2001 Ford F-250 Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, SMOKE SPONTANEOUSLY EMERGED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BATTLEFIELD FORD COMMERCIAL TRUCK CENTER (8980 MATHIS AVE, MANASSAS, VA 20110, (703) 368-3231) WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE WAITING ON AUTHORIZATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,840.

DRIVING AT NIGHT, TRIED TO USE CRUISE CONTROL (DIDN'T COME ON) THEN OVERDRIVE "ON" BUTTON STARTED FLASHING, THEN SPEEDOMETER BEGAN BOUNCING. LATER TRUCK WOULD NOT GO OFF WHEN KEY WAS TURNED TO OFF POSITION. NEXT DAY A LOW BEEP WAS NOTED. REPAIR SHOP WITH SCANNER SAID IT WAS AN AIRBAG WARNING BEEP. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON AT NIGHT ALTHOUGH THE KEY WAS TO THE OFF POSITION AND OUT OF THE TRUCK. SUBSEQUENTLY ALL SYMPTOMS STOPPED AND NORMAL OPERATION RETURNED UNTIL A RAINY DAY. SAME SYMPTOMS. DAY FOLLOWING THAT, NORMAL OPERATION. MECHANIC STATES THAT SYMPTOMS NEED TO BE OCCURRING TO MAKE PROPER DIAGNOSIS.

THE TRUCK BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE PARKED. IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR OVER 13 HOURS AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. IT DESTROYED ONE CAR ON EITHER SIDE OF IT. THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR COULD NOT SAY EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE AT THE TIME, BUT MADE ME AWARE OF A RECALL ON THAT YEAR OF FORD VEHICLES INVOLVING THE SPEED CONTROL SAFETY DEACTIVATION SWITCH. INFORMATION ON THE RECALL SAYS THAT THE WIRE COULD HEAT UP AND CAUSE A FIRE. THE TRUCK ALONG WITH TWO OTHER VEHICLES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN THE FIRE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS HE STARTED THE ENGINE, EVERY LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A BROKEN SEAM IN THE WINDSHIELD THAT WOULD CAUSE WATER TO LEAK INTO THE VEHICLE AND ONTO THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,007.

WHILE SHOPPING MY F250 TRYED TO BURN DOWN IN PARKING LOT 2ND TIME AT A SCHOOL SOCCER GAME AND 4 THE THIRD TIME RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND STILL AFTER THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS STILL SAME ISSUE FORD NEEDS TO MAN UP AN ADDRESS THIS SITUATION..... [XXXX] KEY NEVER IN TRUCK ALL THREE TIMES THIS HAS OCCURED REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT FIRE AND THE FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE NOTIFIED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,075.

WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK ON 06/17/07 AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT I DROVE THE TRUCK AND PARK IT AT 6PM, TAKE THE KEY OUT AND PUT IT UNDER THE MATE. THE NEXT DAY AT ABOUT 10:30AM OR 11 AM I SMILED SOME THING BURNING, I LOOKED OVER AND SAW A CLOUD OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE TRUCK, I TRIED TO BUT THE FIRE OUT WITH THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, BUT NO LUCK. THE FIRE DONE SPREAD EVERY WHERE. CALLED 911 AND BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE THE FIRE GOT THE TRUCK AND THE SIDE OF A HOUSE THAT WAS PARKED NEXT TO IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, ADVISING THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FIRE WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFY HIM WITHIN 15 DAYS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250 SD DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLE WHEN IT ATTEMPTED TO START INDEPENDENTLY. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. THE CONTACT DISCONNECTED AND RECHARGED THE BATTERY. ONCE THE BATTERY WAS REINSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. HE THEN CONTACTED SEVERAL LOCAL MECHANICS ABOUT THE FAILURE BUT NO ONE COULD PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION OF THE FAILURE. SEVERAL AUTHORIZED DEALERS WERE ALSO CONTACTED BUT AGAIN THEY TOO, COULD NOT PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

2001 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY PICKUP CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO FAULTY WIRING. *TR

BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH.. HARNESS WAS REPLACED IN 2008 BUT THE SWITCH WAS NOT LEAKING AT THAT TIME. CRUISE CONTROL STOP WORKING IN 2009. FOUND SWITCH WAS LEAKING. WAS TOLD NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. TW*

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F250. HE STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HIS INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY CHANGED THE FUSE. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD, THE FUSE BLEW. THE FUSE WAS CHANGED AGAIN AND SHORTLY AFTER, WHILE PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO THE PARK POSITION, THE FUSE MADE A "POP" NOISE AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. NO FURTHER REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE, TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 62,436. UPDATED 4/7/2010 *CN UPDATED 06/28/10*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING RAINY WEATHER, THE GENERAL ELECTRIC MODULE WOULD BECOME WET AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD ALSO CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO START INDEPENDENTLY, THE LIGHTS WOULD FLASH AND THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD ILLUMINATE INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND MADE A COVER FOR THE PART. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A LEAK COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD THAT WAS ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE GENERAL ELECTRONIC MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 240,000.

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

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD THE TRUCK CUT OFF. HARD TO DRIVE A DIESEL WHEN NOT RUNNING. MANAGED TO GET OFF ROAD. REPLACED FAILED CPS. F7TZ-12K073-A. *AK

2001 FORD F250 CREW CAB SPONTANIOUSLY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS ,AND SERVERLY DAMAGED THE HOUSE AND DRIVEWAY. FIRE CREWS STATED THE HOUSE WAS 2 MINUTES FROM IGNITING WHEN THEY FOAMED IT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 17 MONTH OLD SON, MY TRUCK JUST QUIT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. NO WARNING, NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, ETC. WOULD NOT CRANK IMMEDIATELY, TOOK ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES BEFORE IT STARTED AGAIN, MEANWHILE I WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND CREATING A LIFE HAZARD TO MY FAMILY AND OTHER MOTORISTS. THE TRUCK WOULD RUN FOR ABOUT 1 MILE AND DIE AGAIN, WITH NO WARNING AND IN TRAFFIC. THE PROBLEM WAS A CAM SENSOR PART CSS1603. THIS FAILURE COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY!

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CPS FAILURES AND EACH TIME THE TRUCK DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING LOSING POWER STEERING BRAKES ETC. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND A NEW PART SHOULD BE DEISGNED. THE PART NUMBER IS F7TZ-12K073-A. I HAVE REPLACED THIS SENSOR MUTLIPLE TIMES AND EVERY TIME IT IS REPLACED THE ENGINE STARTS RIGHT BACK UP.*AK

I SHUT OFF MY TRUCK AND SEVERAL COMPONENTS STAY ON, THEN I TURNED THE KEY ON AND OFF AGAIN AND THEY WENT OFF A FEW DAYS LATER THE SAME THING BUT THE WIPERS DID NOT WORK SINCE I AM AN AUTO TECHNICIAN I LOOKED INTO IT AT A FORD DEALER AND FOUND THAT FORD HAS HAD THIS MANY TIMES AND IT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE SAFETY BOARD AND I AM NOT SURE WHERE IT WENT FROM THERE ALL I KNOW IS THAT IF I LOSS MY WIPERS ON THE HIGHWAY IN RAIN IT WOULD NOT BE SAFE. I KNOW IN CANADA THEY MADE THEM CALL THEM BACK AND FIX THE LEAKS THAT CAUSED THE WIPER FAILURE/GEM MODULE FAILURE TO FIX IT AT FORD WOULD BE 600.00 DOLLARS WHICH REQUIRES REPLACING THE GEM MODULE AND IT IS RECOMMENDED TO CHANGE THE FUSE PANEL ALSO AND TO FIX THE LEAK THERE WAS A BULLETIN TO SILICONE THE SEAMS WHICH IS A TEMPORARY REPAIR. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THERE WAS A SLIGHT SNAPPING NOISE, AND ALL THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FELL TO THE LOWEST READING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 9/20/2006 - *NM