2003 FORD F-250 Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. LIGHT ON PANEL CAME UP, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE SHOP A TOTAL OF FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEMS STILL REMAINED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.*AK

THE VEHICLE SHAKES REALLY BADLY WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THAT TIRES WERE OUTSIDE THE ROAD FORCE SPECIFICATIONS. *AK

THE WHEELS WERE SOFT AND BENT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, DUE TO A DEFECT, THE VEHICLE HAD 3 SEPARATE SETS OF TIRES AND EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. *JB *CB *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL. IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

TIRES ARE BUBBLING ON THE SIDEWALL. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

I PURCHASED A 2003 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY CREW CAB WITH 6.0 DIESEL IN LATE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN OREGON. I PULLED INTO THE FORD HOUSE IN COOS BAY ON SATURDAY. THEY COULDN'T WORK ON IT UNTIL MONDAY. TUESDAY THEY SAID IT WAS AN INJECTOR SEAL PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY DRAINED 28 QUARTS OF FLUID FROM THE CRANKCASE, WHICH HAD A 15 QT CAPACITY. THE REST, THEY SAID, WAS DIESEL BLOW-BY. THEY REPLACED 3 SENSORS AND 1 INJECTOR AND INSTALLED A NEW COMPUTER UPDATE. WE PICKED UP THE TRUCK AND LEFT TOWN THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY. ON THE WAY OUT OF TOWN THE TURBO INTAKE HOSE BLEW OFF. WE RETURNED AND HAD IT FIXED. SEVERAL DAYS LATER WE WERE IN TEXAS WHEN THE TURBO EXHAUST HOSE BLEW OFF. THAT, TOO WAS REPAIRED. AT HOME, THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND THE FUEL MILEAGE DROPPED FROM 20 MPG TO 13 MPG. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED 2 OTHER INJECTORS AND INSTALLED ANOTHER COMPUTER UPDATE. THIS PAST WEEK THE TRUCK WAS AGAIN RUNNING ROUGH AND THE FUEL MILEAGE WAS DOWN. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY REPLACED A SENSOR AND INSTALLED YET ANOTHER DOWNLOAD. THIS IS NOT WHAT I BARGAINED FOR WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK. *TT

AT HIGH ALTITUDES THE 6.0 LITER DIESEL WILL NEED 15-20 MINUTES TO WARM UP BEFORE IT WILL GO ANYWHERE. IF I TRY TO DRIVE TRUCK BEFORE THAT, IT WILL SPIT SPUTTER AND DIE. I HOPE I AM NEVER IN A HURRY OR HAVE AN EMERGENCY. TEMPERATURE DOES NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THIS, IT HAPPENS DAILY NO MATTER WHAT TEMP IS. NO FATALITIES YET, I WORK CONSTRUCTION, IF SOMEONE ON MY JOB GETS HURT THEY MAY DIE WAITING FOR TRUCK TO WARM UP. *JB

2003 6.0 DIESEL ON COLD STARTS THE VEHICLE DISCHARGES BLACK AND BLUE SMOKE FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR SURGING PROBLEMS AND ROUGH RUNNING, THE IPC SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND STILL HAVE VARIOUS ROUGH RUNNING AND SLIGHT SURGING PROBLEMS, DEALER IS NOW SAYING THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS STATED THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND ACCEPTABLE FOR THE ALL NEW BEST IN CLASS DIESEL. *JB

I BOUGHT A 2003 F-250 6.0 DIESEL. THIS IS A NEW ENGINE THIS YEAR, I OHAVE HAD THE TRUCK ONLY 5 DAYS BEFORE THE MOTOR STARTS SHAKING A 50 MPH AND WHILE IM AT A STOP LIGHT IT SHAKES VERY BAD W/ NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND ITS BEEN THERE LONGER THEN IVE OWNED THE TRUCK FOR.. I ALSO PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL WHEN I NOTICED THE TRUCK DID NOT MOVE, AND 1 SEC AFTER I LET GO OF THE GAS PEDAL THE TRUCK TOOK OFF BY ITS SELF... WHATS GOING ON W? THIS TRUCK???THIS TRUCK SHOULD BE STOPPED FROM BEING SOLD AND CAUSING THE OWNERS W/ HEART ACHES..