2004 FORD F-250 Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED TWICE THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE ON ITS OWN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOCK UP. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO GEAR. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED, THE DEALERSHIP INSTALLED A VACUUM PUMP ASSEMBLY. THE SECOND TIME, THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE MOTOR ON THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS DEFINED IN NHTSA RECALL #05V270000, BUT THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DID NOT ACCELERATE ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE SECOND OCCASION THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE SERVICE DEALER COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM.

F250 DIESEL ENGINE HAS UNCOMMANDED THROTTLE ADVANCE. IN TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT, I NEED TO KEEP A LARGE INTERVAL IN CASE TRUCK DECIDES TO ADVANCE THROTTLE ON ITS OWN. THIS SITUATION RULES OUT PARKING IN THE GARAGE. TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM FORD, HAS BEEN IN SHOP 6 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35MPH OR LESS, THE ENGINE REVS FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN DECREASE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH PRODUCED NO FAILURE CODES. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

I OWN A 2004 F-250 POWER STROKE DIESEL MY TRUCK HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES THAT HAVE LEFT ME IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS SUCH AS ON FREEWAYS, WHERE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS HAD ESCORT ME TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS ON MY VEHICLE EVEN BEFORE I HAD THE PROBLEM OF MY TRUCK STALLING. THEY HAD REPLACED ALL THE RECALL PARTS WHICH WAS SAID TO HAVE CAUSED THE STALLING OF THE POWER STROKE MODELS. AROUND 20,00 MILES AFTER I HAD BOUGHT MY TRUCK IT WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. UP TO THIS DAY IT HAS STALLED A TOTAL OF ABOUT 12 TIMES. SOME TIMES IT WOULD START AND STALL AGAIN AND AT TIMES IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THEM TO FIX IT AND EVERY TIME THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE GIVEN ME FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS TO RECORD THE PROBLEMS AS IT STALLS. THE PROBLEM WAS RECORDED AND THEY STILL COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME MY VEHICLE STALLED WAS ON THE 6TH OF JULY ME AND MY FAMILY WERE ON A VACATION TO YOSEMITE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER WHEN MY TRUCK STALLED ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WITH NO SHOULDER SO I WAS STALLED DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO OPPOSING TRAFFIC WHEN AN ON COMING VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO MY MIRROR AND BROKE IT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE IN SENSE THAT MY FAMILY'S LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. ALL THE SHOP FOREMAN WHICH I DEAL WITH AT THE DEALER TELLS ME TO JUST BRING MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT THEY HAVE YET TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I AM FED UP WITH THIS PROBLEM. *NM

MY 2004 FORD 250 4 X 4 IS SURGING (TAKING OFF) WHEN I AM NOT ACCELERATING THE ENGINE. IT DOES THIS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TRIED SEVERAL FIXES AND EVEN CALLED THEIR OWN HOTLINE. NOTHING IS WORKING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM AT TIMES SITTING A RED SIGNAL LIGHT ANT THE TRUCK WANTS TO TAKE OFF. MY FOOT WAS FIRMLY SUPPRESSED UPON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I TRAVEL DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET, GOING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MILES PER HOUR, AND MY TRUCK SURGES FORWARD AS THOUGH I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. I DID NOT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. I CAN BE GOING SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 75 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY, WHETHER IN STOP AND GO OR CONTINUOUS SPEED, AND THE TRUCK SURGES WITHOUT THE COMMAND OF MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE RPM NEEDLE JUMPS SUDDENLY AS WELL WHEN THIS OCCURS. IF I AM REPEATING MYSELF, IT IS BECAUSE I AM VERY CONCERN FOR MY SAFETY AS WELL AS ANY PASSENGERS AND THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD WITH ME WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS. I HAVE GONE TO VARIOUS WEBSITE FORUMS AND I AM SEEING OTHER OWNERS COMPLAIN OF THE SAME THING, BUT FORD IS NOT FIXING THE SAFETY ISSUE. *NM

MY 2004 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY DIESEL HAD ITS TURBO REPLACED IN MAY 2005-IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP'S GARAGE ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST YEAR, STALLING OUT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WE CAN NOT TOW ANYTHING WITH OUT IT BLOWING BLACK SMOKE AND CUTTING OUT. I AM 1000 MILES FROM THE INITIAL WARRANTY THE MECHANIC'S HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM I LOCATED A NHTSA RECALL WHICH DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM TO THE TEE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE'S VIN WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL SO I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET FOR THE CORRECTION. EVEN THOUGH I AM STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUMMARY STATES: IF THE ENGINE STALLS, A CRASH COULD OCCUR. WHICH COULD ENDANGER MY FAMILY AND POSSIBLY SOMEONE ELSE. *NM

2004 F 250 ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED , ENGINE SURGED AND RAN ROUGH. *TS THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT EACH TIME THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *NM

F250 6.0 POWERSTROKE STALLS, MISSES, AND LOSES ALL POWER. FORD DEALER HAS NO IDEA OF WHAT COULD BE CAUSING PROBLEM. HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR. CHANGED EGR VALVE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER SENSORS. NO CHANGE. *NM

PURCHASED NEW 2004 F250 6.0L TURBO DIESEL. SINCE PURCHASE, HAVE REPEATEDLY EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT SURGING, STUMBLING, & STALLING. HAVE RETURNED VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIME WITH NO TROUBLE FOUND. SUBSEQUENT RECALL CAME OUT AND WAS PERFORMED IN SEPTEMBER 2005. INTENT OF RECALL WAS TO ADDRESS STATED PROBLEMS. STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEM AGAIN IN FEBRUARY OF 2006. SHOP VISIT ON 12 APRIL 2006 REVEALED EGR?? PROBLEM, AND WAS REPLACED. PROBLEMS REAPPEARED THE NEXT MORNING. WILL TAKE TO THE SHOP FOR ANOTHER ROUND!! *NM