2001 FORD F-350 Complaints

MY F-350 SUPER DUTY DIESEL SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING DURING RUSH HOUR WITHOUT ANY WARNING, LOSING TOTAL POWER: POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE IT DUE TO TRAFFIC AND SINCE IT WOULDN'T START POLICE WERE NOTIFIED SO THAT AN ACCIDENT WOULD NOT OCCUR. EVENTUALLY IT WAS TOWED TO A NEAR BY PARKING LOT AND THEN TOWED DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY NOTIFIED ME THAT MY CAM SENSOR WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOT THINKING MUCH OF IT A FEW DAYS LATER SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE KNOWN FOR GOING BAD AND I HAD BETTER KEEP ONE IN MY GLOVE BOX AS A SPARE OR I MIGHT FIND MYSELF STRANDED AGAIN. THIS CONCERNS ME SINCE MY WIFE SOMETIMES DRIVES IT AND WE HAVE 3 CHILDREN, NOT TO MENTION THAT IT COST ME $420.00. *JB

IN REGARDS TO: WILDERNESS A/T 265/75 16 ROL TIRES I HAVE EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION ON ONE OF THE TIRES ON MY 2001 FORD F-350 4X4 (55K MILES). WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN MY HOME AND COLUMBUS, OHIO ON JULY 3, 2006, THE TREAD ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE OF MY TRUCK SEPARATED FROM THE CASING. FORTUNATELY, I HAD PERCEIVED A PROBLEM DUE TO INCREASED VIBRATION AND HAD LOWERED MY SPEED AND WAS TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE. WHEN THE TIRE FAILED, I WAS ABLE TO PULL SAFELY OFF THE HIGHWAY WITH NO DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK OR FAMILY. I AM, HOWEVER, QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THE REST OF THE TIRES ON MY TRUCK. HONESTLY, WHEN THE WHOLE EXPLORER MESS WAS GOING ON, I INSISTED THAT THE ISSUE WAS DUE TO IMPROPERLY MAINTAINED TIRES, AND OWNER NEGLECT. I LOOKED AT IT AS A LITIGIOUS SOCIETY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME AND SUE. WELL, MY THOUGHTS HAVE CHANGED CONSIDERABLY. I AM A CAR GUY. I AM DILIGENT WITH THE CARE OF MY VEHICLES, AND THEIR MAINTENANCE. I ROUTINELY CHECK MY TIRE PRESSURES (MY AIR COMPRESSOR AND DIGITAL PRESSURE GAUGE ARE SITUATED RIGHT NEXT TO MY GARAGE DOOR SO I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LOOK FOR THEM). I HAVE OWNED AUTOMOBILES FROM MOST EVERY MANUFACTURER, INCLUDING SIX FORD TRUCKS SEVERAL OF THOSE ON FIRESTONE TIRES. I HAVE NEVER HAD A TIRE FAILURE WHILE OUT ON THE ROAD, AND THE MODE OF FAILURE OF THIS TIRE IS ESPECIALLY FRIGHTENING. LIKE I SAID, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT NOTHING MORE THAN THE TIRE WAS DAMAGED, THE BETTER NEWS FOR FIRESTONE IS THAT I HAVE A TIRE THAT YOU CAN SURELY DO A FAILURE ANALYSIS ON, BECAUSE IT STILL HAS AIR IN IT, AND THE TREAD IS STILL PARTIALLY ATTACHED. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT NO ONE (FORD/FIRESTONE RETAILER) IS INTERESTED IN ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY. I CAN ASSURE YOU, THIS IS A TIRE ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON HOW TO PROCEED, AS I AM CERTAIN THAT FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE IS INTERESTED IN MAKING THIS RIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. *JB

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY ABOUT 70 MPH WITH MY 2001 FORD F350 WITH PASSENGERS AND NO TRAILER. SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK. REGAINED CONTROL AND PULLED OVER. DISCOVERED FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TREAD SEPARATED AND WRAPPED AROUND AXLE WITH TIRE STILL INFLATED. *JB

TIRE FAILURE: TREAD SEPARATION ON FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S SIZE LT265/75 R16, LOAD RANGE E. *NM

CPS FAILURE. SHUTS TRUCK DOWN. BRAKES ARE BOOSTED VIA POWER STEERING. RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKES. *NM

I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY FOR ABOUT 20 MILES AT 65 MPH (THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 70 MPH) WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE (GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT/S LT285/75R16) EXPLODED. IT RIPPED THE FUEL FILLER NECK OFF OF THE TRUCK BENT THE REAR BUMPER AND BENT THE SIDE OF MY TRUCK IN MANY PLACES. THESE TIRES HAD MORE THEN HALF TREAD LEFT ON THEM AND THERE IS NO REASON THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I WASN'T PULLING A LOAD OR DRIVING TOO FAST. FUEL SPILLED OUT OF THE GAS TANK AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. THESE TIRES ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON IF THIS TYPE OF THINK HAPPENS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE AFTER MARKET RIM ON THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SPLIT IN HALF. THE SPLIT OCCURRED LEAVING TWO CRESCENT PIECES OF THE RIM. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE RIM HAD ALSO SPLIT TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE. THE FIRST RIM WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW RIM, BUT THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THE SECOND RIM SHOULD BE WELDED BACK TOGETHER. THE WELD RACING INC., SCORPIO RIMS WERE ON A 2001 FORD F350. *AK UPDATED 6/19/2006 - THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED ALL FOUR RIMS. THE NEW RIMS ARE BY ANOTHER MANUFACTURER. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE VEHICLE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER; UPON INSPECTION THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. *AK

2001 FORD F-350. ENGINE STALLING, HESITATION. ADVISED PROBLEM WAS CPS FAILURE, COMMON PROBLEM ON FORD POWERSTROKE DIESELS. AFTER MANY STALLS, OLD CPS WAS REPLACED, WAS ADVISED THAT CPS FAILURE CAN HAPPEN OFTEN, EVEN WITH A NEW UNIT. OLD CPS IS AVAILABLE. NO ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED YET BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT ANOTHER CPS FAILURE COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. *NM

I OWN A 2001 FORD F-350 7.3 LITER DIESEL TRUCK. LAST MONTH I WAS PULLING A TRAILER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN MY ENGINE DIED. I LOST BRAKES AND STEERING. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO FIGHT THE WHEEL OVER TO THE RIGHT AND I USED MY ELECTRIC TRAILER BRAKES TO PULL ME DOWN. WE WERE ALMOST HIT BY MANY CARS. AFTER BEING TOWED, WE FOUND THAT IT WAS A BAD CAM POSITION SENSOR, OR CPS. I HAVE SINCE SPOKEN TO OTHER FORD OWNERS AND MANY OF THEM HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. THIS IS SCARY! I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK, ESPECIALLY TO PULL A LOAD. WHAT CAN BE DONE? THANKS. *JB SEE ALSO 10191279. *DSY