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1974 Ford F100 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 Dec 27, 2007
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.
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Reports on file since Dec 7, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1974 Ford F100. 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

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Tires & wheels
Filed Dec 27, 2007
Crash reported1 injury reported

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1974 FORD F-100. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE THEN THE VEHICLE INCREASED IN SPEED AND SHIFTED FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL AND COLLIDE INTO A TREE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. PRIOR TO OPERATING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE TREAD WAS NORMAL AND THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. SHE HAS A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT. SHE HAS NOT FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT HAS PHOTOS. THE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE DOT NUMBER. THE MANUFACTURER IS MARSHAL THE MODEL LINE IS TOURING THE TIRE LINE IS P/235/75/R15 . THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10212972
Incident
Nov 6, 2007
Mileage
200,700 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Dec 7, 2000

THESE TIRES WERE NEW FROM A FIRESTONE DEALER IN TEMPLE TEXAS , THEY BOTH BLEW WITH IN 200 MILES OF BEING INSTALLED AND FOLDED BOTH SIDES OF THE BED OF MY TRUCK . THIS IS NOT A RECENT PROBLEM WITH FIRESTONE TIRES . BEFORE THIS I HAD 4 NEW FIRESTONE 721 RADIALS SHUCK THE TREAD ALSO . THANK GOD I WAS IN AN OLDER FULL SIZED TRUCK BOTH TIMES . PLEASW LOOK FATHER BACK THAN 1991 , HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF FIRESTONES LACK OF QUALITY CONTROL AS WELL AS THE POCKET BOOK BEING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIER CUSTOMERS . I WAS TOLD WITH THESE TIRES I MUST HACE RUN OVER SOMETHING IN THE ROAD AND DIDN NOT HAVE ROAD HAZZARD WARRANTY SO I WAS OUT THE MONEY FOR 6 TIRES AND THE PRICE OF REPAIRS TO MY TRUCKS . I KNOW BETTER , THESE TIRES DID JUST WHAT THEY DO NOW , THE TREAD SEPERATING AND BLOWING OUT . FEEL FREE TO CALL ME IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

NHTSA ID
737441
Incident
Jun 15, 1988

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.

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