1999 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THE HEAD IN THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE AND IT BLEW THE SPARK PLUGS INTO THE FUEL RAIL. THE DEALER WAS UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS AND OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME WHERE HE CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE BRAKE LINES RUBBED TOGETHER, CAUSING A HOLE TO RUB THROUGH THE METAL BRAKE LINES. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF BRAKES.*AK

1999 FORD F-250 TRITON 5.4 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. 66,000 MILES. *JB

CPS(CAMP POSITION SENSOR HAS FAILED ON A 1999 FORD SUPER DUTY 7.3L PSD A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. FIRST TIME, SON AND I WERE TURNING INTO A WALMART PARKING LOT, AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND REFUSED TO RESTART. 13K MILES ON IT. DEALER FIXED CPS. SECOND TIME TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE 95, AND SUDDENLY VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN, WHILE DOING 75 MPH. FORTUNATELY THE TRUCK IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, OR WE WOULD HAVE ENDED UP IN THE TREES, OR INTO THE SIDE OF THE SEMI THAT WAS PASSING ON THE LEFT. THIRD TIME WE WERE TOWING OUR TRAVEL TRAILER, AND TRUCK DIED ON A 8% GRADE, THERE WAS NO TIME TO GET OUT OF THE LANE WE WERE IN TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE WE SLOWED TOO MUCH AND CAUSED A WRECK BEHIND US THE TRUCK NOW HAS 77K MILES ON IT. WE FEEL THE CPS FAILING 3X IN 77K MILES IS EXXX... THE LAST TWO SENSORS WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND COST $250~ WE HAVE RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CPS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND HAS SHOWN UP IN MILEAGE INSTANCES RANGING FROM 100 MILES ON ODO. ALL THE WAY TO NOT SHOWING UP UNTIL 200K MILES. WE, (ALONG WITH APPARENTLY THOUSANDS OF OTHER TRUCK OWNERS) FEEL THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN, AND LOSING 90% OF OUR STEERING AND LIKELY 85% OF BRAKES (ON DIESELS YOU DO NOT GET A "RESERVE" BRAKE BOOST, UNLIKE ON GAS ENGINES WITH VACUUM), AS THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS POWERED BY THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE PROVIDED BY THE POWER STEERING PUMP!!!! WE KNOW THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THE BRAKE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, IN TWO OF OUR CASES. IT WAS VERY SCARY AND A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN THE TRUCK DIED. WE NOW HAVE A SPARE CPS INSIDE OF THE GLOVE BOX INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND PROPER TOOLS TO REPLACE IT OURSELVES SHOULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN. WE HAVE HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING SAID TRUCKS WITH 7.3L PSD ENGINES ( DO NOT KNOW IF THE 6.0L IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CPS) OF THE TRUCKS BEING TOTALED AND PEOPLE BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE OF THE CPS FAILING. WE FEEL THAT A RECALL, SHOULD BE MADE... THANK YOU AND GOOD DAY....*JB

ON 9/28/05 I HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH MY 1999 FORD PICKUP. I HIT A UTILITY POLE. THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE CENTER OF THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT SPEED WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 40 MPH. I RECEIVED A CONCUSSION FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MY HEAD AND AM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE INJURY. IF THE AIR BAG HAD DEPLOYED THE INJURY MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. *JB

WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, NUMBER 3 CYLINDER SPARK PLUG EJECTED VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH - DAMAGED COIL PACK AND CYLINDER HEAD - RESULTED IN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER. VEHICLE RETURNED TO BISHOP, CA (NEAREST TOWN, APPROX. 10 MILES) AND LEFT AT SHOP THERE FOR THREE DAYS WHILE REPAIR COMPLETED. REPAIR FAILED A SECOND TIME IN FEBRUARY, 2005. VEHICLE REPAIRED AGAIN AND SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD. *NM

PURCHASED USED F250 SUPER DUTY WITH 5.4 TRITON ENGINE 8/18/05. RETURNING FROM 2ND CAMPING TRIP 10/10/05 IN ST. PAUL MN THE TRUCK MADE VERY LOUD POP & THEN RAN LIKE IT WAS MISSING ON A CYLINDER. TOWED TO DEALER PURCHASED FROM SAME DAY. NEXT DAY DEALER SERVICE INFORMED ME IT WAS THE SPARK PLUG THAT BLEW OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. $4600.00 TO REPAIR. DEALER 90 DAY WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY BECAUSE IT IS SPARK PLUG RELATED????? REPAIR IS STILL PENDING, BUT REPLACEMENT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD & RELATED PARTS IS NECESSARY. *NM

NOTICED AN EXHAUST LEAK WHILE DRIVING, CHECKED ENGINE TO FIND #3 PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF ENGINE LEAVING NO/STRIPPED THREADS LEFT IN HEAD RENDERING THE ENGINE UNUSABLE. TRUCK HAS SAT FOR FOUR MONTHS . PRICED A BARE HEAD FROM FORD DEALER AT $1,100. WITH CAMS $1,600 OR A RECYCLED ENGINE BETWEEN $1,400-2,000 PLUS LABOR. PURCHASED RECYCLED ENGINE, 5.4L, 8 CYL, SOHC WITH 15K MILES AT $2000 DUE TO COST EFFECTIVENESS AS OPPOSED TO THE COST OF REPLACING ONE HEAD. THIS IS WITHOUT LABOR AS I AM A CERTIFIED FORD ENGINE MASTER AND WILL DO THE WORK MYSELF. *JB

DT: THE CALLER SAID A PIECE OF METAL IN THE CLUTCH BROKE AND CALLER ALMOST LOST CONTROL. HE SAID HE HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKE HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING FORWARD. HE WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHEN THE FAILURE HAPPENED. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT HAS A RUSTED EXHAUST MANIFOLD ON HIS 1999 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY AND THIS WAS CAUSING AN OPEN FLAME IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. BECAUSE HE HAD 108,000 MILES ON HIS VEHICLE, FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. HE NOTICED THIS AROUND 20,000 MILES. *AK THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT WAS A DESIGN ISSUE AND THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE BOLTS WITH BRASS OR STAINLESS STEEL BOLTS. *JB