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1982 Ford F-150 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Nov 27, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Nov 18, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1982 Ford F-150. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–5 of 5

Tires & wheels
Filed Nov 27, 2000

RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT FROM SIDEWALL ONLY GOIG ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR /FIRESTONE WAS NO HELP OR WAS PRECISE IN HELPING AT ALL. *AK (TIRESIZE: P23575R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

NHTSA ID
736915
Tires & wheels
Filed Nov 3, 2000

CONSUMER NOTICED TIRE THROUGH A VISUAL INSPECTION. PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. TIRE WAS SPLITTING AROUND MIDDLE, NEAR THE RIM AREA. GOODYEAR, RANGLER/HT, P235/75R15.*AK DOT#MKHL1EHR285. *SLC

NHTSA ID
874385
Incident
Nov 1, 2000
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 3, 2000

I NOTICED PEOPLE ARE REPORTING PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE TIRES AS BACK AS 1992 BUT ACTUALLY I EXPERIENCED SIMILIAR PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE TIRES BACK IN 1982. I REPLACED ALL THE TIRES SHORTLY AFTER THE RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE SEPARATED IT'S STEEL BELTS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15R75 )

NHTSA ID
726529
Incident
Oct 1, 1982
Filed Jan 9, 1997

REQUEST FOR CRASH TEST RESULTS.

NHTSA ID
513472
Electrical
Filed Nov 18, 1996
Fire reported

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE, STOPPED FOR A MOMENT AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE CAB AND UNDER THE HOOD, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS TOTALLED. *AK

NHTSA ID
805198
Incident
Nov 10, 1996

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.

Data sources

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