1998 Ford E-250 problems
The 1998 Ford E-250 has 30 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (20%) concerns steering. Next are brakes (17%) and engine (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 30 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1998 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Ford E-250 with enough data (8 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer was traveling about 55MPH on highway and another vehicle veered into him. Driver's side airbag didn't deploy.
Front brakes lock up, causing the vehicle to have extended stopping distance which almost caused an accident. Dealer replaced calipers/rotors and pads. Dealer cannot determine problem. Cause unknown. Please provide further information.
Rear door was not installed properly on my 1998 chinook motor home. This improper installation has resulted in extensive internal damage and left me without a safe closure for the vehicle. It was presented for repair and the dealer failed to make proper repairs to repair this poor factory installation. Both the manufaturer and dealer are not accepting responsibility for this structural failure that could result in people being ejected from the vehicle. Ts
Ford econoline e250 hd - 1998 extended model; column gear shift will shift from park to gear without it going into gear and from gear to park without vehicle going into park but staying in gear.