1996 FORD E-350 Problems & Recalls

APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES ON A 800 MILE ROAD TRIP WHEN IT WAS 90 DEGREES OR HOTTER IN THE AFTERNOON MY 1996 E350 MOTORHOME WOULD STOP RUNNING AT HIGHWAY SPEED STRANDING US IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON I40. AFTER SITTING IDLE FOR 30-60 MINUTES IT WOULD START AND RUN MAYBE 30 MILES AND STOP. IN THE COOL ...

Mileage: 33,500

ABS SPORADICALLY CAUSES DIFFICULTY IN PRESSING THE BREAK PEDAL WHILE RHYTHMICALLY PULLING HARD RIGHT. HIGHWAY OR SURFACE SPEEDS. GOOGLE HAS MANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO FIX. NO CODES ARE THROWN. DEALERS ARE NO HELP. MUST DISABLE THE ABS BY PULLING THE 60AMP FUSE.

Mileage: 345,000

THIS ISSUE WAS ON A 1996 FORD F350 AMBULANCE ON ROUTE TO EMERGENCY CALL WHEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND LOST ALL POWER LIKE IT WAS OUT OF FUEL 7.3 LITER DIESEL AND TANK WAS FULL. HAD UNIT TOWED TO CROSS WOOD FORD IN KERNERSVILLE NC AND $2700.00 LATER AFTER NEW FUEL TANK FUEL PUMP 6 INJECTORS AND TURBO DUE...

Mileage: 109,000

THIS ISSUE WAS ON A 1996 FORD F350 AMBULANCE ON ROUTE TO EMERGENCY CALL WHEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND LOST ALL POWER LIKE IT WAS OUT OF FUEL 7.3 LITER DIESEL AND TANK WAS FULL. HAD UNIT TOWED TO CROSS WOOD FORD IN KERNERSVILLE NC AND $2700.00 LATER AFTER NEW FUEL TANK FUEL PUMP 6 INJECTORS AND TURBO DUE...

Mileage: 109,000

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH DOES NOT LOCK. *TR

DISCOVERY OF CRACKED FRONT ROTORS ON MY 1996 E-350 MOTORHOME. FIRST CRACKED ROTOR FOUND IN MAY 2007 WITH 35,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. SECOND CRACKED ROTOR FOUND IN SEPTEMBER 2009 WITH 41,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 35,869

SUBJECT VEHICLE IS A FORD E350 SUPERDUTY VAN CHASSIS MANUFACTURED IN MAY 1996 WITH VN [XXX] EQUIPPED WITH A E40D TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION IN A 1997 CLASS C MOTORHOME STARTED TO LEAK. THE PROBLEM WAS DETECTED BEFORE COMPLETE FAILURE, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOW...

Mileage: 42,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 45/55 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT OUT OF ROUND, AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF FATIGUE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED FRONT SHOCKS FAILED, AND THE HYDRAULIC FLUID SPILLED ONTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERE FRONTAL VEHICLE DAMAGE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN N...

Mileage: 19,700

WHILE DRIVING AT 45/55 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT OUT OF ROUND, AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF FATIGUE. WHEN THIS OCCURRED FRONT SHOCKS FAILED, AND THE HYDRAULIC FLUID SPILLED ONTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERE FRONTAL VEHICLE DAMAGE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN N...

Mileage: 19,700

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH TREAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. *AK

Mileage: 23,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT VALVE STEMS RECOMMENDED FOR VEHICLE IS NOT EFFECTIVE AFTER 8000 MILES. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TIRES WOULD BECOME FLAT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER OF THE VALVE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 52,000

THE INJECTOR MODULE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO STOP WORKING. *JB THIS WAS THE SECOND FUEL INJECTOR DRIVER MODULE THAT FAILED DUE TO WATER IN THE MODULE. THE ENGINE STOPPED WITH OVT WARNING. SCC

Mileage: 77,320

GULF STREAM RV MANIFACTORYING. BUILT THE CLASS C RV ON FORD E-350 CUT A WAY CHASSIS. THE FORD CHASSIS MANUAL STATES THAT IT IS SUPPLIED W/ 2 HAZARD AND TURN LIGHTS ON FRONT AND 2 ON THE BACK (TOTAL OF 4 LIGHTS) AND A FLASHER FOR 2 BULB AND 4 BULB MAX FLASHER #SF-602 THIS IS THE ONLY FLASHER THAT...

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED 3 TREAD SEPARATIONS ON FIRESTONE STEEL TEX BRAND. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. TS ONE OTHER TIRE SHOWED SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION WHICH INCLUDED THE SPARE. ALL TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT *JB

Mileage: 20,200

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE SPEAR TIRE CARRIER HAD BROKEN CAUSING SPARE TIRE TO FALL FROM UNDER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

3 TIRES ALL SEPERATED AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITHIN A 3 MONTH. BOTH FRONT TIRES AND ONE REAR TIRE. ALL 3 TIRES HAD THE SAME DOT NUMBER. THE OTHER 3 TIRES DID NOT SEPERATE AND HAD A DIFFERENT DOT NUMBER. I STILL HAVE ALL OF THE TIRES. DT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

UPON INSTALLING PERFORMANCE FRICTION BRAKE PADS ON VEHICLE, I FELT THEY WERE WRONG. I CALLED AUTO ZONE FROM WHOM I PURCHASED AFTER MEASURING AND FINDING THEY WERE 0.773 THICK. THEY ASSURED ME THEY WERE THE RIGHT PADS. I INSTALLED AND THOUGHT NOTHING MORE OF IT. UPON DRIVING VEHICLE AROUND A MONTH LA...

TIRES CAME APART& BLEWOUT.*AK (TIRESIZE: 225/75R16R)

ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT ON A FORD, E350, 1996. 10,000 MILES ON TIRES. TIRE SIZE LT24575R16. TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL OF RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. CONSUMER REPLACED TIRE WITH SAME MODEL TIRE THAT HAD DEVELOPED SPLITS IN THE SIDEWALL. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A SHOP, AND BOTH FRONT ROTORS WERE CRACKED. *AK

AFTER NOTICING A FUEL SMELL CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED AND FOUND FUEL TANK WAS CRACKING AT SEAMS. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR FUEL TANK ON 1997-2001 VANS, BUT THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

CONSUMER HAS A 1996, FORD, 350 AND LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF WITHOUT WARNING. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. TREAD GOT CAUGHT AND WIPED OUT HEATER AND A/C LINE. CONSUMER WAS WAS TRAVELING 60MPH. DEALER REPLACED TIRE WITH A SPARE. AT THIS TIME VEHICLE HAD 21,000 MILES. *AK RIGHT REAR TIRE ALSO EXP...

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE ENTIRE TREAD CAME OF THE RIGHT INSIDE DUAL TIRE, FIRESTONE LT 22575R16, WHICH PUT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTORHOME.

SYMPTOM IS THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN STEADY. WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON, THE ABS IS INOPERATIVE (UNSAFE CONDITION). THE 1ST HCU FAILED WITHIN 2 YEARS ($550 TO REPLACE). THE SECOND FAILED JUST OVER A YEAR LATER. THE DEALER MECHANIC SAYS THAT HE SEES *LOTS* O...

FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRE (P225/75R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HOLDING TANK. *SLC

UPON STARTING VEHICLE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BLEWOUT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC. PARTS COULD NOT BE ORDERED LOCALLY BECAUSE THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD. IT TOOK TWELVE DAYS BEFORE PARTS ARRIVED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY WAS EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION OF FIRESTONE TIRES (STEELTEX R4S 225-75R16) USED ON THEIR BUSES. (E-350 SUPER DUTY CHASSIS 1996,1997 AND 1999) *YH

THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY WAS EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION OF FIRESTONE TIRES (STEELTEX R4S 225-75R16) USED ON THEIR BUSES. (E-350 SUPER DUTY CHASSIS 1996,1997 AND 1999) *YH

DURING THE PAST 3 YEARS WE HAVE HAD 5 TIRES FAIL ON OUR 24 FT. MOTORHOME WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH ON THE OPEN ROAD. IN ALL 5 CASES THE BELTS APPEARED TO SEPRATE FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSE THE TREAD TO COME OFF. THREE TIMES THE TIRES BLEW OUT WHILE GOING 60 MPH. I TOOK THE TIRES TO FIRESTONE DEALERS I...

TREAD PEALED AWAY FROM CASING AND THEN CASING BLEW OUT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: LD16 TIRESIZE: LT 225/75)

NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT225/75 )

NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT225/75 )

RIGHT REAR DUAL TIRE AN EXTREMELY LOUD FLAPPING SOUND STARTED AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, THEN IT BANGGED AND STOPPED, THE TREAD PICKED OFF AND WAS MISSING

RIGHT FRONT FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRE P225/75R16 EXPRIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. *SLC

AS WE WERE ENROUTE TO DISNEY WORLD WITH 2 ADULTS AND 2 CHILDREN IN THE MOTORHOME, WE NOTICED A VIBRATION THAT GREW IN INTENSITY AS WE APPROACHED DATONA BEACH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WITHIN 5 MILES OF FIRST NOTICING THE VIBRATION, WE PULLED OFF INTERSTATE 95 AND I LOOKED AT ALL OF THE TIRES. AS A FO...

VEHICLES TAKEN TO PA INSPECTION STATION FOR YEARLY REQUIRED INSPECTION. TECHNICIAN FOUND CRACKS IN BOTH FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS AND SEVER DRAGGING OF THE CALIPERS. VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION AND REPAIR FACILITY RECOMMENDED REPLACING ROTORS AND CALIPERS. ALL PARTS ARE ORDERED AND EXPECT REP...

THE VEHICLE COULD NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO WORN OUT BRAKE PADS. YH

THE BRAKES FAIL ON WET ROADS AND QUICK STOPS. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A MOUNTAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN. HOWEVER, WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, THEN SHUT ENGINE OFF. *AK

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FRONT RIGHT AND LEFT BRAKE ROTORS CRACKED IN THE SAME LOCATION WHICH MAY CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. BACK ORDER FOR BRAKE ROTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CURRENTLY OWN 4 FORD SUPER CLUB WAGONS, ALL 4 VANS HAVE EXPERIENCED BROKEN ROTORS, ONE VAN MORE THAT ONCE. *ET

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM FAILING TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. THE ABS SENSOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FAILS SIMULTANEOUSLY/ONE OR MORE WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP, AND BRAKE PADS FAILED AT 8-10,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM FAILING TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. THE ABS SENSOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FAILS SIMULTANEOUSLY/ONE OR MORE WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP, AND BRAKE PADS FAILED AT 8-10,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM FAILING TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. THE ABS SENSOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FAILS SIMULTANEOUSLY/ONE OR MORE WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP, AND BRAKE PADS FAILED AT 8-10,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS SYSTEM PERFORMING POORLY.

WHILE DRIVING UP A STEEP HILL AND THEN DOWNSHIFTING BACK DOWN THE HILL, ENGINE QUIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, NEEDED TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALE...

WHILE DRIVING UP A STEEP HILL AND THEN DOWNSHIFTING BACK DOWN THE HILL, ENGINE QUIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, NEEDED TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALE...

BOLT ON RUNNING BOARD FAILED CAUSING THEM TO PULL OUT.

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER HE WAS TOLD THAT THEIR WAS A HYDRAULIC FAILURE.OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE REAR SUSPENSION SPRINGS ARE BECOMING UNDONE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO HOLD THE TOTAL GROSS WEIGHT OF VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SAG AND LOSE CONTROL. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT ABS BRAKES ARE NOT OPERATEING PROPERLY, HE NOTES THAT THE FRONT BRAKES HAVE MORE PRESSURE THAN REAR BRAKES, RESULTING IN COSTLY REPAIRS AND POOR BRAKE OPERATION. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE OVER BOOSTED, ALLOWING 60 TO 70 PERCENT OF BRAKING POWER NOT TO BE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED , CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED/RELEASED AND REAPPLIED.(2ND VEHICLE ON 508695)

ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS, POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW OF LOCATION IN MOUNTING OF THE UNIT, MOUNTING IS ON THE FRAME NEAR EXHAUST HEAT FACTOR, POSSIBLE RESTRICTION TO THE SYSTEM, NOT ALLOWING THE FLUID TO RETURN FROM THE CALIPERS TO THE MASTER CYLINDER (RESULTING IN OVERHEATING ...