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Electrical System, service Brakes, engine
12/13/2019
[XXX], [XXX] approx age 40 lives and works at [XXX].[XXX] can also control the computers to cancel out and delete the use of catalytic converters, delete the use of DEF intake, delete the use of DPF particulate filters, and not react to controls such as manual braking or acceleration because the computer is controlling when and not the driver. [XXX] strictly states that he cannot have any emissions controls such as EGR, DEF, DPF, catalyst, or any pollutant controls. [XXX] intentionally set it up to have flaws and be dangerous for one reason: to get the customer to keep returning again and again with vehicle problems, wiring electrical problems, performance problems, overheating problems, and never ending engine problems not to mention transmission problems because the transmission could not handle the increased output of the engine. The hydroboost and ABS module and master cylinder that controls the brakes can be easily rigged so that when the driver stomps on the brakes, there is no b...
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Steering
06/07/2021
When driving 50 mph or above and hitting a bump in the road such as a bridge apron the truck develops an uncontrollable shimmy in the front end. It requires a firm grip from both hands to control the steering and lasts until the truck is slowed to under 20 mph and often until it is completely stopped. Luckily there hasn’t been another vehicle in the lanes next to me when this has occurred. If there had been it may have caused an accident. Tires are relatively new and the alignment is spot on. It feels like the same problem I had as a teenager in my 1959 Ford F100 when the king pins were worn.
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Steering, suspension
12/10/2019
DEATH WOBBLE. TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN TRAVELING +50 MPH, EMPTY, OR TOWING OR HAULING LOAD IN TRUCK BED. DOWNHILL BRAKING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. TURNING WHILE BRAKING IS THE WORST.
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Engine
11/04/2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MISFIRED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SEIZE. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FORMULA FORD LINCOLN (4318 MIDDLE RD, RUTLAND, VT 05701, (802) 773-9168) WHERE THE CAM PHASERS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER 176 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.
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Electrical System, exterior Lighting, fuel/propulsion System
07/03/2019
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY(45-55MPH) VEHICLE DASH LIGHTS, RADIO, WINDOWS ALL STOP WORKING. THEY COME BACK ON RANDOMLY. NO CHANGE TO LITTLE CHANGE WHEN RE-STARTING. VEHICLE ALSO LOSES POWER AND THE ENGINE SEEMS TO PAUSE AND GO, OVER AND OVER LIKE IT'S STRUGGLING. I'VE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL FORD CERTIFIED MECHANICS WHO ARE BAFFLED.