Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#10247115October 29, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2003 FORD F-250 (ONLY 50,000 MILES) HAD MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HOUSING CRACKED AND THERE IS NO WAY TO REPAIR. ONLY OPTION IS TO INSTALL NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246747October 26, 2008
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I CURRENTLY DRIVE 84 TOYOTA PICKUP BECAUSE I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE MY 06 F250 4X4 SD. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ABOVE 60 MPH AND HIT THE SMALLEST BUMP IN THE ROAD, IT WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE SO HARD IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO CHANGE LANES AND YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE UNTIL YOU STOP HARD WITH THE BRAKES. MY FAMILY IS NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE NO MATTER WHAT. THE DEALER STATES THAT IT IS THE DAMPENER AND TIRE PRESSURE. OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT VIOLENT SHAKING IS...IT IS NOT THE DAMPENER AND TIRE PRESSURE....THE TRUCK WILL LITERALLY BOUNCE OUT OF ITS LANE OR OFF THE ROAD. IF FORD DOES NOT RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM, I AM SURE THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE WHILE DRIVING THESE. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW AND REFUSE TO DRIVE IT......GUESS YOU GOT YOUR MONEY THOUGH, DIDN'T YOU FORD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246677October 25, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE PULLING OUR CAMPER TO VIRGINIA FOR VACATION AND HALF WAY THERE WE COULD SMELL ANTIFREEZE. BY THE TIME WE GOT TO MARTINSVILLE AND GOT OUR CAMPER BACKED UP AT THE CAMPGROUND WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF OUR TAILPIPE AND LATER OVERHEATED. WE CALLED AAA THE NEXT MORNING AND HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE THEY HAD INFORMED US THAT IT WAS THE EGR COOLER. THEY PUT THE NEW EGR COOLER ON AND WE GOT OUR TRUCK BACK 2 DAYS LATER. WE DID NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK ANYMORE UNTIL WE WERE PULLING OUR CAMPER HOME TO OHIO AND NOTICED THE SAME THINGS WERE HAPPENING. THE WHITE SMOKE AND ANTIFREEZE SMELL WE ALSO HAD LOSS OF POWER. I MADE MY HUSBAND PULL OVER AND LOW AND BEHOLD WE HAD NO ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRUCK. THE DEALERSHIP HAD PUT 2 BOTTLES OF ANTIFREEZE AND CHANGED OUR OIL BECAUSE OF ANTIFREEZE IN THE OIL. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD US TO TRY AND LIMP IT HOME. WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ANY PART OF THAT AND ASKED THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT WHERE THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP WAS LOCATED. THEY TOLD US THE GET OFF THE NEXT EXIT AND GO 1/2 MILE UP THE ROAD. WE MADE IT A 1/4 MILE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE TRUCK WAS OVERHEATING. TRIED TO START TRUCK BACK UP AND NOTHING. GOT A TOW TRUCK TO TOW US TO THIS DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD US OUR ENGINE WAS VAPOR LOCKED. WE ONLY HAD GONE 130 MILES FROM THE OTHER DEALERSHIP BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. DEALERSHIP IS TELLING US THAT FORD HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE 6.0 LITER V6 F-250 SUPER DUTY DIESEL ENGINES. HAVE AN ONGOING LAWSUIT WITH DEALERSHIP AND FORD. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OF OTHER ISSUES WITH THESE TRUCKS BECAUSE WE ARE OVER WARRANT BY 2,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246578October 24, 2008
STEERING
I OWN 2005 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. AT SPEEDS OVER 65MPH I GET A VIOLENT SHAKE IN MY STEERING WHEEL,SO BAD THAT I HAVE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. I HAVE GONE ON LINE AND DISCOVERED THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE SAD PART IS NOTHING SEEMS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IN 2005 MODELS AND NEWER THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IN 2005 FORD REDESIGNED THE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM .PLEASE LOOK INTO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246580October 24, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE VEHICLE IS A 2004 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY I STEPPED ON MY BRAKES AND HEARD A POP. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. WHEN I GOT THE VEHICLE STOPPED, AND INVESTIGATED, I FOUND THAT ONE OF THE TWO BOLTS THAT MOUNT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD BROKEN OFF. THIS LEFT THE MASTER CYLINDER HANGING BY ONE BENT BOLT AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. VERY SCARY. LOW GRADE BOLTS? I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE TRUCK. HERE IS AN INTERNET POSTING OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. HTTP://WWW.FORD-TRUCKS.COM/FORUMS/690350-BROKEN-MASTER-CYLINDER-BOLTS.HTML I DON'T HAVE MY VIN WITH ME HERE AT WORK, I CAN GIVE THIS TO YOU IN A FOLLOWING EMAIL IF YOU LIKE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246641October 24, 2008
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F250 LD. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VIBRATION OF THE SPARE TIRE RUBS AGAINST AND CREATES A HOLE IN THE REAR FUEL TANK. THE SPARE TIRE IS SECURELY MOUNTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THEY REFUSED TO SEND ANYONE OUT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,300. UPDATED 11/17/08 *BF UPDATED 11/18/08. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246656October 24, 2008
STEERING
DRIVING SPEED LIMIT, ON HIGHWAY 241, ROAD BUMP/ASPHALT NEW VS OLD TRANSITION POINT, OTHER TIME MINOR POT HOLE, ONCE WHILE MAKING A RIGHT BANKED TURN ON THE 241, ANOTHER TIME WHILE DRIVING ON 57 WENT OVER A ROAD PATCH. SEVERE FRONT SHAKE UNTIL I STOP, CAUSES CARS AROUND TO DRIVE DEFENSIVELY AND I AM TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL. WIFE IS AFRAID OF DRIVING TRUCK AND IS CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY, IT IS VERY SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKES LIKE A BLOWN TIRE UNTIL I STOP. CHANGED STEERING DAMPENER, ADJ STEERING BOX PLAY, CHECK TIRE PRESSURE. ONLY HAPPENED ONCE SINCE REPAIR, BUT I DRIVE VERY CAUTIOUSLY AND SLOWER THAN MOST TRAFFIC NOW. CAN'T SELL TRUCK BECAUSE I WOULD NOT DO THIS TO SOMEONE ELSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246512October 23, 2008
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH OR WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES DRAMATICALLY. THE SHAKING IS SO SEVERE THAT THE CONTACT MUST APPLY THE BRAKES TO DECREASE THE SPEED AND STOP THE SHAKING. A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING DAMPENER. SIX MONTHS AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THEY STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,995. UPDATED 11-25-08 *BF UPDATED 11/26/08. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246189October 21, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
I HAVE A 1996 FORD F250 7.3 LITER DIESEL TRUCK. IT STALLS ON OCCASION AT LOW SPEEDS WHICH I FEEL IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I FOUND OUT THAT FORD HAD A RECALL ON 1997 AND NEWER TRUCKS BECAUSE OF THE CAM POSITION SENSOR. EVERYTHING I COULD FIND OUT ABOUT MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME. THE CPS UNIT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL FORD SHOULD REPLACE MY CPS UNIT AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246245October 21, 2008
TIRES:TREAD/BELT, TIRES
I PURCHASED THE TIRES (4) IN APRIL 2008 THROUGH A WHOLESALER FRIEND. I HAD THE TIRES INSTALL AND LIKED THEM. ON AUGUST 23, 2008 I WAS ON MY WAY HOME AND ABOUT 6 OR 7 MILE FROM THE HOUSE I FELT A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK (06 FORD F250). IT GOT A LITTLE WORSE THAN THERE WAS A SCRAPING NOISE THAN BOOM AND THE TREAD FLIES OUT FROM THE RIGHT OF THE TRUCK. I PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND GOT OUT AND COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WHAT I SAW. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS TO MY RIGHT AS THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. THE TIRE WAS ALMOST GONE, THE RIM WAS DAMAGED THE RIGHT FENDER AND DOOR DAMAGED AND ALL THE PLASTIC PARTS WERE GONE. THIS WAS ON A SATURDAY EVENING AND I PULLED THE TRUCK INTO A BUSINESS SO IT WAS THE TRUCK WAS OFF THE ROAD. THE NEXT DAY WE FOUND SOME OF THE PLASTIC PIECES ABOUT 75 FEET FROM WHERE THE TIRE BLEW. WE TOOK PICTURES AND HAD TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO FIND OUT WHAT NEED TO HAPPEN. MONDAY MORNING I CONTACTED THE WHOLESALER AND HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO COOPER TIRE. I CALLED AND THEY TOOK DOWN INFORMATION AND SAID I WOULD RECEIVE A LETTER EXPLAINING WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO FILE A CLAIM. THAT AFTERNOON I WAS TRAVELING HOME WITH MY SON AND JUST BEFORE WE TURN ON OUR ROAD I START FEELING ANOTHER VIBRATION AND AS I SLOW TO TURN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE LETS GO AND LUCKILY THE EAST BOUND TRAFFIC NOTICED AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE LEFT. IF THE TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER DID NOT NOTICE SOMETHING WAS WRONG MY SON AND I WOULD HAVE GONE HEAD ON INTO THE TRACTOR TRAILER. THIS TIME THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AND WE WERE BOTH ALIVE PRAISE THE LORD. NOW I WAS ON THE PHONE A SECOND TIME TO COOPER TIRE AND TURNING IN A SECOND CLAIM. THIS IS MONDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST 25, 2008. WE GOT THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD AND I REMOVED ALL THE REMAINING TIRES AND REPLACED THEM. REMEMBER THESE TWO TIRES SEPARATED ABOUT 48 HOURS APART. I JUST GOT A LETTER FROM COOPERS INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY CLAIM I CAUSED THE TIRES TO SEPARATE SO THEY ARE NOT REPSONSIBLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10245806October 17, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1995 FORD F-250 7.3 POWERSTROKE. CAM POSITION SENSOR (CPS) FAILURE , REPLACED AND TRUCK STARTED , GOES BAD OFTEN , WHEN IT DOES TRUCK DIES WONT START. OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10245531October 15, 2008
STEERING
STEERING GEAR BOX. IT HAS BECOME DISENGAGED AT THE PITMAN ARM. AND LEAKING FLUID. I HAVE FOUND THAT THE 97 AND 99 VERSIONS OF THIS TRUCK HAVE HAD PROBLEMS AND RECALLS FOR THIS. I WAS TOLD A WHILE BACK ( ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO) BY A CAR DEALERSHIP OWNER THAT THIS TRUCK IS ACTUALLY A 99 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY VEHICLE YEAR TO THIS LIST. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SPARK PLUGS "POPPING OUT" WHICH IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE TRITON ENGINES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10245452October 14, 2008
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I OWN A 2005 FORD F250 WITH 35X12.50X17 IN TIRES ON STOCK RIMS. I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON ROUTE 8 WITH MY DAUGHTER OF 30 DAYS..YES 30 DAYS OLD AND MY DRIVERS FRONT TIRE FELL APART. THIS RESULTED IN A HORRIBLE CRASH. WE WERE TORN OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY AND WENT THROUGH LOTS OF WIRE GUARD RAIL, DOWN A 40 FOOT CLIFF AND TOOK OUT DOZENS OF TREES, SOME OF THEM WERE 14" ROUND. WE ROLLED END OVER END AND AGAIN SIDEWAYS DURING THIS TIME. I WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH THE ROOF. THERE WAS SOME SERIOUS HEAD CUTS ON ME ALONG WITH SWOLLEN SORE BRUISED ETC EVERYTHING ELSE. MY 50,000 TRUCK IS TOTALED. ITS NOW JUNK AND I COULD HAVE KILLED MY DAUGHTER AND MYSELF DUE TO THIS DEFECTIVE TIRE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10245283October 13, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I OWN A 2004 FORD F250 SD DIESEL AND ON 10/11/08 TOOK A TRIP TO SANTE FE NM WHICH APPROX 55 MILES AND FROM WHAT THEY TELL ME A FUEL INJECTOR STUCK AND LET FUEL INTO THE CYL THUS RUINING THE ENGINE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS RELATED TO THE SHOP REPLACING THE TURBO WHICH BLEW UP INTO PIECES AND WENT INTO THE EXHAUST AND POSSIBLY INTO THE FUEL SYSTEM JAMMING UP THE INJECTOR CAUSING THE DAMAGE. THIS WAS THE SECOND TURBO WITH IN THE LAST 3000 MILES. THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 35400 MILES I FEEL THE ENGINE SHOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY DUE TO MILES ON VEHICLE AND ALSO THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY NOT EVEN A MONTH PAST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10245295October 13, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES WHEN I HEARD A NOISE LOOKED OUT AND FRONT OF TRUCK WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. NO PRIOR WARNING WAS GIVEN OR NOTICED. CALLED 911, FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES. TRUCK WAS TOTALED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10245109October 10, 2008
STEERING, SUSPENSION:FRONT
MY 2006 F-250 SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN I TRAVEL AT BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. I PUT ON NEW TIRES AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING. I'VE TAKEN THEM TO GET BALANCED AND IT STILL HAPPENS. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME IT'S THE TIRES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10244996October 9, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CRACKED TRANSMISSION CASE, TOOK INTO FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR, TRUCK IS UNDER EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENT FROM DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM, WITH A $100 DEDUCTIBLE. EXTENDED SERVICE CO WOULD SEND OUT INSPECTOR, HE INSPECTED IT AND SAID OK TO FIX, THE NEXT DAY HE SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $600. WE FINELY PAID $371.36. HE SAID THE DEALER WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM WOULD NOT HONOR THE $100 DEDUCTIBLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10244505October 6, 2008
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
2 YOKOHAMA GEOLANDER AT TIRES WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES HAD TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING $7000 WORTH OF BODY DAMAGE. THE SEPARATIONS WERE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. FIRST FAILURE WAS ON A FREEWAY AT APPROX 65 MPH. A SUDDEN SEVERE VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY A TREAD SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. A LOT OF BODY NOISE WAS HAPPENING AS THE NOT-QUITE-SEPARATED TREAD FLAILED AROUND THE WHEELWELL AS WAS SLOWING AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BODY AND REAR BUMPER. SECOND OCCASION WAS APPROX 3 WEEKS LATER WHILE PULLING A 5 HORSE TRAILER WITH 2 HORSES ON BOARD. THIS OCCURRENCE ALSO WAS ON A FREEWAY AT APPROX 60MPH. WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AND ROUNDING A RIGHT HAND TURN, THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED A SWERVE INTO THE LANE TO THE LEFT BEFORE SLOWING AND REGAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. BOTH TIRE CASING APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED IN THE SAME WAY AND THEY WERE PURCHASED AND MOUNTED TOGETHER SO HAD EXACTLY THE SAME MILEAGE ON THEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10244571October 6, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
WAS DRIVING MY 2004 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY 6.0L DIESEL TRUCK WITH MY FAMILY WHEN IT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING ON A SHARP CURVE. STARTED LOOKING ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WERE RECALLS ON SAID TRUCKS CONCERNING FICM WIRE HARNESSES AND ICP SENSOR CONNECTORS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10244365October 4, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL LINES THAT ARE CLIPPED TO THE METAL FUEL FILTER RETAINER AND NOT INSULATED AGAINST METAL TO METAL ABRASION AND HAVE WORN THROUGH CAUSING A FUEL LEAK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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