NHTSA Complaint #10402266 — 2006 FORD F-150

I PURCHASED A NEW 2006 FORD F150 FROM A LOCAL FORD DEALER IN HUNTSVILLE, TX. AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING HOME IT WAS VERY AN APPARENT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES, THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXTREME VIBRATION. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER, REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND REQUESTED THEM TO ADDRESS IT, THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE EXPLAINED THAT THE TRUCK HAD SET ON THE CAR LOT FOR SOME TIME AND THE TIRES GET FLAT SPOTS AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM, SHE TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY. THIS VEHICLE WAS JUST DRIVEN OVER 160 MILES (FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, AS IT WAS A DEALER SWAP, IN ORDER TO GET A VEHICLE WITH THE SPECS I HAD REQUESTED), BEFORE I TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE OVER 100 MILES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE DEALER TO REQUEST THIS PROBLEM BE CORRECTED, AFTER TALKING TO THEIR SERVICE PERSON, I PUT MORE MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE VIBRATION STILL EXIST, WENT BACK TO THE HUNTSVILLE FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPT, AGAIN REQUESTED THE ROTATE AND BALANCE THE TIRES, LEFT THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS, MY RIDE HOME WAS NOT MUCH BETTER, STILL A VIBRATION, LATE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT AND IT WILL GET BETTER, SO I DROVE IT 34,000 MILES, NO CHANGE IN THE VIBRATION, HE ONLY CHANGE WAS A VERY UNEVEN WARE IN THE TIRES. WENT BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY CAME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF REASONS WHY THEY ARE NOT LIABLE. I STILL HAVE THESE TIRES IN THE SHED BEHIND MY HOME, REMOVED AND REPLACED THEM WITH BF GOODRICH TIRES; THIS RESOLVED THE PROBLEM OF VIBRATION. NOW I WOULD LIKE A NEW SET OF TIRES TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE CONTINENTAL TIRES AND HAVE SOMEONE LOOK INTO THE FORD DEALERS UNSAFE PRACTICE. *TR