2001 FORD F-250 Complaints

I STOPPED TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. I HAD TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE IN GEAR AND SET THE PARKING BRAKE. WHEN I GOT BACK, I COULD HARDLY GET THE TRUCK BACK INTO NEUTRAL TO START THE VEHICLE. IT WAS ALSO HARD TO FIND GEARS TO DRIVE BACK TO WORK. WE DROPPED THE TRUCK BY THE FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE SHIFT SHAFT TUBE, 2 BUSHINGS AND THE SHIFTER CABLE ASSEMBLY. IT SEEMS TO WORK FINE NOW. *JB

SAW ANTI-FREEZE LEAKING,TOOK VEHICLE, WHICH IS A 2001 FORD F250 SD, TO THE DEALER. HAD PRESSURE TEST DONE OF COOLING SYSTEM,FOUND WAS A BROKEN HOSE CLAMP,DEALER CHANGED ALL FOUR HOSE CLAMPS. VEHICLE HAS 22,000 MILES. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2001 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE FIRE STARTED ON THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH (WHICH IS THE CUT OFF SWITCH FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL, IT BURNED THE WIRING HARNESS IT BURNED ALL THE WAY UNTIL IT GOT INTO THE HARNESS, AND CAUGHT THE RUBBER BOOT ON FIRE WHICH COVERS THE STEERING CONTROL. THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL RELATED. *JB

WHILE OUT OF TOWN I HAD JUST EXITED THE INTERSTATE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP.MY TRUCK, A FORD F250 WITH A 5.4 LTR TRITON V8 STARTED RUNNING TERRIBLE AND MAKING A GOD AWFUL NOISE.I MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT.I OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND AN IGNITION COIL PACK AND SPARKPLUG LAYING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE.I WAS ABLE TO REINSTALL THE SPARKPLUG AND REPLACED THE COIL PACK DUE (COIL PACK ATTACHMENT EAR HAD BROKEN OFF WHEN PLUG WAS EJECTED FROM ENGINE.).APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A LOCAL PARK.THEY HAD JUST TURNED OFF A MAJOR STREET WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD POP,THEY DESCRIBED AS SOUNDING LIKE A GUNSHOT. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND TO DATE I'M SUPRISED THAT A FIRE HAS NOT OCCURED OR NO SERIOUS INJURIES HAVE OCCURED. THIS IS VERY DANAGEROUS THE SPARK PLUG IS ACTUALLY EJECTED LIKE A MISSLE.

DT THE CRUISE CONTROL STUCK TWICE, THE LAST CAME UP OUT OF THE SEAT AND HAD TO BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE TO GET IT STOP. CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO SAID THAT ITS NOT INCLUDED THE RECALL, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. CRUISE SET ON 59 MPH AND IT IDLED REALLY HIGH. HAD TO KEEP HITTING THE OFF BUTTON, AND PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRA,L AND IT STILL IT WOULD NOT DISINGAGE. HAD THEM DISCONNECT CRUISE CONTROL. *AK

WE WERE NOTIFIED BY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN OUR YARD. OUR FORD 250 WAS ON FIRE AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR AROUND 4 HOURS. UPON INVESTIGATION THE FIRE MARSHALL INDICATED THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE FIRE BEGAN AND PRESUMED IT WAS THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH BASED ON ITS LOCATION. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOTALED AND CAUGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON FIRE NEXT TO IT.

DT: CONSUMER FOUND A RECALL 01V227001 ONLINE FOR THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. CONTACTED FORD, AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE RECALL WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE. CONSUMER BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW. THE SEAT BELT WILL OCCASIONALLY UNBUCKLE, AND IF WIGGLED, THE SEAT BELT WILL UNLATCH. THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS OCCUR.*AK

COMPLETE POWER FAILURE AT SPEEDS UNDER 55 HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. TWO TIMES ON A COVER CAUSING POWER STEERING FALURE - WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER AND WENT OFF THE ROAD. VEH WILL START RIGHT AFTER

DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SEAT BELT LATCH KEEPS COMING UNDONE. CONSUMER LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS RECALL 01V227001. WHEN CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD SHE WAS TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THIS RECALL. DUE TO VIN. THE BUCKLE STARTED COMING UNDONE ONLY ON BUMPY ROADS. BUT LAST WEEK IT CAME UNDONE TWICE ON A CITY STREET. SHE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE SHE HAD NOT LATCHED IT PROPERLY, BUT ONCE IT STARTED ON THE CITY STREETS, LATCHING WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ONCE A YEAR. *AK

DT: AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN TIRE BLEW OUT AND VEHICLE HIT THE BERM AND FLIPPED OVER, END OVER END. THE SPEED AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS 68 MPH. THE TIRE SEPARATED/BLEWOUT AND THE RIM HIT THE GROUND PULLING THE VEHICLE INTO BERM. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE INJURIES. THE PASSENGER SPENT 7 WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES, A COLLAR BONE FRACTURE AND SHOULDER BLADE FRACTURE. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE BROKEN RIBS, A BROKEN ARM, BROKEN VERTEBRAE AND VISION AND BALANCE PROBLEMS. NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLES. THE PSI WAS CHECKED REGULARLY, VEHICLE WAS REGULARLY SERVICED. NO WARNINGS OR PROBLEMS WITH TIRES PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.*AK *NM THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. *SC