FaultScore report
Owners have filed 11 complaints about the 1991 Ford E-250 with NHTSA between 1996 and 2011. The largest single group is the transmission & drivetrain.
11
Complaints
0
Crashes reported
0
Fires reported
0
Injuries reported
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Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
Median failure at 150,000 miles
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.
An investigation is the step before a recall: the agency has seen enough complaints to look into a pattern itself. An open one means it thinks something may be wrong and nothing has been fixed yet.
ALTERNATOR BELT FAILURE
LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENES
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FUEL EXPULSION
LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENES
TRANSMISSION FLUID FIRES
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 FORD E-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RESERVE TANK BEGAN SPILLING OVER INTO THE MAIN FUEL TANK AND CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO OVERFLOW. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSING THE MAIN TANK TO SPILL INTO THE RESERVE AS WELL. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 91V146000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: AUXILLARY TANK: SELECTOR DEVICES), BUT WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
NHTSA complaint #10396997 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HUSBAND WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE, APPROX. 65MPH. SUDDEN METALLIC NOISES AND RUMBLING. PULLED OVER SAFELY TO FIND REAR OF TRANSMISSION HOUSING HAS LOST SEVERAL LARGE CHUNKS, LEAVING A GAPING HOLE APROXIMATELY 10 INCHES BY 4 INCHES. TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY. MECHANIC COULD NOT REMOVE DRIVE LINE FROM TAIL PIECE OF TRANSMISSION. HE CONTACTED A SPECIALLIST WHO INFORMED HIM THAT CERTAIN FORD TRANSMISSIONS OF CERTAIN YEARS, INCLUDING '91, HAD A DEFECT CAUSING THEM TO NOT GET LUBRICANT TO THE REAR PART OF THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING OVERHEATING, MASSIVE DAMAGE AND FAILURE. THIS MALFUNCTION COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR WORSE A CRASH WITH INJURIES OR DEATH.
NHTSA complaint #10098621 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL#91V146000 FUEL TANK. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. MR
NHTSA complaint #8022712 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES
NHTSA#6238-91-V-146-000 FUEL TANK: THE DUAL TANK SELECTOR VALVE MAY MALFUNCTION AND CAUSE AN OVERFILL CONDITION IN ONE OF THE FUEL TANKS CONSUMER STATES HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. *TS
NHTSA complaint #8022031 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
TIRE BEEN PUNCTURED AND WATER HAD DAMAGED STEEL CAUSING THEM TO RUST. NO RUST FOUND AT THE TIME OF FREAD COMING OFF.
NHTSA complaint #9003327 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR NO BRAKES WHATSOEVER.
NHTSA complaint #742025 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE000020; FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX RADIAL R4S REPLACEMENT TIRE ON A 1991, FORD, F250. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON HIGHWAY RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. *AK THE VIBRATION WAS VERY INTENSE.
NHTSA complaint #871932 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION LEAKS/SHIFTS HARD/JERKS.
NHTSA complaint #512568 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION CAUSING, LOUD BANG.
NHTSA complaint #512568 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BLEW.
NHTSA complaint #512568 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
DRIVETRAIN CAUSING, JERK AND LOST OF CONTROL.
NHTSA complaint #512568 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.