Complaint 1433308
2014 FORD E-350 • WHEELS • incident Oct 31, 2015
Complaint Summary
WHEELS
Owner Narrative
STEEL RIM FAILURE. PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH 8000 MILES ON ODOMETER OCTOBER 2014. AS OF TODAY DECEMBER 2017 THE ODOMETER READS 141,000 MILES . I HAVE REPLACE ALL FOUR RIMS ON THIS VEHICLE ONE BY ONE. FIRST ISSUE I WAS LOOSING HUB CAPS WHILE DRIVING CONTINUOUSLY,I FINALLY GAVE UP AND TOOK ALL OFF,LEFT BARE RIMS. THEN THE SECOND ISSUE WAS RIMS CRACKING AND FAILING AT THE WELDED POINT WHERE THE SPOKES/STRUTS ARE ATTACHED. THE SAME FAILURE IS THE SAME PLACE OVER AND OVER. NOTICED THIS ISSUE WHILE DRIVING AND TPMS LIGHT WOULD COME ON,I WOULD PULL OVER AND BY THE TIME I GOT STOPPED THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. VERY DANGEROUS ISSUES FOR OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AS WELL AS MYSELF AND FAMILY .
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.
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