1995 Ford E-350 problems
NHTSA has received 93 complaints about the 1995 Ford E-350, and 53% of them involve brakes. Next are tires (9%) and cruise control (5%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 93 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 53% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 1
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: 8 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 19 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% 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 1995 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Ford E-350 with enough data (58 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Failure on the driver's side air bag, consumer was involved in a head-on collision and the driver's side air bag did not deploy, the impact between both vehicles was 65 MPH, the consumer in the other vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, consumer who owned the van sustained injuries . *slc
This ambulance was involved in a moderate front end collision. It appears as if the outer wheel bearing retainer nut failed causing the nut and outer bearing to be ejected from the hub. This apparently occured on impact. The ambulance was transporting a patient at the time traveling at reasonable speed. Another motorist entered the path of travel of the ambulance. Tfc officer(I) some background in the automotive repair area and feel that the spindle nut should not have came off.
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 ford e-350. The vehicle caught fire while it was parked. The vehicle had not been driven in approximately two weeks before the fire occurred. A police report was filed. The fire department extinguished the fire and stated that it originated under the hood. The vehicle is currently parked in the contact's driveway. Through research, he discovered a recall for that year, make, and model vehicle for the same vehicle speed control failure.
Front left tire wearing on shoulder quicker than expected. Upon inspection, found tire tread separating causing premature tire wear. Also found right inner duel tire with low tire pressure, after removing tire, found air had leaked into inner sidewall which caused a bubble which rubbed against chassis causing it to blow out. Recall hearing loud noise at right rear of vehicle on last trip in november 2009 but could not locate source of noise until inspection of tire.