2004 FORD F-250 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT TRYING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *JB

BOUGHT 2004 F250 CREW KING RANCH DIESEL IN JAN. 04. VEHICLE IDLES DOWN AND DIES WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED LIMIT. WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AT INTERSECTIONS OR STOP LIGHTS VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON IT'S OWN. WHILE ACCELERATING VEHICLE WILL DIE, THEN RESTART AND LUNGE FORWARD WITH ACCELERATION. HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE. FORD MOTOR HAS BEEN UNCOOPERATIVE TO ANY OF MY CALLS TO CONSUMER RELATIONS. DEALERSHIP IS DOING THEIR BEST, FORD WILL NOT ADMIT PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE AND SYSTEM. TRUCK HAS BEEN WITH DEALER 2 WEEKS WITHOUT RESOLVE. *LA

VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD WITH NO PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL. WHILE STOPPED VEHICLE JUMPER FORWARD THEN STALLED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE WITHOUT ERROR CODE AND RETURNED VEHICLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 AND 1200 RPMS VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO LURCH AND STALL WEEKLY. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AT DEALERSHIP. AFTER DEALERSHIP DROVE VEHICLE OVER 100 MILES THEY THINK ITS THE WIRING HARNESS AND ADVISED TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THEY HAD NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SUCH INCIDENTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

SUDDEN AND COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE (FOLLOWED BY REDUCED STEERING AND BRAKING). *AK

THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE HAS SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING FOUR TIMES. *MR THE FUSES AND PARKING LIGHTS WERE REPLACED. THE THEFT ALARM WAS DISABLED. *SC *JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THEY WILL REPAIR THE GLASS, BUT WILL NOT REPAIR THE BODY DAMAGE WHICH WAS CAUSED FROM THE EXPLODING GLASS. CONSUMER WANTED TO SEND PHOTO COPIES TO SUPPORT THE CASE. *AK

2004 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY KING RANCH. AFTER REFLASH TO REPAIR AN IDLE PROBLEM TRUCK DEVELOPED THREE VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. 1. CRUISE STALLED - GOING DOWN HILL AT APPROX 55-58 THE TRUCK WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING. NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. REPRODUCABLE ON DEMAND. 2. DOWNSHIFT LOCKUP - TRUCK WILL LOCKUP REAR TIRES IN EXCESS OF 30 FEET IF TOW/HAUL MODE IS USED. ON FIRST OCCASION IT ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY, CAME WITHIN INCHES OF A HEAD ON WITH A LARGE DUMP TRUCK WHILE TOWING A BOAT. REPRODUCABLE ON DEMAND. 3. COAST STALL. INTERMITTENTLY STALLS USUALLY AT OFF RAMPS AFTER CRUISE HAS BEEN RELEASED. EXTREMLY DANGEROUS TO TAKE OFFRAMPS IN SUCH A LARGE VEHILCE WITH NO POWER.*AK

THE CONSUMER OWNED A NEW 2004 FORD, F250 WITH A 6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. ON MARCH 7, 2004 WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE VEHICLE LOST PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE FUEL INJECTORS MALFUNCTIONED. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ANOTHER FUEL INJECTOR FAILED, WHICH CAUSED WATER TO LEAK ONTO ONE OF THE PISTONS, THEREFORE THE ENGINE WAS BURNING WATER. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB

NEW FORD F-250 WITH ONLY 80 MILES STOPPED SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WITH THE DEALER FOR A WEEK AND IT HASN'T BEEN REPAIRED.