Ford F-250 Complaints (2001)

508 consumer complaints on file.

#10038857September 14, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HAS BEGUN TO IDLE AT VERY LOW RPM'S, TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAS TO BE DRIVEN WITH BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL BOTH BEING DEPRESSED TO STOP OR SLOWING DOWN. THE RPM'S HAVE DROPPED TO 400 AT IDLE SPEED. THE VEHICLE WORKS PERFECTLY FINE AT 600 AND ABOVE WITHOUT MISSING OR HESITATION, BUT WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR SLOWING DOWN, AND THE RPM'S DROP BELOW 600, THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF. THE PROBLEM OR POTENTIAL HAZARD IS THAT THE POWER STEERING DISABLES AND BRAKES ARE VERY HARD AND THIS BEING A VERY BIG AND HEAVY TRUCK, IT TURNS INTO A MOVING HEADACHE. MY VEHICLE IS A 2001 F-250 SUPER DUTY, CREW CAB, LONG WHEELBASE, V-10. IT CURRENTLY HAS 48,000 MILES ON IT. THE PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED AT ABOUT 38,000 MILES AT WOULD DO IT ON OCCASION, BUT SINCE ACHIEVING 43,000 MILE MARK, IT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING WITH MORE FREQUENCY. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038282September 5, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WINDSHIELD WAS IMPACTED BY A SMALL OBJECT. WHEN THIS OCCURRED WINDSHIELD GLASS SPIRALED OUT, AND SMALL PIECES OF SPARE SHAPE GLASS WENT INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE OCCUPANTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10038078September 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SERVICE LIGHT COMES ON INDICATING A FAILURE IN THE ENGINE WHEN A LOAD IS BEING PULLED BY THE TRUCK. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT DOSEN'T HAVE A SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037801August 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60 TO 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE STALLED, AND CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THE SPEED. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO CONTACT A DEALER TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS FRIED AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034444August 25, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT LOW SPEEDE THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO STEER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033476August 25, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FIRESTONE TIRE 265/75 16, TREAD PEELED OFF THE TIRE. CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF TRUCK. BROKE WIRES LOOSE INCLUDING ANTILOCK BRAKE WIRE. SWERVED DANGEROUSLY TO THE LEFT ACROSS 3 LANES, LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK BACK UNDER CONTROL. THE TIRE AND THE 4 OTHERS CAME WITH THE VEHICLE, 2001 F250SD CREW CAB, 56,000 MILES. LAST WEEK OUR OTHER TRUCK, 1998 F150 WITH WILDERNESS HT TIRES HAD A TREAD SEPARATE AND 3WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT THE STEEL BELTS WERE BROKE IN ANOTHER TIRE. THIS TRUCK HAS 28,000 MILES. I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH FIRESTONE TIRES, MAYBE THEY NEED TO SHUT DOWN OR QUIT MAKING TIRES FOR SUV'S AND TRUCKS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033379August 24, 2003
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
I HAVE A 2001 FORD F-250 DIESEL WITH A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH SYSTEM HAS WENT OUT 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN A YEAR. THIS PAST TIME THE TRUCK STARTED PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON IT'S OWN WHILE THE CLUTCH PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. I HAD MY 17 MONTH DAUGHTER WITH ME AND WE WERE ALMOST HIT! THIS IS AN UNSAFE SYSTEM AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR EVEN KILLED!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034384August 22, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING A NOISE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER,WHO REPLACED THE DRIVELINE. 1200 MILES LATER, TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032966August 17, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING FAILURE OF SOME SORT HAS CAUSED POWER ASSIST TO BE APPLIED AT FULL CAPACITY AT ALL TIMES. THERE IS NO STEERING FEEL WHATSOEVER, AND THERE IS NO SELF-CENTERING OF THE STEERING. AN EXTREME LEVEL OF ATTENTION TO CAREFUL STEERING IS REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE TRUCK DUE TO THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMING AN EXTREME RESPONSE BY FRONT WHEELS. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED, WITH BRAKES APPLIED, THE STEERING WHEEL CAN EAISLY BE SPUN FROM LOCK TO LOCK BY JUST PUSHING ON THE WHEEL SLIGHTLY - IT WILL CONTINUE TO TURN UNTOUCHED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031755July 31, 2003
TIRES
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025747July 9, 2003
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE RESULTING IN VEHICLE CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION BEING ENGAGED AT ALL TIMES AND LURCHING FORWARD DESPITE BREAKING. WHEN CLUTCH WAS PUSHED IN IT STAYED ON THE FLOOR AND KEPT THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024967June 26, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
E-MAIL REC'D FM FHWA/MARY PETERSON WRITER REPORTING DEFECTIVE FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE SEPARATED...*MR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED DAMAGING THE TRUCKS BODY AROUND THE WHEEL WELL CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL.*TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024198June 17, 2003
TIRES:SIDEWALL
FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S TIRES DEVELOPED SLITS ON THE SIDEWALL, RESULTING IN A FLAT.LT26575R16. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021415June 11, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2001 F250 CREW CAB 4 X 4 AUTO TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 49,000 MILES. DRIVING ALONG AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND TRANSMISSION LOSES 2ND AND THROWS/SNAPS PASSENGERS FORWARD. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN OFF ROAD, ALL MILES ARE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAS NOT PULLED ANYTHING. FORD SAID THEY COULD NOT REPAIR ONLY REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION FOR $3100. I HAD A LOCAL TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP MAKE REPAIRS FOR $2200. THEY WERE TOLD BY FORD WHEN ORDERING PARTS THAT THE ONE-WAY CLUTCH THAT FAILED WAS A NEW DESIGN IN 1998. PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE SINCE FORD HAD SINCE GONE BACK TO PRE 1998 DESIGN. THIS IS CLEARLY A "LATENT DEFECT" THAT FORD IS/HAS BEEN AWARD OF. I AM ASKING FORD TO STAND FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS OR WILL REFER TO COUNSEL TO FILE A DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE CLAIM AGAINST THEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018132June 9, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
VEHICLE'S FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED AT DIFFERENT TIMES NOT FROM USUAL WEAR AND TEAR. LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021637May 27, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE TREAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH(FIRESTONE AT A SIZE#26575R16 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT NUMBER). *NLM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021645May 27, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE TREAD ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH (FIRESTONE AT A SIZE#26575R16 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT NUMBER). *NLM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018731May 14, 2003
AIR BAGS
ON MONDAY MAY 12 I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE MY AIR BAD DID NOT ACTIVATE. I WAS DRIVING A 2001 FORD F250, GOING AROUND 40-45 MILES PER HOUR. I RAN INTO THE BACK OF A PERSON THAT WAS SITTING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I NEVER HIT MY BRAKES SO I HIT HER STRAIGHT IN THE REAR. WHY TYPE OF IMPACT DOES IT TAKE FOR THE SENSOR TO GO OFF FOR AIR BAGS? *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10019703May 13, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED REAR BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE PISTON IN THE CALIPER EXPLODING AND BROKE INTO PIECES. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017089May 6, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATION ON A FIRESTONE LT 265/75R TIRE ON A 2001 FORD F250. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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