Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#10130292July 27, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
STALLING WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR. VEHICLE HAS SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALL #05S34
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130113July 26, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
MY COMPUTER WAS "RE-FLASHED" IN JANUARY BY A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP (MIKE FITZPATRICK). SINCE THEN MY TRUCK HAS VERY LITTLE POWER DURING THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF START-UP. THIS IS THE MOST NOTICABLE DURING THE FIRST START-UP OF THE DAY, BUT DOES HAPPEN PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAS DONE VERY LITTLE TO CORRECT THE ISSUES. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY AND THEY DID RESPOND, BUT THE LOCAL SERVICE MANAGER TOLD THEM IT WAS FIXED AND HAVE HEARD NO FOLLOW-UP FROM FORD. A FORD ENGINEER HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO INSEPCT THE PROBLEM, BUT FOR 7 MONTHS NO FORD ENGINEER HAS LOOKED AT MY TRUCK!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130130July 26, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR
DT: WHEN TOWING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER 27 FEET AND 7,900 LBS ON CONSUMER'S FORD F250 SUPER DUTY, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT MUCH WEIGHT ON THE BACK THE TRUCK. IT SEEMED TO PULL TO THE LEFT AND SOMETIMES PULLS TO THE RIGHT, THEN WILL QUIT AND PULL TO THE OTHER SIDE. THIS ALTERNATED IN NATURE. ALSO, CONSUMER NOTED THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT 5TH WHEEL TRAILER OR WITHOUT ANY TOW AT ALL. IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THERE WERE 4 LOW TIRES. CONSUMER FIRST THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WERE THE TIRES, AND HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED. BUT IS A PROBLEM RECURRED. WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM. CALLED DEALER, AND HE RECOMMENDED A CHANGE REAR END LUBE. CONSUMER COMPLIED, AND THERE STILL WAS A PROBLEM. . INFECT, THE OLD REMOVED LUBE WAS VERY CLEAN AND NEW,. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS NOT EVEN BEING USED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130142July 26, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD F250. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION ON DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, BUT IT CAUSED DAMAGE VEHICLE. IT WAS HAULING A TRAILER, AND DID NOT HIT ANY KIND OF POT HOLE. TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS ELDORADO, TIRE LINE I 265/75R16.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128412July 26, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT: CONTACT STATES: 2000 FORD F250. THE VEHICLE HAS 31,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME THING. THE VEHICLE WILL DIE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. IT WILL DIE WHILE YOU ARE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE EGR VALVE WHICH IS PART OF THE ENGINE 4-5 TIMES. THE PROBLEM STILL EXITS. THE MANUFACTURER SAID THEY COULD FIX IT. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE IT HAD 3,000 ON IT. VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AT PRESENT IT HAS 31,000 ON IT AND IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY. THE CONSUMER SAID THE DEALER OR THE MFR CANNOT GIVE HIM ANY REASON WHY THE CAR KEEPS DYING ON THE HIGHWAY. THEY CANNOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129933July 25, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2001 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE FIRE STARTED ON THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH (WHICH IS THE CUT OFF SWITCH FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL, IT BURNED THE WIRING HARNESS IT BURNED ALL THE WAY UNTIL IT GOT INTO THE HARNESS, AND CAUGHT THE RUBBER BOOT ON FIRE WHICH COVERS THE STEERING CONTROL. THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL RELATED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130015July 25, 2005
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
REAR RIGHT FEAMALE PORTION OF SEATBELT LATCH BECAME DETATCHED FROM BELT. IT APPEARS THE STITCHING THAT BINDS THE BELT TO ITSELF AFTER IT PASSED THROUGH THE LATCH BODY FAILED. THERE WAS MINIMAL STRESS ON BELT AT TIME OF FAILURE, MY DAUGHTER HAD PULLED UP ON LATCH BODY TO SECURE BELT MALE END IN TO FEMALE BODY WHEN BODY SEPRATED FROM BELT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130018July 25, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP FAILURE FOR THE 4TH TIME; LOOSE BOLTS IN FRAME; UNABLE TO FUEL AT NORMAL RATE,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129726July 22, 2005
TIRES:SIDEWALL
DT: CONTACT NOTICED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDE WALL OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. TOOK THE TIRE OFF, AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO GET THE WARRANTY SERVICE. THEY SENT HIM TO THE LOCAL SERVICE DEALER. WHEN THE DEALER TOOK THE TIRE OFF THE SIDEWALL SEPARATED AWAY FROM THE TIRE. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AGAIN, AND THEY PUT THE CONTACT IN TOUCH WITH THE SAFETY TECHNICIAN. CONTACT FELT THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRE INCREASED BECAUSE HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE SERVICE DEALER PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION AND CONCLUDED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129563July 21, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
ENGINE STALLS, HESITATION, ROUGH RUNNING, WOULD NOT START, HEAVY SMOKE EXHAUST
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129314July 19, 2005
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DT COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS WOBLING. PULLED OVER, THERE WAS A CHUNK OF TIRE MISSING. CONTACTED THE SHOP WHERE HE PURCHASED THE TIRES ,AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TIRESL. FOUND OUT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUITE. THESE WERE COOPER DISCOVER HT TIRES. THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE A LOST THE TREAD, DID DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, IT WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE. TORE OUT THE MUD FLAP IT FLUG AND SCRAPED OUT THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE LINE WAS LT265/75R16.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129105July 18, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
DT THE CRUISE CONTROL STUCK TWICE, THE LAST CAME UP OUT OF THE SEAT AND HAD TO BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE TO GET IT STOP. CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO SAID THAT ITS NOT INCLUDED THE RECALL, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. CRUISE SET ON 59 MPH AND IT IDLED REALLY HIGH. HAD TO KEEP HITTING THE OFF BUTTON, AND PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRA,L AND IT STILL IT WOULD NOT DISINGAGE. HAD THEM DISCONNECT CRUISE CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129186July 18, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE OUT OF TOWN I HAD JUST EXITED THE INTERSTATE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP.MY TRUCK, A FORD F250 WITH A 5.4 LTR TRITON V8 STARTED RUNNING TERRIBLE AND MAKING A GOD AWFUL NOISE.I MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT.I OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND AN IGNITION COIL PACK AND SPARKPLUG LAYING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE.I WAS ABLE TO REINSTALL THE SPARKPLUG AND REPLACED THE COIL PACK DUE (COIL PACK ATTACHMENT EAR HAD BROKEN OFF WHEN PLUG WAS EJECTED FROM ENGINE.).APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A LOCAL PARK.THEY HAD JUST TURNED OFF A MAJOR STREET WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD POP,THEY DESCRIBED AS SOUNDING LIKE A GUNSHOT. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND TO DATE I'M SUPRISED THAT A FIRE HAS NOT OCCURED OR NO SERIOUS INJURIES HAVE OCCURED. THIS IS VERY DANAGEROUS THE SPARK PLUG IS ACTUALLY EJECTED LIKE A MISSLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125552July 15, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY DIESEL. WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AND A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE THEN SUDDENLY STOPPED AND THEN IT STOPPED ACCELERATING. WHILE DRIVING FURTHER, THE CONSUMER TRIED TO SPEED UP THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND IT DID. IT POPPED AND THEN VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING. THIS WOULD HAPPEN AT SPEEDS AROUND 40-55 MPH. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED THE CODES, BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY CODES FOR THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC TOOK IT HOME OVER NIGHT AND NOTHING HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING IT. SINCE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER TO COME AND PICK UP THE TRUCK. *AK THE CONSUMERS FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONSUMER HELD DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL TO TRY TO HOLD THE VEHICLE IN PLACE, THE LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. *SC THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123763July 15, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
DT: WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK SHUT OFF AND JUST COMPLETELY DIED. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BRAKES AND NO POWER STEERING. AS A RESULT THE TRUCK VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ONCE THE VEHICLE STOPPED THE DRIVER HAD TO RESTART THE TRUCK. THE KEY HAD TO BE TURNED BACK TO NEUTRAL ,THEN TRY TO RESTART. THE TRUCK WAS JUST AT THE DEALERSHIP A WEEK BEFORE THIS HAPPENED FOR A BLOWN RADIATOR HOSE. FORD HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT, BUT WILL NOT RETURN THE CONSUMER'S PHONE CALL. THE CONSUMER IS STILL TRYING TO BE IN CONTACT WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128230July 10, 2005
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HYWAY AT 65MPH. THE TREAD ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE CAME OFF. THE TIRE DID NOT EVEN GO FLAT. IT DESTROID BOTH THE INNER AND OUTER FENDER. THE TRUCK THAT I WAS DRIVING IS AN 1994 F250 4X4. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL A/T LT245/75R 16
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124962July 8, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: WHILE BRAKING THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD AND THEN IT SHUTS DOWN, WHICH CAUSES LIMITED STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITIES. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNLESS THE PROBLEM OCCURRED FOR THEM. ON MAY 30, 2005 THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO BRAKE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF HIM, WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AND THE ENGINE JUST CUT OUT, LIKE IT WAS NEVER STARTED. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP AND IT WAS REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER SPOKE TO FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK *JB *NM PER CONSUMER, NONE OF THE ABOVE IS ACCURATE. THE CONSUMER WROTE: WHILE BRAKING, THE RPM REVVED UP, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, THEN THE RPM DROPPED AND THE ENGINE HAD SHUT DOWN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE . THIS WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. EACH TIME THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS, THE DEALER WOULD BE UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. OTHER PROBLEMS: THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DIE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT TIMES. FORD RECALLED THE SAME MAKE MODEL YEARS 2003-2005. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE RECALL STARTED WITH HIS VEHICLE'S YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. *SC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10127745July 7, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: CONSUMER STATES AFTER HAVING DRIVEN ABOUT 300 MILES HIS VEHICLE IT DIED IN TRAFFIC. AT ONE TIME HE HAD A FUEL SENSOR GO OUT, BUT DEALER HAS NOT FOUND OUT WHY THE VEHICLE CUT OFF LIKE IT DID. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE HE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. IT HAS DIED OUT COMPLETELY ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES. IF IT SITS ABOUT 2 DAYS, IT WILL START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER LAST ON 12-03. THE CAR ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127808July 7, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WE WERE NOTIFIED BY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN OUR YARD. OUR FORD 250 WAS ON FIRE AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR AROUND 4 HOURS. UPON INVESTIGATION THE FIRE MARSHALL INDICATED THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE FIRE BEGAN AND PRESUMED IT WAS THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH BASED ON ITS LOCATION. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOTALED AND CAUGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON FIRE NEXT TO IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127591July 6, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
DT: THE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER IS BUILT RIGHT INTO THE TRUCK. DOES NOT HAVE ANY BRAKE CONTROL IF GOING UNDER 15-20 MPH. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THIS BRAKE ONLY PUT ON 1-3 VOLTS WHICH THEY CHANGED. BUT TALKED TO DEXTER ,THEY SAID IT NEEDED 2-12 VOLTS. FORD CHANGED THIS PART ON MARCH 23, 2005, AND THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED ON FEBRUARY 28,2005. DEALER STATED OTHER CONSUMERS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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