2004 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN MY F250 DIESEL RUNS AT 1200-1500RPM, THE ENGINE SEEMS TO SHUTTER AND LOADS UP. IT SOMETIMES SEEMS TO START TO STALL OUT AND LOSE POWER. THE DEALER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE IN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT SIX TIMES AND CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE CHANGES THE EXHAUST SENSOR AND REMAP THE COMPUTER WITH NO LUCK. THEY HAVE TEST DRIVEN THE TRUCK AND HAD THE PROBLEM OCCUR. THE VEHICLE IS BECOMING DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE LOSE OF POWER IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSE REAREND COLLISONS BECASUE OF THE PROBLEM. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND HAS ADVISED ME TO KEEP DRIVING IT AT MY RISK. HOPING TO FIND A FAULT CODE.

DT: WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE DIED. CALLER HAD TO WAIT AWHILE TO GET IT STARTED. DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. CALLER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 8 TIMES. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. CALLER SAID AT THE BEGINNING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND DEALER REPLACED SOMETHING TO FIX THAT. NOTHING GIVES HIM NOTICE THAT THE ENGINE IS GOING TO DIE.*AK

DT: WHENEVER THE CALLER DRIVES THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD, AND THEN IT LOSES POWER AND SHUTS DOWN. WHEN IT IS SITTING STILL THE MOTOR RUNS FAST, SHAKES AND THEN DIES. CALLER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER THREE TIMES, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT FIXED. DEALER SAID IT MIGHT BE IN A RECALL. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK

DT; EVER SINCE CONSUMER BOUGHT FORD F250 IT JERKS OR BUCKS FORWARD WHEN AT A STOP OR DRIVING SLOW. DEALER BASICALLY SAY IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO FIX IT. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. IT MAY DO THIS AND STOP THEN IT WILL BEGIN AGAIN. THE MOST RECENT EPISODE WAS LAST WEEK. CONSUMER CALLED SERVICE DEPT AS IT WAS HAPPENING, AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN AND THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. ACTUALLY HAD TO PUT IN NEUTRAL FOR SAFETY BECAUSE IT DOES THIS AS IF THE VEHICLE WERE STALLING AND LURCHES FORWARD EVEN WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. *TT

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT. EACH TIME THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO TURN THE CORNER OR HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE SAFETY BELT WILL TIGHTEN. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT LOCKED UP SO TIGHT THAT IT HURT HIS CHEST AND NECK. IT WOULD NOT RELEASE UNTIL THE SEAT BELT WAS UNBUCKLED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO LET IT RETRACT ALL THE WAY BACK, THEN REBUCKLE IT. *BF *NM

WE PURCHASED A 2004 F250 TURBO DIESEL FROM MIKE BROWN FORD ON MAY 29, 2004 AND THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. THE FIRST PROBLEM THE DEALERSHIP WIRED THE KEYLESS ENTRY INCORRECTLY AND HAD TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS. AFTER THAT THE TRUCK BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SURGING,AND DYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE COMPUTER 9 TIMES, EXCHANGED THE EGR VALUES TWICE, THEY HAVE SLIPPED THE TORQUE CONVERTER, AND ALL TYPES OF REPROGRAMMED ON THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS ON THIS VEHICLE.. TO DATE THE TRUCK RUNS EXTREMELY BAD. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE, AND IS EXTREMELY SCARED OF THIS TRUCK, DO TO THE FACT THAT IT SURGES AND LOSES VACUUM AND SHOVES HER INTO INTERSECTIONS AT RED LIGHTS OR ANY OTHER TIMES SHE APPLIES THE BRAKES. THE VARIOUS FORD DEALERSHIPS ARE NO HELP THEY CONSTANTLY REPROGRAM AND RELEASE THE VEHICLE . NO MORE OR LESS THAN 5000 MILES THE VEHICLE STARTS IT AGAIN. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE, SEEING HOW YOU NEVER NO WHEN IT WILL DIE, OR SURGE . WE FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE IS A DANGER TO ANYONE WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH .*AK

I GET EXHAUST FUMES / DIESEL SMELL THROUGH MY VENTS. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN AT 1500 MILES AND THEY REPLACED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. IT DIDN'T HELP. THEY SAID DRIVE IT, AND SEE IF IT GETS BETTER. I HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK IN 5 TIMES FOR THE SMELL, AND THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. FORD IS TELLING ME IT'S NORMAL. I HAVE FRIENDS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AND THEY DO NOT GET THE FUMES COMING THROUGH THEIR VENTS. SOMETIMES THE FUMES ARE SO STRONG THAT MY EYES BURN. MY SON WILL SAY OPEN THE WINDOWS BECAUSE HIS EYES BURN FROM THE FUMES.*AK

AT ONSET OF COLD WEATHER,(BELOW 40F), LOUD TAPPING FROM ENGINE AT IDLE AND AGAIN AT 200 RPMS. THIS LASTS UNTIL ENGINE IS WARMED UP COMPLETELY. FORD SAYS PISTON SLAP AND IT IS NORMAL. TRUCK HAS 20K MILES. UNLESS STANDARD ENGINEERING PRACTICE HAS BEEN REPEALED, PISTON SLAP IS NOT NORMAL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. *AK

MY 2004 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY CREW-CAB TRUCK ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES SPONTANEOUSLY ON ITS OWN WHILE I AM DRIVING AT A UNIFORM SPEED. THIS CAN PERSIST FOR A NUMBER OF MILES BEFORE ABATING. THE ENGINE JUST BEGINS TO REV UP AND THEN DOWN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WITH MY FOOT ONLY ON THE BRAKE, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATES AND LURCHES FORWARD. I TRIED PUTTING IT IN PARK WHILE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, BUT IT DIED WHEN I DID SO. THE TRUCK IS USED FOR TRAIL FCOR TWO LARGE HORSES, AND SHOULD IT SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATE OR COMPLETELY STOP WHILE TRAILERING ON THE FREEWAY, THE RESULTS COULD BE DISASTROUS. THIS SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE IS WHAT PROMPTS MY COMPLAINT TO THE NHTSA. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO OUR FORD DEALERSHIP MECHANIC, AND HE SAID THAT FORD HAS HAD A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS.*AK

EXHAUST LEAK ENTERING DRIVERS COMPARTMENT HAD THIS TRUCK IN SHOP FOUR TIMES HAVE BEEN TLD TO MANY AHEAD SO IT WILL BE DAYS MAYBE LONGER THINK THEY ARE WANTING THE WARRANTY TO RUN OUT BUT THIS LEAK CAN CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE MAYBE AN ACCEDENT.THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THE DIESEL PICKUPS WITH THIS PROBLEM SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY NO MATTER WHAT THE MILEAGE IS.