1999 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

TWO FAILURES OF CAM POSITION SENSOR CASUSED ME TO BE STRANDED TWICE UNTIL THE PART WAS REPLACED. *AK

I HAVEA 1999.5 FORD F-350 DIESEL CREWCAB DUALLEY TRUCK. ON 05/15/2007 WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER. I GOT OFF FREEWAY, AND TRUCK WAS IDLING ERRACTICLY AND ROUGHLY WITH LOSS OF POWER. THE NEXT DAY TRUCK STARTED UP LIKE NORMAL. I TEST DROVE THE TRUCK, AND SAME SYMTOMS OCCURRED. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CHANGED THE CAM POSITIONER SENSOR (CPS), AND RESET THE COMPUTER. I TEST DROVE THE TRUCK WITH NO PROBLEMS I HAD BEFORE.*AK

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT ON V10 ENGINE. ONLY HAS 74000 ON THE ENGINE. IN THE OWNERS MANUAL IT STATED THE FIRST MAJOR TUNE UP WASN'T UNTIL 100000. LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WANTED $5000.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SAYS IT WAS VERY COMMON ON THE V10 FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. FORD WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM ,AND THIS DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. WHY WERE A FEW F350 SUPER CREW TRUCKS BLOWING SPARK PLUGS. THEY SAY IT WAS HEAVY DUTY, BUT IT WAS NOT. IF THIS WAS SO COMMON THAT EVEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WHEN HE PICKED UP THE TRUCK THEN IT MUST BE A DESIGN FLAW FORD SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK WHEN THIS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY WITH OUR 6 YEAR OLD TRIPLETS. SHE BARELY MADE IT TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, AND ALMOST WAS HIT TWICE. FORD WAS LUCKY BECAUSE IF ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED TO MY CHILDREN I WOULD BE IN COURT GETTING LOTS OF MONEY FROM FORD. *AK

VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING RANDOM STALLING OR NOT STARTING WITHOUT CRANKING FOR A LONG DURATION. FINALLY VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WHEN VEHICLE STALLED A LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING WAS NOTICED DESPITE THE VEHICLE BEING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND IN GEAR AND BEING BACK DRIVEN AS TERMED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. VEHICLE REQUIRED A TOW TRUCK TO DELIVER TO DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE CMP SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. TROUBLE CODE P1111 WAS FOUND BY TECHNICIAN. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A "PROBLEMATIC" PART AND I SHOULD CARRY A SPARE IN CASE IT HAPPENED AWAY FROM THE CITY. AS A RESULT I CHOSE TO PURCHASE A SPARE PART AND KEEP IT IN THE GLOVE BOX FOR JUST SUCH A REPEAT OCCURRENCE.*AK

MULTIPLE CPS FAILURES. I'VE HAD 2 SENSORS FAIL IN A 40,000 MILE PERIOD. WHEN THE SENSOR FAILS THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. IT'S NOT A FUN RIDE WHEN YOU HAVE A TRAILER WEIGHING CLOSE TO 10,000 POUNDS ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK THAT LOOSES POWER WITHOUT WARNING. I NOW CARRY A BRAND NEW PACKAGED SPARE SENSOR AND TOOLS TO CHANGE IT IN MY TRUCK AT ALL TIMES. *TR

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATING POWER, THEN LOST ALL POWER, BRAKES AND STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH NO PROBLEMS. NEW CAM SENSOR SOLVED PROBLEM. *JB

WE HAVE A 1999 FORD 7.3 DIESEL (112,000 MI), THIS IS THE SECOND CAM POSITION SENSOR TO GO OUT. IN THIS INSTANCE WHEN THE SENSOR WENT OUT THE TRUCK SHUT ITSELF OFF, AS IF THE IGNITION HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. IT DIED JUST BEFORE I WAS ABOUT TO GO DOWN A VERY STEEP HILL. HAD THE TRUCK DIED WHILE GOING DOWN THE HILL, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK WITHOUT POWER BRAKES. WE ALSO HAVE A 2002 F350 7.3 LITER DIESEL THAT HAS ONE CAM POSITION SENSOR REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 7.3 LITER TRUCKS AND IN MY OPINION A DANGEROUS ONE, SINCE THE TRUCK TURN THEMSELVES OFF WITH NO WARNING. WITH THE ENGINE OFF, THERE IS NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING ON A TRUCK THAT WEIGHS SEVERAL TONS, THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F 350 SD WITH A FAILURE MILEAGE OF 132,000 MILES. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE HE HEARD A CRACKING NOISE, AND REALIZED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. HE HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE CONTROLLER FAILED. RECALL 02V068000 WAS ISSUED FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

THE CPS UNIT ON MY 1999 FORD F-350 7.3 DIESEL MOTOR GAVE OUT WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. WE WERE DRIVING ON A VERY CURVY ROAD AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK (NO BRAKES, NO POWER STEERING). IT SEEMS THAT THESE CPS UNITS FAIL OVER AND OVER ON ALL OF THESE FORD DIESELS. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT THEY ARE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS AND THAT SOMEBODY HAS HAD TO HAVE DIED FROM THIS. *JB

(1) DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY DIESEL HOME FROM WORK. (2) I PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO SHIFT DOWN, THE CLUTCH FAILED TO RELEASE AND THE PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR. I ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AVOIDING A COLLISION. THE TRUCK IS UNDRIVEABLE, BLOCKING TRAFFIC, AND REQUIRED TOWING. (3) THE CLUTCH RELEASE FOR HAD CRACKED AND BENT ALSO CAUSING A FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT. REPLACEMENT OF THE RELEASE FORK AND HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT RESTORED THE TRUCK TO OPERATION CONDITION. THE PART NUMBER OF THE NEW CLUTCH RELEASE FORK WAS DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE ONE REMOVED, LEADING ME TO SUSPECT A PROBLEM WITH THE STOCK RELEASE FORK. ORIGINAL RELEASE FORK PART NUMBER F61A-7515-BE. NEW INSTALLED RELEASE FORK PART NUMBER YC3Z-7515-BB. I HAVE RETAINED THE OLD RELEASE FORK AT MY HOME ADDRESS.*JB