1997 FORD F-150 Suspensionfront Problems

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN DRIVING AND WIND BLOWING VEHICLE'S FRONT END WANDERS EXCESSIVELY, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.*AK

ALUMINUM WHEEL SPLIT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE WHILE GOING 40-45MPH ON STRAIGHT SMOOTH ROAD. SUDDENLY THER EWAS A NOISE, AND THE PASSENGER FRONT END FELL TO THE GROUND. FORD WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

BEARINGS IN FRONT OF VEHICLE HAVE BEEN COMING APART WHEN CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AKTHE ORIGINAL AND REPLACEMENT PARTS HAVE BOTH FAILED. THE WHEEL WAS ON THE VERGE OF FALLING OFF. *JG

FRONT SUSPENSION IS A "SEALED BALL/SOCKET SYSTEM" SUPPOSEDLY NEEDING NO GREASE. THE TIE ROD DRIVER'S SIDE/INNER JUST POPPED OFF AT LOW SPEED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SOCKET WAS DRY CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR/CORROSION ON THE JOINT. WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE PITTMAN ARM IS ALSO DRY AND IN NEED OF GREASE - ACTUALLY, REPLACEMENT, NOW. I AM CONTINUALLY ASSURED BY FORD SERVICE DEPT., THAT THE TRUCK DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE GREASE ADDED AS IT HAS A "SEALED BALL AND SOCKET JOINT SYSTEM" THESE PARTS SHOULD BE MANDATED TO HAVE GREASE FITTINGS FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE CAPABILITIES. ****HUBS**** DESIGN FLAW WITH THE DIAMETER OF THE HUBS IN RELATION TO THE WHEEL/ROTORS, ETC., ON THE 1997 TRUCKS, THE DIAMETER OF THE HUBS DID NOT ALLOW FOR EVEN A MINOR AMOUNT OF NORMAL CORROSION. THIS RESULTS IN THE MECHANIC'S INABILITY TO REMOVE THE HUB FOR SERVICE WITHOUT DAMAGING THE HUB ASSY. (THERE IS...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WAS GETTING FRONT END ALIGNED DUE TO VEHICLE DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON ALL 4 TIRES. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P235/70R16 WITH 52,000 MILES.*AK DOT#W2081PT296. *SLC

TRUCK CONTINUES TO HANDLE POORLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DEALER CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES AND FOUND NOTHING MECHANICLY WRONG EXCLUDING THE FIORST TIME WHEN THEY REPLACED A SECTION OF THE STEERING COLLUMN THEY ROTATED AND REBALANCED THE TIRES TO NO AVAIL WARRANTY EXPIREED DUE TO TIME WITH PROBLEM STILL EVIDENT OUR SECOND CAR WITH 104,000 MILES HANDLES MUCH BETTER AT ANY SPEED. WE HAVE HAD 4 OTHER TRUCKS SO WERE FAMILIAR WITH HOW A TRUCK SHOULD HANDLE THROUGH ALL SPEED RANGES. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/7516R )

STEEL REINFORCEMENT PLYS DELAMINATE CAUSING OUT OF ROUND CONDITION AND REMOVES TREAD FROM THE ROLLING AND SIDEWALL SURFACES. WHEN THE TREAD DEPARTS THE TIRE AN EXTREME UNBALANCED CONDITION CAUSES SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE TRUCK FRAME UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/70R16 )

VEHICLE IS MISALIGNED FREQUENTLY. YH

THERE WAS ONE FAILURE ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND ONE FAILURE ON THE LEFT AFTER COLD WEATHER. THE FAILURES WERE WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. *AK

I NOTICED THE TIRE RUBBING THE INSIDE OF TRUCK WHEN I WOULD TURN TO THE RIGHT. I CHECK THE FRONT TIRE AND SAW THAT IT WAS LOOSING ITS TREAD. I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO BURNSWORTH ZOLLARS AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM, I ALSO TOLD THEM THAT IF YOU LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL THE TRUCK WOULD AUTOMATICAL GO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. I ALSO ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE TIE RODS AND BALL SOCKET JOINTS TO SEE IF THE WERE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. A DAY LATER I CALLED THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK, THEY SAID THE HAD TO WELD THE TRUCK IN ORDER TO BRING THE TIRE BACK IN. THIS DOES NOT SOUND GOOD TO ME. I DONT THINK WELDING THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK IS GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I ALSO CALLED FORD MOTOR CO. ABOUT IT. I ASKED...

WHEN TRAVELING AT 45-50 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED VIBRATION AND LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FLOORBOARD AND FROM FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM; VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS FOUR TIMES. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED PULLING AND VIBRATION WHICH HAS CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES. MJS

THERE ARE 8 POINTS ON THE FRONT END THAT HAVE MOVING PARTS, HOWEVER THERE ARE ONLY 2 GREASE POINTS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS WILL SHORTEN THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A LACK OF PROPER LUBRICATION.

ON HIGHWAY DRIVER NEEDS TWO HANDS TO STEER THE VEHICLE. STEERING IS HARD TO HANDLE, SOMETIMES OVERSTEERING OCCURS, DEALER CONTACTED THREE TIMES. DEALER HAS ALIGNED THE FRONT END AND ADJUSTED THE TOE, CAMBER AND CASTER, HOWEVER CONSUMER STILL COMPLAINS OF STEERING WHEEL STIFFNESS, DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

TIRES ARE PREMATURELY WEARING DUE TO MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SUSPENSION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

FRONT SUSPENSION POOR CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF TIRES.

FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES.

WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK HEARS A LOUD NOISE IN THE DASHBOARD, AND THE TRUCK IS HARD TO CONTROL, IT GOES ALL OVER THE ROAD. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN, THEY PUT EXTENSIONS ON THE STEERING COLUMN, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. *AK

TRUCK'S TAIL END FISH-TAILED, RESULTING IN A CRASH.

VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT. HIGH EFFORTS ON STEERING EFFECTIVENESS. *AK

VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN DRIVING AT A SPEED 67MPH OR MORE. IN FOR REPAIR , MANUFACTURER KNOWS ABOUT IT AND IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *AK

STARTS VEHICLE AND IT VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY. STEERING IS HARD TO DRIVE, CANNOT CONTROL.TOOK THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP, UNABLE TO FIND CAUSE OR PROBLEM. DEALER NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. TOOK TO DLR 2 TIMES, NO RESULTS. VEHICLE IS WITH DEALER FOR THE FOURTH TIME. *AK

VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY WHILE IN PARK ON SLIGHT INCLINE; ALSO VEHICLE VEERS TO THE LEFT AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS SKIP CYCLES WHILE ON DELAY. *AK

WHEN AT A STOP OR PARKED THE VEHICLE HAS A RUFFLED IDLE AND VIBRATES LIKE ITS READY TO STALL OUT. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40MPH AND UP, THE VEHICLE SWAYS FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER SIDE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THERE IS A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, 700 OR 1200 RPM'S OR HIGHER. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP (17) DAYS, STILL CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE SHAKES/ HOP'S WHEN DRIVING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED RATTLE IN FRONT SUSPENSION, HIT BUMPS IN ROAD, VEHICLE VIBRATES AND STEERING COLUMN SHIMMIES, DLR INDICATES MFR'S AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AND THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN.*AK CONSUMER FEELS SOMETING WAS LEFT OUT AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN. *SLC

WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH THE TRUCK SWAYS. *AK STEERING IS VERY SENSITIVE VEHICLE WANDERS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAN NOT TOW WITH VEHICLE OR CAN NOT CONTROL AT ALL.*JB

WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH THE TRUCK SWAYS. PLEASE DESCRIBE .

WHEN DRIVING THE FRONT END GOES LEFT TO RIGHT ALMOST CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK