2011 FORD F-250 Complaints

MY EGT SENSOR IN MY TRUCK WENT OUT THAT HAS TO DO WITH EMISSIONS THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'VE HAD TO PAY FOR BUT THEY HAVE REPLACED ANOTHER BEFORE WARRANTY RAN OUT. THESE SENSORS ARE FAULTY. *TR

DRIVING THE CAR AT 50 MILES PER HOUR ON A HIGHWAY, THE MESSAGE "PULL OVER SAFELY NOW" CAME ON, WITHIN 10 SECONDS THE ENGINE AND SUBSEQUENTLY STEERING SHUT ITSELF DOWN. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER EXCEPT FOR A TURN OUT LANE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR TO PULL MY 2 HORSE TRAILER AND DRIVE ON INTERSTATE FOR LONG ROAD TRIPS. I DRIVE AT NIGHT SINCE THAT IS EASIER ON MY HORSES. IF THE ENGINE AND STEERING CAN SHUT ITSELF DOWN GOING AT 75 MILES PER HOUR ON INTERSTATE, 10 SECONDS IS NOT A SAFE ENOUGH TIME TO PULL OVER WHEN CARRYING A LIVE ANIMAL LOAD. I WAS TOLD THE SENSOR WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE FOR WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO. NO PIECE OF MIND DRIVING AND TOWING WITH A VEHICLE THAT CAN SHUT ITSELF DOWN WITHOUT ADEQUATE WARNING DUE TO BAD SENSORS WITHIN 10 SECONDS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! APPARENTLY THE SENSORS ON THESE VEHICLES GO OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED DUE TO A $50 FAILED SENSOR AND THE ENGINE SHUTTING ITSELF DOWN AND LOST STEERING CONTROL. DEALERS I HAVE TALKED TO ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS ISSUE BUT SAY THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL ENGINE SHUTS ITSELF DOWN. DEALERS SAY IT'S RANDOM AND UNPREDICTABLE WHEN EGT SENSOR WILL FAIL. SOME OF THE SENSORS ARE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT ENGINE NEEDS TO SHUT DOWN BEFORE DEALER WILL FIX IT! INSANE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHOSE WIFE DIED ON THE FREEWAY IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A SIMILAR ISSUE ON HER VEHICLE BEFORE IT WAS DECLARED A RECALL. I BELIEVE THAT THE SENSOR ISSUE ON THE FORD 250 WILL LEAD TO SIMILAR SITUATIONS. IT'S TIME THIS IS LOOKED INTO BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MESSAGE CAME UP "STOP SAFELY NOW" I PULLED OVER JUST ENOUGH TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE, WHEN THE ENGINE DIED, AND WOULDN'T CRANK AGAIN. I CALLED MY DEALER TARVER FORD, THEY CALLED A WRECKER TO PICK IT UP AND BROUGHT IT TO THEIR SHOP. 2 EGT EXHAUST TEMP SENSORS BAD, $260 TO FIX. TODAY 3-13-15 MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I BOUGHT A CODE READER AND P242A CODE CAME UP ANOTHER SENSOR BAD. *TR

THIS VEHICLES HAS EXPERIENCED TWO INCIDENTS OF THE FAILURE OF THE EGT EXHAUST TEMPERATURE SENSORS. THE FIRST IN OCT. 2014 THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ISSUE WAS DIAGNOSED AND FIXED. AT THE TIME I WAS A SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THE PURPOSE OF THE SENSORS, BUT NOT OVERLY CONCERNED. IN APRIL 2014, LEAVING TOWN ON A SUNDAY MORNING WITH A HORSE TRAILER IN TOW, AT 40 MPH ON A CITY STREET RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT TOLD ME TO PULL OVER SAFELY AND WITHIN 60 SECONDS THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN LEAVING ME IN THE RIGHT LANE OF A BUSY STREET WITH TWO HORSE IN THE TRAILER. NO RESTART, CALLED A FRIEND TO COME HELP WITH THE TRAILER AND AAA TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME A DIFFERENT SENSOR FAILED, WITH NO WARNING. THERE ARE SO MANY SCENARIOS WHERE THIS COULD RESULT IN A CATASTROPHIC EVENT, INCLUDING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, WITH THE TRAILER OR IN A REMOTE LOCATION WITH NO ABILITY TO RESTART AND MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE CONCEPT / DESIGN OF THE SENSOR SYSTEM MAKES NO SENSE TO ME; SENSOR IS DESIGNED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE WHEN EGT INDICATE OVERHEATING, SAME RESULT WITH SENSOR FAILURE. THE IDEA IS SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE BEFORE IT OVERHEATS AND CAUSES DAMAGE, YET A SENSOR FAILURE, WHICH IS APPARENTLY A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE, CAN CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS EVENT. I WOULD MUCH PREFER ENGINE DAMAGE TO THE ALTERNATIVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER COMING TO A STOP, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR COMING FROM THE RADIATOR. THE CONTACT NOTICED COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TRUCK SHUT DOWN AUTOMATICALLY AND WOULD NOT RE-START DUE TO EMISSION SENSORS PER THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

WHILE GOING UP THE HIGHWAY THE MESSAGE OF " STOP SAFELY NOW" WAS DISPLAYED. ONCE PULLING OVER TO STOP THE TRUCK DIED AND WOULD NOT START BACK. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. TURNS OUT THE EGT EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE. *TR

TRUCK SHUT DOWN BY ITSELF. TOWED TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE EGT EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE SENSOR WENT OUT. DISCOVERED THAT FORD WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION ON A PARTIAL RECALL OF SAME PART FOR SAME ENGINE FOR AMBULANCE PACKAGE TRUCKS. CALLED FORD TO ASK IF MY TRUCK WAS COVERED AND WAS TOLD NO EVEN THROUGH IT IS THE SAME PART AND THE SAME ENGINE AS THE OCTOBER 2013 RECALL OF 2011-2012 FORD F 250 AMBULANCE PACKAGE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 6.7LT DIESEL POWER STROKE ENGINE. *TR

AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY THE FRONT SUSPENSION ON OUR 2011 FORD F250 4X4 PICKUP BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR TO GET THE SHAKING TO STOP. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, THE DEATH WOBBLE OCCURRED AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE TRACK BAR BUSHING AND BALL JOINTS AT A COST TO ME OF ABOUT $400. NOW 3,000 MILES AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE BY FORD THE DEATH WOBBLE HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AND COULD EASILY CAUSE THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO HAVING TO QUICKLY SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN 30 OR 40 MPH TO GET THE FRONT SUSPENSION TO STOP WOBBLING COULD EASILY CAUSE AN REAR END ACCIDENT LEADING TO CASUALTIES. *TR

ON 1/21/15 I ATTEMPTED TO START MY 2011 FORD F 250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS AT THE PARKING GARAGE WHERE I WORK. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO RANDALL REED FORD IN HUMBLE, TX. THE TECHNICIAN HAS STATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE A FAULTY ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE SENSOR WHICH IS LOCATED BEHIND THE DPF. HE MENTIONED THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 6.7 POWER STROKE DIESEL MOTORS. HE IS NOW RECOMMENDING THAT ALL FOUR SENSORS BE REPLACED TO THE TURNE OF OVER $900. I SEE THAT A RECAL IS IN PLACE FOR THE SAME MODEL YEARS IN THE F 350 AND BIGGER WITH THE SAME ENGINE. THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE F 250. *TR