2001 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

WHILE ON VACATION IN MYRTLE BEACH SC., MY TRUCK STOPPED IN TRAFFIC CAUSEING ME TO LOOSE ALL SYSTEMS ,POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. I TOOK IT TO BEACH FORD ,THEY REPLACED THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR.LUCKILY WE AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT.

1.EVENTS - TAKING A TRIP FROM WASILLA, AK TO FAIRBANKS, AK (300 MILE TRIP) TEMP STARTED AT 28 DEG AT WASILLA -47 IN FAIRBANKS. AFTER ABOUT 150 MILES THE TRUCK STUTTER A FEW TIMES AFTER ABOUT 200 MILES THE TRUCK DIED. WOULD NOT START NOTHING. WAITED FOR ABOUT 20 MIN (IN -27DEG WEATHER) THEN THE TRUCK STARTED UP AND I GOT ABOUT ANOTHER 25 MILES NOW IT WAS ABOUT -32 SOMEONE PULLED OVER TO LET MY KIDS KEEP WARM THREE GIRLS AGES 2, 4, 6 AND LET ME TAKE WARM UP BRAKES IN THERE CAR WHILE I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS FAILING. I HAD A CODE READER WITH ME. IT SHOWED NO CODES. THEN SOME GUY PULLED OVER HE WAS DRIVING A FORD AS WELL. BUT HE CARRIED A EXTRA C.P.S. WITH HIM AND THE TOOLS. 2.FAILURE AND CONSEQUENCES- THE FAILURE WAS A CPS IN THE 2001 F-350 7.3 THE CONSEQUENCES WERE NOT THAT BAD ONLY BECAUSE OF 2 VERY NICE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME. BUT THINK ABOUT IT --32 DEG AND GETTINT COLDER IT COULD HAVE BEEN 4 DEATHS. REPLACED THE CPS FROM A GUY THAT WARNED ME TO KEEP ONE IN THE GLOVE BOX AT ALL TIMES. *TR

MY CAM POSITION SENSOR ON THE DIESEL ENGINE WENT BAD FOR THE THIRD TIME. MILEAGE IS 90,000. LAST TIME I LOST STEERING AND BRAKES WHILE PULLING A TRAILER AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY CARS COMING ONTO THE FREEWAY ON RAMP. THIS TIME IT WAS GOING DOWN A HILL AND I GAINED SPEED AND ALMOST LOST THE TRUCK OVER A CORNER BEFORE COMING TO A FLAT AREA. IM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK NOW AND ITS NOT FAIR CONSIDERING WHAT I PAID FOR IT. ALMOST EVERY DIESEL OWNER I KNOW HAS HAD AT LEAST ONE CPS FAILURE. I CAME TO REST UP AGAINST SOME TREE LIMBS AND HAVE SCRATCHED PAINT---IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. *TR SEE ALSO 10153677. *DSY.

I HAVE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH MY TRUCK....ALL OF WHICH WERE POTENTIAL SAFETY RISK. FIRST WAS THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE MINE AND MY DAD'S ,BOTH FAILED AT SIMILAR TIMES AT IDENTICAL TRUCKS. -AFTER FORD GAVE US THE RUN AROUND WE TOOK THE TRUCKS TO A REPAIR SHOP AND HAD TRANSMISSIONS FIXED.....NOTE THAT THE FAILURE OF THE COAST CLUTCH IN TRANSMISSIONS PREVENTED THE TRUCKS FROM ENGINE BREAKING. THIS WAS PARTICULARLY SERIOUS WHEN TOWING, WHICH WAS WHAT THIS TRUCK WAS MADE FOR. MY DAD FOUND OUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON HIS WAY DOWN A MOUNTAIN PASS IN COLORADO PULLING A 11,000 POUND FIFTH WHEEL. THE NEXT COMPLAINT WAS REGARDING THE CAM POSITION SENSOR, WHICH FAILED FASTER THAN CAN REPLACED. THE NEXT COMPLAINT WAS ABOUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I HAVE DEALT WITH DEALERSHIPS TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND THEY COULDN'T DO IT, SO I FIXED IT MYSELF! THE PROBLEM WAS A SEVERE PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THAT PROGRESSED TO A SEVERE PULL AND SHIMMY. .AGAIN, FORD COULDN'T FIX IT, I DID. ALL OF THESE WERE TREND ITEMS. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND RESEARCHING WWW.DIESELSTOP.COM AND BRIANS TRUCK SHOP. EITHER ONE OF THESE SOURCES CAN ACCURATELY REFLECT THE FAILURES IN THESE PARTS ON THESE TRUCKS----THE REASON FORD DIDN'T GET MANY COMPLAINTS-----THEY CANT/WONT FIX IT UNTIL SOMEONE DIED. *AK!

2001 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY 7.3 DIESEL TRUCK. ENGINE STALLS WITH OUT WARNING, RESULTING IN LOST OF STEERING, AND BRAKING CONTROL. OCCURS FREQUENTLY. *JB

THE CPS ON MY F-350 FORD HAS GONE OUT NOW TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. THIS IS A PART THAT SHOULDN'T BE FAILING ALL THE TIME. BOTH TIMES I WAS TOWING TRAILERS AND HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THE TRUCK TO STOP WHEN THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. *JB

CPS- CAM POSITION SENSOR FAILURES. 2001 F350 7.3 POWERSTROKE. WHILE DRIVING THRU A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON I-40 WESTBOUND, TRUCK JUST DIED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD WITH OUT BEING RUN OVER BY EXTREMELY HEAVY TRAFFIC. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO FORD DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN SAID TRUCK DIED TO CPS FAILURE. 02/2005. CPS FAILURE AGAIN,04/18/2007 BUT THANK GOD THIS TIME IT WAS IN THE INTEL PARKING LOT. I HAD TRUCK TOWED HOME. 107 DOLLARS FOR CPS. REPLACED CPS AND TRUCK IS ONCE AGAIN RUNNING FINE. FORD CORPORATION IS FULLY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS SENSOR AND WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE ENDED TRAGICALLY FOR ME. *TR

WIPERS STOPPED WORKING LESS THEN A MONTH AFTER BUYING TRUCK. WAS NOT AWARE OF A RECALL WHEN WE PURCHASED THIS TRUCK. WHAT CAN WE DO? *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE CONTACT FELT VIBRATION. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. WHILE PROCEEDING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD , WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED ON THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL A/T TIRE. THE TIRE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 38,000.*AK

2001 FORD F-350 DIESEL. ENGINE WILL STALL FOR A SECOND OR SO WHILE RUNNING EITHER AT IDLE OR ON THE ROAD. TRUCK WILL JERK SHARPLY AS THE TRUCK LOSES POWER THAN INSTALY REGAINS POWER. DTC CODE 0344. CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. REPLACE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. FOUND HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM ONLINE. NO RECALL INFO FROM FORD.