2001 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I HAD ANOTHER UNIROYAL LIBERATOR TIRE (265/75/16 E-RATED, LIGHT TRUCK TIRE) FAILURE. BOTH TIRES FAILED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND MILES OF EACH OTHER AND IN THE SAME EXACT WAY. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA ON THE FIRST TIRE APPROX. 2-MONTHS AGO. BOTH TIRES AT ABOUT 35 TO 36,000 MILES, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS APPROACHING 65 MPH FORMED A BALLOON ON TOP OF THE TREAD CAUSING AN IMBALANCE. AFTER CHANGING THE TIRE, IT EXPLODED IN THE BED OF MY TRUCK. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT A TREAD SEPARATION HAD OCCURRED. ONE COULD SEE THE SMOOTH AREAS WHERE THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BELT CARCASS VERSUS THE AREA WHERE THE TREAD PULLED AWAY WHEN IT EXPLODED. THESE UNIROYAL LIBERATORS SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF HOW QUICKLY THIS FAILURE OCCURS. BOTH TIRES HAD PLENTY OF TREAD AND WERE RUN WITHIN THE PROPER PRESSURE RANGES (70 TO 80 PSI). I HAVE SENT UNIROYAL EMAIL COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THESE TIRES. I HAVE ONE REMAINING ON MY TRUCK THAT WILL BE REPLACED BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL ALSO FAIL ANY MOMENT. PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO GET THESE TIRES OFF THE MARKET. THE TIRES DATE OF MANUFACTURE WAS 14TH WEEK OF 2007. *TR

SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE MOTOR WHILE DRIVING. BLEW OUT THE COIL AND STRIPPED THE THREADS. 5.4 LITER TRITON ENGINE WITH 122,000 MILES. *TR

I OWN A 2001 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY 4X4 TRUCK. AFTER PURCHASING TRUCK USED, I REPLACED ALL STEERING COMPONENTS WITH O.E EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS AT CERTIFIED REPAIR FACILITIES. ALL FACILITIES CERTIFIED ALL STEERING PARTS IN ORIGINAL SPECIFICATION FORM. DESPITE ALL THIS, THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY UPON HITTING ANY KIND OF ROUGH ROADS OR POTHOLES. AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS, I REALIZED THIS IS DEFECT WITH THE TRUCK EVEN GOING TO 2007 MODEL YEAR. THIS TRUCK IS DANGEROUS!! DANGEROUS!! DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FAIR MARKET VALUE GIVEN TO THE BUYERS. SOMEONE WILL GET KILLED. A DRIVER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEAR DRIVING A TRUCK ON ANY ROAD EXCEPT A PERFECTLY SMOOTH ONE WHICH DOES NOT EXIST. I ALMOST DIED DRIVING THIS TRUCK CROSSING THE WALT WHITMAN BRIDGE FROM NJ TO PA. I AM NOT ALONE. NHTSA HAS COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE F250 SD 4X4 GOING INTO 2007 MODEL YEAR. GIVE FAIR MARKET VALUE AND RECALL THE TRUCKS. OWNERS CAN GET THE CREDIT TOWARD PURCHASE OF NEW OR USED FORD TRUCKS MODELS THAT DO NOT SUFFER FROM THIS DEFECT. FORD WILL NOT LOSE IF THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR MISTAKE WHILE NO ONE DIED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED YET!!!!. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250 SD DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLE WHEN IT ATTEMPTED TO START INDEPENDENTLY. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. THE CONTACT DISCONNECTED AND RECHARGED THE BATTERY. ONCE THE BATTERY WAS REINSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. HE THEN CONTACTED SEVERAL LOCAL MECHANICS ABOUT THE FAILURE BUT NO ONE COULD PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION OF THE FAILURE. SEVERAL AUTHORIZED DEALERS WERE ALSO CONTACTED BUT AGAIN THEY TOO, COULD NOT PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2001 F-250 SUPER DUTY, I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM WITH SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM THE HEADS OF MY MOTOR. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS WITH THE OEM PLUGS STILL IN THE MOTOR, THE SECOND TIME I HAD THE BLOW OUT REPAIRED ALREADY AND ALL PLUGS WERE REPLACED BUT YET AGAIN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER THE PLUG IN ANOTHER HOLE BLEW OUT. THIS TIME I HAD ALL HOLES PATCHED WITH A STAINLESS STEEL INSERT. BOTH TIMES I HAD TO PAY WELL OVER $50.00 FOR TOWING AND THE LAST REPAIR BILL WAS IN EXCESS OF $800.00. I AM A FULL TIME STUDENT AND SINGLE FATHER I DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PAY FOR CONSTANT REPAIRS BECAUSE OF AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM WITH OEM EQUIPMENT, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET AND TOLD BY MY MECHANICS THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALMOST EVERY VEHICLE WITH THESE TYPES OF MOTORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT IN LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER. *TR

SPARK PLUGS BLOWN OUT OF ENGINES 2001 FORD F- 250 . BOTH SIDE OF THE ENGINE. *TR

I HEARD A NOISE LIKE A LOOSE ROCKER ARM AND TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD NOT TO WORRY. THEN AT THE BANK THE NOISE CHANGED AND QUIT "TICKING" AND BY THE TIME I PULLED OUT OF THE LINE I HEARD A LOUD "POP" AND THEN A CONTINUAL POPPING NOISE, AFTER I GOT PULLED OVER I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE SPARK PLUG CLOSEST TO THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS OUT. WITH FUEL COMING OUT AND A SPARK PLUG FIRING ON THE MOTOR, I AM AMAZED IT DID NOT CATCH FIRE. *TR

DRIVING MY TRUCK ON HIGHWAY. THE SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE THE TIRE WENT UNDER A TRAILER AND BENT TWO RIMS AND THE AXLE. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW HAS 60,900 MILES THE SPARE HAS NEVER BEEN OF THE TRUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, HE DETECTED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WOULD NOT REMAIN SECURED IN THE LOCKING MECHANISM. WHEN THE SEAT BELT WAS IN USE BY AN OCCUPANT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 124,000. UPDATED 01/13/11*LJ UPDATED 01/31/11. *JB

I HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUTS ON MY FORD F250 WITH A 5.4L ENGINE LEAVING ME STRANDED OUT OF STATE TWICE. I LIVE IN OHIO AND I HAD MY FIRST SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT IN W VIRGINIA WHILE EN ROUTE TO S CAROLINA FOR VACATION. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS LAST YEAR IN PENNSYLVANIA. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER PLUG ABOUT TO BLOW OUT! *TR