2004 FORD F-350 Complaints

I HAVE A 2004 F350 SUPERDUTY WITH 6800 MILES, IT STALLS AND LOSES POWER EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC RECENTLY IT STALLED AND ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL WRECKS. FORD HAS TRIED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THREE TIMES WITH NO LUCK.I ALSO KNOW SEVREAL OTHER FORD SUPERDUTY'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.ONE OF THESE STALLED PULLING INTO TRAFFIC , BUT NO WRECK.MY FORD SERVICE DEMARTMENT HAS NOT FIXED ANY OF THESE TRUCKS

THERE HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY 15 INCIDENTAS WERE THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED, WHILE BEING DRIVEN OR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR TURN. THE VEHICLEHAS TWO METHODS OF STALLING - THE FIRST METHOD IS BE IDLING VERY ROUGH - AS IF MISS FIRING ON A CYLINDER/ TIMING ISSUES WHERE IT BLOWS BLACK SMOKE. THE SECOND METHOD IS IF YOU ARE STOPPED WITH YOUR FOOT HOPEFULLY ON THE BRAKE - THE VEHICLE WILL REV UP AND LURCH FORWARD - IF ON THE BRAKE IT WILL SOMETIMES THEN STALL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP AT LEAST 4 TIMES - WITH MULTIPLE INCIDENTS PER VISIT, THE SHOP HAD REPLACED THE EGR VALVE AND HAD REPROGRAMMED THE PCM EVERYTIME IN THE SHOP. WHICH TAKES ME BACK TO LOUSY FUEL ECONOMY AND HAS NOT YET FIXED THE PROBLEM. I AM NOT HAPPY.

2004 F-350 BEGAN HAVING STALLING PROBLEMS AT <2000 MILES. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE VEHICLE, WE ASKED FOR A REPLACEMENT. WHILE WAITING ON ACTION FROM FORD, WE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT ON APRIL 15,2005 AFTER THE TRUCK FAILED WHILE CROSSING AN INTERSECTION.

OCCASIONALLY WHILE STOPPED IN GEAR WITH THE BRAKE DEPRESSED MY TRUCK WILL "SURGE" AND LURCH FORAWD AS THE IDLE INCREASES. IF I'M NOT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE FIRMLY THE TRUCK MOVE FOWARD AND WON'T STOP UNTILL VERY FIRM PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE.

INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE AFTERNOON, THE TEMP WAS ABOUT 70 DEGREES. THE TRUCK WAS LOADED WITH MY FAMILY (5 INCLUDING MYSELF); WE WERE TRAVELING OVER A HILL AT ABOUT 50 MPH. A SIGN INDICATED A 6 PERCENT GRADE. ON THE WAY UP THE HILL, AT ABOUT 2000RPM AND ABOUT 45 MPH WE NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLACK SMOKE BEING EXPELLED FROM THE TAILPIPE. THERE WAS NO HESITATION ON POWER OUTPUT AT THAT TIME, THEN COASTING DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO NARROWLY AVOID THE TRAFFIC AHEAD WITH WHAT LITTLE BRAKE ACTION I COULD APPLY. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AGAIN, THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE SENSORS WERE REPLACED ON THE TURBOCHARGER AND OTHER UNDISCLOSED WORK WAS DONE TO THE ENGINE. LATELY THE TRUCK HAS BEEN MIMICKING THESE SYMPTOMS.

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. THE SERVICE DEALER INFORMED HIM THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.*AK

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH STEERING LOCKED UP, CAUSING A VEHICLE CRASH. MANUFACTURER STATED THERE HAD TO HAVE BEEN A DRAMATIC HIT ON THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT SUDDEN ACCELERATION. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WITH AN INCREASE IN SPEED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERS ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND LUNGES FORWARD SEVERAL TIMES THEN DIES. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS SET, THE SAME THING OCCURS BUT ONLY BACKWARDS WHEN IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES AND RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER UN-FIXED EACH TIME. *SC *JB

THERE ARE TOXIC FUMES COMING THROUGH THE DEFROSTER WHEN IT IS TURNED ON. WHICH IS DISTRACTING THE DRIVER ON THE ROAD. MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY CONSUMER. *AK THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR IN WHICH THE VEHICLE REGISTERED 40 PPM. AS THE WEATHER TURNED COLD, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO USE THE DEFROSTER OR HEATER DUE TO THE DIESEL FUMES FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED NOSE BLEEDS AND HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW HAD BECOME ILL WHILE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. TWO DEALERSHIPS STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE DIED WHILE GOING DOWN HILL TO A STOP AT TIMES, THE VEHICLE STUCK IN 4X4 LOW, DRIVER DOOR MOLDING WAS COMING A LOOSE, HEAD LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE AT TIMES AND THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED, THE REAR DOOR DID NOT LINE PROPERLY AND LEAKED AIR THEREFORE BOTH REAR DOOR UPPER SEALS WERE ADJUSTED. *SC *JB

THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THA T ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK