NHTSA Complaint #10649276 — 2006 FORD F-350

WHILE PARKED, A CRACK IN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE ALUMINUM WHEEL WAS NOTICED. THE CRACK EXTENDS FROM SPOKE TO SPOKE ON THE 20" FACTORY FORD RIM. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I AM NOT THO ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS SITUATION. IN MOST CASES SUCH AS MINE THE RIMS ARE CRACKING IN THE SAME PLACE AND IN MOST CASES THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED TO THE WHEEL FROM POTHOLES OR IMPACTS, THE RIM IS DEFECTIVE AND CRACKING. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS POINT AND THE TRUCK IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER THIS APPEARS TO BIG A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE, AS IF THE WHEEL WOULD CONTINUE TO CRACK, IT WOULD NOT HOLD AIR AN THE TIRE COULD GO FLAT IMMEDIATELY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A PICTURE OF THIS TO SHOW THE ISSUE. THERE ARE SEVERAL PICTURES ON THE INTERNET OF THE SAME WHEEL (5 SPOKE 20" ALUMINUM WHEEL 2006 F-350 TRUCKS). *TR