2001 FORD F-250 Complaints

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.

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.

CONCERNING TREAD SEPARATION ON UNIROYAL LIBERATOR A/T LT 265/75R16 TIRE PURCHASED FROM WALMART ON 092007,APPROX. 36,000 MILES ON TIRE. USED ON 2001 FORD F-250,DIESEL, REAR WHEEL DRIVE. THE TIRE HAS DOT MARKING AS FOLLOWS: DOT BFW8 C62U 0807, E RANGE RATED. ON MARCH 23 2011 WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH I FELT BAD VIBRATION AND WHEN SAFE, PULLED OFF ROADWAY TO FIND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TO HAVE A BULGE ON TREAD AND SIDE WALL DISTORTION. I HAVE HAD THIS SAME FAILURE FROM COOPER TIRES WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND DESTRUCTION TO QUARTER PANEL. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND LATER (03302011) CONTACTED UNIROYAL WHO OPENED A FILE BASED ON MY PHONE NUMBER([XXX]). UNIROYAL CLAIMS NO RECALL NOR DO THEY ACKNOWLEDGE ANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS TIRE. I HAVE 3 OF THESE TIRES AND HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS ON THE 2-REMAINING TIRES IN USE. AT TIMES I PULL AN RV OR A BOAT AND MUST HAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT THESE TIRES WILL BE SAFE TO USE. *TR INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2001 F-250 SUPER DUTY, I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM WITH SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM THE HEADS OF MY MOTOR. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS WITH THE OEM PLUGS STILL IN THE MOTOR, THE SECOND TIME I HAD THE BLOW OUT REPAIRED ALREADY AND ALL PLUGS WERE REPLACED BUT YET AGAIN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER THE PLUG IN ANOTHER HOLE BLEW OUT. THIS TIME I HAD ALL HOLES PATCHED WITH A STAINLESS STEEL INSERT. BOTH TIMES I HAD TO PAY WELL OVER $50.00 FOR TOWING AND THE LAST REPAIR BILL WAS IN EXCESS OF $800.00. I AM A FULL TIME STUDENT AND SINGLE FATHER I DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PAY FOR CONSTANT REPAIRS BECAUSE OF AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM WITH OEM EQUIPMENT, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET AND TOLD BY MY MECHANICS THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALMOST EVERY VEHICLE WITH THESE TYPES OF MOTORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT IN LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER. *TR

SPARK PLUGS BLOWN OUT OF ENGINES 2001 FORD F- 250 . BOTH SIDE OF THE ENGINE. *TR

I HEARD A NOISE LIKE A LOOSE ROCKER ARM AND TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD NOT TO WORRY. THEN AT THE BANK THE NOISE CHANGED AND QUIT "TICKING" AND BY THE TIME I PULLED OUT OF THE LINE I HEARD A LOUD "POP" AND THEN A CONTINUAL POPPING NOISE, AFTER I GOT PULLED OVER I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE SPARK PLUG CLOSEST TO THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS OUT. WITH FUEL COMING OUT AND A SPARK PLUG FIRING ON THE MOTOR, I AM AMAZED IT DID NOT CATCH FIRE. *TR

DRIVING MY TRUCK ON HIGHWAY. THE SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE THE TIRE WENT UNDER A TRAILER AND BENT TWO RIMS AND THE AXLE. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW HAS 60,900 MILES THE SPARE HAS NEVER BEEN OF THE TRUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, HE DETECTED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WOULD NOT REMAIN SECURED IN THE LOCKING MECHANISM. WHEN THE SEAT BELT WAS IN USE BY AN OCCUPANT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 124,000. UPDATED 01/13/11*LJ UPDATED 01/31/11. *JB

I HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUTS ON MY FORD F250 WITH A 5.4L ENGINE LEAVING ME STRANDED OUT OF STATE TWICE. I LIVE IN OHIO AND I HAD MY FIRST SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT IN W VIRGINIA WHILE EN ROUTE TO S CAROLINA FOR VACATION. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS LAST YEAR IN PENNSYLVANIA. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER PLUG ABOUT TO BLOW OUT! *TR

I OWN A 2001 FORD F 250 SUPER DUTY WITH A 6.8 LITER V10 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME NOW THAT IT HAS BLOWN OUT A SPARKPLUG WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT A HIGH SPEED THEY WERE NOT THE SAME PLUG AND THEY ARE ORIGINAL MOTORCRAFT PLUGS . BOTH TIMES YOU SMELL ALOT OF GAS THAT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *TR