1997 Ford E-350 tires problems
25 complaints about tires have been filed for the 1997 Ford E-350, which is 26% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 25 26% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 6 injuries.
What owners wrote
Consumer has a 1997, ford, e350 van. The original tires with 27,700 miles. Tire size lt225/75r16 DOT# unknown. Rear passenger firestone steeltex tire tread separated going 65MPH. Vehicle turned 180 degrees & hit the guardrail front & rear, and was totalled. Firestone will be contacted. *slc
Tl* the contact owns a 1997 ford e-350 equipped with cooper adventure ht tires (n/a), size 265/75/16r. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the tire tread separated on the rear driver side tire. The failure had occurred previously with four other tires, which had been replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The tire failure mileage was approximately 15,000. The vehicle failure mileage was 76,000. The VIN was not available. The tire #8 went bad.
Other problems reported for the 1997 Ford E-350
- Brakes 19 complaints