2004 FORD F-350 Complaints

WHEN TRUCK WAS PUT IN GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO IN GEAR. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING, I LET OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL, TRUCK WOULD STALL, AND THEN ENGAGE AND THEN LURCH FORWARD, IN TRAFFIC. ALSO, SAME PROBLEM IN REVERSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH RIGHT REAR INNER TIRES EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT ON A 2004, FORD F350 PICKUP TRUCK WITH ONLY THE DRIVER IN THE VEHICLE. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE LT235/85R16, DOT #AD0R1P61103. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK

THE ENGINE STALLED TWICE ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE STALLING. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. *TC

ENGINE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP, BUT THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS VEHICLE STALLED. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS AT 5 MPH, AND THE SECOND TIME IT WAS AT 35 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON BOTH OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE/ DUPLICATE THIS PROBLEM.*AK....VEHICLE SPEEDS UP ON ITS OWN AND MISSES OUT RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 MPH. RPMS AROUND 1500 RPMS .REPROGRAMMED PCM AND TCM TO LATEST CALIBRATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH,MY NEW 2004 F350 6.0 SUPER DUTY DIESEL TRANSMISSION LOCKED UO,. CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID OUT OF CONTROL AT A INTERSECTION.HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED .TWO MOUTHS LATER, VEHICLE STARTED STALLING WHILE AT IDLE AND WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES.VEHICLE AGAIN TAKING TO DEALER WERE NEW CODES FROM FORD WHERE PUT IN COMPUTER. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. RETURNED VEHICLE TO DEALER AGAIN MECHANIC NOT AVAILABLE. VEHICLE RETURNED WITH NO DIAGNOSTICS. THEN THREE DAYS LATER VEHICLE BACK AT DEALERSHIP FOR ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. WITH ONLY 12,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. I FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF FAMILY AND OTHERS WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING ENGINE SHUT OFF FOLLOWED BY THE METERS ON THE DASHBOARD READING ZERO. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED. WHEN THIS HAPPENED BEFORE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED SEVERAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, AND REPLACED THE PCM GROUND/ENGINE GROUND,AND WIRING GOING TO THE PCM. THE FAILURE STILL EXISTED. THE CONSUMER INVOKED THE LEMON LAW BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RECTIFY THE FAILURE. *AK *SC CONSUMER ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED AND RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE LEAVING THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE FRONT YARD OF HOME AND DAMAGED THE LAWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *DSY

WHEN PULLING OFF FROM AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE STALLED. MOMENTS LATER, THE CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE ALL POWER RESUMED AS NORMAL. OWNER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER WHO WANTED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS SO THEY MAY FIND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE DEFECT. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING IS DOCUMENTED ON FORDS COMPUTER SYSTEM THROUGH MAGNUSSENS IN NEWARK, CA. JUNE04, STARTED WITH A ROUGH IDLE PROBLEM TOOK MY 2004 F350 BACK TO DEALER. DID A REFLASH SEEM TO FIX FOR A WHILE. PROGRESSED TO ROUGH AND SEARCHING IDLE. APPROXIMATELY 9 TIMES BACK TO DEALER, EACH TIME EITHER CLEAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR REPLACE PARTS, APPROXIMATELY 7 OR 8 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE FROM JUNE TILL LATE AUGUST, LAST TIME REPLACED THE ENTIRE TURBO ASSEMBLY. EACH TIME JUST REPLACED PARTS, NEVER DID THE DEALERSHIP OR FORD CORPORATE HAVE A DEFINITE ANSWER TO WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. EACH TIME CODE P0299 WAS ON THE CHECK ENGINE. BETWEEN THE 2 AND 9TH INCIDENTS, THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOWNHILL COASTING TURN ALMOST RESULTING IN A CRASH EACH TIME. TOTAL OF 5 TIMES, LAST OCCURRENCE OF STALL WAS FIRST TIME VEHICLE PRESENTED ANY PROBLEMS SINCE TURBO REPLACEMENT ON TWO THURSDAYS AGO ON MY WAY TO WORK. AFTER I GOT IN TO WORK I CALLED FORD SUPPORT AND MY DEALERSHIP AND STARTED A REPLACEMENT PROCESS THROUGH WHAT FORD CALLS THE DSB DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BOARD. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS PARTICULAR UNIT ANY MORE AND FEAR I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY ONE OF THESE TIMES IT STALLS AND MAY CAUSE INJURY TO MYSELF OR ANOTHER. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH REGARDING OTHERS WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IT LED ME HERE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING,THE VEHICLE STALL. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART,BUT WAS ABLE TO DO SO. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUE TO ACCELERATING WITH SPEED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM