2003 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

CONSUMER ENTERED THE VEHICLE BUT IT WOULD NOT START, CALLED AAA, THEY ARRIVED, OPENED THE HOOD, AND SAW VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. THE VEHICLE BURNED UP. MANUFACTURER WAS BEING NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, ALL FOUR TIRES LOCKED-UP ON THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE GEARS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY AND ROUGHLY. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *LA

ALL 4 TIRES HAD VERY POOR TRACTION WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRUCK SKIDDING ON WET ROADS. A TIRE SHOP INDICATED THE PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE THE OUTSIDE RIBS OF THE TIRES HAD NO GROOVES IN THEM, SO THE RAIN, ETC., COULD DRAIN. THE LIQUID WAS TRAPPED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HYDRO-PLANE. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT IS NOT PROVIDING ANY ASSISTANCE. THESE ARE LOAD RANGE E TIRES. *JB *NM

PURCHASED 2003 F-250 SD WITH 6.0L DIESEL ENGINE IN JUNE 2003. TO DATE, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO FORD SERVICE SIX (6) TIMES -- ALL RELATED TO THE ENGINE. THE FIRST TIME, WE WERE TRAVELLING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH WHEN TRUCK HESITATED AND DIED. WE WERE UNABLE TO RESTART THE TRUCK AND HAD TO COAST TO NEXT EXIT AND INTO A SERVICE STATION. WE WERE TOLD THE PCM (POWER CONTROL MODULE - BRAINS OF THE ENGINE) FAILED. SINCE THEN, THE TRUCK'S SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT HAS COME ON AND EACH TIME FORD SERVICE ATTRIBUTES THE PROBLEM TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ENGINE - GO FIGURE. THIS HAS ALL TAKEN PLACE BEFORE EVEN HAVING THE TRUCK FOR ONE YEAR!!

VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN): 1FTNF1L33ED16623. I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE INABILITY TO NAVIGATE SAFELY THROUGH LANE CHANGES WITH THIS TRUCKS NARROW FIELD OF VIEW AND THE SMALL WIDE ANGLE MIRROR IS DISTRACTING AND USELESS. THE BLIND SPOT CREATED BY THE BED BOX IS NOT UNLIKE MY 1996 F250 SUPPER CAB TRUCK AND CAMPER, A TRUCK WITH VIRTUALLY THE SAME VISUAL IMPARITY AS THIS WORK TRUCK WITH THE STAHL SENTINEL COVERALL. I HAVE NO SUCH CONCERNS WITH MY OWN TRUCK IT HAS A SINGLE WIDE ANGLE MIRROR (CONVEX) THAT I HAVE HAD ON TWO FORD TRUCKS SENSE 1980. THE REASON THIS 2003 TRUCK CONCERNS ME IS THAT THE BLIND SPOT FROM THE STAHL SENTINEL COVERALL IS COMPOUNDED 80% MORE BY FORDS 2003 EXTENDABLE MIRROR WITH SUCH A NARROW FIELD OF VIEW ON THE UPPER MIRROR AND A HARD TO FOCUS DISTRACTING LOWER MIRROR. I FIND THIS MIRROR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE VERY DISAPPOINTING, DISTRACTING, A LIMITED VIEW AND EVEN CONFUSING ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING LANE CHANGES. WHEN THE MIRROR IS ADJUSTED OUT TO SEE THE ADJACENT LANE YOU FIND THAT IT IS VERY DISORIENTING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THE RIGHT EDGE OF YOUR TRUCK SO IT IS HARD TO TRUST WHAT THE MIRROR IS SHOWING YOU! HELL YOU COULD BE SEEING TWO LANES OVER! AGAIN I THINK THE SOLUTION IS: FORD SHOULD OFFER AN OPTION OR REPLACEMENT OF THE TOP MIRROR WITH A WIDE ANGLE MIRROR (CONVEX). I WOULD THINK THAT FORD WOULD WANT TO INVESTIGATE THIS SAFETY ISSUE FURTHER. AFTER ALL 20 YEARS AGO THE CONVEX PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR WAS INTRODUCED FOR THAT REASON AND THE COMPLAINTS WERENT ABOUT COVERAGE BUT ABOUT JUDGING DISTANCES. SO WHEN INNOCENT FAMILIES GET SIDE SWIPED GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED YOU GOING TO BLAME THE DRIVER EVEN THOUGH FORD HAS INTRODUCED A FAULTY MIRROR DESIGN JUST TO MAKE THE RANCHERS HAPPY PULLING AND BACKING UP THERE HAY WAGONS!! AND NOT GIVE THE CAMPER HAULERS AND WORK TRUCK BED BOXS A DECENT PASSENGER MIRROR REPLACEMENT.*AK

I OWN A 2003 FORD F250 7.3L DIESEL. SINCE JAN. 2004 THE VEHICLE BEGAN "HICCUPING" OR "MISSING" JUST FOR A SPLIT SECOND WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE IN FEB. & THE DEALER SAID THERE WERE "NO CODES, NO FAILURES". TRUCK CONTINUES TO MISS & THEN THE CONDITION WORSENED BY STALLING WHILE DRIVING & I HAVE NO POWER STEERING. I AM ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE & GO ABOUT MY WAY, ALL THE WHILE WORRYING WHEN & WHERE I WILL BE WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I HAVE STARTED TO LOG ALL OF THE "MISSES" & "STALLS" SINCE THE 2ND VISIT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE "COMPUTER SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG & UNLESS IT HAPPENS TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY TEST DRIVE IT, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME." MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HAS A FRIEND THAT OWNS THE SAME TRUCK & APPARENTLY HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT HE EVENTUALLY ENDED-UP BREAKING DOWN. HE TELLS ME THAT HIS PROBLEM WAS THE CAM TIMING CENSOR. I PHONED THE DEALER & ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS, BUT HE STILL SAID THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO FOR ME SINCE THE VEHICLE STILL PASSES ALL OF THEIR TESTS. I AM FRUSTRATED TO KNOW THAT I COULD BE IN AN ACCIDENT DEPENDING ON WHEN & WHERE I AM WHEN MY VEHICLE STALLS. IT STILL STALLS ALMOST ONCE A DAY. *NM

EXTREMELY POOR FUEL ECONOMY ON FORD 7.3 L DIESEL ENGINE. BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW APPROX 1 YEAR AGO, VEHICLE WAS GETTING 18 MILES PER GALLON UNTIL DEC. 2003. AS OF JAN. 2004 THE VEHICLE MILEAGE HAS BEEN 9 MILES BE GALLON. VEHICLE HAS LOSS OF POWER AND HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER REPAIR SHOP FOR THIS PROBLEM. FORD DIAGNOSTIC SAY THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. IF ANYTHING, A DIESEL ENGINE SHOULD GET BETTER MILEAGE AS IT IS BROKEN IN. CURRENT VEHICLE MILEAGE IS APPROX. 25500 MILES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY SERVICED, OIL CHANGE, FILTER, AIR FILTER, FUEL FILTER EVERY 3000 TO 4000 MILES AND HAS BEEN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT TWO TIMES BEFORE WITHOUT CORRECTION. *NM

I PAID CASH FOR A 2003 6.0 LTR F250, AND I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 7 TIMES. I IS HAVING PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS, STARTING PROBLEMS, AND GETTING POOR GAS MILEAGE. THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD WILL NOT TAKE THE TRUCK BACK. THIS TRUCK IS A DANGER ON THE ROAD. IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, AND TAKEN OFF THE STREET UNTIL FORD FIXES THE PROBLEM.*AK

I PURCHASHED THE 6 LITER 2003 250 TRUCK IN MAY OF 2003, AND NOTHING BUT A NIGHTMARE EVER SINCE. IT HAS ALREADY HAD A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH WAS CAUSING POISONOUS FUMES TO ENTER THE CAB, THE DEALER FIXED IT AND SAID IT HAPPENS. WELL IT ONLY HAD 5,918 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT THIS NEW TRUCK SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE TAKING IT TO BE FIXED ALL THE TIME. WELL SINCE THAT DAY IN MAY THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES FOR NO POWER, POOR GAS MILAGE, SURGING AND BUCKING WHILE IN THE TOW / HAUL FEATURE. AND ALL THEY DO IS RE-PROGRAM IT AND SAY THAT IS THE PROBLEM. WELL I DISAGREE AND I FEEL THIS TRUCK IS UNSAFE AND IS A TIME BOMB WAITING TO HAPPEN. I FEEL THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO START A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD OR THEY NEED TO STEP UP AND STAND BEHIND THEIR SUPPOSED QUALITY AND MAKE THE CUSTOMERS HAPPY AND SAFE. HENRY FORD WOULD BE DISGUSTED IF HE WERE ALIVE TODAY,THAT WHOEVER IS THE CARELESS INDIVIDUALS IN CHARGE ARE ALLOWING THIS TRUCK TO REMAIN ON THE ROAD. DOES FORD NEED ANOTHER FIRESTONE ON THEIR HANDS BEFORE THEY SEE WHAT IS GOING ON . I SURE HOPE THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T LOSE A FAMILY MEMBER BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. I CAN SAY THAT I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A NEW FORD VEHICLE AGAIN PLEASE SOMEONE HELP US, BEFORE ITS TO LATE. THANK YOU. *AK

FORD F250 6.0 LITER DIESEL INCREASES RPMS WITHOUT PRESSING ACCELLERATOR. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, WITH TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE AND FOOT ON BRAKE, VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 12 TO 24 INCHES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED BY FORD CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS WITHOUT RESOLUTION. 2 SENSORS REPLACED AND COMPUTER REPROGRAMMED DURING ALL 3 VISITS.*AK