2001 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WEAVED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. HOWEVER IT WORSENS AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP INSTALLED NEW TIRES AND ALIGNED THE FRONT END, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THE BALL JOINTS WERE STUCK AND GREASE FITTINGS MIGHT HELP SOLVE THE WEAVING, BUT THIS REMEDY COULD NOT BE GUARANTEED. UPDATED *JB

TRAVELING AT NORMAL SPEED. THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF, AS IF IT HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL.. AFTER DOING THIS THREE TIMES, I REPLACED THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR. I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM SINCE. *JB

MY 2001 F-250 DIESEL WILL SOMETIMES STALL AT TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITH THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON. IT DID IT 3 TIMES TODAY (JUNE 22, 2006) IT HAS APPROX 106,000 MILES ON IT. *NM

TWICE THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAS FAILED (NEEDING REPLACEMENT BOTH TIMES) RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID AND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ASSISTED STEERING. FIRST HAPPENED ON APRIL 9,2004 AT 22,219 MILES. THEN AGAIN AT 38,175 MILES ON FEB. 22,2006. *NM

DRIVE A 2001 FORD F250 4WD STRETCH CAB PICKUP WITH A 7.3L DIESEL ENGINE. IT IS USED PRIMARILY FOR TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER. THE TRUCK IS WELL MAINTAINED AND HAS JUST OVER 55,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY ON A TRIP TO NEVADA, WITHOUT OUR TRAVEL TRAILER, THE TRUCK ACTED AS IF IT WERE NOT GETTING ADEQUATE FUEL 3 TIMES AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY TWICE. ALL OF THIS ON A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. FORTUNATELY, WHEN IT SHUT OFF I WAS ABLE TO KICK IT INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE ENGINE. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY DEALER A PART WAS REPLACED AND I WAS TOLD THAT MY PROBLEM WAS NOT UNCOMMON WITH THIS DIESEL ENGINE. PART REPLACED WAS A CAMSHAFT SENSOR. DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DEFECTIVE PART. COST OF REPAIR - PARTS AND LABOR - $261.71 - PARTLY COVERED BY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I HAD IN PLACE. ANYWAY, HAD NO PRIOR WARNING OF THIS TENDENCY AND THE TIMING OF THE STALLING AND SHUT DOWNS WAS SCARY AND DANGEROUS. I CONSIDER MY WIFE AND I TO BE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE AND WE ARE GLAD THAT WE WERE NOT TOWING OUR TRAVEL TRAILER AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURES. *NM

WE HAVE A 2001 FORD F-250 SD TRUCK THAT HAS HAD 3-4 TRANSMISSION FAILURES SINCE WE HAVE OWNED IT. THE TRANSMISSION DETERIORATES 3-4 MONTHS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES. ON MONDAY, MAY 29, 2006 WE WERE IN A HAY FIELD PICKING UP HAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION EXPLODED AND CAUGHT FIRE WITH NO WARNING. *JB

2001 FORD SUPER DUTY PICKUP WITH 7.3 DIESEL, WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY THE MOTOR WILL STOP RUNNING,WHICH WILL EFFECT THE POWER STEERING AS WELL AS THE BRAKES. I HAD THE FORD COMPANY CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM, IT WAS THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, AFTER CHECKING WITH OTHER SOURCES, THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WHICH SHOULD BE CORRECTED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT WAS NOTICED THERE WERE CHUNKS OF RUBBER MISSING FROM THE TREAD AND THE WIRES WERE EXPOSED. THIS OCCURRED ON THREE OF THE FOUR ORIGINAL TIRES AT 48,000 MILES. THE TIRES WERE CHANGED, BUT THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. UPDATED 10/2/2006 - *NM

2001 F250 DIESEL STALLED WITHOUT WARNING TODAY. IT DID RESTART, THEN STALLED AGAIN. THEN RESTARTED AND STALLED A THIRD TIME. I'M ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAS BEEN SIMILAR RECALL ON A LATER MODEL. THE VEHICLE DID SEEM TO HESITATE SEVERAL TIMES YESTERDAY BUT DID NOT STALL. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE RESTARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHO DETERMINED THE CRANKCAM SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.