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1998 Ford F Series (medium) 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 Jan 2, 2008
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 Feb 16, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Ford F Series (medium). 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 1–2 of 2

Driver assistance
Filed Jan 2, 2008
Fire reported

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF.*CN

NHTSA ID
10213415
Incident
Dec 1, 2007
Mileage
80,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Feb 16, 2003

ON DELIVERY OF VECHICLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND BREAK DEFECT BREAKS DO NOT STOP WHEN USEING THEM FOR REGULAR USE AT EVEN SLOW SPEEDS RESULTING IN ALMOST HITTING OTHER VECHICLES I HAVE TO TRY AND STOP VECHICLE FROM FAR AWAY DISTANCES

NHTSA ID
10007573
Incident
Jan 5, 2003
Mileage
66,513 mi

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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