Ford need to issue a recall to many reports of bad torsion bars.
1997 Ford F-150 suspension complaints
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Front torsion bar broke on left side while driving at a low rate of speed, causing wheel to go into an angle and frontend to fall.
Clunking noise in right rear of vehicle...manufacturer doesn't know what it is.
Left front torsion bar broke while parked in garage. Vehicle towed to dealer and repaired at consumer's cost. *ak
Front end rod snapped while driving. Contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything for consumer . *ak it was the torsion bar that had snapped and the consumer was concerned about the safety of this vehicle.
Torsion bar on this vehicle snapped while parked in the garage. Had this happened while driving the vehicle, it could have resulted in a very serious accident. Ford accepts partial responsibility for this failure, and has agreed to split the total cost of repairs 50/50. I disagree with this and don't feel that I should be charged for their neglegable safety defect.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
While driving front passenger's side torsion bar broke, causing front fender to lower onto front wheel. Dealer has been cotnacted.
Sway bar linkage broke twice, causing loss of vehicle control. Please give any further details.
Right front torsion bar broke while vehicle was parked. Vehicle taken to dealer shop for repairs.
While driving front torsion bar broke which caused loss of control, and could have resulted in a crash.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
While driving, consumer heard a loud bang followed by the front right end of the vehicle falling directly onto the wheel wall. The right front torsion bar broke in half dislodging a piece of metal that had rusted through.
During inspection a broken coil spring was repaired, the lower ball joints were loose and were replaced.
No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak( dot number: )
Was getting front end aligned due to vehicle drifting to the right. Mechanic noticed that tire tread was separating on all 4 tires. Firestone, wilderness ht, p235/70r16 with 52,000 miles.*ak dot#w2081pt296.
Rear leaf springs broke which could come into contact with fuel tank, causing damage to the tank, and resulting in a fuel leakage. Also, recall number 98v161000, vehicle not included.
I feel that at 37000 miles ball joints should not be bad this truck is well cared for & does not go out in woods & go 4 wheeling.
The driveshaft was replaced.
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Bought the vehicle used jan 2000. Developed vibration characteristic of out-of-balance tires. When I had them balanced and front end checked, one tire had to be replaced due to tread separation. Vehicle still has slight vibration at highway speed, and I suspect another tire may be becominhg separated. Firestone claims there have been no reports of failures of the 16-inch wilderness ht. Can this be the first?( dot number: unkn tire size: p235/70r16 )
Truck continues to handle poorly at highway speeds dealer checked several times and found nothing mechanicly wrong excluding the fiorst time when they replaced a section of the steering collumn they rotated and rebalanced the tires to no avail warranty expireed due to time with problem still evident our second car with 104,000 miles handles much better at any speed. We have had 4 other trucks so were familiar with how a truck should handle through all speed ranges. Thank you. *ak( dot number: tire size: p235/7516r )
Both incidents, involved the rear right hand tire position located directly behind the exhaust pipe exit. In both cases 90% of the tire shredded by itself down to the steel belts. Tires remained inflated in both cases. Both tires had less than 20,000 miles on them. (one tire was a new replacement from the manufacturer, the 2nd was the original spare). The 1st incident occurred after 20 miles highway travel at 70mph, however the previous day the truck had completed 800 miles continuous highway driving. The 2nd incident occurred after 6 hours continous highway driving at 70mph. In both cases the incident began with severe "felt-like" wheel wobble, then immediate severe jolting and lurching of the truck across the highway lanes out of control. Fortunately no accident occured and I stopped safely. In the 2nd incident the shredding of the tire also ripped out the exhaust barckets, bent the exhaust pipe downwards (required re-bending to obtain decent road clearance). I reported the incident to ford customer service. I replaced both rear tires with new firestone wilderness tires at ford. I am now deeply worried that this will occur again, and to add insult to injury I hear there are now reports of firestone wilderness tires shedding. Is there a connection between general tires and firestone, both supplied by ford? Is there a conection with the exhaust exhiting directly in front of the tire causing severe over heating of the tire? I shal be replacing the exhaust with a rear exit exhaust at mullinax..*ak( dot number: a308443276 tire size: p235/70r16 )
Left rear lower leaf spring loosens and spins out from the ones on top of it.therefore the left side suspension is not fully supported.if truck is fully loaded failure of the suspension and left rear wheel lockup is possiable.I have read of this from various sources.
Consumer's son was traveling about 70mph on the highway there was a blowout, and felt vehicle was jerking. Consumer was facing the opposite side of the highway. Got out of vehicle and saw rear on passenger's side was damaged, and rubber tread had come off the tire. Also, muffler pipe was hanging from the vehicle. There was front end damage. *ak
After I purchased my truck, it developed avibration in the rear end. I replaced the tires that were on it when I purchsed it with multi mile wild spirit. The vibration continued. Next I replaced all the rims with new ford expedition rims, and the vibration continued. Next, I replaced the shocks on all four corners, and the vibration continues. The tires have been balanced a total of 7 times in 10 months. The vibration occurs between 58 and 75 MPH.
After feeling vibration in truck about a month ago, it was taken to a wheel alignment shop. Mechanic stated that the front wheel bearings were damaged. The part was only available through ford. The part was on back order for about three weeks before repair was made. *ak
Front driver's side torsion bar broke while vehicle was parked. Have heard that this has ocurred on other ford trucks. This truck's suspension has not been obused in any way. I am only relieved that this failure happened while the vehicle was not being driven.
Front torsion bar/stabilizer bar snapped completely in half, front end of truck dropped 1'9". Dealer said this was the tenth in for this problem, car is undriveable and put a lot of stress another parts.
Steel reinforcement plys delaminate causing out of round condition and removes tread from the rolling and sidewall surfaces. When the tread departs the tire an extreme unbalanced condition causes severe vibration in the truck frame until the vehicle is stopped. *ak( dot number: tire size: 235/70r16 )
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