1997 FORD F-250 — Complaint #929654
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS filed July 23, 2012
NHTSA complaint #929654 (ODI reference 10466989) concerns a 1997 FORD F-250 and was filed on July 23, 2012. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 20, 2012. The vehicle had 145,318 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:axle hubs, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD F-250 cohort independently describe similar power train:axle hubs failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1997 FORD F-250 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR FACILITY FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR WHEN THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED THAT FIVE OF THE SEVEN SPOKES ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE OTHER THREE WHEELS EXHIBITED RUST HOLES AND CRACKS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,318. UPDATED 09/05/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND AFTER THE AXLE, HUB AND ROTOR WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 1000.00. UPDATED 09/10/12
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 929654 |
| ODI Number | 10466989 |
| Date Filed | July 23, 2012 |
| Failure Date | July 20, 2012 |
| VIN | 2FTFX28L8VC |
Similar POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS Complaints for 1997 FORD F-250
FRONT HUBS WILL NOT KICK IN WHILE IN 4- WHEEL DRIVE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. BUT CONSUMER KNOWS ANOTHER CONSUMER WITH SAME DEFECT.*AK
THE FRONT HUBS WOULD NOT LOCK IN LOW RANGE WITHOUT THE FRONT END MAKING A LOUD BANG THEN GRIND, THEN FAILED COMPLETELY. *MJS
THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE BECAME INOPERATIVE DUE TO A BROKEN HUB. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. BASED ON DISCUSSION AT FORD DEALERSHIP, THE AUTO HUBS SEEM TO BE FAILING REGULARLY. *YC
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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