1999 Ford E-250 problems
The 1999 Ford E-250 has 56 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (20%) concerns engine. Next are brakes (14%) and suspension (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 56 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 51,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 51,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 11 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% 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 1999 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Ford E-250 with enough data (31 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
After full acceleration, the throttle on my 1999 ford e250 stuck wide open. The vehicle did not shut off and there was no time to shift into neutral. The vehicle has adaptive controls making shifting more difficult than for a non-disabled driver. The adaptive equipment could be the cause, but most likely it was the ford throttle.
It was a handicap conversion purchased through coachcraft, in brownsville payed for on feb 5,1999.the actual conversion done by vantage mobility in phoenix ar.was not deliverd till 6-11-99 and has been a constant source of problems.the lift was installed wrong and will not work properly or reliably for me the handicapped to be independent, the fuel tank when filled leaks fume into the interior choking everyone and forcing us to exit the vehicle till fumes clear, the air bag has warning on dash saying do not…
1999 ford e250 cargo van, 24k miles, all 4 ball joints failed. Replacement scheduled, will retain parts. Know of two other low mileage, late model ford trucks with similar low mileage ball joint failures. Ford does not believe they are responsible yet their own service people are telling me they see an inordinate number of these failures and wonder why there has been no recall.
My name is [xxx] . I am a small business owner in bartlett illinois. I own a ford econoline 250 & a ford expedition. Both vehicles have been "ford serviced" since new. I recently had a spark plug blow out of the engine. I have had many a car in my days and I have never heard of this failure. Ford insisted this was not an engine defect, and although they were the only service people that ever worked on the vehicle, I was still responsible for this repair. The cost around $750.