2004 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

ENGINE WAS COLD, SAT OVER NIGHT, IN THE MORNING TRIED TO START VEHICLE, GLOW PLUG LIGHT TURNED OFF AND ENGINE WAS CRANKED, ENGINE CRANKED SLOW BUT DID NOT START AND WITHIN SECONDS ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. FIRE DESTROYED PASSENGER SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT, SMOKE DAMAGE IN CAB. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED IF VEHICLE CAN BE REPAIRED. *JB

NEW 04 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY STEERING WANDER AT 3000 MI. JANUARY WENT TO DEALER. NO PROBLEM FOUND. AT 21,000 DECEMBER WENT TO ALIGNMENT SHOP TOLD UPPER AN LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD 1/6 PLAY SHOULD BE 0 PLAY NEED CHANGE OUT TO FIX FRONT END. WENT BACK TO FORD SHOP . WAS TOLD THERE TECHNICIAN CHECKED UPPER AN LOWER BALL JOINTS ALL WITHIN FORD SPEC NO PLAY FOUND "THEY LOWERED AIR IN FRONT TIRES" PLEASE HELP THE WANDER. *JB

DIESEL ENGINE BUCKS WHILE IN MOTION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WHEN STOPPING. NECESSARY TO PUT TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL TO PREVENT BUCKING/JUMPING FORWARD INTO CAR IN FROMT OF ME. SWEET ANTI FREEZE SMELL INSIDE TRUCK. FORD REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM UNTIL FORCED TO PERFORM A COMPLETE INSPECTION AS PRESCRIBED BY THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BOARD. THEN LEARNED PROBLEM WITH TURBO CHARGER, COOLANT LEAK INTO ENGINE. NON-PERFORMANCE HAPPENED OVER A 6 MONTH PERIOD BEGINING IN JUNE, 2004. *AK

CONSUMERS VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKE CONTROL. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER HAD BEEN IN SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE VEHICLE SURGED FOR NO REASON. ALSO, VEHICLE DIED SEVERAL TIMES IN INTERSECTIONS. THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WAS STILL UNDETERMINED.*AK

THE ENGINE STALLED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS IS VERY HAZARDOUS WHEN PULLING A FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER. *JB THERE WERE A NUMBER OF STALLS THAT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM IN THAT THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO RUN ROUGH PRIOR TO THE STALLING. THE ENGINE ALOS LOST COOLANT. *SC

THE VEHICLE STALLED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OF 0-15 MPH. THIS CONDITION OCCURRED DURING STOPPING OR MAKING TURNS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. ON EACH OCCASION THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE COMMENCED TO LURCH FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED WHILE THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THIS ISSUE AS WELL. *JB

WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF DRIVING,EXPERIENCED ENGINE BOGGING, STALLING, AND GRINDING NOISES, UNPREDICTABLE OCCURRENCES. NOW PROBLEMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A SWEET SMELLING CHEMICAL ODOR THAT FILLS INTERIOR OF TRUCK CAB. LEMON LAW STATE ARBITRATION INITIATED AFTER DEALER'S MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR HAVE FAILED. *AK

2004 FORD-F250 KING RANCH DIESEL SERIES: ENGINE REVS UP AT IDLE OVER POWERING THE BRAKES ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE TRUCK TO JUMP FORWARD BETWEEN 1-2 FT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFTY ISSUE AT INTERSECTIONS. THIS OCCURRED 1 DAY AFTER DEALERSHIP UPDATED THE ENGINE COMPUTER CODE. THE ORIGINAL CAUSE TO TAKE THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP WAS THE POWER LOSS AND MASSIVE ENGINE SHAKING AT IDLE AS DESCRIBED BY OTHERS.*AK

DOORS ON 2004 CREWCAB F250 LARIAT 4X4 ARE SQUEAKING,LOOSE,AND VERY NOISY WHEN DRIVING. PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF SEVERAL FORD DEALERS IN NJ AREA, ONE OF WHICH EVEN REPLACED THE LATCH ON PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR WITH NO EFFECT. (DEALER EVEN DAMAGED TRUCK SEVERAL TIMES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FIX A SEPARATE, BUT RELATED PROBLEM-WINDOW AIR LEAK.) TRUCK HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE NEW AND I HAVE HAD NO SATISFACTION FROM ANY DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE OWNED THREE NEW FORD TRUCKS AND THIS IS BY FAR THE POOREST QUALITY. REFERENCE NHTSA ITEM NUMBER: 10004948 SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: 17307, DATED OCT 1, 2003. *AK