Ford F-250 Complaints (2004)

408 consumer complaints on file.

#10080060July 26, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES WHILE GOING 55 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE STALLED ONCE WHILE BEING DRIVEN AT 30 MPH WITH THE OVERDRIVE TURNED OFF. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE ON FOUR OCCASIONS, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. *AK *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083767July 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FORD F250 ENGINE STOPPED AND VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES.*MR WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STEEP HILL WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET THE VEHICLE STALLED WHICH RESULTED IN NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. THE DRIVER MANAGED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WITH THE SERVICE DEPT WAS CLOSED. THE CONSUMER SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO INDICATED THAT IF THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WASN'T STILL ILLUMINATED THAT THEY COULDN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. TWELVE DAYS LATER THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME TYPE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND LEFT THERE FROM 11 AM TO 5:30 PM. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM ALTHOUGH THEY DID PERFORM VARIOUS OTHER UPDATES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO WAS ALSO UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSED. THE TECHNICIAN CALL FORD TECH SERVICE WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT CURRENTLY HAD NO SOLUTION OR TIMER FRAME FOR RESOLVING THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING HIS MONEY BACK SINCE THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER CAN PROVIDE A SOLUTION IN A TIMELY MANNER. *NM SEE ODI 10067096 ALSO. *DSY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083518July 22, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT TRYING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082357July 21, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
BOUGHT 2004 F250 CREW KING RANCH DIESEL IN JAN. 04. VEHICLE IDLES DOWN AND DIES WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED LIMIT. WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AT INTERSECTIONS OR STOP LIGHTS VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON IT'S OWN. WHILE ACCELERATING VEHICLE WILL DIE, THEN RESTART AND LUNGE FORWARD WITH ACCELERATION. HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE. FORD MOTOR HAS BEEN UNCOOPERATIVE TO ANY OF MY CALLS TO CONSUMER RELATIONS. DEALERSHIP IS DOING THEIR BEST, FORD WILL NOT ADMIT PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE AND SYSTEM. TRUCK HAS BEEN WITH DEALER 2 WEEKS WITHOUT RESOLVE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081091July 14, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD WITH NO PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL. WHILE STOPPED VEHICLE JUMPER FORWARD THEN STALLED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE WITHOUT ERROR CODE AND RETURNED VEHICLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 AND 1200 RPMS VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO LURCH AND STALL WEEKLY. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AT DEALERSHIP. AFTER DEALERSHIP DROVE VEHICLE OVER 100 MILES THEY THINK ITS THE WIRING HARNESS AND ADVISED TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THEY HAD NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SUCH INCIDENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081412July 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079258July 4, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
SUDDEN AND COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE (FOLLOWED BY REDUCED STEERING AND BRAKING). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079867June 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE HAS SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING FOUR TIMES. *MR THE FUSES AND PARKING LIGHTS WERE REPLACED. THE THEFT ALARM WAS DISABLED. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075923June 8, 2004
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY WILL REPAIR THE GLASS, BUT WILL NOT REPAIR THE BODY DAMAGE WHICH WAS CAUSED FROM THE EXPLODING GLASS. CONSUMER WANTED TO SEND PHOTO COPIES TO SUPPORT THE CASE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074959June 7, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
2004 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY KING RANCH. AFTER REFLASH TO REPAIR AN IDLE PROBLEM TRUCK DEVELOPED THREE VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. 1. CRUISE STALLED - GOING DOWN HILL AT APPROX 55-58 THE TRUCK WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING. NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. REPRODUCABLE ON DEMAND. 2. DOWNSHIFT LOCKUP - TRUCK WILL LOCKUP REAR TIRES IN EXCESS OF 30 FEET IF TOW/HAUL MODE IS USED. ON FIRST OCCASION IT ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY, CAME WITHIN INCHES OF A HEAD ON WITH A LARGE DUMP TRUCK WHILE TOWING A BOAT. REPRODUCABLE ON DEMAND. 3. COAST STALL. INTERMITTENTLY STALLS USUALLY AT OFF RAMPS AFTER CRUISE HAS BEEN RELEASED. EXTREMLY DANGEROUS TO TAKE OFFRAMPS IN SUCH A LARGE VEHILCE WITH NO POWER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064675May 20, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
THE CONSUMER OWNED A NEW 2004 FORD, F250 WITH A 6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. ON MARCH 7, 2004 WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE VEHICLE LOST PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE FUEL INJECTORS MALFUNCTIONED. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ANOTHER FUEL INJECTOR FAILED, WHICH CAUSED WATER TO LEAK ONTO ONE OF THE PISTONS, THEREFORE THE ENGINE WAS BURNING WATER. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072497May 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
NEW FORD F-250 WITH ONLY 80 MILES STOPPED SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WITH THE DEALER FOR A WEEK AND IT HASN'T BEEN REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067096May 11, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHEN ENGAGED IN CRUISE CONTROL ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAILED. *AK CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 35 MPH. THEN WHEN VEHICLE WAS RUNNING DOWNHILL, CONSUMER ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO INCREASED SPEED UP TO 40 MPH; HOWEVER, AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED WHICH ALSO LED TO THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. ANOTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 52 MPH IN A HAIRPIN CURVE. *LA SEE ODI 10083767 ALSO. *DSY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061625May 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED POWER SURGES WITH NO LOAD IN THE TRAILER. THIS WOULD OCCUR ON LESS OF AN INCLINE WITH A STRONGER SURGE. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AND WOULD GO TO BASE IDLE WHICH OCCURED OFTEN BUT NOT ALWAYS BEFORE THE POWER SURGE. THE "GLOW LIGHT" AND FUEL LIGHT WOULD COME ON. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067373April 19, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
6.DIESEL ENGINE SHUT DOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065964April 12, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ENGINE SHUTS-OFF WHILE DRIVING. ON THREE SEPARATE INSTANCES, ENGINE SHUT-OFF FOR 1~2 SECONDS WHILE DRIVING, THEN RESTARTED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING, BUT LOST ALL ACCELRATION ABILITY. REGARDLESS OF HOW HARD ACCELARATOR WAS DEPRESSED, TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065246March 30, 2004
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WANDERED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, AND HAD ALMOST HIT A GUARD RAIL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT VEHICLE 0WAS IN NORMAL OPERATION. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A VEHICLE SPECIALIST, WHO MADE A MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE STEERING SYSTEM, BUT SUGGESTED THAT VEHICLE WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063350March 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE REAR MAIN SEAL, BUT OIL CONTINUED TO LEAK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063059March 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061079March 1, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHEN TURNING ON THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEATER STRONG DIESEL FUMES ENTER THE PASSENGER CABIN. DEALER WILL REPLACE THE FLEX PIPE ON THE BACK OF THE ENGINE FROM THE MANIFOLD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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