While working on snow truck suddenly caught on fire. Days later, a fire investigator said that fire had started because of transmission fluid leaking in turbo, and causing vehicle to burn.
1999 Ford F-550 SD transmission complaints
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Stabilizer bar has broken 8 times . Ford has mentioned there was an engineering problem, but was not offering to do anything for consumer. They were just replacing part. They had not tried to find a permenant solution. *ak the drive shaft makes noise while driving.
Clutch assembly malfunctioned, causing any gear to get stuck in place. Driver would have to shut vehicle off in order to get out of the gear. Ford had to replace the clutch assembly twice.
While driving on highway clutch fails,causing loss of vehicle control, to gain control of vehicle engine has to be completely shut down. Please give any further details.
Gears would get stuck. Consumer could not downshift, but could shift up. When on interstate and trying to stop, it would not stop unless consumer switched off vehicle. To start, consumer had to crank it while in gear.
Heard a clunking noise, and had vehicle serviced for universal joints. Two weeks later, while driving on highway went to apply brakes and all of a sudden there was smoke everywhere, tires caught on fire, and brakes failed. Inside brakes spun around to caliper and froze.
Clutch slave cylinder failed. Yh
The defective shift fork in the transfer case is coated in plastic wear, and causes the fork and conponents to move freely causing the vehicle to stall / shut off when parking. Vehicle rolled away which could have resulted in a crash. Dealer replaced tranfer case twice. Please provide further information. *ak
Clutch burns out prematurally. The clutch has been replaced three times prior to this failure. Left high pressure fuel line hole rubbed from engine block/ water pump failure.
The clutch assembly would not fully disengage after vehicle comes to a stop. The clutch would shift after stopping. Has taken vehicle to dealer twice for clutch problem, problem still exists.
Clutch is sticking in the vehicle.
While driving down the road at aproximately 25mph 4-wheel drive ( transfer case) failed. Driver pulled over to the shoulder while leaning over the steering wheel and airbag deployed. Had a new transmission clutch put within the last 3 months.
While driving transmission/brakes failed.
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