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1997 Ford LN8000 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 Sep 21, 2019
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.
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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 Sep 21, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1997 Ford LN8000. 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.

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Other / unspecifiedTires & wheels
Filed Sep 21, 2019
Crash reported2 injuries reported

FRONT RIGHT TIRE ON VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL AIR PRESSURE WHILE TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AND VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH INJURIES. TIRE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SAILUN S-825 385/65R22.5 1 MIXED SERVICE WIDE BASE TIRE ON THE FRONT RIGHT AXLE. NO OBJECTS WERE DISCOVERED IN THE ROADWAY THAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED THE RAPID DEFLATION OF THE TIRE. TIRE WAS DESTROYED AFTER DEFLATION AND REMAINED WRAPPED AROUND THE RIM OF THE VEHICLE. MAXIMUM VEHICLE SPEED FOR THE TRIP WAS 49 MPH AND THE TANK ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.

NHTSA ID
11256976
Incident
Sep 10, 2019
Mileage
162,427 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.

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