2002 Ford E350 Problems

HEAD ON VEHICLE STRIPPED BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT IS MADE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON REGULAR E350 BUT MINE IS AN RV. IT WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE SPARK PLUG POPPED OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON I-65 IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA.

THIS 350 ECONOLINE, 8CYL., EXTENDED BODY VAN WAS PURCHASED NEW, AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 120K MILES ON IT SINCE 2002. BEGINNING SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY MECHANIC COMPLAINED OF SEVERE FRAME EROSION, HAVING HAD TO REINFORCE AND RE-WELD SEVERAL PARTS BACK ONTO THE FRAME, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BRACKETS WHICH SUPPORT THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS. (TWO OCURRANCES-- LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES). LAST WEEK, MY EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SOME REAR END SWAYING AT MODERATE SPEED CORNERING. WE DISCOVERED A CROSS-TIE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SIDE RAILS AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE'S FRAME HAD ROTTED AWAY, THUS CAUSING SOME UNWANTED FRAME MOVEMENT. IF IT WEREN'T FOR A HEAVY-DUTY TOWING PACKAGE I HAD PURCHASED WITH THE VEHICLE IN 2002, I BELIEVE THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE VEHICLE'S UNDER-FRAMING WOULD HAVE TWISTED AND SEPARATED FROM THE BODY YEARS AGO ! ALSO BEGINNING A FEW YEARS AGO, WAS THE DECAY OF THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLOCK, AS THREE SEPARATELY TIMED SPARK PLUGS HAD LITERATELY 'BLOWN' OUT OF THE THREADED WELLS OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. MY MECHANIC HAD TO ADAPT HELI-COIL KITS INTO RE-BORED HOLES IN THE VEHICLE'S SPARK PLUG WELLS. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THESE KITS COME LOOSE, AND BLOW -OUT AGAIN. I'M ALREADY EXPERIENCING A PAINFULLY OMINOUS COMPRESSION LOSS IN ONE (OR MORE) OF THE CYLINDERS. COULD FORD HAVE PURCHASED SOME INFERIOR METALS, THUS PRODUCING A LINE OF JUNK VEHICLES?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD E-350 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN LT24575R16 TIRES, SIZE: 245/756/16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT VIBRATIONS FROM THE FRONT TIRES. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TREAD FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS SEPARATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13T012000 (TIRES). THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,362 AND THE APPROXIMATE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

COOPER TIRE TREAD SEPARATION LT 245/75R16. *TR

BLOWING OUT SPARK PLUGES.

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE VAN STARTED SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF FUEL STARVATION AND WITH THE FAMILY AND A SEMI ON MY BUMPER THINGS GOT QUITE HAIRY AND STARTED AND ARGUMENT WITH MY WIFE! I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND PUT CLEAN DIESEL FUEL AND FUEL ADDITIVE TO GET ME BACK HOME; THIS DID NOT WORK AS THE VAN ACTED UP AGAIN SEVERAL MILES DOWN THE ROAD. AFTER STOPPING AND STARTING NUMEROUS TIMES ON A SIDE STREET, I GOT TO A PLACE WHERE I COULD CHANGE THE FUEL FILTER; I NOTICED THAT IT WAS FULL OF RUST AND ALUMINUM FLAKES. THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE ANY FURTHER, I HAD TO TRAILER IT HOME, THE NEXT DAY. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE ALUMINUM COATING THE FUEL TAKE HAD COME OFF AND WAS PLUGGING UP THE FUEL PICKUP, EMERGENCY VALVE AND THE FILTER. YOU CAN DO AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FIND WERE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORDS. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT I WOULD HAVE PERFORMED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THE FUEL TANK AND FILTERS. VERY DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR WHEN IT IS TO LATE.....

I HAVE HAD 3 SPARK PLUG THIS YEAR COME SHOOTING OUT OF EY 2002 FORD E350 V10. *TR

SPARK PLUG EJECTED 2002 FORD VAN. *TR

TRUCK WOBBLING TO THE POINT OF ALMOST WRECKING...WAS TOLD IT WAS WHEELBEARING,ROTORS,TIEROD ECT. I NOW REALIZE FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCKS REGARDING UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING , IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I ALSO OWNED A 2003 AND 2004 HAD TO SELL THEM BECAUSE THE TURBO KEPT BLOWING OFF AND FUEL INJECTORS WERE CLOGGED. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED. I HOPE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM YOU WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2002 FORD E 350 MOTORHOME BRAKES FAILED WHILE TRYING TO AVOID A COLLISION.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR WHILE BRAKING THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. IT TURNED OUT THAT THE ANTILOCK BRAKING HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT CAUSED THE TOTAL FAILURE OF BOTH BRAKING CIRCUITS. *NM

REAR LAP AND SHOULDER BELT ARE JAMMED INTO RETRACTOR. CONSUMERS NOT ABLE TO FASTEN SEATBELTS. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

REAR SEATBELT IS JAMMED. CONSUMER NOT ABLE TO FASTEN SEATBELT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THIS 350 ECONOLINE, 8CYL., EXTENDED BODY VAN WAS PURCHASED NEW, AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 120K MILES ON IT SINCE 2002. BEGINNING SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY MECHANIC COMPLAINED OF SEVERE FRAME EROSION, HAVING HAD TO REINFORCE AND RE-WELD SEVERAL PARTS BACK ONTO THE FRAME, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BRACKETS WHICH SUPPORT THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS. (TWO OCURRANCES-- LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES). LAST WEEK, MY EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SOME REAR END SWAYING AT MODERATE SPEED CORNERING. WE DISCOVERED A CROSS-TIE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SIDE RAILS AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE'S FRAME HAD ROTTED AWAY, THUS CAUSING SOME UNWANTED FRAME MOVEMENT. IF IT WEREN'T FOR A HEAVY-DUTY TOWING PACKAGE I HAD PURCHASED WITH THE VEHICLE IN 2002, I BELIEVE THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE VEHICLE'S UNDER-FRAMING WOULD HAVE TWISTED AND SEPARATED FROM THE BODY YEARS AGO ! ALSO BEGINNING A FEW YEARS AGO, WAS THE DECAY OF THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLOCK, AS THREE SEPARATELY TIMED SPARK PLUGS HAD LITERATELY 'BLOWN' OUT OF THE THREADED WELLS OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. MY MECHANIC HAD TO ADAPT HELI-COIL KITS INTO RE-BORED HOLES IN THE VEHICLE'S SPARK PLUG WELLS. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THESE KITS COME LOOSE, AND BLOW -OUT AGAIN. I'M ALREADY EXPERIENCING A PAINFULLY OMINOUS COMPRESSION LOSS IN ONE (OR MORE) OF THE CYLINDERS. COULD FORD HAVE PURCHASED SOME INFERIOR METALS, THUS PRODUCING A LINE OF JUNK VEHICLES?

TRUCK WOBBLING TO THE POINT OF ALMOST WRECKING...WAS TOLD IT WAS WHEELBEARING,ROTORS,TIEROD ECT. I NOW REALIZE FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCKS REGARDING UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING , IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I ALSO OWNED A 2003 AND 2004 HAD TO SELL THEM BECAUSE THE TURBO KEPT BLOWING OFF AND FUEL INJECTORS WERE CLOGGED. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED. I HOPE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM YOU WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE BEEN WAITING 7 MONTHS AFTER I WAS NOTIFIED OF A SAFETY RECALL ON MY 2002 ECONOLINE TRUCK WITH A SPEED CONTROL THAT CAN CATCH FIRE. ALL I GET FROM MY LOCAL FORD DEALER IS THAT THE REPAIR PARTS HAVE NOT COME FROM THE FACTORY AND THEY WILL CALL ME WHEN THEY ARRIVE. *TR

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATED BEFORE STOPPING. *AK

TRUCK WOBBLING TO THE POINT OF ALMOST WRECKING...WAS TOLD IT WAS WHEELBEARING,ROTORS,TIEROD ECT. I NOW REALIZE FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCKS REGARDING UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING , IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I ALSO OWNED A 2003 AND 2004 HAD TO SELL THEM BECAUSE THE TURBO KEPT BLOWING OFF AND FUEL INJECTORS WERE CLOGGED. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED. I HOPE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM YOU WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 35/45 MPH VEHICLE HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD E350 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE FRAME FRACTURED INTO TWO PIECES, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A BARRIER ON THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE A FRAME WAS FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

2002 F-350 4X4 PICKUP FRAME WELD CRACKING JUST IN FRONT OF FRONT LEAF SPRING, WHERE FRAME IS JOINED, HAS RIVETS AND WELD. BIG-BRAND TIRE CO. HAS FOUND 6 VEHICALES SAME PROBLEM, NOT ALL WERE TRUCKS. THEY SHOWED PROBLEM TO ME, AND I HAVE FOUND SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER TRUCKS OF FRIENDS. YOU CAN HERE THE FRAME MAKING SOUNDS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER VISTA FORD IN OXNARD YET, WAITING TO HERE FROM YOU. *NM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD E-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.