This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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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.
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.
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.
On July 28th around 3:00 am there was a storm earlier in the night and a tree top fell into the road and I wentto apply the brakes they locked up causing me to fish tail and lose control spinning around twice making me strike a tree and spin back around and nose dive down and embankment and land on all four wheels messed up the front bumper left fender left door cracked windshield and completely wiped out the bed.
- Soddy Daisy, TN, USA
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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.
While driving vehicle severely pulls to right or left and extreme vibration occurs, causing loss of vehicle control. Replaced steering gear box. Consumer states all the ball joints and bushings in front end also had to be replaced. Rear brake pads were replaced.
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.
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.
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- Los Angeles, CA, USA