2003 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. LIGHT ON PANEL CAME UP, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE SHOP A TOTAL OF FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEMS STILL REMAINED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.*AK

TIRES ARE BUBBLING ON THE SIDEWALL. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

I PURCHASED A 2003 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY CREW CAB WITH 6.0 DIESEL IN LATE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN OREGON. I PULLED INTO THE FORD HOUSE IN COOS BAY ON SATURDAY. THEY COULDN'T WORK ON IT UNTIL MONDAY. TUESDAY THEY SAID IT WAS AN INJECTOR SEAL PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY DRAINED 28 QUARTS OF FLUID FROM THE CRANKCASE, WHICH HAD A 15 QT CAPACITY. THE REST, THEY SAID, WAS DIESEL BLOW-BY. THEY REPLACED 3 SENSORS AND 1 INJECTOR AND INSTALLED A NEW COMPUTER UPDATE. WE PICKED UP THE TRUCK AND LEFT TOWN THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY. ON THE WAY OUT OF TOWN THE TURBO INTAKE HOSE BLEW OFF. WE RETURNED AND HAD IT FIXED. SEVERAL DAYS LATER WE WERE IN TEXAS WHEN THE TURBO EXHAUST HOSE BLEW OFF. THAT, TOO WAS REPAIRED. AT HOME, THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND THE FUEL MILEAGE DROPPED FROM 20 MPG TO 13 MPG. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED 2 OTHER INJECTORS AND INSTALLED ANOTHER COMPUTER UPDATE. THIS PAST WEEK THE TRUCK WAS AGAIN RUNNING ROUGH AND THE FUEL MILEAGE WAS DOWN. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY REPLACED A SENSOR AND INSTALLED YET ANOTHER DOWNLOAD. THIS IS NOT WHAT I BARGAINED FOR WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK. *TT

AT HIGH ALTITUDES THE 6.0 LITER DIESEL WILL NEED 15-20 MINUTES TO WARM UP BEFORE IT WILL GO ANYWHERE. IF I TRY TO DRIVE TRUCK BEFORE THAT, IT WILL SPIT SPUTTER AND DIE. I HOPE I AM NEVER IN A HURRY OR HAVE AN EMERGENCY. TEMPERATURE DOES NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THIS, IT HAPPENS DAILY NO MATTER WHAT TEMP IS. NO FATALITIES YET, I WORK CONSTRUCTION, IF SOMEONE ON MY JOB GETS HURT THEY MAY DIE WAITING FOR TRUCK TO WARM UP. *JB

I BOUGHT A 2003 F-250 6.0 DIESEL. THIS IS A NEW ENGINE THIS YEAR, I OHAVE HAD THE TRUCK ONLY 5 DAYS BEFORE THE MOTOR STARTS SHAKING A 50 MPH AND WHILE IM AT A STOP LIGHT IT SHAKES VERY BAD W/ NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND ITS BEEN THERE LONGER THEN IVE OWNED THE TRUCK FOR.. I ALSO PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL WHEN I NOTICED THE TRUCK DID NOT MOVE, AND 1 SEC AFTER I LET GO OF THE GAS PEDAL THE TRUCK TOOK OFF BY ITS SELF... WHATS GOING ON W? THIS TRUCK???THIS TRUCK SHOULD BE STOPPED FROM BEING SOLD AND CAUSING THE OWNERS W/ HEART ACHES..

MY 2003 F250 FORD WILL MOVE FORWARD WHEN YOU START THE ENGINE AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS IN PARK. IT DOES NOT DO THIS EVERY TIME BUT IT HAS DONE IT AROUND TEN TIMES SINCE WE PURCHASED IT. THE TRUCK WILL MOVE FORWARD , SOMETIMES ABOUT FOUR TO SIX INCHES. THERE IS NO WAY OF TELLING WHEN IT WILL DO THIS. I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID FORD TOLD THEM THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS VEHICLE. *JB

THE VALVE THAT MEASURES RESTRICTION ON THE AIR INTAKE PRIOR TO THE AIR FILTER HAS BROKEN APART TWICE. THIS WAS SPONTANEOUS WHILE DRIVING.(AIR FILTER RESTRICTION GAUGE). *JB

MY HUSBAND AND I RECENTLY PURCHASED A FORD F250 SUPER DUTY 6.0 LITER DIESEL PICKUP TRUCK. THIS IS A NEW ENGINE THAT WAS JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR. THERE ARE ALREADY MANY SERVICE BULLETINS LISTED ON THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK FROM FORD. THE PROBLEM WITH OUR TRUCK STARTED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. WE HAD OWNED THE TRUCK FOR THREE DAYS AND IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR THE FIRST TIME. A PART WAS REPLACED AND TWO DAYS LATER THE LIGHT WAS BACK ON AGAIN. BACK TO THE SHOP FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A WEEK FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. THE NEXT PART BEING REPLACED WAS DELAYED IN SHIPPING. THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED TO REMOVE THE NEEDED PART FROM ANOTHER TRUCK ON THE LOT BUT WAS WARNED BY FORD THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE DEFECTIVE PART AND USING ONE FROM ANOTHER TRUCK WOULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FOUR DAYS LATER WE WERE ABLE TO PICK UP THE "REPAIRED" TRUCK. FIVE DAYS LATER THE LIGHT IS BACK ON AGAIN AND NOW IT IS ALSO RUNNING ROUGH, SLOW ACCELERATION, STALLING, SLOW RESPONSE FROM A STOP, ETC. FORDS LATEST BULLETINS TO THEIR DEALERS IS THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS AT THE PRESENT TIME. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT FROM THE SLOW ACCELERATION AND STALLING. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET UNTIL THEY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEED CORRECTIVE REPAIR ACTION OR REIMBURSEMENT. AFTER FINDING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ALREADY LISTED I AM WONDERING WHY THEY ARE STILL SELLING THESE TO THE PUBLIC. APPARENTLY THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THERE IS A SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH AND THEN TRY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM? PLEASE HELP! NB

MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2003 F250. WHILE ON VACATION CAMPING IN FLORIDA THE TRUCK FAILED TO START ONE MORNING. THE TRUCK TOOK 5 DAYS TO REPAIR DUE TO A RUPTURED HIGH PRESSURE OIL LINE INSIDE THE ENGINE WHICH WAS CONSEQUENTLY SHUTTING DOWN ALL FUEL PRESSURE. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR ALMOST STALLING ON MY WAY TO WORK LAST WEEK. DEALER INDICATED THIS WAS DUE TO A RUPTURED FUEL LINE INSIDE THE ENGINE WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DUMPING DIESEL INTO THE CRANK CASE....WHERE WILL IT END? TRUCK IS LESS THAN 3 MONTHS OLD AND WILL HAVE BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR ALMOST 3 WEEKS AFTER THIS RECENT FAILURE.*JB

WE WERE RETURNING HOME FROM A TRIP TO CHARLOTTE, NC YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN WE WERE STOPPED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH COLLEGE ROAD AND CAROLINA BEACH ROAD IN WILMINGTON. THE DRIVER HAD BEEN FOLLOWING US FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE AND HIS TRUCK WAS COVERED WITH DIESEL FUEL FROM OUR NEW FORD F250. APPARENTLY THE FUEL SYSTEM HAD STARTED LEAKING. HE LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND ADVISED US TO PULL OFF AS SOON AS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL ALLOWED US TO MOVE. THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF DIESEL FUEL UNDER THE TRUCK SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE THE REAR TIRES TO SLIP. WE PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT AND NOTED THE REAR AND UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK WERE COATED WITH DIESEL FUEL. FUEL CONTINUED TO LEAK UNTIL WE SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. APPARENTLY THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS DAMAGED OR DEFECTIVE. WE HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO CAPE FEAR FORD IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.*JB