NHTSA Complaint #11386827 — 2017 FORD F-350

TWO ISSUES. FIRST ISSUE, CRACKED RIM. STARTED LOSING TIRE PRESSURE, LEAK BETWEEN RIM AND STAINLESS STEEL VALVE STEM, HAD VALVE STEM REPLACED WITH RUBBER VALVE. LASTED ABOUT A WEEK AND STARTED LOSING AIR PRESSURE AGAIN. USED GREEN SLIME AND SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. PRESSURE LOSS WAS MINIMAL, 70 PSI DOWN TO 60 PSI OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS, WOULD REINFLATE TO 70 PSI AND WOULD HOLD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND I WOULD JUST INFLATE BACK TO 70 PSI. DRIVING BACK FROM FL TO NC ON THE 30TH OF DEC 2020, I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF 20 PSI IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME. PULLED INTO REST AREA, REINFLATED TIRE AND SPRAYED WITH WINDEX AND SAW BUBBLES COMING FROM A CRACK AROUND THE TIRE VALVE AND GOING ABOUT 2 INCHES TOWARD THE INNER EDGE OF RIM. CHANGED TO SPARE, AND MADE IT HOME WITH NO OTHER ISSUES. RIM IS ORIGINAL FACTORY ALUMINUM RIM. DEALERSHIP SAID TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY. PURCHASED AFTERMARKET WHEELS THIS WEEK, DID NOT WANT TO REPLACE WITH SAME MODEL OF RIM. SECOND ISSUE. TRUCK HAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000 MILES. NOTICED DEATH WOBBLE WHILE I WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH ABOVE MENTIONED TIRE/RIM ISSUE AND FIGURED IT WAS DUE TO THE IMBALANCE OF FRONT TIRE THAT HAD GREEN SLIME IN IT. WOBBLE HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY AFTER HITTING POTHOLE, WAS GOING ABOUT 50-55 MPH, HIT POT HOLE, TRUCK STARTED SHAKING, SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 30 AND SHAKING STOPPED. HAS HAPPENED 2 OTHER TIMES BUT THOSE TIMES I HAD THE OLD TIRE/WHEEL SET UP. THIS LATEST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WITH DIFFERENT TIRE/WHEEL SETUP. HAVE NOT TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND FIGURED THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.