2001 FORD F-250 Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 FORD F250 SD CREW/4X4 AND THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT END STEERING SYSTEM. TODAY WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHIMMY AND SHAKE SO HARD THAT AT 55MPH BY THE TIME I GOT THE TRUCK SLOWED TO ABOUT 15MPH I WAS OVER INTO THE LANE OF THE ON COMING TRAFFIC (LUCKLY NO ONE WAS THERE). THE OTHER DAY WITH MY WIFE IN THE TRUCK WE TURNED A CORNER AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHIMMY REALLY HARD AND I LOST SOME RESPONSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK THE STEERING BECAME SOMEWHAT UNRESPONSIVE, AND I WAS FORCED TO ALLOW THE TRUCK TO TRACK INTO THE BAILY POST OFFICE PARKING LOT. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY TRUCK BUT THE MECHANICS TELL ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT THAT THEY CAN FIND. THE TRUCK DOES NOT DO THIS ALL THE TIME, IT COMES AND GOES, SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT AND THEN IT CAN GO WEEKS WITHOUT HAPPENING. I WORKED AS A MECHANIC FOR 25 YEARS AND I AM TELLING YOU THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS MAYBE EVEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FORD F-SERIES TRUCKS AND FORD SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SUCH A BAD DESIGN FLAW THAT CAN CAUSES A LIGHT SHIMMY TO TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THESE TRUCKS AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING, WHICH MAY CAUSE SERIOUS HARM OR EVEN DEATH TO THE OWNER. MY WIFE WILL NOT EVEN RIDE IN THE TRUCK ANY MORE BECAUSE SHE IS TOO SCARED TO DO SO. THANK YOU FOR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. GARY *TR

I OWN A 2001 FORD F-250 PICK UP WITH A 5.4 LITER ENGINE. THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT THE FIRST TIME IN THE SUMMER OF 2008. THEN AGAIN IN AUGUST OF 2009. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS REPAIRED WITH THE HELICOIL REPAIR KIT AS SUGGESTED BY FORD. THIS TIME, THERE WAS NO OPTION BUT REPLACING THE HEAD OR THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND VERY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. AND SEEMS TO BE TOO COMMON. AFTER SOME RESEARCH OVER 17,000 VEHICLES HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM, I BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD REASON TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. FORD IS OF NO HELP ON WHAT TO DO THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENS BUT THEY WILL THROW A $3000.00 REPAIR BILL AT YOU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F250 WITH B.F. GOODRICH ALL TERRAIN TIRES, SIZE 285/75R16. THE TREAD ON ALL FOUR TIRES WAS BREAKING APART IN HUGE PIECES WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. THE TIRE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 ON EACH TIRES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. UPDATED 09/14/09 *BF UPDATED 09/15/09.*JB

6 MONTHS AGO MY FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY CREW CAB V-10 BLEW OUT THE 3RD SPARK PLUG BACK ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. AFTER READING ABOUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I WENT TO MY FORD DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT HAPPENS ON THESE ENGINES BUT THERE ISN'T ANY RECALL NOR WOULD THEY PAY FOR THE REPAIR. TODAY THE SECOND PLUG BACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT. I SMELLED A STRONG GAS ODOR AND FEEL LUCKY NOT TO HAVE HAD A FIRE EITHER TIME. NOW DO I HAVE FORD REPAIR THIS ONE AND JUST WAIT FOR THE OTHER 8 TO BLOW? FORD NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE! *TR

THERE HAVE BEEN NO INCIDENTS/ACCIDENTS, HOWEVER PROBLEM IS: 2001 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY PICKUP TRUCK - OWNER'S GUIDE / MANUAL STATES ON PAGE117 UNDER THE HEADING "TETHER ANCHORAGE HARDWARE" -- (TETHER ANCHORAGE HARDWARE KITS (PART NUMBER 613D74) INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS, MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO CHARGE FROM ANY FORD OR LINCOLN/MERCURY DEALER) PER AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIP, PART NUMBER IS NOW OBSOLETE; HAVE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND UPDATED PART # F81Z5613D74AA. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE PHONE TOLD ME TO CALL THE DEALER; DEALER SAID PART IS APPROXIMATELY $80.00; CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE BACK - THEY TOLD ME TO CALL THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP. FORD DID NOT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY. BASICLY I WAS TOLD TO PAY FOR IT OR WHO CARES? SO FAR INCLUDING THIS LETTER I NOW HAVE 2+ HOURS INVESTED INTO THIS ISSUE. UNFORTURNATELY, MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT TAKE THE TIME AND THIS IS WHY THESE ISSUES EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IN 1-2 PHONE CALLS. CONSEQUENCES COULD MEAN DEATH OF A CHILD DUE TO THE CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT NOT FASTENED INTO VEHICLE PROPERLY. ALSO, IF INFORMATION ONLINE IS ACCURATE, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF QUESTION / ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND HOLD THESE MANUFACTURES ACCOUNTABLE TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE! *TR

SEPT. 07; MY FORD 01 F250T. CAB 4+4 WITH THE 5.4 L TRITON MOTOR, BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD ITS FIRST OF 3 SPARK PLUGS, ON JULY 4TH 09 IT BLEW OUT 2 MORE; I HAD JUST GOTTEN ONE FIXED AND PICKED UP MY TRUCK AND DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. WHEN THE FIRST ONE BLEW I WAS COMING DOWN A STEEP HILL WITH A POP-UP TRAILER IN TOW, I HAD MY FAMILY WITH ME, WIFE AND 2 GIRLS AGE 6 AND 8. WHEN IT BLEW IT SOUNDED LIKE A CANNON UNDER THE HOOD, I ALMOST LOST CONTROL, AFTER A 4 HR. WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK AND A COUPLE DAYS AT THE DEALER, AND 600.00 LATER, I GOT MY TRUCK BACK, NO FURTHER PROBLEMS TIL 7-4-09 WHEN 2 MORE BLEW.. I HAVE WENT ONLINE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL STORIES ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO THIS MOTOR AND TWO OTHER MODELS, AGES BETWEEN '99 AND '04. THE PROBLEM IS THAT FORD ENGINEERS DID NOT PUT ENOUGH THREADS IN THEIR "ALUMINUM HEAD" ONLY 3 THREADS AND THE SPARK PLUG HAS ABOUT 12. THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SPARK PLUG BLOWS OUT IT TAKES THE COIL PACK WHICH IS MOUNTED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE PLUG ANOTHER 100.00 TO THE EQUATION. I TALKED TO FORD BUT THEY DO NOT CARE, THEY WOULD NOT EVEN HELP ME OUT WITH THE LABOR TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH ENTAILS DRILLING OUT ALL THE REMAINING CYLINDERS AND INSERTING HELI-COILS, AT THE TUNE OF 1350.00 AT THE DEALER. THIS IS A VERY PREVALENT PROBLEM, AND I CAN NOT BELIEVE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RE-CALL.... *TR

INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER, CAUSED BY TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, TIRE TREAD CAME OF, TIRE STILL HAS AIR IN IT, VEHICLE IS TOTALED, FOUND PIECE THAT CAME OFF TIRE IS A (GENERAL AMERITRAC TR LT235/85R16) SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES DUE TO ROLLOVER. *TR

MY FORD F-250 HAD BEEN PARKED OUTSIDE MY SONS HOME FOR APPROX 2 HRS. WHEN A NEIGHBOR INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH IT. THERE WAS NOTHING SALVAGEABLE. *TR

WE HAVE A F250 2001 V10 PICKUP THAT HAS HAD 2 SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE HEAD OF THE ENGINE. THIS WE WERE TOLD BY THE MECHANICS AT OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER SHOP AT OUR 2 DIFF FORD DEALERS IS INHERENT IN ALL TRITON MOTORS. THIS HEAD PROBLEM SHOULD BE AA SAFETY RECALL. WHEN THE SECOND ONE HAPPENED WE WERE 200 MILES FROM HOME AND HAD TO SMELL GAS FUMES FOR 200 MILES TO GET IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO GET IT REPAIRED. LUCKILY THE SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN EJECTED FROM THE COIL ASSEMBLY IF IT HAD STAYED ON IT WOULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE. THERE IS A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE CYLINDER HEAD AND FROM THE MANY MECHANICS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEY ALL STATE IT IS FROM ONLY 2 OR 3 THREADS PER SPARK PLUG HOLDING THE PLUGS IN PLACE. PLEASE RECALL ALL TRITION MOTORS TO HAVE THIS TAKEN CARE OF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MODULE THAT CONTROLS THE FUEL INJECTORS HAS FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,174.