2004 FORD F-250 SD Complaints

THE ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL BUT IT DID NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V270000 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA05003. THE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE IS IDENTICAL TO THIS AND THE REMEDY WAS IDENTICAL HOWEVER, IT COST ME $350.00 BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS BUILT A MONTH TO LATE OR TO EARLY, NOT SURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURBO COMPONENT OF THE DIESEL ENGINE FAILED. THE COMPONENT WAS REPLACED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN RPMS YET THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE EGR VALVE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED A MASSIVE OIL LEAK AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE INJECTOR CONTROL PRESS. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO NOTICE A LACK OF POWER AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE EGR COOLER AND OIL COOLER. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,183.

PURCHASED A 2004 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY 6.0 LITER DIESEL IN APRIL IN JUNE IT BEGAN TO STALL OUT AFTER CHANGING BOTH FUEL FILTERS AND THE AIR FILTER IT CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM UNTIL IT JUST WON'T START ANYMORE HAVE TRIED TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION WITH THE DEALER BUT WITH NO HELP THERE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO UNTIL I SEEN THE RECALL UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STALLED OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THERE IS A RECALL NHTSA 05V270000, FUEL INJECTION CONTROL MODULE, BUT HIS VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. HE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY WILL NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL FAILURE IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 102,000.

OUR FAMILY WAS TRAVELING TO THE BEACH ON A VERY BUSY INTERSTATE WHEN OUR 2004 FORD F250 DIESEL, PULLING A 35 FOOT RV, STARTED RUNNING HOT. I PULLED OVER IN THE EMERGENCY LANE TO INVESTIGATE. LET THE TRUCK IDLE AND COOL FOR A BIT, RETURNED TO THE INTERSTATE TO TRY AND GET TO THE NEXT EXIT FOR A LESS DANGEROUS PLACE TO WORK ON IT. IT CONTINUED TO RUN HOT AND UPON EXITING THE INTERSTATE ON THE DOWN RAMP THE VEHICLE SHUTOFF, WITH NO POWER BRAKES TO STOP THE TRUCK AND CAMPER, I WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AT THE STOP SIGN AND BLEW THROUGH IT. THANK GOODNESS NOTHING WAS COMING. TURNS OUT ALL THE WATER WAS GONE, DUE TO EITHER A BLOWN HEAD GASKET OR EGR OIL COOLER FAILURE AND THE MOTOR OVERHEATED AND RUINED. FORD WANTS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE FOR $17,500. THE TRUCK HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT AND IS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A KNOWN ENGINE FAILURE PROBLEM FOR FORD YET THEY DO NOT STAND BEHIND THE PROBLEM. IF I HAD KNOWN THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS I WOULD HAVE HAD MINE FIXED OR REPLACED PRIOR TO HAVING TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE MOTOR. I PAID $50,000 FOR A TRUCK WITH A PREMIUM TO GET A DIESEL THAT IS SUPPOSE TO LAST FOREVER, AND IT DOES NOT EVEN LAST MORE THAN 63,000 MILES. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO FACE THIS PROBLEM, AND HAVE HAD TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX IT. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SEARCH BLOWN HEAD GASKETS FORD F250 ON GOOGLE TO FIND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE EXTREMELY HOT EXHAUST GASES GET RECIRCULATION INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, BUT FIRST IT HAS TO BE COOLED. WHEN THE COOLER FAILS, ALL THE WATER FROM YOUR ENGINE GOES OUT THE EXHAUST, THROUGH THE TURBO (BYE BYE TURBO), THEN YOU ARE PUMPING EXTREMELY HOT GASES BACK INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH BOILS THE WATER, CREATING EXTREMELY HIGH PRESSURES, WHICH LIFTS THE HEADS AND BLOWS THE HEAD GASKETS. WHAT KIND OF STUPID DESIGN IS THAT? NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THOSE DESIGN PROBLEMS? I NOW HAVE A $50,000 BOAT ANCHOR, WHICH IS NOT WORTH REPAIR. HELP PLEASE!!!!!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO OR AFTER THE FAILURE. SHE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER ATTEMPTING TO JUMP START IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC THEN TOWED THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE NEEDLE BEARINGS CHEWED THROUGH THE LOW PRESSURE OIL AND THE METALLIC PIECES DISPERSED THROUGH THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 41,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH WHITE SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM THE EXHAUST AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE AND SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE EGR(EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM) WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE EGR WAS BEING REPLACED BY THE DEALER WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE EGR WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER NEEDED TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THE ENGINE SINCE NUMEROUS OWNERS HAS EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY EQUIPPED WITH AMERITRACK TR TIRES. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR CENTER WHERE A FULL SIZED SPARE WAS INSTALLED ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. SIX DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH; THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT INSTALLED A SPARE TIRE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED FOR THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,900.

I HAVE A FORD F250 SUPER DUTY 4X4 WITH 94000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO GET THE TIRES ALIGNED AND WAS TOLD THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE EXTREMELY WORN. AFTER GETTING HOME I FOUND THIS WEBSITE [ HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/FORD-F-250-SUPER-DUTY/TJDDVLEKSIR1JMV0J ] AND IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING AT LOW MILEAGE ON THESE TRUCKS. THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH MY TRUCK BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL I NOTICED EXTREME TIRE WEAR THEN IT WAS TO LATE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSE OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AT TOTAL FAILURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING EXCESSIVELY AND LOOSING ANTI-FREEZE THROUGH THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES WITHIN ONE MONTH TO ADDRESS THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE EGR VALVE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 147,000.