Any others have factory wheels crack?

Swampfox · Jan 25, 2015

I tried searching and didn't come up with a whole lot of info. A good friend of mine has a 2008 F-250 King Ranch with the factory 20" wheels and 3 out of 4 are cracked. He's tried talking to ford and they will not do anything to help with the issue. Has anyone else had these king ranch 20's crack or is this an isolated issue? He bought the truck used and one would never know how it was driven before or possibly abused. Any input is appreciated.

RedRice589 · Jan 25, 2015

A friend of mine has had the same thing happen. Idk how either. It's been a recurring problem. Hehad 2 crack and they offered no help after the two. He bought forces

MrOneEyedBoh · Jan 25, 2015

Wonder why? Where did they crack at? Does he tow?

Tom@BigTimeKustomz · Jan 25, 2015

My stock wheels are pitting and stained already after a year and a half. Never heard of wheels cracking. Has he tried calling Ford's customer service and see what they say?

MrOneEyedBoh · Jan 25, 2015

I know the 06 (/I think )Harley 20s were cracking. Other than that, I haven't heard of the new ones doing that...

RedRice589 · Jan 25, 2015

My buddy has a KR with 20's everybody loves and he towed a flats boat like twice

Swampfox · Jan 25, 2015

MrOneEyedBoh said:
Wonder why? Where did they crack at? Does he tow?

He tows a single axle enclosed trailer I think sometimes and a pontoon boat. They cracked closer to the outside edge or face of the wheel. He said the only thing that saved him was the tpms light came on and he pulled over to see what was going on and saw that it cracked and lost air. The roads around here aren't terrible but regardless it shouldn't crack like it did.

MrOneEyedBoh · Jan 25, 2015

Yeah unless he banged a good pothole

SledDogg · Jan 25, 2015

I cracked all four of my 06' Harley Davidson rims over a 2 week period. We need to get NHTSB involved. Then a class action lawsuit.

fine69 · Jan 25, 2015

SledDogg said:
I cracked all four of my 06' Harley Davidson rims over a 2 week period. We need to get NHTSB involved. Then a class action lawsuit.

Damn! That's a bad crack!!

Swampfox · Jan 25, 2015

SledDogg said:
I cracked all four of my 06' Harley Davidson rims over a 2 week period. We need to get NHTSB involved. Then a class action lawsuit.

That's how his looks too.

sootie · Jan 26, 2015

I cracked two of four on my old 08. It rarely saw the pavement for the first two years/80k of its life. Both were hairline fractures on the inside lip.

Don't really blame them as it was terribly abused. to give you an idea-all the skid plates underneath were bowed up from being smashed with clay and rocks.

MrOneEyedBoh · Jan 26, 2015

Damn but still. I can't believe OEMs crack like that.

drunk on diesel · Jan 26, 2015

I have an 05-07 20 that looks just like that. I also have a buddy who has one that's cracked the same.

I'm not worried about mine as I don't subject my trucks to that kind of impact

SledDogg · Jan 27, 2015

Ever heard of GM or Dodge rims cracking across the board? Nope, ****ty design. I'm contacting the NHTSB, its a safety risk. I had my wife and two of my kids in truck, 10,800 lbs 5 th wheel and was about to cross Mackinaw Bridge day after Thanksgiving when I found first rim cracked in two places. Alcoa rims never cracked.

drunk on diesel · Jan 27, 2015

the 2nd gen Dodge alloys were fairly well known for cracking... far more so than the 20" Fords IMO

MrOneEyedBoh · Jan 27, 2015

Damn.

Swampfox · Jan 31, 2015

SledDogg said:
Ever heard of GM or Dodge rims cracking across the board? Nope, ****ty design. I'm contacting the NHTSB, its a safety risk. I had my wife and two of my kids in truck, 10,800 lbs 5 th wheel and was about to cross Mackinaw Bridge day after Thanksgiving when I found first rim cracked in two places. Alcoa rims never cracked.

Let me know what you come up with and I'll get with him about his.