Spare Tire Problems of Ford F-150 - part 1

The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 35 mph, the contact heard an abnormal sound and became aware that the spare tire had almost struck another vehicle that was following behind. The vehicle was steered over to the side of the road and inspected. The contact stated that while inspecting the vehicle he observed that an unknown steel cable underneath the vehicle holding up the spare tire was corroded and had snapped. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.

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Tl the contact owns a 2001 Ford F-150. The contact stated that after pulling into the driveway at the residence, the spare tire detached from the vehicle. The contact became aware that the spare tire cable was fractured. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be inspected. The manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 173,000.

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I live in conn. And as you know, we have the best corrosive road salt- so, in the past year, I, personally have found in the middle of the street full tires- all sizes with rims. So, as a past mechanic I have figured it out to be the spare tires underneath trucks,and suvs that are held by a cable and are located in the rear so when they rust and fall off the car they do not realize or feel it coming off the vehicle,which could cause a crash to avoid.

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The contact owns a 2011 Ford F-150. The vehicle was equipped with pirelli tire scorpion str tires, tire size 275/55/20. (na) the dot number was xl4bj9248610. The contact stated while driving approximately 15 mph, a clicking and popping noised emitted outside of the vehicle. The vehicle was merged to the side of the road where the contact noticed that the front passenger's side tire exploded. The tire was replaced with a spare tire. Also, the contact mentioned that the other three tires on the vehicle exhibited severe tread separation. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer. However, the defective tires were not replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 35,434 of the vehicle and tires.

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2012 Ford F-150. Consumer writes in regards to issues with the vehicle spare tire. The consumer stated it wasn't until he had a flat tire, that he was introduced to the term full-size dis-similar spare and the restrictions Ford stipulated. Driving speed, towing a trailer, or even washing the vehicle with the spare on it in a commercial wash, would violate the warranty, he paid for. The consumer was informed by the tire technician, the radius of the original tires were 39,9 inches and the radius of the dis-similar spare was 39. 1 inches. Further, that prolonged use of the spare could and most probably would affect the mechanical operation of the transfer case.

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The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. The contact stated the spare tire was smaller then the factory tires that came on the vehicle. The contact felt this was a safety failure because the contact hauled a traitor constantly. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer to alert them of the problem however they declined to replace the tire. The failure mileage was unknown.

The rear portion of the frame is rotten to the point that the let springs hangers are ready to break off the frame and the spare tire holder is also ready to fall off. I just replaced the rear spring shackles due to the were also rotten and broke. The gas tank straps were also a problem due to rust but Ford though enough of the problem there was a recall on that, Toyota had a problem with rusted frames and did a massive recall on that issue. Why hasn't Ford done the same thing? the frame should be the last thing one needs to worry about with any vehicle. The truck currently has 146000 miles and now we need to figure out what the next move will be with this vehicle. Repair it, junk it or trade it ?????.

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Spare tire fell out from underneath the vehicle will driving.

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While attempting to accelerate onto a highway my vehicle sputtered and I was unable to get up to speed in a reasonable amount of time. Fortunately I was on a 4 lane highway and the approaching vehicles were able to avoid me by pulling into the passing lane. I brought my vehicle in for service and a corroded fuel pump control module was responsible for the hesitation. According to my mechanic, he categorized the problem as defective design. The module is mounted in a area susceptible to corrosion. This is a relatively easy fix however in my case the spare tire carrier had to cut off to access the module.

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The contact owns a 2010 Ford f150. The contact stated the vehicle came with a standard spare tire that was 18 inches but the tires on the vehicle were a standard 20 inches. The contact stated that the spare tire was too small and did not fit. The tire was never installed on the vehicle. The dealer was contacted and informed him that the tire was a standard size for a spare for that particular vehicle and they could not exhange it. The failure mileage was 2,500. Updated 5/24/11.

I was driving slowly through a mobile home park when my spare tire broke loose from its bracket and landed on the ground. The cable broke. No one was hurt but if it would have happened 3 minutes earlier it would have fallen off while I was at a much higher speed on the highway. I saw one complaint already and felt I should report my situation as well.

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Today was and average day. I made my way onto the highway as I've done endless times, smooth sailing for about 15 minutes or so nothing out of the ordinary and upon my travels on the highway. In less than 4 second I was shocked as my vehicle felt like it was floating oddly and shifting to the next lane in the rear end then proceeded to throw an entire section of my right rear tire out of nowhere. It is a mastercraft (aka) cooper tire known as the CT-c, which is a very hearty and (so I thought) well-made item. I had been on the highway for roughly 15minutes or so then this happened at a speed of 65mph and I was lucky to not lose total control entirely and crash. I did my best to hold control of the truck and bring it to a safe stop of the side of the highway just where and exit was. Upon visual inspection it seems to me the way the tire conveniently separated itself, with the sidewalls still on the wheel of the truck and the entire tread, bands and belts all came of and rocketed across the highway was not done by road debris. I saw this in the quick glimpse of it leaving my truck, which I caught in my rear view mirror. I'm really shaken up about this and very much concerned about my own well being and that of the people around me and those who ride with me. What should I do? this does not seem like road damage to me, if I had hit something (which upon scouring the road surface nothing was found), it would seem that my front tire would have hit something 1st. My wish is to have all 4 tires replaced (a different brand) at the cost of the manufacturer responsible. Most importantly I do not want anyone else to be potential victims of this failure, as I got very lucky! I dont want to see another series of firestone deaths with cooper tires. I also have photos and high definition video taken to show the damages. So far I have a spare tire for now being used but I also returned to the place of purchase, which then contacted the manufacturer of the failed tire.

No access to spare tire: 2004 Ford F-150 "heritage" (2003 body style) spare stored under truck bed lowers using "key" and winch. The winch and key are supposed to engage via a "star shaped" indentation. If this does not engage one cannot lower the spare tire for use. The replacement (Ford refuses to pay for)comes re-designed so that one actually inserts the lowering rod into the winch. There is no "star" to strip out or be worn down. With a flat tire on a busy road and one under the truck trying to access a spare tire constitutes a life threatening situation. Ford has sold the re-design as a replacement and this in itself is an admission of a defective product design. Dealership informed me that they simply cut the tire free and replace the winch at customer cost.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-150. The vehicle has grabber aw tires, size p275/60 r17. While driving 55 mph, the vehicle began shaking and the tire tread began to separate. The contact pulled the vehicle over and called the police. A police report was filed. The dealer advised him to place the spare tire on the vehicle. She feels that the dealer should replace the tire even though the vehicle was purchased as is. The dot number was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 106,000.

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The contact owns a 1996 Ford f150. The vehicle was equipped with michelin tires, and the tire size was p235/75/15(na). While the contact was driving approximately 65 mph the rear passenger tire exploded. The vehicle was driven to the side of the road with caution. The tire was replaced with the spare tire. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the spare was replaced with a new tire. The failure mileage was 160,000. The dot number and VIN were unavailable.

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I have a 1998 Ford f150 4x4 and the cable that secures the spare tire under the bed broke while driving . I was lucky because I was only going about 5 miles an hour when the tire and the holder dropped to the road behind me. I feel if I had been going at 60 or any other speed this could have caused some major damage to any one traveling behind. I have called Ford motor company at their customer relations line on February 17,2010 to see if they could offer some assistance. I am more than able to install this item my self. I live on maui in a town called hana and I am about 2 1/2 hours from a dealer. I have called the dealer and the cable that broke will cost me just over 100. 00 dollars. That may not seem to be a lot at this time but if the tire had come off I may have had to pay for a whole lot more. I have now returned to our home in California ,but the vehicle is in hana. Maui I have all the pieces that were involved. Thank you for looking at this.

Vehicle in question is a 2001 Ford f150. As the truck was traveling at 20 mph, the braided steel cable that retains the spare tire in the rear underside of the truck broke. This caused the spare tire to bounce down the street and strike a following vehicle. Investigation on web forums has information that this is a common problem with these trucks that are exposed to winter salt, the salt has caused cables to corrode in numerous trucks. If this happened on the highway, it easily could have caused serious injuries or deaths.

Cable on spare tire wench corroded and broke. Spare tire was lost going down the highway at 70mph. Did not cause and accident, but could easily killed someone.

Husbands truck began wobbling noticeably while driving. Checked tires and came to the conclusion that 3 tires had bubbles in the sidewalls, and of the 3 tires 1 had a bubble the size and shape of a football in the middle of tread, I believe they were goodyear tires 255/65/17. Also, the wire inside of the tire could be seen on another part of the tread, which there wasn't much of. 27,000 miles on vehicle, bought used less than 1mo ago. Put spare tire on the worst one, took back to dealership and Ford replaced all 4 tires since the other one was different make and wrong size. Could have been serious accident involving tires if traveled 1,000 miles with family when attended grandmothers funeral.

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On August 26, 2007 I was traveling east on highway 190 between kempner, TX and copperas cove, TX at about 10:30 a. M. In a 2006 Ford F-150 super crew with about 25,000 miles on it. Road conditions were dry and the roadway was recently redone. My speed was about 65 mph in a 70 zone. For no reasons that I can determine the right rear tire rapidly deflated. I managed to keep the vehicle under control and pulled onto the shoulder. The tire was destroyed with evident damage to the outer sidewall. I put the spare tire on and continued. Monday, 27 August I visited automax Ford and asked them to replace all the tires on the vehicle. The service manager told me that tire defects were the responsibility of the manufacturer. I made the decision at that time to replace all the tires with another brand.

Vehicle: 2000 Ford f150 w/123000 mi. As I was driving down the street I heard a noise from the back of the truck. I looked in the mirror and saw the spare tire,which was mounted under the bed, bouncing down the street. I stopped and retrieved it and the hardware. Luckily, no one else hit the tire and no damage was done. However, severe vehicle damage, serious injury, or even death could have occurred due to this incident. Upon further examination of the mount I found that the cable that secures the tire was snapped off. I had the vehicle for the 42,000 miles and had not once used the spare. Nowhere in any vehicle manual does it say to maintain or replace the cable after a certain number of miles. The cable is expected to last the entire life of the vehicle. This is a huge safety issue. I am afraid to follow behind any Ford trucks because at any moment another of these cables could snap. This is not a warranty issue. Ford refused to correct this problem as it is out of warranty. The cable simply should not break. The cost quoted by Ford was about $200 to fix this. Ford needs to take care of this at its own expense. This is a defective part that could cause damage, serious injury, or death to innocent motorists, not to mention mental anguish imposed upon the driver or owner of the defective vehicle. I have already dealt with my local Ford dealer, the Ford district manager, and Ford motor company's customer care department, and have received absolutely no help. This problem needs to be fixed before some one dies.

The contact owns a 1997 Ford F-150. The spare tire carrier detached from the end of the spare tire retainer. The contact was traveling 35 mph ,and stated that the vehicle did not hit any bumps. The current and failure mileages were 81,000. The consumer states that the retainer was at the end of the cable assembly used to lower and raise the spare tire. The consumer also states that the tire bounced 6ft in the air and almost hit the card behind him. Update 05/04/tr.

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I recently had a flat tire for the first time on my 1999 Ford f150. When I lowered the spare tire from its stowed position, there were eight badly worn spots on the sidewall of the tire. The wear was apparently came from the way the stowage position is designed. The degradation of the tire may make it unsafe to drive on the spare tires of f150's.

On the Ford F-150 trucks mine is a 2004 the spare tires are mounted with the air filler valve mounted on the top side. You can not get at the air valve to check tire pressure. The only way is to remove jack handle from rear seating area and follow the procedures to lower the tire. Well that is not going to happen so when you need the spare usually in an emergency situation the tire could be under inflated or perhaps flat. I have tried to contact Ford and the will not respond to my complaint. Please can you help me and thousands of others many who are not even aware of this. The selling dealers service manager was not aware of this until I questioned them. I also have a 2005 Ford escape and the spare is mounted with air valve down so checking air is not an issue. I believe that if it is do able on Chevrolet, dodges and others Ford can make it right . Regards dave emmons.

: the contact stated while driving 25 mph the cable that secures the spare tire in place fractured without warning. The incident occurred on March 13, 2006. Updated 4/6/2006 -.

2005 Ford f150. The contact stated the vehicle has a spare tire which it is the same size as the other tires that are not available. The rim will not fit under the vehicle without the tire on it. The contact was not able to replace the tire because it was on back order. The dealership stated they were not aware when the tire will be available for replacement. This is a n original hankook tire, p235/70r17. . The hankook dealer could not replace the tire either. Ford stated it was a new size tire with a new manufacturer.

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The cable that attached the spare tire to the underside of the truck bed snapped. We lost the spare tire. We think it fell on the highway though we could not find it.

Driver heard a banging noise coming from the rear. Pulled over , and, noticed that the spare tire and the cable sheared off onto the ground of the highway. Driver was able to retrieve the tire, and placed the cable inside of the vehicle and drove to the dealer.

2004 Ford f150 has tire nibble between 50 and 57 mph and vibration at 45 mph. Several trips to the Ford dealership did not fix the problem. They replaced 3 rims and 3 tires (contrack). Still did not fix the problem. I placed the spare tire on passenger front due to a flat and it reduced the nibble and vibration by half. I purchased 4 new 20 inch cooper tires and 4 new rims and vibration is 95% gone and slight nibble after 10,000 miles. I will have tires rebalanced and alignment checked and plan the have rear lowered by 2 inches. A friend had the rear lowered by 2 inches on his 2004 f150 and helped with stability and vibration.

Spare tire cable failed while driving. Spare tire fell off truck, do not know when, but noticed when flat tire occurred and spare was gone, cable frayed and needed replacement of assembly and spare tire plus wheel as original was not recovered. Unknown whether any damage to others resulted from spare tire falling from truck. This is a tremendous safety hazard at interstate speeds and this type of occurrence could cause a catastrophic crash.

Spare tire fell off the truck due to failure of the stranded steel cable that secures the tire to the underside of the bed.

While driving at less than 10 miles per hour on a country road the spare tire support cable on my 1998 Ford F-150 failed, causing the tire to fall beneath the truck, bounce, and strike the undercarriage. The unit had not shown prior signs of wear when the spare tire was last serviced about 16 months ago. The unit has been cycled probably five times during the life of the vehicle. There were no warning signs of "thumping" which would indicate a loose fitting of tire in the spare well. While no one was injured due to the low speed and location, a release on a highway would likely have resulted in an accident and possible serious injury. I plan to order a replacement part and will retain the damaged unit for inspection.

While sitting at a stop sign the spare tire cable beneath the vehicle snapped. This caused the spare tire to fall to the ground.

The consumer heard a loud noise while driving 20-30 mph. The spare tire attached to the rear of the vehicle fell off. The cable securing the tire disconnected.

I own a Ford f150 2001 supercrew with 64,000 miles on it. I bought the truck new. In Feb 2004, I had to replace the right front tire. Not wanting to have a tire on the left front that was worn while a new tire was on the right front, I asked the tire agency to put the spare, which had never been used, on the left front wheel mount and to use the old left front tire as the spare. When the spare was brought out from the undercarriage of the truck, several grooves about the size of a mans finger and about 3/8 of an inch deep had been rubbed into the sidewall of the spare. The tire agency did not recommend using the spare so I kept the old tire in place. I went to the Ford agency where I had bought the truck, seguin motors and told them my story. Seguin motors told me that this damage was cosmetic and that the tire was safe to use and that Ford was not liable for this cosmetic wear. One of the seguin motors repair people told me he had seem these groves on the spares of f150s that were less than four months old. The only conclusion I can come to is that it is a design flaw in the undercarriage that holds the spare. My spare is not safe to put on the ground and it certainly isnt safe to use this tire with my family in the truck and drive it at highway speeds. Any damage to a tires sidewall is always suspect. One would think with all the problems that Ford has had with their tires in the past that they would certainly want to preclude any problem with their tires in the future. I hope you can help me in the resolution of this problem.