2004 FORD F-350 Complaints

CRUISE CONTROL CABLES JAMMING THROTTLES OPEN ON FLEET OF 2001-2004 FORD F350 UTILITY BODY TRUCKS WITH 6.8L V10 ENGINES. OCCURRING ABOUT JANUARY 25 2006. ANOTHER UNIT HAD THE ACCELERATOR JAM WIDE OPEN. UNIT BURNED UP THE BRAKING COMPONENTS FROM DRIVING TO OUR REPAIR SHOP. DISCOVERED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE END GUIDING TUBE WOULD FOLD DOWN ONTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND JAM THE THROTTLE WIDE OPEN. 2001 THROUGH 2003 UNITS AFFECTED CURRENTLY HAD THESE CABLES DISCONNECTED AND HAD NO FURTHER RECURRENCES. OCCURRING JANUARY 22, 2007, ALSO HAD THE ACCELERATOR JAM WIDE OPEN. A NEWER 2004 UNIT, THIS ONE HAD AN ACCIDENT RUNNING INTO A WALL. AGAIN, DISCOVERED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE END GUIDING TUBE WOULD FOLD DOWN ONTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND JAM THE THROTTLE WIDE OPEN. WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR UNITS AFFECTED AND WILL DISCONNECTED THEIR CABLES UNTIL A REMEDY IS AVAILABLE. WE SPECULATE THIS CAN BE CAUSED BY THESE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS: 1) INFLUENCED BY DRIVING CONDITIONS THAT PROMOTE RAPID CYCLING FROM WIDER THROTTLE OPENINGS FOLLOWED BY THE IMMEDIATE CLOSURE OF THE THROTTLE; AS WITH STOP AND GO DRIVING DEMANDS. 2) CRUISE CONTROL CABLE END GUIDE COMPONENT "DROOPING" WITH HIGHER UNDER HOOD ENGINE TEMPERATURES. THIS ALLOWS THE CABLE GUIDING SLEEVES TO NOT CORRECTLY OVERLAP AND PREVENT IT FROM FREELY SLIDING THROUGH. THIS FORCES THE CABLE GUIDE SLEEVE DOWN TO JAM ONTO THE MANIFOLD. 3) HARMONIC FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION OF COMBINED VIBRATIONS. VIBRATIONS GENERATED FROM THE VEHICLE PITCHING FROM THE ROAD AND ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION MOTIONS. THE KINETIC ENERGY OF THE MOVING CRUISE CONTROL CABLE COMPONENTS TRIES TO CONTINUE IT'S FORWARD OPENING MOTION WHEN IT IS SUDDENLY REVERSED WITH THE THROTTLE CLOSURE. ANY EXCESS CABLE WITHIN THE GUIDING SLEEVE MAY STILL BE MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION UPON THROTTLE CLOSURE; POSSIBLY JAMMING INSIDE THE SLEEVE. *JB

FAILURE OF EGR COOLER AND ENGINE HEAD GASKETS CAUSED FAILURE OF ENGINE. FORD IS INSTALLING A COMPLETE NEW ENGINE WITH REDESIGNED PARTS AT MY EXPENSE. ENGINE IS AVAILABLE AT CAR DEALERSHIP. *NM

I PURCHASED A NEW 2004 FORD F-350 IN OCTOBER 2004. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED 8 TIMES PRIOR TO 6/2006 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE THAT TIME AS IT CONTINUOUSLY STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE DIES FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WITHOUT WARNING AND THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND FORD REFUSES TO BUY BACK THIS VEHICLE AS THEY SHOULD. *NM

TWO SEPARATE TIMES MY F350 DIESEL STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND THEN KICKED BACK IN 20 SECONDS LATER. DEALER STATES NO PROBLEM FOUND. NOW TRUCK STALLED OUT WHILE AT INTERSECTION TRYING TO TURN LEFT. THIS TIME IT TOOK 16 STARTS BEFORE IT WOULD MOVE. *JB

UPDATE ON COMPLAINT #10172522...RECEIVED TRUCK BACK FROM DEALER NOV.9. THEY REPLACED THE EGR VALVE(UNDER WARRANTY). THAT EVENING TRUCK "SURGED" TWICE. FRIDAY NOV.10 TRUCK DIED, RESTARTED THEN ALMOST DIED AGAIN. RAN FINE AFTER THIS. TOOK BACK TO DEALER NOV.10 THIS IS THE FOURTH VISIT TO THE DEALER. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES PULSATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER FOR SERVICE AND THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE FOUND TO BE ROTTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

I BROADSIDED A FORD RANGER THAT RAN A STOP SIGN. TRAVELING AT 35 TO 45 MPH. IT WAS A DIRECT HIT AND NEITHER AIR BAG WENT OFF. MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS THE TRUCK AND IS LOOKING INTO THE FAILURE. FT. WORTH POLICE OFFICER SAID HE HAD SEEN A 1000 WRECKS AND IF THAT WRECK DID NOT SET THEM OFF THEY MUST BE DEFECTIVE. *NM

2004 F-350 SUPER DUTY WITH 6.0L BOUGHT NEW IN 2004.SUMMER OF 2006 EXPERANCED "SURGE" WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE IN CRUSE CONTROL. LATER SAME PROBLEM AT 30 MPH. PROBLEM WAS WORST IN SEPTEMBER, TRUCK SURGING AND DIED AT IDLE. I REPLACED CAM SENSOR, NO FIX. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER. LOADED NEW PROGRAM AND CHANGED SENSOR ON TURBO AND CHANGED TRANSMISSION FILTERS $200.00. MORNING OF OCT 19 ,LEAVING FOR ATLANTA WITH FAMILT AND CAMPER SAME "SURGE". IN ATLANTA OCT 20 IN TRAFIC TRUCK SURGED AND ALMOST HIT A CAR FROM BEHIND. MONDAY OCT 23, TRUCK SURGING BADLY , TRIED TO DIE AT TWO RED LIGHTS. LATER NO PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALER AGAIN, FOUND NO PROBLEM. THEY WANTED TO CHANGE FUEL FILTERS ($120.00). NOV 02, SON DROVE TRUCK SCHOOL, TRUCK SURGED TWICE AT RED LIGHT, TRIED TO PUSH HIM THROUGH LNTERSECTION. DEALED HAS NO FIX. THEY HAVE TRUCK NOW (NOV 03). THEY OFFERED TO SELL MY A NEW ONE FOR $15,000.00

FORD F-350 SD 6.0 L DIESEL, SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING, TRUCK BEGAN TO SURGE/CUT-OFF. THIS HAPPENED UNDER LOAD WHILE GOING UPHILL. TRUCK TAKEN TO SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS CROSS COUNTRY DURING TRIP. NO ONE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPRODUCE FAULT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND HESITATED WITHOUT WARNING. A NHTSA RECALL LETTER #05V270000, REGARDING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: WIRING WAS RECEIVED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED NOTHING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.