2003 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

MY 2003 F350 HAS ALL OF THE DEATH WOBBLE ISSUES, DRIVING AT 55 OR 70 ON THE HIGHWAY THE FRONT END WILL JUST GO INTO A CRAZY WOBBLE IN WHICH I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO TRY AND FIX. SOMETIMES WHEN I USE THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL ALSO GO INTO THE SAME EVENT. I'VE READ ALL THESE ISSUES ON THE NET AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAT IF ITS SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM WHY IS IT NOT BEING ADDRESSED. WILL IT TAKE ONE OF THESE VEHICLES KILLING A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE AT FORD TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL OR MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T CARE AS LONG AS THEY ARE MAKING MONEY. TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE FORD PEOPLE AND EVERYONE ELSE I PRAY FOR YOU. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR MY TRUCK TO FIX IT. *TR

SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM 2003 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY ENGINE: TRITON 5.4L V8 DATE OF FAILURE: 03-10-11 MILEAGE OF TRUCK: 139414 THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING ON A STATE HWY51 NEAR POSTVILLE, IA EJECTION OF SPARK PLUG FROM NUMBER 7 CYLINDER ON 5.4L V8 ENGINE. DAMAGE TO CYLINDER HEAD OF ENGINE AND SPARK PLUG COIL. THIS IS A WELL MAINTAINED 2003 F-350, SPARK PLUGS REPLACED AT A FORD DEALER 01-19-09: 109156 MILES. *TR

HAVE A 2003 F-350 SUPER DUTY FORD TRUCK.NOISE IN REAR BRAKES UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BACKING PLATE THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOES ATTACH TO WAS RUSTED AWAY AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOES AND THEIR HARD WARE FELL APART CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE SUPER DUTY TRUCKS CARRY AND TOW HEAVY LOADS AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD F-350 6.0L DIESEL SD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-20 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE ICP SENSOR WAS REPLACED YET THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO DAYS FOLLOWING THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS INSTALLED A FLAT RECORD ON THE VEHICLE BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V270000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING) WHICH INCLUDED THE 2005 MODEL FORD 350 DIESEL AND STATED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

ON THE FORD F350 7.3 DIESEL, THE CLAMP BENEATH THE TURBO HOLDING THE HIGH PRESSURE DIESEL FUEL LINE IN PLACE IS A POOR DESIGN. THE CLAMP APPEARS TO BE ALUMINUM WITH A RUBBER COATING. THE RUBBER COATING WEARS AWAY AND THE FUEL LINE PASSES METAL ON METAL THROUGH THE CLAMP CAUSING WEAR. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THE PINHOLE LEAK IN THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE CAUSED BY THE WEAR CREATED A MIST OF FUEL TO BE BLOWN ON THE HOT TURBO CAUSING A FLAMMABLE CLOUD OF DIESEL. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE VEHICLES IGNITION OFF AND STOOD BY WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO SOMEBODY AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE INJURED OR THE VEHICLES ENGINE COMPARTMENT WILL CATCH FIRE. THE FUEL LINE NEEDS TO PASS THROUGH A CLAMP OF BETTER DESIGN. *TR

FAULTY FORD FUEL TANK. DIESEL TANKS ARE DELAMINATING, CAUSING FUEL LINE/FILTER TO CLOG AND VEHICLE NOT TO RUN PROPERLY. 6/16/10 REPLACED FUEL FILTER, RAN FOR ONE DAY. TOOK TRUCK TO HENRY CURTIS FORD ON 6/17/10, THEY TOLD US ABOUT DELAMINATION, NOT THEIR FAULT. CHARGED US $909.28 TO REMOVE TANK, CLEAN AND REPLACE MICRON FILTER. HCFORD SAYS THAT THE NEW GAS TANKS FROM FORD ARE ON BACK ORDER, NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL APPROX. SEPT 2010. ON 6/30/10 TRUCK RUNS IMPROPERLY AGAIN,FUEL FILTER CLOGGED DUE TO DELAMINATION, CHANGED FUEL FILTER. ON 7/1/10 TRUCK RUNS BAD AGAIN, LEAVE TRUCK AGAIN WITH HENRY CURTIS FORD WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 73812 AND A 1/4 TANK OF GAS. THEY CALLED AND SAID THE FUEL FILTER IS CLOGGED, THEY AGAIN WANT TO PULL THE TANK AND REPLACE THE MICRON FILTER AT A CHARGE OF $900 + ONLY ELEVEN DAYS AFTER THEY JUST DID IT. WE DECLINED, THEY CHARGED US $122.00 AND RETURNED OUR TRUCK WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 73896 AND AN EMPTY TANK OF GAS. WHEN QUESTIONED HCFORD ABOUT ODOMETER AND GAS THEY SAID THEY ONLY DROVE TRUCK 5 MILES. NO ACCOUNTABILITY. 100'S OF COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET REGARDING DELAMINATION OF FORD FUEL TANKS. PLEASE INITIATE A FORD FUEL TANK RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL REV UP TO 2000 RPMS, AND IF THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE THE VEHICLE WILL START TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURS BECAUSE THE INJECTOR CONTROL PRESSURE SENSOR IS CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33714.

I OWN A 2003 FORD F-350 DUELLY WITH THE ALUMINUM RIMS WITH THE TRIANGULAR CUT OUTS IN THEM. AT ABOUT 172,000MI MY PASSENGER FRONT RIM CRACKED FROM ONE CUT OUT TO ANOTHER ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND WAS OFFSET FROM THE RIM ABOUT 1/4 INCH. I REPLACED THAT ONE AND THEN ABOUT 2000MI LATER THE DRIVERS SIDE CRACKED JUST LIKE THE PASSENGER SIDE DID ONLY IN 2 PLACES. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A USED ONE. THE LOCAL TOWING/ TIRE DISTRIBUTOR SAID HE HAS OWNED FORD SUPERDUTYS FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND HAS NEVER HAD ONE OF HIS RIMS CRACK NOR HAS HE EVER SEEN ONE DO THAT. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE MIGHT BE A DEFECT IN "FORDS" WHEELS THAT THEY MADE THAT YEAR. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT ONLINE FORUMS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE 2003 FORD SUPERDUTYS ONLY THERE'S HAVE BETWEEN 50K AND 178K MI ON THERE'S. I HOPE THIS CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE FORD ISN'T DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT AND IF THE WHEEL CRACKED BAD ENOUGH AND SOMEONE DIDN'T CATCH IT IN TIME IT COULD DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSE A WRECK. THANKS FOR READING THIS. *TR

SPARK PLUG BLEW FROM ENGINE ON 2003 FORD F-350 5.4 TRITON ON MAY 10TH 20010. ON FREEWAY APROX.65MPH. CANNOT RE-INSTALL PLUG DUE TO THREAD DAMAGE. *TR

FORD F350 EQUIPPED WITH 6.0L DIESEL ENGINE EXPERIENCED STALLING WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AND/OR WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. THIS LOOKS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE THAT AFFECTED VEHICLES IN THE 2004-2005 RECALL. ICP SENSOR LIGHT IS LIT AND MOST LIKELY WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. SEPARATE OR RELATED ISSUE? : ENGINE WILL "REV-UP" WHILE DRIVING AND PRODUCE ACCELERATION WITHOUT GAS PEDAL BEING APPLIED. ENGINE WILL REV-UP AND/OR IDLE HIGH WHILE IN PARK AND WHEN STOPPED/BRAKES APPLIED. *TR