2020 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

FREQUENTLY APPLICATION OF ACCELERATION RESULTS IN NO RESPONSE FROM VEHICLE. WHEN MAKING TURNS INTO TRAFFIC AND ACCELERATION IS NEEDED TO AVOID COLLISION THE TRUCK WILL NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUT. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MANY NEAR MISS SITUATIONS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS ON 2019-2020 F250/350 BUILT AT THE KENTUKY PLANT MY VEHICLE HOWEVER IS APPARENTLY NOT ONE OF THEM BUT I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT BACK IN SEPTEMBER 21 2020 I WAS DRIVING ON A COUNTY ROAD AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT WAS NON RESPONSIVE TO WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO I ALMOST HIT A SMALL VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME BUT SWERVED AND CRASHED IN A FIELD THE WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I DID NOT TEST DRIVE IT OR ANYTHING SINCE I WAS GOING FROM A 2020 TO ANOTHER 2020 F250 LARIAT TO LIMITED NOW THE LARIAT EVERYTHING WORKED ON IT IT WOULD TELL ME THAT I WAS CLOSING ONTO A VEHICLE WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO BREAK AND IT WOULD ACTUALLY BREAK NOT PULL TO ETIHER SIDE AS THIS ONE HAS DONE SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I DID LET FORD KNOW BUT THEY SAID THEY WERE PLENTY BACKED UP AND COULD GET TO ME IN A COUPLE WEEKS WELL THATS WHEN MY ACCIDENT OCCURED YOU SEE I THINK THERE ARE MORE VEHICLES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY SAID RECALLS BUT SOMEONE IS USING US AS CRASH TEST DUMMIES JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS I AM GLAD I DID NOT HIT THAT FAMILY COS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD ANOTHER THING IS THAT THE COLLISION CENTER THAT FIXED MY VEHICLE SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE IT TO ANY TIRE LOCATION TO GET IT ALIGNED BECAUSE THESE PLACES WOULDNT DO THE JOB SO THEY TOOK IT TO FORD AND WELL TRUCK IS PULLING TO THE LEFT BUT STEERING WHEEL IS COCKEYED TO THE RIGHT IT JUST DOES NOT RIDE WELL I LOVE THE VEHICLE BUT SAFETY IS FIRST I GOT THE VEHICLE BACK AFTER "RECALIBRATION" AND WELL IT STILL HAS THE SAME ISSUES WARNING SENSORS DONT ALERT YOU AS THEY SHOULD NOT ENOUGH WARNING FROM PRE-COLLISION PULLS TO THE SIDE RIDES REAL ROUGH ETC. ETC.

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT LEAST 2-3 TIMES EACH TIME I DRIVE. THIS HAS OCCURRED REGULARLY SINCE THE FIRST DAY I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE.

ON AUGUST 28, 2020, THE ENGINE IN MY VIRTUALLY BRAND NEW 2020 FORD F-250 TRUCK (EQUIPPED WITH A DIESEL ENGINE) SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT ANY ADVANCED WARNING WHATSOEVER SHUT OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. I HAD JUST TURNED FROM STATE HIGHWAY 10 INTO THE LEFT LANE OF A FOUR-LANE CITY STREET IN 5 O'CLOCK TRAFFIC ON A FRIDAY EVENING. WITHOUT EITHER POWER BRAKES OR POWER STEERING, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK OUT OF THE ROADWAY AND INTO THE PARKING LOT OF AN ADJACENT BUSINESS. I TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES. WHILE THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK, IT SIMPLY WOULD NOT RESTART. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY ARRANGED TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS. AFTER THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAD MY TRUCK FOR NEARLY A MONTH, THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE FOR THE SUDDEN SHUTDOWN OF MY ENGINE WAS A FAILED BOSCH CP4 HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, WHICH FAILURE CONTAMINATED MY ENTIRE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH METAL SHAVINGS. I AM NOW AWARE THAT THERE ARE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST EACH OF THE MAJOR US MANUFACTURERS RELATING TO FAILURES OF THE BOSCH CP4 HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP AS A RESULT OF THE LACK OF LUBRICATION PROVIDED BY LOW-SULFUR DIESEL FUEL GENERALLY AVAILABLE IN THE US, WHICH FAILURES RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL REPAIR COSTS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 FORD F-250 TRAILERED TO A 2019 FOREST RIVER ROCKWOOD TRAVEL TRAILER, EQUIPPED WITH LIONSHEAD TIRES, TIRE LINE: CASTLE ROCK, TIRE SIZE: ST225/75/R15, DOT: 1MT14118. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRAILER WAS SWAYING BEHIND THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE TIRE AND TOOK IT TO A TIRE SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRE TREAD BELT HAD SLIPPED AND THAT THE TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED OR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TRAVEL TRAILER WAS 850.

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY (ICD) OF MY 2020 FORD F-250 RANDOMLY GOES BLACK AND PROVIDES NO INFORMATION. THE DISPLAY WILL RANDOMLY COME ON AND USUALLY GO OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. THE DISPLAY USUALLY DISPLAYS A WARNING THAT THERE IS A FAULT WITH THE BLIND SPOT WARNING SYSTEM OR CROSS TRAFFIC WARNING SYSTEM BEFORE GOING OUT. I HAVE ALSO STARTED TO RECEIVE DISPLAYS ASKING IF I WANT TO ACTIVATE THE CRAS AVOIDANCE SYSTEM, BUT I CAN'T MAKE A SELECTION EVEN THOUGH THE SYSTEM HQS ALREADY BEEN TURNED ON. I ALSO DON'T FEEL THE VEHICLE BRAKING WHEN THE CRASH ALERT WARNING ACTIVATES LIKE IT ONCE DID EVEN THOUGHT THE BRAKE ASSIST IS TURNED ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE STARTS HIS TRUCK THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE SWITCHED GEARS, THE TRANSITION WAS ROUGH. THERE WERE SOME TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD REMAIN STUCK IN A CERTAIN GEAR AND THEN HAVE A DELAY IN SHIFTING THUS PUTTING A STRAIN ON THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE CONTACT USED THE VEHICLE TO TOW THE ISSUE WAS EVEN WORSE. THE DEALER (GENE MESSER FORD LUBBOCK 6000 WEST 19TH, LUBBOCK, TX 79407 (806) 793-2727) STATED THAT ISSUE MAY BE WITH THE PCM AND PTM. THEY WERE GOING TO CHECK WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND GET BACK WITH THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT TRIED TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER BUT THE CALL DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE REMAINED UNREPAIRED. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN FOR NOW BUT NOT TO TOW ANYTHING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,900.

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE, I NOTICE MY VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. SOON MY ENGINE HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY SPEED DROPPED FROM 65 MPH TO 20 MPH. I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I SCRAMBLED TO GET THE TRUCK AND THE TRAVEL TRAILER I WAS PULLING OVER INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND MEDIAN, DOING ALL I COULD TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. ONCE I REACHED THE MEDIAN I WAS APPROX. 1/4 MILES FROM AN EXIT. I DROVE TO THE EXIT AT MY VEHICLES MAX SPEED OF 20 MPH. ONCE STOPPED I REVIEWED MY TRUCK AND NOTICED ENGINE COOLANT POURING FROM A LINE THAT HAD DISCONNECTED. UPON REVIEW THE LINE DID NOT HAVE A CLAMP PRESENT AND THERE WERE NO WITNESS OR COMPRESSION MARKS ON THE HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE DEFECT OF NO HOSE CLAMP OR THE HOSE WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AT THE FACTORY.

THE LOWER COOLING HOSE CAME LOOSE ON MY FORD 2020 F250 WITH1650 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, WHILE TRAVELING ON A INTERSTATE TOWING A LOAD OF APPROXIMATELY 7000LBS. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WE MANAGED TO SAFELY EXIT OF THE INTERSTATE. THE MAX. SPEED OF THE VEHICLE WAS 20 MPH WHILE TRYING TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE SAFELY, IT WAS AN INTENSE MOMENT TO GET OFF THE BUSY INTERSTATE SAFELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP, AND WE ARE AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS.

ON AUGUST 9, 2020 THE ELECTRIC AUTOMATIC TAILGATE OPENNING DEVICE MALFUNCTIONED WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 2020 F-250 TOWING A FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER AT THE TIME. THE TAIL GATE OPENNED WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MY TRAILER AND TRUCK TAIL GATE. WHILE I WAS DRING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AT LESS THAN 15 MILES PER HOUR, WITH NO TRAFFIC, AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY, I STILL HAD TO BLOCK TRAFFIC AND IF THIS MALFUNCTION OCCURRED UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES FAR MORE SIGNIFICANT SAFETY IMPACT, INCLUDING INJURY AND POSSIBLE DEATH COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE NHTSA HAS ISSUED PREVIOUS SAFETY RECALLS FOR FORD TRUCKS 2017-2019 FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. WHILE FORD CONTENDS THEY HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM IN THIER 2020 MODEL, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CASE AS THIS OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE TAILGATE CLOSED/SECURED PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE MOVING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO FORD TWICE, THEIR CASE REFERENCE NUMBERS ARE PROVIDED HERE: CAS-27558976-X5L5C1 AND CAS-27335518. FORD HAS REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY OR TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION.