2012 FORD F-250 Complaints

AFTER DRIVING FOR 5 MINUTES A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE REAR LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL- NO CHANGE IN THE DRIVABILITY. ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER THAT THE COMPUTER STARTED FLASHING DIFFERENT SYMBOLS INDICATING MANY PROBLEMS- THE ALARMS WERE GOING OFF NON-STOP- THEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN BY THE COMPUTER. THIS TRUCK IS HEAVY AND I MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I HAD TO USE ALL MY STRENGTH TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD AND WENT INTO THE OTHER LANE! IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE TOWING A LOAD ON ONE OF THE MOUNTAIN PASSES I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED- AND HURT OR KILLED OTHERS! FORD HAS HAD BAD DIESEL ENGINES SINCE THEY DROPPED THE 7.3 YEARS AGO AND ARE RIPPING OFF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY- PLEASE DON'T LET SOMEONE DIE OVER A KNOWN PROBLEM. SEEMS CHEAPER FOR FORD TO PUT US IN DANGER BY SHUTTING DOWN THIS ENGINE AND THEREFORE NOT REPLACING THE ENGINE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM. *TR

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 60, HIT A SMALL BLEMISH IN THE ROAD, AND FRONT END STARTED A VIOLENT SHAKE, HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP FOR SHAKE TO QUIT. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE. *TR

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE EGT EXHAUST HEAT SENSORS 4 TIMES IN MY 2012 F-250. THE SAME SENSOR TWICE,FIRST AT 26K AROUND JUNE 2013 AND AGAIN AT 46K, OCT 2014. I'VE BEEN STRANDED 3 TIMES AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER. I OCCASIONALLY PULL A 42FT 5TH WHEEL CAMPER AND AM VERY WORRIED IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE PULLING IT WITH NO PLACE TO PULL OVER. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND GET A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY TRUCK IS ONE OF MANY THAT HAVE A PRIMARY RADIATOR THAT LEAKS FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE. *TR

DRIVING DOWN EXPRESSWAY ABOUT 70MPH DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. TRUCK HAD BEEN RUNNING ABOUT 30 MINUTES PRIOR. MESSAGE POPS UP ON INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT STATES "STOP SAFELY NOW", NO OTHER MESSAGE GIVEN. ONCE SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 10MPH THE ENGINE DIED AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. THIS IS IN RUSH HOUR DALLAS TRAFFIC. I PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND TRY TO RESTART IT FOR 40-50 MINUTES WITH NO AVAIL. HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHICH NOW INFORMS ME THAT I HAVE 3 BAD EGT SENSORS AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SAME REASON, NONE. THEY STATE THAT THEY ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THEM. THIS IS CONCERNING BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THIS ONE WAS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I KNOW OF 2 OTHER VERY CLOSE FRIENDS THAT HAVE FORD F-250 TRUCKS THAT THIS EXACT THING HAPPENED TO. *TR

DRIVING 65 DOWN ROAD WITH LIGHT ACCELERATION. TRUCK HAD BEEN RUNNING APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. MESSAGE COMES ON INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT STATES "STOP SAFELY NOW". THERE IS NO OTHER WARNING OR MESSAGE. SLOW DOWN TO PULL OVER AND TRUCK DIES AT 10MPH. NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. TOLD THAT IT IS A FAULTY EGT SENSOR AND THEY HAVE SEEN A TON OF THESE. THERE ARE 4 SENSORS ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND IF ONE GOES BAD IT WILL DISABLE THE WHOLE TRUCK. REPLACED SENSOR AND NOT COVERED AS RECALL OR WARRANTY. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS DEPENDING ON THE SURROUNDINGS IT COULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH BEING STRANDED ON ROAD FROM A SENSOR, WHEN THERE ARE 3 OTHER REDUNDANT SENSORS. *TR

DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY AND CAR STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. SLOWED DOWN AND EXITED HIGHWAY, ONCE TO 20MPH IT STOPPED. PULL OFF AND CHECKED UNDER CARRIAGE FOR ANY SIGNS OF PROBLEMS. NOTING FOUND. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP WHERE I TOLD THEM THE ISSUES. THEY STATED "OH THAT IS CALLED THE DEATH WOBBLE, IT IS ON ALL THE NEW FORD TRUCKS" SPENT $600 TO STABILIZE FRONT END BUT NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD BE FIXED. THIS IS WELL KNOWN PROBLEM ABOUT FORD F-250 AND F-350 TRUCKS YET THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON I 26 AND A WARNING CAME ON SAYING TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER SAFELY. I DAD NO CHANCE TO DO THIS AS THE COMPUTER PUT THE VEHICLE IN "LIMP MODE". AN 18 WHEELER NARROWLY MISSED HITTING MY TRUCK AS WE MOVED TO THE SHOULDER AND THE ENGINE DIED. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. WE THEN DROVE TO THE DEALER WHO SAID HE COULD FIND NOTHING OTHER THAN A WARNING TO CHANGE THE OIL. IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS, THE TRUCK HAS SHUT DOWN TWICE AGAIN. A TOW TRUCK HAD TO BE CALLED BOTH TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I WAS ON I 77 AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND THE SHUT DOWN AS I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER. THE NEXT TIME I WAS ON US 521 GOING UPHILL WITH NO SHOULDER. THE TRUCK AGAIN WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND THEN STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY. CARS AND TRUCKS WERE SWERVING TO AVOID US. MY WIFE WAS CRYING BECAUSE SHE WAS CERTAIN THAT AN 18 WHEELER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MISS US. I CALLED THE SHERIFF AND FORD AND LATER HAD THE TRUCK TOWED. THESE TWO TIMES, THE CAUSE WAS AN EGT EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE SENSOR FAILURE. I BELIEVE #2 FAILED AND THEN #3 (THERE ARE 4 OF THESE SENSORS). DEPENDABILITY IS OF COURSE AN ISSUE HERE. BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS SAFETY. FORD HAS DESIGNED A COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT STOPS THE VEHICLE NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE TO SAVE THE ENGINE AND/OR THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM. IN DOING SO, THE LIVES OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS ARE PUT AT RISK AND COULD BE KILLED AS A RESULT. *TR

THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE TRUCK DASH BOARD SENSOR FLASHED THE "SAFETY SHUT OFF", WHICH IS RELATED TO THE EGT EXHAUST TEMPERATURE SENSOR OF THE EMISSION CONTROLS. AFTER THE INDICATOR LIT UP, THE TRUCK INSTANTLY SHUT DOWN WITH NO ADDITIONAL WARNING OR PROVISION OF TIME TO MERGE OUT OF TRAFFIC AND INTO A SAFE AREA. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT RESTART NOR TURN OVER HOWEVER THE BATTERIES WERE FINE. IN MY RESEARCHING OF CORRECTIONS OR CAUSES TO THIS PROBLEM, IT APPEARS THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THIS MALFUNCTION AS OTHERS HAVE BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO THEIR ATTENTION YET AS OF TODAY FORD HAS NOT YET ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. IT IS MY HOPE THAT IF ENOUGH THAT IF ENOUGH FORD DRIVERS COME FORWARD, FORD WILL LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM, FIND A SOLUTION AND PROVIDE A RECALL TO CORRECT IT BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR

EGT EXHAUST GAS SENSOR # 2 ON 2012 F250 - I HAD NO WARNING THAT THE SENSOR HAD GONE BAD - TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED - I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN I'M TOWING MY TRAILER AND THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC - I OFTEN TRAVEL TO NATIONAL PARKS WHERE I HAVE NO SHOULDER OR CELL SERVICE OR AM NOT NEAR A DEALERSHIP - I WOULD BE STRANDED WITH MY FAMILY I HAD TO PAY HAVE THIS SENSOR REPLACED - MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR TOW SERVICE AS THIS ISSUE IS NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY OR AS A RECALL I FEEL THAT THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR AS A RECALL AS IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN IF ONE CANNOT SAFELY GET OUT OF TRAFFIC - THERE ARE 4 SENSORS - PERHAPS ONE SENSOR SHOULD BE USED AS "SPARE" SO THAT TRUCK DOESN'T JUST "STOP" AND LEAVE ONE STRANDED - HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAS THIS ISSUE CAUSED? IS THIS A SAFETY ISSUE SIMILAR TO GM THAT HAS JUST NOW BEEN ADDRESSED AFTER SEVERAL ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS? I SENT THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL TO FORD. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DO NOT KEEP RECORDS ON THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS AFTER THE 50,000 WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I WAS TOLD THAT IF ENOUGH OF THESE CONCERNS WERE "REGISTERED" WITH YOU THEN YOU WOULD NOTIFY FORD OF A RECALL IF WARRANTED. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ON 9-12-14. EGT SENSOR #4 FAILED THIS TIME.