2001 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

I OWN A 2001 FORD F 250 SUPER DUTY WITH A 6.8 LITER V10 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME NOW THAT IT HAS BLOWN OUT A SPARKPLUG WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT A HIGH SPEED THEY WERE NOT THE SAME PLUG AND THEY ARE ORIGINAL MOTORCRAFT PLUGS . BOTH TIMES YOU SMELL ALOT OF GAS THAT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL LEAKING FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE OIL PAN . THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE OIL PAN WAS COVERED WITH RUST AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 157752.

BRAKE LINE TO THE REAR BRAKES RUPTURED DUE TO EXTREME CORROSION INSIDE THE FRAME THIS FAILURE RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF BRAKING/STOPPING POWER WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE LINE WAS REPLACED. *TR

FAULTY CYLINDER HEAD ON A 6.8L V-10 2001 F-250. HEAD BLEW AND IT STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A RIDING LAWN MOWER. I AM A 3RD GENERATION FORD OWNER, IF FORD WANTS TO BE FORD TOUGH THEN THEY NEED TO FIX FORD DEFECT NO NEED FOR A TRUCK THAT HASN'T PULLED A HEAVY LOAD TO HAVE SUCH A FUBAR ENGINE DEFECT. MAKES ME WANT TO SWITCH TO FOREIGN TRUCK>. *TR

A REAR BRAKE LINE ON MY 2001 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKING ABILITY. I REPLACED THE BRAKE LINE WITH A PART FROM FORD, BUT FORD SEEMED UNINTERESTED IN ADDRESSING THIS FAILURE, WHICH I HAD NEVER HEARD OF HAPPENING BEFORE. I STILL HAVE THE OLD PART. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK TODAY DURING A RAIN STORM IN RUSH HOUR (I'M TRAVELING AT 10MPH TOP), MY ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND SOUNDED AS IF IT HAD LOST THE MUFFLER, EXCEPT THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, IT WASN'T AS LOUD AS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED THREE YEARS AGO, BUT I KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED THANKS TO MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND EXITED THE HIGHWAY. ONCE THE RAIN STOPPED, I WAS SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS OCCURRING AT ALL, BUT TO HAVE IT HAPPEN TWICE! THERE IS SERIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE DESIGN IN FORD'S ENGINES (MINE IS A 5.4 V8, F-250.) I SEE ALL THE REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND IT MENTIONS THE FACT THAT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES. WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME THE FIRST TIME, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT IN FOR SERVICE, SO I DID. AND I DID SO AGAIN TODAY, TAKING THE BACKROADS. ONLY LATER THIS EVENING, WHILE RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, DID I DISCOVER THE DANGER. PLEASE APPLY PRESSURE TO FORD TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. AND SINCE THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR THAT I FEEL IS CAUSED BY POOR DESIGN, IT SHOULD NOT BE PLACED ON THE BURDEN OF FORD CUSTOMERS WHO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THEIR VEHICLES IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR

I WAS IN MY FORD F250 V10 TRITON SITTING IDLE AT A RED LIGHT WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP UNDER MY HOOD WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A STEAM ENGINE SOUND WHEN I ACCELERATED. HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND FOUND THAT MY FACTORY SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS HAPPENS OFTEN WITH FORD TRITON MOTORS. THE MECHANIC USED A HELICOIL TYPE TOOLING TO RETAP THE HOLD AND FIT A COLLAR IN IT THAT WOULD ACCEPT A NEW SPARK PLUG. THE COST WAS ABOUT $300 BUT THE FACT THAT THIS HAPPENS SO OFTEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR MANUFACTURER SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY SHOULD BARE THE COST FOR EACH OCCURRENCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS HE CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. HE SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO DRIVE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO PERSIST INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSORS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND SENSORS REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

I'VE HAD TWO OF THE TIRES GOING 65-70 MPH BASICALLY GO FLAT AND TEAR INTO PIECES AFTER ONLY A FEW SECONDS. BOTH TIMES THERE IS HARDLY NO IDENTIFYING PARTS OF THE TIRE LEFT ON THE RIM. THE LAST TIME I WAS HAULING A 20' TRAILER WHEN IT WENT FLAT AND TORE TO SHREDS. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING WITH NO TRAILER AND I HEARD IT GO FLAT THEN THE TIRE JUST TORE TO SHREDS ALSO. THESE TIRE ARE ONLY A YEAR OLD. IT DID BEND THE REAR QUARTER PANEL. A EMPLOYEE WAS BEHIND ME AND SAID BASICALLY THE WHOLE TIRE CAME OFF THE RIM AND WENT ACROSS THE MEDIAN OF THE INTERSTATE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 FORD F250 WITH A 6.8L V10. IT HAS 149,489 MILES ON IT. I AM NO SHADE TREE MECHANIC, I HAVE REBUILT ENGINES, TRANSMISSIONS AND TROUBLE SHOOT CPU?S . I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT THEN MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN. AS SOON AS I MADE THE TURN THE #4 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. MY FATHER HAS A 2002 F250 WITH THE 6.8L V10 AND HIS BLEW OUT THE #1 AND ABOUT 300 MILES LATER IT BLEW OUT THE #5 PLUG. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN IT BLEW OUT THE #5. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!! THERE HAVE BEEN TO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAUSE IS NOT DUE TO INCORRECT TORQUE ON THE PLUG. BUT DUE TO A COMBINATION OF TWO THINGS, 1. THE AMOUNT OF THREADS THAT HOLD THE PLUG IN PLACE.2 THE AMOUNT OF COMPRESSION THAT THE ENGINE PRODUCES. *TR