1999 FORD F-250 Complaints

(1) CRUISE CONTROL INOPERATIVE ON 1999 F250 SUPER DUTY SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE ON 5/12/06. (2) NOTIFIED THAT BRAKE LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. (3) FOUND 20 AMP FUSE BLOWN IN FUSE SPACE #13 AND REPLACED IT IN FRONT OF AUTO PARTS STORE. STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO CHECK BRAKE LIGHTS. A HISSING SOUND FOLLOWED BY ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER HOOD. CHECKED UNDER HOOD AND FOUND THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WET WITH BRAKE FLUID AND BURNT SWITCH. FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL INFO ONLINE AFTER THE FACT. *NM

THE CAM POSITION SENSOR ON FORD'S POWER STROKE DIESEL TRUCKS ARE KNOWN TO GO BAD. EVERYONE I KNOW THAT HAS ONE ... HAS HAD TO REPLACE IT. SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE. MINE HAPPENED TO GO OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. THIS IS NOT GOOD. IT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE HERE. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT REPLACING THEM CAN GET EXPENSIVE. I BOUGHT A NEW SENSOR FROM INTERNATIONAL AND PAID ~$100 USD. I THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND FIX THE PROBLEM. *JB

VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING FINE. PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND 70 MINUTES LATER MY WIFE CAME HOME AND FOUND THE TRUCK ON FIRE. HEAVY FIRE WAS ENSUING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WELL AS WELL AS OUT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE GRILL. *JB

AT HIGHWAY SPEED, 1999 FORD F250 4WD 7.3 DIESEL STALLED ON TWO OCCASIONS. I AM TOLD THAT THIS IS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY A FAULTY CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE WITH THIS ENGINE. *JB

I SIMPLY PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY HEARD A LOUD POP THE TRUCK STARTED MISSING VERY BAD. LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD TO FIND THE #4 PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT. IF IT HAD HIT THE FUEL RAIL VERY HARD MY MECHANIC SAID IT COULD HAD RUPTURED AND CAUSED A FIRE. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE I FOUND THIS A FLAW IN MOTOR HEAD DESIGN BY FORD MAY TRUCK IS NOW IN THE SHOP. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN 8 WEEKS. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED BOLTS THAT HOLD THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FRACTURED. THE FRACTURED BOLTS WERE DISCOVER BY THE SERVICE DEALER WHILE PERFORMING OTHER MAINTENANCE WORK. THE DEALER ALERTED THE CONTACT THAT THIS IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF THE VEHICLE. IN THE PAST ON THERE VEHICLES, STAINLESS STEEL BOLTS HAVE BEEN USED TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURED. THE DEALER PLANS TO REINSTALL THE SAME TYPE OF BOLTS ORIGINALLY USED ON THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PREDICTED THE PROBLEM WILL REOCCUR.

AN EJECTION OF SPARK PLUG HAS OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THE COST TO REPAIR THE ENGINE IS ASTRONOMICAL. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *NM

BEFORE THE MAIN FAILURE, SEVERAL (6+) INTERMITTENT FAILURES (ENGINE STALLS OR SPUTTERS) AT DIFFERENT RANDOM TIMES (AT IDLE, CITY SPEED, HIGHWAY SPEED, ETC). THE MAIN FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FREEWAY AT 75 MPH (ACTUALLY THE 2ND SUCH FAILURE BUT 1ST RESTARTED AT SPEED). WHILE TRAVELING IN THE FAST LANE OF A 5 LANE FREEWAY IN MODERATE TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE UNTIL STEERING SEEMED "STIFF". WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BREAK, AFTER REALIZING SOMETHING WAS WRONG, EXTREMELY HARD TO BREAK. I PLACED VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART, TO NO AVAIL. I MANAGED TO DIRECT THE VEHICLE ACROSS 4 LANES OF FAST MOVING TRAFFIC AND ONTO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT, OR POWER. I ATTEMPTED REPEATEDLY TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITH NO LUCK. THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS ULTIMATELY THE CULPRIT. *NM

1999 FORD F-250 SD 4X4 REAR BRAKE ROTOR CRACKING. THE REAR ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACE 3 TIME SINCE NEW. *JB

1999 F250 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD. *TS THE COIL THAT WAS BOLTED TO THE HEAD WAS HELPING TO HOLD THE PLUG IN THE HOLE, WHICH WAS A MANUFACTURING DESIGN FLAW OR A CASTING FLAW. *JB