NHTSA Complaint #10126097 — 2003 FORD E550

I READ AN ARTICLE IN TODAYS HOME NEWS TRIBUNE. U.S. PROBING FORD WIPER PROBLEM IT STATED THAT THE VEHICLES AFFECTED WERE 1999 TO 2001 EXPEDITIONS. I MUST INFORM YOU THAT I PURCHASED A NEW 2003 F-150 PICK-UP AND EXPERIENCED THE EXACT PROBLEMS. I PERSUSED MY RIGHTS UNDER THE LEMON LAW AND RECIEVED A $10,000 SETTLEMENT FROM FORD. I AM HAPPY TO SAY I TRADED IN THE VEHICLE AND AM RELIEVED THAT I NO LONGER OWN IT. I THINK YOU WILL FIND THAT MORE VEHICLES THAN ORIGINALLY INVESTIGATED WILL ULTIMATELY BE AFFECTED. I HOPE MY INFO WILL ASSIST YOU AND POSSIBLY SAVE A LIFE. AT 600 MILES I WAS DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY IN A RAIN STORM AND MY WIPERS FAILED. I WAS EXTREEMLY FORTUNATE TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT GETTING HIT OR CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FORD DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD GEM MODULE. AT 1200 MILES I NOTICED A BAD LEAK FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD ONCE AGAIN DURING A RAINSTORM. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. REPLACED GEM MODULE AGAIN AND SEALED WINDSHIELD. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED ALL THE ACCESORIES WOULD MALFUNCTION. AT 10000 MILES ANOTHER LEAK IN THE TRUCK. POWER WINDOWS AND REMOTE LOCKS WOULD NOT OPERATE. LAST STRAW. PURSUED LITIGATION WITH LEMON LAW FIRM. I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE HAD A LEAK FROM THE MANUFACTURER WHICH CONTINUED TO SHORT OUT ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS.