Ford F-250 Complaints (2003)

294 consumer complaints on file.

#10032185September 15, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE CONSUMER STATED NO MATTER HOW FAST THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED THE PEDAL AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED TERRIBLY. PIONEER FORD HAD BEEN INFORMED, BUT STATED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE MACHINED, AND WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.*AK *PH *JB
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0
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#10037382September 7, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DRIVING 70MPH TRUCK DIES . ENGINE HAS LESS THAN 10000 MILES . FREQUENTLY PULL 8000 LB TRAILER,BOAT AND OTHER EQUIPMENT . SERIOS CONCERNS ABOUT LOSING POWER BAKES AND POWER STEERING WITH ENGINE DYING.DEALER HAS CHANGED ICP SENSOR TWICE IN A 300 MILE SPAN.HAVE READ ABOUT THIS BEEING A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE NEW 6.0 POWERSTROKE ENGINE.*AK
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No
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0
Deaths:
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#10031552September 2, 2003
WHEELS:RIM, TIRES
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING NOTICED VIBRATION. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN CHANGED RIM, BUT TIRES STILL HAVE PROBLEMS.*AK TECHNICIAN PUT FOUR MICHELIN TIRE ON THE VEHICLE. VIBRATION CONTINUED TO EXIST. CONSUMER DON'T THINK ITS THE TIRES, SHE BELIEVES IT'S SOMETHING MAJOR LIKE THE DRIVESHAFT. *PH
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0
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#10033337August 22, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
WE PURCHASED A 2003 F250 SUPER DUTY 6.0 DIESEL WITH 15,000 MILES ON IT ON FRIDAY. WE LEFT FOR VACATION ON SATURDAY TRAVELING 10 HOURS AWAY TO TENNESSEE.TRUCK WAS GREAT AT FIRST. TOWED OUR CAMPER FINE. BUT THEN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING WE WERE SIGHT SEEING ON SOME TWISTY WINDING ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE WHEN IT SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING! I WAS ON A STEEP INCLINE WITH 5 TEENAGERS IN THE VEHICLE. NO POWER STEERING! GOT IT STARTED ON GOT TO A PULL OFF A FEW FEET UP THE ROAD WHEN IT STALLED AGAIN. LUCKILY, FAMILY MEMBERS WHERE IN FRONT OF ME AND CAME BACK TO HELP. WE CALLED ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE. THEY CAME AND HOUR AND A HALF LATER AND TOWED THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER ABOUT 45 MINUTES AWAY. THURSDAY I CALLED THEM, SORRY, DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT YET. WE WERE TO START HEADING HOME THURSDAY! FRIDAY A.M. PACKED UP CAMPER AND HAD FAMILY MEMBER PULL IT TO THE FORD DEALER. JUST GOT TO LOOK AT IT AT LUNCH TIME. FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD A HISTORY OF INJECTOR PROBLEMS WITH THE DIESEL GETTING IN THE OIL. HAD BEEN WORKED ON A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE FOR SIMILAR CONDITION. DECIDED THAT WE COULD HAVE FORD CHANGE THE OIL AT $115.00 AND HEAD HOME. STOPPED HALF WAY HOME AND HAD OIL CHANGED AGAIN $74.00. FORD DEALER HAD THE TRUCK FROM 9-10 DAYS. REPLACED 8 FUEL INJECTORS. PICKED IT UP LAST NIGHT DROVE ABOUT 60 MILES AND TODAY DURING ACCELERATION MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE LIKE SOMETHING BLEW UP UNDER PRESSURE. HAD MINIMAL ACCELERATION. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS BEHIND US! GOT IT HOME AND PARKED IT IN THE BACK YARD. CALLING ROLL BACK TOMORROW. HAVEN'T EVEN MADE MY FIRST PAYMENT YET!!!!! WISH I HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH BEFORE BUYING THIS VEHICLE WITH THE 6.0 AND ALL OF IT'S PROBLEMS THAT I AM FINDING ABOUT NOW!!!!!*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033080August 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM 4TH GEAR TO FIRST GEAR WHILE ASENDING A MODERATE GRADE. VEHICLE WAS TOWING A FLATBED TRAILER WITH 7000 LBS OF BLOCK. WHEN VEHICLE UNEXPECTED SHIFTED INTO FIRST THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN A JACKKNIFE.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032600August 11, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
PURCHASED A 2003 F250 SUPER DUTY 6.0 L DIESEL IN APRIL 2003. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES IN WHICH FUEL INJECTORS WERE REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY FIXES FOR THE ROUGH IDLE, LOSS OF POWER, OCCASIONAL ACCELERATION (FOR NO REASON). OUR TRUCK IS USED ON A RANCH. WE ARE OFTEN HAULING HORSE, PULLING WATER TANKS OVER A WIDE VARIETY OF TERRAIN. THE PROBLEMS ARE BECOMING LIFE THREATENING TO MY HUSBAND AS WELL AS OUR LIVESTOCK. WE DEPEND ON THIS TRUCK FOR OUR LIVELIHOOD. REGARDLESS OF HOW BAD IT RUNS WE CAN NOT LET IT SIT IN THE SHOP- CATTLE WILL STARVE. COMPLAINED TO THE FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS, THEY HAD THE REGIONAL REP CALL, SHE ASK IF WE WOULD ACCEPT A GOODWILL $ IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MONTH PAYMENT AND SAID WE COULD EXPECT A FIX JULY 31,2003. I TOLD HER I WOULD ACCEPT $ AS LONG AS SHE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS NOT SHUT UP $ AND THE TRUCK WOULD BE FIXED. SHE SAID IT WAS $ TO COMPENSATE FOR SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED IN TIME LOST. THE DEALER STILL HAS NO NEW INFORMATION TO FIX THE TRUCK BUT TOLD US TO BRING IT BACK IN AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN. IN THE MEAN TIME I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH FORD REGIONAL REP, ANDRE CHIDDER(NOT SURE ABOUT THE SPELLING) NO LUCK, FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS SAID THEY COULD NOT CONTACT HER AGAIN ON MY BEHALF BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE THAT ONCE AND CAN;T REOPEN MY CASE. (NO ONE TOLD ME MY CASE WAS CLOSED) I FOUND A NUMBER FOR HER IN THE INTERNET AND WILL TRY AGAIN. THIS TRUCK IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED ...NOW FAILURE ARE DAILY, DATES VARY SINCE PURCHASE DATE. *NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032526August 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
MY TRUCK IS A 2003 FORD F250 WITH THE 6.0 DIESEL AND A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM IS IN STARTING OUT FROM A DEAD STOP. THE TRUCK IS SO SLUGGISH I HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT IN CROSSROADS MANY TIMES!!!! YOU DON'T KNOW FROM TIME TO TIME IF YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO PULL OUT!!!!!!! THERE ARE DAYS I COULD PUSH IT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION FASTER THAN I WILL MOVE UNDER IT'S OWN POWER. ALSO WHEN PULLING MY CAMPER THERE WAS 2 OCCASIONS WHERE I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOW TO START THE LOAD UP AN EXIT RAMP AND THEN STOP AT THE TOP TO TAKE IT OUT OF LOW RANGE TO GAIN SPEED THUS HINDERING TRAFFIC!!! PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS! THERE ARE MANY NAMES I CAN GIVE YOU FROM FOLKS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ALL HAVE THE 6.0 DIESEL. *NLM
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No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032305August 6, 2003
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAN CLUTCH FAILED. DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS AND REPLACED THE FAN CLUTCH. THE SAME DAY FAN CLUTCH BROKE AGAIN. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030641August 2, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
NEW 2003 F-250 6.0 DIESEL FORD WITH 412 MILES JUST LOST POWER ON THE FREEWAY AT 70MPH...VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH NO STEERING OR POWER BRAKES...FROM ALL THE WEBS SITE ABOUT THESE TRUCK I CAN SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM...ACT NOW BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED DRIVING THIS TRUCK...*AK
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10030208July 28, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030197July 25, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. LIGHT ON PANEL CAME UP, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE SHOP A TOTAL OF FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEMS STILL REMAINED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026639July 7, 2003
TIRES
THE VEHICLE SHAKES REALLY BADLY WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THAT TIRES WERE OUTSIDE THE ROAD FORCE SPECIFICATIONS. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019652June 26, 2003
WHEELS
THE WHEELS WERE SOFT AND BENT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, DUE TO A DEFECT, THE VEHICLE HAD 3 SEPARATE SETS OF TIRES AND EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. *JB *CB *JB
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No
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0
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#10021940May 30, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL. IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
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No
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0
Deaths:
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#10021547May 27, 2003
TIRES:SIDEWALL, TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
TIRES ARE BUBBLING ON THE SIDEWALL. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
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0
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0
#10020563May 27, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
I PURCHASED A 2003 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY CREW CAB WITH 6.0 DIESEL IN LATE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN OREGON. I PULLED INTO THE FORD HOUSE IN COOS BAY ON SATURDAY. THEY COULDN'T WORK ON IT UNTIL MONDAY. TUESDAY THEY SAID IT WAS AN INJECTOR SEAL PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY DRAINED 28 QUARTS OF FLUID FROM THE CRANKCASE, WHICH HAD A 15 QT CAPACITY. THE REST, THEY SAID, WAS DIESEL BLOW-BY. THEY REPLACED 3 SENSORS AND 1 INJECTOR AND INSTALLED A NEW COMPUTER UPDATE. WE PICKED UP THE TRUCK AND LEFT TOWN THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY. ON THE WAY OUT OF TOWN THE TURBO INTAKE HOSE BLEW OFF. WE RETURNED AND HAD IT FIXED. SEVERAL DAYS LATER WE WERE IN TEXAS WHEN THE TURBO EXHAUST HOSE BLEW OFF. THAT, TOO WAS REPAIRED. AT HOME, THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND THE FUEL MILEAGE DROPPED FROM 20 MPG TO 13 MPG. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED 2 OTHER INJECTORS AND INSTALLED ANOTHER COMPUTER UPDATE. THIS PAST WEEK THE TRUCK WAS AGAIN RUNNING ROUGH AND THE FUEL MILEAGE WAS DOWN. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY REPLACED A SENSOR AND INSTALLED YET ANOTHER DOWNLOAD. THIS IS NOT WHAT I BARGAINED FOR WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK. *TT
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10018844May 17, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
AT HIGH ALTITUDES THE 6.0 LITER DIESEL WILL NEED 15-20 MINUTES TO WARM UP BEFORE IT WILL GO ANYWHERE. IF I TRY TO DRIVE TRUCK BEFORE THAT, IT WILL SPIT SPUTTER AND DIE. I HOPE I AM NEVER IN A HURRY OR HAVE AN EMERGENCY. TEMPERATURE DOES NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THIS, IT HAPPENS DAILY NO MATTER WHAT TEMP IS. NO FATALITIES YET, I WORK CONSTRUCTION, IF SOMEONE ON MY JOB GETS HURT THEY MAY DIE WAITING FOR TRUCK TO WARM UP. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018599May 13, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
2003 6.0 DIESEL ON COLD STARTS THE VEHICLE DISCHARGES BLACK AND BLUE SMOKE FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR SURGING PROBLEMS AND ROUGH RUNNING, THE IPC SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND STILL HAVE VARIOUS ROUGH RUNNING AND SLIGHT SURGING PROBLEMS, DEALER IS NOW SAYING THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS STATED THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND ACCEPTABLE FOR THE ALL NEW BEST IN CLASS DIESEL. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10016885May 1, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
I BOUGHT A 2003 F-250 6.0 DIESEL. THIS IS A NEW ENGINE THIS YEAR, I OHAVE HAD THE TRUCK ONLY 5 DAYS BEFORE THE MOTOR STARTS SHAKING A 50 MPH AND WHILE IM AT A STOP LIGHT IT SHAKES VERY BAD W/ NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND ITS BEEN THERE LONGER THEN IVE OWNED THE TRUCK FOR.. I ALSO PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL WHEN I NOTICED THE TRUCK DID NOT MOVE, AND 1 SEC AFTER I LET GO OF THE GAS PEDAL THE TRUCK TOOK OFF BY ITS SELF... WHATS GOING ON W? THIS TRUCK???THIS TRUCK SHOULD BE STOPPED FROM BEING SOLD AND CAUSING THE OWNERS W/ HEART ACHES..
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0
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0
#10016267April 21, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2003 F250 FORD WILL MOVE FORWARD WHEN YOU START THE ENGINE AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS IN PARK. IT DOES NOT DO THIS EVERY TIME BUT IT HAS DONE IT AROUND TEN TIMES SINCE WE PURCHASED IT. THE TRUCK WILL MOVE FORWARD , SOMETIMES ABOUT FOUR TO SIX INCHES. THERE IS NO WAY OF TELLING WHEN IT WILL DO THIS. I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID FORD TOLD THEM THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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