2000 FORD F-350 SD Complaints

WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE AT ANY TIME THE VEHICLE STEERING LOCKS UP (THE PUMP DOES NOT SUPPORT THE PRESSURE FOR THE BRAKES AND STEERING). AFTER CONTACTING SEVERAL MECHANICS THIS IS A FORD DIESEL COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE HAS NOT YET TO BE A CORRECT FIX. *JB

2000 FORD F350 7.3 THE TRUCK KEPT STALLING AND STOPPING IN TRAFFIC. HAD THE CODES CHECKED AND NOTHING SHOWED ON THE SCANNER, I WAS TOLD I HAD BAD FUEL. DRAINED THE TANK, CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER,PUT IN NEW FUEL FROM A DIFFERENT STATION AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN STOPPED AGAIN IN THE ROAD AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER IN JOHNSTOWN THIS TIME. THE DEALER SAID THE CAM SENSOR WAS BAD AND FOR $ 680.00 THE PROBLEM WOULD BE REPAIRED. HAD THEM MAKE THE REPAIRS AND WHEN WE PICKED IT UP THE SERVICE WRITER SAID THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. TALKED WITH SEVERAL OWNER OF THE DIESEL TRUCKS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT HAPPENS SO OFTEN THAT THEY KEEP A SPARE IN THE GLOVE BOX THAT IT ONLY TAKES 15 MIN TO CHANGE. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS ON A STATE RT AT RUSH HOUR WITH A SEMI PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ME,HE SEEN THAT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE AND DID NOT CONTINUE. I WAS LUCKY THAT DAY. THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL WITH A SHARP LEFT CURVE AT THE BOTTOM, JUST AS I GOT TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO USE MY BRAKES THE ENGINE STALLED, I MADE THE TURN BUT HAD TO DRIVE ON THE BERM AND IN THE DITCH TO DO SO. AGAIN WE RAN THE CODES AND NOTHING SHOWED. ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCANNING THE CODES IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF ST RT 13 . THAT IS WHEN IT WENT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. WHY KEEP MAKING THE SAME BAD SENSOR AND WHY DOES IT NOT SHOW UP WHEN YOUR RUN THE CODES? *NM

FRONT BRAKES, FADE AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE; THERE ARE FLOAT PINS WHICH KEEP THE CALIPERS CENTERED OVER THE ROTORS . THEY HAVE SEIZED UP. THE VEHICLE BREAKING WAS BECOMING SLUGGISH. REPEATED INSPECTION OF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS INDICATED THEIR CONDITION TO BE GOOD. EVENTUALLY I DECIDED TO ORDER NEW CALIPERS WITH PADS. THESE UNITS CAME WITH 'NEW FLOAT PINS'. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE MY CALIPERS WERE GOOD BUT THEY WERE LOCKED IN POSITION BECAUSE OF THE SEIZED FLOAT PINS. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PRESSURE WAS TO THE INSIDE PAD ONLY GREATLY LENGTHENING THE STOPPING DISTANCE. AS THE PROBLEM CAME ON GRADUALLY I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW POOR THE BRAKING HAD BECOME UNTIL I REBUILT THE SYSTEM. THE PINS WHICH NEED TO SLIDE FOR PROPER BRAKING HAVE LITTLE RUBBER BOOTS TO KEEP OUT ROAD DEBRIS AND WATER. THESE BOOTS WERE NOT SEATED ON THE GROVE ON THE ORIGINAL CALIPER BODY. AS THE SYMPTOMS COME ON GRADUALLY THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES OUT THERE WITH SEVERELY DEGRADING BRAKE PERFORMANCE. CURIOUSLY THE REPLACEMENT CALIPERS HAD A BAG OF SPARE PARTS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. THE SERVICE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THE BRAKE LINE WAS FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION.

2000 F350 TIRE BLEW OUT. *TS WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT, THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WENT THROUGH A MEDIAN INTO A DITCH AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE TRUCK TURNED OVER. *JB

WHEN UP-SHIFTING GEARS, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AND ACCELERATOR IS NON-RESPONSIVE AS ENGINE IDLES AROUND 1K RPM CAUSING LOSS OF MOMENTUM. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE ACCELERATOR CAN BE USED TO INCREASE SPEED, BUT DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH STARTS THE CYCLE OF NON-RESPONSIVE ACCELERATOR ACTION ALL OVER. THE TRUCK HAS DIED ON CURBS, IN INTERSECTIONS, AND WHILE GETTING ONTO ON RAMPS. FORD HAS REPLACED SOME MAGNETS WHICH JUST DELAYED THE ACTION FOR A FEW WEEKS. THE LONGER IT GOES WITHOUT REPAIR, THE WORSE IT BECOMES. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT SAID THE VEHICLE WAS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING DUE TO CAM SHAFT SENSOR FAILURE. THE ENGINE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF MAKING A RIGHT TURN. HE ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, TO MISS THE OTHER VEHICLE HE WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT. AFTER THE INCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR. THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THE REPAIR WAS MADE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE AS FORD OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. *AK UPDATED 12/7/2005. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF A NEW CAM SENSOR AND TOW TRUCK SERVICE (PART # F7TZ12K073-A, SYNCRO 997690). *NM

CPS(CAM POSITION SENSOR) THERE ARE NO EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE OF THIS SENSOR. (EXPECT THE SENSOR TO FAIL ANY WHERE BETWEEN 80,000 TO 120,000 MILES)...YOUR FORD 7.3L POWER STROKE ENGINE WILL SIMPLY JUST SHUT DOWN LEAVING YOU WITH NO POWER TO STEER OR STOP YOUR VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE MAY OR MAY NOT RESTART UNTIL THE FAILED SENSOR IS REPLACED. ONCE REPLACED, THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN ANOTHER 80,000 TO 120,000 MILES (WHO KNOWS). MANY PEOPLE CARRY A SPARE SENSOR IN THE VEHICLE AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN OR WHERE THIS FAILURE WILL OCCUR. *JB

F-350 CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED PREMATURELY (28,000 MILES). ENGINE SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING, BRAKES FAILED. ROLLED TO A STOP, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. NO TRAFFIC AROUND. FORD REPLACED THE PART UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

ON MY 2000 FORD F350 DIESEL, THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED AS I WAS ENTERING THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE STALLED AND I HAD NO POWER TO THE ENGINE. THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAILED AND I COULD NOT GET THE TRUCK TOTALLY OFF THE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY A POLICE OFFICER ON THE HIGHWAY PULLED IN BEHIND ME AND STAYED WITH ME WITH HIS LIGHTS ON UNTIL A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION. THEN I FIND OUT THAT THE PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON, VERY DANGEROUS, AND VERY IGNORED BY THE MANUFACTURER. IF THE POLICE OFFICER WAS NOT THERE QUICKLY, OR IF HE HAD A CALL TO ATTEND TO, SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *JB