2001 FORD F-250 Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CLUTCH BECAME DISENGAGED FROM MECHANISM THAT IT WAS ATTACHED TO. DRIVER COULD NOT GET OUT OF GEAR. DRIVER FELT THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND CLUTCH. *AK

UPON ENTERING THE HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS, THE R.P.M. GAUGE STARTED FLUCTUATING FROM 1000 TO 3000 R.P.M., IT SQUEALED AND JERKED INTO GEAR AND A POPPING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT END. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM, BUT HE SUGGESTED THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE CLUTCH FAN SLIPPING. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED AGAIN WHAT HE FELT WAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BUT THE LIGHT NEVER FLASHED ON THE OVERDRIVE COLUMN SO TAKING NOTE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND CONTINUED DRIVING. THEN THE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ON THE OVERDRIVE COLUMN, WITHIN SECONDS, CONSUMER NOTICED A LARGE PUFF OF BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK, THE R.P.M. GAUGE WENT TO BELOW 1000, THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER, AND THE CAB STARTED FILLING WITH SMOKE, FIRE WAS ESCALATING UNDER THE TRUCK AND HOOD. POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE. *YD *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 4-5 TIMES. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUSE PANEL AND MODULATOR. THIS HAS NOT REMEDIED PROBLEM, DEALER THINKS IT COULD BE A LOOSE WIRE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THIS CRASH. DEALERSHIP HAS VEHICLE. NO DETERMINATION AS TO CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PASSENGER SUSTAINED HEAD AND LEG INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PASSENGERS REAR SEAT DOES HAVE HEADREST. IT WILL BE UNSAFE FOR REAR SEAT PASSENGERS IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. *YD

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, AND THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. ALSO THERE WAS A FIRE UNDER HOOD, IN WHICH CONSUMER BELIEVES STARTED WITH THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS PRIOR. *AK CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION, THE FIRST DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR THE SECOND OPINION, WHILE ON HIS WAY TO THE DEALER, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*YD

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AND SLOWING DOWN ENGINE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE AND ACCELERATE. THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSING AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TROUBLE MAINTAINING CONTROL OF TRUCK. COULD NOT DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

DRIVER'S FRONT SEATBELT CAME UNDON AT HIGH SPEED BREAKING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL AND THROWING DRIVER INTO DASHBOARD. SEAT BELT SEEMS TO HAVE LOCKED, BUT KEEPS POPING OUT ON DIPS AND ROCKING OF TRUCK.*AK

WHEN COMING TO A STOP ENGINE ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO KEEP GOING, THIS HAS HAPPENED 8 TIMES SINCE JULY. VEHICLE TAKEN TO 2 DEALERS, NEITHER COULD FIND THE CAUSE. PLEASE ADD FURTHER COMMENTS. *AK

THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN APPLYING BRAKES WHICH CAUSES STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THIS OCCURS AT A LOW SPEED AS WELL AS AT A COMPLETE STOP. DEALER STATES THAT A "HIGHER STEERING EFFORT W/SITTING STILL W/BRAKES APPLIED" IS NORMAL. WHEN ASK TO TRY IT FOR HIMSELF, HE REFUSED. LEADING ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO USE THE "HIGHER STEERING EFFORT" THEORY. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE WHEEL OR STEER WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT A LOW SPEED OR AT A STOP!!!