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Wheels
04/23/2016
TAKATA RECALL WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE LOST ALL AIR AFTER TAKING TIRE AND WHEEL IN TO GET FIXED THE TIRE SHOP SAID THE WHEEL HAD SEPERATED CAUSING THE TIRE TO LOOSE AIR LEFT FRONT TIRE NOW LOOSING AIR I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEMS ON FORD F350 1TON DULLYS04
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Wheels
05/29/2016
BOTH FRONT ALUMINUM RIMS CRACKED, FIRST ONE I REPAIRED IN 2006 THE SECOND ONE JUST HAPPENED AND IS NOT REPAIRABLE. 120 K ON TRUCK. DEALER TOLD ME NOTHING HE COULD DO ON THE FIRST ONE. THESE RIMS ARE DEFINITELY DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE!
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Power Train
02/05/2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FAULTY AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURES, THE REAR AXLE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES, LATER THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FAULTY AGAIN AND THE AXLE WAS REPLACED A SECOND TIME. AFTER HAVING THE AXLE REPLACED, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT TO THE SIXTH GEAR WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 363,000. UPDATED 7/14/15*CN UPDATED 10/16/2017*CN
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Tires
02/06/2014
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: X RADIAL LT, AND TIRE SIZE: 265/75/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS 220,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
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Suspension, fuel/propulsion System
07/28/2014
DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F350 DIESEL DOWN THE HIGHWAY, APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HEARD A THUMP AND LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. COULD NOT PULL OVER DUE TO TRAFFIC, PULLED OVER WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED, AROUND ANOTHER 100 FEET. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDER TRUCK, TO DISCOVER FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGING ALONG THE HIGHWAY. REAR FUEL TANK STRAP HAD BROKEN. *TR
