{"count":450,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11467161,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/02/2022","dateComplaintFiled":"06/02/2022","vin":"1FDWW36S0XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"The contact owns a 1999 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving at speeds in excess of 40 MPH, after driving over a pothole in the roadway, the vehicle started shaking and vibrating violently. The contact stated that after slowing down the failure ceased. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 50,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11423732,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/07/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/2021","vin":"1FTSW31S6XE","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION","summary":"This truck has the death wobble.  It gets the death wobble at 20 mph. My next step is to sue Ford","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11362838,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2020","vin":"1FTWW33F9XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE OWNER WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WAS AVAILABLE WHILE TURING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT HOWEVER, WAS NOT AVAILABLE WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HOWEVER, THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11152872,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":1,"dateOfIncident":"10/25/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"11/20/2018","vin":"1FTWX33F0XE","components":"STEERING,AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE THE CONTACT'S FATHER WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, HE SWERVED TO AVOID STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES DID NOT STOP AND THE STEERING SEIZED. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER STRUCK A TREE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A DITCH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT'S FATHER SUSTAINED BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE TORSO AND WAS FATALLY INJURED UPON IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11111085,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/08/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"07/12/2018","vin":"1FTWW33F9XE","components":"POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"TAKATA RECALL. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY TRUCK SHUT OFF RANDOMLY MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AFTER THIS AND CONTINUED TO FLASH AND STILL SHUTS OFF SO I REPLACED MY FUEL FILTER, CPS SENSOR AND IT STILL SHUTS OFF. IT'S LIKE I'M GOIN DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STALLS. IT DOES IT MORE THAN ONCE WHEN I'M DRIVING I JUST SHUT IT OFF AND START IT AGAIN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":11110299,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/09/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"07/09/2018","vin":"1FTWW33F2XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK DYNAPRO AS TIRES, SIZE: 235/85R16. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SWERVE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING DOWN QUICKLY AND UNEVENLY, BUT THE REAR TIRES SHOWED NO FAILURES. THE LOCAL TIRE STORE WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY NO LONGER SERVICED OR SOLD HANKOOK TIRES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND LEFT A VOICE MESSAGE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 370,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"HANKOOK","productModel":"DYNAPRO AS","size":"LT235/85R16","manufacturer":"Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd."}]},{"odiNumber":10936826,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/29/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/2016","vin":"1FTWW33F2XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"01/2016:  VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN HOME FROM WORK WHEN THERE WAS A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO ROLL TO A STOP IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CHURCH.  LATER IT WAS DETERMINED THIS RESULTED FROM FAILURE OF #7 CYLINDER INJECTOR UNIT, BELIEVED TO HAVE FAILED DUE TO DELAMINATION INSIDE OF FUEL TANK.  ABOUT 02/23/2014, 207980 MILES: FUEL TANK HAD BEEN REMOVED AND INTERNAL SCREENS CLEARED DUE TO THE ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING PRIOR TO INJECTOR FAILURE.  INTERNAL PICK-UP TUBE SCREENS WERE BLOCKED WITH DELAMINATION MATERIAL FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TANK.  TWO NEW FUEL PUMPS HAD BEEN PURCHASED AND INSTALLED PRIOR TO CLEANING THE INTERNAL PICK-UP SCREENS.  I HAVE RECEIPTS FOR WORK AND PARTS RELATING TO THE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10936262,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/16/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"12/19/2016","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350, EQUIPPED WITH ALCOA WHEELS, SIZE: 16 X 6. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE WHEELS VIBRATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SPOKES WERE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE WHEEL AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10907319,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/16/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"09/17/2016","vin":"1FDWF36S8XE","components":"ENGINE","summary":"SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM HEAD ON STARTUP.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10881248,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/03/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"06/28/2016","vin":"1FTSF31F5XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY BRACKET WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY BRACKET WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10872281,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/23/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"06/03/2016","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"TAKATA RECALL WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE LOST ALL AIR AFTER TAKING TIRE AND WHEEL IN TO GET FIXED THE TIRE SHOP SAID THE WHEEL HAD SEPERATED CAUSING THE TIRE TO LOOSE AIR LEFT FRONT TIRE NOW LOOSING AIR I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEMS ON FORD F350 1TON DULLYS04","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10871722,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/29/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"06/01/2016","vin":"1FTWW33F6XE","components":"WHEELS","summary":"BOTH FRONT ALUMINUM RIMS CRACKED, FIRST ONE I REPAIRED IN 2006 THE SECOND ONE JUST HAPPENED AND IS NOT REPAIRABLE. 120 K ON TRUCK. DEALER TOLD ME NOTHING HE COULD DO ON THE FIRST ONE. THESE RIMS ARE DEFINITELY DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10716116,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/05/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"05/13/2015","vin":"1FTSF31F4XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FAULTY AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURES, THE REAR AXLE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES, LATER THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FAULTY AGAIN AND THE AXLE WAS REPLACED A SECOND TIME. AFTER HAVING THE AXLE REPLACED, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT TO THE SIXTH GEAR WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 363,000.   UPDATED 7/14/15*CN    UPDATED 10/16/2017*CN","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10681781,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/06/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"02/06/2015","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: X RADIAL LT, AND TIRE SIZE: 265/75/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS 220,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"MICHELIN","productModel":"X RADIAL LT","size":"265/75/R16","manufacturer":"Michelin North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10630896,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"09/04/2014","vin":"1FTSW31F7XE","components":"SUSPENSION,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F350 DIESEL DOWN THE HIGHWAY, APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HEARD A THUMP AND LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. COULD NOT PULL OVER DUE TO TRAFFIC, PULLED OVER WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED, AROUND ANOTHER 100 FEET. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDER TRUCK, TO DISCOVER FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGING ALONG THE HIGHWAY. REAR FUEL TANK STRAP HAD BROKEN.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10626562,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"08/20/2014","vin":"1FTSF31S9XE","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FUEL STRAPS WERE DISCONNECTED AND COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.  UPDATED 10/28/2014*LJ   UPDATED 04/21/2015  *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10605850,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/23/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"06/25/2014","vin":"1FTSW31F4XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"LARGE AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT ON DRIVEWAY MAKING TRUCK UNABLE TO DRIVE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10583551,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/02/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"04/18/2014","vin":"1FTWX33F1XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE PARKING BRAKE WAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE DEFECT WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10542617,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/07/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2013","vin":"1FTSX31F4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350 WITH UNIROYAL LIBERATOR TIRES, SIZE: LT265/75/16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"UNIROYAL","productModel":"LT24575R16","size":null,"manufacturer":"UNIROYAL TIRE CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10467850,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"07/26/2012","vin":"1FTSW30S2XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARKING GEAR AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE WOULD NEED REPLACING AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V068000 (PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10462266,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"06/19/2012","vin":"1FTSW31F6XE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350.  THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE METAL SURROUNDING THE REAR LIFT GATE WINDOW WAS SEPARATING AND CAUSING A LEAK. ALSO, THE RIDGES ON THE ROOF WERE SEPARATING AND CORRODING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10444347,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/17/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/18/2012","vin":"1FTSF31F9XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A SNOW BANK. THE CONTACT WAS UNINJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE STEERING SHAFT, WHICH WAS FRACTURED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145,000.  UPDATED 02/15/12*LJ  THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO ROAD HAZARD TO CAUSE THE STEERING SHAFT FAILURE. UPDATED 02/17/12","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10443128,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/02/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/08/2012","vin":"1FTWW32F8XE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"I OWN A 1999 FORD F-350 I PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY AT 8 PM ON JANURARY 1 AND WOKE UP AT TO A LOUD BOOM AT 5 AM IN THE MORNING . FORD SENT ME A RECALL NOTICE ON DECEMBER 30 WAS GOING TO SET A APPOINTMENT ON JANURARY 2 UNFORTUNATELY THE TRUCK BURNED MONDAY MORNING. ALSO HAVE A FORD EXPEDITION LOOKED UP THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND IT TO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM FORD HAS YET TO SEND ME A RECALL NOTICE. NOW ARGUING WITH INSURANCE COMPANY THEY WANT TO GIVE ME NOTHING FOR MY TRUCK.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10435373,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/11/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2011","vin":"1FTSF31S6XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"REAR FUEL TANK STRAP THAT HOLDS THE FUEL TANK IN POSITION FAILED.  IN 2003 FORD HAD A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK TO INSTALL SAFETY STRAPS AROUND THE FUEL TANK IN CASE THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE MAIN STRAPS.  WHEN THE REAR STRAP FAILED THE SAFETY STRAP FAILED AND THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE TANK IN THE TRUCK WAS THE FUEL LINE. THE TANK WAS ABOUT 3/4 FULL IF IT HAD SEPARATED ALL TOGETHER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER AND PROBABLY A FIRE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10432847,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/26/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2011","vin":"1FTSF31F3XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 PICK UP. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE FUEL STRAPS DETACHED FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY CONFIRMED THE VIN DID NOT QUALIFY FOR RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V311000 ( FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10418874,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/05/2011","vin":"1FTSW31FOXE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE TRUCK WAS BOUGHT IN CANADA AND SHIPPED TO GERMANY APROX. JUNE 2000.  BECAUSE OF MUCH CORROSION AT THE CHASSIS I DECIDED TO REMOVE THE CHEAP BITUMEN PROTECTION AND TO COVER THE CHASSIS WITH SPECIAL PAINTS.  DOING THIS, I DISCOVERED, THAT THE IRON BELTS OF THE FUEL TANK WAS COMPLETELY ATTACKED BY CORROSION. MAY BE 20 % OF IRON HAD CHANGED INTO FEO. IN THIS MOMENT, THE BELT WOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN, MAY BE 3 OR 5 YEARS LATER.    IF MY REPORT IS NOT 100 % CLEAR IT'S BECAUSE ENGLISH IS NOT MY MOTHER LANGUAGE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10415943,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/21/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"07/26/2011","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"1999 FORD F-350. UNIT #1 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE. UNIT #1 HAD A RIGHT TIRE BLOWOUT CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND STRIKE THE GUARDRAIL OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. UNIT #1 CAME TO A CONTROLLED STOP AFTER STRIKING THE GUARDRAIL. *LN  ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, ALL THE TIRES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT ALL WERE FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS AND ALL HAD DIFFERENT READ PATTERNS. THE DRIVER STATED THE TIRE BLOWN TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0460-91)*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10382596,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"02/14/2011","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DUAL WHEEL STUDS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY REPLACED THE EIGHT DEFECTIVE WHEEL STUDS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY  115,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10340813,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/20/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/30/2010","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOUD POP SOUND COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE, SECONDS LATER, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY GUARD RAIL. THE CONTACT SUFFERED A CONCUSSION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS 50000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10303339,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/26/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"01/30/2010","vin":"1FTSW31F9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"HERE'S WHAT  HAPPENED  ON 7-26-09  I WAS ON MY WAY BACK TO FORT WORTH  FROM AUSTIN, TX  FROM A TRADE SHOW WHEN  ABOUT 3:00 PM ON HWY I-35E 19 MILES SOUTH OF WACO TX THE  I FELT A SUDDEN VIBRATION AND THUMPING IN THE FRONT. I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN TO GET OFF THE ROAD TO CHECK IT OUT  WHEN FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SEVERELY VEER TO THE LEFT  TRYING MY BEST TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM ROLLING,  THEN HITTING  THE CONCRETE GUARD RAIL WHICH DEFLECTED THE TRUCK ENOUGH TO SLIDE DOWN THE BARRIER FOR ABOUT TWO HUNDRED FEET TILL IT STOPPED.  I FELT LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE RIGHT LANE AT THE TIME I WOULD HAVE TAKEN CARS OUT AS WELL.  I WAS ABLE PUT THE SPARE ON AND LIMP BACK HOME     THIS IS THE THIRD TIRE OUT OF THE FOUR  ALL THE SAME BATCH  I HAVE HAD  THROWN TREAD AND THE LAST WAS BLOW OUT! ALL INSTALLED AT THE SAME TIME AND BRAND.  FIRST ONE THREW TREAD ON 10-14-08 LEFT REAR DID SOME DAMAGE.  OK THINGS HAPPEN,  I HAVE WARRANTY ON IT FROM DISCOUNT TIRES, THEY REPLACED IT.. THEN THE NEXT THREW OFF IT'S ON 7-21-09 RIGHT REAR TIRE. DISCOUNT TIRE REPLACES IT TOO..  I HAD THEM LOOK AT THE OTHERS TIRES AND CHECK FOR DEFECTS, EVERYTHING WAS FINE.. FIVE DAYS LATER THIS BLOW OUT ON THE DRIVERS FRONT'  THREE TIRES THROWING TREAD IN 9 MONTHS AND TWO WITH IN A WEEK I WAS THINKING THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE, THIS IS THE DEFINITE SIGN OF DEFECTIVE TIRES. I STILL HAVE ONE MORE TIRE ON THE TRUCK WHICH LOOKS PERFECTLY GOOD.. I WILL ASK TO HAVE REPLACED AS WELL.   I'M NOT HAVING ANY LUCK WITH MICHELIN .. THEY GAVE ME A GENERIC EXCUSE AND ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANY REPAIRS TO MY TRUCK  THIS IS WHY I NEED YOUR HELP! *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"B.F.GOODRICH","productModel":"ALL-TERRAIN","size":null,"manufacturer":"B.F. GOODRICH TIRE CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10278556,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/25/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"07/28/2009","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-350 WITH THE V-10 ENGINE AND ONLY 60,000 MILES.  COMING BACK FROM DENVER - NOT HAULING ANYTHING - THE ENGINE BLEW OUT A SPARK PLUG.  THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT AND WELL DOCUMENTED ON FORD PROBLEMS.COM.  GIVEN THE NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND THE POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUES WITH A BLOWN OUT PLUG I RESPECTIVELY REQUEST THAT THIS BE CONSIDERED AS A RECALL MATTER ON ALL SUCH EQUIPPED VEHICLES. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10269310,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/15/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"05/19/2009","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,EQUIPMENT","summary":"I HAVE A 1999 FORD F350.  I HAVE THE BRAKES WORKED ON 4 SEPARATE TIMES IN THE 5 YEARS SINCE THE TRUCK FROM MY FATHER IN LAW.  THE FRONT START TO SHAKE VERY HARD AND FINAL SLOWS DOWN.  I HAVE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACE THE CALIPERS REPLACED AND THE ROTORS TURNED.  I HAVE ONLY PUT 60,000 MILES ON THIS TRUCK AND MY FATHER IN LAW HAD PUT 160,000.  HE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES.  I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER EACH TIME AND THEY SAY IT IS HARD DRIVING.  I HAVE NOT BEEN PULLING ANY TRAILERS WITH IT AND THE BRAKES USUALLY START SHAKING WITHIN A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES OF THE BRAKE JOB.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"9999","productMake":"BRAKE PARTS","productModel":"DISC BRAKE ROTOR","manufacturer":"Brake Parts Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10221741,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/02/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"03/19/2008","vin":"1FTWX33F9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"DRIVING ON BLACKTOP DIVIDE HIGHWAY AND THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE BROKE (CORRODED THROUGH) LETTING THE SPARE TIRE DROP OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. THE TIRE THEN ROLLED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND JUST MISSED HITTING AN ON COMING CAR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER FROM WHAT I READ ON THE INTERNET CHAT ROOMS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10211843,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/06/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2007","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350.  THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER TIRES.  WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY.  THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE.  HE REPLACED THE TIRE.  FOUR WEEKS LATER, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE.  TWO WEEKS LATER, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE.  THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06T016000 (TIRES:TREAD/BELT); HOWEVER, ALL THREE TIRES WERE REPLACED.  THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, TIRE LINE AND SIZE WERE UNKNOWN.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 19,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"COOPER","productModel":"UNKNOWN","size":null,"manufacturer":"Cooper Tire & Rubber Co."}]},{"odiNumber":10195011,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/11/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/29/2007","vin":"1FTWW33F2XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350.  WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE.  THE CONTACT NOTICED AN AIR BUBBLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE.  SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE TIRE PLUS STORE WHERE IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY.  THE FAILURE RECURRED, HOWEVER, THERE WERE FOUR AIR BUBBLES IN THE TIRE AND THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM.  THE TIRE STORE STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT REPAIR IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES.  THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SHE WAS STRIKING THE CURB WHEN PARKING AND DRIVING, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES.  THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRES HERSELF.  THE TIRES WERE BRIDGESTONE DUELER A/T 693, SIZE LT265/75R16.  THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"BRIDGESTONE","productModel":"DUELER A/T 693","size":"LT265/75R16","manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10168598,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/13/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"09/19/2006","vin":"1FDWE30F8WH","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL","summary":"FUEL DRAIN O RING FAILS ALLOWING FUEL LEAKAGE DURING OPERATION IN FORD AMBULANCES F350 BUILT IN 1999. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10153923,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/28/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"03/28/2006","vin":"1FTWX33F9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, A THUMPING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE FRONT END.  THE CONTACT SLOWED THE VEHICLE TO 5 MPH, AND PULLED OVER A MILE LATER.  THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE.  THE TIRE WAS CHANGED AND HAS NOT BEEN TO A MECHANIC.  THIS IS A CONTINENTAL LT23585R16 TIRE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"CONTINENTAL","productModel":"UNKNOWN","size":null,"manufacturer":"Continental Tire the Americas, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10150220,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/14/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/14/2006","vin":"1FDSF34F7XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 65MPH. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH THE SENSOR.  THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S GARAGE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED.  THE POLICE WERE ALERTED IN ORDER TO ASSIST WITH TRAFFIC WHILE THE TIRE WAS BEING CHANGED.  THE DRIVER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO THE ARM, BUT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT.  THERE WAS NO CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE TIRE BECAUSE THE CONTACT FELT THE BLOW OUT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO A NORMAL ROAD HAZARD.  THE PRIMARY CONCERN EXPRESSED WAS WITH THE UNWARRANTED DEPLOYMENT OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAG.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10146556,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"12/30/2005","vin":"1FTWW33F0XE","components":"WHEELS","summary":"DT:  THE CONTACT STATED BOTH FRONT RIMS  CRACKED.  THE FIRST RIM CRACKED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO AND WAS REPLACED.  THE SECOND RIM HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED.  THIS STARTED WITH A HAIRLINE CRACK ON THE SPOKE, THEN AFTER DRIVING THE CRACK WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10146444,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/06/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2005","vin":"","components":"TIRES,WHEELS","summary":"1999 FORD F-350 LEFT REAR DUAL TIRES CAME OFF.  *TS    THE POLICE REPORTED STATED THE DUAL STUDS WERE ALL SHEARED OFF.  THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THE STUDS WERE BROKEN PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10140287,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"10/19/2005","vin":"1FTWW32F7XE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"1) CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ALWAYS SET & WHEN I TOUCHED THE BRAKE IT WOULD NOT ALWAYS STOP.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10131714,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/05/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"08/05/2005","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"DT: CONTACT STATED WHEN  STEPPING ON THE BRAKES THE CAR JUMPED ALL OVER THE ROAD AND  IT WILL NOT STOP. IT BOUNCED AROUND UNCONTROLLABLY.  CONTACT NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WITH LESS THAN 3,000 MILES ON IT IN 1999.  THE DEALER TOLD CONTACT  THAT IT WAS THE BRAKES ON  AND HE HAD  BRAKES ON THE CHANGED.  BUT,  PROBLEM  RECURRED AS LONG AS  BRAKES WERE ON.  WHEN  CONTACT HAD THE ABS  BRAKES DISCONNECTED PROBLEM DISAPPEARED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10111528,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/06/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/15/2005","vin":"","components":"TIRES,WHEELS","summary":"THE FRONT RIMS HAD CRACKS ON THEM. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT TIRES TO LOSE AIR PREMATURELY.  DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE RIMS/TIRES. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10099403,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/11/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/08/2004","vin":"1FTSX30S4XE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE4 DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED.  DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE SPARK PLUG FAILURE. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK  THE CYLINDER HEAD FAILED.  THE SPARK PLUG FELL OUT OF THE ENGINE.  *TC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10103252,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/08/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/07/2004","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE SLIPPED GEAR OR JERKED FORWARD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10097781,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/04/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2004","vin":"1FTSW31F5XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, AND ABOUT 50 MILES LATER THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED.   *AK   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX A/T","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10083223,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/18/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY.  THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER.  THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER REAR TIRED BLEW OUT.   *AK   THE TREAD SEPARATION REPEATED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS.   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"BRIDGESTONE","productModel":"DUELER AT","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10087532,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/07/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2004","vin":"1FTSX31F4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 50-55 MPH THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THERE WERE TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILD PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE DURING THE INCIDENT.   *AK   *TS   *SC     *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX R4S","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10083221,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/28/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/21/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLE.  CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER.  DRIVER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING.  THE TIRES WERE TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION.  MECHANIC  DETERMINED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION.  *AK  THE TIRES WERE REPLACED.  *TC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"BRIDGESTONE","productModel":"DUELER AT","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10092712,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/13/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE CONSUMER HAD TWO SETS OF SIX FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES WITH CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL.  *NM  FIRESTONE WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER FOR THE TIRES.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"FIRESTONE","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10092908,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1901","dateComplaintFiled":"09/13/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEEL TEX A/T TIRE PROBLEMS.*MR  THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THREE TREAD SEPARATIONS.  THE LAST FAILURE CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.  THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET AN ADJUSTMENT BUT WAS DENIED.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX A/T","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10092505,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1901","dateComplaintFiled":"09/13/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"CONSUMER THOUGHT THE VEHICLE HAD WHEEL BEARING PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE NOISE IT MADE WHILE DRIVING.  CONSUMER LATER HEISTED THE TRUCK UP AND NOTICED THAT THE TWO FRONT TIRES LOOKED STRANGE.   WHEN THE TIRES WERE REPLACED THE NOISE STOPPED.  *NM    *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10089980,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/11/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"08/30/2004","vin":"1D7HU16D74J","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING. THIS CAUSED A COLLISION. CONSUMER SUSTAINED  MINOR INJURIES.  HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10089390,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/03/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"08/20/2004","vin":"1FDWF36F9XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE PARKING DRIVER'S AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED.  CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10075949,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/04/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/04/2004","vin":"1FTWW33F9XE","components":"WHEELS","summary":"TRUCKS TWO FRONT WHEELS HAVE CRACKED AND WILL NOT HOLD AIR.*MR  BOTH FRONT ALUMINUM WHEELS.  THE CRACK ON BOTH WHEELS IS LOCATED ON THE INSIDE AROUND THE SPOKE.  THE DEALER HAD CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO HELP.  THE WHEELS WERE REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10067102,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/12/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/13/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER STATED THE PISTON MALFUNCTIONED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10066653,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/22/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/06/2004","vin":"1FTSW31F2XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND TOWING A TRAILER THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE BLOW.*MR    CONSUMER FIRST NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT TILL FINDING OUT THE BLISTERING AT THE FRONT LEFT TIRE AT THE SEAM OF THE THREAD AND THE SIDEWALL.  TIRE HAD 39,657 MILES ON IT.  *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX RADIAL TIRE","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10064832,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/22/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/24/2004","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE VEHICLE'S CLUTCH MECHANISM FAILED WHILE DRIVING. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO COME TO AN COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10061161,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/02/2004","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"CONSUMER STATES STEERING COLUMN HAS A RESISTANCE IN THE WHEEL, AND DOES NO RETURN TO THE CENTER AFTER TURNING. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10048701,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/18/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/12/2004","vin":"1FTSX31S3XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING.  THE PASSENGER REAR FENDER WELL END WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT.   *NLM    THE BELT AND TREAD SEPARATED FROM CORE.  DOT#DA217PG06D   *SC  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX AT","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10051872,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/12/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2003","vin":"1FTWW33F6XE","components":"WHEELS","summary":"RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HAS A 6 1/2 INCH CRACK, AND DOESN'T HOLD AIR.  CRACK IS VISIBLE FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10048231,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/19/2003","vin":"FILLIN","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  AT 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE.  CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE THE NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD  A BLOW OUT. FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL AT,  LT265/75R/16, DOT#  UNKNOWN. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX A/T","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10044155,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/08/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"10/15/2003","vin":"1FTSX31FXXE","components":"STEERING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION IN 1999 F350 SERIES TRUCKS.   *MR   THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AT THE TIME, FORD INSTALLED A RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION PER COMPANY POLICY.  FOR THAT TRANSMISSION THE CONSUMER PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY.  ALMOST ONE YEAR LATER A SECOND TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE.  ANOTHER FORD DEALER IN IOWA STATED THAT THE RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE START AND THAT A PART OF IT WAS EGGING WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROUND.   THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE FIRST 2K MILES.  THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT FORD SHOULD COVER THE COST SPENT ON THE REPAIR(S).   *SCC          *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10043935,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1901","dateComplaintFiled":"10/15/2003","vin":"1FTSW31F0XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"SEALED BEARING FAILURE IN 1999 FORD 350 SUPER DUTY.*MR  *CB  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10042510,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/07/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/07/2003","vin":"1FTWW32F1XE","components":"WHEELS","summary":"CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WHEEL RIMS CRACKED, AND LOST TIRE PRESSURE RAPIDLY.  FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE RIM WAS CRACKED.  CONSUMER CALLED  RIM MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF RIM, MANUFACTURED FROM 06/1996-06/1999,  WAS BEING RECALLED.    CONSUMER THEN  CALLED FORD,  AND WAS TOLD THAT THESE RIMS WERE MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR FORD,  AND FORD WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RIM RECALLS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10040395,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/23/2003","vin":"1FTWW32F8XE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED.   *PH    THE CONSUMER DIDN'T NOTICE ANY SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE.    *PH  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10031270,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/14/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/2003","vin":"1FTWW33F2XE","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WHILE DRIVING. THE  DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPEED OF VEHICLE.  THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *TS   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10038812,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/12/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/13/2003","vin":"1FTSX30S4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE AND AFTER ABOUT 3,000 MILES, MOSTLY ON THE HIGHWAY, THE SIDE OF MY TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON MY MUDDY DRIVEWAY GOING AT THE BLINDING SPEED OF 3-4 MILES PER HOUR.    *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"MICHELIN","productModel":"LTXA 115","size":null,"manufacturer":"MICHELIN TIRE CORP."}]},{"odiNumber":10038494,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2003","vin":"","components":"TIRES,WHEELS","summary":"CONSUMER NOTICED TWO OF THE  TIRES HAD SLOW LEAKS. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN  SAW RIM WITH CRACKS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10034528,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/25/2003","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH SPARE TIRE CABLE  BROKE OFF FROM UNDER VEHICLE, CAUSING  TIRE TO ROLL FROM UNDER VEHICLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10032239,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/06/2003","vin":"1FTWW32F9XE","components":"WHEELS","summary":"MANUFACTURER IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE RECALL 03 E 028 000, BECAUSE THE WHEELS HAVE A FORD STAMP ON IT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"9999","productMake":"ALCOA","productModel":"WHEEL","manufacturer":"Alcoa, Inc"}]},{"odiNumber":10024868,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/24/2003","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH CONSUMER FELT  VIBRATION AND HEARD A LOUD FLAPPING NOISE.  DRIVER LOOKED OUT  OF REARVIEW AND NOTICED THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"STEELTEX","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10021765,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/28/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/28/2003","vin":"1FDSF35S6XE","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"STEERING FROZE WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN.   COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN  STEERING WHEEL.   THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO HIT ANOTHER AUTO'S DOOR HEAD ON.  ALSO THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK, LOST COMPLETE BRAKING POWER.     *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10014975,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/17/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"04/01/2003","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE TIE ROD HAD ROTTED OUT AND THE SLEEVE WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF. THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10014657,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"03/28/2003","vin":"1FTSW31FXXE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE CAM POSITION SENSOR CONTINUED TO FAIL,  WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10012241,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/17/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"03/21/2003","vin":"FULLFILL","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE VEHICLES GEAR SHIFT BROKE OFF THE TRANSMISSION.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10012068,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/13/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/19/2003","vin":"1FTSW31FXXE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,WHEELS","summary":"THE LEFT REAR WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE JERK FOWARD.  *JB  THE CONSUMER REQUESTED AN 03 VEHICLE OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.  AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, THE MANUAL, LOCKABLE HUB(S) BEGAN TO FAIL.  THE DEALER CONVINCED THE CONSUMER(S) TO PURCHASE 8 PLY TIRES, BUT THIS DIDN'T REDUCE THE NOISE OR HUB PROBLEMS, THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED ACCELERATION PROBLEM'S.  THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM.  THE ENGINE IDLED ROUGH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON.  A BAD CAM SENSOR WAS FOUND, AND A SOUND HAD COME FROM THE FUEL PUMP.  AN ADAPTER TO THE METAL PLATE WAS BUILT IN, EXTENDING FROM THE UNDERDASH, TO THE FIREWALL, TO PROVIDE A BETTER GROUND SYSTEM.  SCC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10011127,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/03/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/07/2003","vin":"1FTSX31S5XE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10008954,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/20/2003","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"THE VEHICLE SURGED FOWARD WHILE IN DRIVE. WHEN THE BRAKE WAS PRESSED SLIGHTLY THE ENGINE REVVED EXTREMELY HIGH. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT GEAR IN REVERSE THEN NEUTRAL TO STOP ENGINE FROM RACING.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10008686,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/08/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"02/19/2003","vin":"FULLFILL","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10001837,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/26/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"01/02/2003","vin":"PLEASE PROV","components":"TIRES","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAVE TREAD SEPERATION CAUSING A TIRE BLOW OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. SIZE 28575R168 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT#. TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"BRIDGESTONE","productModel":"BRIDGESTONE","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10001880,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/11/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"01/02/2003","vin":"1FTSX31F8XE","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE PARKED IN A DOWN HILL POSITION IN DRIVEWAY AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE SNAP AND VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN HILL. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10001155,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/18/2002","vin":"1FTSX31F8XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING INTERMITTENTLY LIGHT AT THE SWITCH ON AND OFF AT AIRBAG ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10001075,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/13/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2002","vin":"1SDWF3579XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","summary":"CONSUMER STATES HE HAS PUT 6 FUEL PUMP ON HIS TRUCK SINCE 1999.  HE ALSO STATES THAT THE FIRST PUMP LASTED APPROX 40,000 MILE, THE 2ND ON E   LASTED UP TO 60,000 MILES, AND THE REST OF THEM HE CANNOT REMEMBER.  HE STATES THAT THE LAST PUMP WAS PUT ON NOV 19 OR 20TH AND LASTED ONLY 10 DAYS.  HE STATED TOO, THAT WHEN THE PUMPS GOES OUT HIS TRUCK STOPS AND IF HE IS ON THE MOUNTAIN OR ON A HILL, HE CANNOT BREAK OR STOP THE TRUCK BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT THAT HE CARRIES.  HE CARRIES STEEL AND IT IS HEAVY.  HE STATES THAT THIS IS SCARRY, AND NOBODY SEEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP HIM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":770325,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/21/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/02/2002","vin":"1FTWW32FXXE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE WOULD ROLL IN PARKING GEAR. DEALER SAID THAT BEARINGS IN TRANSMISSION WERE WORN COMPLETELY OUT LETTING GEARS BYPASS EACH OTHER. DAMAGE WAS ALSO DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION INTERNAL CASING AND THE GEARS  PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE. DEALER PICKED UP 1/2 OF REPAIR COST.  HE SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE.  DT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8021542,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"10/24/2002","vin":"1FTWX33F7XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER HAS DIFFICULTY GETTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR AND WHEN SHIFTING,  WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DOES SHIFT GEARS, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE, THE FREE PLAY IN THE CLUTCH IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT, SOMETIMES THE CLUTCH WOULD ENGAGE WHEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL WAS NEAR THE TOP , OTHER TIMES THE CLUTCH WOULD ENGAGE WHEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY.  THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A 6 INCH PIECE OF RUBBER HYDRAULIC HOSE IN THE HYDRAULIC LINE OF THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, SO WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS WARMED UP, IT EXPANDED INSTEAD OF STAYING RIDGED.  FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND UPDATED THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT PROBLEM IS CONSIDERED A WEAR ITEM.  *JB  *SCC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8021490,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/23/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/23/2002","vin":"1FTWW33F2XE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING,THE 4 INTERIOR LIGHTS SUDDENLY CAME ON,DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO TURN THEM OFF. POWER WINDOW, AND WINDSHIELD WHIPER BECAME INOPERATIVE.HAD VEHICLE SERVICED,THE COMPUTER GEM MODULE HAD WENT OUT. THIS ALSO CONTROLS THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE.    MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8021182,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"10/18/2002","vin":"1FTSF31F4XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER STATED THE ROTORS FAILED PREMATURELY, WHICH ALSO CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL, WHEN DIRT WAS BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND THE INSIDE OF THE ROTOR, IT CAUSED PREMATURE WEAR, AND THE CALIPER BECAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ROTOR WHICH CREATED A METAL TO METAL CONTACT.  MR *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":567672,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/13/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2002","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"WHILE IN MOTION, THE TWO REAR TIRES ON THE LEFT SIDE BROKE OFF.  ONE OF THE TIRES STRUCK ANOTHER ON COMING VEHICLE.    THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED FOR BRAKES 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, IT WAS NOTED ON THE REPORT THAT ALL LUG NUTS WERE LOOSE, THE RIGHT REAR COULD BE LOOSENED BY HAND, OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT.  *JG","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8018675,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/16/2002","vin":"1FTSW31F3XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE, STEELTEX AT, SIZE 26575R16: LEFT FRONT TIRE FAILED DUE TO  TREAD COMING OFF IN ONE WHOLE PIECE FROM  TIRE.   PIECE WRAPPED AROUND  FRONT AXLE, DOING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO WIRING AND OTHER PARTS.  PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8018572,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/12/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/12/2002","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"2 FIRESTONE TIRES LOST TREAD OR WENT FLAT. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING TO REPLACE THE TIRES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8018428,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/17/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/11/2002","vin":"1FDWF37SXEC","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE WILL NOT START. IF VEHICLE DOES START IT WILL KEEP STALLING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE IAC MOTOR.  PROBLEM CAME BACK. 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CONSUMER IS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE VEHICLE IS USED FREQUENTLY FOR TOWING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":765951,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/20/2002","vin":"1FTWW32F7XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WE FEEL THIS TRUCK IS A LEMON AND WE WANT SOMEONE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH THIS TRUCK, WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH IT, IT IS UNRELIABLE.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8016661,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/19/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/19/2002","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE CLUTCH IS FULLEY DEPRESSED AND IN GEAR VEHICLE WILL TAKE OFF.CONTACTED DEALER. 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(NO CLUTCH)  *SCC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8015547,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/30/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/05/2002","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS,TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING ON 405 FREEWAY LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT/ BOTH AIR BAGS WENT OFF, AND  WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED BY THE IMPACT OF  AIRBAGS.    LEFT FRONT FENDER/ BUMPER WERE DAMAGED.  WHEN  TIRE BLEWOUT  TRUCK TURNED TO THE LEFT. CONSUMER WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH.  ENTIRE TREAD WAS SHREDDED AWAY.  CONSUMER WAS NOT INJURED NOR DID HE CRASH THE TRUCK.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8015257,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/26/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/31/2002","vin":"1FPFWT1F4XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"IN  A HEAD ON COLLISION  AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. 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ON 16 JULY 2002, CONSUMER HEARD NOISE IN FRONT END AGAIN, BALL JOINTS WERE BEING REPLACED. *AK  THE TIE ROD ALSO FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":566540,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/14/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/09/2002","vin":"1FTSX30F3XP","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD A BLOWOUT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT, THEN STRUCK SEVERAL TREES AND ROLLED ONTO IT'S LEFT AND TOP AREAS, THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST ON IT'S TO.  (TEXAS PEACE OFFICER'S ACCIDENT REPORT).  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8013550,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/26/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/09/2002","vin":"1FPSW31F9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING FRONT DRIVERS TIRE SEPARATED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.  DOT #VNW81XL, SIZE LT26575R16. ORGINIAL TIRES.*AK   DURING THE ACCIDENT CONSUMERS WIFE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO LOWER LEGS.*YH( FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT265 75R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8013087,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/16/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/01/2002","vin":"PLEASE PROV","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"AT 30MPH BRAKE HOSE STARTS TO LEAK FLUID, MAKING IT HARD FOR VEHICLE TO STOP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":566268,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/06/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/26/2002","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. WHEN VIBRATION INCREASED CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO SLOWLY PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY.  PRIOR TO REACHING THE FAR RIGHT LANE A LARGE PIECE OF TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. AN INSPECTION OF THE TIRE FOUND A SECTION OF THE TIRE TREAD MISSING.  THE DAMAGED AREA STARTED ON THE OUTER EDGE PROCEEDING TO THE MIDDLE OF THE TIRE AND STOPPING TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TIRE.  THE TREAD SEPARATION AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 22 INCHES LONG AND 5 INCHES WIDE.  NO SIGNS OF PENETRATION INTO THE CORE OF THE TIRE WERE OBSERVED. FIRESTONE LT, RADIAL, SIZE 265/75R16 RADIAL.   *YD                                            THE TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA # 28203 EX BM 14480-S, LOAD RANGE E.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"LT26575R16","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":8012282,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/20/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/20/2002","vin":"1FTSW31FXXE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND MANUAL CLUTCH WENT OUT. VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD THROUGH A RED LIGHT.*AK.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8011991,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/02/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/18/2002","vin":"1FTSW31F4XE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE AT 65 MPH/CRUISE WAS SET/ VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN,  ENGINE KEPT REVVING, CONSUMER HAD TO MANUALLY TURN OFF CRUISE CONTROL TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8011796,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/13/2002","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"PLASTIC SPACER IN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY BROKE, CAUSING  CLUTCH TO MALFUNCTION.  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MANUFACTURER/DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.  *AK  *SCC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8011111,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/28/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/05/2002","vin":"1FTSX31F4XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"LOW CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT CAUSING THE CLUTCH TO RELEASE WITH PEDAL AGAINST DOWN STOP OR NOT TO RELEASE AT ALL.  HAD TRUCK TOWED FOR SAFETY REASONS.  WHEN THE CLUTCH DOESN'T RELEASE THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND FAILURE TO BE ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN CLUTCH GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND NOT DISENGAGE CLUTCH. *JG","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8010250,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/20/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2002","vin":"1FTWX33F1XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 45 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MANUFACTACTURER CONTACTED. *AK  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":762116,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/20/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2002","vin":"1FTWX33F1XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AT 45MPH CRASH. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8009239,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/15/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/2002","vin":"1FTSW31F0XE","components":"POWER TRAIN,STRUCTURE,TIRES","summary":"CAB OF THE TRUCK VIBRATED VERY HARD AT ANY SPEED.  TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER, THEN HUB, STILL SAME PROBLEM.  TOOK TO FORD, FORD REPLACED TIRES, STILL SHAKING. THEN, THEY REPLACED DRIVESHAFT, STILL SHOOK. DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":565475,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2002","vin":"1FTWX33F8XE","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"PARKING BRAKE CABLE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 02V-068.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":565475,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2002","vin":"1FTWX33F8XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND IS UNPREDICTABLE.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":565475,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2002","vin":"1FTWX33F8XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"THE CONSUMER BOUGHT THE CAMPER PACKAGE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED YET THE CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO SEE AROUND THE CAMPER WITH THE REARVIEW MIRRORS.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8008189,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/28/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"04/22/2002","vin":"1FTWW32F1XE","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"AFTER PARKING HIS VEHICLE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ON, VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE HILL, HITTING OTHER VEHICLE, CABLE ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD BROKEN. *AKTHE CABLE FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TRUCK ROLLING AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, BUT FORD CLAIMS THE TRUCK IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL FOR SAID FAILURE.  *JG","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8007994,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/18/2002","vin":"","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"NO DESCRIPTION GIVEN.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8007723,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/14/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"04/16/2002","vin":"1FTSX3156XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS TREAD SEPERATION ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO RIM AND VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER.  ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 34000 MILES,LT265/75R16, MOUNTED ON A 1999, FORD, F350. *AK  DOT # VNW81XM088.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8007474,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/12/2002","vin":"1FTSX30L0XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL REGARDING FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. TOOK VEHICLE IN. CALLED DEALER TO CHECK ON VEHICLE . DEALER INDICATED VEHICLE REPAIRS ALMOST DONE. COUPLE HOURS LATER, CALLED DEALER BACK AND DEALER INDICATED DID NOT HAVE PARTS. HAD TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK WHEN PARTS CAME IN.*AK  *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8007475,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/12/2002","vin":"1FTWW3F8XEC","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED  VEHICLE WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY, RESULTING IN RIGHT TIRE WEARING OUT UNDER  TIRE WARRANTY.  MECHANIC  STATED IT   INNER TIE ROD MALFUNCTIONED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8007486,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/12/2002","vin":"1FPWX33S5XE","components":"INTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 15 MPH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL CUT ON AFTER VEHICLE HAS TRAVELED OVER 15 MPH.  INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":760241,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/31/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/04/2002","vin":"1FTSW31FXXE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSFER CASE SHIFTING FORK WORE OUT. TRUCK HAD ONLY BEEN IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES ALL IN SNOW CONDITIONS ON MAJOR HIWAYS. NO OFFROADING AT ALL. HAD TO REPLACE THE SHIFTING FORK, A PLANETARY GEAR AN A IMPUT SHAFT. THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY FORD WOULD SELL THE REPACEMENT PARTS. FORD HAS MADE A DESIGN CHANGE ON THE SHIFTING FORK.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8006368,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/26/2002","vin":"1FTWW33FIXE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"VEHICLE WAS STOLEN WHICH ENDED IN AN ACCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT  45-50 MPH WHEN IT HIT A POLE,  THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.   NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8006376,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/26/2002","vin":"1FTWW32F7XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING IN HOT WEATHER THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO SHIFT, THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS OCCASIONALLY  WHEN THE WEATER IS NOT HOT, AS A RESULT THE DRIVER HAS TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS.   NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8006117,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/28/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"03/21/2002","vin":"1FTWX33F8XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING SECTOR SHAFT BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL.  *JG  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8005811,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/18/2002","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMER  TIRE WAS SLOWLY DEFLATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC STATED THERE WERE PINHOLES ON  RIM, CAUSING TIRE TO HAVE A SLOW LEAK. ALSO, RECOMMENDED THAT CONSUMER  PURCHASE ANOTHER RIM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":785918,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/18/2002","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RIGHT REAR LEAF SPRING, NUMBER 3, BROKE FOR NO REASON.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":785918,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/18/2002","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RIGHT REAR LEAF SPRING, NUMBER 3, BROKE FOR NO REASON.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8005679,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/14/2002","vin":"1FTWX32F0XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BADLY AT ANY SPEED, DEALER DETERMINED A STABILIZER ARM NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. *AK      *YD","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":759200,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/11/2002","vin":"1FDWX37S3XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"VEHICLE, WHEN LOADED TO GVW, DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE BRAKES, FRONT WHEELS LOCK, LONG STOPPING DISTANCES, ESPECIALLY ON SLIPPERY SURFACES.  BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FOOT PRESSURE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8004681,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/23/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/27/2002","vin":"1FTWX32F5XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 45-65 MPH, BRAKES MALFUNCTION/ LOCK UP, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE. *AK  CONSUMER STATES THAT ON 23-FEB-2002 DEALER REPLACED HYDRO BOOST AND FRONT PADS VEHICLE STARTED LOCKING UP AGAIN, ON 24-FEB-2002 DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND NOW BRAKES ARE WORKING.  *YD","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":564253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/12/2002","vin":"1FTSX30F7XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT THE FRONT END PULLS BADLY TO THE RIGHT, DEALER REPLACED A WORN PART ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND HAVE REALIGNED FRONT END, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.   *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":564253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/12/2002","vin":"1FTSX30F7XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT THE FRONT END PULLS BADLY TO THE RIGHT, DEALER REPLACED A WORN PART ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND HAVE REALIGNED FRONT END, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.   *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9006024,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/11/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/11/2002","vin":"1FTSW31S9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WRONG LOAD RATED TIRE, THIS MODEL CALLS FOR LOAD RATE E NOT D, QUESTION THE SALE AT LEAST THREE TIMES BEFOR PURCHASE. SALEMAN INFORMED ME THAT THESE TIRES WERE NOT INVOLVED IN A RECALL. LATER MY WIFE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVERS SID REAR TIRE AT 75MPH.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8003188,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/31/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"01/30/2002","vin":"1FDWF37F1XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE PRESSING ON BRAKES, VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.  VEHICLE ALSO PULLS TO LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK  THE MANUFACTURER SAYS THAT THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE BRAKE PROBLEM. ALSO, ROUGH ROADS CONFUSE THE COMPUTER RESULTING IN BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":756697,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/30/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"01/11/2002","vin":"1FTWX32F2XE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"FORD CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM 31/2 YEARS. THE REAR END IS TAKING A BEATING W/ GEAR SLACK.THE BUCKING ACTION IS VIOLENT IN THE CRUSE CONTROL. DELERS SAY IT CANT BE FIXED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8001941,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/03/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2002","vin":"1FTSX31F5XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  LEFT FRONT WHEEL WENT INWARD DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITH  SUSPENSION.  PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":756216,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/29/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"12/30/2001","vin":"1FTEX27L2VK","components":"TIRES","summary":"REAR TIRE SIDEWALL SHREDDED AT HIGHWAY SPEED.  WAS NOT A BLOWOUT, BUT A SEPARATION OF THE TIRE COMPONENTS.  PHOTOS AVAILABLE.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8000941,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/26/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"12/19/2001","vin":"1FTGW31FXEE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"AFTER BEING PARKED FOR AN HOUR  VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":563825,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":1,"dateOfIncident":"09/03/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2001","vin":"1FTSW31FXXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE PICKUPS LEFT FRONT 16 INCH FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE HAD A MALFUNCTION OF SOME TYPE WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE PICKUP TO SHARPLY VEER LEFT GOING ONTO THE MEDIAN AND THEN CROSSING THE WESTBOUND LANES, THE DRIVER OF THE U-HAUL (DECEASED) WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE PICKUP CROSSING THE MEDIAN AND INTO THE PATH OF THE WESTBOUND LANES (ATTORNEY FOR DECEASED).  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I AM NOT SURE IF FORD IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUY GUYS WITH BRAN NEW TRUCKS ARE REPORTING THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEIR DEALER IS SAYING THEY HAVE NO FIX FOR IT.  I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEONE PULLING A LARGE LOAD WITH ONE OF THESE TRUCKS AND NOT BE ABLE TO STEER WHEN THEY NEEDED TO.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":754123,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/03/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"11/05/2001","vin":"1FTSW31F9XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"NUT HOLDING STEERING KNUCKLE TO STEERING GEAR BOX WORKED LOOSE ALLOWING KNUCKLE TO WORK LOOSE FROM GEAR BOX CAUSING SLACK IN STEERING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":897480,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/05/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/09/2001","vin":"1FTWX33F6XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-45 MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. IMPACT WAS MOSTLY ON PASSENGER'S SIDE.  DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, PASSENGER'S AIRBAG WAS TURNED OFF. *AK  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":897491,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/09/2001","vin":"1B4GP54L8TB","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"FRONT END OF VEHICLE STARTS WOBBLING WHEN  BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":897189,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/05/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/02/2001","vin":"1FTSX30F30E","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CLUTCH PEDAL WILL NOT RETURN WHEN APPLIED.  VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED OF A YOKE FAILURE.  REPAIRS WERE MADE  AT CONSUMER'S COST.  DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM.  REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE FROM FORD, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED WHY FAILED YOKE IS NOT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.  *AK   *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":752820,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/02/2001","vin":"1FTWW32F1XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"SIMPLY PUT IN PHYSICS TERMS THE FRONT END GOES INTO UNWANTED RESONANT VIBRATION WHERE THE TRUNK IS OUT OF CONTROL. THIS HAS BENN REPORTED TO THE DEALER AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT UNWANTED RESONANCE VIBRATION IS. THE TRUNK IS OUT OF CONTROL AND THE DRIVER HAS TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW THE TRUCK TILL THE VIBRATION GOES AWAY AT ABOUT 30MPH. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":752669,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/07/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2001","vin":"1FTSX31S6XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND HAVE ALSO BEEN TURNED TWICE.FORD INSTALLED NEW ROTORS AND PADS 36000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY,THIS SEEMS TO BE AONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS,I'M CONCERNED WHY THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY 9000 MILES OR SO AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FURTHER REPAIRS NOW THAT THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.IT APPEARS THAT FORD DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM.DOING FRONT BRAKES EVERY 9000 MILES IS NOT NORMAL FOR ANY SIZE TRUCK AND IS A MAJOR SAFTEY CONCERN FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.PLEASE INFORM ME OF ANY RECALLS OR IF FORD IS STILL LIABLE FOR FURTHER REPAIRS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":563254,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/14/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2001","vin":"1FTSX31F4XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS WARNING LIGHT FOR OVER 16 MONTHS BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS ACTUALLY DIANOSED AS BEING A FAILED ABS MODULE, CONSUMER STATED THERE WOULD ALSO BE A POPPING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":563254,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor 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APPLIED.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":563254,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2001","vin":"1FTSX31F4XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMER STATED THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON, DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":563254,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2001","vin":"1FTSX31F4XE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT DOOR AJAR LIGHT INTERMITTENLY COMES 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WOULD HAVE NO PRIOR WARNING. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES,   AND CLUTCH HAS BEEN CHANGED 4 TIMES. THERE ISN'T ANY INDICATION OF CAUSE OF PROBLEM. IT STILL EXISTS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":895873,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/04/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2001","vin":"1FDWW37FXXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"GENERAL, GRABBER AW, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 25996 MILES, LT235/85R16 MOUNTED ON A 1999 FORD F350. DOT# ADOR1JC458. THERE WAS TREAD SEPARATION ON  LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9004223,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/28/2001","vin":"3FCNF5351XJ","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"FRONT A/C COVER DISINIGRATED ON US 270 WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH, AND END UP ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":751188,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/25/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/27/2001","vin":"1FTWW33F9XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CLUTCH HYDRAULIC RELEASE SYSTEM FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD IMMEDIATELY AND VIOLENTLY.  FORTUNATELY THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WAS FAR ENOUGH AWAY SO THAT I DIDN'T HIT IT, BEFORE GETTING VEHICLE STOPPED.  ON INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT THE ROLL PIN WHICH HOLDS THE CLUTCH LINE INTO THE SLAVE CYLINDER HAD BACKED OUT, AND ALLOWED THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE TO DISCONNECT.  WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE CLUTCH ENGAGED VIOLENTLY, AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD ON ENGINE POWER.  THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT, IF ANY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAD BEEN DIFFERENT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":750944,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/14/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/22/2001","vin":"1FDWW37F4XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT THAT DID DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AREA.  THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT A CEMENT CULVERT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HUB AND AXLE HOUSING. DURING OR BEFORE (UNKNOWN) THE ACCIDENT THE STEERING BOX OUTPUT (PITMAN) SHAFT  BROKE.  WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE TYPES OF TRUCKS AND ONE OTHER F350 THAT   WHILE DRIVING IN A STORM THE WHEEL HIT A RUT IN THE ROAD  AND THE PITMAN SHAFT BROKE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO UP AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLL OVER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":894518,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/16/2001","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING SMELLED SMOKE. SOON AFTER  THAT  AIR CONDITIONING FAN STOPPED BLOWING . CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER,  AND NOTICED SIGNS OF A FIRE MELTIG THE WIRING HARNESS.  FUSE PANEL  AND BLOWER SWITCH HEATER WERE REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S  COST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":750263,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/19/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2001","vin":"1FTSX31F8XE","components":"PARKING BRAKE,POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD  WELL ON AN INCLINE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY NOTICED IN REVERSE, AS ON A BOAT RAMP WITH A BOAT THAT I AM TRYING TO LAUNCH. I CAN SET THE BRAKE AS HARD AS I CAN AND THE TRUCK WILL STILL ROLL BACK AGAINST THE PARKING PALL IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO THEN SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR. THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT IT TWICE AND STATED THAT THEY DON'T SEE A PROBLEM BUT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE CONDITIONS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":750235,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/11/2001","vin":"1FDXE40S9WH","components":"TIRES","summary":"TREAD SEPARATION AT 60 MPH, NO WARNING!*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDIL1XL188  TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":893273,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/27/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/02/2001","vin":"1FTWX3339XC","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED/ ANY TIME. TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, CANNOT REMEDY SITUATION. *AK ALSO, TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":748720,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/06/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/18/2001","vin":"1FTSW31S6XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRES WERE CONSTANTLY GOING FLAT.   SEVERAL TIMES I PULLED PIECES OF GRAVEL/ROCK OUT TO FIND THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE LEAKING.    I FEEL THESE TIRES WERE UNREASONABLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PUNCTURES .   TO HEAR OF GRAVEL PIERCING THROUGH THE TIRE, I REPLACED THEM FEARING THAT IF I HIT A LARGER PIECE OF DEBRIS THAT A SEVERE TIRE FAILURE MAY OCCUR.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":892997,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/12/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/17/2001","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 TO 75 MPH RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE, STEELTEX R4S TIRE, SIZE: LT265/75R16, DOT: DA217PF09L EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.   SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO  1999, FORD, F350. IT  WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. *AK  DAMAGE WAS TO THE RIGHT REAR PICK-UP BED, REAR RUNNING BOARD, AND TAILPIPE, CONSUMER PURCHASED 5 NEW TIRES.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":892809,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/13/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/13/2001","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON  HIGHWAY AT  REGULAR SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING  DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WINDOW GLASS EXPLODED AND SHATTERED INSIDE OF  VEHICLE.  THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND  AT THE TIME.   DEALERSHIP  WAS AWARE OF  PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":890992,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/22/2001","vin":"1FTWW33FXXE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"FOUR WHEEL DRIVE  WILL ENGAGE AT ANY SPEED WHILE MAKING A TURN OR STOPPING.   DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED  VEHICLE THREE TIMES, AND CANNOT EFFECTIVELY REMEDY THE PROBLEM.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":746749,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/12/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/12/2001","vin":"1FTSX31F8XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"I HAVE HAD THE FRONT BRAKES REPLACED 3 TIMES AND THE REAR BRAKES REPLACED 2 TIMES. THESE REPAIRS WERE ALL DONE WITHIN THE 3 YEAR, 36,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. SOON AFTER THE WARRANTY ENDED, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THE TRUCK WAS FINE. THIS IS IN NO WAY A TRUE STATEMENT. EACH TIME I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR THESE BRAKE PROBLEMS, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES AND HAVE AGREED THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME THEY HAVE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THERE ALSO WAS A RECALL FOR THE REAR BRAKES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":890140,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/11/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/11/2001","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN","summary":"AT 35000 MILES LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY WENT OUT.  DEALER TOLD CONSUMER  WHEN AXLE HUB ASSEMBLY WENT OUT IT CAUSED BEARINGS TO GET REALLY HOT, AND COULD POSSIBLY START A FIRE.  CONSUMER  STATED AT 35,750 MILE  VEHCILE'S  RIGHT/ LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED.  CONSUMER STATED THAT  AT 66,000  VEHICLE NEEDED ANOTHER LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":890113,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/11/2001","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 60 MPH IN HIS 1999 FORD F350,  LEFT FRONT FIRESTONE TIRE SIZE: LT265/75R16, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHICH DAMAGED  WHEEL WELL/ FENDER, AND RUNNING BOARD.   CONSUMER TOOK  VEHICLE TO TIRE CENTER  AND THEY REPLACED  FRONT LEFT TIRE BECAUSE OF  TREAD SEPARATION.  ALSO, FRONT RIGHT FIRESTONE TIRE WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF A LUMP/BUBBLE THAT FORMED ON  SIDEWALL/TREAD BOUNDARY.  THESE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 46,000 MILES ON THEM. *AK  DOT NUMBER VNW81XL328.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":746633,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/10/2001","vin":"1FTSX30S0XE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"THE PROCESSOR THAT CONTROLS  EMISSIONS ON A 6.0 L V-10 WITH A 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN CALIFORNIA IS THE SAME PROCESSOR AS FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.  THE USE OF THIS PROCESSOR CAUSES THE ENGINE TO SURGE OR NOT REDUCE SPEED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED.  WHEN USING THE ENGINE COMPRESSION TO SLOW DOWN, THE ENGINE WILL SURGE AND CAUDE THE VEHICLE TO SPEED-UP.  THE VEHICLE IS STRESSFUL TO DRIVE IN CLOSE TRAFFIC OR IN CONGESTED PARKING LOTS.  FORD WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM APPROXIAMENTLY 2 WEEKS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.  FORD HAS YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM.  THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN BY NUMERIOUS FORD DEALERS IN SEVERAL STATES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":888981,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/21/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2001","vin":"1FTSX31F1XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING  AT 45 MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE. AFTERWARDS,  VEHICLE TRAVELED OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT.  *AK  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":745730,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/17/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"05/22/2001","vin":"1FTSW31S4XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,EQUIPMENT","summary":"BRAKE ROTORS REPEATEDLY WARP.  FIRST TIME, DEALER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AT 12937 MILES.  SECOND TIME, DEALER CLAIMS THAT WARRANTY REPAIRS FOR BRAKES ARE NOT COVERED AFTER 12000 MILES.  AIR CONDITIONER TOTALLY FAILED LAST SUMMER--SO FAR WORKING OK.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":888551,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/17/2001","vin":"1FTWW32F9XE","components":"INTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"COURTESY LIGHTS AND THE CARGO LIGHTS WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.  DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO ASSIST BECAUSE PROBLEMS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S  RECALLS.  PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":745294,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/14/2001","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"STEERING WANDERS. DEALER ADDED STEERING STABLIZER, BUT STILL WANDERS ALL OVER ROAD. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":887992,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/27/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2001","vin":"1FTSW31F7XA","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SEVERELY PULLS TO  RIGHT OR LEFT AND EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURS, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. REPLACED  STEERING GEAR BOX. *AK  CONSUMER STATES ALL THE BALL JOINTS AND BUSHINGS IN FRONT END ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED.  REAR BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":745163,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/10/2001","vin":"1FTSW31F4XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"LOST CONTROL AND STEERING.  A MAJOR CRASH WITH FATALITY AND SERIOUS INJURIES. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":887756,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/30/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/08/2001","vin":"1FTWX33F2XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"MANUAL TRANSMISSION CLUTCH ROD CYLINDER BROKE WHILE SHIFTING TO MAKE A TURN. WAS GOING ONLY 25MPH ON A BACK ROAD. WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AND DROVE IT HOME. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF BREAKAGE, BUT WAS ABLE TO REPLACE  ROD AND SLAVE CYLINDER.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":887554,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/07/2001","vin":"1FDWW36F1XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"FRONT END SHIMMIES, AND STEERING SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP OR STEERING HARD TO THE LEFT, POSSIBLY DUE TO MISSING STABLIZER BAR. VEHICLE MUST COME TO COMPLETE STOP TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE.*AK  THE MANUFACTURER STEERING STABLIZER KIT WAS INSTALLED AND REMEDIED THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":744947,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/29/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"05/04/2001","vin":"1FTSF31S4XE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING,AIR BAGS","summary":"AIR-BAG DEPLOYED WHEN VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE ON REAR OF TRUCK WHILE PULLING A 24-FOOT STOCK-TRAILER ,FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WONT LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM  OR FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. THE TRUCK IS USED AS A FARM VEHICLE AND IS JARRED AROUND ALL THE TIME IN PASTURES  AND IF IT  IS POSSIBLE THEY NEED TO TRY AND LOOK INTO FARM TRUCKS TO COME WITH A SHUTOFF FOR AIRBAGS IF POSSIBLE OR BETTER SYSTEM.   *AK ALSO THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":561010,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/29/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/01/2001","vin":"","components":"TRAILER HITCHES","summary":"AS CONSUMER WAS STRAIGHTENING UP HIS 2000 SNOWBIRD TRAILER, THE 20K 5TH WHEEL HITCH RELEASED THE TRAILER WITH THE TRAILER FALLING ON THE BACK OF THE PICKUP, A REESE REP STATED THAT THE HITCH WAS IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION AND IS DENYING ANY OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS FAILURE, THIS NEWLY DESIGNED HITCH OPERATES SO A PERSON JUST HAS TO MOVE THE LATCH OUT OF THE WAY FOR HOOKUP, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":887132,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/30/2001","vin":"1FTWW32SDXE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING  BRAKES  PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.   DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED  VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND  PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":887002,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/27/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/27/2001","vin":"1FTWX32F7XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"PILOT BEARING WENT OUT COMPLETELY, PILOT SHAFT  WENT INTO PILOT BEARING. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS, IT WAS NOT DRIVEABLE. CONSUMER REPLACED PILOT BEARING.  CURRENTLY,   IT WENT OUT AGAIN.  TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED PILOT BEARING AND  PILOT SHAFT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":744651,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/18/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/27/2001","vin":"1FTSX31F5XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I HAD JUST CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURES (70PSI) PRIOR TO LEAVING HOME. 45 MINUTES INTO THE TRIP, I FELT 2 OR 3 SECONDS OF ROUGH SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN A LOUD NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY A \"DROP\" OF THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TAKEN MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACELORATOR AT THE SHAKING AND MAINTAINED CONTROL WHILE GENTLY BRAKING AND WHEN SLOWED ENOUGH, PULLED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS TOWING A GOOSENECK TRAILOR AND ALL WHIGHTS WERE WITHIN LOAD CAPACITY OF THE F350. THE SEPEAATED TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY TORE UP THE REAR PANEL OF THE TRUCK, TWO ESTIMATED WITHIN $50 OF EACH OTHER; LOWEST WAS $2654. I FILED A CLAIM WITH FIRESTONE TO PAY OR THE REPAIR AND WAS REQUIRED TO SEND THEM THE TIRE REMANTS AS PART OF THAT CLAIM. I THINK THOSE TIRES ARE TOO LIGHT FOR A SUPERDUTY TRUCK RATED AT 3600# LOAD CAPACITY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES WITH THE BLOW-OUT, BUT I CUT MY FINGER REALLY BADLY UNDOING THE BENT FENDER STRUT DAMAGED BY THE TIRE IN ORDER TO GET THE SPARE TIRE ON.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL487  TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":885795,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/10/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/12/2001","vin":"1FTWF32LAXE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"STUDS THAT KEPT EXHAUST MANIFOLD ON ENGINE BLOCK BROKE ON RIGHT SIDE, CAUSING EXHAUST LEAK.  THIS HAPPENED BEFORE ON  LEFT SIDE. ALSO,  AT 36000 MILES FORD REPLACED MOTOR DUE TO ENGINE KNOCKING. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":743951,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/12/2001","vin":"1FDWF36F4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE TREAD, IN A 1 PIECE \"BELT\" SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE; BOTH BEADS REMAINED SEATED ON THE RIM.  TIRE DEALER SAID NO TIRE DEFECT AND REQUIRED US TO BUY A NEW TIRE.  THEY KEPT THE TIRE.*AK( DOT NUMBER:  )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":883554,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/20/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/20/2001","vin":"1FTSX31L9XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND IT  HIT VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT,  NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":883406,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/16/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/19/2001","vin":"1FTWW32F4XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT,  AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.   CONSUMER  WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH.*AK  ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":742609,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/17/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/18/2001","vin":"1FTSX31S6XE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I BOUGHT MY TRUCK IN FEB. OF '99 AND CHANGE THE OIL AND FILTER EVERY 3000 MI.. I USE MOTORCRAFT PARTS AND I ONLY USE THE TRUCK FOR HAULING SODA DRINKS FOR MY BUSINESS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE TRUCK IS STILL LIKE BRAND NEW!! FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,THE ENGINE WOULD DEVELOP A SLIGHT KNOCKING ABOUT 10 TO 20 SECONDS AFTER INITIAL START-UP IN MORNING. AS THE MILES INCREASED, SO DID THE LENGTH OF TIME THE KNOCK TOOK TO GO AWAY. THE KNOCK HAS GOTTEN LOUDER AND LONGER AND THE DEALER WHERE I TOOK IT ON SAT. 3/17/2001, TOLD ME I NEED NEW MOTOR!!*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":883153,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/15/2001","vin":"1FTWW33F5XE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30MPH ON HIGHWAY WHILE SNOWING AND  INNER WHEEL WELL COLLECTED SNOW.  PLASTIC CLAMP PIN THAT HOLDS  PLASTIC INNER WHEEL BROKE FROM  WEIGHT  OF   SNOW.  HE HAD TO REPLACE INNER WHEEL WELL AND CLAMP PIN THREE TIMES.   DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF  PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":883040,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/17/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/14/2001","vin":"1FTWW33S1XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"1 TIRE EXPEREINCED BLOWOUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, ANOTHER TIRE ON A DIFFERENT COMPANY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A SPLIT ON THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF TIRE, TIRES ARE DENMAN SIZE P285/75R16, SUPER SWAMPER.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":742400,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/06/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/14/2001","vin":"1FDWF37S3XE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"FIRE DESTROYED TRUCK STARTED NEAR DASH AREA AND UNDER TRUCK. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":882327,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/07/2001","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"OWNER HAS DUAL FUEL TANKS. IF  FRONT TANK  DOES NOT STAY FULL  GAS FROM  REAR TANK GOES INTO  FRONT TANK.  FRONT TANK RECEIVES GAS FROM REAR TANK, AND IF GAS CAP IS OPENED, FUEL WILL SPRAY OUT.  DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":741804,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/14/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/02/2001","vin":"1FDWF36S9XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHEN FRONT TIRES BEGIN TO WEAR THE FRONT END WILL SHIMMY BADLY WHEN YOU APPLY BRAKES OR IF YOU HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD. THIS TRUCK HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":741142,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/24/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/19/2001","vin":"1FTSW31F5XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FUEL PUMP HAD BEEN BLOWING FUSES. DEALERS CONTACTED STATED PART (FUEL PUMP) WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER WITH A 4 TO 6 WEEK DELAY. FUEL PUMP DIED COMPLETELY AT NIGHT WHILE ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN OKLAHOMA. FORD THEN REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP THE NEXT DAY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":740699,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/10/2001","vin":"1FTSX31F3XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL ON WHITE LETTERING SIDE, ALL OTHER TIRES CRACKING ON SIDEWALLS, SPOKE TO MANUFACTURER THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL, STORE MANAGER SAID IT WAS JUST WEATHERCHECKING.  HAVE PICTURES IF NEEDED.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/R16)( DOT NUMBER:  TIRE SIZE: 265/75/R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":740682,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/08/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/09/2001","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY TIRE DEFLATED.  STOPPED, BELT HAD SLIPPED AND CUT THROUGH TOP OF OUTSIDE EDGE OF TIRE FOR ABOUT 6 INCHES.  *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75 R16)( DOT NUMBER:  TIRE SIZE: 265/75 R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":739663,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/03/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/20/2001","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE PLASTIC RETAINER LOCATED WHERE THE CLUTCH PEDAL ENGAGES THE ROD FOR THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER WEARS OUT ALLOWING THE ROD TO DISENGAGE THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY WITHOUT ANY NOTICE OF INPENDING FAILURE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN A CROWDED PARKING LOT AT THE CANTON TRADE DAYS. LUCKILY I WAS IN 1ST GEAR AND WAS ABLE TO IDLE TO A PARKING SPACE WITHOUT HITTING ANYONE OR ANYTHING. ONCE THE PEDALS COMES LOOSE AND THE ENGINE IS STOPPED IT CANNOT BE RESTARED WITHOUT THE PEDAL ASSEMBLE BEING IN PLACE. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE AVOIDED BY RETURNING BACK TO THE OLD STYLE BALL AND SOCKET SET UP USED ON OLDER VEHICLES AND DOING AWAY WITH THE PLACTIC PIECES IN THE SETUP. HAD I BEEN BEHIND SOMEONE OR BEEN IN A DOWNTOWN DRIVING SITUATION WHERE A PEDESTRIAN BEEN IN FRONT OF ME SUCH AS A STOP LIGHT WHEN IT DECIDED TO COME LOOSE THE OUTCOME MAY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SERIOUS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":878280,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/17/2001","vin":"1FTSF31S1XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25MPH, SLOWED DOWN WHEN A VEHICLE FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION HIT  CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON WITH A 40 MPH IMPACT, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES . BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":877314,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/19/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/03/2001","vin":"1FTSW31F8XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, LT265/75R16 SIZE, DOT#: VNW81XL119.  RIGHT FRONT FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE EXPLODED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.  TREAD SEPARATED ALL THE WAY AROUND  SIDEWALL.  FIRESTONE AND FORD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.   *AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":877093,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/21/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/27/2000","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, A CAR GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION LOST CONTROL AND CROSSED  IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE.  CONSUMER HIT OTHER  VEHICLE.  UPON IMPACT,  AIRBAGS DID NOT  DEPLOY.  ALSO,  BUMPER WAS TORN  OFF FRAME.  *AK  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":738297,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/10/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/26/2000","vin":"N/A","components":"TIRES","summary":"INSTALL 4 NEW BFG TIRES ON MY NEW TRUCK.  ALL 4 FAILED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION & BLOWOUTS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: BEXFUB1124  TIRESIZE: 33X12.5X16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":876659,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/17/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/18/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F7XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT REAR PASSENGER TIRE P265/75R16 EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL SEPARATION, CONSUMER STATES SOME OF THE TIRE HAD WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":876440,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/11/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2000","vin":"1FTWX33S9XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ON  HIGHWAY TRANSFER CASE BROKE AND  VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO RUN.  THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND  DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T  DO ANYTHING BECAUSE  VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":737767,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F2XE","components":"STEERING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"CLUTCH DID NOT SLIP AT ALL.  WAS IN 5TH AND SLOWING FOR AN EXIT TO 4TH.  CLUTCH WOULD NOT ENGAGE TO 4TH,  TOWED TO DEALER.  TOLD SPRINGS FAILED AND HAD BEEN FAILING A LONG TIME.  ALSO INFORMED THAT DEALER HAS HAD FREQUENT PROBLEMS AND FORD HAS REDESIGNED CLUTCH ASSEMBLY THREE TIMES.      POWER STEERING WILL JUST GO OUT USUALLY IN A TURN.   EEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN ENGINE IS HOT OR RUNNING OVER HOUR OR SO.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":737600,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2000","vin":"1FTWW33FXXE","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL, LOST ALL STERRING CONTROL-UNABE TO STEER VECHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":876086,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/2000","vin":"1FTSW31FOXE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"EVERY 20,000 MILES ROTORS WENT OUT.  FRONT END BOUNCED AROUND, AND  STOPPING DISTANCE HAD INCREASED. THIS  WAS THE 3RD TIME THAT ROTORS  WORE OUT.  DEALER SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF IMPROPER BRAKING. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":737344,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/17/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/05/2000","vin":"1FTWX33F9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"I NEARLY DIED AS A RESULT OF A FRONT, PASSENGER TIRE THAT FAILED CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY AFTER I TRIED TO CORRECT AFTER THE BLOWOUT. I STRUCK THE END OF AN IRRIGATION BRIDGE AND ROLLED MY TRUCK, BREAKING MY NECK, FRACTURING MY SKULL AND BEING HOSPITILIZED FOR SEVEN WEEKS.  I HAD A PRIVATE ENGINEER WHO IS A CONSULTANT FOR GOODYEAR LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY TIRE AND GIVE A REPORT THAT IT WAS A FAILURE DUE TO RUNNING LOW ON AIR.  I HAD MY TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED 1 DAY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND HAVE PROOF OF THAT.  I FOUND TWO PARTS OF THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL RECENTLY AND AS THE ENGINEER SAID I WOULD FIND MELT NYLON ON THE SIDEWALL, I DID FIND MELTED NYLON.  I HAVE THE TWO PIECES OF THE TIRE  IN MY POSSESSION.  *AK( DOT NUMBER:  TIRE SIZE: 235/85R 16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":737351,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/17/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/05/2000","vin":"1FTWX33F9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ON OCTOBER 17, 1998  AFTER DRIVING ON A US MONTANA  300 MILES I HAD A FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLOW OUT.  THE LAST I RECALL WAS JERKING THE WHEEL AND WHEN I CORRECTED I STRUCK A SMALL IRRIGATION BRIDGE IN THE ON COMING LANE CAUSING MY TRUCK TO ROLL.  THIS CAUSED ME TO FRACTURE MY SKULL, BREAK MY NECK, AND BE HOSPITILIZED FOR SEVEN WEEKS.  I HAD AN ENGINEER, WHO IS A PRIVATE CONSULTANT FOR GOODYEAR, EXAMINE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY TIRE AND SENT ME A REPORT SAYING THE TIRE FAILED DUE TO LW AIR PRESSURE.  I HAD MY TIRE CHECKED BY A CERTIFIED FORD DEALERSHIP THE DAY PRIOR TO MY ACCIDENT AND I HAVE PROOF OF THAT.  IF THIS TIRE IS THE FAULT OF GOODYEAR IT SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE OTHERS NEARLY DIE LIKE I DID.  I HAVE TWO PEICES OF THE TIRE AND THE RIM IN MY POSSESSION.  THE ENGINEER SAID IF I FOUND THE TIRE I MAY FIND MELTED NYLON ON THE SIDEWALL WHICH I DID FIND THE TIRE.  IT DOES HAVE MELTED NYLON ON THE RUBBER AND IT IS A 360 DEGREE SEPERATION WITH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE STILL ON THE RIM AND THE TREAD SECTION MISSING. *AK( DOT NUMBER:  TIRE SIZE: 235/85R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":557671,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/29/2000","vin":"1FTWX33F9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ALL OF THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S LOT 235-85R16 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED DUE TO DRY ROT AND CRACKING.   *MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":875581,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/28/2000","vin":"1FTWX33F0XE","components":"SEAT BELTS,EQUIPMENT","summary":"CABLE THAT ATTACHES  SPARE TIRE TO  VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BREAK.   DEALER HAS REPLACED SPARE TIRE CARRIER  SEVERAL TIMES.  *AK  SEAT BELT DOESN'T RETRACT PROPERLY.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":875507,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/26/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/27/2000","vin":"1FTSW31S1XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, FORD, F350.   TREAD ON  LEFT REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE (P265 75 R16) SEPARATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING DAMAGE TO  VEHICLE.  FIRESTONE WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK  DOT VNW81XL098.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736624,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/28/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/20/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F7XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING ON A STRAIGHT AND LEVEL ROAD THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE.  THE AIR PREASURE IN THE TIRE WAS ABOUT 60 PSI. SPEED WAS ABOUT 55 MPH.  THE FAILURE WAS WITHOUT WARNING AND WAS TOTAL.  THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OFF.  TIRE WAS INSPECTED BY SEARS (THE INSTALLER) WHO FOUND NO ROAD HAZARD DAMAGE OR PUNCTURE. (TIRESIZE: 295/75R16)( DOT NUMBER:  TIRE SIZE: 295/75R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736237,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/09/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2000","vin":"1FTSF31SXXE","components":"STEERING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE U-BOLTS FAILED, AND THE AXEL DROPPED DOWN. WE HEARD A \"THUD\" , AND FELT A DROPPING SENSATION. THE STEERING IMMEDIATLEY BECAME INOPERABLE, AND THE TRUCK CRASHED INTO SEVERAL BALES OF HAY. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS DAMAGED. WHEN I CONTACTED PARKER TOYOTA, THEY CLAIMED MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE AXEL. I THEN PAID FOR THE REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET. LATER THE SAME DAY, I PULLED A VIN HISTORY ON THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT THE ODOMETER HAD BEEN ROLLED BACK. WHEN WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS A TRADE IN FROM A GUY THAT BOUGHT IT AT PARKER FORD, AND TRADED IT IN TO PARKER TOYOTA. THE TRUE STORY (VERIFED BY FORD MOTORS), WAS THAT THE TRUCK CAME OUT OF TERRACE, BC. IT WENT TO AUCTION IN MAY 2000, WHERE THE ODOMETER WAS CONVERTED FROM KM TO US MILES. THEY HAVE RECORDS THAT IT WENT IN TO THE ODOMETER SHOP WITH 68,000 KM, AND CAME OUT WITH 33,100 US MILES. THIS IS A MISTAKE OF NEARLY 10,000 MILES. PARKER TOYOTA ADMITS THAT THEY ARE AT FAULT FOR THE ODOMETER FRAUD, BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE ARE FILING SUIT AGAINST PARKER TOYOTA FOR FRAUD.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":874802,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2000","vin":"1FTSW30FXXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH  VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER, AND NOTICED A BULGE ON SIDE OF TIRES.  AFTER A DEALER INSPECTED ALL TIRES, HAIRLINE CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE SIDEWALLS OF ALL THE TIRES (FIRESTONE TWX R4S P265 75 R16).  DOT #VNW8IXM.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736172,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/12/2000","vin":"1FTSX31F1XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURS WHEN BACKING UP TO A TRAILER AND BRAKING AT THE SAME TIME.  THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736198,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/27/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/12/2000","vin":"1FTSF31F9XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"YOU CAN NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. LIKE WHEN YOU NEED TO PARK PULL IN OR OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY GO AT A VERY SLOW SPEED AND TURN. IF YOU HAD TO TURN THE WHEEL AND APPLY THE BRAKES AS IF A KID RUN INTO THE ROAD YOU COULD NOT DO THAT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736129,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/11/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"2 REAR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CRACK ALONG CIRCUMFERENCE OF SIDEWALL.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265-75-16)( DOT NUMBER:  TIRE SIZE: 265-75-16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":736152,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/16/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/11/2000","vin":"1FTSW30S5XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ON SUNDAY MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 A.M. 2MILES WEST OF SANTA ROSA, NEW MEXICO THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT.  WE WERE TOWING A 30 FOOT 5TH WHEEL RECREATIONAL VECHICLE AT ABOUT 70 MPH.  DUE TO WHERE THIS HAPPENED, I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY TO KEEP FROM BEING RUN OVER BY 18 WHEELERS RUNNING 75+ MPH. SINCE I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE, I HAD TO GO IN THE CENTER MEDIAN.  THIS AREA WAS EXTREMELY SLOPED AND WE WERE BARELY ABLE TO CLEAR THE ROADWAY WITH THE RIGH SIDE OF TRUCK AND TRAILER.  NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL WAS CONTACTED BUT NEVER SHOWED UP.  IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO A LOCATION TO FIND A REPLACEMENT TIRE. WE HAP TO BUY A USED TIRE FOR A SPARE.  IN SANTA FE, NM WE LOCATED A FIRESTONE DEALER.  HE REPLACED BOTH REAR TIRES WITH THE SAME MODEL TIRE BUT A DIFFERENT TREAD DESIGN.  HE DID NOT MENTION THE THERE BEING A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES.  AFTER RETURNING HOME AND GETTING MORE DETAILS AND THE CONCERN WITH SAFETY, WE BOUGHT REPLACE TIRES FROM ANOTHER MANUFACTOR.  I FEEL FIRESTONE SHOULD HAVE NTIFIED ME OF THE POSSIBLE PROBLEM BEFORE THE INCIDENT. I AM OUT OVER $800 FOR FIVE REPLACEMENT TIRES PLUS THE $1500 DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK.  THE FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND FORD CALLED AND ASK A FEW QUESTIONS BUT NO FUTHER CONTACT.  FIRESTONE HAS MADE NO CONTACT.  *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XM398  TIRESIZE: LT265/7516)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":874449,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/06/2000","vin":"1FTSW31S0XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"VEHICLE LOST BRAKING CAPABILITY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DUE TO BRAKE LINE SEPARATING AT A UNION, CAUSING BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE.   DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":735822,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/06/2000","vin":"1FTSW31FOXE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION.  THE BRAKE LINE WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PRESUMABLY AT THE FACTORY.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":556884,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE ON THE SHOULDER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL 26575R16).  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":556884,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE ON THE SHOULDER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL 26575R16).  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":556884,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE ON THE SHOULDER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL 26575R16).  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734902,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/12/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/22/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F5XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"DEALER INSPECTED TIRES AND CHECKED BALANCE FOR VIBRATION AT 30+MPH SPEEDS.  DEALER SAID NO OBVIOUS EXTERNAL DEFECTS VISABLE BUT VIBRATION PERSISTS THAT COULD BE AN INTERNAL DEFLECT LIKE A PLY SEPARATION CAUSING VIBRATION. (DOT NUMBER: DO 8061  TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734802,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/22/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/20/2000","vin":"1FTSW31S4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TIRE AT HIGH SPEED PRECEEDED BY LOSS OF OUTER TREAD LINING (DOT NUMBER: DA217PF13D  TIRESIZE: 265/75/R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734681,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/08/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/18/2000","vin":"1FTSW30F8XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THIS TIRE EXPERIENCED TOTAL AND COMPLETE INTANTAINOUS FAILURE (BLEW UP AND RIPPED TO SHREADS ISTANTAINOUSLY) CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL AND NEARLY A FATIAL CRASH. TIRE PRESSURE AND LOAD WAS CHECKED 11 MILES EARLIER, THIS TIRE WAS INFLATED TO MAXIMUM COLD PRESSURE AS STATED ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE (NO AIR WAS ADDED, IT WAS FOUND TO BE INFLATED PROPERLY AT THAT TIME). DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS CAUSED BY THE LOOSE TRED FLAPPING AGAINST THE BODY. (DOT NUMBER: VNW8IXL  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16) (DOT NUMBER: VNW8IXL  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734549,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/04/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/17/2000","vin":"1FTWW32FXXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"A TIRE ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, COMPLETELY DISENTIGRATED. I'VE DRIVEN A LONG TIME, AND SO HAS MY MOTHER WHO WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME, AND NEITHER OF US HAVE EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. LUCKILY BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURED ON MY REAR WHEELS, AND I HAVE A DUAL REAR WHEEL TRUCK SO NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  *AK (DOT NUMBER: W10P  TIRESIZE: 215/85R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":873145,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/17/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F5XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE-00-040- STEEL TEX R4S; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 FORD F350, TIRE SIZE P265/75R16, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRE HAD 30 THOUSAND MILES ON IT.  WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 60-65 MPH  DRIVER SIDE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD MIDDLE PORTION SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, THE TIRE STAYED INFLATED, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE STEEL BELTS.  *AK  THE DAMAGED TIRE HAD A PRESSURE OF 80 P.S.I.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734481,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/16/2000","vin":"1FDWE30S9XH","components":"TIRES","summary":"TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE BODY.TIRE WAS PROPEELY INFLATED ACCORDING TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER. (DOT NUMBER: VDIL1XD179  TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":559820,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/16/2000","vin":"1FDWF37FXXE","components":"STEERING","summary":"THE STEERING BOX SECTOR SHAFT BROKE OFF AT THE PITMAN ARM.   CJ","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734303,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/24/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/14/2000","vin":"1FTSX31L4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"BLOWOUT ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734303,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/24/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/14/2000","vin":"1FTSX31L4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"BLOWOUT ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734303,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/24/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/14/2000","vin":"1FTSX31L4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"BLOWOUT ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872972,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/13/2000","vin":"1FTWW32FXXE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"DUE TO DEFECTIVE TURBO INTAKE WHICH BLEWOUT VEHICLE  STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THIS MIGHT HAVE CAUSED A CRASH.  DEALER FIXED THIS PART  5 TIMES,  BUT IT IS STILL REOCCURRING.  ALSO, WHILE DOWNSHIFTING FROM 2ND GEAR TO 1ST GEAR  VEHICLE WILL GO INTO REVERSE AUTOMATICALLY, CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE REAR PART OF VEHICLE.  *AK   ONE TURBO LOST ITS POWER AND SHUTDOWN BEFORE BEING PULLED OVER TO ROAD SIDE.  THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO INTO REVERSE GEAR.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872853,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/12/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F7X8","components":"WHEELS","summary":"CONSUMER NOTICED  PASSENGER'S RIGHT SIDE  FRONTAL TIRE WAS LOSING PRESSURE, TIRE WOULD NOT STAY INFLATED.  CONSUMER CONTACTED  DEALER. DEALER REMOVED  RIM, AND FOUND A CRACK ON  INSIDE OF THE RIM ABOUT 4 INCHES LONG, CAUSING  TIRE  TO DEFLATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872904,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/12/2000","vin":"IFTSX31S9XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 35MPH ON  HIGHWAY AND  BRAKES LOCKED UP IN FRONT OF AN INTERSECTION.  HE WENT TO APPLY  BRAKES AND VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP.    HAS ABS BRAKING SYSTEM.  ALSO,  ALL FOUR TIRES WERE TURNING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":555775,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/12/2000","vin":"1FTSZ315XXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEELTEX R45 TIRES 265 75 R16 EXPERIENCED CRACKING ON THE INSIDE WALL AND A BROKEN WIRE ON THE SIDE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":555775,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/12/2000","vin":"1FTSZ315XXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE STEELTEX R45 TIRES 265 75 R16 EXPERIENCED CRACKING ON THE INSIDE WALL AND A BROKEN WIRE ON THE SIDE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872893,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/12/2000","vin":"1FDWF36F1XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, F350, LT215/85R16 SIZE.   TREAD ON THE  LEFT INSIDE REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX SEPARATED AND BLEWOUT .   OWNER HAS REPLACED ALL OF THE TIRES.*AK   DOT# W10P1XNZ494.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733862,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/20/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/10/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"I HAVE HAD THREE TIRE BLOWOUTS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST OCCURED ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SIDEWALL BLOWOUTS WITH COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TIRE (UNABLE TO REPAIR) ALL OCCURED AT LESS THAN 40 MPH ON GRADED GRAVELED ROADS. IT APPEARED AS IF THE TIRES HAD BEEN CUT. (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733836,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/19/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/09/2000","vin":"1FTSX31F4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE BLOWOUT OCCURED AT 55 MPH ON STRAIGHT SECTION OF DRY SMOOTH GRAVEL COVERED HIGHWAY DURING DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS WITH OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 75 DEGREES F.  TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO FAILURE VEHICLE HAD TIRES INSPECTED, INFLATED (60 LBS PSI), AND ROTATED BY FIRESTONE TIRE CENTER DEALER. AFTER INCIDENT THE DESTROYED TIRE WAS TAKEN TO SAME FIRESTONE TIRE CENTER DEALER WHERE I REPORTED THE INCIDENT.  DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THIS TIRE WAS NOT PART OF OTHER FIRESTONE TIRE RECALLS.  DEALER REPLACED TIRE UNDER PROVISIONS OF FIRESTONE ROAD HAZARD INSURANCE PROTECTION WHICH I HAD PERVIOUSLY PURCHASED. I AM SUBMITTING THIS REPORT DUE TO LATER INFORMATION IN THE NEWS REPORTED ON 9/29/2000 THAT NHTSA HAD BEGUN AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SAME TYPE OF FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRES AS USED ON MY FORD F350 PICKUP TRUCK BECAUSE OF A SERIES OF COMPLAINTS NTHSA HAS RECEIVED IN RECENT MONTHS CONCERNING TIRE FAILURE SITUATIONS WHICH SEEMED TO BE THE SAME TYPE AS I HAD EXPERIENCED.  (NOTE - THIS TIRE FAILURE IS THE SECOND I HAVE EXPERIENCED SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW IN SEPTEMBER 1999.  THE FIRST OCCURED WITHIN THE FIRST 500 MILES OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP BUT DID NOT RESULT IN A BLOWOUT, BUT WITH A SIDEWALL FAILURE ABOVE THE TREADLINE.  THIS FAILURE WAS ALSO RETURNED TO THE SAME FIRESTONE TIRE CENTER DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT.) (TIRESIZE: 26575R16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: 26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733567,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/21/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/06/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F5XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK (TIRESIZE: P265X75R16)( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: P265X75R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733493,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2000","vin":"1FTWX32F3XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVEING AT BETWEEN 60-65 MPH ON TWO CONSECTIVE DAYS I HAD MASSIVE TIRE FAILURES ON THE REAR OF MY TRUCK. IN BOTH CASES I WAS TRAVING ALONG AT THE LEGAL SPEED LEVEL WITH MY TRUCK EMPTY, ON A DRY ROADWAY, TEMPERATURE AROUND 100 DEGREES F. IN BOTH CASES THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE REAL BAD AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THE TIRES EXPLODED. IN NEITHE CASE DID THE TIRES LOOSE AIR. THE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE CASING. I DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAS DUAL REAR WHEELS. BOTH TIMES IT DID DAMAGE THE FENDERS, FENDER WELLS, FENDER LINERS AND FENDER BRACES. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 4,000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE INFLATED TO 65 PSI. I HAVE CONTACTED KUMHO TIRE COMPANY AND THEY WANT ME TO SEND IN THE BLOWN TIRES AND THEY MAY REPLACE THEM AND MAY REPAIR MY VEHICLE DAMSGE. I STILL HAVE THE TWO DAMAGED TIRES AND THE TWO THAT DID NOT SEPERATE. I WILL HOLD ALL FOUR TIRES UNTIL I HEAR FROM YOU.*AK (DOT NUMBER: HZIOYCIS40  TIRESIZE: LT255/8516)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733493,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2000","vin":"1FTWX32F3XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVEING AT BETWEEN 60-65 MPH ON TWO CONSECTIVE DAYS I HAD MASSIVE TIRE FAILURES ON THE REAR OF MY TRUCK. IN BOTH CASES I WAS TRAVING ALONG AT THE LEGAL SPEED LEVEL WITH MY TRUCK EMPTY, ON A DRY ROADWAY, TEMPERATURE AROUND 100 DEGREES F. IN BOTH CASES THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE REAL BAD AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THE TIRES EXPLODED. IN NEITHE CASE DID THE TIRES LOOSE AIR. THE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE CASING. I DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAS DUAL REAR WHEELS. BOTH TIMES IT DID DAMAGE THE FENDERS, FENDER WELLS, FENDER LINERS AND FENDER BRACES. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 4,000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE INFLATED TO 65 PSI. I HAVE CONTACTED KUMHO TIRE COMPANY AND THEY WANT ME TO SEND IN THE BLOWN TIRES AND THEY MAY REPLACE THEM AND MAY REPAIR MY VEHICLE DAMSGE. I STILL HAVE THE TWO DAMAGED TIRES AND THE TWO THAT DID NOT SEPERATE. I WILL HOLD ALL FOUR TIRES UNTIL I HEAR FROM YOU.*AK( DOT NUMBER: HZIOYCIS40 TIRE SIZE: LT255/8516 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733493,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2000","vin":"1FTWX32F3XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WHILE DRIVEING AT BETWEEN 60-65 MPH ON TWO CONSECTIVE DAYS I HAD MASSIVE TIRE FAILURES ON THE REAR OF MY TRUCK. IN BOTH CASES I WAS TRAVING ALONG AT THE LEGAL SPEED LEVEL WITH MY TRUCK EMPTY, ON A DRY ROADWAY, TEMPERATURE AROUND 100 DEGREES F. IN BOTH CASES THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE REAL BAD AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THE TIRES EXPLODED. IN NEITHE CASE DID THE TIRES LOOSE AIR. THE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE CASING. I DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAS DUAL REAR WHEELS. BOTH TIMES IT DID DAMAGE THE FENDERS, FENDER WELLS, FENDER LINERS AND FENDER BRACES. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 4,000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE INFLATED TO 65 PSI. I HAVE CONTACTED KUMHO TIRE COMPANY AND THEY WANT ME TO SEND IN THE BLOWN TIRES AND THEY MAY REPLACE THEM AND MAY REPAIR MY VEHICLE DAMSGE. I STILL HAVE THE TWO DAMAGED TIRES AND THE TWO THAT DID NOT SEPERATE. I WILL HOLD ALL FOUR TIRES UNTIL I HEAR FROM YOU.*AK( DOT NUMBER: HZIOYCIS40 TIRE SIZE: LT255/8516 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733526,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/31/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2000","vin":"1FTSW31S4XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE ROTORS KEEP WARPING CAUSING CYCLIC LOADING AND POSSIBLE FATIGUE FAILURE TO STEERING AND BRAKING COMPONENTS.  DESIGN CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO RECENT PRODUCTION, OLD UNITS ARE STILL DEFECTIVE IN DESIGN AND/OR MANUFACTURE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872239,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2000","vin":"1FTSX31F5XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN DRIVING & STARTING TO BRAKE, BRAKES WOULD PULSATE & VIBRATE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED  BRAKE ROTORS & SHOES WERE INADEQUATE FOR  VEHICLE. THE ROTORS WERE WARPING, AND WERE TURNED.  CALIPERS & SHOES WERE REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.  ROTORS/CALIPERS & SHOES WERE REPLACED AGAIN FOR THE 4TH TIME. HEAT FROM SIZE OF TRUCK WOULD WARP  ROTORS.  DEALER WAS ORDING HEAVY DUTY BRAKE ROTORS/ CALIPERS & SHOES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733451,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/04/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F2XE","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"SPARE TIRE ASEMBLY CABLE SNAPPED - TIRE FLEW OFF TRUCK AND ALMOST STRUCK 2 OTHER CARS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872131,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/03/2000","vin":"1FTSW31FXXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THESE FIRESTONE STEEL TEX AT, P26575R16 WERE (OE) ON THIS FORD TRUCK. SEPERATION OF  TREAD WAS NOTICED WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING. FIRESTONE REPLACED THE TIRE.*AK THE TIRE WAS MADE IN CANADA.  FIRESTONE PRORATED THE TIRE AND REPLACED IT AS A ROAD HAZARD CLAIM.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":733180,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/08/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/02/2000","vin":"1FTSX31F6XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AN APPROX. 3INCH SECTION OF THE SIDE WALL ON THE OUT SIDE OF THE TIRE, A SECTION STAYED ON THE RIM AND THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE WAS INTACT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF TREAD SEPARATION ON THE TREAD. THE LOCA FIRESTONE DEALER INSPECTED THE TIRE AND COULD FIND NO REASON FOR THE FAILURE. THEY REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SAME TYPE FOR A PRORATED PRICE OF  $64.78. THE TIRES WERE INSPECTED BY ME BEFORE I LEFT FOR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AND INFLATION AND CONDITION APPEARED OK. THE FAILURE OCCURED APROX. 35 MILES INTO THE TRIP AT ABOUT 9:30 AM PDT AND THE TEMPERATURE WASAPPROX. 60 TO 70 DEGREES. THE FAILURE OCCURED ON BUSINESS IS80, WESTBOUND , INSIDE LANE.  THE PICKUP WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN PULLING MY FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER WITH A GROSS COMBINED VEHICLE WEIGHT OG 18560LBS, THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS I WAS IN RUSH TRAFFIC AND ON THE INSIDE LANE OF A SIX LANE FREEWAY. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE TRUCK AND MOVE SAFELY TO THE OUTSIDE SHOULDER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. I AM RELUCTANT TO USE MY TRAILER WITH THESE TIRES AS I DO NOT WANT MY WIFE BECAUSE OF INACACTION BY FIRESTONE AND FORD TO REPLACE THESE ALLEDGED DEFECTIVE TIRES. I URGE YOUR AGENGY TO INITIATE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL OF THESE TIRES IF ACTION IS NOT TAKEN WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, I WILL BE CONTACTING MY CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR ACTION ON THIS SERIOR PROBLEM. THANK YOU AND I ADDED TO THE FATALITY LIST.  *AK (DOT NUMBER: DO 8062  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872029,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/02/2000","vin":"1FTSF31F4XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PE00020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, FORD F350,  TIRE SIZE P26575R16.  TIRES ARE SPLITTING AT THE SIDEWALL STARTING AT THE TREAD AND GOING TO THE RIM OF THE TIRE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":872051,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/23/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/02/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE BLEWOUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION TRAVELING AT 60MPH.  VEHICLE HAS SOME DAMAGES. THE TIRES SIZE LT265/75R16 DOT#VNW81XM.  SPARE TIRE WAS USED FOR REPLACEMENT.*AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732924,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2000","vin":"1FTSW31FOXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THERE ARE HUNKS OF TREAD COMING OFF MY TIRES, SOME THE SIZE BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF DOLLAR.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW8 1XL  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732941,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2000","vin":"1FTSW30F3XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"LARGE BULGES ARE FORMING ON THE SIDEWALLS.  I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON THEM.  I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THEM BEFORE I GO ON VACATION.  SHOWED THE TIRE TO A DEALER AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A MINOR COSMETIC DEFECT.  DIGITAL IMAGES AVAILABLE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VMW8 1XM  TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":871757,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/19/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2000","vin":"1FDWF36F3XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING  ABOUT 30PMH ON  HIGHWAY. AS HE WAS APPROACHING THE LIGHT,  WENT TO APPLY  BRAKE THE PEDAL, AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FLOOR.  THERE WERE NO BRAKES, AND CONSUMER RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND  MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE BRAKE LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":871062,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/20/2000","vin":"","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"PARKING BRAKE IS INEFFECTIVE.  WHEN APPLIED ON AN INCLINE  VEHICLE STILL ROLLS. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":870668,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F6XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"CONSUMER HAS  A 1999 FORD, F350. ORIGINAL TIRES THAT HAVE 27,000 MILES. TIRE SIZE P265/75R16, DOT#VNW31XL.  TIRES HAVE SPLITS WERE THE CAP ATTACHES TO THE TIRES. ALSO, THERE ARE HAIRLINE CRACKS AROUND THE WALL OF THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE.*AK THE FAILED STEEL TEX AT TIRE WAS MADE IN CANADA.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":870468,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/14/2000","vin":"1FTW33FOXED","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"WHEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATE  AT 55 MPH  SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE,  CAUSING THE TIRE TO DROP DOWN ONTO  HIGHWAY WHICH CAUSED A NEAR ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED  DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":731113,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/20/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/12/2000","vin":"1FTSX31F7XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"BLOWOUT ON INTERSTATE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.  *AK( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT265/75R1 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730928,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2000","vin":"1FTWW33FXXE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WE HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEATED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS INCLUDING 2 TOTAL BREAKDOWNS, THE LAST ONE ON 09-07-2000 ENDANGERED EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE. MAY 9, ERATIC SHIFTING, SPEED CONTROL SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, MAY 10 - MAY 22, SHIFTING PROBLEMS CONTINUED, CONTROL MODULE REPLACED. MAY 23, TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE, TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT ONJUNE 8.. JUNE 29, SHIFTING PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN. JULY 18, FORD DEALER CHECKED, REPROGRAMED TRANSMISSION  AND TOLD ME NO PROBLEMS FOUND. JULY 31, FORD DEALER  LOAD TESTED TRUCK, REPLACED MODULE AND REPROGRAMED AGAIN, EVERYTHING OK. SEPTEMBER 7, TOWING TRAILER DOWN 7% - 7 MILE LEWISTON GRADE TRANSMISSION FAILED, LOST ENGINE COMPRESSION BRAKING AND HAD TO RELY ONLY ON BRAKES TO SLOW TRUCK. HAD NO TRANSMISSION IN ANY GEAR WHEN WE REACHED BOTTOM. NEW TRANSMISSION NOW BEING INSTALLED. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM  WHICH  PLACED EVERYONE IN THE TRUCK IN DANGER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730928,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2000","vin":"1FTWW33FXXE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WE HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEATED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS INCLUDING 2 TOTAL BREAKDOWNS, THE LAST ONE ON 09-07-2000 ENDANGERED EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE. MAY 9, ERATIC SHIFTING, SPEED CONTROL SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, MAY 10 - MAY 22, SHIFTING PROBLEMS CONTINUED, CONTROL MODULE REPLACED. MAY 23, TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE, TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT ONJUNE 8.. JUNE 29, SHIFTING PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN. JULY 18, FORD DEALER CHECKED, REPROGRAMED TRANSMISSION  AND TOLD ME NO PROBLEMS FOUND. JULY 31, FORD DEALER  LOAD TESTED TRUCK, REPLACED MODULE AND REPROGRAMED AGAIN, EVERYTHING OK. SEPTEMBER 7, TOWING TRAILER DOWN 7% - 7 MILE LEWISTON GRADE TRANSMISSION FAILED, LOST ENGINE COMPRESSION BRAKING AND HAD TO RELY ONLY ON BRAKES TO SLOW TRUCK. HAD NO TRANSMISSION IN ANY GEAR WHEN WE REACHED BOTTOM. NEW TRANSMISSION NOW BEING INSTALLED. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM  WHICH  PLACED EVERYONE IN THE TRUCK IN DANGER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730583,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/02/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/07/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F1XE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WHERE WIRES PLUG IN TO HEADLIGHT, ASSEMBLEY KEEPS COMING APART CAUSING LIGHT FAILURE","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730583,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/02/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/07/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F1XE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WHERE WIRES PLUG IN TO HEADLIGHT, ASSEMBLEY KEEPS COMING APART CAUSING LIGHT FAILURE","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730345,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/14/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2000","vin":"1FTSW31FOXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE ORIGINAL TIRE PROBLEM THAT I HAD WAS A 3\" SLIT IN THE SIDEWALL. UPON NOTICING THIS I PURCHASED A SET OF TIRES FROM A FRIEND WHO HAD JUST PURCHASED AN F250 CREW CAB AND WANTED LARGER TIRES TO LIFT HIS TRUCK. THE FIRESTONE TIRES WE PURCHASED HAD ROUGHLY 3000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES FORD SOLD THE TRUCK WITH. I WAS SIMPLY PULLING AWAY FROM A CURB WHEN MY TIRE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT AT THE SIDEWALL. I WAS NOT TOUCHING OR RUBBING THE CURB IN ANY WAY. I HAVE TO REPLACE THIS TIRE BUT I WILL SAVE IT IF YOU NEED TO SEE IT. I UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE THE FIRST TIRE THAT HAD A PROBLEM. THE INFORMATION ON MY SECOND TIRE PROBLEM FROM THE NEW SET IS AS FOLLOWS: FIRESTONE STEEELTEX RADIAL A/T, LT265/75R16 DO #8062 WITH A BMI 4976-1.( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT265RX16E )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730345,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/14/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2000","vin":"1FTSW31FOXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE ORIGINAL TIRE PROBLEM THAT I HAD WAS A 3\" SLIT IN THE SIDEWALL. UPON NOTICING THIS I PURCHASED A SET OF TIRES FROM A FRIEND WHO HAD JUST PURCHASED AN F250 CREW CAB AND WANTED LARGER TIRES TO LIFT HIS TRUCK. THE FIRESTONE TIRES WE PURCHASED HAD ROUGHLY 3000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES FORD SOLD THE TRUCK WITH. I WAS SIMPLY PULLING AWAY FROM A CURB WHEN MY TIRE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT AT THE SIDEWALL. I WAS NOT TOUCHING OR RUBBING THE CURB IN ANY WAY. I HAVE TO REPLACE THIS TIRE BUT I WILL SAVE IT IF YOU NEED TO SEE IT. I UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE THE FIRST TIRE THAT HAD A PROBLEM. THE INFORMATION ON MY SECOND TIRE PROBLEM FROM THE NEW SET IS AS FOLLOWS: FIRESTONE STEEELTEX RADIAL A/T, LT265/75R16 DO #8062 WITH A BMI 4976-1.( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT265RX16E )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730010,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/03/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F6XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TREAD SEPARETED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE THIER WAS NO BLOW OUT AND NO PUCTURES TO THE TIRE THE TREAD DAMAGED MY RUNNING BOARD MY FENDER THE INNER FENDER AND THE HORN BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATEDAND IT REMAINED INFLATEDUNTILL I WAS ABLE TO LIMP DOWN THE ROAD TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD OR WOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGES TO MY TRUCK SINCE THE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPTMENT. THEY SIMPLY SAID NO AND SENT ME ON MY WAY.THIER WAS NO REASON FOR THIS TIRE TO COME APART THE WAY IT DID. IT WAS INFLATED WITH THE PROPER AIR PRESSUREAND THERE WERE NO BUMPS OR POTHOLES IN THE ROAD JUST SIMPLY POOR QUALITY FABRICATION OF THTHIER PRODUCT( DOT NUMBER: VNW8  1XL TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730010,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/03/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F6XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TREAD SEPARETED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE THIER WAS NO BLOW OUT AND NO PUCTURES TO THE TIRE THE TREAD DAMAGED MY RUNNING BOARD MY FENDER THE INNER FENDER AND THE HORN BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATEDAND IT REMAINED INFLATEDUNTILL I WAS ABLE TO LIMP DOWN THE ROAD TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD OR WOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGES TO MY TRUCK SINCE THE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPTMENT. THEY SIMPLY SAID NO AND SENT ME ON MY WAY.THIER WAS NO REASON FOR THIS TIRE TO COME APART THE WAY IT DID. IT WAS INFLATED WITH THE PROPER AIR PRESSUREAND THERE WERE NO BUMPS OR POTHOLES IN THE ROAD JUST SIMPLY POOR QUALITY FABRICATION OF THTHIER PRODUCT( DOT NUMBER: VNW8  1XL TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":869317,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/2000","vin":"1FTSX31L7XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGH RATE OF  SPEED, DRIVER WILL FEEL A VIBRATION, AT LOW SPEED A PULSATION WILL OCCUR UNDERNEATH THE PEDAL. DEALER HAS CUT ROTORS THREE TIMES AND REPLACED ROTORS THREE TIMES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":554202,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/2000","vin":"1FTWW32F9XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE LEFT REAR OUTBOARD AND THE RIGHT INBOARD FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL (LT215/85R16) TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.   *MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":869053,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/29/2000","vin":"1FTSF30F2XE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING ,ALMOST ACTING AS IF IT RAN OUT OF FUEL. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES BEFORE VEHICLE WILL RESTART. WHEN VEHICLE STALLS IT  WILL LOSE ALL POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":729226,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/2000","vin":"1FTSW31FXXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"TIRE SIDEWALL EXPLODED -AND TWO OTHER TIRES ARE BULGING AT THE SIDE WALL( DOT NUMBER: VDW81XM419 TIRE SIZE: LT 265/75R )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":868731,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/25/2000","vin":"1FTFW31SPXE","components":"TIRES","summary":"PEOO 020 ; SHE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON  HIGHWAY AND HEARD A BANGING NOISE.  BACK RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED.   FIRESTONE#AT STEEL TEX 16INCH.  SECOND BLOWOUT OCCURRED, LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, TREAD SEPARATED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK  THE WHITE WALLS COLLAPSED IN WARD ON BOTH RIGHT REAR AND LEFT REAR TIRES ON TWO OCCASSIONS.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":868554,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/24/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE RIGHT REAR AND LEFT REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES P265/75R16 DOT VNW81XM FAILED, THE FIRST TIRE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AND WAS DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A LARGE BUBBLE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":868304,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/22/2000","vin":"1FTWX32F6XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"FRONT END  WAS CAUSING  TIRE TO WEAR EXCESSIVELY TO THE CORE. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE PROBLES WAS DUE TO THE FIFTH WHEEL. HAD THE TIRE REPLACED & SUSPENSION REALIGNED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":867860,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/15/2000","vin":"1FTWX33F2XE","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"WHEN  TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK WITH EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ON, WHILE LOADING VEHICLE, IT  ROLLED  FORWARD.   EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD  VEHICLE, IT  STOPPED IN A DITCH.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":553811,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/15/2000","vin":"1FTSF31F8XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN BRAKING UNDER A LOAD OR BRAKING HARD THE POWER BRAKES LET GO AND THE PEDAL HAS TO BE PUMPED.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":727910,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/17/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/14/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F5XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"WE WERE TRAVELING HWY 40 AT ABOUT 60 MPH AROUND 2:00 P.M. WHEN OUR RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED.  AS THE TIRE TREAD WAS PEELING OFF, I TRIED TO GAIN CONTROL OF MY TRUCK/CAMPER TO AVOID GOING OFF THE SHOULDER OR A HEAD-ON CRASH.  THE BLOWOUT CAUSED ABOUT $2000.00 IN DAMAGES BESIDE COMPLETE TIRE REPLACEMENT.  I MADE A CLAIM THROUGH FARMERS INSURANCE AGENCY AND THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED.  ADDITIONALLY, I STILL HAVE THE DAMAGED TIRE AND RIM.   UPON MY RETURN FROM THIS TRIP, I IMMEDIATELY REPLACED THE TIRES BECAUSE I FELT I MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY IF I HAD ANOTHER BLOWOUT LIKE THIS.  I FEEL THIS BLOWOUT WAS DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE TIRE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TREAD UNRAVELED AND THE STEEL BELTS BLEW OUT.  I WOULD LIKE SOME INFORMATION HOW TO PURSUE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THESE DAMAGES.  YOUR PROMPT REPLY WILL BE APPRECIATED.  *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNW8 TIRE SIZE: 265/75/R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9001824,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/11/2000","vin":"1FTWW33FXXE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"HAVE HAD SEVERAL MECHANICAL FAILURES ON VEHICLE FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS REFUSED TO WARRANTY REPAIRS WHICH SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER 36000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":727227,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/09/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F5XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE TRUCK IS BEING BOUGHT BACK BY FORD; SO I DON'T KNOW THE SIZE / MAKE; I'M 99% SURE IT WAS FIRESTONE TIRES ON THE TRUCK.  THE THREAD WRAPPED AROUND THE FRONT SUSPENSION THEREBY LOCKING THE TIRE FROM MOVING CAUSING ALMOST LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE (I'VE RACED STOCK CARS 10 YEARS AND AM FAIRLY USED TO BLOWOUTS, THIS WAS FAR MORE VIOLENT THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER FELT IN A RACE CAR).  THE TIRE WRAPPED AROUND THE FRONT SUSPENSION DAMAGING THE FENDER, INNER FENDER WELL, BRAKE LINE AND POWER STEERING LINES.  THE TIRE COULD NOT BE GOTTEN OFF THE TRUCK UNTIL SEVERAL HOURS OF WORK IT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THINGS SO BAD.  THE VEHICLE IS IN TN WHERE THE TIRE BLEW OUT; I LEFT IT THERE FOR FORD TO DECIDE TO BUY BACK OR NOT AS IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AFTER THIS WITH THE DAMAGE, NOT TO MENTION WE DIDN'T TRUST THE OTHER TIRES ON THE TRUCK AFTER THIS.  THE TIRE WAS IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK (IN THE BED), HOWEVER AS I SAID; FORD IS BUYING BACK THE VEHICLE (ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE THAT IN WRITING YET; ONLY VERBAL CONFIRMATION).  THE TIRE LOOKS WORSE THAN ANY OF THE PICTURES ON CNN TODAY OF BLOWOUTS, IT'S WORTH GETTING A PICTURE OF.  THE PASSENGER AND MYSELF HAVE NO INJURIES NOR CLAIMS AGAINST FIRESTONE / FORD FOR THE PROBLEM; OTHER THAN THE PASSENGERS ALMOST HEART ATTACK (WE HAD TRACTOR TRAILERS SURROUNDING US IN FRONT, BEHIND AND TO THE RIGHT).   PS: THE TRUCK HAD NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS WITH CLUTCH NOT WORKING, BRAKES, AND ENGINE PROBLEMS; HENCE THE BUY BACK.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":726299,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/11/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/31/2000","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"WIFE WAS DRIVING IN MIDDLE LANE ON RT95 SOUTH TOWARD RICHMOND, VA FROM NO-VA ARE WHEN LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WAS HIT!!  TREAD ON OUTTER TIRE STILL IN TACT HOWEVER OUTSIDE WALL WAS TOTALL TORN APART.  FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS KILLED SINCE MY WIFE IS A EXCELLENT DRIVER SHE WAITED FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR IN RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TRUCK (ALONG WITH OUR 30FT CAMPER TRAILER).  ALL TIRES ARE ORIGINAL EQUIP FROM FORD FOR WHICH WE SPECIAL ORDERED ON TRUCK TO ENSURE WE HAD BIGGEST TIRE AVAIL AS OPTIONS FOR TRUCK THAT YEAR WE ORDERED IT.  NOW ALUM RIM IS RUINED AND FORD WILL NOT REPLACE TIRE(S) NOR RIM.  CLOSEST FIRESTONE DEALER IS VERY FAR AWAY 1.5/2 HOURS.  ASKED STERLING FORD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES (SINCE THEY NO LONGER FEEL SAFE AND SHOW BUBBLES ON SIDEWALLS) AND THE RIM BUT THEY WILL NOT EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY SAYING THAT IT IS FIRESTONE DEALER RESPONSIBLE.  HOWEVER, STERLING FORD SELLS FIRESTONE TIRES BUT OBVIOUSLY DOESNOT WARRANTY ANY OF THEM!?!?  ALSO, ABOUT A MONTH EARLIER VALVE STEM ON RIGHT REAR TIRE WENT BAD..  SO, I HAVE HAD TWO (2) INCIDENTS WITH FIRSTONE PRODUCE.  ALSO, ALL TIRES ARE SHOWING EXCESSIVE TREAD WEAR AND THERE IS ONLY 25K MILES ON TIRES.  I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE ALL TIRES BEFORE WINTER AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME HOW LONG THESE TIRES ARE WARRANTIED FOR;  50 OR 60K??  IF 60K TIRE WEARS OUT HALF WAY AND BLOWS OUT ON SIDEWALL SOMTHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THESE TIRES!!( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":866047,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/23/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/26/2000","vin":"1FTWW32S4XE","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  AT 65 MPH VEHICLE  BEGAN TO SHIMMY. WHEN ATTEMPING TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, DRIVER COULD NOT TURN  STEERING WHEEL. WHEN OPENING THE HOOD, DRIVER SAW POWER STEERING FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE. ONCE THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIIP, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING LINE WAS BUSTED. THIS WAS DETERMINED BEFORE THE TRUCK WAS LOOKED AT.  THE TRUCK WILL BE SERVICED UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":865939,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/11/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/25/2000","vin":"1FTSW31FFEE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED,  WHICH WHILE REVERSING AND PULLING A TRAILER, TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND  BURNED OUT.   DEALER REDESIGNED THE TRANSMSSION AND COOLING SYSTEM.  VEHICLE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM, AND VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED,  IT DID NOT SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK  THE VEHICLE IS NOT EQUIPED WITH MECHANISM TO CONTROL VEHICLE'S SPEED WHEN DESCENDING STEEP GRADES. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE PREMATURELY. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO OVER HEATS UNDER HEAVY LOAD AND WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":865834,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/21/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TOWING A TRAILER HIT A POTHOLE AND ALL OF SUDDEN IT JERKED THE STEERING WHEEL FROM CONSUMER'S HAND.  CONTACTED DEALER.   2000'S F350 SERIES HAVE A  STABLIZER/ SHOCK ABSORBER PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":865157,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/11/2000","vin":"3FCNF53S0XJ","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"V10 ENGINES:  IN RAINY CONDITIONS WATER WILL GET INTO AIR FILTER, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER. FORD  HAS TOLD CONSUMER THAT THERE WILL BE KIT. CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE KIT SINCE MAY, BUT PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER 6 WEEKS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":864843,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/06/2000","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE TIRE 2757516,FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD CAME APART WHICH ALMOST CAUSE A CRASH.  COMMON PROBLEM.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":864887,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/06/2000","vin":"1FTWW32F8XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CLUTCH WILL FAIL WHEN SHIFTING FROM HIGH TO LOW.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":864914,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/06/2000","vin":"1FDWF36S8XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"EXTENDED DRIVER SIDE OUTSIDE WIDE ANGLE MIRROR DOES NOT PROVIDE THE VIEW  THE DRIVER NEEDS. *AK   BECAUSE THE MIRROR IS POORLY DESIGNED, IT IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO SEE VEHICLES IN ADJACENT LANES DURING CHANGING LANES.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":863977,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/21/2000","vin":"","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION","summary":"CONSUMER BOUGHT  VEHICLE NEW. TWO DAYS LATER,  SHE NOTICED THAT  TIRE TREAD WAS WARPED.  EVERY 8000 MILES SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES,  AND FRONT END HAD TO BE REALIGNED.  ALSO,  STEERING WAS HARD TO STEER.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":863605,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/12/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/14/2000","vin":"1FPSF31F1XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN CONSUMER  APPROACHES A STOP SIGN VEHICLE MOVES BY ITSELF.  HE HAS TO PUMP  PEDAL TWO OR MORE TIMES TO STOP.   PEDAL IS BLEEDING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":863211,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/07/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/07/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F8XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  AT ANY SPEED AND  EVEN WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED,  WOULD STEP ON THE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD FREEZE.  CONSUMER WON'T BE ABLE TO TURN.  THIS HAPPENED AT ALL TIME. DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS A NORMAL OPERATION.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":723685,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/20/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"06/07/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F8XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHEN VEHICLE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, STEERING BECOMES DIFFICULT.  TURNING STEERING WHEEL QUICKLY, CAUSES STEERING WHEEL TO MOMENTARILY LOCK UP.  A SECOND AND RELATED PROBLEM IS AN EXCESSIVELY SOFT SUSPENSION SYSTEM.  WHEN A QUICK TURN IS REQUIRED,  THESE TWO PROBLEMS MENTIONED HERE, IN MY OPINION AND EXPERIENCES, COMBINED, CREATE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":862438,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/25/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/24/2000","vin":"1FTWX33F9XE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL ON ROAD, TURBO-CHARGER  WOULD NOT KICK IN. THERE WAS A  LOUD KNOCKING, TOOK TO MECHANIC, WHO SAID  THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SEVENTH RING. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":723072,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/30/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F1XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"I KNOW MANY FELLOW FORD DIESEL 6 SPD. OWNERS HAVING CLUTCH&TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. FORD DEALERS TELL US IT'S AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. I GUESS THAT'S WHY MY TRUCK IS IN DOUGLAS, WY AND I LIVE IN NEEDVILLE, TX","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":862282,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/03/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/22/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F5XE","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO SEPARATE FROM  VEHICLE.  DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":723010,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"05/22/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F9XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"I FEEL THERE IS A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY VEHICLE.  I HAVE SPOKEN TO OWNERS OF SIMILAR AND ALL SEEM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.  WHEN THE PAKING BRAKE IS APPLIED IT IS INSUFFICIENT TO HOLD THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":722960,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/18/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/20/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F0XE","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE AT ITS GVWR ON AN INCLINE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":861460,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/04/2000","vin":"1FTSW31S1XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"BLIND SPOT PORTION ON DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR POINTS TO LEFT REAR WHEELS.   BLIND SPOT MIRRORS ARE NOT ADJUSTABLE.  CONSUMER CANNOT MOVE  MIRROR TO BE ABLE TO SEE  OTHER CARS.  ALSO,   RIGHT BLIND SPOT MIRROR DOES NOT GIVE THE PROPER VIEW, UNABLING DRIVER  TO SEE OTHER VEHICLES, WHICH COULD  RESULT IN AN  ACCIDENT.*AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":861308,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/30/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/03/2000","vin":"1FTWX32F4XE","components":"WHEELS","summary":"WHEN TAKING THE REAR WHEEL  LUGS: NUTS OFF, THE REAR WHEELS GET STUCK AND WON'T COME OUT.  DEALER SUGGESTED TO HIT WHEEL WITH A HAMMER.  COMMON PROBLEM.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":860987,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/26/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F5XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHENEVER  BRAKES ARE APPLIED FRONT END  BOUNCES UP AND DOWN UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS HAPPESN ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE. DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":860423,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/15/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"04/17/2000","vin":"1FTWX32F8XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CLUTCH LOCKS UP AND ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT GEARS.  FAILURES OCCUR WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHEN THE CLUTCH DISC SPRING POCKETS BREAK, JAMMING THE CLUTCH.  IF THIS HAPPENS IN  TRAFFIC IT COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FORD  ADMITS THAT THERE IS A FAILURE PROBLEM WITH CLUTCH  DISC. CONSUMER SAYS CLUTCHES ARE LASTING 25K MILES BETWEEN FAILURES.   *AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":860178,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/20/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"04/12/2000","vin":"1FTWX33FXXE","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION","summary":"VEHICLE WAS  WANDERING, AND IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER.  DEALER THOUGHT IT NEEDED  AN ALIGNMENT.  VEHICLE CONTINUED TO WANDER .  DEALER  SAID IT WAS STEERING. REALIZED IT  WAS A PROBLEM, BUT HAD NO REMEDY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":860091,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/11/2000","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DEALER STATES THAT THE REPAIR PART FOR THIS RECALL IS ON A SIX MONTH BACK ORDER.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":860031,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/10/2000","vin":"1FTWW32F3XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"NHTSA RECALL 99V311000 AND MANUFACTURER'S  RECALL 99S32/ FMVSS 301- FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY.  PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":721047,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"04/05/2000","vin":"1FTSW31L5XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"AT 10009 MILES I HAD BRAKE SHUTTER(VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE) WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. THIS WOULD OCCUR MORE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER ( MONACO FORD 767 NEW LONDON TNPK PO BOX 110 GLASTONBURY CT 06033 PHONE 1-800-727-2377)AND THEY REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE DEALER HAS REPEATEDLY REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. I HAVE LISTED THE DATES AND MILEAGE. SECOND OCCURENCE JUNE 1999 MILEAGE 22876. THIRD OCCURRENCE JUNE 1999 MILEAGE 24225. FOURTH, OCT 1999 MILEAGE 36370. FIFTH, JAN 2000 MILEAGE 46492. IN FEB OF THIS YEAR THE PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN AND I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED TO ME THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO AND FORD WASN'T GIVING THEM ANY MORE INPUT SO THEY HAD TO TAKE THE STANCE THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO FOR ME. I CONTACTED THE FORD CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS AND WAS REPEATEDLY TOLD THAT THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO FOR ME EVEN THOUGH THEY REALIZED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE 10000 MILES. ONE OF THE PHONE REPS AT C.A.C. DID TELL ME THAT FORD REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE A FIX FOR IT AT THIS TIME. HER NAME WAS SHIRLEEN(THIS WAS ON OR ABOUT FEB 21 2000). WE SHE STATED THAT FORD HAD AGKNOLEDGED THE ONGOING PROBLEM, SHE TOLD ME THAT FORD WOULD CONTINUE TO REPAIR MY TRUCK DISPITE THE EXPIRATION OF ITS WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO WORSEN AND AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY SHAKES WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES AT ALL SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY IF I WERE TO INCURE A PANIC BRAKING SITUATION. I HAVE DESPARATLY TRIED TO CONTACT A FORD REPRESENTATIVE THROUGH THE C.A.C. AND THE DEALER BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO PUT ME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE FROM FORD. THEREFOR BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CONTACT FROM FORD I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CONTACT MY ATTORNEY TO HELP ME WITH THIS MATTER. A WRITTEN SUPLIMENT WILL FOLLOW.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":859662,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/04/2000","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED,GOING AROUND CURVE, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND STEERING  LOCKED UP.  LOST CONTROL,  CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT GUARDRAIL.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":719892,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/22/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/09/2000","vin":"1EDWF36L6XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN REVERSE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":858170,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/08/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F3XE","components":"INTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"EVERYTIME WHEN APPLYING BRAKES OR TURNING A CORNER ALL  INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON.  CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER CLEANED THE CONNECTORS, BUT CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE PROBLEMS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":719536,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/01/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F7XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"ALL POWER STEERING LOST AT IDLE WHEN BRAKES APPLIED,HAD ALL COMPONENTS REPLACED BY DEALER AND STILL HAVE SAME PROBLEM,VERY DANGEROUS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":857652,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/29/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/29/2000","vin":"NOTAVAILABL","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION KEEPS GOING OUT, AND ABS BRAKES WILL NOT STOP VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9000197,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/31/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/29/2000","vin":"1FTWW32F2XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FUEL LINE WORN, CAUSED BY RUBBING AGAINST ANOTHER FUEL LINE, RESULTING IN LEAKAGE. *MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9000197,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/31/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/29/2000","vin":"1FTWW32F2XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CLUTCH REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO BREAKAGE DURING SERVICE/INSPECTION.  *MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":719332,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/22/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/27/2000","vin":"3FCNF53SXXJ","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"FROM DELIVERY, ABS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INTERMITTANTLY STAY ON. EL;ECTRICAL SYSTEM SOMETIMES 'STUMBLES' AND LOOSES VOLTAGE... AS IF IT IS GOING TO STALL.. THEN IT CORRECTS ITSELF UNTIL THE NEXT TIME  DRIVING IS VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO POOR FRONT SHOCK/SPRING SETUP.. MUST FIGHT TO KEEP ON ROAD AT TIMES. I HAVE HAD TO PLACE 500 LB. WEIGHT IN REAR TO IMPROVE THIS SOMEWHAT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":719193,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/27/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/24/2000","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING WITH FRIENDS AND HORSES, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS(65) THE FUEL GUAGE WAS SHOWING A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER AND THE TRIP COMPUTER WAS STILL SHOWING ABOUT 60 MILES TO EMPTY. THE TRUCK SPUTTERED AND ENGINE STALLED. IT WAS OUT OF FUEL. AFTER TRYING TO GET FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE - WHO SAID WAIT 5-6 HRS TILL MORNING AND WE'LL GET SOMEONE OUT, AND AAA WHO DOESN'T TRANSPORT FUEL - ONLY GAS. THE NC HP WAS CONTACTED AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO TRUCK STOP AND BACK TO TRUCK WITH FUEL - THEN TRUCK RAN FINE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":857379,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/2000","vin":"1FTWW32F2XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR  NHTSA RECALL 99V311000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99S32 BECAUSE OF A FIFTH WHEEL ON THIS VEHICLE.  *AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":856670,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/10/2000","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING BOTH CENTER HUB CAPS CAME OFF. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":856715,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/11/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"02/10/2000","vin":"1FTSF31S7XE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  WITH DOGS IN VEHICLE, ONE OF THE DOGS' PAWS WAS RESTING ON DOOR ARMREST. IT THEN SLIPPED DOWN ON DOOR HANDLE & THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN. THEY FELL OUT OF VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS MOVING. THE DOOR WAS LOCKED AT TIME THE HANDLE WAS ENGAGED.  LOCK ON DOOR AFFECTS OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE, BUT NOT INSIDE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":718502,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/09/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/09/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F4XE","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"PARKING BRAKE WHEN APPLIED DOES NOT WORK.  VEHICLE WILL ROLL IF NOT IN GEAR WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS APPLIED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":854325,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/27/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/08/2000","vin":"1FTWX32F5XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"EXTERIOR MIRRORS LEAVE BLIND SPOT, AND UNABLE TO MAKE AJUSTMENT. NOTICED CORRECTION MADE ON 2000 F350 MODELS,  BUT NOT 1999 MODELS. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9000876,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/18/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/08/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F9XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"POWER STRG PUMP NOISEY AND WHEN APPLY BRAKES AND TRY TO TURN AT SAME TIME STRG REAL STIFF, RD TEST, REPLACED P/S PUMP AND SWAP PULLEYS AND FLUID PUMP - POWER STEERING","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":856380,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/07/2000","vin":"1FTSF31S7XE","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"BECAUSE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE IS BUILT INTO THE ARM REST, WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE HANDLE, THE DOOR WILL SLING OPEN.   DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":718406,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"02/07/2000","vin":"1FTSX31SXXE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":856253,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/15/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/04/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F2XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE BRAKING FADING AND VIBRATION.  CONTACTED DEALERS, WHO STATED THAT BRAKES COULD NOT COULD NOT BE FIXED, AND WOULDN'T BE FIXED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":856206,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"02/03/2000","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A CLUNKING SOUND FROM THE FRONT WHILE DRIVING AND  PULLING TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON SEVERALOCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM  IS STILL REOCCURRING.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":855918,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/13/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2000","vin":"1FTSX31F2XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY SOUTH BOUND ABOUT 45MPH  A VEHICLE COMING OFF THE EXIT RAMP EAST BOUND PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE,  AND  HIT IT RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE. UPON IMPSCT,   NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.   CONTACTED DEALER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550633,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2000","vin":"1FTSF31SOXE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKES SYSTEM IS CONTINUALLY IN FOR REPAIRS.  *MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550633,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2000","vin":"1FTSF31SOXE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION IN FOR REPAIRS ON THREE OCCASIONS, SENSOR FAILED.  *MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":718178,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/28/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"STEERING WHEEL MOVES 2-2 1/2 \" BEFORE FRONT WHEELS TURN FOR STEERING CORRECTION CAUSING A CONTROL AND CORRECTION PROBLEM.  THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE NEW.  SERVICE MANAGER HAS CONSULTED WITH FORD AND FORD CLAIMS NOTHING WRONG AND NOTHING NEEDS FIXING.  SERVICE MANAGER ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM AND NUMEROUS SERVICE BULLETINS FROM FORD WHICH INDICATE A PROBLEM.  STEERING PRESENTS A SAFETY PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550633,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2000","vin":"1FTSF3150XE","components":"INTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"THE LIGHT FELL OUT OF THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550633,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2000","vin":"1FTSF3150XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"ALL FOUR ROTORS AND PADS FAILED AND WERE REPLACED ONLY AFTER A YEAR.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550633,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2000","vin":"1FTSF3150XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":855702,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/11/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"01/28/2000","vin":"1FTWW33S7XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  TRUCK ABOUT 65 MPH AND TOWING 4 HORSES,   TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING.  PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO  DEALERSHIP. THE THIRD AND FOURTH GEAR WAS REPLACED IN THE TRANSMISSION AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. TRUCK WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":829361,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"01/27/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F8XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH IF A BUMP IS HIT CONSUMER LOSES CONTROL. TRUCK WA SNOT EQIPPED  WITH STEERING DAMPNER FROM FACTORY. FORD HOTLINE AND DEALER BOTH TOLD CONSUMER  THAT IT WAS A SAFETY NECESSITY. BUT, INSISTED IT WAS ONSUMER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR IT. CONSUMER PAID FOR IT, BUT WANTS REIMBURSEMENT  FROM  DEALER.  CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":855620,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/27/2000","vin":"1FDWW36F3XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"A SPRING KEEPS POPPING OUT OF CLUTCH DISC AND JAMMING IT. CONSUMER HAD CLUTCH REPLACED 4 TIMES. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550531,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/22/2000","vin":"1FTSF3150XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED, HOWEVER BRAKES CONTINUE TO NOT WORK PROPERLY. YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550531,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/22/2000","vin":"1FTSF3150XE","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"LIGHTER DOES NOT WORK.  YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550531,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/22/2000","vin":"1FTSF3150XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO SENSOR PROBLEM.  YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550531,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/22/2000","vin":"1FTSF3150XE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"LIGHT IN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FELL OUT.  YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":855145,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/20/2000","vin":"1FTSX31F1XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"DEALER CLAIMS CANNOT PERFORM RECALL # 99S32 BECAUSE BRACKET FOR FIFTH WHEEL INTERFERS WITH  RECALL.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":717362,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/13/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2000","vin":"1FTSW31F8XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"ENGINE DIED WHILE TRAVELING WITH WIFE AND SMALL CHILDREN IN TRUCK ON FREEWAY. FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE, BRAKES AND STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE WHILE COASTING OFF OF FREEWAY ONTO EXIT. TWO OF THESE INSTANCES OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING AND THEN DIED COMPLETELY WITHIN 10 SECONDS.  THE TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO SHAMROCK FORD IN DUBLIN AFTER EACH INCIDENT AND NO REPLACEMENT VEHICLE WAS OFFERED. AFTER BEING FIXED THE 1ST TIME THERE WAS A NOTICABLE LACK OF POWER AND FUEL CONSUMPTION INCREASED, LEADING TO THE SECOND FAILURE. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED THAT THE 40,000 DOLLAR \"DREAM TRUCK\" I PURCHASED IS A PILE OF UNRELIABLE JUNK. I BOUGHT A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER TO USE WITH THIS TRUCK AND IT IS SO UNRELIABLE THAT I AM AFRAID TO TOW IT ANYWHERE. I WILL NOT ALLOW MY WIFE, WHO WEIGHS 110 LBS, TO TAKE THE KIDS ANYWHERE FOR FEAR THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IF THIS OCCURRED AGAIN. DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE? THANK YOU,   TONY ZWETSLOOT *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":717065,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/07/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/08/2000","vin":"1FTWW33F3XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHEN ON A DOWNHILL OF ABOUT 20-25 DEGREES WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED IN PARK AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS IT WILL ROLL 2-3 FEET THEN STOP THIS IS DUPLICABALE ALTHOUGH AFTER 2 TIMES IT WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN UNTIL ON LEVEL SURFACE AND THEN BACK ON HILL.  I ALMOST ROLLED THRU MY GATE AT MY HOUSE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550128,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/03/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/30/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F7XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"A FEWS DAYS AFTER PURCHASE THE ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY ON, UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":550128,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/03/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/30/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F7XE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"A FEWS DAYS AFTER PURCHASE THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO WORK. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":854500,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/16/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/29/1999","vin":"PLEASE ADD","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH DRIVER REARENDED VEHICLE WITH FRONT. THEN BOUNCED OFF, HITTING A POLE WITH FRONT END.  UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES. NO  INDICTATION OR WARNING OF AIRBAGS BEING DEFECTIVE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":854413,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/17/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/27/1999","vin":"1FTSX31F4XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"THERE  IS TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE STEERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. STEERING MOVED  EITHER SIDE JUST A BIT, AND CONSUMER TRIED TO CORRECT, THEN LOST CONTROL.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":716339,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/1999","vin":"1FTWX33F0XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FORD DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR OR REPLACE PROBLEM FOR SAFETY RECALL 99S32.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":854205,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/20/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/1999","vin":"1FTWX3F9XEC","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"AT A  STOP LIGHT VEHICLE  REVVED AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. OCCUPANT APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH DIDNT SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE,   RESULTING IN A CRASH.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":716309,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/19/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/1999","vin":"1FTWW32F6XE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"HAVE NOTICED FAILED THIRD BRAKELIGHTS AN ALMOST ALL 1999+ F250/F350S ON THE ROAD. TALKED TO MANY WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THEN CHECKED MINE AND FOUND IT FAILED. EXTREMELY HIGH FAILURE RATE FOR A SAFETY RELATED COMPONENT.  UNFORTUNATELY, LIGHT BULBS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY PAST 12,000 ILES.  THIS LAMP BURNS OUT EVERY COUPLE WEEKS IT APPEARS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":854037,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/14/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/14/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F1XE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DEFECTIVE AIR INTAKE VALVE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE AIR TO BE CLOGGED UP, AND RESULTING IN VEHICLE STALLING UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY  CAUSE A CRASH.  THIS YEAR'S NEW PRODUCATION  HAS BEEN MODIFIED.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":549977,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/14/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F5XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"CONSUMER NOT COVER UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN FOR THE FUEL TANK VAPOR RECOVERY VALVE (99V-311).  *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":853926,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/09/1999","vin":"NOTAVAILABL","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"AIR CLEANER PICKS UP DIRT  PARTICULES FROMTHE LEFT FRONT TIRE, AND SHOULD BE SUCKING AIR OUT OF THE RADIATOR. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT WITHOUT A RECALL NUMBER THEY WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":853952,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/28/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/09/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F2XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"ONGOING PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING LOSS WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A SUDDEN SITUATION. DEALER / MANUFACTURERNOTIFIED AND INFORMED  CONSUMER THAT IT WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC FOR THAT VEHICLE. ASKING NHTSA TO SHARE SOME LIGHT ON THIS MATTER.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":853864,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/08/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/08/1999","vin":"NOT AVAILAB","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"HAS  2 FORD TRUCKS, F350 MODELS, 1999 AND2000. BOTH CARS PULL TO RIGHT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":715824,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/30/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/08/1999","vin":"1FTSX31F2XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY,GOING TO WORK.  BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED AT ALL SPEEDS, DEALER CUT DOWN ROTORS AT APPOROX. 23,000 MILES...I ASKED IF THEY HAD ANY OTHERS NEED CUT AT THAT MILEAGE, HE STATED WAS PROBABLY DUE TO RUST...I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK ONLY 4 WEEKS AFTER BUILD DATE, AND IT DOES NOT SIT...TRUCK CONTINUES TO HAVE A PULSATING BRAKE, AND IS HARD TO STOP. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":853729,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/1999","vin":"1FTWW32F0XE","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"FRONT PASSENGER'S AND THE REAR DRIVER /PASSENGER SEATBELTS TIGHTENED WHILE WEARING THE SEATBELTS SO HARD WHERE THE OCCUPANTS NEEDED TO TAKE OFF THE SEATBELTS, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN EVENT OF A CRASH.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":852306,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/19/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/23/1999","vin":"1FDWF37F4XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH  AND AS A RESULT OF AN HEAD-ON ACCIDENT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":853072,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/08/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/17/1999","vin":"1FTTSW31FT9","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  ABOUT 20 MPH HE TRIED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, BUT THE STEERING DID NOT WORK AT THAT TIME.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":852912,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/12/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/15/1999","vin":"1FTSW31L6XE","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE MAKING A SHARP RIGHT TURN AND APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD NOT STEER AND KEPT GOING. DRIVER HIT A LITTLE EMBANKMENT AND ENDED UP IN A HAY FIELD.  AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.  VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.  ALSO,  WHOLE STEERING GEAR BOX WAS BEING REPLACED BECAUSE THE SHAFT BROKE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":714327,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/21/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"11/04/1999","vin":"1FTSW31FOXE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"FRONT LEFT TIRE HUB BROKE OFF CAUSING THE TRUCK TO HIT A BRIDGE, DRIVER SAYS THE TRUCK DROPPED DOWN AND THEN HIT THE BRIDGE, THE TIRE FELL OFF BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE BRIDGE, THIS ACCIDENT TOTALLED OUR TRUCK AND DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE BRIDGE. HAVE COMPALINED TO FORD, THEY WILL NOT REPLACE TRUCK, SAYS IT WAS OUR FAULT, BUT WE KNOW THE TIRE FELL OFF, THE INVESTIGATOR TOLD US THE NUT ON THE INSIDE BACKED OFF, CAUSING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE AND HUB TO BREAK OFF, AND IT WAS IN NOWAY OUR FAULT, IS A DEFECT IN THE TRUCK..","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":852450,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/03/1999","vin":"1FTSW31S7XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT ON HARD BRAKING.   DEALERSHIP IS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":549259,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/1999","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":549259,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/1999","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":549259,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/1999","vin":"","components":"STEERING","summary":"VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":851702,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/23/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/1999","vin":"1FTSX30F3XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH DRIVER HIT A VEHICLE WITH FRONT END. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING NECK INJURIES, EVEN WITH SEATBELTS WORN. PLEASEPROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":851800,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/26/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/1999","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE MAKING A  \"HARD STOP\" T VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER STEERING WHICH MAY RESULT IN  A CRASH.  DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE.  BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, AND SAID IT WAS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":850979,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/18/1999","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS TRANSMISSION WENT OUT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":713067,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/09/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F1XE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS COMPLICATED. THERE ARE PROBLEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO LIST ALL HERE. THIS VEHICLE HAS REAR END PROBLEMS, ENGINE,DIESEL EXHAUST, FUMES INSIDE TRUCK' CUPPING OF THE TIRES AND FRONT END PROBLEMS. THE TOWING POWER IS TERRIBBLE. CRUISE CONTROL KICKS OFF IF TRUCK IS IN A PULL ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. LOSS OF POWER LIKE ENGINE DIES WHEN YOU PULL OFF FROM STOP. DEALER IS TRYING TO FIX, BUT SO FAR NO LUCK. DEALER HAS ASK REGIONAL TO CONTACT US WITH NO RESPONSE. THEY HAVE CALLED ALMOST EVERYDAY FOR TWO WEEKS. KNOW SEVERAL OTHER OWNER OF F350 WITH SAME PROBLEMS. WE NEED HELP IN GETTING THESE PROBLEMS SOLVED. IF ANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS PLEASE CONTACT RALPH TAYLOR 410 PERVIE BOLICK ST., EDEN,NC 27288 336 635 2792 OR 336 623 1920. THANK YOU","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":849981,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F4X5","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHEN THE  BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":849319,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/31/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"09/29/1999","vin":"1FTSX30F2XE","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL ON & IT WOULD FAIL TO RELEASE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL OR ACCELERATOR PEDAL WERE TOUCHED. WOULD PRESS THE DECELERATOR BUTTON, BUT THAT FAILED TO RELEASE CRUISE CONTROL.  PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. BEEN TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE & TO WAIT TO SEE IF RECALL WILL HAPPEN.  *YC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":712481,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/27/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/29/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F6XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"HYDRO-BOOST ASSEMBLEY STARTED LEAKING AT MASTER CYLINDER AND HYDRO-BOOST MOUNT POINT. LOST OF BRAKE ASSIST AND STEERING DUE TO FLUID LEVEL LOSS. FORD DEALER HAS TRUCK FOR REPAIRS REPALCING HYDRO-BOOST ASSEMBLY. I SEE THIS IS THE THIRD REPORTED INCIDENT ON THE WEB PAGE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":848360,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/22/1999","vin":"NOT AVAILBL","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AND PULLING A TRAILER IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS ,AND TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, TRUCK STARTED TO SLIDE ONE WAY AND THE TRAILER WENT THE OTHER, CAUSING THE TRAILER TO SMASH INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":548627,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/20/1999","vin":"1FTSX31F8XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION GROWLING NOISE AND DIFFICULTY WITH SHIFTING.  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(98V-116)  YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":847773,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/08/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/1999","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THROUGH DRIVE THROUGH A LINE RUNNING OVER A CURVE, REAR AXLE  FELL DOWN. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":847841,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/1999","vin":"1FTSX30F5XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"DESIGN OF THE MIRRORS (CONVEX)  DO NOT ALLOW THE CONSUMER TO SEE PROPERLY, AND IS UNABLE TO ADJUST THE MIRROS. AN ACCIDENT COULD RESULT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY OR BLIND SPOT. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE. NHTSA NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":711359,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/25/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"09/14/1999","vin":"1FTSF31F1XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"AIR INTAKE GETS CLOGGED WITH SNOW RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE.  DEALERSHIP DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":847571,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/13/1999","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT, AND THEN JUMPS BACK TO THE LEFT. ALSO THE VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":548412,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/1999","vin":"1FTWW33FOXE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER STUCK TO THE FLOOR ALMOST RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING ANOTHER, SERVICE BULLETIN ON FAILURE, HOWEVER UNABLE TO FIX DUE TO BACK ORDERED PARTS. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":847160,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/08/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F9XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"VEHICLE WILL NOT CARRY WEIGHT LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO,  CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWAY/ UNSTABLE AS THOUGH LIGHT TRUCK IS OVERLOADED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":843868,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/30/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/02/1999","vin":"1FTSK31F2X6","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES DRIVER CAN'T TURN THE WHEEL.  ABS BRAKE FAILURE.  *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":846401,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/26/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/02/1999","vin":"1FTSX31F8XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 30MPH ON WASHBOARD ROAD WHEN VEHICLE WENT OFF SIDE OF ROAD. HIT SOME TREES & PUSHED FRONT BUMPER BACK 13-15 INCHES. DRIVER  HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD. UPON IMPACT WITH TREES, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":846407,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/02/1999","vin":"1FDKE30G1LH","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES.  THE DEALER HAS REPLAED TWO FUEL PUMPS . *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":846426,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/02/1999","vin":"1FTWX33F8XE","components":"TIRES","summary":"REAR  TIRE LINERS ARE MADE OF THIN PLASTIC, CAUSING THE TIRES TO STICK AND PULL THE LINERS OUT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":846283,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/1999","vin":"1FTWWF5XEE5","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT MANUAL OPERATION  VEHICLE WILL GO INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE, CAUSE UNKNOWN.  PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":846296,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F9XL","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION IS NOT ABLE TO HOLD  VEHICLE WHEN IT COMES TO PULLING A TRAILER. CONTACTED DEALER  AND MANUFACTURER.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":846359,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/1999","vin":"1FTW1V33F4X","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT.   DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":846183,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/23/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/1999","vin":"1FTWX33F4XE","components":"POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"IE99-069;  WHEN TRAVELING 68 MPH AND  ATTEMPTING TO DOWNSHIFT, THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR. ALSO,  IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE CONSUMER APPLIED EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, CONSUMER THEN TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF BY REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS NOT REPLACED PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":846044,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/27/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F9XL","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE VEHICLE IS BEING USED TO PULL A TRAILER AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE WITHOUT PUTTING IT IN PARK POSITION.THE VEHICLE WILL ROLL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":845817,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/05/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/25/1999","vin":"1FTWW33S5XE","components":"POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT  APPROXIMATELY 50MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, HEARD A HEAVY NOISE. WHEN  TAKING OFF AND GIVING  IT  GAS,  VEHICLE WON'T SHIFT, AND THE RPMS WERE HIGHER. ALSO, SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO OUT. VEHICLE IS THE FIFTH TIME AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":710337,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/25/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"08/22/1999","vin":"1FDWX32F7XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"I AM NOT THE ONLY FORD F-350 TRUCK OWNER HAVING THESE CLUTCH PROBLEMS.  I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL GUYS WHO HAVE PUT 3 OR MORE CLUTCHES REPLACED UNDER 100,000 MILES.  THERE IS DEFINATELY A PROBLEM WITH THESE CLUTCH ASSEMBLIES.  THESE TRUCKS ARE SOLD AS SUPER-DUTY WORK TRUCKS, BUT ARE NOT WITHSTANDING THE WORKLOADS THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY BUILT FOR.  I HAVE CONTACTED FORD SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SATISFACTION.  I FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE IN ORDER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":845549,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/17/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/20/1999","vin":"1FTSF31L4XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45MPH, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES.   MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547975,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"08/18/1999","vin":"1FTWW32S3XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"WINDSHIELS WIPER HOSES NOT SPRAYING HIGH ENOUGH ON WINDSHIELD TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT CONDITIONS.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":710077,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/17/1999","vin":"1FTWW32FOXE","components":"SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE REAR ENDS KEEP LOCKING OR BINDING UP","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":845053,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/17/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/13/1999","vin":"1FTNX21L9XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY WHILE IN USE DURING IN  RAINY WEATHER.  THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY FOR THE DRIVER. REMOVED THE FUSE TO WINDSHIELD WIPERS. WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER TO HAVE WIPERS CHECKED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":709587,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/04/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F9XE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"TURN SIGNAL SWITCH DEACTIVATES TURN SIGNALS WITH ONLY SLIGHT ROTATION OF THE WHEEL.  DURING VERY WIDE TURNS OR CURVES SIGNAL DEACTIVATE.  THE SWITCH SHOULD ALLOW MORE MOVEMENT OF THE WHEEL BEFORE DEACTIVATION OF SIGNALS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":709553,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/23/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"08/03/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F9XE","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"THE SPARE TIRE BROKE LOOSE FROM UNDER THE TRUCK WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, BEING THAT WE WERE PULLING A 24'ENCLOSED RACE CAR TRAILER AT THE TIME THE SPARE TIRE BROKE OFF. WHEN HIT BY THE TRAILER IT THREW THE TRAILER IN THE AIR BRAKING THE AXELS ON IMPACT.  LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN THE ONCOMMING LANE AT THE TIME OR FOLLOWING TO CLOSE BEHIND.  DAMAGE WAS CAUSE HEAVILY TO THE TRAILER, THE TRUCK SEEMS TO BE OK.  I AM GLAD WE WEREN'T TRAVELING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":843527,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/30/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"07/27/1999","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"ABS BRAKES; WHEN PUSHING ON THE BRAKES   CONSUMER CANNOT TURN THE WHEEL.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":842711,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/20/1999","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL LOCKED UP,  CAUSING VEHICLE TO  PULL TO THE LEFT. DEALER HAS REPLACED HAS REPLACED THE 2 FRONT ROTORS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547351,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY ALLOWING STRAP TO GET CAUGHT/STUCK IN DOOR. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547351,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, WHEN DOWN SHIFTING THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED OR JERKS. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":547351,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE VIBRATES. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":708794,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F3XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"CREWCAB DULLY WITH SEVERE \"CUPPING\" OF TIRES.  HIGH SPEED VIBRATIONS.  NUMEROUS ALIGNMENTS DONE WITH NO CORRECTIVE ACTION.  NEW TIRES PURCHASED AND CUPPING, VIBRATIONS AND ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS STILL EXIST.  FORD IS NOT RECOGNIZING PROBLEM.( DOT NUMBER:   TIRE SIZE: LT23585R16 )","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":708487,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"07/11/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN,SEAT BELTS","summary":"BRAKES:  BRAKES FADE EASILY AND WILL PULL TO THE LEFT.  BRAKES ALSO SHAKE AND SHUDDER THE WHOLE VEHICLE AND SURGE GRABBING AND UNGRABBING WHEN COMING TO A STOP.  THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND BRAKE PEDAL PULSATES.  BRAKES BEGAN PROBLEM WITH VERY FEW MILES NEVER LOADED OR PULLING.  RESULTS IN UNSAFE BRAKING.  SEAT BELT:  DRIVERS SEATBELT HANGS DOWN AND GETS CAUGHT IN BOTTOM OF DOOR.  YOU SHUT YOUR DOOR, FASTEN THE BELT NOT KNOWING IT IS STUCK IN DOOR.  IN SUDDEN STOPS, THE BELT PULLS FREE WITH MUCH SLACK REMAINING POSSIBLY ALLOWING YOUR BODY TO GO THROUGH WINDSHIELD.  BELT TWISTS VERY EASILY, AND BOTTOM PIVOT/ANCHOR TURNS EASILY ALLOWING BELT TO HANG DOWN IN DOOR.  MUST FIDDLE WITH IT EACH TIME EXITING THE VEHICLE AND MUST DOUBLE CHECK IT IS NOT STUCK IN DOOR.  TRANSMISSION:  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DID NOT DISENGAGE IN COLD WEATHER CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AT INTERSECTION NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES.  TRANSMISSION ALSO SHIFTS IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE GOING INTO OVERDRIVE ERRATICALLY.  IT WILL GO IN AND OUT OF OVERDRIVE SEVERAL TIME WITHING A SECOND OR TWO CAUSING THE VEHICLE AND PASSENGERS TO JERK BACK AND FORTH SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":708439,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/15/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"07/09/1999","vin":"1FTNX21L9XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFTEN WON'T TURN OFF. AT TIMES I HAVE TO PULL THE FUSS TO STOP THE WIPERS, AND REPLACE THE FUSS TO START THEM AGAIN. I HAD IT IN TO THE DEALER TWO TIMES, THEY FIRST REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR, THIS DID NOT FIX IT, SO THE NEXT TRIP IN, THEY REPLACE THE SWITCH, THIS HAS NOT FIXED IT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":708356,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/08/1999","vin":"1FTSW31L6XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"TRUCK EXHIBITS SEVERE VIBRATION  COMING FROM FRONT. TOOK TO DEALER, CANT'T FIX IT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":546244,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/22/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"VEHICLE PULLS HARD TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":546037,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/16/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"06/08/1999","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"LUMBAR SEAT ADJUSTMENT KNOB DESIGN TOO LARGE,INTERFERENCE WHEN  PASSENGER EXITING VEHICLE (DRESS CAUGHT) CAUSING INJURY WHEN CONSUMER WAS HANGING FROM DRESS. MJS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":707319,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/23/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"06/08/1999","vin":"1FTWX33F4XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"MY NAME IS DIANNE MCCULLAR. ADDRESS IS 5223 SOLAR RIDGE DR. COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80917. (719)574-2029 MY 1979 FORD BRONCO VIN#U15HLEJ5445 WAS HIT BY THE ABOVE MENTIONED TRUCK ON 05/23/99. THE OWNER LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE WHEN THE STEERING SHAFT/STEERING GEAR BOX SHEARED APART.  MY TRUCK WAS PARKED AT THE TIME. $5100 OF DAMAGE WAS DONE TO MY TRUCK. TIG INSURANCE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE COLLISION WAS DUE TO A FORD PART THAT IS UNDER RECALL (#98S17). DUE TO THEM DETERMINING THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY MECHANICAL DEFECT, TIG INSURANCE HAS DENIED MY CLAIM FOR DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK AND I AM HAVING TO PURSUE FORD DIRECTLY. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO THAT WOULD HELP MY CASE. THANK YOU.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":706716,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/29/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/1999","vin":"1FDWF37F1XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"SEVERE DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE ROTOR DESTRUCTION FROM CALIPER MOUNTED ON FRONT OF ROTOR, PREVENTING SELF CLEANING OF MUD, FROM ROTOR FACE. ROTOR IS DESTROYED BY ABRASIVE ACTION OF GRIT HELD IN PLACE AGAINST ROTOR BY FORWARD MOTION OF WHEELS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED IN OUR OTHER TWO 1999 FORDS (1-F550 AND 1-F450). OUR COMPANY OPERATES A FLEET OF 50 VEHICLES IN OFFROAD OILFIELD SERVICE TRUCKING. WE HAVE 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF OFFROAD VEHICLE USE. THIS PROBLEM IS THE MOST SEVERE ENGINEERING PROBLEM WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN OUR EXPERIENCE. THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED BY FORD AND AN ENGINEERING CHANGE MUST BE MADE. CERTAIN INJURIES AND DEATHS WILL PROBABLY OCCUR DURING HIGH SPEED BRAKE APPLICATIONS IF THE DISC PAD LOCKS INTO THE FORGED COOLING WEB OF THE ROTOR.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":838194,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"05/19/1999","vin":"1FTSX31F8XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AND BRAKING HARD  SUDDENLY, VEHICLE SLID.  IT FELT LIKE IT WAS ON ICE.VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT TO EXTREME RIGHT.  THIS  COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH.  DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND TRYING TO COME TO A SOLUTION.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":838033,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/17/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 50 MPH  FRONT END VIBRATES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, CAUSE UNKNOWN.  PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":838039,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/07/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"05/17/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F7XE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DEFECTIVE RELAY MODULE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SIDEWALL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":545249,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/25/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"04/28/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F6XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN APPLYING HEAVY PRESSURE TO BRAKE WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN, CAUSING DIRECTIONAL PROBLEMS. NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":836491,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/08/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"04/26/1999","vin":"1FTSF31S5XE","components":"TRAILER HITCHES","summary":"OCCUPANT RECEIVED THREE DIFFERENT LOADS; 3340  LETTER WHICH  IS  IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL, 4450 AT THE DEALER, AND 4026 FROM THE RV NOTE, WHICH IT CAN HAUL. MANUFACTURER  DOES NOT KNOW THE REQUIREMENT WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.    *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":836310,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/30/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F1XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE BEGAN TO LEAK POWER STEERING FLUID WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL. ALSO, POWER STEERING HYDRAULIC UNIT IS CONNECTED  TO THE POWER BRAKES WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO TRAVEL NEARLY  TO THE FLOOR.  PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":704889,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":1,"dateOfIncident":"02/24/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/25/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F9XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"AT 55 MPH TRUCK BECAME SLUGGISH/HARD TO STEER WHILE ROUNDING CURVE. STEERING SEEMED TO BE UNRESPONSIVE AND RESULTED IN HEAD ON COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN 1 DEATH IN THE ONCOMING VEHICLE. MY TRUCK OVERTURNED UPON IMPACT, AND WAS TAKEN TO TRAUMA CENTER WITH CUTS/BRUISES AND HEAD WOUND.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":836073,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/24/1999","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL  AND WHEN THE ENGINE RETURNS TO IDLE,  ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES.  PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":704839,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/10/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/24/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F0XE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"1. THE ENGINE IS STARVED OF AIR WHEN DRIVEN ON SNOW AND ICE.  SNOW GETS PACKED IN THE AIR CLEANER BOX AND FREEZES.  THE AIR INTAKE IS PULLED FROM THE WHEEL WELL.  2. ROAD DEBRIS AND ROCKS LOAD UP THE BOTTOM OF ALL DOORS. WEATHERSTRIPPING IS  REQUIRED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":835520,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"03/08/1999","vin":"1FDWF37F2XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHEN DRIVING AT 2,000 OR 2,500 RPM'S THE VEHICLE VIBRATES SO BADLY THAT FEET GOT NUMB. DEALER CONTACTED,AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":544166,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/03/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/01/1999","vin":"1FTWW33F8XE","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"CONSUMER APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, PLACED TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL AND STATED THE TRUCK, SOON AFTER THE TRUCK SURGED FORWARD INTO BOATHOUSE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":703863,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/28/1999","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN","summary":"WE HAVE HAD 3 1999 SUPERDUTY'S 6-SPEED DUALLYS WHEN WE BOUGHT THEM.  ALL STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AT ABOUT 3,000 MILES.  EVERY TIME THAT YOU WOULD BE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU TURNED, THE REAR WOULD MAKE A BUMPING AND GRINDING NOISE. YOU CAN HEAR IT ON THE OUTSIDE REAL BAD.  WE TOOK THEM TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THEY ALL STARTED LEAKING REAR END OIL.  THEY PUT THE PART ON THEM, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.  THE LEAK HAD STOPPED ON ALL OF THEM, BUT THE GRINDING NOISE STILL REMAINED.  WE HAD TO LET ONE OF THEM GO BACK BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD.  THE OTHERS ARE STILL DOING HORRIBLE.  PLUS, WHEN YOU PUT THEM INTO GEAR, MAINLY IN REVERSE, YOU HEAR THIS GOD AWFUL POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEN YOU START GOING.  THEY ALL MAKE THAT GRINDING NOISE IN THE REAR END EVEN WHEN BACKING UP AND TURNING.  PLEASE HELP ME.  I HAVE TAKEN THESE TRUCKS TO THE DEALERSHIP SO MANY TIMES AND YET THEY STILL ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.  THANK YOU AGAIN","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":544067,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/1999","vin":"1FTSX31S9XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"VEHICLE PULLING TO THE LEFT UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":703553,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/16/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/21/1999","vin":"1FTSW31F6XE","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FUEL FILTER FAILURE RESULTED IN HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LEAK THAT FLOODED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH DIESEL FUEL.  APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 GALLONS PUMPED FROM TANK AT HIGH PRESSURE, AND SPRAYED ALL OVER ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  PROBLEM WAS NOT NOTICED AFTER PICKING VEHICLE UP FROM ROUTINE SERVICE. NOTICED PUNGENT ODOR WHICH INTENSIFIED AS I WAS DRIVING HOME.  DEALER STATED THEY DID NOT SERVICE FUEL FILTER.  WHEN VEHICLE WAS PICKED TO BE RETURNED TO THE DEALER, DIESEL FUEL CAME SPILLING OFF THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. DIESEL FUEL HAS PENETRATED THE VENTILATION SYSTEM AND GOT ALL OVER FRONT SUSPENSION PARTS REMOVING PAINT FROM THESE PARTS.  FAILURE OF FUEL FILTER AND RESULTANT LEAK COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE, THANK GOD IT DID NOT HAPPEN (NOTE- FUEL LEAK WAS OCCURING WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME).  WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE VIA TELEPHONE TO GIVE MORE DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":834401,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/12/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"02/02/1999","vin":"1F2WW33F3XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS WHICH RESULTS IN NOISE.  THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE LEAF SPRINGS ARE LOOSE.  THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BET NO RESPONSE. DEALER SAID IT WAS A LOCK NUT. HE REPLACED THE NUT AND WE CONTINUE TO CHECK.  *AK.ET.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":702457,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/21/1999","vin":"1FDWF37F2XE","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"NO SUMMARY","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":833508,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/15/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"01/13/1999","vin":"1FTSW31FXXE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"FASTENER CLIP THAT HOLDS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS OMITTED AT THE FACTORY, CAUSING THE PEDAL TO FALL OFF WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.  *AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":832144,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/27/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/1998","vin":"1FTWX32F4XE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION/ENGINE CRANCKSHAFT ARE MISALIGNED. TORQUE CONVERTOR IN BIND. VEHICLE MAKES A METAL GRINDING NOISE. VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN BEFORE WORKING PROPERLY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":831598,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/02/1998","vin":"1FTWW32F3XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"FLEXIBLE STEEL BRAKE LINE HAS RUPTURED, CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. *AK.ET.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":700928,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/17/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"11/26/1998","vin":"1FTSW30F6XE","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"I WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT ON 11/17/98.  I TOPPED A HILL AND WAS STRUCK HEADON BY TRUCK DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.  THE BLOW WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT IT BROKE TIE RODS AND SUSPENSION RODS ON MY TRUCK.  I THEN WENT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND DOWN A 20 FT EMBANKMENT, STRIKING A LARGE PINE TREE.  THOUGH BOTH IMPACTS WERE ON THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WILL LIKELY BE TOTALED (1999 TRUCK), THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.  CALLS TO THE DEALER AND TO FORD CONSUMER DEPARTMENT WERE IGNORED.  I THINK THAT FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAGS ON THE NEW TRUCKS.  I CHECKED MY STICKER AND IT INDICATED THAT AIR BAGS WERE PART OF THE EQUIPMENT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":830831,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/27/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"11/16/1998","vin":"1FTWX32FXXE","components":"SEAT BELTS,SEATS","summary":"THE DRIVER'S CABIN SEAT LOCATION IS OFF CENTER WHICH CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE OFF CENTER, AND MISAPPLICATION OF THE BRAKE  AND GAS PEDAL.  ALSO THE DRIVER'S SEATBELT IS TOO FAR BACK.  DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT NO SOLUTION.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":830646,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"11/12/1998","vin":"1FTSF31F0XE","components":"AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG AND SAFETY BELT. WHEN INVOLVED IN AN HEAD-ON COLLISION, AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND SAFETY BELT FAILED TO LOCK UP.  THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":829052,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/18/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"10/16/1998","vin":"1FTWW33F5XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHEN TRAVELING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER NOITCED A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE,  CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED PROBLEMS  WHEN  CARRYING A LOAD.  DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":781191,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/03/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"10/13/1998","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE GIVES A LOUD METALLIC KNOCKING SOUND FROM THE TRANSMISSION/ FLYWHEEL AREA GIVES SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":828284,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/1998","vin":"1FTWX32F6XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"DRIVING AT 25 MPH HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD,LOST POWER  STEERING/BRAKES . THE CONSUMER USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN,  THE CONSUMER HAD POWER STEERING/BRAKE RADIATOR REPLACED, DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":827911,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/09/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/1998","vin":"1FDWF37F7XE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"EXTERIOR MIRRORS ARE NOT ALLOWING CONSUMER TO SEE THE BACK END OF VEHICLE WHEN NEEDED. DEALER NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":542141,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/25/1998","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"LEFT FRONT SPRING FAILED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":826230,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"08/04/1998","vin":"1FTSX31S9XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, GOING INTO A SHARP RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING LOCKED UP, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF TRUCK AND DID NOT HAVE A CRASH. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP.  DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO A BRACKET ON THE TRAILING ARM BREAKING. PARTS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDERED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":537980,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/22/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"07/17/1998","vin":"1FTWW33F6XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL, PUMP ALSO CONTROLS BRAKES.  (QCAW)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":537928,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/24/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"07/16/1998","vin":"1FTWW33F6XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKES FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":537928,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/24/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"07/16/1998","vin":"1FTWW33F6XE","components":"STEERING","summary":"POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":537888,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/1998","vin":"1FDSF35S2XE","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP EXCLUDED DURING ASSEMBLY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":537567,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/10/1998","vin":"1FTWX33F4XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM TOO LOW TO TOW TRAILER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":824998,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/06/1998","vin":"1FTWX33F2XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED.  ALSO, STEERING SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO A FAULTY HYDROBOOST UNIT THAT CONTROLS BRAKES AND STEERING.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":824935,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"07/02/1998","vin":"1FTSW31F7XE","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"DUE TO THE EXTREMELY WEAK SHOCKS THE VEHICLE WHILE BEING DRIVEN 50 MPH OR MORE SWAYS FROM THE LEFT LANE INTO THE RIGHT LANE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":536986,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/22/1998","vin":"1FTWX32FXXE","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"RECALL REPAIR WORK DENIED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":823385,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/09/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"06/09/1998","vin":"1FTWW33F5XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  ABOUT 50 MPH CONSUMER  RELEASED ACCELERATOR, AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE. THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, FORCING CONSUMER TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.  ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, THE BRAKES PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE THE  LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE WAS UNPROTECTED.  VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":536531,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/13/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"06/09/1998","vin":"1FTWW33F5XE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,PARKING BRAKE","summary":"BRAKE SHOES WORN OUT AND EMERGENCY BRAKE BURNED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1999","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"F-350","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]}]}