2000 FORD F-250 Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED INTO THE SPEED CONTROL MODULE, CAUSING THE CRUISE CONTROL TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY THE SAME ISSUE THAT CAUSED NHTSA RECALL #05V388000, RELATING TO THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 8/16/2006 - THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON 7/14/2006. *NM

2000 F250 SUPER DUTY...49,000 MILES #8 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT @ 45 MPH.. LIMPED HOME....REMOVED HEAD....CRACKED....$300.00 FOR RECONDITIONED HEAD..... GASKETS, GOOP, TOOLS,BOLTS, FIXTURES..$600.00...........ABLE TO DO WORK MYSELF..LUCKY.....HELP FROM FORD..HA HA HA.... 80,000 MILES HEAD GASKET OTHER SIDE..ALREADY HAD TOOLS AND FIXTURES.... GUESS WHO GOT STUCK OUT IN THE COLD AGAIN.. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE SECTOR SHAFT OF THE STEERING GEAR BOX SNAPPED OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING RESULTING IN A CRASH INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THIS CRASH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP. UPDATED 7/21/2006 - *NM

VEHICLE - 2000 FORD F-250 4X4 7.3L DIESEL. CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR (CPS) WENT OUT CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AND NOT START AGAIN UNTIL PART WAS REPLACED. ENGINE TURNED OFF EXITING FREEWAY GOING APPROX 65 MPH. THIS IS THE THIRD CPS THAT HAS GONE BAD ON THIS VEHICLE. FIRST AT 38,000 MILES, SECOND AT 95,000 MILE, AND THIRD AT 159,000 MILES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE FENDER. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND THE TIRE WAS CHANGED. BOTH THE TIRE AND VEHICLE DEALER WERE ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT IN THE SIDEWALL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OFF THE ROAD AND THE TIRE WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A SHARP OBJECT, ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. THE AUTO DEALER HAS BEEN ALERTED. UPDATED 7/13/2006 - *NM

THREE OF FOUR COOPER TIRES SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATIONS WITHIN A MONTH. TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATED ON THE HIGHWAY NEARLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE VEHICLE DAMAGE FROM THE TREAD IMPACTING THE VEHICLE. TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND. COOPER TIRE WAS NOTIFIED. SO FAR THEY CLAIM NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THEY HAVE THE FIRST TIRE AND I HAVE THE SECOND AND THIRD AS WELL AS THE SEPARATED TREAD. WHILE COOPER TIRE CO. WAS EVALUATING OUR CLAIM FOR THE VEHICLE DAMAGE ANOTHER COOPER TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING ADDITIONAL VEHICLE DAMAGE. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING, AND CAN TELL YOU THERE WAS NO WARNING BEFORE THE TREAD PEELED OFF AND SMASHED THE REAR TAILLIGHT, DENTED THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND BENT THE REAR BUMPER! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS METAL FELL OFF OF THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS NOTICED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE LEAF SPRING ON BOTH THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE HAD A TOTAL OF SIX FRACTURES. THE LEAF SPRINGS ARE BEING REPLACED.

2000 F250 POWER STROKE WOULD SHUT OFF ENGINE AT SPEED, USUALLY AROUND 40 MPH WHILE DRIVING. LOSS OF POWER INCLUDED POWER STEERING WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER VEHICLE OUT OF TRAFFIC. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE MONTH, ONCE DETERMINED WAS NOT BAD DIESEL FUEL, I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. RESEARCHED ON WEB ABOUT PART AND SAW A LOT OF FAILURES RELATED TO PART, AND LINK TO THIS COMPLAINT PAGE FROM FORGOTTEN.COM LINK. PART F7TZ-12K073-A NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EVER APPEARED DURING THE MONTH, NO WARNING INDICATION FROM VEHICLE BEFORE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF WHILE AT SPEED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED ON A DIRT ROAD, THE DRIVER BECAME DISTRACTED AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD, AND HIT SEVERAL PINE TREES HEAD ON. A TOWING HOOK ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BECAME LOGGED IN A TREE AND RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE OVER TURNING. ONCE THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED MOST OF THE IMPACT WAS ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. ONLY AN OCCUPANT IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. THERE WERE FIVE OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER AND THE OCCUPANT SEATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE DRIVER LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. ALL OTHER OCCUPANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE POLICE FILED A REPORT AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE AGENCY, BUT DID NOT MAKE ANY DETERMINATION AS TO WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.