Ownership Cost for 2000 Ford Econoline Cargo E-250
Estimated: $39993 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1153
$554
$484
$438
$392
$3021
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$2516
$2592
$2682
$2790
$2915
$13495
Maintenance
$2763
$2061
$982
$619
$2291
$8716
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$352
$352
$352
$352
$352
$522
Total Ownership Costs
$9213
$7886
$7052
$6906
$8936
$39993
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Van
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 5400.0
Displacement CI: 329.52821811155
Displacement L: 5.4
Drive Type: 4x2
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 235
Engine H P_to: 260
Engine KW: 175.2395
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 2G: 8,001 - 9,000 lb (3,629 - 4,082 kg)
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: E-250
Model Year: 2000
Other Engine Info: EFI
Windsor Engine Plant
Plant City: Lorain
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Ohio
Seat Belts All: Manual
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1999
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE
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 OPERATE VEHICLE IF LIGHT FLASH'S, THE LIGHT HAS ALWAYS FLASHED AND WE'RE TOLD DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WE HAVE $46,000 DOLLARS INVESTED IN A VEHICLE THAT HAS SPENT MORE TIME IN THE SHOP,OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD THE VEHICLE ONLY 90 DAYS TOTAL TIME AND EACH TIME WE PICK IT UP ITS LIKE IT HAS NEVER BEEN WORKED ON. VANTAGE WILL NOT ACKNOWLEGE ANY COMUNICATIONS WE'VE SENT AND COACHCRAFT HAS IGNORED OUR PROBLEM.THE LATEST PARTY LINE IS "THE PARTS ARE LOST IN THE MAIL".E
2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BROKEN VALVE SPRING, 2 BENT PISTON RODS, 1 BROKEN PISTON ROD, TWO DAMAGED PISTONS, 2 HEADS REPLACED, GASKETS REPLACED WATER HAS BEEN THE CAUSE BUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS ALWAYS TESTED OK AS WELL AS THE HEADS. *JB