2004 FORD F-250 Complaints

DT; EVER SINCE CONSUMER BOUGHT FORD F250 IT JERKS OR BUCKS FORWARD WHEN AT A STOP OR DRIVING SLOW. DEALER BASICALLY SAY IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO FIX IT. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. IT MAY DO THIS AND STOP THEN IT WILL BEGIN AGAIN. THE MOST RECENT EPISODE WAS LAST WEEK. CONSUMER CALLED SERVICE DEPT AS IT WAS HAPPENING, AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN AND THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. ACTUALLY HAD TO PUT IN NEUTRAL FOR SAFETY BECAUSE IT DOES THIS AS IF THE VEHICLE WERE STALLING AND LURCHES FORWARD EVEN WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. *TT

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT. EACH TIME THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO TURN THE CORNER OR HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE SAFETY BELT WILL TIGHTEN. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT LOCKED UP SO TIGHT THAT IT HURT HIS CHEST AND NECK. IT WOULD NOT RELEASE UNTIL THE SEAT BELT WAS UNBUCKLED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO LET IT RETRACT ALL THE WAY BACK, THEN REBUCKLE IT. *BF *NM

WE PURCHASED A 2004 F250 TURBO DIESEL FROM MIKE BROWN FORD ON MAY 29, 2004 AND THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. THE FIRST PROBLEM THE DEALERSHIP WIRED THE KEYLESS ENTRY INCORRECTLY AND HAD TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS. AFTER THAT THE TRUCK BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SURGING,AND DYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE COMPUTER 9 TIMES, EXCHANGED THE EGR VALUES TWICE, THEY HAVE SLIPPED THE TORQUE CONVERTER, AND ALL TYPES OF REPROGRAMMED ON THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS ON THIS VEHICLE.. TO DATE THE TRUCK RUNS EXTREMELY BAD. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE, AND IS EXTREMELY SCARED OF THIS TRUCK, DO TO THE FACT THAT IT SURGES AND LOSES VACUUM AND SHOVES HER INTO INTERSECTIONS AT RED LIGHTS OR ANY OTHER TIMES SHE APPLIES THE BRAKES. THE VARIOUS FORD DEALERSHIPS ARE NO HELP THEY CONSTANTLY REPROGRAM AND RELEASE THE VEHICLE . NO MORE OR LESS THAN 5000 MILES THE VEHICLE STARTS IT AGAIN. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE, SEEING HOW YOU NEVER NO WHEN IT WILL DIE, OR SURGE . WE FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE IS A DANGER TO ANYONE WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH .*AK

I GET EXHAUST FUMES / DIESEL SMELL THROUGH MY VENTS. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN AT 1500 MILES AND THEY REPLACED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. IT DIDN'T HELP. THEY SAID DRIVE IT, AND SEE IF IT GETS BETTER. I HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN 5 TIMES FOR THE SMELL, AND THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. FORD IS TELLING ME IT'S NORMAL. I HAVE FRIENDS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AND THEY DO NOT GET THE FUMES COMING THROUGH THEIR VENTS. SOMETIMES THE FUMES ARE SO STRONG THAT MY EYES BURN. MY SON WILL SAY OPEN THE WINDOWS BECAUSE HIS EYES BURN FROM THE FUMES.*AK

AT ONSET OF COLD WEATHER,(BELOW 40F), LOUD TAPPING FROM ENGINE AT IDLE AND AGAIN AT 200 RPMS. THIS LASTS UNTIL ENGINE IS WARMED UP COMPLETELY. FORD SAYS PISTON SLAP AND IT IS NORMAL. TRUCK HAS 20K MILES. UNLESS STANDARD ENGINEERING PRACTICE HAS BEEN REPEALED, PISTON SLAP IS NOT NORMAL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. *AK

MY 2004 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY CREW-CAB TRUCK ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES SPONTANEOUSLY ON ITS OWN WHILE I AM DRIVING AT A UNIFORM SPEED. THIS CAN PERSIST FOR A NUMBER OF MILES BEFORE ABATING. THE ENGINE JUST BEGINS TO REV UP AND THEN DOWN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WITH MY FOOT ONLY ON THE BRAKE, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATES AND LURCHES FORWARD. I TRIED PUTTING IT IN PARK WHILE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, BUT IT DIED WHEN I DID SO. THE TRUCK IS USED FOR TRAIL FCOR TWO LARGE HORSES, AND SHOULD IT SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATE OR COMPLETELY STOP WHILE TRAILERING ON THE FREEWAY, THE RESULTS COULD BE DISASTROUS. THIS SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE IS WHAT PROMPTS MY COMPLAINT TO THE NHTSA. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO OUR FORD DEALERSHIP MECHANIC, AND HE SAID THAT FORD HAS HAD A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS.*AK

EXHAUST LEAK ENTERING DRIVERS COMPARTMENT HAD THIS TRUCK IN SHOP FOUR TIMES HAVE BEEN TLD TO MANY AHEAD SO IT WILL BE DAYS MAYBE LONGER THINK THEY ARE WANTING THE WARRANTY TO RUN OUT BUT THIS LEAK CAN CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE MAYBE AN ACCEDENT.THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THE DIESEL PICKUPS WITH THIS PROBLEM SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY NO MATTER WHAT THE MILEAGE IS.

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD CLANKING NOISE UPON PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE HIT THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO FORD 4 TIMES. *AK

THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 10/31/03 AND IMMEDIATELY WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE SURGING AND RUNNING ROUGH. THE DEALER TRIED 3 TIMES AND THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A HISTORY OF OUR PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK: ON 8/23/04, ENGINE IDLE LOW AND RUNS ROUGH AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE EBP SENSOR. ON 9/2/04, THE DEALER AGAIN REPLACED THE EBP SENSOR AND THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO RUN ROUGH AND SURGE DURING IDLE. ON 9/9/04, WE SPOKE WITH THE MECHANTIC TO TELL HIM WE WERE STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK ON 1/4/05, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. THE TRUCK FINALLY STARTED AND WE TOOK IT TO AUTO WAY FORD AND WAS KEPT THERE FOR 7 DAYS. THEY REPLACED THE INJECTOR HARNESS SSM18226. ON 1/24/05, THE ENGINE AGAIN SHUT OFF AND WAS TOWED TO AUTO WAY FORD. THEY WERE TOLD BY THE FORD ENGINEERS TO DO A "WIRE WIGGLE TEST". THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM BUT KEPT IT FOR 12 DAYS. THE TECH REFERRED THE PROBLEM TO GEORGE S., THE SERVICE MANAGER. ON 2/7/05, TRUCK AGAIN DIED AND HAD TO BE OWED TO AUTO WAY FORD. THE REPLACED THE FICM AND CLEARED THE MODULES. THEY HAD THE TRUCK 8 DAYS. BASED ON THE PAST HISTORY, WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE IN TAKING THE TRUCK FOR LONG DISTANCES. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE WE'RE ON AN INTERSTATE OR A BUSY ROAD. WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAD IDLE PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY WITH THE TRUCK, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE TRUCK WAS AROUND A YEAR OLD WITH ONLY 19,115 MILES. THE RELIABILITY AND SAFETY OF THIS TRUCK IS OBVIOUSLY QUESTIONABLE.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. WHEN DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL STALL WITH A ROUGH IDLE, AND THE RPMS WILL INCREASE TO 2500 RPMS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD. DRIVER MUST APPLY THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT DUPLICATE ITSELF. *AK