Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||||
| 14615 | 01/01/2000 | 620478 | Exhibiting a squeak from the front leaf spring area, caused by front spring tip isolator wear. *tt | 08/09/2001 | |
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - SPRINGS - LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY | |||||
| 14242 | 01/01/2000 | 620398 | Some 4x4 vehicles may exhibit a squeak from the front leaf spring area. *tt | 08/07/2001 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 10/27/2000 | 3 | 09/01/1999 | |
| Wheels vibrate excessively. *ak | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 01/01/2001 | |||
| Severe vibration is experienced while driving over rough pavement. this vibration is felt in the steering column, steering wheel, and the front end of the vehicle. ford has worked on this chassis 4 times to try to repair the problem. tsb 00-21-09 has been completed along with replacing the front shocks, and shaving about half of the tread from the tires to make them round. currently all of the springs have been found to be bad and are being replaced. since this vibration has been present from the date of purchase, it leads me to believe that were bad from the date of manufacturing. *ak | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - WHEEL BEARING | |||
| 12/29/2007 | 60000 | 1 | 11/03/2000 |
| Failure of front wheel bearing at 60,000 miles. *tr | |||
| 08/05/2004 | 62790 | 11/30/1999 | |
| 2000 f-250 4x4 front hub: i had to change both front hubs on my 2000 4x4 f-250 with only 62,790 miles and the bearing locked-up on one side and the other was loose. it cost me $ 1,225.00 to replace the hubs and seals, each hub cost 408.00 and each seal cost 38.00 from ford. i talked to 2 other people with a ford 4x4 and thay had the same problem. i think ford should pay for the cost because it has only 62,790 miles on my truck and the other people ,one had 46,000 miles and the other had 74,000 miles . the bearing could be changed @ around 40.00 to 60.00 but ford has on the bearingretaner nut part do not remove. to me i think ford just want to make more money on the whole hub with the bearings . ps also glad i wasn't going to fast when it locked up | |||
| 05/23/2004 | 95570 | 07/05/2000 | |
| Front wheel hub bearing, catastrophic failure. with almost no preceding evidence of a problem, the right front wheel hub bearing failed, causing the tow vehicle, ford f350 drw 6x6, to abruptly veer from side to side. the stabilizing anti-sway equipment that connected the truck to the 34' travel trailer enabled me to keep from inadvertently exiting a 200' high bridge. events leading up to the abrupt failure was the appearance of the abs warning light. we stopped to check the wheels for excessive heat, and noted no pulling or noise. all brake applications were smooth and no directional control problems were noted. until we began the climb up and over the jacksonville fla i-295 bypass bridge over the st johns river. as we began the descent [center lane] the vehicle began to violently lurch from side to side, the steering wheel driven to full left and then full right rotation--the vehicle/rig wobbling from lane to lane. we noted no evidence of smoke, hot brakes. i applied brakes to slow us down as we entered the exit ramp, we lost all truck brakes and i used the jordan trailer brake controller to bring the rig to a halt. 2. upon delivery to a ford dealership, the technicians discovered a total failure of the right front wheel hub bearing. had the truck been driven without the airstream travel trailer and reese strait line dual cam sway system, we would have been certain fatalities. 3. the mike shad ford truck center replaced the damaged equipment [axle, hub assembly, bearings, all electronics related, new brake assembly and re-aligned the front end. ] a discussion with the truck center manager revealed that 1. having gone 95.570 miles and not have incurred a failure of the hub bearings was unique for the collective experience over decades shows these factory sealed bearings fail around a mean mileage of 40,000 miles... *nm | |||