2004 FORD F-250 Complaints

ENGINE WAS COLD, SAT OVER NIGHT, IN THE MORNING TRIED TO START VEHICLE, GLOW PLUG LIGHT TURNED OFF AND ENGINE WAS CRANKED, ENGINE CRANKED SLOW BUT DID NOT START AND WITHIN SECONDS ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. FIRE DESTROYED PASSENGER SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT, SMOKE DAMAGE IN CAB. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED IF VEHICLE CAN BE REPAIRED. *JB

NEW 04 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY STEERING WANDER AT 3000 MI. JANUARY WENT TO DEALER. NO PROBLEM FOUND. AT 21,000 DECEMBER WENT TO ALIGNMENT SHOP TOLD UPPER AN LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD 1/6 PLAY SHOULD BE 0 PLAY NEED CHANGE OUT TO FIX FRONT END. WENT BACK TO FORD SHOP . WAS TOLD THERE TECHNICIAN CHECKED UPPER AN LOWER BALL JOINTS ALL WITHIN FORD SPEC NO PLAY FOUND "THEY LOWERED AIR IN FRONT TIRES" PLEASE HELP THE WANDER. *JB

THE FRONT AND REAR SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT STAY LOCKED IN THE BELT BUCKLE AND WOULD RELEASE. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM ONCE, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK *SC

DIESEL ENGINE BUCKS WHILE IN MOTION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WHEN STOPPING. NECESSARY TO PUT TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL TO PREVENT BUCKING/JUMPING FORWARD INTO CAR IN FROMT OF ME. SWEET ANTI FREEZE SMELL INSIDE TRUCK. FORD REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM UNTIL FORCED TO PERFORM A COMPLETE INSPECTION AS PRESCRIBED BY THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BOARD. THEN LEARNED PROBLEM WITH TURBO CHARGER, COOLANT LEAK INTO ENGINE. NON-PERFORMANCE HAPPENED OVER A 6 MONTH PERIOD BEGINING IN JUNE, 2004. *AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN FOR A WHILE AND THEN STALL. THE DEALER HAS SERVICED THE VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES. THE SENSORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *JB

2004 FORD EXCURSION: THE ENGINE FAILS DURING OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WHICH ELIMINATES POWER BRAKES, STEERING. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS, WE WERE ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND BY A 18 WHEELER, THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE EXITING A RAMP ON I-95 AT 55 MPH. I HAD TO PLACE THE TRUCK IN NUETRAL, BRAKE, TURN AND RESTART THE TRUCK WITHOUT FLIPPING OVER THE EDGE OF THE RAMP. THE ENGINE IDLES AT DIFFERENT RPMS, THE VEHICLE WILL JERK FORWARD WHILE BRAKING MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS IN PARKING LOTS WITH PEDESTRIANS WALKING IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK.I ALMOST HIT AN ELDERLY WOMAN WALKING IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. IT IS NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN TO BE AROUND THIS VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE 04/2004. THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE TRUCK FOUR TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS.THEY HAVE REPLACED DIFF SENSORS AND RE-CALIBRATED FUEL COMPUTER. *AK

CONSUMERS VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKE CONTROL. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING/IDLING THE EXHAUST FUMES SEEP INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. AS A RESULT, THE FUMES IRRITATE CONSUMER'S EYES.*AK

CONSUMER HAD BEEN IN SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE VEHICLE SURGED FOR NO REASON. ALSO, VEHICLE DIED SEVERAL TIMES IN INTERSECTIONS. THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WAS STILL UNDETERMINED.*AK

THE ENGINE STALLED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS IS VERY HAZARDOUS WHEN PULLING A FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER. *JB THERE WERE A NUMBER OF STALLS THAT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM IN THAT THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO RUN ROUGH PRIOR TO THE STALLING. THE ENGINE ALOS LOST COOLANT. *SC