2004 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

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.

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.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED RECALL (05V270000) REGARDING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: WIRING WAS PERFORMED WHICH RESULTED THE VEHICLE TO STALL TWICE, MAKE DIFFERENT NOISES AND HAD PROBLEMS ACCELERATING AT 48 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 8 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE 10/05 AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. ALSO THE GAS MILEAGE WENT DOWN FROM 17 TO 12 MILES PER GALLON.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JUMPS FROM 600RPM TO 1000RPM AT A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER BUT DID NOT STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE TURBO WAS REPLACED. THIS OCCURRED AT LEAST FOUR MORE TIMES AND THE DEALERSHIP REATTACHED THE HOSE FROM THE TURBO TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE THAT REPAIR. 06/02/06 UPDATED TURBO HOSE TO INTAKE MANIFOLD CONTINUES TO BLOW OFF CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE EMITTED FROM EXHAUST PIPE. *TT

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 05V270000, CONCERNING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED, THE VEHICLE'S TIMING WAS OFF AND THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND SURROUNDING DEALERSHIPS NUMEROUS TIMES FOR INSPECTIONS. THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER COMMENTED THE ELECTRONIC TIMING WAS OFF BECAUSE OF THE WIRING HARNESS. THE DEALER IS VERY UNWILLING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE RECALL REMEDY.