2010 Ford E-350 12 Passenger Wagon

Truck starts violently shaking and hard to control after hitting bumps and have to come to almost a complete stop to make it stop

“Death wobble” with the steering after hitting bumps

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 FORD E-350. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WITH A POLICE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP WHERE IT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THERE WAS ONE INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT SUFFERED FROM BACK PAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,800.

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN WITH FOOT ON BREAK PEDAL.CHECK FOR CODES NO CODES. TOOK TO FORD FOR CHECK OUT, NO PROBLEM FOUND.

HAD THREE TIRES MICHELIN COME APART WITHIN 30 DAYS THE TIRE DEALERS I WENT TO TOLD ME THEY APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. WHEN THE TIRES FAILED THEY CAUSED OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AUTO TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR. THEY EXAMINED THE SPARE AND SAID IT SHOWED SIGNS OF SAME PROBLEM.

UNIROYAL LAREDO LT 245/75R16 LRE - DOT BE11 JDUU 0812 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 12T-019 HTTP://WWW.UNIROYALTIRES.COM/ASSETS/PDF/TIRE_OWNER_LETTER.PDF THIS SET OF TIRES WAS INSTALLED ON A VEHICLE WHICH I PURCHASED FROM A USED VAN/TRUCK DEALER. SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE 2 YEARS AGO, I HAVE DRIVEN 13,000 MILES ON THE TIRES, AND THERE ARE STILL 12/32" TREAD DEPTH, EVEN ACROSS THE TREAD ON ALL 4 TIRES. I HAD THE TIRES INSPECTED BEFORE A TRIP, AND I WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE TIRES DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEATHER CHECKING / CRACKING. THAT IS WHEN I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND THE ABOVE CITED RECALL. EVIDENTLY THE TIRES RECALLED WERE LIMITED TO THE 3RD WEEK OF 2012, AND MY TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE 8TH WEEK OF 2012. UNIROYAL/MICHELIN HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. I NEED HELP. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS. THERE IS NO WAY THAT I COULD TAKE A TRIP WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VAN, WITH THESE AWEFUL DEFECTIVE TIRES ON THE ROAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD E-350. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOUR TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

LAST JULY ONE OF MY MICHELIN TIRES (BEJHFBXX4909) (LTX MS, LT225/75R16) DELAMINATED THEN BLEW OUT BEFORE I COULD STOP, SENDING RUBBER ALL OVER THE ROAD. AFTER CHANGING TO MY SPARE I STOPPED AT THE FIRST TIRE PLACE I COULD FIND (KEARNEY, NE) AND PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT. WHILE WAITING AT A RESTAURANT FOR THE TIRE TO BE CHANGED THE SERVICE MANAGER CAME TO THE RESTAURANT AND TOLD US ANOTHER OF THE TIRES WAS DELAMINATING AND SO WE REPLACED THAT ONE ALSO. THEY ALSO CHECKED FOR RECALLS AND FOUND ONE THAT ENDED FOR THE TIRE RUN BEFORE MINE FOR THE SAME THING. ON 1/29/2015, WHEN I WAS HEADING TO O'NEILL, NE, ANOTHER OF THE SAME RUN OF TIRES DELAMINATED THEN ALSO BLEW OUT, THIS TIME DOING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL AND BODY WORK OF MY VAN AND ESSENTIALLY LOOSING ALL RUBBER EXCEPT FOR A 1 FOOT LONG SEGMENT OF TREAD. THIS TIRE STILL HAD LEGAL TREAD AND THE VEHICLE HAD 81,324 MILES BUT THE TIRES HAD BEEN 5 TIRE ROTATED EVERY 5,000 MILES SINCE I OWNED IT (ABOUT 65,000 MILES ON "70,000" TIRES) AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY ALWAYS PASSED THE TIRES AS SAFE. SINCE 3 OUT OF 5 TIRES FROM THE SAME BATCH DELAMINATED, I CHANGED ONE REMAINING TIRE. I HAVE NOW REPLACED 4 OF THE 5 TIRES WITH THE 5TH AS A SPARE. THESE TIRES ARE DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. I HAVE HAD TWO OF THEM DELAMINATE AND BLOW OUT RISKING LOSE OF CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND A THIRD WAS CAUGHT BEFORE IT COULD BLOW UP. HAD I BEEN GOING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS I MAY NOT BE WRITING THIS. *TR

3 OUT OF 5 TIRES FROM THE SAME RUN DELAMINATED AND TWO OF THEM BLEW OUT CAUSING BODY DAMAGE TO MY VAN. FIRST EVENT HAPPENED IN JULY OF 2014 AND LAST ONE HAPPENED IN JAN OF 2015. ONE OF THE TIRES WAS NOTED TO BE DELAMINATING WHILE THE TIRES WERE BEING EXAMINED AND BEFORE IN BLEW. ALL THE TIRES HAD BETWEEN 60-65,000 MILES ON THEM (70,000 MILE TIRE). ALL HAD LEGAL TREAD AND ALL WERE UNDER 6 YEARS OLD. THE TIRE RUN BEFORE THIS ONE, OF THE SAME MODEL, WAS RECALLED BY MICHELIN. *TR

WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE DEADBOLT ON THE MOTORHOME OFF AND ON AND HAD TO USE THE CHASSIS DOORS TO EXIT AND ENTER THE VEHICLE. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY WE WERE HEADING FOR THE BEACHES IN YORKTOWN. ONCE WE ARRIVED WE TRIED TO EXIT THE COACH AND WERE UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE DEADBOLT AND THE REGULAR LOCK, SO WE HAD TO BRING EVERYTHING OVER THE CHASSIS SEATS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD E-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIGHTLY VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO INFORMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD 45MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HAS TROUBLE LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ANY GAS AND IT STARTED DROPPING SPEED WENT ALL THE TO 0. WHEN YOU PULL OVER AND PUT IT IN PARK IT RUNS REALLY ROUGH, THEN I CUT IT OFF LEAVE IT SIT 10 MINUTES. TRY TO CRANK IT BACK UP SOMETIMES IT WILL CRANK SOMETIMES IT WON'T, THEN IT ACTS LIKE IT'S NOT GETTING ANY GAS. *TR

ON THE 2003 AND UP FORD E-SERIES VANS USED FOR AMBULANCE CONVERSIONS. THE CABLE LEADING FROM THE REAR BATTERY UNDER THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD FACTORY JUMP STUD. THE CABLE IS CORRODING AND BREAKING OFF, CAUSING ARCING. ALSO THE FACTORY JUMP STUD, IS WHERE QVM RECOMMENDS THAT AMBULANCE MANUFACTURERS ATTATCH THE CABLE FEEDING THE AMBULANCE CONVERSION. WHEN THE FORD CABLE BREAKS, IT CAUSES THE AMBULANCE CONVERSION TO LOOSE ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TYPICALLY INCLUDING ALL WARNING DEVICES IE SIRENS, LIGHTS, ETC. DOME ATTENDANT LIGHTING, INVERTERS, TWO-WAY RADIOS, SUCTION, ELECTRICAL OXYGEN SOLENOIDS, ETC. THIS POTENTIALLY NEGATIVELY IMPACT A PATIENT BEING TRANSPORTED WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ALSO THE ARCS FROM THE CORROSION DIRECTLY PRIOR TO THE CABLE SEPARATING, HAS CAUSED THE INSULATOR AROUND THE FORD JUMP STUD TO MELT, AS SEEN BY DEFORMITY, AND ALSO CHARRING, THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS RECENTLY HAD TO CHANGE OUT THESE CABLES TO A HOME-BUILT DESIGN ON AROUND 75 OF THESE VEHICLES, INCLUDING 2010 MODELS. I SENT AN EMAIL TO FORD, AND THEY MORE OR LESS DECIDED THAT IT WAS A WHEELED COACH ISSUE, HOWEVER WHEELED COACH CLAIMS IT IS A FORD ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM IS SHOWING UP ON MORE THAN JUST WHEELED COACH BRAND AMBULANCES. A REDESIGN TO THE CONNECTIONS MADE AT THE JUMP STUD COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, EITHER BY MOVING THE QVM RECOMMENDED ATTATCHMENT LOCATION, OR A BETTER DESIGN TO THE CABLES/AND JUMP STUD. *LN

VEHICLE HAS A MISFIRE PROBLEM AND STALLING PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING AND OR AT IDLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THIS DEFECT OCCURS WHENEVER IT WANTS TO AND IT HAS SHUT OFF ON THREE OCCASIONS AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH ONE OF THE OCCURRENCES. THE MISFIRE WAS SO ABRUPT THAT IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH MY WIFE AND I IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD E-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE REAR SEATS AND THE CEILING OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE AMOUNT OF SPACE WAS A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.