2000 FORD F-350 SD Wheels Problems

AS WE WERE RETURNING HOME FROM A ROAD TRIP, WE HEARD A SCREECHING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT WHEEL WELL AREA WHEN WE MADE WIDE SWEEPING TURNS AND HIGHWAY CURVES. WE PULLED OVER AND, UPON INSPECTION, SAW OUR ORIGINAL ALLOY WHEEL ON OUR TRUCK WAS CRACKED. ONE OF THE WHEELS WAS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO COMING OFF THE HUB. PHOTOS DOCUMENT HOW SEVERE THE CRACKING OF THE WHEELS WAS - THREE OF FOUR WHEELS WERE FOUND TO HAVE CRACKS AND CHUCKS OF METAL MISSING,COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE WHEELS AND THE SAFETY OF OUR VEHICLE. WE HAD TO PURCHASE NEW WHEELS AT A COST OF ALMOST $1,300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-350 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 224,430 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 224,455.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY. WHILE CLEANING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WHEEL HAD CRACKED THROUGH ONE OF THE SPOKES AND IF HE WERE TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, IT WOULD CAUSE A CRASH. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO REFERRED HIM TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK A COMPLAINT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 220,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000. UPDATED 12/30/11 *CN

THE CAST ALUMINUM WHEELS ON THE F350 FORD SUPER DUTY DULLY CAN BREAK, AND DID ON MY TRUCK. THE WHEELS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK WITH THE 7.3 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. IF THE FRONT WHEEL BREAKS ON THIS TRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL SPEEDS SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE. MY TRUCK WEIGHS JUST SHORT OF 8,000 LBS. IT HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN OFF ROAD AND NEVER BEEN ABUSED, SUCH AS POT HOLES, CURBS, AND THAT SORT OF THING. I DID FILE A REPORT WITH FORD MTR. COMPANY AND THEIR COMMENT WAS WE WILL PUT YOUR COMPLAINT ON FILE AND NOTIFY THE ENGINEERS. I BELIEVE THEY ALREADY KNEW THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE WHEELS BECAUSE THE NEWER TRUCKS HAVE A BEEFYER WHEEL. MY TRUCK IS A 2000.*TR

I JUST FOUND MY SECOND ALUMINUM WHEEL CRACKED. I HAVE A 2000 FORD F350 4X4 DUALLY WITH OEM ALUMINUM WHEELS. I HAD ONE CRACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND I REPLACED IT. SO THIS IS THE SECOND ONE I HAVE FOUND CRACKED. THE CRACK GOES INTO ON ONE OF THE 5 SPOKES WITH A CRACK STARTING INTO ANOTHER. IF I HAD NOT FOUND EITHER CRACK, IT COULD CAUSED A CRASH OR INJURY. *TR

WHILE IN MOTION, INSURED ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES WHEN THE STEERING WENT OUT, CAUSING INSURED TO STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HAD BEEN PUSHED BACK CAUSING SECTOR SHAFT TO BREAK, CLAIM 31-3069-892. *JG