NHTSA Complaint #10130130 — 2002 FORD F-250 SD

DT: WHEN TOWING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER 27 FEET AND 7,900 LBS ON CONSUMER'S FORD F250 SUPER DUTY, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT MUCH WEIGHT ON THE BACK THE TRUCK. IT SEEMED TO PULL TO THE LEFT AND SOMETIMES PULLS TO THE RIGHT, THEN WILL QUIT AND PULL TO THE OTHER SIDE. THIS ALTERNATED IN NATURE. ALSO, CONSUMER NOTED THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT 5TH WHEEL TRAILER OR WITHOUT ANY TOW AT ALL. IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THERE WERE 4 LOW TIRES. CONSUMER FIRST THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WERE THE TIRES, AND HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED. BUT IS A PROBLEM RECURRED. WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM. CALLED DEALER, AND HE RECOMMENDED A CHANGE REAR END LUBE. CONSUMER COMPLIED, AND THERE STILL WAS A PROBLEM. . INFECT, THE OLD REMOVED LUBE WAS VERY CLEAN AND NEW,. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS NOT EVEN BEING USED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK