2003 FORD F-350 Complaints

WHILE PULLING FROM A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *NLM DURING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, WHEN TRAFFIC OPENED UP THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND WOULD STOP FOR 20 MINUTES AND UNLOCKED WHEN COOLED DOWN. AFTER THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, THEY FOUND A DRAGGING PROBLEM. *SCC JB

THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGERS IN THE REAR SEATS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAGS PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED PREMATURELY. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED IN FULL THROTTLE. THIS RESULTED IN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION, ANDTHEN A COLLISION WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. NO REPORT OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYING. *AK

ALL SIX TIRES ARE BUBBLING AT SIDEWALL. DEALER REPLACED FOUR TIRES, BUT THOSE REPLACED TIRES ARE STARTING TO BUBBLE ALSO. *AK

2003 F350 6.0L DIESEL - SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER.DISPLAY LIGHTS COME ON BUT WON'T START, DOES NOT CRANK OVER AT ALL. HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. ONLY HAVE 5124 MILES ON IT. FIRST BREAKDOWN HAPPENED AT 900 MILES, SITTING STILL. 2ND BREAKDOWN HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED. THIRD BREAKDOWN HAPPENED TODAY 10/12/03 AT 75 MPH. STUCK IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC WITH FAMILY WAITING FOR TOW.GIVEN DIFFERENT REASON AT EACH REPAIR BY DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. EACH DEALERSHIP SAID FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT CAN'T FIND A FIX.THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THESE 6.0 LITER ENGINES CAME OUT. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOR SAME PROBLEM LISTED ON "THEDIESELSTOP.COM" WEB SITE. MANY PEOPLE ARE STUCK WITH THESE UNSAFE VEHICLES. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THESE TRUCKS, MAYBE YOU CAN FORCE THEM TO DO SOMETHING. *LA

THE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES WERE REPLACED WITH BUCKLES THAT EXTENDED EIGHT TO TEN INCHES. WHEN THE SEAT BELTS WERE USED THE BUCKLES WERE POSITIONED ON PASSENGER'S ABDOMEN WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED SEVERE PROBLEMS DURING A COLLISION. *AK

WHILE WARMING UP THE VEHICLE FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES AN EXHAUST SMELL CAME INSIDE OF VEHICLE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO BECOME ILL. DRIVER WAS CONCERNED THAT CARBON DIOXIDE POISON GAS WAS ESCAPING INSIDE OF VEHICLE AS WELL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY 6.0L FORD DIESEL WILL NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND IS A DANGER TO MY AND MY FAMILY. BY FAR I AM NOT ALONE AND YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION BY LOGGING ON TO THEDIESELSTOP.COM AND LOOK IN THE 6.0L FORUM.

WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING A COLLISION WITH A TREE. THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE. *AK

A BAD ODOR WAS COMING FROM INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE VENTS. EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS CAUSING THE SMELL. ON ONE OCCASION, CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER BECAUSE HE BECAME VERY ILL. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK