Ford F-350 Complaints (2000)

461 consumer complaints on file.

#10183942March 1, 2007
WHEELS:RIM
TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-350, AND STATED THAT THE TWO FRONT RIMS CRACKED TO THE POINT THAT THEY WON'T HOLD ANY AIR. THERE WEREN'T ANY DENTS, AND HE HAD NOT DRIVEN OVER A CURB OR HIT ANY POTHOLES THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE RIMS TO CRACK. THE CONTACT COULD PROVIDE PICTURES IF NEEDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119000, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122000 MILES.*AK UPDATED 03/30/07. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183337February 23, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING MY FORD F350 SD, THE ENGINE WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT NOTICE. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I LOOSE ALL POWER FUNCTIONS SUCH AS BRAKES AND STEERING. IF I AM LUCKY, I CAN GET THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTART ON THE MOVE. IT IS MUCH MORE SERIOUS THOUGH WHEN I AM IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10175728December 10, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING MY CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ON MY 2000 FORD F-350 W/7.3 DIESEL FAILED, LEAVING ME STRANDED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC! AFTER HAVING IT TOWED HOME IT TOOK ME THREE DAYS TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM, AND THEN COST ME $162.36 FOR A NEW SENSOR! I WILL KEEP THE OLD PART IN CASE YOU WANT IT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10174930December 1, 2006
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, A VIBRATION COULD BE FELT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE TREAD FALLING OFF THE TIRES ON TWO OCCASIONS SEVERELY DAMAGING THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO ABNORMAL BULGING ON THE TIRES. THE CONTACT PROVIDED REGULAR SERVICE TO THE TIRES AS WELL AS KEEPING UP WITH THE RECOMMENDED TIRE PRESSURE OF 80 PSI. THE TIRE HAD NOT YET BEEN EXAMINED. THE TIRE WAS A COOPER DOMINATOR SPORT A/T. SIZE: LT265/7516. UPDATED 12/28/06. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10169096November 9, 2006
TIRES
2000 FORD F-350 TIRE BLEWOUT CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE RIGHT FENDER AND MIRROR. *KB THE VEHICLE'S RIGHT FENDER, RIGHT MIRROR, BOTTOM RIGHT DOOR, WHEEL AND RIGHT SIDE RUNNING BOARD WERE DAMAGED. *NM *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10171140October 17, 2006
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I HAD A SERIOUS TIRE FAILURE. THE INTERNAL STEEL BELTS SEPARATED CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFORM. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT, ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY SCARY. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S II. IT WAS ON MY 2000 FORD F350 TRUCK. I ONLY HAVE 24,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. I AM NOW WORRIED THE OTHER TIRES MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. IS THERE ANY RECALL ON THIS MODEL OF TIRE? *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10169004September 22, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THIRD TIME REPLACING CPS/CMP (CAMSHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR) ON MY 2000 FORD SUPER DUTY 7.3L POWERSTROKE DIESEL. TRUCK DIES AND WILL NOT RUN BEYOND ABOUT 30 SECONDS UNTIL THIS SENSOR IS REPLACED. FIRST FAILURE WAS WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY IN MY LARGE TRUCK AND IT DIES, NO POWER TO STEERING OR BRAKES. SCARED MY FAMILY, THANK GOD NO ACCIDENT THOUGH. I CARRY A SPARE CPS BUT HAVE GIVEN 2 AWAY TO FRIENDS WHEN THEIRS WENT OUT. THIS PART IS A LONG KNOWN PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO THE DANGER OF A 7,800 LB TRUCK GOING DEAD W/O WARNING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10165320August 12, 2006
SUSPENSION, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AVER 50 YEARS, HAVE HAD MANY BLOWOUT/FLATS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM CONTROLLING A VEHICLE, YESTERDAY HAD A FRONT TIRE DEVELOP A SMALL SEPARATION AND AT 45 MPH COULD NOT CONTROL MY 2000 FORD F350 IN ONE LANE. HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE AND IT SEEM THAT SENSE I STOPPED REPAIRING VEHICLES THEY HAVE REDESIGNED FRONT END\STEERING SYSTEMS AND FROM WHAT I FOUND OUT IT IS NO WONDER THAT AT 60 MPH+ ANYTHING HAPPENS TO A FRONT TIRE---- WE MAY HAVE A WRECK. I CAN NOT HELP BUT FEEL THESE DESIGNS HAVE LED TO A LOT OF ROLL OVER'S AND BAD ACCIDENTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163531July 26, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2000 FORD F350 V10 SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162855July 19, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE STALLED DURING VERY INOPPORTUNE TIMES WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING. FUEL HAS BEEN RULED OUT, A FULL SYSTEMS CHECK WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEALER, WITH NO ERROR CODES OR OTHER PROBLEMS NOTED. WHEN THE ENGINE BEGINS TO STALL, IT GOES THROUGH A PERIOD OF STUTTERING (<1 MIN) THEN STALLS COMPLETELY. YOU CAN WAIT FOR APPROX. 2-7 MINUTES AND THEN ENGINE WILL START AND OPERATE FOR A PERIOD OF <5 MINS, BEFORE AGAIN STALLING. DURING THIS SECOND EVENT, THE TRUCK NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER SERVICING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161747July 7, 2006
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD OF THE VEHICLE'S FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE ITSELF WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH ON A DRY AND FLAT COUNTY ROAD. THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED HOWEVER THE STEEL BELTS NEVER SEPARATED. THERE WAS NO VIBRATION NOTICED OR ABNORMAL BULGING TO THE TIRE PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE ROTATED REGULARLY AND CHECKED FOR CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160196June 19, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
DRIVING AT RATE OF 40 MPH WHEN I HAD TO SUDDENLY STOP FROM HITTING ANIMAL ON THE ROAD. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHEN PEDAL WAS SUDDENLY PRESSED. BRAKE LINE WAS BUSTED ON DRIVERS SIDE UNDERNEATH THE CLIP HOLDING BRAKE LINE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159676June 13, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
3 CAM POSITION SENSOR FAILURES WITHIN APPROXIMATELY THE LAST 14 MONTHS. STEERING AND BRAKING ARE DIFFICULT AT BEST WHEN THE SUDDEN SHUTDOWN OF THE VEHICLE OCCURS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10158739June 1, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
THE ENGINE WOULD JUST DIE EVEN WHILE DRIVING. THE CAMSHAFT POSTION SENSOR WAS BAD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154637April 5, 2006
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE AT ANY TIME THE VEHICLE STEERING LOCKS UP (THE PUMP DOES NOT SUPPORT THE PRESSURE FOR THE BRAKES AND STEERING). AFTER CONTACTING SEVERAL MECHANICS THIS IS A FORD DIESEL COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE HAS NOT YET TO BE A CORRECT FIX. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153886March 28, 2006
STRUCTURE:BODY
ON DEC 20TH, 2005 I WAS DRIVING ON I-35 AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN I STARTED HEARING MULTIPLE POPPING SOUNDS ON THE FRONT OF THE ROOF OF MY FORD F-350 XLT LARIAT LE. A FRIEND WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME AND HE FIGURED OUT WHAT THE SOUND WAS WE PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND HE WAS RIGHT. THE WINDSHIELD VISOR MOUNT WHICH WAS FACTORY INSTALLED AND SPOT WELDED TO THE VEHICLE AT THE KENTUCKY FORD FACTORY, HAD CAME LOOSE FROM THE VEHICLE. AFTER THIS INCIDENT I TOOK IT TO A BODY SHOP TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND THEY STATED THAT THE SPOT WELDS THE FACTORY DID AT THE TIME OF THE BUILDING OF THE TRUCK DID NOT HAVE A HIGH ENOUGH HEAT SETTING TO MAKE A GOOD FUSION OF THE METAL FOR A PROPER WELD. I'VE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO 2 FORD DEALERS AND WAS TOLD BY BOTH THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED DUE TO THE TRUCKS FACTORY WARRANTY OF 3 YEAR 36,000 MILES BEING OVER. THERE ARE 4 FACTORY HOLES IN THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK THAT ARE UNCOVERED DUE TO THE FACTORY VISOR NOT BEING IN PLACE WHICH ALLOWS RAIN AND WEATHER TO ENTER THE TRUCK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153493March 23, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
2000 FORD F350 7.3 THE TRUCK KEPT STALLING AND STOPPING IN TRAFFIC. HAD THE CODES CHECKED AND NOTHING SHOWED ON THE SCANNER, I WAS TOLD I HAD BAD FUEL. DRAINED THE TANK, CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER,PUT IN NEW FUEL FROM A DIFFERENT STATION AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN STOPPED AGAIN IN THE ROAD AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER IN JOHNSTOWN THIS TIME. THE DEALER SAID THE CAM SENSOR WAS BAD AND FOR $ 680.00 THE PROBLEM WOULD BE REPAIRED. HAD THEM MAKE THE REPAIRS AND WHEN WE PICKED IT UP THE SERVICE WRITER SAID THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. TALKED WITH SEVERAL OWNER OF THE DIESEL TRUCKS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT HAPPENS SO OFTEN THAT THEY KEEP A SPARE IN THE GLOVE BOX THAT IT ONLY TAKES 15 MIN TO CHANGE. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS ON A STATE RT AT RUSH HOUR WITH A SEMI PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ME,HE SEEN THAT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE AND DID NOT CONTINUE. I WAS LUCKY THAT DAY. THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL WITH A SHARP LEFT CURVE AT THE BOTTOM, JUST AS I GOT TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO USE MY BRAKES THE ENGINE STALLED, I MADE THE TURN BUT HAD TO DRIVE ON THE BERM AND IN THE DITCH TO DO SO. AGAIN WE RAN THE CODES AND NOTHING SHOWED. ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCANNING THE CODES IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF ST RT 13 . THAT IS WHEN IT WENT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. WHY KEEP MAKING THE SAME BAD SENSOR AND WHY DOES IT NOT SHOW UP WHEN YOUR RUN THE CODES? *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152298March 9, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
I HAVE AN F350 DIESEL YEAR IS 2000. IN 2003 I HAD ENGINE-SENSOR FAILURE. FORD SAID IT WAS THE CAM SENSOR AND CHARGED APPROX. $400 TO REPAIR. THIS STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN IN FEB. 2006. I HAD PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP REPLACE CAMS, STILL STALLS,TOOK TRUCK TO FORD REPAIR, REPLACED GLOWPLUGS AND CHARGED SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS, STILL HAVING TROUBLE. SEEMS TO BE WORSE IN MORNING AFTER NON USE FOR 12 HOURS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149971February 10, 2006
STEERING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED SINCE PURCHASE THE VEHICLE HAS A SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END PASSENGER SIDE. THIS OCCURS AT 35-45 MPH, WHEN THE TIRES HAVE AT LEAST 10,000 MILES WORTH OF WEAR. THE TIRE BRAND HAS BEEN CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE TYPE OF TIRE DOES NOT AFFECT THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A DEALERSHIP OR MECHANIC, BUT THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIE ROD END TWICE, CENTER LINK, AND SPINDLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THESE EFFORTS HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149511February 6, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
FRONT BRAKES, FADE AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE; THERE ARE FLOAT PINS WHICH KEEP THE CALIPERS CENTERED OVER THE ROTORS . THEY HAVE SEIZED UP. THE VEHICLE BREAKING WAS BECOMING SLUGGISH. REPEATED INSPECTION OF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS INDICATED THEIR CONDITION TO BE GOOD. EVENTUALLY I DECIDED TO ORDER NEW CALIPERS WITH PADS. THESE UNITS CAME WITH 'NEW FLOAT PINS'. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE MY CALIPERS WERE GOOD BUT THEY WERE LOCKED IN POSITION BECAUSE OF THE SEIZED FLOAT PINS. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PRESSURE WAS TO THE INSIDE PAD ONLY GREATLY LENGTHENING THE STOPPING DISTANCE. AS THE PROBLEM CAME ON GRADUALLY I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW POOR THE BRAKING HAD BECOME UNTIL I REBUILT THE SYSTEM. THE PINS WHICH NEED TO SLIDE FOR PROPER BRAKING HAVE LITTLE RUBBER BOOTS TO KEEP OUT ROAD DEBRIS AND WATER. THESE BOOTS WERE NOT SEATED ON THE GROVE ON THE ORIGINAL CALIPER BODY. AS THE SYMPTOMS COME ON GRADUALLY THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES OUT THERE WITH SEVERELY DEGRADING BRAKE PERFORMANCE. CURIOUSLY THE REPLACEMENT CALIPERS HAD A BAG OF SPARE PARTS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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