2000 FORD F-350 Complaints

THIRD TIME REPLACING CPS/CMP (CAMSHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR) ON MY 2000 FORD SUPER DUTY 7.3L POWERSTROKE DIESEL. TRUCK DIES AND WILL NOT RUN BEYOND ABOUT 30 SECONDS UNTIL THIS SENSOR IS REPLACED. FIRST FAILURE WAS WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH ON THE FREEWAY IN MY LARGE TRUCK AND IT DIES, NO POWER TO STEERING OR BRAKES. SCARED MY FAMILY, THANK GOD NO ACCIDENT THOUGH. I CARRY A SPARE CPS BUT HAVE GIVEN 2 AWAY TO FRIENDS WHEN THEIRS WENT OUT. THIS PART IS A LONG KNOWN PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO THE DANGER OF A 7,800 LB TRUCK GOING DEAD W/O WARNING. *NM

I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AVER 50 YEARS, HAVE HAD MANY BLOWOUT/FLATS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM CONTROLLING A VEHICLE, YESTERDAY HAD A FRONT TIRE DEVELOP A SMALL SEPARATION AND AT 45 MPH COULD NOT CONTROL MY 2000 FORD F350 IN ONE LANE. HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE AND IT SEEM THAT SENSE I STOPPED REPAIRING VEHICLES THEY HAVE REDESIGNED FRONT END\STEERING SYSTEMS AND FROM WHAT I FOUND OUT IT IS NO WONDER THAT AT 60 MPH+ ANYTHING HAPPENS TO A FRONT TIRE---- WE MAY HAVE A WRECK. I CAN NOT HELP BUT FEEL THESE DESIGNS HAVE LED TO A LOT OF ROLL OVER'S AND BAD ACCIDENTS. *JB

IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE STALLED DURING VERY INOPPORTUNE TIMES WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING. FUEL HAS BEEN RULED OUT, A FULL SYSTEMS CHECK WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEALER, WITH NO ERROR CODES OR OTHER PROBLEMS NOTED. WHEN THE ENGINE BEGINS TO STALL, IT GOES THROUGH A PERIOD OF STUTTERING (<1 MIN) THEN STALLS COMPLETELY. YOU CAN WAIT FOR APPROX. 2-7 MINUTES AND THEN ENGINE WILL START AND OPERATE FOR A PERIOD OF <5 MINS, BEFORE AGAIN STALLING. DURING THIS SECOND EVENT, THE TRUCK NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER SERVICING. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD OF THE VEHICLE'S FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE ITSELF WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH ON A DRY AND FLAT COUNTY ROAD. THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED HOWEVER THE STEEL BELTS NEVER SEPARATED. THERE WAS NO VIBRATION NOTICED OR ABNORMAL BULGING TO THE TIRE PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE ROTATED REGULARLY AND CHECKED FOR CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE AS WELL.

DRIVING AT RATE OF 40 MPH WHEN I HAD TO SUDDENLY STOP FROM HITTING ANIMAL ON THE ROAD. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHEN PEDAL WAS SUDDENLY PRESSED. BRAKE LINE WAS BUSTED ON DRIVERS SIDE UNDERNEATH THE CLIP HOLDING BRAKE LINE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. *JB

3 CAM POSITION SENSOR FAILURES WITHIN APPROXIMATELY THE LAST 14 MONTHS. STEERING AND BRAKING ARE DIFFICULT AT BEST WHEN THE SUDDEN SHUTDOWN OF THE VEHICLE OCCURS. *NM

THE ENGINE WOULD JUST DIE EVEN WHILE DRIVING. THE CAMSHAFT POSTION SENSOR WAS BAD. *JB

WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE AT ANY TIME THE VEHICLE STEERING LOCKS UP (THE PUMP DOES NOT SUPPORT THE PRESSURE FOR THE BRAKES AND STEERING). AFTER CONTACTING SEVERAL MECHANICS THIS IS A FORD DIESEL COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE HAS NOT YET TO BE A CORRECT FIX. *JB

ON DEC 20TH, 2005 I WAS DRIVING ON I-35 AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN I STARTED HEARING MULTIPLE POPPING SOUNDS ON THE FRONT OF THE ROOF OF MY FORD F-350 XLT LARIAT LE. A FRIEND WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME AND HE FIGURED OUT WHAT THE SOUND WAS WE PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND HE WAS RIGHT. THE WINDSHIELD VISOR MOUNT WHICH WAS FACTORY INSTALLED AND SPOT WELDED TO THE VEHICLE AT THE KENTUCKY FORD FACTORY, HAD CAME LOOSE FROM THE VEHICLE. AFTER THIS INCIDENT I TOOK IT TO A BODY SHOP TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND THEY STATED THAT THE SPOT WELDS THE FACTORY DID AT THE TIME OF THE BUILDING OF THE TRUCK DID NOT HAVE A HIGH ENOUGH HEAT SETTING TO MAKE A GOOD FUSION OF THE METAL FOR A PROPER WELD. I'VE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO 2 FORD DEALERS AND WAS TOLD BY BOTH THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED DUE TO THE TRUCKS FACTORY WARRANTY OF 3 YEAR 36,000 MILES BEING OVER. THERE ARE 4 FACTORY HOLES IN THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK THAT ARE UNCOVERED DUE TO THE FACTORY VISOR NOT BEING IN PLACE WHICH ALLOWS RAIN AND WEATHER TO ENTER THE TRUCK. *JB

2000 FORD F350 7.3 THE TRUCK KEPT STALLING AND STOPPING IN TRAFFIC. HAD THE CODES CHECKED AND NOTHING SHOWED ON THE SCANNER, I WAS TOLD I HAD BAD FUEL. DRAINED THE TANK, CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER,PUT IN NEW FUEL FROM A DIFFERENT STATION AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN STOPPED AGAIN IN THE ROAD AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER IN JOHNSTOWN THIS TIME. THE DEALER SAID THE CAM SENSOR WAS BAD AND FOR $ 680.00 THE PROBLEM WOULD BE REPAIRED. HAD THEM MAKE THE REPAIRS AND WHEN WE PICKED IT UP THE SERVICE WRITER SAID THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. TALKED WITH SEVERAL OWNER OF THE DIESEL TRUCKS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT HAPPENS SO OFTEN THAT THEY KEEP A SPARE IN THE GLOVE BOX THAT IT ONLY TAKES 15 MIN TO CHANGE. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS ON A STATE RT AT RUSH HOUR WITH A SEMI PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ME,HE SEEN THAT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE AND DID NOT CONTINUE. I WAS LUCKY THAT DAY. THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL WITH A SHARP LEFT CURVE AT THE BOTTOM, JUST AS I GOT TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO USE MY BRAKES THE ENGINE STALLED, I MADE THE TURN BUT HAD TO DRIVE ON THE BERM AND IN THE DITCH TO DO SO. AGAIN WE RAN THE CODES AND NOTHING SHOWED. ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCANNING THE CODES IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF ST RT 13 . THAT IS WHEN IT WENT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. WHY KEEP MAKING THE SAME BAD SENSOR AND WHY DOES IT NOT SHOW UP WHEN YOUR RUN THE CODES? *NM