1999 SAFARI CONTINENTAL Problems & Recalls
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ONE SMALL BATTERY WIRE COLD CRIMP CAME LOSE WHEN I WENT OVER A RAILROAD TRACK AT 45 MPH AND TOTAL BRAKE SYSTEM AND ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED. NO ADEQUATE EMERGENCY BRAKING FAIL-SAFE TYPE SYSTEM EXISTS ON THIS VEHICLE UNDER THIS CONDITION AND THE VEHICLE WEIGHS WELL OVER 26000 POUNDS. I HAD TO COAST TO...
Mileage: 90,000
ONE SMALL BATTERY WIRE COLD CRIMP CAME LOSE WHEN I WENT OVER A RAILROAD TRACK AT 45 MPH AND TOTAL BRAKE SYSTEM AND ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED. NO ADEQUATE EMERGENCY BRAKING FAIL-SAFE TYPE SYSTEM EXISTS ON THIS VEHICLE UNDER THIS CONDITION AND THE VEHICLE WEIGHS WELL OVER 26000 POUNDS. I HAD TO COAST TO...
Mileage: 90,000
1999 SAFARI CONTINTENTAL BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE BRAKES OVERHEATED AND RUPTURED THE FRONT HUB OIL SEALS, DRAINING THE OIL FROM THE HUBS. RECALL#02V278000. *SC
ON MAY 7, 2005, I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 SAFARI MOTORHOME WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A 1999 FORD E-450 CHASSIS. I WAS ON I-64 AT BECKLEY, WV AND DRIVING APP. 55 MILES PER HOUR. FIVE OF THE 6 TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S BRAND AND ONE OF THEM HAD AN APPERENT TREAD SEPARATION, AND SUBSEQU...
Mileage: 38,500
PARKING BRAKE CALIPER MOUNTING BOLTS LOOSEN AND FALL OUT ALLOWING THE CALIPER TO BE PARTIALLY DISLODGED FROM THE ROTOR, WHEN THE SERVICE BRAKE IS RELEASED THE CALIPER SLIPS OFF THE ROTOR AND THE VEHICLE IS FREE TO ROLL. THERE ARE MANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THIS WILL RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT...
PARKING BRAKE CALIPER MOUNTING BOLTS LOOSEN AND FALL OUT ALLOWING THE CALIPER TO BE PARTIALLY DISLODGED FROM THE ROTOR, WHEN THE SERVICE BRAKE IS RELEASED THE CALIPER SLIPS OFF THE ROTOR AND THE VEHICLE IS FREE TO ROLL. THERE ARE MANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THIS WILL RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT...