1995 Ford F-250

EA05-005 IS CLOSED WITH FORD?S ACTIONS IN RECALLS 05V-017, 05V-388, AND 06V-286, RECALLING APPROXIMATELY 6.7 MILLION VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCHES (SCDS).THE BRAKE SYSTEMS IN THESE RECALLED VEHICLES GENERATE A VACUUM THAT CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE SCDS TO FAIL AND, IN CERTAIN SWITCH INSTALLATION ORIENTATIONS, CATCH FIRE.FORD IS ALSO INCLUDING THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF 1998 EXPLORERS.FORD HAS INFORMED ODI THAT TESTING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURES IN THE 1998 EXPLORERS WILL CONTINUE AFTER THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.ODI BELIEVES THAT THE VEHICLES EXHIBITING THE FACTORS CAUSING SCDS FAILURE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT CORRELATE WELL WITH THE OBSERVED FAILURE RATES ON THESE VEHICLES BY MODEL AND MODEL YEAR.THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE NON-RECALLED VEHICLES MANUFACTURED WITH SCDS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN FORD?S RECALLS.ODI WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE NON-RECALLED POPULATION FOR INCIDENCE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES.THE AGENCY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION IF WARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES.SEE ATTACHED CLOSING REPORT FOR DETAILS.

CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REPORT THAT BOLTS WHICH RETAIN THE AXLE PIVOT BRACKET TO THE FRAME CROSS MEMBER CAN LOOSEN OR FAIL, CAUSING THE INBOARD END OR THE AXLE TO BECOME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE.OWNERS ALLEGE THAT THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, HOWEVER THE COMPLAINT DATA SHOWS ONLY ONE INCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY FOLLOWING AXLE SEPARATION, WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.IN ADDITION TO THE 225 CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, THERE WERE 4,315 WARRANTY CLAIMS RELATED TO THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND MEMBERS, AND 22 VEHICLES WERE REPLACED FOR GOODWILL.DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED BY FORD, UNDER REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT INDICATE THAT THE BOLTS WERE INADEQUATE FOR THE DURABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE VEHICLE.ALSO, BOLTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN INADEQUATELY TORQUED AT ONE OR MORE ASSEMBLY PLANTS.OTHER FACTORS, SUCH AS WAX TREATMENT OF THE FRAME, CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM.INCREASED BOLT DIAMETER AND INCREASED TORQUE APPARENTLY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.A SERVICE BULLETIN, 96-20-13, WAS ISSUED TO ADVISE DEALERS OF THIS CORRECTIVE ACTION.IN THESE DOCUMENTS, FORD ALSO REPORTED THAT A VEHICLE, EQUIPPED FOR SIMULTANEOUS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF ALL PIVOT BRACKET FASTENERS, WAS EVALUATED RESULTING IN A SLIGHT VEHICLE PULL TO ONE SIDE WITH NO LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.ODI HAS NOT REPLICATED FORD'S VEHICLE TESTING, HOWEVER ANALYSIS OF THE DESIGN OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION INDICATES THAT EVEN IF THE INBOARD END OF THEAXLE BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME, THE OUTBOARD END WOULD REMAIN FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE LEAF SPRING WITH TWO U-BOLTS.THIS WOULD RETAIN THE WHEEL IN ITS APPROXIMATE POSITION, ALTHOUGH THE WHEEL ALIGNMENT WOULD BE GREATLY IN ERROR.THEREFORE IT IS UNLIKELY THAT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WOULD BE LOST.OWNERS REPROT MANY SIGNIFICANT NOISES IN THE SUSPENSION, SUCH AS CREAKING, GROANING, CLUNKING, AND SQUEAKING, PRIOR TO NOTICING ANY SEPARATION OF THE AXLE.THIS PROVIDES WARNING OF THE LOOSENING OF THE BOLTS TO THE DRIVER, AND SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED.FORD HAS STATED THAT REPAIRS WILL BE COVERED UNDER THE VEHICLE'S BUMPER WARRANTY.COMPLAINTS ABOUT WARRANTY COVERAGE BY A FORD DEALER SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO FORD, OR TO APPROPRIATE STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES.A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT TREND HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME AND FURTHER USE OF AGENCY RESOURCES DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE WARRANTED.THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT NO SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT EXISTS.THE AGENCY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION IF WARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

SEAT BACK BOLTS BROKE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. LOST CONTROL ALMOST GOING OFF ROAD. IN MOTION, TWO LANE HIGHWAY DRIVING WINDING ROAD. BROKE ROUNDING A CURVE.

NHTSA ID

10862318

Incident

Mar 20, 2016

Mileage

226,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1995 FORD F-250. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HAND INJURIES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FIRE STARTED AT THE WIRING HARNESS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

NHTSA ID

10818215

Incident

Dec 31, 2015

Mileage

103,000 mi

I REPLACED THE REAR BRAKES ON MY 1995 FORD F250. I PUT ON NEW DURALAST BRAKE SHOES (PART #358) FROM AUTOZONE. AFTERWARDS, THE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE FAILED. I TOOK EVERYTHING APART AND TOOK A WHILE BEFORE I FOUND THE PROBLEM. AT THE TOP OF THE BRAKE SHOES THERE IS A HALF CIRCLE WHERE THE FRONT AND BACK SHOE MEETS AND THAT IS WHERE THE EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE CAM PUSHES THE SHOES APART. THE OEM SHOES HAVE A TALL SHOULDER AT THE VERY TIP TOP WHERE THE CAM PUSHES AGAINST THE REAR SHOE, THE DURALAST SHOE HAS A SHORTER SHOULDER AND ALLOWED THE CAM TO SLIP OVER THE TOP OF THE REAR SHOE CAUSING THE UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY/PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. *DT

NHTSA ID

10667440

Incident

Dec 20, 2014

Mileage

400,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A VISIBLE FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

NHTSA ID

10662140

Incident

Dec 1, 2014

Mileage

130,000 mi

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT AUTOMATICALLY CAUSING CONCERN BELT WOULD FAIL TO WORK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10610443

Incident

Jul 14, 2014

Mileage

91,710 mi

1995 FORD F250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEMS WITH LEAKING GAS LINE, BRAKES, TRANSMISSION AND SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES WITH VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES UNSATISFACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS. *SMD THE MASTER CYLINDER, AIR PUMP, BRAKE PADS, SERPENTINE BELT, BRAKE LINES, ALTERNATOR, CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR, BATTERY, HEADLIGHT CONTROL AND UPPER SWITCH WERE ALL REPLACED. ALSO, THE STARTER SOLENOID SWITCH WAS REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE OIL PAN, THAT WAS RUSTED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, DUE TO CRACKING.

NHTSA ID

10524433

Incident

Feb 10, 1995

Mileage

495 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN THROUGH STATE INSPECTION AND DID NOT PASS BECAUSE THE PARKING BRAKE WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V068000 (PARKING BRAKE) AND WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE RECALL WAS ONLY FOR VEHICLES WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 202,000. *TR

NHTSA ID

10510507

Incident

May 2, 2013

Mileage

202,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECURRING FAILURE WITH THE FLY WHEEL IN WHICH THE FLY-WHEEL HAD TO BE REPLACED CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,955 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,760. *TR

NHTSA ID

10509446

Incident

Feb 8, 2010

Mileage

78,955 mi

MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0603 (POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE KEEP ALIVE MEMORY ERROR) OR P0605 ( POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE READ ONLY MEMORY ERROR). *TT

OIL LEAK AT HIGH PRESSURE PUMP FITTINGS AND/OR PLUG. THIS INCLUDES SUPER DUTY F-SERIES. OASIS. *TT

A LACK OF ACCELERATOR CONTROL WHEN MOVING OFF OF THE IDLE POSITION. *TT

POOR IDLE QUALITY AND/OR LOW OUTPUT AFTER THE ENGINE RETURNS TO IDLE SPEED. *TT

HARD STARTING AFTER THE FUEL INJECTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *TT

A NO-START OR REDUCED POWER CONDITION MAY OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. *TT