2003 FORD F-250 SD Complaints
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2003 FORD F-250 SD- DEVILS LAKE, ND
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A FORD F250 SUPER DUTY 6.0 LITER DIESEL PICKUP. THIS IS A NEW ENGINE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR. THEIR ARE ALREADY MANY SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS FROM FORD. ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS IS RUNNING ROUGH, STALLING, SLOW RESPONSE FROM A STOP, ETC. FORDS LATEST BULLETINS TO THEIR DEALERS IS THEIR IS NO FIX FOR THIS AT THE PRESENT TIME. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. IT IS MY BELIEVE THESE SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET UNTIL THEY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I AM WONDERING WHY THEY ARE STILL SELLING THESE TO THE PUBLIC AND NOT INFORMING THEM THEIR COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THEM. I PRESENTLY OWN ONE OF THESE AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 30 DAYS SINCE DEC 9TH. AT THE PRESENT TIME MY IS SO BAD I CANNOT DRIVE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF STALLING ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THEIR HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ARE WE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THERE IS A SERIOUS INJURY AND THEN TRY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM? TS
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2003 FORD F-250 SD- LAKE CITY, FL
TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP IN SHAWNEE OK. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS DISASSEMBLED THE INNER PUMP ROTOR WAS BROKE AS WELL AS 1-2 AND 2-3 SHIFT VALVES WERE STUCK. MILAGE WAS 3, 822. NOV 13, 2002. ON JAN 31 2003 WHILE GOING TO THE STORE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR OVERDRIVE BUT WOULD MOVE IN FIRST AND SECOND AS WELL AS REVERSE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO PLACE OF PURCHASE WALT'S LIVE OAK FORD WHERE THEY HAVE STATED IT WOULD BE A 5 DAYS BEFORE IT COULD BE LOOKED AT. TS
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2003 FORD F-250 SD- DOVER, PA
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HOME WHIEN HIS VEHICLE VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. AT THIS POINT HE COULD NO LONGER CONTROL THE VEHICLE. HE THEN SLAMMED INTO A LARGE ROCK IN THE SIDE OF AN EIGHT FOOT BANK. THE VEHICLE THEN FLIPPED ONTO ITS SIDE AND SLID ANOTHER 20-30 FEET. OUR VEHICLE IS A 2003 FORD F250 AND NOW HAS $20,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. WE TRIED TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH A FEW OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FORD DEALERSHIP WE INITIALLY BOUGHT IT AT. SOMEONE IN SERVICE TOLD US SOMETHING DEFINATLY DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT WITH THE STEERING. THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP THEN TOLD US WE WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME PROVING THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THAT IS NOW DONE TO THE VEHICLE. WE ALSO TRIED DISCUSSING THIS MATTER WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. OUR INSURANCE ADJUSTOR TOLD US THAT THEY MOST LIKELY WOULD NOT PURSUE THE MATTER BECAUSE "NO ONE WAS CRITICALLY INJURED OR KILLED" IN THE ACCIDENT. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE DID NOT EVEN TAKE A LOOK UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE IF ANYTHING LOOKED OUT OF THE ORDINARY. MY HUSBAND STRONGLY FEELS THAT THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT HIS FAULT. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE ELSE TO TURN FOR HELP. PLEASE HELP US!!
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