Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Ford E-150 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
MULTIPLE SYSTEMS FAILURES; CURRENTLY ABS LIGHT STAYS ON, AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES, FUEL SMELL, SLOPPY STEERING, FRONT SUSPENSION NOISES, POWER DOOR LOCKS INOPERATIVE, CRUISE CONTROL INOPERATIVE, HORN INOPERATIVE. *AK
RIGHT FRONT SHOCK IS LEAKING FLUID-NOTICE THAT THE FEMALE PART OF THE SHOCK IS RUBBING THE FRAME,RIGHT ABOVE THE MOU N TNG BOLT.ALSO THE RIGHT SHOCK IS RUBBING THE FRAME.THIS VEHICLE HASN'T BEEN IN A WRECK-I THINK THERE NEEDS TOA SPACER BETWEEN THE SHOCKS MOUNTING BOLT AND THE FRAME,TO PULL IT AWAY FROM THE FRAME-
THIRD FAILURE OF BALL JOINTS (CURRENTLY UPPER ARE BAD AGAIN). FIRST REPLACED 02/08/1995, SECOND REPLACE AT ~60,000 MILES ON 07/30/1998. THIRD NOW BAD AT ~80,000 MILES. 90% OF DRIVING IS INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 10-12K MILES PER YEAR. FORD HAS SERVICE BULLETINS BUT WILL NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCT.
ENGINE FAILED, REPLACED WITH NEW ONE AND FAILED AGAIN, THIRD ENGINE LEAKING OIL AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT.
UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED.
DRIVING VEHICLE, WHEELS WERE LOOSE; TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER TO HAVE NEW BRAKES PUT ON; MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE SHOT AND HAD THEM REPLACED.*AK
DRIVER FEELS PULSATION FROM FRONT END WHILE BRAKING, DUE TO FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/PADS, REAR BRAKE SHOES, AND FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILURE.
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING POOR STABILITY. *SD
FRONT TIRES WORN/REPLACED.
AT 8000 MILES FRONT TIRE WEAR AND VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN COMING TO STOPS, REPLACE ROTORS, TO NO AVAIL. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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