| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003275344 | Incident Date: Mar, 14 2003 |
| Consumer's City: CALAIS | Consumer's State: ME |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: F SERIES | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Unknown or other |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2FTDF172XVC | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 14 2004 | Complaint Type: CAG |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Lights stay on continuously - have to remove fuses - back up lights and dome light won't go out. daytime running lights stay on when vehicle is off. both tie rod ends have fallen off (at different times) engine is gone. inferior gaskets leaked coolant into the engine and destroyed main bearings. june 2001 front eengine seal leaked antifreeze onto ground. two letters to ford motor co (addressed to william clay ford) have been answered by different people in the executive offices: duncan alderson and d kulla. both have advised that ford will do nothing about these problems even though i advised them i knew of their tsb's to their dealers advising that these trucks were assembled with defective gaskets in the engines. i now have a truck that i cannot drive and no assist in getting it fixed, |
