2003 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

2003 FORD F-250 (ONLY 50,000 MILES) HAD MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HOUSING CRACKED AND THERE IS NO WAY TO REPAIR. ONLY OPTION IS TO INSTALL NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE PULLING OUR CAMPER TO VIRGINIA FOR VACATION AND HALF WAY THERE WE COULD SMELL ANTIFREEZE. BY THE TIME WE GOT TO MARTINSVILLE AND GOT OUR CAMPER BACKED UP AT THE CAMPGROUND WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF OUR TAILPIPE AND LATER OVERHEATED. WE CALLED AAA THE NEXT MORNING AND HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE THEY HAD INFORMED US THAT IT WAS THE EGR COOLER. THEY PUT THE NEW EGR COOLER ON AND WE GOT OUR TRUCK BACK 2 DAYS LATER. WE DID NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK ANYMORE UNTIL WE WERE PULLING OUR CAMPER HOME TO OHIO AND NOTICED THE SAME THINGS WERE HAPPENING. THE WHITE SMOKE AND ANTIFREEZE SMELL WE ALSO HAD LOSS OF POWER. I MADE MY HUSBAND PULL OVER AND LOW AND BEHOLD WE HAD NO ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRUCK. THE DEALERSHIP HAD PUT 2 BOTTLES OF ANTIFREEZE AND CHANGED OUR OIL BECAUSE OF ANTIFREEZE IN THE OIL. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD US TO TRY AND LIMP IT HOME. WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ANY PART OF THAT AND ASKED THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT WHERE THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP WAS LOCATED. THEY TOLD US THE GET OFF THE NEXT EXIT AND GO 1/2 MILE UP THE ROAD. WE MADE IT A 1/4 MILE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE TRUCK WAS OVERHEATING. TRIED TO START TRUCK BACK UP AND NOTHING. GOT A TOW TRUCK TO TOW US TO THIS DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD US OUR ENGINE WAS VAPOR LOCKED. WE ONLY HAD GONE 130 MILES FROM THE OTHER DEALERSHIP BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. DEALERSHIP IS TELLING US THAT FORD HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE 6.0 LITER V6 F-250 SUPER DUTY DIESEL ENGINES. HAVE AN ONGOING LAWSUIT WITH DEALERSHIP AND FORD. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OF OTHER ISSUES WITH THESE TRUCKS BECAUSE WE ARE OVER WARRANT BY 2,000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKING A HISSING NOISE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE HISSING STOPPED. HE LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT THE NUMBER 4 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD WITH A FAILED COIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,300 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,999.

VEHICLE HAS A OIL COOLER AND EGR COOLER DEFECT. COMMON PROBLEM BY MANY F250 OWNERS. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS ISSUED A SUPERSEDED PART NUMBER FOR THE OIL COOLER, EGR COOLER IS UNCHANGED. WHEN THESE COMPONENTS FAIL IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEATS WHEN TOWING A LOAD AND CAN CONSUME SEVERAL GALLONS OF COOLANT. IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN DUE IN PART THAT IF A VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND SHUTS OFF WHILE TOWING A HEAVY LOAD THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE BRAKING POWER. *TR

THE TIRE LOST ITS TREAD DOING GREAT DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF MY TRUCK. THE TIRE DID NOT LOOSE AIR, IT WAS STILL PROPERLY INFLATED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE OF MY ORIGINALS TO LOOSE THE TREAD. THE FIRST ONE DAMAGED MY FRONT FENDER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHILE IN REVERSE. WHEN THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS TURNED COMPLETELY TO THE LEFT AND THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS TURNED COMPLETELY TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE TIE ROD DETACHED FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE FELT VERY LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND SERVICED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 32,000.

FORD F-250. LEAKING HIGH PRESSURE HOSE FROM BOSTER PUMP DRAINED FLUID. WHILE EXITING INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, LOST BOTH BRAKES AND STEERING. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP AND STEER. REPLACED FLUID TO GET TO DEALER, MEEGAN FORD IN MT. PLEASANT PA. HIGH PRESSURE HOSE REPLACED. I PAID. I HAVE OLD PART. FITTING RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD F-250 SD. THE VEHICLE HAS FIRESTONE LT23585R16 TIRES. WHILE PULLING OUT OF A MEINEKE DEALER, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM HIS TIRES. THE TIRES DEFLATED AND THEN FLATTENED. HE DID NOT DRIVE OVER A POTHOLE OR ANY OTHER ROAD HAZARD. HE REMOVED THE TIRES FROM THE VEHICLE TO GET THEM PATCHED; HOWEVER, THERE WAS AN INCH LONG CRACK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TREAD ON THE SIDEWALLS. THEREFORE, THE TIRES COULD NOT BE REPAIRED AND COULD NO LONGER BE USED. ON OCTOBER 26, 2007, HE PURCHASED THREE NEW TIRES FOR HIS VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,154.

I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 59 SOUTH TO HOME WHEN A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MY 2003 F-250 WITH 5.4 MOTOR. NUMBER 3 PASSENGER SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT, TRUCK ONLY HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY ACTED LIKE THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH BUT THAT THEY HAD A KIT TO FIX IT. COST TO FIX WAS $454.36, THEN THE TOLD ME NO WARRANTY ON THE FIX. PLUS TOW BILL OF $149.00 FORD MOTOR COMPANY KNOWS OF THIS DEFECT AND REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING! *TR

I WAS CHECKING MY TRANSMISSION FLUID ON MY TRUCK, MY SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT NEARLY HITTING ME IN THE FACE. I FELL OFF MY STEP STOOL, AND HURT MY WRIST BECAUSE OF THE BIG NOISE AND IT SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME!!THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH WORSE OF DAY FOR ME IF IT HIT ME. THIS IS ALSO THE SECOND TIME THE PLUG HAS BLOWN OUT!! *TR