Ford E-250 Complaints

322 consumer complaints on file.

#11322109April 24, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WE PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM GASCAR AUTO IN MIAMI, FLORIDA ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2019. WE DROVE IT BACK TO MINNESOTA. IT TOOK US 4 MONTHS AND OVER 30 PHONE CALLS TO GET THEM TO SEND US THE TITLE-WHICH THEY WROTE DATE OF SALE AS 4/19/2020. WE JUST RAN THE VEHICLES VIN, (THE DEALERSHIP HAD ALSO RAN A CARFAX, BUT NOT DISCLOSED TO US AN ACCIDENT OR THE DISCREPANCY IN MILEAGE) AND DISCOVERED THE ODOMETER HAD BEEN ROLLED BACK TO READ 100,000 LESS MILES THAN WE WERE TOLD WE WERE PURCHASING IT WITH. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE WERE BUYING WHAT WE WERE TOLD WE WERE BUYING ON THE ODOMETER DISCLOSURE FORM, NOT A VEHICLE WITH 100K MORE MILES. HAD WE KNOWN THAT, AND HAD WE KNOWN THE COMPANY WOULD FALSIFY THE DATES ON THE TITLE AND REFUSE TO GIVE IT TO US, WE NEVER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THEY LIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ABOUT SENDING THE TITLE, AND IT TOOK A NOTIFICATION OUR ATTORNEY WAS INVOLVED TO GET THEM TO MAIL IT AFTER 4 MONTHS. IN CONTACTING THE DEALER TODAY, HE TOLD US IT ISNT HIS PROBLEM BECAUSE HE HAD "EXEMPT" WRITTEN ON THE FRONT OF THE TITLE. HOWEVER, HE DID FILL OUT THE ODOMETER DISCLOSURE, HE DID FALSIFY THE DATE OF SALE, AND HE DID SELL US A TITLE THAT HAD APPARENTLY ORIGINALLY BEEN PURCHASED BY HIS DEALERSHIP MORE THAN 1 YEAR PRIOR, THOUGH HE NEVER TRANSFERRED THE TITLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER. I AM INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION OF ALL OF THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320508April 8, 2020
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD E-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL OR WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11318855March 20, 2020
ENGINE
ON NOVEMBER 27, 2019 I WAS DRIVING BACK TO MY OFFICE AFTER COMPLETION OF A CHIMNEY JOB WHEN MY MOTOR WENT WITH ONLY 73,660. I THEN HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED AND THAT'S WHEN MY MECHANIC PULLED THE VALVE COVERS AND DISCOVERED A BROKEN VALVE SPRING THAT HAD CAUSED IT TO DROP THE VALVE INTO THE PISTON WHICH THEN CAUSED THE COOLANT AND OIL TO MIX. IN RETURN, THIS CAUSED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE TO THE ENGINE. AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE WAS PULLED. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED AND BENT THE OIL PAN. UPON CLEANING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET SURFACES HE FOUND THAT DUE TO A POSITIVE CRANKCASE FROM THE VALVE DAMAGING THE PISTON THAT THE INTAKE WAS FULL OF OIL COOLANT MIXTURE AS WELL AS PIECES OF METAL FROM THE PISTON SHATTERING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229981July 8, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STALLS OUT WHEN DRIVING AND HAS NO TURBO BOOST LIKE IT SHOULD. ALSO USES WAY TO MUCH DIESEL BURNS THRU TO FAST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11206077May 7, 2019
STEERING, SUSPENSION
DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND GO OVER A BUMP OR ROUGH PATCH STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. STARTED THIS AT AROUND 20000 MILES DEALERDID A SERVICE AND ALIGNMENT ( CHARGING FOR SOME OF THE PARTS) STARTED AGAIN NOW WITH 48,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS DONE IT 6 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK EVEN WHICH MY 5 WHEEL ATTACHED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS EVENT FOR ANYONE DRIVING A FORD F250
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11185736March 11, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
REAR ABS MODULE FAILED. CAUSING OVER PRESSURIZATION OF FRONT BRAKES RESULTING IN PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE HOSE SEPARATION. SO NO REAR OR FRONT BRAKES! THANK GOD IT HAPPENED NEAR MY DRIVEWAY OTHERWISE PEOPLE COULD DIE. I HAD JUST REENTERED DRIVERS SEAT AND RELEASED PARKING BRAKE AND ENGAGED BRAKE PEDAL WITH 1 FOOT. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY POINTED IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11151284November 13, 2018
ENGINE
NUMBER 2 SPARK BELOW OUT OF THE MOTOR,WHEN DRIVING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11139476October 10, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD E-250. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, A SNAPPING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE INNER BRAKE PAD HAD SEPARATED. THE BRAKE PAD WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE LOCAL DEALER (BASIL FORD, 1540 WALDEN AVE, CHEEKTOWAGA, NY) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11128517September 10, 2018
SEAT BELTS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
POSSIBLE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FIRE IN UNOCCUPIED PARKED VEHICLE. THIS VAN WAS IN BUSINESS PARKING LOT UNOCCUPIED WHEN A VEHICLE FIRE OCCURRED THAT APPEARS TO ORIGINATE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LOCK (PICTURED ATTACHED). THE HOST COMPANY ALSO HAS VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWING THE VEHICLE ON CAMERA WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS TURN FROM CLEAR TO BLACK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11075670March 1, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD E-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRES MELTED ON HIS VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TONY BETTEN & SON'S FORD INC (3839 PLAINFIELD AVE NE IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRE HARNESS AND BLOWER SWITCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11062583January 13, 2018
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ONCE IGNTION WAS TURNED OVER. NO ACCIDENT JUST DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052698December 6, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2017 FORD 250 DIESEL WHETHER TRAVELING OR STOPPED THE RECIRCULATION AIR MODE TURNS OFF AFTER 5 MINUTES AND GOES TO OUTSIDE AIR. THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE WILL CHANGE BY 10 DEGREES IN EXTREME COLD AND HOT WEATHER. THIS NECESSITATES TAKING ONES EYES OFF THE ROAD AND LOOKING DOWN AT THE CONTROLS TO RESET THE RECIRCULATION MODE. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND IS CONTINUALLY OCCURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP ON 12/5/2017 AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THIS IS MORE HAZARDOUS THAN CELL PHONE USAGE AS ONE CAN RAISE THE CELL PHONE TO EYE OR EAR LEVEL TO USE IT. THIS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR THE RECIRCULATION MODE WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS THAT WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO RECKLESS DRIVING OR LOSS OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. THERE IS A SIMPLE FIX TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER HOWEVER FORD WILL NOT DO IT. SO FAR I HAVE AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT, BUT I CAN ASSURE NHTSA ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, AND FATALITIES WILL OCCUR BECAUSE OF THIS. PLEASE FORCE FORD TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11052041December 3, 2017
STEERING
WARNING. SAFETY HAZARD ABOUT DURALAST CENTER LINK PART# DS1287, ALTERNATIVE PART NUMBER:DS6070X. I INSTALLED THIS PART IN 2005 FORD E250 BUT YOU CAN INSTALL THIS PART IN OTHER VEHICLES ALSO. I REPLACE CENTER LINK 1.5 YEARS AGO(07/17/2015). METAL THREAD ON BALL JOINT BROKEN AND MADE CAR UNSTEERABLE. THIS HAPPENED AT PARKING WHEN I TURN WHEELS, IF THIS HAPPEN ON HIGHWAY NOT ON PARKING I WILL BE DEATH NOW.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11033973October 17, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN I AM DRIVING IN MY TRUCK , MANY TIMES , WITH THE WINDOWS UP , I CAN SMELL EXHAUST IN MY CAB . MANY TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY , WHETHER THE WINDOWS ARE UP OR DON , WHEN I ACCELERATE , STRONG FUMES ENTER MY CAB AREA . THIS SITUATION ALWAYS HAPPENS AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN !!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11023428September 14, 2017
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD E-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 50 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE RANDALL REEDS PARK CITIES DEALER IN FORD, DALLAS WAS CONTACTED AT PHONE NUMBER: 214-358-8800, BUT THE DEALER DID NOT RETURN THE CALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,900.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021315September 4, 2017
ENGINE
SPARK PLUG WAS PUSHED OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD BY CYLINDER COMPRESSION RESULTING IN POWER LOSS AND FIRE CONCERN. THESE ARE FACTORY INSTALLED SPARK PLUGS AND HAVE NEVER BEEN SERVICED. THE CONDITION OCCURRED AFTER A 200 MILE TRIP. THIS VEHICLE HAS 95K MILES AND HAS BEEN ROUTINELY SERVICED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11006727July 21, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH IS BROKEN. DOOR WILL NOT REMAIN CLOSED WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. NOW THE LATCH DOES NOT ENGAGE AT ALL SO THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE USED. IT IS A COMPANY MAIL VAN AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10990538May 19, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAN'T SWITCH FROM FRONT AUX. GAS TANK TO REAR MAIN GAS TANK, AND GAS GAUGE NOT FUNCTIONING. VERY SLOW FILLING AND NOTICED GAS COMING OUT OF FILLER SPOUT. THIS VAN IS NEW TO ME AND JUST NOTICED THESE PROBLEMS THIS MONTH MAY 1/2017
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10969874April 1, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER BROKE OFF COIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10969126March 28, 2017
ENGINE
SPARK PLUG EJECTION WITH PLUG PARTS GOING INTO MOTOR AND PUTTING HOLE IN PISTON-THIS IS A WORK VAN-NO WAY TO ECONOMICALLY FIX IT. HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING 25MPH ON CITY STREET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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