Consumer Safety Complaints

Incident date: Feb 15, 1995

DRIVER/PASSENGER FRONT AUTOMATIC SHOULDER HARNESS/LAP BELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RETAIN OCCUPANTS WHEN DRIVING. TOO MUCH SLACK. TT

Incident date: Feb 12, 1995

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. TT

Fire

Incident date: Feb 4, 1995

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS OUT WITH NO PRIOR WARNING TO OCCURANCE. TT

Incident date: Jan 13, 1995

BATTERY CABLE ASSEMBLY BURNED/SHORTED OUT; OWNER COULD NOT START UP VEHICLE; CABLE ASSEMBLY REPLACED. TT

Incident date: Feb 10, 1995

AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 56K MILES. TT

Incident date: Feb 15, 1995

BRAKE FAILURE, EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS. TT

BRAKES WERE GRINDING, HAD TO HAVE BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED THREE TIMES. PADS WEAR PREMATURELY. TT

Incident date: Feb 15, 1995

ABS BRAKES FAILS TO STOP WHEN APPLIED CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING/INOPERATIVE. LOUD GRINDING NOISE OVER REAR WHEELS, BRAKES LATER RESUME. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.

Incident date: Jun 15, 1994

REPLACEMENT OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS DUE TO HANG UPS. CAUSING THEM TO DRAG. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT. TT

Incident date: Jun 15, 1994

STEERING COLUMN SEVERELY VIBRATES WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY; OWNER TOLD BY FORD THAT IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE; CANNOT BE CORRECTED. TT

Incident date: Oct 15, 1994

REPEATED BRAKE PROBLEMS,PULLING TO THE LEFT VERY VIOLENTLY.FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED. TT

Incident date: Oct 15, 1994

REPEATED BRAKE PROBLEMS,PULLING TO THE LEFT VERY VIOLENTLY.FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED. TT

Incident date: Jan 31, 1995

LEFT REAR AXLE BROKE, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY. *AK

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jan 17, 1995

THE TRUCK BURNT UP FOR NO REASON. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Fire

Incident date: Feb 11, 1995

REAR END CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE TRUCK, BECAUSE THE GREASE WAS NOT REACHING THE HUBS. TT

Incident date: Feb 15, 1995

DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT DOES NOT PROPERLY RETAIN DRIVER WHEN DRIVING DUE TO FRAYING AND TOO MUCH SLACK. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Dec 5, 1994

(EXT. #23)210-822-1763H)FRONT SUSPENSION HAS A CLACKING SOUND ON RIGHT-HANDSIDE. VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING OVER 25-40MPH. IDENTIFY COMPONENT, DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Feb 14, 1995

EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE PAWL DOES NOT PROPERLY LINE UP, ALLOWING FREE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE. RECALL RELATED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Feb 14, 1995

SECOND REAR SEATBELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RETAIN CARSEAT, ALLOWING FREE MOVEMENT WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Mar 9, 1994

COSCO BOOSTER SEATS. HIT BROADSIDE VAN DOOR FLEW OPEN CHILDREN THROWN FROM INTERIOR STRAPPED IN CAR SEAT. RESULTING IN ONE DEATH AND OTHER SEVERELY INJURED. TT

Crash 4 injured 1 deaths

Incident date: Feb 14, 1995

REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RETAIN CAR SEAT IN EVENT OF SUDDEN STOP OR ACCIDENT. FITS LOOSE, TOO MUCH SLACK. TT

Incident date: Feb 14, 1995

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT GOT CAUGHT IN DOOR HINGES, PREVENTING DRIVER TO GET OUT OF CAR; DOOR ONLY OPENED ABOUT 4 INCHES. TT

Incident date: Nov 1, 1994

UPON PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAYS ON RIGHT TURN/PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE LOOSES TRACTION; PULLING OUT ON RIGHT TURN, CAR REMAINS STANDING/NO MOVEMENT. *AK

Incident date: Jan 27, 1995

THE AXLE BOLT SNAPPED AND THEY FALL OFF. TT

FRONT BRAKES HAS SHUTTERING AT HIGH SPEEDS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Feb 7, 1995

UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE WHEN DOOR LOCKED. TT

Incident date: Feb 7, 1995

REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS HAVE FAILED, HAD RECALLS DONE BUT PROBLEM REOCCURED. TT

Incident date: Apr 6, 1994

DURING WET WEATHER ABS SYSTEM DID NOT RESPOND, RESULTING IN RUNNING A STOP SIGN, AFTER PUMPING SYSTEM BRAKE RESPOND LATER. TT

Incident date: Feb 4, 1995

ABS, ROTORS ON FRONT DISC BRAKE SEPARATE FROM THE HUB, BRAKE WERE INSPECTED AT AUTHORIZED STATION ON JAN 10,1995. TT

Incident date: Jan 1, 1995

REAR SEAT RECLINES WITHOUT PULLING LEVER. TT

Incident date: Jan 1, 1994

GEARS SHIFT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAIL. TT

Incident date: Jan 30, 1994

ALL FOUR TIRES BLISTERED BETWEEN THE TREADS. TT

WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 30-35MPH, SUDDENLY AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT, NO APPARENT REASON, RESULT LOST STEERING CAPABILITY RAN INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. TT

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jan 20, 1995

WHEN BOTH TANKS ARE FULL, WHEN REAR TANK IS USED, FRONT TANK SPILLS. TT

AT 55 TO 65 MPH RPM ACCELERATION. TT

Incident date: Feb 13, 1995

AIR BAG LIGHTS STAYS ON, ONLY WHEN ENGINE IS HOT. TT

Incident date: Aug 12, 1993

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. TT

Incident date: Feb 5, 1995

LEFT FRONT WHEEL LOCKED UP TURNING VEHICLE INTO WALL/TUNNEL OWNER RELEASED BRAKE PEDAL AND TRUCK STRAIGHTENED. SEVERE GRINDING AFTER INCIDENT. TT

Incident date: Jan 26, 1995

UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 50MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, HIT GAURD RAIL TWICE. TT

Crash

Incident date: May 30, 1994

MOVEMENT OF TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR WITHOUT KEY IN THE IGNITION. TT

1) CLUTCH ASSEMBLY HAS FAULTY SPRING THAT HANGS UNTIL BREAKING. GEARS FAILED TO RESPOND GRINDING GEARS. 2) ABS BRAKES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR.

Incident date: Jul 31, 1994

SEVERE VIBRATION IN BRAKES WITH NO CHANGE IN CONDITION AFTER (5) ATTEMPTS BY DEALER. THINKS PROBLEM IS ROTORS. TT

Incident date: Jan 30, 1995

AUTO TRANSMISSION SHIFT INDICATOR LEVER PLASTIC BUTTON POPPED OUT AND BROKE INTO TWO PIECES, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM SHIFTING GEARS. *AK

Incident date: Dec 23, 1994

RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP GAVE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Incident date: Sep 1, 1994

REAR SEATS DO NOT HAVE HEADRESTS. TT

Incident date: Feb 9, 1995

ABS, FAILURE OF BRAKES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED BRAKE WILL GRAB AND STEER VERY HARD TO LEFT. TT

Incident date: Jun 28, 1994

INNER LEFT SIDE OF FUSE BLOCK SHORTED OUT, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK

Fire

Incident date: Feb 10, 1995

ABS BRAKES FAILURE. TT

Incident date: Feb 10, 1995

RUSTING OF FRONT GAS TANK UNDERNEATH THE PROTECTING SHIELD. TT