1997 Ford F-250 Engine Problems

THE TRUCK WOULD STOP RUNNING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, NOT START AFTER DRIVING, STOP SHUT OFF AND THEN WOULD NOT START. SOME TIMES IT MAY NOT START FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULD START UP AGAIN AND BE FINE FOR WEEKS THEN WOULD START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER AGAIN. IT MAY STOP AT ANY TIME ANY WHERE WHETHER HIGHWAY OR CITY STREET. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, ENGINE SHUTS OFF. I HAD MANY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER VEHICLES CAUSING THEM TO MAKE EVASIVE ACTIONS. THIS VEHICLE HAS A MANUFACTURES BUY BACK FROM ORIGINAL PURCHASER WHEN, NEW BUT NO EXPLANATION COULD BE FOUND. I SPOKE TO FORD AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF THE BUY BACK. IT IS ON THE TITLE ALSO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND HESITATE IN A JERKING MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT ONE OF THE ENGINES SPARK PLUGS DISLODGED. A SPARK PLUG KIT WAS INSTALLED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AFTER THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

FORD MOTOR CO. REFUSES TO DO SAFETY RECALL 07S57 ON MY 97 F-250 THE RECALL IS FOR THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. IT MUST BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING WHICH CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. THEY ARE REFUSING TO DO THE RECALL DUE TO A SEIZED BOLT. IF THIS BOLT BREAKS THEY WANT ME TO PAY $2500 TO GET THE SAFETY RECALL COMPLETED. *TR

I HAVE A 1997 FORD F-250 WITH WITH 87,000 MILES ON A 5.4 LITER ENGINE. ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS WAS EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE, THREADS AND ALL, WHICH ALSO DAMAGED THE IGNITION COIL. *TR

STRANDED ON HIGHWAY. TOW COST AND REPAIR. *TR

MY COMPLAINT HAS TO DUE WITH THE PCV VALVE HOSE THAT RUNS TO THE VACUUM SYSTEM. IT GETS TOO WARM AND MELTS AND IT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STUTTER OR STALL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP RAPIDLY. I HAVE NOTICED THIS ON MANY OF THE F250 OR F150 5.4L TRITON ENGINES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES TO MY TRUCK AND IT IS EXPENSIVE TO KEEP REPLACING IT. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED A FEW REAR ENDINGS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F250 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL PAN LEAKED ON THE VEHICLE. IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNLESS THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS REMOVED. HE NOTICED PUDDLES OF OIL UNDER THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE MECHANIC PLACED A SEALANT AROUND THE OIL PAN, BUT THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000. UPDATED 03-12-08 *BF

MONDAY, JULY 31 2007, I EXPERIENCED THE LAST OF A SERIES OF INTERMITTENT STALLING EVENTS IN MY 1997 FORD F250 HD VEHICLE, EQUIPPED WITH A 7.3 DIT POWERSTROKE DIESEL. SUBSEQUENT TO MY OWN INVESTIGATIONS, I DISCOVERED THAT THE CAM POSITION SENSOR WAS A COMPONENT IMPLICATED IN SUCH EVENTS. I REPLACED THE COMPONENT ON JULY 27, 2007, AFTER AN INCREASE IN STALLING PROBLEMS. THE CONDITION REPEATED ON THE LATER DATE ABOVE, AND I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR FACILITY. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY DIAGNOSTIC CODES FROM THE PCM, BUT THE STALLING EPISODES INCREASED DURING THEIR ANALYSIS. AFTER PERFORMING OTHER SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES, THEY WERE LEFT WITH THE FINAL CONCLUSION THAT THE CPS MUST BE THE CULPRIT FOR THE STALLING CONDITION. THE NEWER CPS I INSTALLED WAS REPLACED BY THE REPAIR TECHNICIAN WITH ANOTHER CPS. TO DATE THE CONDITION APPEARS RESOLVED. I HAVE RETAINED ALL PARTS AND THE REPAIR WORK-ORDER. *TR

MY CMP SENSOR STARTED GOING OUT WHEN ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH AND DIED AND LOST STEERING AND BRAKES. IT WAS A CLOSE CALL AND WENT TO FORD AND THEY WANTED 200.00 FOR A SENSOR SO I CALLED INTERNATIONAL IT WAS 114.00 SAME PART. I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT FORD AND THERE PRICES. *JB

1997 FORD F25. THIS WAS THE SECOND SPARK PLUG TO BLOW OUT OF HEAD. FIRST REPAIR COST $450.00, THIS TIME IT COST ME MY TRUCK, 2 CAMERAS, GPS, LAPTOP COMPUTER AND SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS AS THE TRUCK COUGHT ON FIRE WHEN SPARK PLUG HIT FUEL INECTION RAIL AN STARTED A FUEL FIRE THAT BURNT THE TRUCK TO GROUND. TOTAL LOSS. BURNED MY HANDS TRYING TO SAVE ITEMS IN CAB. HAD A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, BUT HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINES SPRAYED FIRE TO FAST. MY GIRL FRIEND, HER DOG, AND I HAD 30 SECONDS TO GET OUT. IN 2 MINUTES THE CAB WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I WILL BE DISMANTLING THIS ENGINE AS I AM A MECHANIC AND MACHINIST AND PLAN TO PROVE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH THREADS SECURING SPARK PLUGS IN THEE ALUMIN UM HEADS. THERE WERE STANDARDS OUTLINED FOR MACHINING THREADS.*AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F-250HD. THE OIL PAN RUSTED AND CAUSED THE OIL TO LEAK. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT ADDED OIL TO THE ENGINE DAILY AND NOTICED THE FOLLOWING DAY THAT THE OIL GAUGE INDICATOR WAS LOW. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HEARD A NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63989. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE OIL PAN DETERIORATED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA. PER THE CONTACT, IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR AN OIL PAN TO RUST AND IT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000. *AK UPDATED 06/15/07 *TR

ATTEMPTING TO PASS ON A TWO LINE HIGHWAY WHEN SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF ENGINE. VEHICLE IS A 1997 FORD F250 4WD 80K MILES. REPAIRS INVOLVE REMOVING HEAD. COST IS $2800. VEHICLE WORTHLESS SINCE DON'T KNOW WHEN ANOTHER PLUG WILL BLOW! *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD F250. HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC THAT SHOWED A PROBLEM WITH 3 SENSORS. THE CONTACT IS A MECHANIC SO HE REMEDIED THE RECALL HIMSELF. WHEN HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE PARTS AND LABOR HE WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE OTHER PARTS OR LABOR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKED AND OFF, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE INSURANCE AGENCY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

WHILE DRIVING ALONG A SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER WITH THE INSUING LOUD BANGING SCARING THE DRIVER AND ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. FORD DEALER RETHREADED SPARK PLUG HOLE AND REPLACED SPARK PLUG.

I OWN A 1997 FORD F250 TRUCK. ON THE BELOW LISTED DATE, WHILE DRIVING AT 0430 HRS IN THE MORNING ON A TWO LANE ROADWAY, THE THIRD SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. I LOOKED UP INFORMATION ON INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING WITHOUT WARNING OR FAULT OF THE DRIVERS/OWNERS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THIS JUST HAPPENED TODAY AND I HAVE NOT CONTACTED ANY REPAIR SERVICE YET. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND FORD HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THE DESIGN FAULT. I WAS LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD SAFELY DUE TO THE LACK OF ENGINE POWER FROM THIS PROBLEM. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND DONE NOTHING TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE POTENTIAL DANGEROUS SITUATION NOT TO MENTION UNWARRANTED COST TO VEHICLE OWNERS THAT COULD POSSIBLY PREVENT THIS IF IT WAS KNOWN. IT IS PERTANANT THAT SOMEONE OR SOME ORGANIZATION WITH STANDING AND POWER DEAL WITH THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON THIS ISSUE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE OIL PAN RUSTED RIGHT THROUGH. ALSO, IT A IGNITED A FIRE UNDER THE BASE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, AND NEITHER WERE WILLING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER. *AK

1. NO EVENT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. 2. FAILURE OF THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR ON FORD F250 WITH 7.3 LITER NAVISTAR DIESEL WITH RESULT THAT TRUCK WOULD NOT START OR RUN. 3. CALLED A FORD MECHANIC WHO SAID THIS HAPPENS REGULARLY AND I SHOULD CARRY A SPARE CPS. REPLACED CPS AND TRUCK STARTED AND RAN PROPERLY. PART COST ABOUT $190. NB: I HAVE TO SEARCH RECORDS FOR THE DATE - ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. DATE BELOW IS NOT ACCURATE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST STEERING AND BRAKING POWER. *AK THE ASSEMBLY THAT TIGHTENED THE BELT DRIVE AROUND THE STEEL SHAFT ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAD BROKEN OFF AT THE TIME WHERE THE TRUCK HAD NO BRAKES OR STEERING. *SCC *JB

I HAVE A 1997 FORD F250HD WITH THE 5.8L ENGINE AND 78,000 MILES. I NOTICED AN EXHAUST LEAK AND DECIDED TO INSTALL EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKETS TO CURE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, WHEN I STARTED THE JOB I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE BROKEN EXHAUST STUDS THAT HAD BROKEN FLUSH WITH THE HEAD. AFTER REMOVING THE MANIFOLDS FROM THE HEADS I ALSO FOUND MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE MANIFOLDS, ONE ALMOST COMPLETELY AROUND THE RIGHT MANIFOLD. AFTER CONTACTING THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A COMMON ONE FOR MY YEAR AND ENGINE BUT WAS ONLY TAKEN CARE OF WHILE THERE WAS WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CASTING FOR THE MANIFOLDS FOR THOSE YEARS WAS WEAK. *LA