2000 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-350 SD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS BUT NOTICED THAT THE TOP DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE BOTTOM LATCH RELEASED WITHOUT FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE DOOR ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 237,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-350 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 224,430 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 224,455.

THE SPARK PLUG LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE RIGHT CYLINDER BANK OF A 6.8 LITER GASOLINE ENGINE WAS EJECTED. THE SPARK PLUGS IN THIS ENGINE HAVE NEVER BEEN CHANGED TO MY KNOWLEDGE SO THIS IS NOT A RESULT OF IMPROPER TORQUING PROCEDURES. THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OPERATING PROPERLY AND VERY SELDOM HAS GONE OVER 70 MPH. ACCELERATION AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WAS LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWING. NO FIRE ENSUED ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A FAINT GASOLINE ODOR UNDER THE HOOD RIGHT AFTER I SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. THE FAILURE WAS OBVIOUS BECAUSE THE SPARK PLUG AND ATTACHED COIL PACK WAS LYING ON TOP OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE FORD DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THESE ENGINES. *TR

2000 F350 RUST : 8 FT. BED, RAILS UNDER BED, CAB RUST, CROSS MEMBER UNDER BED FROM RIGHT FRAME TO LEFT FRAME, RUNNING BOARDS. REPLACED OIL PAN BECAUSE OF RUST YEARS EARLIER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-350 DIESEL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THERE WAS A EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE FRAME AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HIM THAT HE NEEDED A FRAME, TRUCK BED, ETC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,000. UPDATED 12/05/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-350 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT THE NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT FUEL TANK STRAP WAS CORRODED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING) THAT AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000. UPDATED 11/03/11*LJ UPDATED 12/02/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLUTCH ARM BROKE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE CONTACTED TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 154,000. UPDATED 08/31/11*LJ UPDATED 2/9/12 *CN

2000 FORD F350 CREW CAB 4X4 BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED FROM DIFFERENT METALS USED. HAD HOLE IN LINE AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR CAUSING ME TO HAVE NO BRAKES. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!! *TR

FUEL TANK STRAP HAS BROKEN AGAIN.2ND TIME FOR THE REAR STRAP,FRONT REPLACED 1 TIME. ALSO REPLACED GAS TANK IN 2006 DUE TO LEAK FROM RUSTING AT SEAM,TANK IS STARTING TO LEAK AGAIN. TANK DROPPED TO THE STREET WHEN STRAP GAVE WAY LAST TIME,LUCKILY I WAS GOING SLOW ON A SIDE STREET. SPEAKING WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THESE TRUCKS,F-350 SUPERDUTY 2000 CAB AND CHASSIS MOST ARE HAVING OR HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES I AM HAVING. *TR

2000 FORD F-350. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FACTORY RECALL, CAM SENSOR/CAM PARTS AND REPLACEMENT *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WITHIN DAYS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS INOPERABLE AS A RESULT DIRECTLY RELATING TO AND STEMMING FROM A SPECIFIC RECALL REGARDING THE CAMSHAFT. FORD SENT THE CONSUMER A RECALL LETTER TWO YEARS LATER. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE HAD AN ELECTRICAL AND FUEL PROBLEM. *JB