2000 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

TIRE WAS AT NORMAL PRESSURE, DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, THE WHOLE TIRE EXPLODED OUT OF THE SIDEWALL. THERE WAS NO SIDEWALL LEFT. IT FELT LIKE A BOMB HAD EXPLODED. MY RIM WAS DESTROYED, MESSED UP MY BUMPER. NO CORRECTION HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS TIME, I NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW RIM AND TIRE. I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE TIRE AND STILL HAVE THE TIRE IN MY POSSESSION AT THIS TIME. *NM

FAILURE OF CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR (CPS) CAUSED ENGINE TO STALL DURING OPERATION RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS EARLY AM AND TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT ALLOWING ME TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO ADVANCE WARNING OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TOWED TO DEALER, CPS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *JB

EARLY EVENING FRIDAY, FEB 18, 2005, DRIVING 2000 F250 SD PSD 7.3-LITER DIESEL @ APPROX 50 MPH, TRUCK BUCKED A COUPLE OF TIMES THEN ENGINE DIED, LOSING ALL POWER. TRUCK WAS NOSE INTO AN INTERSECTION BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO STEER IT TO A STOP. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, AS THE AREA WAS SUBURBAN AND PEOPLE DRIVE A BIT LESS AGGRESSIVELY THAN THEY DO IN COLUMBUS, WHERE I LIVE. I CALLED AAA, HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED CAM SENSOR ASSEMBLY: ITEM F7TZ*12K073*A SYNCHRONIZER ASY $185.91, LABOR OF $106.32, MISC CHARGES OF $7.44; SUBTOTAL 299.67, PLUS TAX OF $20.97. GRAND TOTAL OUT OF MY POCKET $320.64 FORTUNATELY I HAD AAA DELUXE; OTHERWISE THE TOWING WOULD HAVE COST ME AN ADDITIONAL $40. *NM

I ALSO HAVE HAD A SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT ON MY 2000 F250 V-10 ENGINE, I HAVE CONTACTED YOUR COMPANY AND HAVE BEEN OFFERED NO HELP AT ALL, NOT EVEN TO HELP GET THE TOOL I HAD TO PAY $250 FOR TO FIX YOUR DEFECT!! THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS PROBLEM!! *NM

OWN 2000 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CAM POSITION SENSOR HAS FAILED 3 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE OF THIS TRUCK IN DEC 2000. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS ALL POWER, BRAKES-STEERING ETC. ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL WHEN THE ENGINE STALLS. ENGINE STALL WITHOUT WARNING AT HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS CREATING HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS DUE TO ALL POWER FAILURE. DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN 2002 APPROXIMATELY 70,000 MILES. *JB

CAME OUT FROM WORK TO GO HOME, TRUCK WOULD NOT START, JUST FILLED THE PARKING LOT WITH WHITE SMOKE. CPS SENSOR HAD FAILED WITH NO WARNING. GOT A RIDE HOME AND NEXT DAY PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT SENSOR. INSTALLED IT THAT DAY AND THIS ONE LASTED ABOUT 9 MONTHS AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN WHEN IT FAILED. IF THIS SENSOR WERE TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING, LOST OF STEERING AND BRAKING WOULD OCCUR. *JB

MY CPS FAILED WHILE DRIVING AND THE ENGINE STALLED LEAVING ME WITH LIMITED STEERING AND BRAKING. THE TRUCK IS A FORD F-250 WITH THE 7.3 POWERSTROKE DIESEL. THE PART WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BUT I HAD TO PAY A $100 DEDUCTIBLE. *NM

I HAVE TWO FORD PICKUP TRUCKS WITH THE 7.3 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. BOTH OF THESE TRUCKS HAVE HAD THE CAM POSITIONS SENSOR FAIL. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME I WAS IN THE TRUCK AND IN A BANK DRIVE THROUGH WITH THE VEHICLE RUNNING. I REPLACED THE SENSOR AT THAT TIME AND THEN HAD THE REPLACEMENT SENSOR FAIL IN THE SAME VEHICLE LESS THAN 50,000 MILES LATER WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD. THIS COULD OF CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING LEAVING VEHICLE WITH NO POWER. I RECENTLY HAD THE SENSOR FAIL ON MY 2ND TRUCK WITH 7.3 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. THIS TRUCK WAS UNDER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY SO FORD IS PAYING THE PARTS ON THIS BUT I HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE IN DECEMBER 2005 AND THEY HOOKED THE VEHICLE UP TO A DIAGNOSTICS MACHINE TO CHECK FOR ANY ERROR CODES AND WERE NOT ALERTED OF ANY. THE SENSOR FAILED LATE IN THE DAY AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO START THE VEHICLE LEAVING ME STRANDED AND REQUIRING TO BE TOWED. *JB

FORD F250 SUPER DUTY, WITH 83,000 MILES ON THE ENGINE. TWO SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT. THE FIRST OCCURRED ON 12/7/05 AND THE SECOND OCCURRED ON 1/9/05. THE REPAIRS ENTAILED INSTALLING STEEL SLEEVE INSERTS INTO THE SPARK PLUG HOLES IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. *JB

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN I FELT FRONT END SLIGHTLY VIBRATING, AS IF A TIRE WAS OUT OF BALANCE. I PULLED INTO A TRUCK STOP TO CHECK THINGS OUT, AND NOTICED THE LEFT FRONT ALUMINUM RIM HAD A TEAR IN THE METAL, CONSEQUENTLY RUINING A PRACTICALLY NEW TIRE (ON LESS THAN 1 MONTH). PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON, AND TOOK RIM TO BOTH AN INDEPENDENT TIRE DEALER AND A FORD DEALER AND BOTH DEALERS AGREED THAT THE RIM HAD NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO HITTING ANYTHING TO CAUSE THE DAMAGE SHOWING. WROTE TO FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM SEEKING A RESOLUTION, BUT GOT NO ASSISTANCE FROM THEM TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. HAVE BEEN RUNNING ON THE STEEL SPARE EVER SINCE AND STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL TIRE AND RIM IN STORAGE. *JB