2004 FORD F-250 Complaints

2004 FORD F250 SD 6.0L SPUTTERS, LUNGES & DIES OUT WHEN IDLE, WAITING IN TRAFFIC OR DRIVING SLOWLY. LUCKILY, IT'S BEEN STARTING RIGHT BACK UP. IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING QUITE OFTEN LATELY. LOOKED UP POSSIBLE CAUSES AND FOUND RECALL 05V270000 FROM 2005, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE EXACT ISSUE I AM HAVING. CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD THERE ARE ZERO RECALLS PERTAINING TO THIS TRUCK AND THAT THAT PARTICULAR RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE MY TRUCK. I HAVE SEEN MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME EXACT VEHICLE AND HOW THIS ISSUE HADN'T BEEN COVERED UNDER SAID RECALL. I HAVE THE NHTSA RECALL NO EA05003, BUT IT HAS TIMED OUT AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON THIS SITE. PLEASE REALIZE THAT ALL THESE SAME VEHICLE OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME DANGEROUS ISSUE AND IT ISN'T BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY FORD OR THE NHTSA.

STEERING GEAR BOX SPLINE SHAFT SNAPPED OFF AT THE PITMAN ARM CONNECTION WHILE DRIVING,CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.

CPSC: HEATED SEAT COVER WAS PLUGGED INTO 2004 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY VIA THE DC 12V. THE VEHICLE WAS ON FOR 30. *DT *TR

I HAVE A 2004 F 250 SUPER DUTY WITH THE 6.0 ENGINE IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE HEADS DOWN STREACH WHEN HOT LETTING WATER INTO THE OIL SYSTEM ITS ALL OVER THE INTERRNET ABOUT THE 6.O ENGINE THAT FORD PROVIDES THE ONLY FIX IS TO HAVE THE CAB REMOVED AND REPLACE THE BOLTS WITH STUDS THAT CAN TAKE THE HIGH TEMP THAT THE ENGINE PRODUCES THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE PROBLEMS BUT THIS PROBLEM COST ME OVER 5000$ TO FIX SURE WOULD BE NICE FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK INTO THIS PRODUCT THAT FORD HAS BEEN USEING AND KNOWS THERES A PROBLEM WITH THAT ENGINE,,YOU GO TO TRADE IT IN AT FORD AND THEY SEE IT HAS A 6.0 ENGINE IN IT AND THE PRICE DROPS ,WAY ,WAY TO MUCH FOR A TRUCK THAT SOLD NEW FOR 45000$ , I FOUND MY TRUCK LEAKING WATER IN THE DRIVE WAY SETTING STILL NO REASON FOR IT TO START LEAKING ,,I HAVE THE BILLS FROM FORD DEALER WHERE I HAD IT FIXED IF NEEDED PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ENGINE ITS NOT RIGHT TO PUT SO MUCH MONEY INTO A TRUCK THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM THAT NOT ONE OTHER ENGINE FORD HAS DOES WHAT THE 6.0 DOES ,ALSO BAD EGR IT HAS TO BE BY PASSED THIS STUFF SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ALSO SHOWED WATER IN GAS EMPTYED THE CANTAINER AND THEN GAS GAUGE STOPS WORKING AND GAS LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME ,,,,NEVER BUY FORD

THE PARKING BRAKES WERE NEVER VERY EFFECTIVE AND DESPITE BEING REPAIRED SEVERAL NOTHING HAS BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE THEM. THE TRUCK HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND DISC REAR BRAKES. IT IS DANGEROUS TO PARK IT ON A HILL EVEN IF ITS LEFT IN GEAR.

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED AFTER OPENING THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. IN ORDER FOR THE DOOR TO LATCH IN THE CLOSED POSITION I HAVE TO REOPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL THE DOOR STAY CLOSED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH ALL TERRAIN TAK02 TIRES, SIZE: LT265/75/R16. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,600.

ON SATURDAY, 6/2/18, MYSELF, HUSBAND AND ANOTHER PASSENGER WERE INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VA. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL, NO ROUGH ROAD, POTHOLES AND NO ITEMS IN ROADWAY. WE WERE TRAVELING ON A RURAL, TWO LANE ROAD WITH NO SIDE SHOULDERS(JUST TREES) WHEN OUR LEFT REAR TIRE STARTED VIBRATING AND MAKING A STRANGE NOISE. BEFORE WE HAD TIME TO SLOW DOWN, WE HEARD LOUD BANGING AND CRUNCHING. SEEING AS THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER, WE HAD TO STOP AND INVESTIGATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE. WHAT WE SAW WAS A STILL FULLY INFLATED TIRE, WITH THE TREAD TORN OFF AND FLAPPING. THIS COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE BED AND WHO KNOWS POSSIBLY WHAT ELSE OF OUR TRUCK. THE TIRES HAVE GOOD TREAD LIFE, WERE INFLATED TO THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED PRESSURE AND WERE NOT DRY ROTTED OR WORN UNEVENLY. WE HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED AN HOUR BACK HOME BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE MANUFACTURER AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANYWHERE WITH THEM. THIS IS NOT A FLUKE, SEEING AS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING ON HERE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WE WERE EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT WE WERE NOT INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. OUR TIRES ARE 33X12.50X16.5 BF GOODRICH ALL TERRAIN T/A KO. PICTURED BELOW IS THE PROOF OF TIRE TREAD SEPARATION AND DAMAGE DONE TO MY VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-250 SD. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO EXIT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD NO LONGER FUNCTION. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONTACT PARKED, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. UPON RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT IT HAD ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE ORIGINAL PARKED POSITION. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

FAULTY EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAK OFF AND CAUSE EXCESSIVE NOISE, EXHAUST ENTERS THE DRIVERS CABIN, VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS EMISSIONS INSPECTION AND IS EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. I HAVE 4 FORD VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM. FIRST INCIDENT WAS AT AROUND 50,000 MILES AND 48 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. FORD REFUSED TO MAKE REPAIRS UNDER ANY PORTION OF THE FACTORY WARRANTY. THEY CLAIM LIFETIME EMISSIONS WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER IT, NOR THE 100,000 POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I HAVE SPENT OVER $8000.00 MAKING REPAIRS TO THESE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS.