2001","vin":"01FTNX21SXY","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"CONSUMER PURCHASED A CAMPER TOP. SUSPENSION IS TOO WEAK TO SUPPORT THIS CAMPER,  BACK END SINKS DOWN ABOUT 3 INCHES WHEN CAMPER IS PUT ON. WHICH IN TURN PUTS FRONT END UP.  CONSUMER HAS A HARD TIME LOOKING OVER  HOOD OF  VEHICLE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":743440,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/25/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F8YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"BLOWOUT DESTROYED OUTSIDE SIDEWALL, TIRE BLEMISHES AND CRACKS WERE SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT TO FORD DEALER ABOUT 750 MILES BEFORE AND DISMISSED BY EMPLOYEE BLAKE SHOOK. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW8 1XL  TIRESIZE: 265/75R16E)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":743240,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/29/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F9YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT 2000MILES. DEALER TURNED ROTORS AND WOULD NOT REPLACE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":742774,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/20/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F2YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"VEHICLE SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY UPON APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER INFORMS THAT ROTORS ARE WARPED. THIS IS SECOND REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM IN 8000 MILES. DEALER/MANUFACTURER INSINUATES DRIVER ERROR. EXPERIENCED DRIVER-NO ERROR. FORD DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR FURTHER REPAIRS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":882588,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/09/2001","vin":"3FTNW21FXYM","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"TURBO-CHARGER BOLTS KEEP GETTING LOOSE AND COMING OUT.  VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM KEPT REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":742088,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/07/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F3YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"POWER STEERING DOES NOT WORK WHILE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER SAYS THIS IS A NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":741958,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/10/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/05/2001","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"ON 2/10/01 I WAS INVOLVED IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN THE FOOTHILLS NORTH OF BOULDER CO, WENT OFF A CURVE, ROLLED AN EMBANKMENT AND LANDED IN A RIVER.  AIRBAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE.  SUFFERED MUTIPLE BROKEN FACIAL BONES.  HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE THIS.  PLEASE CONTACT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":741901,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/04/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F7YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":881999,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/17/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/02/2001","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"CONSUMER JUST BROUGHT TRUCK 2 WEEKS AGO AND  LEFT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE BUMPS AND BRUISES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":741553,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2001","vin":"3FTNX21F9YM","components":"TIRES","summary":"EAST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 10, 20 MI WEST OF BUCKEYE AZ, AT 1630 AT 75 MPH WHEN L REAR TIRE BLEW. SIDEWALL APPEARS TO HAVE DISINTEGRATED. 1200 LB. CAMPER ON, NO KNOWN PREV DAMAGE. ALMOST ALL MILES FREEWAY DRIVING.  *AK (DOT NUMBER: DB6447P  TIRESIZE: LT265/75 R)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":559806,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/2001","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"STEERING","summary":"VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED MANY PROBLEMS WITH POWER STEERING, DEALER HAS REPLACED ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN, HYDRAULIC LINES TWICE ON POWER STEERING PUMP, HYDRA BOOST TWICE, POWER STEERING UNIT, AND HAD TO FILL POWER STEERING FLUID BECAUSE IT WAS LOW, DURING THESE REPAIRS DEALER HAS MADE THE AFTERMARKET SECURITY SYSTEM FAIL, POWER WINDOWS FAIL, AND TURN SIGNALS FAIL, DEALER AGREED TO PAY FOR THE AFTERMARKET SECURITY SYSTEM FAILURE, HOWEVER HAS NOT DONE SO, CONSUMER HAS EXHAUSTED EVERY RESOURCE TO HAVE PROBLEM CORRECTED AND FEELS FORD SHOULD BUY VEHICLE BACK.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":881028,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/17/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/21/2001","vin":"1FTNW21S8YE","components":"WHEELS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH LEFT FRONT WHEEL BECAME DISATTACHED FROM STUDS CONSUMER  KEPT CONTROL UNTIL STOPPING.  THEN, TOWED VEHICLE,AND DEALER'S TECHNICIAN SAID  PROBLEM WAS WITH  MANUFACTURER.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":880980,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/06/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/21/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH,  FRONT RIGHT FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRE BLEWOUT. DEALER COULDN'T FIND A REASON FOR THIS HAPPENING, TIRE SIZE P26575R16, DOT# VNW818M070.  *AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":559571,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/12/2001","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING DURING SNOWY WEATHER THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED THEN THE OUTER WALL DISENTEGRATED CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LOOSE CONTROL AND GO INTO A DITCH(FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T LT265/75R16).  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":879939,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/06/2001","vin":"1FTNW21S4YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE PARALLEL PARKING,  VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING WHEN HITTING  BRAKES,  FORD SAYS IT'S NORMAL FOR VEHICLE TO DO THI, IF VEHICLE HAS  TO SUDDENLY STOP THERE IS NO POWER STEERING TO STEER QUICKLY OUT  OF THE WAY WHEN NEEDED. *AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":740378,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/03/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F3YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"EXTREME VIBRATION IN REAR DRIVESHAFT WHEN TOWING IN LOW GEAR. VIBRATION IS DAILY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":740078,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/13/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/29/2001","vin":"1FTNX21LXYE","components":"STEERING","summary":"INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OWNER'S ATTORNEY, ERIC G. KRAFT, OF KLENDA, MITCHELL, AUSTERMAN & ZUERCHER, L.L.C., PH. (316)267-0331, FAX (316)267-0333.  PLEASE CONTACT ATTORNEY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION/DETAILS.  FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND HAS DENIED THAT ANY SUCH DEFECT EXISTS.  OWNER'S INSURER HAS DETERMINED THAT SUBJECT COMPONENT IS DEFECTIVE AND REFUSES TO COVER THE LOSS OF THE COMPONENT, ALTHOUGH HAS COVERED OTHER LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLISION. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":740022,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/27/2001","vin":"1FTNW20F5YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":878542,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2001","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FUEL GAUAGE DOES NOT REGISTER  CORRECT LEVELS OF FUEL, CAUSE UNKNOWN.  DEALER CANNOT CORRECT  PROBLEM.   PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":739550,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/07/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/17/2001","vin":"1FTNW21S1YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"STEERING LOCKING UP WHEN BRAKING HARD.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":739493,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"01/16/2001","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"STEERING","summary":"SPLINED SHAFT FROM GEARBOX THAT PITMAN ARM ATTACHES TO SNAPPED AT BOTTOM OF GEARBOX, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND TRUCK RAN INTO EMBANKMENT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":739493,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"01/16/2001","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"STEERING","summary":"SPLINED SHAFT FROM GEARBOX THAT PITMAN ARM ATTACHES TO SNAPPED AT BOTTOM OF GEARBOX, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND TRUCK RAN INTO EMBANKMENT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":559013,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/16/2001","vin":"3FTNX21L9YM","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCES A CLUNK WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, AT LOWER SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION WILL JERK.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":878103,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/12/2001","vin":"1TNW21F8YED","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN  BRAKES  WERE APPLIED POWER STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK OR SEIZE UP. THERE WOULD BE NO CONTROLLING OF  VEHICLE.  PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND  IT WAS GETTING MUCH WORSE.  *AK *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":878048,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/22/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/11/2001","vin":"1FTNW21S4YE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE DRIVING UP HILL CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, AND REAR WHEELS BEGAN TO SPIN OUT.  TRUCK SUDDENLY STARTED ACCELERATING, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE.  DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.  *AK   BOTH THE REAR WHEELS WERE SPINNING AS THE VEHICLE SLID INTO A DITCH.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":877965,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/19/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F9YE","components":"SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WAS DRIVING AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, PEDAL STARTED TO CHATTER. STOPPING DISTANCE WAS DIMINISHED. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT ROTORS WERE WARPED. WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY FOR REPAIRS.   ELECTRICAL CROSSED  WIRES IN ALTERNATOR SYSTEM WERE SMOLDERING. IT WAS REPAIRED.  FRONT END WOULD MAKE CLUNKING NOISE WHILE TURNING. NOTHING WAS FOUND.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":877814,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2001","vin":"1FTNW21F8YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"POWER STEERING HAD SEIZED UP WHEN  BRAKES WERE APPLIED. WOULD HAVE NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENED.  PROBLEM BEEN HAPPENING OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT NOT GETTING WORSE. *AK  THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":558843,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2001","vin":"1FTNX20F6YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE LEFT FRONT GENERAL GRABBER A.W. (*LT 235/85R/16/E) TIRE BULGED OUT ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE, THE TIRE WAS REPLACED THE NEXT DAY, UPON RETURNING FROM A 2000 MILE TRIP THE OTHER THREE TIRES HAD AT LEAST ONE BUBBLE AND SOME HAD TWO.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":558843,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2001","vin":"1FTNX20F6YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE LEFT FRONT GENERAL GRABBER A.W. (*LT 235/85R/16/E) TIRE BULGED OUT ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE, THE TIRE WAS REPLACED THE NEXT DAY, UPON RETURNING FROM A 2000 MILE TRIP THE OTHER THREE TIRES HAD AT LEAST ONE BUBBLE AND SOME HAD TWO.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":738567,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/01/2001","vin":"1FTNX21L3YE","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,STRUCTURE","summary":"WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED WITH FORCE, TRUCK WILL NOT STEER. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND ALL 1999, 2000, 2001 250 AND 350 TRUCKS HAVE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. FORD TECH NOTES STATE (11/13/00: \"...THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION AND FORD ISN'T GOING TO REENGINEER THE VEHICLE TO SOLVE IT. THE CONDITION COMES FROM A NEW WIDER STANCE, TIE ROD ANGLE AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS MORE WEIGHT IN THE FRONT END THAN ON THE 97 OLD BODY STYLE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK CANNOT BE REENGINEERED TO SOLVE THE CUSTOMERS DESIGN ISSUE UNLESS THE ENTIRE PLATFORM IS REDESIGNED. FORD IS NOT GOING TO INCORPORATE A DESIGN CHANGE AT THIS TIME AND HAS NOT PLANS ON THE DRAWING BOARD THAT THE THE HOTLINE KNOWS ABOUT.\" THERE WILL BE FATALITIES BECAUSE OF THIS  BRAKE/STEERING PROBLEM! .  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":558428,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/28/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE TREAD WEARS QUICKLY (FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT265/75R16).  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":738188,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/23/2000","vin":"1FTNX21S5YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHEN HOLDING THE BRAKES ON LEVEL GROUND OR A STEEP HILL WHLE STANDING STILL, IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL UNTIL THE BRAKES ARE RELEASED.  THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY ON STEEP INCLINES.  FORD DEALER SAYS IT'S DUE TO STEERING GEOMETRY BUT YET IT IS WORSE WHEN ENGINE COMES OFF FAST IDLE AND POWER STEERING PUMP IS TURNING SLOWER DUE TO LOWER ENGINE SPEED.  ON A RECENT TRIP I WAS IN A FRIENDS RATHER STEEP DRIVEWAY IN THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS AND IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY AS I COULDN'T HOLD THE BRAKES AND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL  AT THE SAME TIME TO STEER OUT ON TO THE MAIN DRIVE.  HAD I RELEASED THE BRAKES I WOULD HAVE CRASHED THROUGH A RETAINING FENCE AND WENT DOWN THE THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTIAN.  IT IS OFTEN NECESSARY TO TO POSITION THE WHEELS WHILE HOLDING THE BRAKE AT A STANDSTILL, ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.  FORD NEEDS TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  MY FORD DEALER HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS CONDITION AND IT IS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION ON MANY ONLINE BULLETIN BOARDS SO IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT PECULIAR TO MY TRUCK ONLY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":876914,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/29/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F5YE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE GOT \"T\"-BONED. UPON IMPACT WITH  OTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.  OTHER VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PROR TO ACCIDENT, AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON & THEN FAILED TO GO OFF. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 4 OR 5 TIMES FOR REPAIRS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":876803,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/20/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"THIS TRUCK HAS GOODYEAR TIRES, SIZE P23585R16 WRANGLER/AP. WHILE DRIVING  TIRES SUDDENLY WENT LOW. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED SIDEWALL SEPARATING. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":876532,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/26/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/14/2000","vin":"1FTNX21L3YE","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN AT A STOP NOT ABLE TO TURN WHEELS WHILE BRAKES  ARE APPLIED. FORD  COMPANY INDICATED THAT THIS  WAS THE  WAY  VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED.  *AK  THE DESIGN FLAW IS THE CAUSE FOR STEERING PROBLEM THAT OCCURS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. A NEW WIDER STANCE, TIE ROD ANGLE AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS MORE WEIGHT IN THE FRONT END THAN ON THE 97 OLDER BODY STYLE VEHICLE.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":876421,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/02/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2000","vin":"1FTNF2159YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE FIRE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":558333,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/07/2000","vin":"1FDNX20F0YE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"THE OEM SHOCK ABSORBERS WERE DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE VEHICLE REBOUND 2-3 CYCLES AFTER HITTING A BUMP AND CAUSED THE TIRES TO DEVELOP MODERATE CUPPING, THE POSITION OF THE DRIVERS SIDE OEM SHOCK ABSORBER TOP BOLT HAD A SHARP EDGE AND WAS RUBBING A HOLE IN THE OUTER JACKET OF THE HYDRAULIC HOSE EXPOSING THE INNER BRAID, CONSUMER EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF REPOSITIONING THE HOSE BUT A HOSE SUPPORT CLAMP WOULD NOT ALLOW SUCH POSITIONING.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":875774,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2000","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN APPPLYING  ABS BRAKES  PEDAL WENT TO  FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736745,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/02/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/22/2000","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION,SEATS","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":875294,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/21/2000","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING  BRAKES ALL FOUR WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN.  DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE  CAUSE.  PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT MANUFACTURE HAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING SAME DEFECT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736621,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/19/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/20/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F6YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH I HEARD A LOUD POP POP POP  AS I CONFIRMED IT WAS MY VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO THE RIGHT LANE AND TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT  CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL . I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND STOP SAFELY . THE FIRESTONE TIRE HAS A TREAD SEPERATION  IDENICAL TO THE FIRESTONE TIRES ON THE EORD EXPLORERS . I AM CONCERNED THAT  THESE SEPERATION PROBLEM ON FIRESTONE TIRES ARE SIMIALAR TO THOSE IN THE '70,S AND THAT THEY ARE LIMITED TOO ONE SIZE OR MODEL. (DOT NUMBER: VDW81XM  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736157,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/11/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F5YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 15 NORTH BETWEEN ST. GEORGE AND CEDER CITY UTAH GOING 65 MILES PER HOUR UNDER SNOWING CONDITIONS AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING.  THE TREAD SEPERATED FROM THE INSIDE WALL AND THE SIDE WALL HAD 2 TAIRS DOWN THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL TO THE RIM.  PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER FULLY.  *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL  TIRESIZE: 265/75R/16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736029,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/07/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/08/2000","vin":"1FTNW21S1YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT TURN WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND STOPPED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":874606,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/07/2000","vin":"1FTNX21LOYE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THERE IS A CLUCKING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATION. FORD CLAIMS IT IS NORMAL NOISE, BUT ARE WORKING ON RESOLUTION.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":735333,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/27/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/28/2000","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WE WERE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH.  WITHOUT WARNING THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT.  THE SIDE WALL SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD AROUND THE TOTAL CIRCUMFRANCE OF THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: BM14974  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":735240,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F2YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING ON OCCASIONS OF SIMULTANEOUS HEAVY USE OF BRAKES AND STEERING.  I PRAY IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AT HIGH SPEEDS OR IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":735241,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F7YE","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":873678,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/24/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F5YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE00040; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH,  TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDEFIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL AT TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF  VEHICLE. TIRE SIZE LT26575R16. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, FORD, F250. TIRE MILEAGE 2,082.  FIRESTONE WAS CALLED ABOUT THE TIRE. .*AK   DOT # VDW81XL2800.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":873593,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/23/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHEN ROTATING THE TIRES,  TIRE ON PASSENGER'S FRONT SIDE HAD A BIG BULGE IN INSIDE OF  TIRE BY THE SIDEWALL.   TIRE SIZE LT23585R16. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, FORD, F250. TIRE MILEAGE IS 26,000. OWNER REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":873022,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/11/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/16/2000","vin":"1FTNF21F5YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, BRAKES GRABBED AND RELEASED.  VEHICLE KEPT ROLLING, BRAKE PEDAL PULSED AND THE VHEICLE DID NOT STOP AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR.  DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":873034,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/09/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/16/2000","vin":"1FTRX17L3YN","components":"SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN,TIRES","summary":"VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS.  DEALER HAS REPLACED  DRIVESHAFT AND TIRES, BUT  VEHICLE CONTINUED TO VIBRATE.  MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872797,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/11/2000","vin":"3FTNW20S7YN","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE INSPECTING GENERAL CONTINENTAL GRABBER AW TIRES P235/85R16, CONSUMER FOUND THAT ALL TIRES HAD A DENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733728,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/25/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/08/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE DEVELOPED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDE AND WENT DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING.I WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. (TIRESIZE: P265-75-16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: P265-75-16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733509,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2000","vin":"1FTNX20F1YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD SIDEWALL BULGES WHERE THE TIRES HAD STARTED TO SEPERATE (TIRESIZE: P235/85R16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: P235/85R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733515,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/22/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F3YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE SIDEWALL BULGED OUT SEPERATING APART THE FULL CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE.  *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/85R16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: P235/85R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733527,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/04/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F1YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK, I HAVE HAD TWO OF THE TIRES BREAK BEADS, CAUSING THE TIRES TO LOOSE THEIR AIR PRESSURE.  NEITHER TIME CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE TIRE, OR TO THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY HAVE PROVED TO BE UNRELIABLE, AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS.  I HAVE HEARD THAT THEY ARE BEING LOOKED AT FOR RECALL, AND BASED ON MY LIMITED EXPERIENCES, I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.  I FEEL VERY APREHENSIVE EVERY TIME I GET IN MY TRUCK.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 008062  TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872269,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F1YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING AT 73  MPH TIRES HAD A BLOWOUT, CAUSING TRAILER TO JACK KNIFE. AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872226,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/26/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2000","vin":"1FTNW2155YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE00040, ORIGNAL EQUIPMENT ON  2000, FORD, F250, TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16.  PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLEWOUT, ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. CONTACTED FIRESTONE, AND FIRESTONE REPLACE  TIRE.   SO FAR NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER TIRES.  *AK  THE TIRE SEPARATION WAS 360 DEGREE COMPLETELY AROUND THE TIRE.  FIRESTONE DEALER BELIEVES THE TIRE SEPARATION WAS CAUSED BY DRIVING AT TOO LOW TIRE PRESSURE AND ON A FLAT.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733322,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/29/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/03/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F1YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"BLOWOUT ON INTERSTATE @ 72 MPH, TRAILER BEING PULLED JACKNIFED INTO THE REAR QUATERPANEL OF TRUCK, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE!.  *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW8 1XM  TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733326,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/03/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F3YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I TOOK MY TRUCK TO BIG O TIRES IN SONORA FOR THE FIRST TIRE ROTATION AT 11,600 MILES. THE SERVICEPERSON TOLD ME I HAD \"SCALPING\" DAMAGE TO MY TIRES. I HAVE NEVER HAD A HEAVY LOAD NOR HAVE I TOWED ANYTHING. I KEEP THE PROPER TIRE PRESSURE IN THE TIRES AND CHECK THE PRESSURE REGULARLY. I FEEL THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL A/T TIRES MAY HAVE A DEFECTIVE PROBLEM RESULTING IN THE DAMAGE. I ALSO HAVE FACTORY INSTALLED HEAVY DUTY SHOCKS WHICH CAME WITH A TOWING PACKAGE I ORDERED WITH THE TRUCK. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT23585R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733082,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F1YE","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THESE TIRES CAUSE SHAKING OF TRUCK @ABOUT 65 MPH AND ABOVE, SO THE AUTO DEALER SAYS BUT FIRESTONE DEALER SAYS  THAT IT IS NOT IN THERE TIRES (DOT NUMBER: VNW8)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733082,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F1YE","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THESE TIRES CAUSE SHAKING OF TRUCK @ABOUT 65 MPH AND ABOVE, SO THE AUTO DEALER SAYS BUT FIRESTONE DEALER SAYS  THAT IT IS NOT IN THERE TIRES( DOT NUMBER: VNW8 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733111,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2000","vin":"1FTNX21L7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"REAR SIDEWALL SPLIT AT POINT WHERE TREAD ATTATCHES TO SIDEWALL. NO PUNCTURE OR ABRASION AT POINT WHERE SPLIT OCCURRED,  AND HAD NOT BEEN HAULING ANY LOAD IN BED OF TRUCK.  . HAD TIRE TEMPORARILY REPAIRED, BUT WAS ADVISED AT THE TIME TO REPLACE IT FOR SAFETY REASONS.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733079,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/16/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F9YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I WAS TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK ,WHEN I FELT A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN MY DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE, NOT 3SECONDS LATER THE TIRE EXPLODED .I WAS ABLE TO MANTAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND PULL ONTO THE CENTER MEDIAN OF THE INTERSTATE , WHEN I GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED THE TIRE HAD COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF THE RIM . I CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I COULD NOT CHANGE THE TIRE . AFTER THE SPARE WAS PUT I DROVE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP I HAD PURCHASED THE TRUCK FROM , I WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT WARANTEED BY FORD BUT BY FIRESTONE , I THEN CONTACTED FIRESTONE TO BE TOLD THAT I MUST HAVE RUN SOMETHING OVER OR HIT A CURB AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT WARANTEE THE TIRE , OR THE DAMAGE DONE TO MY RIM ,FRONT END AND THE DENT CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSION . (DOT NUMBER: 008064  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732921,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2000","vin":"1FTNW21FXYE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRES ORIGINALLY BEGAN BOUNCING AT 18000 MILES--HAVE HAD TO SHAVE TIRES TO KEEP FORM BOUNCING-I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TIRES BEFORE THE RECALL BUT FIRESTONE WAS DEAF AND SAID THE SHAVING VOIDED MY WARRANTY--BUT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING-I EXPLAINED I WAS SCARED OF THESE TIRES--THEN THE RECALL CAME AND I BEGAN TRYING TO GET HELP--WENT TO RIVERSIDE FORD AFTER THEY BECAME INVOLVED AND CONTACTED FIRESTONE AGAIN AND WAS ASSURED MY TIRES WERE FINE AFTER GOING TO THE FORD SERVICE CENTER IN MACON GA. NOW I HAVE HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON THE INTERSTATE AT 77MPH CROSSED TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND RAN A CAR OFF THE ROAD ON TO THE GRASS TO AVOID ME HITTING HIM. HAVE CONTACTED FIRESTONE AND THREATENED WITH A LAW SUIT AND WAS TOLD TO GET IN LINE AND GOOD LUCK BY ONE OF THE PHONE REPS. RIVERSIDE FORD SAYS IF IT IS NOT IN THE RECALL THEY CAN'T AND WON'T DON ANYTHING--PLEASE RECALL THIS TIRE BEFORE A CHILD LOSES HIS LIFE. THANKS.  *AK (TIRESIZE: LT265XR16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT265XR16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732999,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2000","vin":"1FTNX21FXYE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,TIRES","summary":"WE FIRST HAD THE FRONT BRAKES PULL RIGHT WE HAD THE TRUCK IN 2-3 TIMES FOR THAT PROBLEM THEY FINALLY FIXED IT. BUT NOW THE BRAKES PULL LEFT.  THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM.  THE ENGINE/ELECTRIAL PROBLEM.  ALL OF THE SUDDEN EVERYTHING ELECTICAL QUITS WORKING. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO CLASSIFY THIS PROBLEM.  THEY REPLACE A MODULE AND IT STILL HAPPENS. WE ARE AWAITING FOR THEM TO FIX AGAIN.  ON THE TIRES ONE BLEW OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON A VERY DARK ROAD 1 MILE FROM THE HOUSE MY HUSBAD DROVE IT HOME TOOK IT IN THE NEXT DAY AND THE REFUSED TO FIX BECAUSE HE DROVE ON IT.  APPROX A MONTH LATER WE WERE ON A ROAD DRIVING ONLY APPROX 45 MPH. MY HUSBAND FELT SOMETHING WHEN WE WERE AT A LIGHT,WE PULLED IN TO A STORE JUST PASSED THE LIGHT GOT OUT AND THE BACK RIGHT TIRE HAD BLOWN.  WE CHANGED THE TIRE TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT ON A RECALL EVEN THROUGH THEY CLEARLY HAD THE WHITE RING ALL AROUND THE TIRE WHERE IT HAD COME APART.  WE REPLACED THE TIRES WITH COOPER TIRES.  WE STILL HAVE THE TIRES.  GOODYEAR INSPECTED AND AGREED IT WAS DUE TO POOR MANUFACTURING. ON THE WARRANTY PROBLEMS WE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE ARBITRATION BOARD. THEY STATED SINCE WE USE THE TRUCK FOR BUSINESS WE CAN NOT HAVE THE TRUCK REPLACED.  NO WHERE IN ANY OF MY DOCUMENTATION STATES THAT.  IF THIS WERE SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THE TRUCK.  THE DEALERSHIP KNEW WE USED THE TRUCK FOR BUSINESS.  THE BUSINESS CONSIST OF A HANDYMAN BUSINESS.  THE MOST WE DO TO THE TRUCK IS PUT ON MILES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL  TIRESIZE: 265 75R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733024,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2000","vin":"1FTNW21SXYE","components":"TIRES","summary":"SIDEWALLS HAVE BULGES/NOT SMOOTH, HAD ONE REPLACED BY FIRESTONE, WONDERING ABOUT SAFETY OF THE OTHER THREE ON VEHICLE AND THE SPARE. (TIRESIZE: LT265/75RX)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT265/75RX )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":871922,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/29/2000","vin":"1FTNF21F0YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE00 020;  CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30MPH ON GRAVEL ROAD AND FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE BLEWOUT.  FIRESTONE, #L26517516 STEEL TEX#AT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732757,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":3,"numberOfDeaths":1,"dateOfIncident":"08/26/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2000","vin":"3FTNW21L4YM","components":"TIRES","summary":"ON 8/26/2000 ABOUT 5:10 PM, I WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON THE I-15 BETWEEN BARSTOW, CA AND BAKER, CA WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 70 MPH  WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. I FELT THE VEHICLE PULL HEAVILY TO THE RIGHT. I COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING. IN ADDITION, CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS TAPPED OR STEPPED ON HEAVILY. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE IN ANY WAY. THE VEHICLE.  *AK (TIRESIZE: 3514.516.5)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: 3514.516.5 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732535,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/09/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/26/2000","vin":"1FTNW21S6YE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHEN FORD WAS CONTATCED AND IT WAS REQUESTED THEY EXAMINE THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FAILURE AND TO ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO SUBSEQUENT PROBLEMS, THEY DECLINED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732423,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2000","vin":"1FTNX21S7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE TIRE BLEWOUT ON THE FREEWAY. UPON INSPECTION IT APPEARED TO BE NO REASON FOR THE BLOWOUT OTHER THAN TIRE FAILURE. THE SIDEWALL AT THE TREAD LINE WAS COMPLETELY SEPERATED ALL THE WAY AROUND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIRE. FIRESTONE WOULD ONLY HONOR THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY ON THIS ONE TIRE. IT WAS REPLACED AT A PRORATED PRICE WITH THE SAME MODEL.  *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNW8 1XL TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732423,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2000","vin":"1FTNX21S7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE TIRE BLEWOUT ON THE FREEWAY. UPON INSPECTION IT APPEARED TO BE NO REASON FOR THE BLOWOUT OTHER THAN TIRE FAILURE. THE SIDEWALL AT THE TREAD LINE WAS COMPLETELY SEPERATED ALL THE WAY AROUND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIRE. FIRESTONE WOULD ONLY HONOR THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY ON THIS ONE TIRE. IT WAS REPLACED AT A PRORATED PRICE WITH THE SAME MODEL.  *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNW8 1XL TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732027,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/20/2000","vin":"1FTNW20SXYE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I HAVE THE SAME TIRES THAT ARE BEING RECALLED ON THE EXCURSION AND I WAS WONDERING IF THEY ARE THE SAME AS ON MY TRUCK.  MY TIRES SEEM TO HAVE LUMPS IN THE SIDE WALLS.  IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN RECALLED, SOMEONE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THEM BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME THAT WOULD BE VERY SAFE.  PLEASE GIVE SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK ON THIS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":871113,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/17/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/20/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F0YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE#00020 - FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT LT265/75R16. 3 TIRES DOT# VD W81XL110 110 DEFECTIVE INSIDE THE TIRE;  VD# Q03L. DEFECTIVE INSIDE;  AND VD# N03L DEFECTIVE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE.   3 TIRES  HAD EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION FROM WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE TIRE.  FOR TWO.  THE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES PURCHASED WITH THE VEHICLE.  THE VEHICLE IS A FORD TRUCK 2000 F250.  CONSUMER HAS REPLACED ON OWN EXPENSE.*AK  FORD AND FIRESTONE DID NOT REFUND THE COST OF REPLACEMENT TIRES.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":731507,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/08/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/2000","vin":"1EA7AT62742","components":"TIRES","summary":"THIS TIRE WAS CHECKED OUT BY A TIRE STORE REPRESENTATIVE. I WAS TOLD THE TIRE WAS NOT RAN LOW OF AIR NOR DID RUN OVER ANYTHINGI HAD  I HAD NO EARLY WARNING OF THIS PROBLEM.  *AK( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: 265-70R-16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":870509,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/12/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/14/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F0YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"CONSUMER WALKED BY VEHICLE AND HAPPENED TO NOTICE A BUBBLE THE SIZE OF A GRAPEFRUIT IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE GENERAL GRABBER 16\" TIRE, GENERAL TIRES WAS NO ASSISTANCE TO CONSUMER.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730721,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/08/2000","vin":"1FTNX20F0YE","components":"SUSPENSION,TIRES","summary":"REAR SUSPENSION TOO WEAK TO CARRY TRUCK BODY CAUSING OVER TRAVEL ON SPRINGS WHEN DRIVING WITH 500LBS OR MORE IN TRUCK BED.  MY TRUCK CAN EQUIPED WITH A SERVICE BODY TOOL BOX.THE TIRES WERE BEGINNING TO RUB TO UNDERSIDE OF TRUCK. FORD DECIDED TO REPLACE SUSPENNISION WITH A LARGER CAPICITY. I WAS STUCK WITH THE INSTALLATION COST OF $600.00  TIRES: MY LEFT FRONT TIRE DEVELOPED A SIDEWALL BLISTER THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL IN JUNE,2000. GENERAL TIRE REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES AT NO COST BUT AGAIN I PAID FORD $25 INSTALL COST. NOW A FEW DAYS AGO MY LEFT REAR TIRE DEVELOPED A SIDEWALL BLISTER THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. I'VE REQUESTED THAT GENERAL TIRE REPLACE ALL TIRES WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURE BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED. THEY ARE WILLING TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRE BUT I DON'T TRUST THERE QUALITY ENOUGH TO RIDE MY FAMILY ON. FORD HAS INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED AT LEAST 20 OR MORE GENERAL TIRES ON THE SAME STYLE TRUCK IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. SIDE WALL BLISTERS ARE VERY DANGERS AND CAN EXPLODE AT ANY TIME ESPECIALLY AS THE TIRE GETS HOTTER. GENERAL TIRE INFORMED ME OVER THE TELEPHONE THAT THEY ARE GETTING A UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF REPORTS FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR THE SAME TIRE. THESE TIRES MAY BE MISSING THE NYLON PLY IN THE SIDE WALL OR THE COMPONET COMPOUND USED FOR ADHESION IS DEFECTIVE.( DOT NUMBER: ADOR1JC289 TIRE SIZE: LT23585R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730721,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/08/2000","vin":"1FTNX20F0YE","components":"SUSPENSION,TIRES","summary":"REAR SUSPENSION TOO WEAK TO CARRY TRUCK BODY CAUSING OVER TRAVEL ON SPRINGS WHEN DRIVING WITH 500LBS OR MORE IN TRUCK BED.  MY TRUCK CAN EQUIPED WITH A SERVICE BODY TOOL BOX.THE TIRES WERE BEGINNING TO RUB TO UNDERSIDE OF TRUCK. FORD DECIDED TO REPLACE SUSPENNISION WITH A LARGER CAPICITY. I WAS STUCK WITH THE INSTALLATION COST OF $600.00  TIRES: MY LEFT FRONT TIRE DEVELOPED A SIDEWALL BLISTER THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL IN JUNE,2000. GENERAL TIRE REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES AT NO COST BUT AGAIN I PAID FORD $25 INSTALL COST. NOW A FEW DAYS AGO MY LEFT REAR TIRE DEVELOPED A SIDEWALL BLISTER THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. I'VE REQUESTED THAT GENERAL TIRE REPLACE ALL TIRES WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURE BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED. THEY ARE WILLING TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRE BUT I DON'T TRUST THERE QUALITY ENOUGH TO RIDE MY FAMILY ON. FORD HAS INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED AT LEAST 20 OR MORE GENERAL TIRES ON THE SAME STYLE TRUCK IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. SIDE WALL BLISTERS ARE VERY DANGERS AND CAN EXPLODE AT ANY TIME ESPECIALLY AS THE TIRE GETS HOTTER. GENERAL TIRE INFORMED ME OVER THE TELEPHONE THAT THEY ARE GETTING A UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF REPORTS FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR THE SAME TIRE. THESE TIRES MAY BE MISSING THE NYLON PLY IN THE SIDE WALL OR THE COMPONET COMPOUND USED FOR ADHESION IS DEFECTIVE.( DOT NUMBER: ADOR1JC289 TIRE SIZE: LT23585R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":869481,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2000","vin":"1FTNF20L2YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE GEARS SHIFTS IN AND OUT OF NUETRAL UNEXPECTEDLY.  RECENTLY ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE BEING DRIVEN AT 40MPH WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING.  DRIVER HAD TO PUT GEAR  INTO NEUTRAL, AND START VEHICLE BACK UP.  AN HOUR LATER , VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN AND WOULD NOT START BACK UP. DEALER HAS VEHICLE CURRENTLY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730309,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/31/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2000","vin":"1FTNF2OL2YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE STALLED; NO BRAKES; NO STEERING; FORCED OTHER CAR OFF ROAD;TRUCK AT RED HILL FORD, RED HILL, PA.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730309,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/31/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2000","vin":"1FTNF2OL2YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE STALLED; NO BRAKES; NO STEERING; FORCED OTHER CAR OFF ROAD;TRUCK AT RED HILL FORD, RED HILL, PA.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730019,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/20/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/03/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F2YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"#1 BUBBLES APPEARED AT ABOUT 11000 MI.     #2 SIDEWALL BLEW A FLAP  ABOUT 6 IN. LONG ALONG THE BEAD  AND TORE OUT THE INNER FENDER ON THE LEFT REAR  WHEEL WELL.   #3 TIRE  WAS REPLACEMENT FOR  #1 OR #2   AFTER ABOUT3300 MILES NOTICED VIB   NOTICED  RIDGE AROUND  CIRCUMFRENCE OF TIRE  TOOK TO SEARS  AND HAD CHECKED FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.           THE TIRES CAME AS ORIGINAL EQUIP  ON  F250 SUPER DUTY   2000 ,MODEL                I'VE HAD GENERAL TIRES YEARS AGO WHICH  BUBBLED AN SIDE WALL .( DOT NUMBER: ADOR TIRE SIZE: L2358516E )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730019,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/20/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/03/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F2YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"#1 BUBBLES APPEARED AT ABOUT 11000 MI.     #2 SIDEWALL BLEW A FLAP  ABOUT 6 IN. LONG ALONG THE BEAD  AND TORE OUT THE INNER FENDER ON THE LEFT REAR  WHEEL WELL.   #3 TIRE  WAS REPLACEMENT FOR  #1 OR #2   AFTER ABOUT3300 MILES NOTICED VIB   NOTICED  RIDGE AROUND  CIRCUMFRENCE OF TIRE  TOOK TO SEARS  AND HAD CHECKED FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.           THE TIRES CAME AS ORIGINAL EQUIP  ON  F250 SUPER DUTY   2000 ,MODEL                I'VE HAD GENERAL TIRES YEARS AGO WHICH  BUBBLED AN SIDE WALL .( DOT NUMBER: ADOR TIRE SIZE: L2358516E )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":868242,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/21/2000","vin":"3FTNX21F9YM","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVNG APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH RIGHT REAR SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT THE SIDEWALL.  TIRES WERE FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S,  P265/75R16, AND THE ORIGINAL TIRES OF VEHICLE WHEN FIRST PURCHASED.  VEHICLE WAS A FORD TRUCK, P250 PICKUP 2000 W/ 300 MILES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":867873,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/22/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/15/2000","vin":"1FTNW21L9YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE00 020 ; CONSUMER  WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON  HIGHWAY AND HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE .  TREAD SEPARATED FROM  TIRE.   AIR HAD DEFLATED FROM TIRE. BUT,  THE  VEHICLE STAYED UNDER CONTROL.   CONSUMER STATED THAT THEY WERE RIDING ON THE RIMS, TIRE CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE RIM.   TIRSS  ARE FIRESTONE STEEL TEX RADIAL A/T, LT265/7516 123/120Q.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  *AK   DOT# VNW8 1XL(359).   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":867768,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/14/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F9YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP ON 11 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE.  BRAKES WERE WEAK AND WOULD NOT WORK WHEN  VEHICLE WOULD HIT A BUMP OR RUN AT A FAST PACE.  DEALER HAD UNHOOKED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES  SYSTEM, AND THE BRAKES ARE NOW  WORKING FINE.  DEALER HAD ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS DEFECT WAS A PROBLEM TO SUPER DUTY TRUCKS .   MANUFACTURER IS AWARE, AND HAS NO REMEDY, BUT TO DISCONNECT THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":727162,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/29/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/09/2000","vin":"","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"AFTER WAITING FOR A STEERING GEAR BOX TO ARRIVE AT THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, MY TRUCK WAS RETURNED TO ME.  SEVERAL DAYS LATER, I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES RATHER HARD TO AVOID RUNNING OVER A BOTTLE ION THE ROAD.  AS I HIT THE BRAKES, I TRIED TO TURN TO GO AROUND THE BOTTLE.  I NOTICED THAT STEERING THE TRUCK IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WHEN THERE IS PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES.  WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL, NORMAL STEERING RETURNED.  AS I WAS TREATED POORLY (TO SAY THE LEAST ) BY THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE.  THIS INVOLVED A 120 MILE ROUND-TRIP DRIVE.  THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME TODAY.  WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK BACK, THE SERVICE MADVISOR, JACK DUGAN, TOLD ME THAT THIS IS \"A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TRUCK\" AND THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.  HE ADDED THAT IF I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY IT HANDLED, CONTACT FORD.  MY RESPONSE IS, WITH ALL OF THE PRESS ABOUT THE F-250, (THANKS TO NHTSA) WHY DO FORD MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES DENY THE EXISTENCE OF THE PROBLEM.  APPARENTLY, MIKE VAUGHN, OF FORD MOTOR CO., SPOKE WITH NHTSA AND SAID THAT FORD IS COOPERATING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.  ALSO, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY FROM DRIVER'S EDUCATION, IN THE EVENT OF A SKID, YOU SHOULD STEER IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SKID.  THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO WITH THIS TRUCK.  I CAN FORESEE MANY ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS SYSTEM.  ACCORDING TO JACK DUGAN, THE BRAKES AND STEERING USE THE SAME POWER BOOSTER.  I TOW A 23' TRAVEL TRAILER THAT WEIGHS ABOUT 5,000 LBS.  I AM AFRAID TO TOW THE TRAILER BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION.  THIS HAS PUT QUITE A DAMPER ON OUR SUMMER ACTIVITIES.  CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THE INVESTIGATION IS GOING AND WHAT I SHOULD DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM?  I LIKE THE TRUCK OVERALL, BUT CANNOT BELIEVE THE RUN-AROUND I GET FROM FORD AND CASA FORD IN EL PASO.  BORMAN AUTO PLEX HAS TREATED ME VERY WELL THROUGHOUT THIS DILEMA.  PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.  I GAVE A COPY OF THE NHTSA PRINTOUT TO JACK DUGAN AT BORMAN AUTO PLEX.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":867034,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/03/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/07/2000","vin":"1FTNF21L9YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE COMMING OUT OF A TURN STEERING SYSTEM  MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH.  DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":726454,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/30/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/02/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TREAD AFROM CASING ON TWO FRONT TIRES MAKING CONTROL VERY DIFFICULT. CAME VERY CLOSE TO LOSING CONTROL OF TRUCK.*AK( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: 265/75R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":726454,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/30/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/02/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F7YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TREAD AFROM CASING ON TWO FRONT TIRES MAKING CONTROL VERY DIFFICULT. CAME VERY CLOSE TO LOSING CONTROL OF TRUCK.*AK( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: 265/75R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":726169,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/28/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F0YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"BOTH MY RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED SIDEWALL FAILURES-ONE AT UNDER 12000 MILES AND ONE AT UNDER 15000 MILES.  TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED LARGE SIDEWALL BUBBLES OR CONVEXITIES OF AROUND 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 1 INCH IN HEIGHT. FORD DOES NOT WARRANTY THE TIRES SO I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH GENERAL TIRE. A PERSON AT THE 800 PHONE NUMBER FOR GENERAL TIRE MENTIONED THAT THIS COULD BE TWO ISOLATED DEFECTS, PERHAPS A BAD BATCH, OR PERHAPS THE TIRE SELECTED BY FORD MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH MY CONCERNS, AS THE TRUCK HAS A DIESEL MOTOR WHICH IS QUITE HEAVY, AND BOTH FRONT TIRES DEVELOPED THE SAME PROBLEM EARLY IN THE TIRES' TREADWEAR. ONE TIRE DEALER SAID HE'S SEEN IT BEFORE, SO I AM CONCERNED THAT THE TIRE CANNOT STAND UP TOT HE WEIGHT OF THE DIESEL ENGINE. FORD SAYS TO CONTACT GENERAL TIRE, AND GENERAL TIRE WILL ONLY WARRANTY THE INDIVIDUAL TIRE AS IT FAILS. NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WARRANTING THAT THE TIRE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE VEHICLE. THIS MAY BE TWO RARE AND ISOLATED INCIDENCES, BUT I FEEL THAT 100% FRONT TIRE FAILURE IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT WARRANTS LOOKING INTO. I'D BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THESE TIRES ARE REPLACED ON FORD DIESEL-POWERED TRUCKS, BUT ONLY GENERAL TIRE KNOWS THE ANSWER.*AK( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT235/85R1 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":865375,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/07/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/13/2000","vin":"1FTNW21S4YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL AND VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT WITHOUT A WARNING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":864992,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/2000","vin":"1FTNW21F6YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER . DEALER HAS HAD VEHICLE FOR WEEKS AND CLAIMS COULD NOT DUPLICATE DEFECT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":725090,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/2000","vin":"1GTFC29U7YZ","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":864927,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/04/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/06/2000","vin":"1FPNX21F1YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN A FEW TIMES FOR THE CLUTCH. THE DEALER  CAN'T SEEM TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.  THE CONSUMER WILL BE CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURE TO RETURN THE TRUCK.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":724148,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/17/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/17/2000","vin":"1FTNX20S4YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FUEL VENT TUBE WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE FUEL VAPOR COLLECTION CANISTER INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THE UNCONNECTED OPENING OF THE FUEL VENT TUBE WAS WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.  THIS CONDITION COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A FIRE AND/OR EXPLOSION DUE TO IGNITION OF FUEL VAPORS RELEASED WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THE DEFICIENCY WAS EASILY CORRECTED BY THE OWNER BY COMPLETING THE CONNECTION TO THE FUEL VAPOR COLLECTION CANISTER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":862468,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/24/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F0YE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"CONSUMER HEARS A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, AND WHEN FRONT SUSPENSION GOES UP AND DOWN ,IT WILL SQUEAK. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE OR LOCATE DEFECT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":861542,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/08/2000","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT INDICATION. DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":861494,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":3,"numberOfDeaths":1,"dateOfIncident":"04/11/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/05/2000","vin":"1FTNX21FXYE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE RAIN PULLING A 30' CAMPER FOOT AIR STREAM,  ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT LOST CONTROL, CAME ACROSS THE MEDIAN, SPINNING/STRUCK THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE.  UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.  CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, THEY  WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP.  *AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":861508,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/29/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/05/2000","vin":"1FTNX20S4YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"KEY IGNITION WIRE WAS NEVER FASTENED PROPERLY AT THE FACTORY, CAUSING IT TO FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK, RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. DEALER DID MANY TESTS BEFORE HE COULD DETERMINE DEFECT. DEALERS CONCLUSION WAS TO REPLACE WIRE AT CONNECTION (1027)GREY WIRE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":722206,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/02/2000","vin":"1FTNX20S4YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"LOOSE WIRE/CONNECTION.REPAIR WIRE AT CONNECT 1027 GRAY WIRE, ACCORDING TO FORD. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":722103,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2000","vin":"1FTNX30S4YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHEN CROSSING MULTIPLE RAILROAD TRACKS,IGNITION SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. MANAGED TO COAST PAST TRACKS BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON SIDE OF ROAD. TOW TRUCK DRIVER (LARRY'S TOWING 281-342-981, ROSENBERG TX) SAID THIS WAS THE SECOND FORD TRUCK(MODEL YEAR 2000, THAT HE HAD TOWED WITH SAME PROBLEM, JUST STOPPED RUNNING. THIS PROBLEM WHICH COULD EASILY HAD LED TO FATAL ACCIDENT WHEN STOPPED ON RAIL LINE IS APPARENTLY WELL KNWN TO TOW TRUCK DRIVERS , THUS MUST ALSO BE KNOWN TO FORD, BUT THEY HAVE NO RECALL ETC.2  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":860909,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/25/2000","vin":"1FTNX20S8YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"FAULTY 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION KEEPS POPPING OUT OF 4TH GEAR. DEALER  INSTALLED A NEW TRANSMISSION.  *AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":858846,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/20/2000","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DRIVER'S  AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT DOES NOT PROPERLY FIT THE DRIVER, IT COMES ACROSS THE NECK AND NOT THE SHOULDER.  DEALER STATES THAT THISIS  A MANUFACTURES DESIGN FLAW.   PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":856189,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/23/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/03/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F4YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"ENTIRE STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT TURN TO THE LEFT, PASSED THE CENTER. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP.  DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":717839,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/23/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/25/2000","vin":"1FTNW20F9YE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHEN IGNITION KEY IS HALFWAY BETWEEN OFF POSITION AND ON POSITION, THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER CAN BE MOVED INTO ANY GEAR/ WITHOUT HAVING TO PUSH ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":854837,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/30/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2000","vin":"1FATSW31F1Y","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT IF STEERING WHEEL IS HELD LOOSELY OR NOT AT ALL. SPEED IS NOT A FACTOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM, BUT HAS NO CORRECTIVE SOLUTIONS.  *AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":558775,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES (P265/75R16) ARE EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION, THE TREAD IS WEARING AT ONLY 10500 MILES.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":558775,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F2YE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES (P265/75R16) ARE EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION, THE TREAD IS WEARING AT ONLY 10500 MILES.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":853111,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"01/03/2000","vin":"1FTNX21F5YE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHEN CONSUMER IS TRYING TO PARK ON A HILL AND APPLY THE BRAKES FULLY, CONSUMER CANNOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. SERVICE BULLETIN #99-19-04 WAS ISSUED WHICH STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, AND NO REPAIRS WOULD BE NECESSARY.  *AK  *YC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":714713,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/06/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/1999","vin":"1FTNX21F7YE","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WILL NOT STEER WHEN HARD OR EMERGENCY BRAKING, OR AT STAND STILL, FORD STATES IT IS NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION AND NO REPAIR ACTION. SPECIAL SERVICE MESSAGES  12995.  THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT REPAIRS, THE COMPLAINT IS WIDE SPREAD.  IF ONE IS TOWING A TRAILER, DOWNHILL AND NEEDS TO SLOW OR STOP THERE WILL BE ON STEERING, OR A HARD BRAKING AT A TURN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":852105,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/28/1999","vin":"1FTNW21L5YE","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS ARE IN USE, THEY WOULD TIGHTEN UP FOR NO REASON. WOULD HAVE NO WARNING WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN. THE LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE SEAT WOULD FAIL TO RELEASE THE BELT. WOULD HAVE CUT THE BELT TO RELEASE INDIVIDUAL.  BRAKES WERE USED AT TIME OF TIGHTENING INCIDENT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC ORDERED A NEW BELT SYSTEM FOR REAR OF VEHICLE.  *AK  *YC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-250","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]}]}