Engine Belts And Pulleys problems of the 1998 Ford F-150

Four problems related to engine belts and pulleys have been reported for the 1998 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Engine Belts And Pulleys problem

Failure Date: 05/09/2003

The consumer detected an unusual vibration coming from the truck. When the consumer looked under the hood he noticed that the harmonic balancer and pulley assembly was rotating erratically. It was later determined that a bolt sheared off the harmonic balancer. As a result there was damage to the harmonic balancer, water pump pulley, belt tensioner pulley and drive belt.

2 Engine Belts And Pulleys problem

Failure Date: 04/20/2003

Started vehicle, then could smell an odor, about 30 seconds later it smelled like a belt burning. After opening the hood and seeing a fire on the distributor cap where the 4 wires plug in. I s/o engine and put out fire with extinguisher.

3 Engine Belts And Pulleys problem

Failure Date: 08/25/1998

Idle pulley failed.

4 Engine Belts And Pulleys problem

Serpintine belt broke, causing loss of control and steering. Could have resulted in an accident, dealer has replaced belt 3 times, defect is still occurring.

Other Engine And Engine Cooling related problems of the 1998 Ford F-150

Engine And Engine Cooling problems	29
Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problems	27
Engine problems	18
Gasoline Engine problems	17
Engine Exhaust System problems	12
Coolant Leaking problems	10
Engine Cooling System problems	8
Check Engine Light On problems	8
Car Stall problems	7
Engine Knocking Noise problems	6
Radiator problems	4
Engine Belts And Pulleys problems	4

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