Ford F-250 Complaints

11,199 consumer complaints on file.

#729713August 31, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONTINUING STALLING OF THE ENGINE SINCE SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK HAD ONLY 27000 MILES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I THOUGHT IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. HOWEVER, A COMPLETE TUNE UP WHICH I HAD AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES DID NOT FIX THE OCCASIONAL STALLING. I WAS TOLD AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS CHECK THAT IT WAS THE EGR VALVE AND I HAD THAT REPLACED. IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. NOW, WITH THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE WITH IT STALLING WHENEVER I SLOW DOWN FOR CURVES, HIGHWAY EXITS, ETC. WHEN I HAVE ASKED A LOCAL FORD DEALER PARTS PERSON ABOUT THE STALLING PROBLEM THEY HAVE STILL POINTED TO THE EGR VALVE. BUT AFTER HEARING YESTERDAY'S NEWS REPORT ABOUT THE TFI MODULE AND COMPARING MY STALLING PROBLEMS TO WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS THE TFI MODULE. THIS STALLING COULD DEFINITELY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. TO REPLACE THE MODULE THE DEALER COST WOULD BE $99.87 FOR THE PART, PLUS LABOR. I REALIZE THAT AFTER 3 YEARS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE I NOW HAVE 82,000 MILES ON IT BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM AND IT IS NOT SAFE. IF FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR THIS LONG OF A TIME IT SHOULD REPAIR THIS PROBLEM OR REPAY ME FOR HAVING IT FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554136August 29, 2000
TIRES
THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL (265/75/16) EXPERIENCED BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING, THE TREAD SEPARATED AND DAMAGED THE UNDERNEATH OF THE VEHICLE, TIRE SIZE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729494August 29, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THIS VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE LACK OF ACCERATION BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500 RPMS. I TOW A 30' 5TH WHEEL TRAILER AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE OR ANYTIME I LOOSE POWER BECAUSE OF A HILL I WILL STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL FOR PASSING GEAR. THE TRUCK WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN SPEED UNTIL IT GETS TO 3500 RPMS AND THEN LOOSES POWER AT ONCE. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL 4500 RPMS AND THEN IT SEEMS TO GO INTO ANOTHER PHASE AND ACTS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEFORE BY A GREAT INCREASE IN POWER. I HAVE HAD THIS TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND ALTHOUGH THEY ADMIT ITS A PROBLEM THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. TODAY AFTER THE 4TH TRY I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DROVE A NEW 2000 F250 WITH A V10 MOTOR AND IT DID THE SAME THING. BECAUSE OF THAT THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT CORRECTABLE BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON WITH THIS MOTOR. HOGWASH! I TOLD THEM THAT 2 PROBLEMS DON'T MAKE A CURE BUT I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE TO DO. THIS IS A SAFTEY ISSUE BECAUSE I AM SURE THAT I HAVE CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS BEHIND ME WHEN I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PAS OR INCREASE SPEED ON A HILL AND BECAUSE OF THIS LOSSE OF POWER HAVE IMPEADED TRAFFIC AND CAUSE UNCALLED FOR CONGESTION. MY CALL TO FORD'S CUTOMER SERVICE LINE WASN'T ANY BETTER THAT MY CONVERSATION WITH PRESTON FORD'S SERVICE PEOPLE. A LOT OF DOUBLE TALK THAT MEANT THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO THEY PUNTED. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP WITH THIS. THANK YOU, ROBERT W. CHALMERS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869073August 29, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00.020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS PULLING A FIFTH WHEEL AND CAMPER. T RIGHT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND PULL IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. FIRESTONE #STEEL TEX 16INCH #AT, NO INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868958August 28, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND WHEN RUNNING OVER A BUMP, IT CAUSES A MOMENTARY LOSS OF BRAKES. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729271August 27, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
I HAVE HAD "BULGES AND CRACKS ON SIDEWALL OF MOST TIRES I HAVE HAD ON THIS TRUCK, ORIGINAL OR REP[LACEMENT ONES. USUALLY A OIL CHANGE GUY WILL SHOW ME THE PROBLEM, AS USUALLY ON INSIDE DRIVERS REAR. NOTE I PULL 5TH WHEEL RV'S OCCASIONALLY AND DID NOT CHOOSE TO COMPLAIN UNTIL NOW. MY COMPLAINT IS ON JULY 2, 2000 ON A DESERET HIGHWAY ABOUT 11 AM I HAD TREAD SEPARATION ON DRIVERS REAT TIRE. I DID NOT SAVE ANY INFO FROM ANY OF THESE TIRES THAT I HAD REPLACED, BUT I HAD A CA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER HEAR THE BLOW OUT AND SEE ME PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. HE CALLED HIS DISPATCH WHO SENT A TOW TRUCK TO CHANGE TIRES. I SAVED THE SEPARATED TREAD BUT DISPOSED OF IT UPON GETTING A REPLACEMENT TIRE. BUT THEY LOOKED JUST LIKE THE TV PHOYTOS OF THE RECALLED FIRESTONE TIRES. THE TOW TRUCK COST ME $165.00 CASH TO DRIVE TO DESERT AND PUT ON MY SPARE. INCIDENTAL DAMAGES WERE THE TIRE BASHING THE SIDE OF MY PICK UP BED AND BENDING THE ROD THAT KEEPS BED FROM RATTLING WHICH IS IN VICINITY OF FENDER WELL. THIS ROD WAS BENT UPWARDS AND PULLED FENDER INWARDS .( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT235/85R1 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868864August 27, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
AT 25 MPH THE VEHILCE TIE ROD PULL APART.....DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THAT WAS NOT COVER UNDER A MFR'S RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729010August 25, 2000
AIR BAGS
DURING A FRONT IMPACT COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE ABOVE 15 MPH THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY . I AM IN DOUBT AS TO THE RELIABILITY OF THE SYSTEM. THE DEALER SAID IT DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE BUMPER WAS HIT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868732August 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AT LOW SPEEDS OR IDLING IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE WILL SHUTDOWN AND DIE INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER MUST RESTART VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868686August 25, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE 00020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A FORD F250, 265/75R16, DOTVNW81XM089. WHILE DRIVING WITH 5TH WHEEL ON BACK AND RIGHT REAR TIRES BLEWOUT. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL. TREAD DAMAGED THE VEHICLE.*AK THE SIDE WALLS BLEW AWAY FROM THE TREAD LEAVING THE TREAD INTACT, AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE BUT FIRESTONE PAID FOR IT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553970August 24, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL (265/75/16) TIRE ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHICH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, TIRE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728920August 24, 2000
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
MY SHIFT LINKAGE IS BROKEN SO I'VE BEEN PARKING MY TRUCK IN DRIVE OR REVERSE AND PUTTING THE PARKING BRAKE ON. I HAVE TO GET UNDERNEATH TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK. ONE MORNING I FOUND THE TRUCK ACROSS THE STREET. THE PARKING BRAKE HAD LET GO. SEVERAL OTHER TIMES AFTER THAT IT HAS LET GO, ONE TIME WHILE I WAS UNDERNEATH IT, SHIFTING GEARS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT PERTAINS TO MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS ONLY. I SUGGEST IT'S THE SAME BRAKE MECHANISM. I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT NOT WORKING RIGHT WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THEY DID NOT FIX IT. I CALLED FORD TODAY AND THE MAN TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT SO FORD WILL DO NOTHING. I EXPLAINED THAT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. STILL NOTHING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728789August 23, 2000
TIRES
TREAD SEPERATED FROM LEFT REAR TIRE WHILE TRAVELING @ 75 MPH ON I-10 BETWEEN QUEEN CREEK & RIGGS ROAD EXITS. THE TIRE DID NOT LOOSE PRESSURE. ON CLOSER INSPECTION OF REMAINING THREE TIRES, EVIDENCE OF TREAD COMING APART. FORD DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR TIRE WARRENTY. DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL AND TRUCK BED CAUSED BY THE SEPERATED TIRE TREAD. TIRES ARE ORGINAL TIRES ON TRUCK WHEN BOUGHT FROM DEALER. ALL TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, STILL HAVE ALL ORGINAL TIRES FOR INSPECTION. WHILE NOT FIRESTONES SOUND LIKE THE SAME PROBLEM.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT235/85RX )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728554August 21, 2000
TIRES
AN EMPLOYEE TOLD ME MY TIRES WERE WEARING AROUND 5000 MILE ON THE TRUCK BUT I IGNORED HIS COMMENTS. AROUND 20K MILES I DEVELOPED A VIBRATION AND THOUGHT IT TO BE AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE AND I HAD TIRES CK'ED AT 38900 AND WAS TOLD AT TOMS TIRES THE TIRES WERE JUNK. I CONTACTED MY FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER TIRES BUT TO GO TO FIRESTONE TO POSSIBLY GET AN ADJUSTMENT. THE FIRESTONE REP CK'ED TIRES AND ALSO SAID THEY WERE BAD. THEIR PRICE FOR THE SAME TIRE WAS $380 AND $200 LESS THAN TOMS TIRES PRICE FOR A SIMILIAR TIRE. I FOUND THIS TO BE ODD. THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER FIRESTONE CK'ED TIRES, THE ARTICLE ABOUT FIRESTONES DEFECTIVE TIRES CAME OUT. I NOTIFIED MY DEALER BUT WAS INFORMED MY TIRES ARE NOT IN THE RECALL. I ALSO NOTIFIED FORD TODAY.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868242August 21, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE DRIVNG APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH RIGHT REAR SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT THE SIDEWALL. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S, P265/75R16, AND THE ORIGINAL TIRES OF VEHICLE WHEN FIRST PURCHASED. VEHICLE WAS A FORD TRUCK, P250 PICKUP 2000 W/ 300 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868152August 18, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00 020; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND T VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED. TIRES WERE FIRESTONESTEEL TEX#AT, DT26575 R16. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO REPORT.*AK FIRESTONE AT 265/75/R16 *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728124August 16, 2000
TIRES
FIRESTONE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES FOR MORE THAN JUST THE PAST FEW YEARS BUT HAS ALWAYS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE 1ST TIRE CAME APART, I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH A CAB-OVER CAMPER ON THE TRUCK AND TOWING A MOTORCYCLE TRAILER. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE RIM FROM RIDING ON THE PAVEMENT TO A STOP. WHEN THE 2ND TIRE CAME APART THE TRUCK WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND I WAS INSPECTING THE TIRE .HALF OF THE SKIN FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE WAS REMOVED, MY LEFT EYE WAS SEVERLY ABRADED AND THE EYE SOCKET WAS BROKEN, BOTH EAR DRUMS WERE BLOWN OUT AND MY COCHLEA (THE PART OF THE INNER EAR THAT CONTROLS BALANCE) WAS PERMANENTLY DAMAGED, AND MY LEFT ARM AND LEFT SIDE OF MY CHEST WERE BADLY CUT. I HAVE PICTURES OF BOTH TIRE FAILURES AND OF MY INJURED SELF. I CONTACTED SEVERAL LAWYERS AT THE TIME AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD NO CASE AGAINST FIRESTONE BECAUSE I HAD ACTUALLY USED THEIR OFF-ROAD TIRES OFF-ROAD. BOTH FAILURES OCCURRED WHEN THE TIRES WERE FAIRLY NEW AND LOW MILEAGE. ALL 4 TIRES DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITHIN A MONTH OF PURCHASE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 33X12R16.5 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867973August 16, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRES WERE STARTING TO GET BUBBLES IN THE TREAD, AND PLIES WERE SEPARATING. VEHICLE WAS WOBBLING WITH THREE OF THE TIRES.ALL TIRES WERE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. THOSE TIRES WERE EXCHANGED. FOURTH TIRE EXPLODED. PROBLEMS HAPPENED WITH 1ST TIRE AT 10,000 MILES, 2ND AT 50,000 MILES, 3RD AT 72,000 MILES , AND 4TH AT 73,000 MILES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867873August 15, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00 020 ; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE . TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. AIR HAD DEFLATED FROM TIRE. BUT, THE VEHICLE STAYED UNDER CONTROL. CONSUMER STATED THAT THEY WERE RIDING ON THE RIMS, TIRE CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE RIM. TIRSS ARE FIRESTONE STEEL TEX RADIAL A/T, LT265/7516 123/120Q. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK DOT# VNW8 1XL(359). *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867768August 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP ON 11 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKES WERE WEAK AND WOULD NOT WORK WHEN VEHICLE WOULD HIT A BUMP OR RUN AT A FAST PACE. DEALER HAD UNHOOKED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SYSTEM, AND THE BRAKES ARE NOW WORKING FINE. DEALER HAD ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS DEFECT WAS A PROBLEM TO SUPER DUTY TRUCKS . MANUFACTURER IS AWARE, AND HAS NO REMEDY, BUT TO DISCONNECT THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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