2003 Ford F-250 Complaint Log

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ENGINE STALLED. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. DEALER STATED THAT THE OIL SENSOR SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK. *AK

THE GAS GAUGE REGISTERS FALSE READING OF GASOLINE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RAN OUT OF GAS. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT SENSOR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE WILL NOT START RIGHT UP AGAIN. ONE HOUR INTO DRIVING THE PROBLEM STARTED. ENGINE MADE A WHISTLING SOUND. OTHER THEN THAT THERE WERE NO WARNINGS. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. *AK POWER STEERING AND BRAKES SHUT DOWN AS A RESULT OF LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. *TC

VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN): 1FTNF1L33ED16623. I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE INABILITY TO NAVIGATE SAFELY THROUGH LANE CHANGES WITH THIS TRUCKS NARROW FIELD OF VIEW AND THE SMALL WIDE ANGLE MIRROR IS DISTRACTING AND USELESS. THE BLIND SPOT CREATED BY THE BED BOX IS NOT UNLIKE MY 1996 F250 SUPPER CAB TRUCK AND CAMPER, A TRUCK WITH VIRTUALLY THE SAME VISUAL IMPARITY AS THIS WORK TRUCK WITH THE STAHL SENTINEL COVERALL. I HAVE NO SUCH CONCERNS WITH MY OWN TRUCK IT HAS A SINGLE WIDE ANGLE MIRROR (CONVEX) THAT I HAVE HAD ON TWO FORD TRUCKS SENSE 1980. THE REASON THIS 2003 TRUCK CONCERNS ME IS THAT THE BLIND SPOT FROM THE STAHL SENTINEL COVERALL IS COMPOUNDED 80% MORE BY FORDS 2003 EXTENDABLE MIRROR WITH SUCH A NARROW FIELD OF VIEW ON THE UPPER MIRROR AND A HARD TO FOCUS DISTRACTING LOWER MIRROR. I FIND THIS MIRROR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE VERY DISAPPOINTING, DISTRACTING, A LIMITED VIEW AND EVEN CONFUSING ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING LANE CHANGES. WHEN THE MIRROR IS ADJUSTED OUT TO SEE THE ADJACENT LANE YOU FIND THAT IT IS VERY DISORIENTING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THE RIGHT EDGE OF YOUR TRUCK SO IT IS HARD TO TRUST WHAT THE MIRROR IS SHOWING YOU! HELL YOU COULD BE SEEING TWO LANES OVER! AGAIN I THINK THE SOLUTION IS: FORD SHOULD OFFER AN OPTION OR REPLACEMENT OF THE TOP MIRROR WITH A WIDE ANGLE MIRROR (CONVEX). I WOULD THINK THAT FORD WOULD WANT TO INVESTIGATE THIS SAFETY ISSUE FURTHER. AFTER ALL 20 YEARS AGO THE CONVEX PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR WAS INTRODUCED FOR THAT REASON AND THE COMPLAINTS WERENT ABOUT COVERAGE BUT ABOUT JUDGING DISTANCES. SO WHEN INNOCENT FAMILIES GET SIDE SWIPED GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED YOU GOING TO BLAME THE DRIVER EVEN THOUGH FORD HAS INTRODUCED A FAULTY MIRROR DESIGN JUST TO MAKE THE RANCHERS HAPPY PULLING AND BACKING UP THERE HAY WAGONS!! AND NOT GIVE THE CAMPER HAULERS AND WORK TRUCK BED BOXS A DECENT PASSENGER MIRROR REPLACEMENT.*AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, IT VIBRATED HEAVILY. *JB

POWER BOOSTER FOR POWER STEERING COOLANT LEAKS, BLOWN TURBO CHARGER. *JB

EXTREMELY POOR FUEL ECONOMY ON FORD 7.3 L DIESEL ENGINE. BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW APPROX 1 YEAR AGO, VEHICLE WAS GETTING 18 MILES PER GALLON UNTIL DEC. 2003. AS OF JAN. 2004 THE VEHICLE MILEAGE HAS BEEN 9 MILES BE GALLON. VEHICLE HAS LOSS OF POWER AND HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER REPAIR SHOP FOR THIS PROBLEM. FORD DIAGNOSTIC SAY THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. IF ANYTHING, A DIESEL ENGINE SHOULD GET BETTER MILEAGE AS IT IS BROKEN IN. CURRENT VEHICLE MILEAGE IS APPROX. 25500 MILES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY SERVICED, OIL CHANGE, FILTER, AIR FILTER, FUEL FILTER EVERY 3000 TO 4000 MILES AND HAS BEEN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT TWO TIMES BEFORE WITHOUT CORRECTION. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, ALL FOUR TIRES LOCKED-UP ON THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE GEARS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY AND ROUGHLY. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *LA

IN JUNE 2003, I PURCHASED A NEW 2003 FORD F250. IT HAD FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S LT 265/75 R16 TIRES ON IT. ON MARCH 16, 2004, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WENT COMPLETELY FLAT AS I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND FOUND THAT THE TIRE HAD A RIP ACROSS THE SIDE WALL APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES LONG. THE TIRES (AND TRUCK) HAVE LESS THAN 12,000 MILES ON THEM. I CALLED FORD, AND THEY REFERRED ME TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER. AT THE FIRESTONE DEALER, ONE OF THE MECHANICS LOOKED AT THE TIRE AND SAID THERE WAS NO APPARENT REASON FOR THE TIRE TO SPLIT, BUT A MANAGER WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE IT COULD BE REPLACED. THE MANAGER LOOKED AT IT AND SAID I MUST HAVE HIT A LARGE ROCK OR SOMETHING. I EXPLAINED THAT I WAS SITTING AT A SIGNAL LIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED AND THAT THE TRUCK HAD NEVER BEEN OFF THE PAVEMENT. HE SAID MAYBE SOMEBODY CAME BY AND CUT IT OR STUCK AN ICE PICK IN IT (AS IF I WOULDN'T HAVE NOTICED THAT IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR). THEN HE TOLD ME IT WAS FORD'S FAULT BECAUSE THEY WERE USING THE WRONG KIND OF TIRE FOR SUCH A BIG VEHICLE, BUT HE WOULD SELL ME A NEW ONE AT A DISCOUNT. THE FIRESTONE WEBSITE HAS SPECS FOR THIS TIRE, AND SPECIFICALLY STATES THEY ARE FOR FORD F250/F350. I REFUSED HIS OFFER, AND CALLED FORD AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY REFERRED ME TO FIRESTONE CUSTOMER CARE. I CALLED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THESE TIRES, BUT THAT THEY WOULD NOTE MY COMPLAINT IN THEIR SYSTEM. THEY ALSO TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE SURE I SAFELY BUCKLE MY CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE IN THE VEHICLE. I'VE FOUND A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE TIRES ON THE INTERNET. AT THIS POINT, FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY, I'M HAVING ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE TIRES. I'M KEEPING THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT AND THE RECEIPT FROM THE NEW TIRES TO SUBMIT TO FIRESTONE IN THE FUTURE IF A RECALL IS PUT IN PLACE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED GAS FUMES COMING FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP TRIED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE IT. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. ALSO, HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK ERRATIC ACCELERATION AND SURGING, OIL ON BELL HOUSING AND SMOKING. VEHICLE ACTS LIKE IT DOESN'T KNOW WHEN TO ACCELERATE OR SHIFT GEARS. CONSUMER MET WITH AN ENGINEER FROM FORD AND SAID THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON A NEW SOFTWARE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. WHEN VEHICLE MADE ANOTHER SUDDEN ACCELERATION, DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS THE EGR VALVE AND OIL WAS COMING FROM THE CAM POSITION SENSOR. CAM SENSOR AND EGR VALVE WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, VEHICLE STILL POSSES PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATION ON VEHICLE. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT TURN STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO APPLY BOTH HANDS TO TURN THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE STEERING HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST PUMP A MONTH AGO. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

2003 F250 6.0 GAS MILEAGE IS ONLY 10 TO 11 MILES TO THE GALLON. THERE IS SOMETHING NOT RIGHT IT SHOULD GET 16 18 MILES TO THE GALLON. DEALER HAS NO FIX. THE 2004'S ARE GETTING 16 18 MILES TO THE GALLON WHAT WAS CHANGED IN 2004 6.0 ?? *JB

I HAD SCHEDULED A SERVICE APPOINTMENT FOR MY 2003 F250 SD CC 4X4 TO HAVE DIRECTIONALS REPAIRED. ON DROP OFF, I ASKED TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED FOR AN INTERMITTENT PULLING TO THE LEFT ON HARD BRAKING. TWO DAYS LATER I CHECKED ON THE STATUS AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PULLING TO THE LEFT AND THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED BY FORD. THREE WEEKS LATER THE BRAKE PADS, CALIBERS AND FRONT LEAF SPRINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND IT STILL PULLS. AWAITING FOR A FORD SERVICE REPRESENTATION TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. *JB

FORD SUPERDUTY 250 TRUCK WITH 7.3 ENGINE HAS NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL RESPONSE. PEDAL ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN LESS THAN 1200 MILES. THIS HAS HAPPENED AS WE WERE TRYING TO GO ACROSS BUSY INTERSECTION AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE EXPERIENCE IS QUITE UNSETTLING TO DRIVER PLUS OCCUPANTS.*AK

WHEN THE OWNER PARKED THE VEHICLE AND SHUTS THE ENGINE OFF, THE VEHICLE ROLLED. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *NM VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT ROLLED BACK. *LA

WENT TO START TRUCK , STARTER TURNED SLOWLY, TRUCK WOULD NOT START. TRIED AGAIN, SAME RESULTS, BUT WITH THE SMELL OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE ACCOMPANIED BY A FAIR AMOUNT OF SMOKE EMANATING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AT THE REAR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE FIRE IT SELF EXTINGUISHED. DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. TRUCK TOWED TO DEALER. *CB

I OWN A 2003 FORD F250 7.3L DIESEL. SINCE JAN. 2004 THE VEHICLE BEGAN "HICCUPING" OR "MISSING" JUST FOR A SPLIT SECOND WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE IN FEB. & THE DEALER SAID THERE WERE "NO CODES, NO FAILURES". TRUCK CONTINUES TO MISS & THEN THE CONDITION WORSENED BY STALLING WHILE DRIVING & I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. I AM ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE & GO ABOUT MY WAY, ALL THE WHILE WORRYING WHEN & WHERE I WILL BE WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I HAVE STARTED TO LOG ALL OF THE "MISSES" & "STALLS" SINCE THE 2ND VISIT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE "COMPUTER SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG & UNLESS IT HAPPENS TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY TEST DRIVE IT, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME." MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HAS A FRIEND THAT OWNS THE SAME TRUCK & APPARENTLY HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT HE EVENTUALLY ENDED-UP BREAKING DOWN. HE TELLS ME THAT HIS PROBLEM WAS THE CAM TIMING CENSOR. I PHONED THE DEALER & ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS, BUT HE STILL SAID THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO FOR ME SINCE THE VEHICLE STILL PASSES ALL OF THEIR TESTS. I AM FRUSTRATED TO KNOW THAT I COULD BE IN AN ACCIDENT DEPENDING ON WHEN & WHERE I AM WHEN MY VEHICLE STALLS. IT STILL STALLS ALMOST ONCE A DAY. *NM

PILOT INJECTION DEACTIVATED WITHOUT PRIOR CONCENT.*AK

2003 FORD F-250 WITH A 6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. INTERMITTENTLY ENGINE DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PUSHED DOWN. THESE OCCASIONS WERE TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE, AND ALMOST CAUSED A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS. REPEATED ATTEMPTS BY FORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. *AK*MR

MY FORD F-250 6.0 DIESEL FAILED TO START AND MADE A FUNNY NOISE. MINUTES LATER IT WAS ON FIRE AND DESTROYED THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY. *AK

WHEN THE HEATER OR AIR CONDITIONER WAS ENGAGED THE EXHAUST FUMES SEEPED THROUGH THE VENTILATION. *AK IT TOOK ONE WEEK TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED BECAUSE THE EXHAUST PIPE WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. *NM

THIS COMPLAINT IS ON A 2003 FORD F 250 SUPER DUTY DESIEL.....ON THIS DATE I STARTED TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION ON A BUSY STREET FROM A CROSS STREET. AS THE TRUCK STARTED TO MOVE AND GOT INTO ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC THE MOTOR SEEMED TO SHUT OFF, OR I SHOULD SAY WENT TO AN IDLE ALTHOUGH I WAS PRESSING ON THE ACCELARATOR PEDAL....I LOOKED DOWN AT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS ON AND JUST AS QUICK IT WENT OUT AND I HAD POWER AGAIN ALLOWING ME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC THAT ALMOST HIT ME......I THOUGH THIS TO BE ODD BUT CONTINUED ON MY WAY...WE HAD LEFT MISSISSIPPI AND WERE ON OUR WAY TO CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS......ALL WENT WELL FOR ABOUT 200 OR SO MILE BUT THE PROBLEM STARTED TO SHOW IT'S FACE AGAIN. IF I DROVE ABOVE 70 MPH THERE WASN'T ANY ACCLERATOR PETAL BUT I COULD DRIVE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL......WHEN I WOULD COME UP ON A SLOWER CAR IF I DISINGAGED THE CRUISE I COULDN'T "DRIVE" WITH THE PEDAL SO I WOULD SLOW DOWN AND SPEED UP WITH THE CRUSE CONTROL........ALL WENT WELL UNTIL WE WERE ABOUT MID WAYS BETWEEN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH TEXAS.......THE PROBLEM STARTED TO GET WORSE AND THE WASN'T A PEDAL ABOVE 35 MILES AN HOURS....WE GOT OFF OF THE INTERSTATE AT WHITE SETTLEMENT, TEXAS AND SPENT THE NIGHT....THE NEXT MORNING I DROVE THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL PROXCEMITY SWITH WAS BAD AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ITEM/TRUCK...... THIS WAS COVERED BY WARRENTY............BUT.......FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAD NEVER NOTIFIED ME.... THE PAPER WORK THAT THE SERVICE PERSONNAL GAVE ME STATED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM....... IN CLOSING... THE TIME THAT I WENT TO CROSS THAT INTERSECTION IF THE ACCELERATOR HADN'T STARTED TO WORK IN TIME, I MOSTLY LIKELY WOULD N'T BE HERE WRITING THIS COMPLAINT....I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF SERVICE PERSONAL AT DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY ALL HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE FIX IT. *AK

TRUCK ROLLED BACK IN PARK 2 DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT 2 OR 3 FEET AND SORT OF CAUGHT GEARS AND STOPPED. THE TRUCK WAS ON A SMALL INCLINE BOTH TIMES IN DIFFERENT PLACES THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND BUT NOT ICE AND IT ROLLED ALL THE TIRES WHEN IT MOVED. *LA

2003 F-250 6.0 DIESEL. WHEN STANDING ON BRAKES TURNS VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT. CONTACTED SALES DEALER: 3K MI. BRAKES NEED BRAKING IN. IN SERVICE DEALER: 12K MI. REPLACE CALIPERS ON DRIVER FRONT WHEEL. IN SERVICE DEALER: 25K MI. REPLACE COMPLETE BRAKING SYSTEM FRONT / REAR. DID NOT REPLACE HOSES. DID NOT CHECK PRESSURE. ADVISED THEY COULD NOT REPAIR AND TOLD ME TO GO TO ANOTHER DEALER AND TRADE UP. CONTACTED CUST. SERVICE WHO THEN ADVISED OWNER/DEALER TO "EXHAUST AVAILABLE RESOURCES." OWNER ADVISED THEY HAD DONE SO AND HANDED ME MY KEYS. SORRY. IMMEDIATELY PLACED IN SERVICE WITH ANOTHER DEALER 30 M AWAY. AGAIN, COMPLETE BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED. WAS ABLE TO CHANGE BRAKES TO VEAR TO THE RIGHT..BUT UNABLE TO REPAIR PER FACTORY SPEC. ADVISED VEHICLE UNSAFE. FIELD REP CONTACTED AND IS TO INSPECT. NOTE: TRUCK HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR REPAIR FOR OVER 5 WEEKS. LATEST SERVICE REP HAS ALLOWED RENTAL USAGE.

PURCHASED 2003 F-250 SD WITH 6.0L DIESEL ENGINE IN JUNE 2003. TO DATE, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO FORD SERVICE SIX (6) TIMES -- ALL RELATED TO THE ENGINE. THE FIRST TIME, WE WERE TRAVELLING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH WHEN TRUCK HESITATED AND DIED. WE WERE UNABLE TO RESTART THE TRUCK AND HAD TO COAST TO NEXT EXIT AND INTO A SERVICE STATION. WE WERE TOLD THE PCM (POWER CONTROL MODULE - BRAINS OF THE ENGINE) FAILED. SINCE THEN, THE TRUCK'S SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT HAS COME ON AND EACH TIME FORD SERVICE ATTRIBUTES THE PROBLEM TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ENGINE - GO FIGURE. THIS HAS ALL TAKEN PLACE BEFORE EVEN HAVING THE TRUCK FOR ONE YEAR!!

I WENT TO START THE FORD 250 DIESEL AT 0515 WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 50 DEGREES (FAHRENHEIT). THE STARTER WAS TURNING SLOW, TO SLOW TO START A DIESEL. I TRIED ONE MORE TIME AND IT GOT SLOWER. I GOT IN AN ANOTHER CAR AND WENT TO WORK. ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER MY WIFE HEARD SOME POPPING AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. SHE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ME. I GOT THEIR IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND IT WAS IN FLAMES. IT WAS TOTALED. *LA

I PURCHASHED THE 6 LITER 2003 250 TRUCK IN MAY OF 2003, AND NOTHING BUT A NIGHTMARE EVER SINCE. IT HAS ALREADY HAD A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH WAS CAUSING POISONOUS FUMES TO ENTER THE CAB, THE DEALER FIXED IT AND SAID IT HAPPENS. WELL IT ONLY HAD 5,918 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT THIS NEW TRUCK SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE TAKING IT TO BE FIXED ALL THE TIME. WELL SINCE THAT DAY IN MAY THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES FOR NO POWER, POOR GAS MILAGE, SURGING AND BUCKING WHILE IN THE TOW / HAUL FEATURE. AND ALL THEY DO IS RE-PROGRAM IT AND SAY THAT IS THE PROBLEM. WELL I DISAGREE AND I FEEL THIS TRUCK IS UNSAFE AND IS A TIME BOMB WAITING TO HAPPEN. I FEEL THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO START A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD OR THEY NEED TO STEP UP AND STAND BEHIND THEIR SUPPOSED QUALITY AND MAKE THE CUSTOMERS HAPPY AND SAFE. HENRY FORD WOULD BE DISGUSTED IF HE WERE ALIVE TODAY,THAT WHOEVER IS THE CARELESS INDIVIDUALS IN CHARGE ARE ALLOWING THIS TRUCK TO REMAIN ON THE ROAD. DOES FORD NEED ANOTHER FIRESTONE ON THEIR HANDS BEFORE THEY SEE WHAT IS GOING ON . I SURE HOPE THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T LOSE A FAMILY MEMBER BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. I CAN SAY THAT I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A NEW FORD VEHICLE AGAIN PLEASE SOMEONE HELP US, BEFORE ITS TO LATE. THANK YOU. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONSUMER SMELLED STRONG EXHAUST FUMES. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THEY SUGGESTED TURNING THE AIR CONDITIONER ON MAX TO NEUTRALIZE THE EXHAUST FUMES. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUMES WERE NOTICEABLE EVEN WHEN THE HEAT WAS ON. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. *JB

THE TRUCK STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS OCCUR, THE TRUCK LOSES ALL POWER, INCLUDING BRAKES AND STEERING. THIS HAS RESULTED IN TWO ACCIDENTS. IN ONE OF THE ACCIDENTS, THE TRUCK WENT INTO A DITCH AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE MANUFACTURE IS PROVIDING NO ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. *PH

ON GOING PROBLEMS WILL STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAN'T PULL ACROSS INTERSECTION LOSS OF POWER TRANS WILL SHIFT OR NOT STEERING ALL OVER ROAD SMOKES BADDLY WHEN STARTED

AFTER TOWING MY TRAILER SEVERAL BLOCKS I PULLED OVER AT MY DESTINATION AND REALIZED MY TRAILER LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT. THIS IS UNUSUAL BECAUSE THE TRAILER JUST MADE A 2500 MILE TRIP WITH NO PROBLEMS. AFTER CHECKING THE CONNECTIONS AND OPENING UP THE FUSE BOX TO LOOK FOR BLOWN FUSES I WENT BACK TO CHECK THE LIGHTS AGAIN. UPON RETURNING TO THE TRUCK SEVERAL MINUTES LATER I FOUND THE FUSE BOX AND A PORTION OF THE DASHBOARD IN FLAMES. I SMOTHERED THE FIRE AND FOUND ALL THE ELECTRONICS TO WORK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PASSENGER POWER SEAT AND THE TRAILER LIGHTS AND BRAKES. THE VEHICLE IS A 2003 FORD SUPERDUTY LARIAT F-250 5.4L *LA

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2003 FORD SUPER DUTY WITH A 6.0L DIESEL, I NOW HAVE 6100 MILES ON IT, I TOOK THE UNIT TO MY DEALER AT 1,100 AND COMPLAINED OF ERRATIC IDLE, LOW FUEL MILEAGE, 18 ON THE HIGHWAY, 15 IN TOWN, COLD START HESITATION WHILE ACCELERATING AND THE AIR FILTER INDICATOR WAS BROKEN, THEY HAD MY TRUCK FOR 6 HOURS, WHICH WASN'T THE PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD THERE IS SOME SOFTWARE ISSUES IN THE PCM, AND THEY WERE WORKING ON IT, I CALLED FORD CAC (CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER), I WAS TOLD THE SAME, I WAS ADVISED IF IT WAS A COMPONENT ISSUE THAT FORD WOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THAT PART, I SAID NO WAY, I WANTED THE PART CHANGED EVEN IF THERE WAS AFTER A PROBLEM IF MY TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I THEN RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE DISTRICT REP UP IN NORTH CAROLINA, I TOLD HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON, HE SAID HE WAS A POLICY/COMPLAINT PERSON AND WAS NOT IN THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THINGS, I NOW HAVE 6100 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND STILL NO CHANGE, I SENT A EMAIL TO THE FORD CAC, 5 DAYS AGO WITH NO RESPONSE. I'M GOING TO CALL THE CAC AGAIN AND THE DEALER. IF THIS IS FORDS IDEA OF CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY SHOULD RE-THINK IT. *JB

OIL LEAK. *LA

VEHICLE SOMETIMES SURGES AT A STOP LIGHT BY 250-300 RPM. VEHICLE STALLS ON ROAD AND BUCKS AT 55 AND 70 MILE AREA BEFORE THIS HAPPENS. ONE DAY VEHICLE SOUNDED LIKE ALL THE LIFTERS WERE STUCK. SOUNDED LIKE METAL PARTS FLYING TOGETHER COMING FROM ENGINE. ROUGH IDLE AND SMOKES AT TIMES. GAS GAUGE SOMETIMES STICKS ON FULL FOR 50-60 MILES THEN FALLS TO 3/4 OR LESS. SOMETIMES NO POWER AND THEN AT TIMES WITH POWER. MILEAGE FELL FROM 16.9 CITY TO 12.5 TO 13.2. RPM NEEDLE 1,500 TO 2,500 WITHOUT ENGINE SURGING. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 7 TIMES WITH ONLY 5,000 MILES. ENGINEER DROVE IT 50 MILES AND SAID "NO PROBLEMS." *LA

MY TRUCK IS A 2003 FORD F250 WITH THE 6.0 DIESEL AND A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM IS IN STARTING OUT FROM A DEAD STOP. THE TRUCK IS SO SLUGGISH I HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT IN CROSSROADS MANY TIMES!!!! YOU DON'T KNOW FROM TIME TO TIME IF YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO PULL OUT!!!!!!! THERE ARE DAYS I COULD PUSH IT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION FASTER THAN I WILL MOVE UNDER IT'S OWN POWER. ALSO WHEN PULLING MY CAMPER THERE WAS 2 OCCASIONS WHERE I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOW TO START THE LOAD UP AN EXIT RAMP AND THEN STOP AT THE TOP TO TAKE IT OUT OF LOW RANGE TO GAIN SPEED THUS HINDERING TRAFFIC!!! PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS! THERE ARE MANY NAMES I CAN GIVE YOU FROM FOLKS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ALL HAVE THE 6.0 DIESEL. *NLM

DRIVING 70MPH TRUCK DIES . ENGINE HAS LESS THAN 10000 MILES . FREQUENTLY PULL 8000 LB TRAILER,BOAT AND OTHER EQUIPMENT . SERIOS CONCERNS ABOUT LOSING POWER BAKES AND POWER STEERING WITH ENGINE DYING.DEALER HAS CHANGED ICP SENSOR TWICE IN A 300 MILE SPAN.HAVE READ ABOUT THIS BEEING A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE NEW 6.0 POWERSTROKE ENGINE.*AK

VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM 4TH GEAR TO FIRST GEAR WHILE ASENDING A MODERATE GRADE. VEHICLE WAS TOWING A FLATBED TRAILER WITH 7000 LBS OF BLOCK. WHEN VEHICLE UNEXPECTED SHIFTED INTO FIRST THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN A JACKKNIFE.*AK

WE PURCHASED A 2003 F250 SUPER DUTY 6.0 DIESEL WITH 15,000 MILES ON IT ON FRIDAY. WE LEFT FOR VACATION ON SATURDAY TRAVELING 10 HOURS AWAY TO TENNESSEE.TRUCK WAS GREAT AT FIRST. TOWED OUR CAMPER FINE. BUT THEN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING WE WERE SIGHT SEEING ON SOME TWISTY WINDING ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE WHEN IT SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING! I WAS ON A STEEP INCLINE WITH 5 TEENAGERS IN THE VEHICLE. NO POWER STEERING! GOT IT STARTED ON GOT TO A PULL OFF A FEW FEET UP THE ROAD WHEN IT STALLED AGAIN. LUCKILY, FAMILY MEMBERS WHERE IN FRONT OF ME AND CAME BACK TO HELP. WE CALLED ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE. THEY CAME AND HOUR AND A HALF LATER AND TOWED THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER ABOUT 45 MINUTES AWAY. THURSDAY I CALLED THEM, SORRY, DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT YET. WE WERE TO START HEADING HOME THURSDAY! FRIDAY A.M. PACKED UP CAMPER AND HAD FAMILY MEMBER PULL IT TO THE FORD DEALER. JUST GOT TO LOOK AT IT AT LUNCH TIME. FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD A HISTORY OF INJECTOR PROBLEMS WITH THE DIESEL GETTING IN THE OIL. HAD BEEN WORKED ON A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE FOR SIMILAR CONDITION. DECIDED THAT WE COULD HAVE FORD CHANGE THE OIL AT $115.00 AND HEAD HOME. STOPPED HALF WAY HOME AND HAD OIL CHANGED AGAIN $74.00. FORD DEALER HAD THE TRUCK FROM 9-10 DAYS. REPLACED 8 FUEL INJECTORS. PICKED IT UP LAST NIGHT DROVE ABOUT 60 MILES AND TODAY DURING ACCELERATION MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE LIKE SOMETHING BLEW UP UNDER PRESSURE. HAD MINIMAL ACCELERATION. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS BEHIND US! GOT IT HOME AND PARKED IT IN THE BACK YARD. CALLING ROLL BACK TOMORROW. HAVEN'T EVEN MADE MY FIRST PAYMENT YET!!!!! WISH I HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH BEFORE BUYING THIS VEHICLE WITH THE 6.0 AND ALL OF IT'S PROBLEMS THAT I AM FINDING ABOUT NOW!!!!!*AK

WHILE DRIVING MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAN CLUTCH FAILED. DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS AND REPLACED THE FAN CLUTCH. THE SAME DAY FAN CLUTCH BROKE AGAIN. *AK

NEW 2003 F-250 6.0 DIESEL FORD WITH 412 MILES JUST LOST POWER ON THE FREEWAY AT 70MPH...VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH NO STEERING OR POWER BRAKES...FROM ALL THE WEBS SITE ABOUT THESE TRUCK I CAN SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM...ACT NOW BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED DRIVING THIS TRUCK...*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED NO MATTER HOW FAST THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED THE PEDAL AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED TERRIBLY. PIONEER FORD HAD BEEN INFORMED, BUT STATED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE MACHINED, AND WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.*AK *PH *JB

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE 2003 FORD F 250 2W/4W DRIVE V-10 MOTOR. WAS THIS MOTOR [V10-6.8L VIN S] RECALLED ? WAS FORD TO REPAIR / OR REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE MOTORS? THE VIN # ON THE TRUCK IS [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD F250. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS AT A STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN, OR IDLING, IT SURGES FORWARD. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER OVER 25 TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

I OWN A NEW 2003 FORD F-250 WITH A 6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. ON INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE OCCASIONS, THE ENGINE WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS PUSHED DOWN. THESE OCCASIONS ARE TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE, AND HAVE ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE IN A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS. REPEATED ATTEMPTS BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO FIX THE PROBLEM HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. I HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN TOLD BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND HAVE THEIR ENGINEERS "WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK" ON THE MATTER. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME WITH ANOTHER COMPARABLE VEHICLE, OR REIMBURSE ME FOR THE LOSS OF USE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, AND FORD WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, EXCEPT TO TELL ME THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. *JB

I HAVE A 2003 FORD F-250. IT HAS SEVERE HANDLING PROBLEMS. WHEN YOU PULL A TRAILER WITH IT, THE TRUCK DRIVES LIKE THE TRAILER IS TRYING TO STEER IT. IF YOU PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, IT IS ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE. THE BACK END STARTS TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE TRAILER TO WHIP BACK AND FORTH. ALSO DURING PANIC STOP SITUATIONS, THE TRUCK DARTS LEFT AND RIGHT AND FEELS LIKE IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. I HAVE TALKED TO NUMEROUS FORD DEALERS. ONE TOLD ME TO CHANGE THE TIRES AND/OR TIRE PRESSURE. I TRIED FROM 35 PSI TO 75 PSI IN 5 PSI CHANGES, IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. I BOUGHT ANOTHER TYPE OF TIRES. THEY HELPED A SMALL AMOUNT. FORD HAS REPLACED MOST OF THE FRONT STEERING COMPONENTS. THIS HELPED FOR ABOUT 2000 MILES. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER HAS STATED "YOUR TRUCK HAS HANDLING PROBLEMS, BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TRUCK". THEY WILL NOT FIND THE PROBLEM OR REPLACE THE PARTS I FEEL WILL FIX IT. I THINK THE SPRING PACKS AND SUSPENSION BUSHINGS ARE TOO SOFT. I KNOW OF ANOTHER FORD THAT HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND FORD BOUGHT THE TRUCK BACK FROM THE CONSUMER AFTER ADMITTING IT HAD PROBLEMS THEY COULD NOT FIX. MY WIFE REFUSES TO RIDE IN THE TRUCK WHEN PULLING A TRAILER OR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL. IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE BRAKE DRUMS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *TC