Five problems related to carrier/rack have been reported for the 1999 Ford F-350. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Spare tire asembly cable snapped - tire flew off truck and almost struck 2 other cars.
Spare tire cable broke, causing the tire to separate from vehicle. Dealer has been notified.
Cable that attaches spare tire to vehicle continues to break. Dealer has replaced spare tire carrier several times. Seat belt doesn't retract properly.
The spare tire broke loose from under the truck while traveling down the highway, being that we were pulling a 24'enclosed race car trailer at the time the spare tire broke off. When hit by the trailer it threw the trailer in the air braking the axels on impact. Luckily no one was in the oncomming lane at the time or following to close behind. Damage was cause heavily to the trailer, the truck seems to be ok. I am glad we weren't traveling down a major highway at the time of the incident.
When driving on interstate at 55 mph spare tire cable broke from underneath of vehicle, causing the tire to drop down onto highway which caused a near accident. Consumer has contacted dealer. Please provide any further details.