1998 Ford F Series Tires Problems

“I currently have a 1998 Ford f150 4.2l engine that has 65000 miles and am experiencing head gasket failure. Ford moco stats there is no tsp's or recalls reguarding this. I pulled the owners notification 98b33 off your web site. My engine build date is nov 1997 at the essex plant. I am in the army and am stationed in germany. The dealership here quoted me 2500.00 for the estimate. At this time they will not honor the u.s. Esp purchased from the original dealer. I am currently trying to get this resolved. …”

“I have had 3 tire failures due to valve stem failure. All three times we were going down the freeway and had sudden loss of air pressure. This resulted in replacing two tires on 2 vehicles and replacing stems on the remaining 6 tires. Both vehicles had new tires put on about the same time at the same dealer. (april 2007) I understand from consumer report that there is a recall on dill valve stems. I am trying to determine if these stems were part of that recall.”

“I own a 1998 f150 approx. Two and a half years ago I purchased a set of 4 general ameritrac SUV tires from sears, size p225/70 r16 109s. Within a period of one year and a range of 18 to 28 thousand miles, three of the tires have had the tire separate from the steel belts, the last which happened today, almost killed me. Something is wrong with the manufacture of these tires. I do check the pressure on a regular basis,every 2 to 3 weeks. I still have the last two tires that have failed.”