2008 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY 2008 FORD F250, I NOTICED THAT THE SEAT BELTS WOULD LOCK INTO PLACE WHEN BRAKING AS THEY SHOULD BUT WOULD NOT RELEASE WITHOUT REMOVING THE BUCKLE TO RESET THEM. BUMPS OFTEN SET OFF THE LOCKING. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND THAT FORD OFFERED NO FIX. WHEN THE SEAT BELT LOCKS, I AM UNABLE TO REACH FORWARD TO ACCESS CONTROLS OR TURN WELL ENOUGH TO SEE WHEN CHANGING LANES UNTIL I UNLATCH AND RESNAP THE BUCKLE. *TR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE APPLYING FOOT BRAKE PEDAL, FOOT ALSO DEPRESSES GAS PEDAL. THIS OCCURS MOSTLY WHEN HAVING TO STOP QUICKLY. CONDITION INCREASES STOPPING DISTANCE. CONDITION IS BAD WITH A STANDARD TRANSMISSION AND MUCH MORE SO WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SELLING DEALER AND ANOTHER DEALER IN TEXAS SAID THERE IS NO ADJUSTMENT. IN MY OPINION THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

2008 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN FALL 2007- WITH ZERO MILES. APPX. 3 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE, TRUCKS CAB RUBBED THE INTERNAL WIRING HARNESS INTO..CAUSING THE TRUCK TO HAVE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND DAMAGES. TRUCK WAS UN-ABLE TO BE DRIVEN OR USED FOR APPX. 2 WEEKS, DUE TO REPAIRS. PROBLEM WITH WIRING HARNESS FIXED UNTIL APPX. 4 MONTHS AGO, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, TRUCK SHUT COMPLETELY OFF AND WOULD NOT START BACK. HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TIME TRUCK IS DRIVEN.... VERY DANGEROUS! STILL CONTINUING TO SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING....ALONG WITH OTHER PROBLEMS THESE ARE JUST TWO MAJOR ONES TO MENTION.... *TR

IN HOT TEMPERATURE THE TRUCK STARTS BLOWING OUT WHITE/GRAY SMOKE THEN QUITS RUNNING. SET FOR 1 TO 1.5 HRS IT WILL START AND GO ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES THEN QUIT AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES NOW AND THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. IT SAYS THAT IT IS AN OVER TEMPERTURE MODULE BUT IT HAS BEEN CHANGED AND IT STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE ON THE DATE IT WAS PURCHASED. HE DROVE APPROXIMATELY THREE BLOCKS AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AT A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. HE LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THAT THE RPM' S HAD INCREASED TO 4,000. HE SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT, BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RACING. HE SHUT THE VEHICLE BACK OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN, AND THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. HE DROVE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITH A NEW ONE FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THE VERY NEXT DAY AND THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AGAIN ON MAY 30, 2008. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER, WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND GET BACK TO HIM WITH THE RESULTS. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 6.

I HAVE HAD MANY ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH MY 6.4 DIESEL FROM LOSS OF ENGINE POWER , TO LACK OF POWER , WHITE /GRAYISH SMOKE, HESITATION , ENGINE ALMOST DYING TO ACCELERATION AND ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, I EVEN HAD AN OCCASIONAL ENGINE LIGHT COME ON, GURGLING SOUNDS , WHOOPING SOUNDS AND GRINDING ,METALLIC SOUNDS COMING FROM MY ENGINE. I WAS TOLD BY MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS THAT IF THERE IS NO ENGINE LIGHT THERE IS NO CODE IF THERE IS NO CODE THERE IS NO PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT MY TRUCK WAS PROBABLY GOING THROUGH IT'S REGEN PROCESS AND THAT THE TRUCK WILL PERFORM POORLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I NOW HAVE 9000 MILES ON MY TRUCK THIS STARTED AROUND 1000 MILES AND I'M STILL HAVING ISSUES. I HAVE CONTACTED A LAWYER AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MY VEHICLE AND THE DEALERSHIPS , ALONG WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY WHO NOW KNOW I HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

SUPPLEMENT TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY PRODUCT INFORMATION REGARDING BRAKE TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT - DOCKET NUMBER 25669. *KB THE LETTER STATED THE 2008 F-250 SUPER DUTY WAS OMITTED FROM THE SAFECAR WEBSITE AS BEING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFIED PERFORMANCES CRITERIA REGARDING THE BRAKE TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK. FORD REQUESTED THAT THE LIST BE UPDATED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, CRUISE CONTROL, AND AIR CONDITIONING FAILED. ALL OF THE GAUGES DISPLAYED ZERO. THE VEHICLE WOULD OPERATE, BUT NOTHING WOULD DISPLAY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO STUTTER AND THEN THE GAUGES WOULD FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR TWO WEEKS AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS FAULTY AND WOULD BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10.

HARD VIBRATION IN TRANSMISSION WHEN DOWNSHIFTING, ESPECIALLY UPHILL WHILE TOWING. VIBRATION STOPS WHEN LETTING UP ON ACCELERATOR. THIS HAPPENS WHILE IN CRUISE OR MANUAL. DEALER STATES CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM AFTER THREE VISITS. MECHANIC AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN HAMPTON, VA HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. BOUGHT VEHICLE ON 07/28/2007. CURRENTLY 28,000 MILES AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPIRATION OF WARRANTY BEFORE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. NO HELP FROM ORIGINAL DEALER. *TR

EVER SINCE I PURCHASED A 2008 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY PICK UP TRUCK WITH THE 6.4 DIESEL ENGINE IT HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. FOR NO REASON SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ACCELERATE THE ENGINE WILL STUMBLE AND A CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE POURS OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE SMOKE IS SO SEVERE IT WILL BLIND ANYONE BEHIND THE TRUCK. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CASES WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC THE ENGINE WILL STUMBLE AND LOOSE ALL AVAILABLE POWER. THIS COULD BE A DRASTIC PROBLEM IF THIS IS NOT CORRECTED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIME AND THEY SAY IT IS NORMAL FOR THE TRUCK TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE EMISSIONS. IF THIS IS THE CASE THEN THEY ARE ALLOWING A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO TAKE PLACE. *TR