Consumer Complaint Detail
FORD / E SERIES SUPER DUTY / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007097179 | Incident Date: Feb, 25 2007 |
| Consumer's City: COCHRANVILLE | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: E SERIES SUPER DUTY | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Wheels:lugs/nuts/bolts |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FDXE45F31H | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 01 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: After bringing the vehicle to a stop, i was unable to move forward. on inspecting the rear of the vehicle, i discovered that all 8 bolts holding the dual wheels to the axle had sheared off. (fortunately the wheels remained on the axle.) in retrospect, i had noticed a slight "clunk" when moving forward from a stop. (there were icing conditions at the time, and i thought it might be the sound of suspension components breaking free of ice.) while riding with the tow truck driver, i asked him if he had ever seen this type of incident before, and he had, especially with dual-wheel-equipped fords. this was the second incident in 2 years where i had been driving a vehicle of this type and lost a wheel. in the first incident, 4 of the 8 studs sheared off and the lug nuts had come off the other 4; the outer of the 2 wheels came off. (i was able to pull to a stop while the inner wheel was still on the vehicle.) in both of these cases, the vehicle was a ford van completed by a 3d-party manufacturer, and in both cases it was the right-hand wheel that failed. i have learned from several sources that some vehicles have been designed with left-handed threads on the left-side wheels, to avoid a loosening problem. (neither ford had left-hand threads on any wheels.) i am curious to know how often such incidents have happened, and if any recent research has been done on the advisability of left-handed threads to avoid this problem. *jb |