1999 FORD F-250 SD
304 complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints by Component
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 32 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 24 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 24 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL | 23 |
| TIRES:TREAD/BELT | 16 |
| TIRES | 10 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 8 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | 8 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 8 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 7 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 6 |
| PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE | 6 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | 6 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | 6 |
| AIR BAGS | 5 |
Recent Complaints
2014 LEXUS PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON BRAKES HIT DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR AND BACK PANEL. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
Mileage: 182,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-250 SD WITH FEDERAL COURGIA TIRES, LINE SIZE: 35X12.5R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS FLIPPED AND ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES AS A RESULT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE
Mileage: 70,000
MY 1999 FORD F-250 SD. BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER AND A GASOLINE VAPOR FIRE STARTED. I GOT THE FIRE OUT AND DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM. THE SPARK PLUG WAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE WITH APPROXIMATELY FOUR THREADS OF ALUMINUM ATTACHED TO ITS THREADS. HOW CAN FORD HAVE SOOOOO MANY OF THIS EXACT ISSUE AND NOT HAVE A RECALL?PLEASE HELP US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR
Mileage: 120,000
PURCHASED A 1999 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY FEBRUARY,2009. IN SEPTEMBER 2009, RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD INFORMING OF A RECALL TO THE SPEED CONTROL (05S28). ON OCTOBER 6,2009, TOOK THE TRUCK TO NEAREST FORD DEALER WHICH HAD PERFORMED THE NECESSARY PART TO PREVENT THE TRUCK FROM IGNITING A FIRE. ON OCTOBER 17,2009 WHILE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY, IT CAUGHT FIRE. WE LEARNED FROM A NEIGHBOR: THEY PULLED IN THEIR HOUSE AND SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM THE TRUCK UNDER THE HOOD. THEY RAN OVER AND GRA
Mileage: 122,903
ON THURSDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 18, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:45 PM MY WIFE NOTICED WHEN SHE TOOK OUR DOG OUT IN OUR FRONT YARD THAT OUR 1999 FORD F250 LARIET 7.3 LITER DIESEL WAS ON FIRE. I HAD CONNECTED THE FACTORY INSTALLED BLOCK HEATER TO A 120V EXTENSION CORD AT AROUND 9:00 PM THAT SAME EVENING, AS USUALLY DONE IN THE EVENINGS WHEN IT WILL BE DRIVEN THE NEXT DAY. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 DEGREES F. THE TRUCK HAS FACTORY INSTALLED CRUISE CONTROL, AND WAS BROUGHT IN TO A FORD DE
Mileage: 77,790
LEFT FRONT FIRESTONE TIRE BLOW-OUT- DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F250 AND PULLING A 21 FOOT FAMILY RUNABOUT STYLE BOAT NORTH OF FRESNO ON HIGHWAY 41 TO BASS LAKE. AS I ENTERED THE HIGHWAY AT FRESNO, I FELT A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE TRUCK WHICH FELT LIKE A SLIGHTLY "OUT OF BALANCE" TIRE. I HAD NOT HAD A BOUNCE BEFORE AND THOUGHT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE TIRES BALANCED ON RETURN FROM BASS LAKE. 10 MILES NORTH, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED / TREAD SEPARATION -(FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T - LT 265/75R16, LOAD R
Mileage: 54,000
I HAVE A 1999 FORD SUPER DUTY PICKUP. I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER MY SONS BASEBALL PRACTICE AND THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED. MY TRUCK MADE A LOUD BANG AND NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. I STOPPED TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK. AS I OPENED THE HOOD I SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT AND SAW THE ENGINE ON FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND GRABBED MY SONS WATER BOTTLE TO TRY TO STOP THE FIRE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SMOTHER THE FIRE OUT WITH A BASEBALL GLOVE. MY SON AND I WAITED FOR OVER AN HOUR FOR THE TOW
Mileage: 89,227
I HAVE A 1999 FORD SUPER DUTY PICKUP. I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER MY SONS BASEBALL PRACTICE AND THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED. MY TRUCK MADE A LOUD BANG AND NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. I STOPPED TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK. AS I OPENED THE HOOD I SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT AND SAW THE ENGINE ON FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND GRABBED MY SONS WATER BOTTLE TO TRY TO STOP THE FIRE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SMOTHER THE FIRE OUT WITH A BASEBALL GLOVE. MY SON AND I WAITED FOR OVER AN HOUR FOR THE TOW
Mileage: 89,227
I HAVE A 1999 FORD SUPER DUTY PICKUP. I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER MY SONS BASEBALL PRACTICE AND THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED. MY TRUCK MADE A LOUD BANG AND NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. I STOPPED TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK. AS I OPENED THE HOOD I SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT AND SAW THE ENGINE ON FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND GRABBED MY SONS WATER BOTTLE TO TRY TO STOP THE FIRE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SMOTHER THE FIRE OUT WITH A BASEBALL GLOVE. MY SON AND I WAITED FOR OVER AN HOUR FOR THE TOW
Mileage: 89,227
UPON STARTING MY 1999 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY, WITH THE 5.4 TRITON ENGINE, I HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND POPPED THE HOOD. THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. EXTINGUISHED FIRE WITH GARDEN HOSE, AND FOUND THE 3RD SPARK PLUG FROM THE FRONT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD, DRIVING THE IGNITION COIL INTO THE FUEL RAIL REPEATEDLY. THE FUEL RAIL RUPTURED, AND THE GASOLINE IGNITED. LESS THAN 12 MONTHS AFTER REPAIRI
Mileage: 67,000
UPON STARTING MY 1999 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY, WITH THE 5.4 TRITON ENGINE, I HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND POPPED THE HOOD. THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. EXTINGUISHED FIRE WITH GARDEN HOSE, AND FOUND THE 3RD SPARK PLUG FROM THE FRONT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD, DRIVING THE IGNITION COIL INTO THE FUEL RAIL REPEATEDLY. THE FUEL RAIL RUPTURED, AND THE GASOLINE IGNITED. LESS THAN 12 MONTHS AFTER REPAIRI
Mileage: 67,000
TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. *TR
I HAVE A 1999 F250 SUPER DUTY PICKUP 7.3 DIESEL. AS I WAS DRIVING IT ONE EVENING I SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH AND UP IN THE DEFROSTER AREA AT THE WINDSHIELD. IT THEN BEGAN TO FLAME UP FROM THOSE AREAS AND I SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN AND JUMPED OUT,FEARING I WAS GOING TO GET BURNED. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT 2 AM. AND THE TRUCK BURNED FOR ALMOST A HALF HOUR BEFORE ANYONE DROVE BY ME TO CALL 911. BY THE TIME THE F.D. GOT THERE THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DESTR
Mileage: 180,000
APPROACHING INTERSECTION APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKE PRESSURE FAILED. REAR IMPACTED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUSHED THEM INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION AFTER ACCIDENT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LINE WAS HANGING AND LEAKING FLUID. HAD TRUCK TOWED BACK TO MY SHOP AND REMOVED ALL 3 LINES TO HAVE REPLACED WITH STAINLESS BRAIDED LINES. UPON INTERSECTION OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LINES THE CRIMP CLAMPS LOCATED UNDER THE RUBBER COVERING ON RUBBER LINE BEFORE IT TURNS INTO STEEL AND GOES INTO CALI
Mileage: 199,996
MY 1999 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY 7.3 POWER STROKE DIESEL ENGINE HAD INTERMITTENT ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DIE IN PRECARIOUS LOCATIONS, SUCH AS INTERSECTIONS AND FREEWAYS. THIS ORIGINALLY OCCURRED WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE VEHICLE PURCHASE DATE WHEN IT WAS NEW IN OCTOBER 1998. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM, AND THE CPS WAS THE KNOWN CAUSE. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS NEW. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD, AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE A RECAL
Mileage: 108,949
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BACKING DOWN A HILL AT 4 MPH, SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE HOOD WAS RAISED, AND FLAMES WERE NOTICED COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE BY PUTTING SNOW ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE WAY THE VEHICLE HAD OPERATED PRIOR TO THE FIRE. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THAT THE FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED DUE TO TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE CATALYTIC C
Mileage: 114,000
(1) CRUISE CONTROL INOPERATIVE ON 1999 F250 SUPER DUTY SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE ON 5/12/06. (2) NOTIFIED THAT BRAKE LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. (3) FOUND 20 AMP FUSE BLOWN IN FUSE SPACE #13 AND REPLACED IT IN FRONT OF AUTO PARTS STORE. STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO CHECK BRAKE LIGHTS. A HISSING SOUND FOLLOWED BY ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER HOOD. CHECKED UNDER HOOD AND FOUND THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WET WITH BRAKE FLUID AND BURNT SWITCH. FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL INFO ONLINE AFTER
Mileage: 156,077
VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING FINE. PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND 70 MINUTES LATER MY WIFE CAME HOME AND FOUND THE TRUCK ON FIRE. HEAVY FIRE WAS ENSUING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WELL AS WELL AS OUT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE GRILL. *JB
Mileage: 110,000
AN EJECTION OF SPARK PLUG HAS OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THE COST TO REPAIR THE ENGINE IS ASTRONOMICAL. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *NM
ON 9/28/05 I HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH MY 1999 FORD PICKUP. I HIT A UTILITY POLE. THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE CENTER OF THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT SPEED WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 40 MPH. I RECEIVED A CONCUSSION FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MY HEAD AND AM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE INJURY. IF THE AIR BAG HAD DEPLOYED THE INJURY MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. *JB
Mileage: 140,000