2001 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON MY 01 FORD F-350 V-10. LOSS OF POWER UN DRIVABLE. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 35K MILES. I CALLED COLEY FORD TO GET INFO, THEY TOLD ME TO CALL FORD CUSTOMER CARE TO SE IF THEY CAN HELP WITH THE EXPENSIVE COSTS! I WAS BASICALLY TOLD TO BAD CANT HELP, & IT ONLY HAD 35K MILES AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED BUT WAS ALMOST 4 YRS AFTER TIME OF PURCHASE. *NM

PULLING A FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER ON I 75 ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF TAMPA FLORIDA. 95 DEGREES AND SPEED AT 65 MPH, I HAD A BLOWOUT. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL MY TRUCK AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. ABOUT $5000 IN DAMAGES WAS DONE TO MY TRUCK. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GENERAL TIRE AND SENT THE OLD TIRE TO THEM FOR INSPECTION (ONLY 32000 MILES ON TIRE LT235/85R16). THEY CLAIM THE TIRE WAS DAMAGED BEFORE BLOWOUT AND WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY (NATIONWIDE) THEY HAVE SEVERAL CASES OF BLOWOUTS OF THIS SAME TIRE. I BELIEVE SOMEONE OTHER THAN GENERAL TIRE SHOULD INSPECT THESE BLOWN TIRES. *NM

DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 2001 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY SLD. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONSUMER HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND GRADUALLY IT BECAME WORSE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE ONLY KNOW PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD HIM THAT IT HAS SLIPPING BETWEEN AND GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT FIXED AT THAT TIME. NOW IT WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND IT IS LEAKING OIL. *JB

MY QUESTION IS THIS, WHY ARE THE RECALLS THAT I RETRIEVED FROM THIS SITE DIFFERENT FORM THE ONES I GOT FROM ALLDATA. FOR EXAMPLE THIS SITE FOUND ONE RECALL AND ALLDATA HAD FIVE RECALLS THAT CAME UP USING THE VEHICAL VIN#.

MY 2001 FORD F350 REQUIRED A NEW TRANSMISION. THE VIECLE HAD ONLY 33,340 MILES AND WAS 3 YEARS 3 MONTHS NEW

DT: CONSUMER STATES 2001 FORD F350 HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE AND BECAME STUCK BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH GEAR WHEN GOING BETWEEN 60-65 MPH. WHILE DRIVING THE RPM'S ALSO REVVED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED NOT TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SENSOR. THE PROBLEM JUST STARTED LAST WEEKEND. CONSUMER HAS HEARD ABOUT A RECALL FOR TRANSMISSIONS IN F350 1999 AND 2000, BUT THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE NHTSA DATABASE.*AK

SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT? TRUCK IS NOW SITTING AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS TRUCK FOR 8 MONTHS AND HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING ON ANY VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS.

I NOTICED A PULL TO THE LEFT ON MY 2001 FORD F350 WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL TIRES LT 265 75R 16 THINKING IT WAS AIR PRESURE RELATED THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT I CHECKED THE PRESURE IN ALL TIRES AND ALL HAD REQUIRED PRESURE, SO I THOUGHT THERE MAY BE AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE. THE NEXT DAY THE LEFT FRONT TIRE FAILED WITHOUT NOTICE WHILE TRAVELING 70MPH DOWN THE TURNPIKE CAUSING SIGNIFIANT DAMMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AN ALMOST A CATASTROPHIC CRASH. UPON INSTALLING THE SPARE THE PULL TO THE LEFT DISAPPEARED, THUS NO ALIGMENT ISSUE THE TIRE MUST HAVE BEEN ON IT'S WAY TO FAILURE CAUSING THE PULL TO THE LEFT. THE TREAD SEAPRATED FROM THE TIRE COMPLETLY, BUT THE TIRE SILL HELD PRESURE.

DT: WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE CAM SHAFT SENSOR FAILED. CAM SHAFT SENSOR WORE OUT BEFORE ALL THE OTHER THINGS BECAME DEFECTIVE AND IT KILLED THE ENGINE. CONTACTED FORD, THEY SAID THIS DID HAPPEN, AND THE ONLY THING THEY DO WAS REPLACE THE SENSOR. *AK

VEHICLE HAS 85,600 MILES, 95% OF WHICH ARE HIGHWAY MILES, 10% OF WHICH WERE PULLING AN 8,000 POUND TRAILER. NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE UNTIL PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN LAST NIGHT WITH NO LOAD. TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT IN MY E04 TRANSMISSION WAS A LITTLE ERRATIC WITH A CLUNKING NOISE. SOON AFTER, IT DIDN'T WANT TO SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR WITHOUT ME BACKING WAY OFF OF THE THROTTLE AND THEN IT SHIFTED HARD INTO 2ND. ALL SHIFT POINTS SEEM TO BE VERY SLIGHTLY HIGHER. NO NOTICEABLE PROBLEMS EXCEPT IN 1ST GEAR. EVEN MODERATE ACCELERATION FROM A STOP WITH NO LOAD PRODUCES ERRATIC ENGAGEMENT PROBLEMS. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT THE FORD 5-YEAR, 75,000 MILE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER, 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY THAT I BOUGHT WITH THE TRUCK WON'T COVER THE TRANSMISSION SINCE IT IS NOT CONSIDERED PART OF THE "POWER TRAIN". IT IS CONSIDERED, INSTEAD, PART OF THE "DRIVE TRAIN." THIS IS VERY MISLEADING AND FORD SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE TRANSMISSIONS. I HAD TO PAY $96.00 FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEMS, THEN ANOTHER $96.00 TO TEAR INTO IT AND PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ''ONE-WAY CLUTCH'' HAD FAILED AND FILLED THE TRANSMISSION WITH BITS OF METAL. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT THEY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TRYING TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION BUT, INSTEAD, REPLACE IT WITH A REMANUFACTURED UNIT. THEY DID INDICATE THAT FORD HAS REDESIGNED THE NEWER ONE-WAY CLUTCHES AND SOME OTHER COMPONENTS TO BE STRONGER AND THOSE WOULD ALREADY BE INSTALLED IN THE REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. THE COST: $3,400 PLUS TAX WITH A 3-YEAR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY AND THREE MORE BUSINESS DAYS IN THE SHOP. THIS IS MY LAST FORD VEHICLE.