Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 04/01/1999 | |||
| Improperly designed wheel hole openings and tire valves make it impossible to properly maintain dual rear wheel tire pressure at safe levels. our vehicles are box type ambulances mounted on ford e-super duty chassis - as are 90+% of box type ambulances, many small school buses, rv's, and box trucks, many of which are on the road with underinflated rear tires, and carrying heavy loads. the problem results from the access holes in the wheels being too small and the wrong tire valves being used. the valves are too short and are the wrong type. ford uses car type rubber valves instead of rigid metal truck valves. this underinflation/maintenance problem may be related to reported firestone tire failures on ambulances. ford needs to re-call these vehicles and install metal valve stems of the proper angle and length, or metal stems with valve extenders. this is an extremely dangerous situation. | |||