1995 Ford Econoline Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD ECONOLINE VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE WHEEL WELL IN THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC SHOP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE CALIPERS, ROTORS , AND BRAKES PADS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CAN STILL SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

1995 FORD E150 BASED CONVERSION VAN HAS HAD THE BRAKING SYSTEMS/ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT REPLACED TWICE IN LESS THAN 83000 MILES. BOTH REPLACEMENTS WERE DONE AT FORD DEALERS AND COPIES OF BOTH INVOICES CAN BE PROVIDED. SINCE THIS FAILURE DISABLES THE ABS SYSTEM AND PRODUCES A HOPPING IN THE REAR WHEELS I THINK THIS IS A HAZARD THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD ECONOLINE. AFTER HAVING THE WIRING HARNESS INSTALLED DUE TO THE RECALL, THE VEHICLE'S HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITH THESE TWO COMPONENTS. HE RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PERFORMED. THE CONTACT ALSO NEEDED THE DEALER TO INSPECT THE ABS BECAUSE THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT IN ORDER FOR THE LIGHT TO DIM. THE REPAIRS WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $1,200 - $2,000 FOR PARTS, NOT INCLUDING LABOR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000. UPDATED 04/11/08 *TR

ORIGINALLY IN DEC 2004 WHILE RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO ST LOUIS, MO I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY ABS LIGHT, MY SPEEDOMETER HAND INTERMITTENTLY GOING BACK TO ZERO AND THE VEHICLE COMING OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL. IT WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE AN ABS BRAKE PROBLEM SO THE SPEED SENSOR AND THE ABS MODULE WERE REPLACED. THE NEXT TIME I WENT OUT ON THE ROAD FOR THE 4TH OF JULY 2005 WEEKEND, WE GOT AS FAR AS CHARLESTON, SC AND HAD TO PUT THE RV IN THE SHOP BECAUSE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND SPEEDOMETER WERE BOTH MALFUNCTIONING; THE VEHICLE WOULD COME OUT OF CRUISE AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD INTERMITTENTLY GO FROM THE CORRECT SPEED TO ZERO. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE DOWNSHIFTING AND UPSHIFTING AT WILL. AFTER THAT WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE HOUSE AND PARKED IT ON THE DRIVEWAY. A COUPLE WEEKS LATER I WENT OUT TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AND GIVE IT A WASH JOB AND CLEAN IT UP A BIT. IT WOULD NOT START UPON EXAMINATION I FOUND THAT THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX HAD SOME MELTED RELAYS IN IT AND THE BOX ITSELF WAS MELTED MIN A COUPLE OF PLACES. WE HAD TO HAVE A DIFFERENT WIRING HARNESS INSTALLED TO GET THE VEHICLE RUNNING AGAIN. WE FELT THAT SOME OF THE GROUND WIRES HAD CAUSED A SHORT AND THAT WAS WHAT HAD MELTED THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX. LATER WE SAW THAT THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX IS LOCATED JUST BELOW THE RESERVOIR FOR THE VEHICLE BRAKE FLUID. THE LAST ITEM THAT BECAME FUNCTIONAL WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE FUSE FOR THE HORN WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX. THEN I SAW WHERE FORD WAS DOING A RECALL ON THEIR CRUISE CONTROL SWITCHES FOR SEVERAL VEHICLES AND SINCE THE ECONOLINE VAN IS ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT USES THAT CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, I FEEL THAT THE ECONOLINE VAN SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH RECALL. MY RV IS ON A FORD ECONOLINE E350 VAN WITH A 460 CID V8 ENGINE AND AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH OVERDRIVE. VIN #[XXX][XXX]. *NM UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE COMING DOWN A RAMP AND APPROACHING THE STOP SIGN AT 45MPH, THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE NOISE APPEARED TO COME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DISPLAYED THAT IT WAS GOING TO STALL AND THEN STALLED. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE HOWEVER IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING GEAR WAS FRACTURED. THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE TIMING GEAR. SHORTLY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE LOUD NOISE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD RETURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND RECOMMENDED THAT A NEW CAMSHAFT BEARING BE INSTALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

MY 1995 ECONOLINE VAN BLEW UP IN MY DRIVEWAY WHILE TURNED OFF. IT EXPLODED UNDER THE HOOD AND A HUGE FIREBALL WENT THROUGH THE CABIN. IT CAUGHT MY HOUSE AND GARAGE ON FIRE, ALONG WITH MY GIANT OAK TREE.*AK THIS IS THE SECOND ECONOLINE VAN THAT HAS BLOWN UP LIKE THIS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. BOTH TIMES WE WERE LUCKY; NO ONE WAS IN THE VAN AT THE TIME. THEY WOULD HAVE DIED OR BEEN SEVERELY BURNED. FORD ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS; THEY WERE NOT EVEN INTERESTED ENOUGH TO SEND OUT AN INVESTIGATOR.

SOME OF YOUR QUESTION MAY BE UNREATED TO MY PROBLEM, I AM COMPLAING ABOUT A DEFECTIVE BOTTOM TENNSION PULLEY THAT CONTROL THE POWER STEARING AND ALL OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THIS QUITE IT WAS LIKE DRIVING A DUCE AND A 1/2 THAT DOES NOT HAVE POWER STEARING, VERY WIDE TURN. CAME TO REST BEFORE OVERHEADING IN E. FALMOUTH MASS. WAS TOWED OFF A FRIEND LAWN AT 9 PM SUNDAY. THE WHOLE THING OCCURED AT NOON ON SUNDAY, A NEIGHBOR TO MY FRIEEND CAME TO MY AID WITH HIS CELL PHONE, I CALLED MY MOTOR CLUB AND THERE COULD NOT HELP. AROUND 7 PM I FOUND SOME ONE THAT COULD TOW IT TO MY MACHINIC - AUTO TECH IN SANDWICH, MASS WHO DID THE REPAIRING AS IT WOULD HAVE COST DOUBLE TO TAKE IT TO TANNER FORD IN S. EASTON. AS IT WAS IT COST $80 FOR THE TOW(CASH) AND I SELDOM HAVE THAT MUCH LAYING AROUND. REPAIRS WERE $387. WHICH IS REPORTED UNDER PROPERTY DAMAGE IN YOUR FORM. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE HAD I BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE HEADING FOR NH OR SOME WHERE ELSE, I COULD STILL BE THERE TODAY WAITING FOR HELP. THE TENNISON PULLY SNAPPED RIGHT OFF, RENDERING FANBELT USELESS, AND DISTROYING A NEW BELT THAT HAD JUST BEEN PUT IN THE VAN IN APRIL ON THE REQUIRE MANITANCE AT 60,000/61,000. I SPENT A LOT THEN, AND NOW TO HAVE $387 + 80 = $467 HURTS. I THINK I SHOULD GET SOME HELP FROM SOMEWHERE FOR THE FLAW OF THE TENNSION UNIT. AUTO TECH IN SANDWICH 508-833-0888, AS FOR LARRY HE'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE DID. YOU KNOW THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A BIGGER DISASTER HAD I BEEN TRAVELING AT 65, AM HAPPY I WAS JUST COMING OUT OF A SIDE STREET ONTO AND OTHER STREET AND IT WAS NOT BUSY, WHEN THE THING MADE A BIG SNAP. I THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS A FANBELT HAD BECOME LOOSE AND NEED TO BE RE-ENSTALLED, TILL I GOT UNDER AND FOUND A MUCH WORSE PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR A CHANCE TO SPOUT OFF AS I THISK TIS IS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM ND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO ALL ALL FORD TRUCKS, ESPECIAL E150'S. YOUR TRULY CARL G. RIDEOUT PS: ON THE 3 BELT AND 2 BELT AND MOTOR BELT AM NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN. *AK

PITMAN ARM WAS NOT TIGHTENED SECURELY DURING MANUFACTURING OF VEHICLE. *AK

DOT#MD11 520V 344; TIRE SIZE LT245/75R16 ONE OF FOUR TIRES FAILED WITH A SIGNIFICANT SIDEWALL BULDGE NOTICED BEFORE FINAL FAILURE. SEARS REPLACED TIRE PRO-RATED FOR WEAR, BUT REPAIR PERSON SEVERELY OVER-TORQUED LUG NUTS REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF LUG BOLTS AND NUTS. NOT CONFIDENT OF REMAINING THREE TIRES; NOR THE SERVICE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT REPLACE THE WHEELS. NOT ENOUGH SPACES ON YOUR ONLINE FORM FOR TIRE SIZE AND DOT#. MFG #? 272892GRF66 A 15 PASSENGER VAN SHOULD HAVE GOOD TIRES. (DOT NUMBER: MD11520V34 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

4 GOODYEAR WRANGLER WRL HT FXNW TIRES P235/75R15, DOT 7276999510, HAD BUBBLES SHAPES OF GRAPEFRUIT ON THE SIDEWALL, NO SIGNS OF CRACKS/CUTS OR LEAKS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED AIR TO GET INTO THE TIRE. *SLC

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F150 ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE IN FEBRUARY OF 2008 REGARDING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CRUISE CONTROL. FORD STATED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO DISCONNECT THE CRUISE CONTROL HIMSELF. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE PURCHASE DATE AND RECALL NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000. UPDATED 5/13/08 *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD ECONOLINE. AFTER HAVING THE WIRING HARNESS INSTALLED DUE TO THE RECALL, THE VEHICLE'S HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITH THESE TWO COMPONENTS. HE RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PERFORMED. THE CONTACT ALSO NEEDED THE DEALER TO INSPECT THE ABS BECAUSE THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT IN ORDER FOR THE LIGHT TO DIM. THE REPAIRS WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $1,200 - $2,000 FOR PARTS, NOT INCLUDING LABOR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000. UPDATED 04/11/08 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD 250 ECONOLINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, IT WOULD MOVE IN REVERSE INSTEAD OF STOPPING. THE VEHICLE IS BEING DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS, IT WILL EITHER SHIFT HARD AND LATE OR WILL GO OUT OF GEAR. DEALERSHIP REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED AND TANK IS FULL THERE WOULD BE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF GAS FUMES PRESENT. FORD SAYS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. MECHANIC HAS FIXED VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO FAULTY IGNITION SYSTEM. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HOOD FLEW UP AND CRACKED WINDSHIELD, HOOD LATCH HAD BROKEN.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED BESIDE OUR HOUSE. IT WAS A 95 FOUR WINDS 5000 MOTORHOME ON A FORD ECONOLINE CHASIS, CHASIS YEAR WAS 1994. VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN FOR 5 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS PLUGGED INTO ELECTRICAL, BUT NOTHING WAS TURNED ON OR RUNNING. FIRE STARTED IN THE DASHBOARD AREA OR JUST UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. ONLY OTHER PROBLEM WITH UNIT WAS THE MULTIPURPOSE SWITCH FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY. WE ARE STILL FIGHTING WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY TO PROVIDE US WITH A CAUSE OF THE FIRE. FIRE STARTED AT 3 AM. OUR NEIGHBOOR WAS ASLEEP ON HIS COACH AND HEARD A NOISE AND LOOKED OUT AND SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE MOTORHOME, HE CALLED 911, RAN OVER TO SEE IF ANYBODY WAS IN, GRABED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, THAN POUNDED ON OUR DOOR TO GET US UP. FIRE DEPT. GOT THERE JUST AS THE FIRE STARTED DOWN THE TOP AND STARTED BURNING THE SIDE OF OUR HOUSE. WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE SIDING ON THE HOUSE AND WINDOWS, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. CLASS C MOTORHOMES ARE NOT DESIGNED WITH ESCAPE ROUTES IF THE FIRE STARTS IN THE ENGINE AREA. HAD SOMEBODY BEEN IN THE BED ABOVE THE CAB, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO JUMP OVER THE FIRE TO GET OUT. WE HAD WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS, BUT THE IT BURNED VERY QUICKLY. ESCAPE ROUTES ARE THE DOORS, AND SIDE WINDOWS, NEVER PLANNING TO HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE BED ABOVE IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY MANUFACTURES. TRUCK CAMPERS PROVIDE AN ESCAPE HATCH OVER THE BED. IF THIS HAPPENED TO US, THE NEXT TIME IT COULD HAPPEN WITH SOMEBODY'S GRANDKIDS IN THE BED WITH THEM HAVING TO JUMP OVER A VERY SMOKEY FIRE TO GET OUT. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. *ET

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING A COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES. ALSO, VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXCESSIVE DAMAGE. *AK

SOMETIMES WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON THERE IS A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE VENTS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

CONSUMER PURCHASD TRUCK ON 6/11/95, ON 6/19/95 IT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY TRUCK BLEW UP DUE TO THE AIR CONDITIONER FLUID, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. NO CAUSE FOUND. TIRES WORN OUT AT 32000 MILES IN SPITE OF SCHEDULED BALANCE AND MAINTENANCE BEING PERFORMED. REPLACEMENT SET IS ALSO NEARING WEAR OUT PREMATURELY.( DOT NUMBER: )

SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED.

CRUISE CONTROL SERVO REPLACED.

DEFROSTER DOES NOT KEEP WINDSHIELD WARM ENOUGH TO STOP SNOW/ICE FROM ACCUMULATING, CAUSING PROBLEMS SEEING. *DSH

THE FACTORY INSTALLED CAGE HAD BOLTS THAT WERE FASTENED TO THE SIDE WALL OF THE VAN. THE BOLTS HAD BROKEN THROUGH THE METAL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE CAGE TO MOVE FOWARD IN A COLLISION. JG *JB

AIRSTREAM MODEL;SUSPENSION;AXLE; A) MOTORHOME IS TOP HEAVY B) NO SWAY BAR IN REAR C) SPRINGS ARE FLAT, NO BOUNCE. MOTORHOME EXCEEDS GWR FOR REAR. LIST DETAILS.

WHEN USING MULTI- PURPOSE SWITCH ON STEERING COLUMN AND PUT ITON HIGH BEAMS ,ALL OF THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OFF, BECOME TOTALLY INOPERATIVE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK

THE HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT DUE TO SIZE/MISMATCH OF FRONT STEERING TIRES AND REAR AXLE. ALSO, IMPROPERLY INSTALLED CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. *AK

MIDDLE CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS INSTALLED TOO FAR FORWARD, PREVENTING THE SEATBELTS FROM BUCKLING.