10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
99,000 miles

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problem #2

Nov 262005

F-350 4WD 8-cyl Diesel

  • Automatic transmission
  • 128,000 miles
The contact's vehicle was involved in an accident. Upon impact, the air bag did not deploy. This accident was a frontal impact collision. The driver was wearing a seat belt. No injuries were sustained. The vehicle had extensive damage. The insurance company is having the vehicle repaired. The consumer was informed by the repair shop that his vehicle was not equipped with air bags. Updated 01/23/06.

- Clayton, WA, USA

problem #1

Mar 152003

F-350

  • Manual transmission
  • 70,000 miles
Lights stay on continuously - have to remove fuses - back up lights and dome light won't go out. Daytime running lights stay on when vehicle is off. Both tie rod ends have fallen off (at different times) engine is gone. Inferior gaskets leaked coolant into the engine and destroyed main bearings. June 2001 front eengine seal leaked antifreeze onto ground. Two letters to Ford Motor Co (addressed to william clay Ford) have been answered by different people in the executive offices: Duncan alderson and D kulla. Both have advised that Ford will do nothing about these problems even though I advised them I knew of their tsb's to their dealers advising that these trucks were assembled with defective gaskets in the engines. I now have a truck that I cannot drive and no assist in getting it fixed,

- Calais, ME, USA