1996 Ford F-250 Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250. HIS VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE HE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE ENGINE. THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE WIRING HARNESS AND BURNED THE HIGH PRESSURE OIL LINE. HE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERIES. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. FORDS LEGAL DEPARTMENT SENT A LETTER DENYING RESPONSIBILITY , BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BY A FORD DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,000.

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING DECELERATION, SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, OR WHILE IN IDLE THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED IN REFERENCE TO RECALL# 07V553000, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ENGINE, DIESEL WHO CONFIRMED THAT HIS VIN WAS EXCLUDED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 360,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 10/06/09 *BF UPDATED 10/08/09

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC MY CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING MY DIESEL ENGINE TO SHUT OFF, LEAVING ME WITH NO STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. THIS ACTION ALMOST CAUSED A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. MY TRUCK WAS TOWED TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED. I RETAINED THE SENSOR THAT WAS REPLACED. *TR

I HAVE A 1996 F250 THAT I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE CAM SENSOR FOR THE SAME REASON THAT THE 97-03 HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEIRS THIS IS A 7.3 LITER POWERSTROKE WHY AM I NOT GETTING A RECALL NOTICE FOR THIS YEAR MODEL ITS THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL REALLY CLOSE CALLS WITH IT DYING IN TRAFFIC THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY EVERY TIME I DROVE IT. *TR

MY 1996 F250 WITH A 7.3 LITER POWERSTROKE . WAS HUNTING FOR MONTHS , I ATTRIBUTED THIS TO FUEL , BUT THEN IT STALLED ON MY WIFE . FOLLOWED BY STALLING ON ME THEN HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME . THE PROBLEM , CPS CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. I HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS BEFORE WITH OTHER TRUCKS MOST TIMES LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT. I WAS LUCKY BUT NOT HAPPY YOU SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES AT FORDS EXPENSE FIX THE PROBLEM FOREVER AND REIMBURSE ANY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250 HD. THE CAM SENSOR WAS REPLACED ON OCTOBER 28, 2003. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART IS FAULTY AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL ON THE CAM SENSOR, BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO HIS VEHICLE YEAR. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECENT FAILURE TO DATE. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,800 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE IN 2003 WAS 96,228. UPDATED 01/17/08 *BF UPDATED 01/17/08 *TR

OUR FORD F-250 4X4 CAUGHT FIRE IN OUR DRIVEWAY ON DEC. 2, 2007. THE TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN STARTED IN OVER A MONTH. IT WAS LIMITED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE GRILL AREA OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TRUCK STALLED OR QUIT FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE DRIVING. *JB

1996 F250 4X4 DIESEL AUTOMATIC. I STARTED UP FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE TRUCK SHUT OFF, LIKE A KEY SHUT DOWN. IT WOULD TURN OVER BUT NOT LIGHT OFF, BOTH FUEL TANKS FULL AND PRESSURIZED FUEL WAS PUMPING THROUGH FILTER DRAIN WHILE CRANKING. 4 GUYS HELPED PUSH ME OUT OF THE 4 LANE ROAD. THIS IS THE 2ND CPS IN 3 YEARS. AUGUST 2003 IT FAILED IN SAVANNAH, GA AND I WAS TOWED AGAIN TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRUCK SHOP. THEY TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE CPS PROBLEM IN FORDS. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CAM POSITION SENSOR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE MOTOR FAILED AS WELL. THE SENSOR IS LOCATED ON THE LOWER FRONT END OF THE MOTOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. HE CALLED THE FORD MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE ISSUE SINCE 1996, BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. UPDATE 09/10/08 *CW THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE STALLING. UPDATED 09/16/08 *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE BEGAN WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHETHER THE FIRE CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL SOURCE OR FUEL. THE ENGINE MASTER CYLINDER MELTED. PICTURES WERE TAKEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO EXPRESSED THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WOULD RETURN THE CALL. THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE ACTION TAKEN BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS ALSO CONTACT AND THE DEALER DETERMINED SINCE THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE ACTION TAKEN BY THE MANUFACTURER, THE DEALER WOULD NOT PERFORM OR ASSIST IN REPAIRING THE VEHICLE NOR OFFER COMPENSATION.

THE CPS ON MY 1996 FORD F-250 WITH 7.3 LITER DIESEL FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 77, WITH FAMILY ABOARD. COASTED TO STOP WITH DIFFICULTY STEERING. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON NC HWY 115, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. COASTED TO STOP ON SIDE OF ROADWAY, TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *NM

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAKING AND NOT GASKET ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *AK

RUBBERT INTAKE BOOT FROM CLEANSER TO TURBO HAS FALLEN APART. HAD TO HAVE AN UPGRADED VERSION OF INTAKE BOOT REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC.*AK

IDLER PULLEY CAME OFF OF THE MOTOR, CAUSING SERPENTINE BELT, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, AND VACUUM PUMP TO FAIL. *SLC

ENGINE PULLEY WAS COMING OFF THE CRANKSHAFT DUE TO SHEARED OFF BOLTS. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FAILED BECAUSE IT IS DEFECTIVE. *YH

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A SMALL SNOW DRIFT, ON AN ISOLATED COUNTRY ROAD, SNOW DISLODGED THE SERPENTINE BELT, THUS DISCONNECTING POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, THE COOLING SYSTEM AND DISCHARGING THE BATTERY. LUCKILY A PASSING SNOW PLOW OPERATOR ASSISTED US OR THIS COULD HAVE HAD MORE TRAGIC RESULTS. WE HAVE ASKED FORD ENGINEERS TO ASSIST WITH A SOLUTION. SKID PLATES ARE NOT MADE FOR THIS VEHICLE NOR CAN THEY APPARENTLY BE MANUFACTURED BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. WHILE OUR LOCAL DEALER IS HELPING TO PROBLEM SOLVE, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE NO REPLY NOR INTEREST FROM FORD, WHO CLAIMS THAT ANY SOLLUTION WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY OR IMPROVEMENT RATHER THAN A REPAIR. WE FEEL THAT SINCE THIS VEHICLE IS ADVERTISED AS A RUGGED OFF-ROAD FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE THAT IS DEPICTED BLASTING THROUGH DEEP SNOW DRIFTS ON COMMERCIALS, IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BREAK DOWN AND STRAND PASSENGERS WHEN THE TRUCK IS CONFRONTED WITH NORMAL WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. FURTHER, IT SHOULDN'T LEAVE THE PASSENGERS STRANDED WITHOUT POWER,ENGINE COOLING, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES.

WHILE DRIVING IN SNOW CONDITIONS FAN BELT FELL OFF DUE TO SNOW HITTING THE UNDERBODY OF THE VEHICLE, ALLOWING ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS TO STOP. PRIVATE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BELT AFTER DEALER WAS UNABLE TO/REFUSED TO COVER COST. *AK *ML

THE AUTO TRANS WILL LOCK UP IN 1ST GEAR AND WILL NOT SHIFT TO 2ND. THIS HAS HAPPEND MANY TIMES . WHEN IT DOSE LOCK IN FIRST GEAR THE ENGINE WILL RUN TO THE GOV. AND STAY THERE AS LONG AS YOU HOLD THE THROTTLE DOWN AND THEN SHIFT WITH A BANG. IF YOU LET OFF OF THE THROTTLE THE TRUCK WILL FREE WHEEL. EVERY TIME THIS HAS HAPPEND