1997 Ford F Super Duty Chassis
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Owner complaints
3 complaints
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- Vehicle speed control
1997 ford f-super duty with a speed sensor issue. Customer stated that he received a recall for the speed sensor failure. Customer saw that his vehicle could catch fire. Customer was told the parts would not be ready until the end of the year. *kb the consumer stated his private mechanic took care of the problem. *Jb
- Power train › Axle assembly › Axle shaft › Seal · Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components › Disc › Rotor · Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components › Drum · Tires
Dt: 1997 ford super duty chasse class c motor home. all four back tires have blown out. The first happened 2 years, and in the past two years all four blew out. spoke to the manufacturer and there wereno recalls. no one knows why these tires have blown out. the consumer was driving under…
Dt: 1997 ford super duty chasse class c motor home. all four back tires have blown out. The first happened 2 years, and in the past two years all four blew out. spoke to the manufacturer and there wereno recalls. no one knows why these tires have blown out. the consumer was driving under normal driving conditions on the interstate at 65 mph. there were no crashes or injuries because of the blow outs. however , had to replace the back brakes, rotors and the rear seals on the axles. *Ak
- Service brakes, air › Antilock
While traveling south on us rte 220 on a clear dry fall day, I applied the brakes lightly in preparation for a traffic light controlled intersection. The brake pedal went right to the floor, providing no stopping action. I pumped the pedal and built up some pedal pressure and felt some braking…
While traveling south on us rte 220 on a clear dry fall day, I applied the brakes lightly in preparation for a traffic light controlled intersection. The brake pedal went right to the floor, providing no stopping action. I pumped the pedal and built up some pedal pressure and felt some braking action although not nearly enough. I down shifted the transmission and continued to hold pressure on the brake pedal. The tires were squealing but we wer0e not slowing down as quickly as we should have been. As it turns out the front wheels and the tag axle wheels were the only ones doing any braking. The rear dual axle had no braking due to the brake line at the right rear dual wheels had rubbed through while we were traveling. It was rubbing on the air suspension air bag. We very narrowly escaped serious injury. We stopped about 8FT behind the semi trailer that we'd been following. Thankfully, we had been staying farther behind than normal and knew we had to stop or at least slow down to turn at the intersection ahead. *ak
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Engine stalling
In a december 3, 2007 letter, ford advised nhtsa that it will conduct a safety recall to replace the cam position sensor (cps) in approximately 1.2 million subject vehicles to address reports of engine stalling.a new design cps with improved performance and durability will be installed as a remedy.owner notifications…
In a december 3, 2007 letter, ford advised nhtsa that it will conduct a safety recall to replace the cam position sensor (cps) in approximately 1.2 million subject vehicles to address reports of engine stalling.a new design cps with improved performance and durability will be installed as a remedy.owner notifications will begin in december 2007. The subject vehicles are durable, full-sized, medium duty trucks commonly used for commercial purposes, rescue/emergency response, and commercial or recreational towing.cps failure IS comparable to unexpectedly turning the key off since the signal it produces IS vital to the electronic engine control system.cps signal loss terminates fuel injection resulting in an engine stall.once stalled, the engine may restart right away, or may restart after a delay (typically 5 to 10 minutes), or may not restart at all.in addition to exposing the driver and other motorists to crash risk due to loss of motive power or vehicle disablement, engine stalling also effects the power assisted steering and braking. Through consumer interviews, odi determined that cps failures occurred without any form of warning, at any vehicle speed (50% at highway speeds), and under any driving condition, such as accelerating.consumers reported that about a third of the vehicles failed to restart, with another third reporting delayed restarting.half the vehicles that did restart experienced another stall on the same or a subsequent drive cycle (before cps replacement) re-exposing those consumers to the risks associated with a stalling event.in their voq reports, half of the odi complainants described difficulty controlling the vehicle due to lose of power assist systems, especially those who were towing at the time of the incident. The one alleged injury incident occurred in an intersection when a subject vehicle stalled while turning across oncoming lanes of traffic.although unsubstantiated, the complainant alleged an injury to a child occupant during odi's interview.the other crash allegations mostly involved low speed, loss of control incidents often caused by lack of power assist; no injuries are reported in these incidents, and property damage, if any, was minimal.consumers also reported other incidents with significant safety risks, such as disablement in a lane or on a shoulder of a high-speed roadway or interstate, or extended disablement in remote areas during severe weather conditions. The population above IS ford's estimate of the 1.4 million subject vehicles produced that are currently registered.the ford complaint and warranty counts noted above are current as of ford's last submission dated june 21, 2007; they do not include F-450, F-550, or econoline counts as these products were not formally within scope of the investigation when failure information was requested.warranty data analysis indicates that about half the claims involved a stall while driving event ( ford's assessment) and that poor cps durability was a longstanding concern.ford reported that the new cps design should meet or exceed their 10 year, 150K mile life expectancy design requirement.
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