2004 Ford F-250 SD complaints

WE PURCHASED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, 2004 F-250 POWERSTROKE DIESEL ON 4/3/04, LARIAT PKG,TOW/CAMPER PKG FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP IN KENNESAW, GA. IT DID WELL FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT ODD THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN, ROUGH SHIFTING OF THE TRANSMISSION/DECREASE IN GAS MILEAGE/RIDING ROUGHLY. ON 6/8, BEFORE A TRIP TO FLORIDA, MY HUSBAND TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR SERVICE AND TO HAVE THE OTHER PROBLEMS CHECKED. THE DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE DEPT SAID THEY COULD'T FIND THE PROBLEM BUT DID MENTION THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. WE LEFT FOR VACATION THE VERY EARLY ON 6/18. ON 6/25, IN FL, THE TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN. COULD ONLY GET IT IN ONE GEAR, THE TOW/HAULING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. A DEALERSHIP THERE IN PALM BEACH, DIAGNOSED-WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN IT WAS TAKEN APART. (WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT DISCLOSE TO US THE FACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE, AT 17 MILES. IT HAD 79 MILES ON IT WHEN WE PURCHASED IT). A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS ORDERED AND WE WERE STRANDED ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE IT WOULD ARRIVE. ON 6/30, MY HUSBAND PICKED UP THE TRUCK BUT IT STILL WASN'T OPERATING PROPERLY. ABOUT 8PM HE CALLED TO SAY THE TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN AGAIN. BACK TO THE FL DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING, LED TO ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS OF THE COMPUTER/PROCESSOR BEING BAD. THAT WAS REPLACED AND THE TRUCK HAS WORKED SOMEWHAT PROPERLY SINCE THAT TIME. IT STILL HAS SOME ODD SOUNDS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, THE GAS MILEAGE HAS DROPP

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH PASSENGER SIDE AXLE FRACTURED COMPLETELY. AS A RESULT, THE PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATED AND WENT UP UNDER THE VEHICLE WHICH JAMMED THE DOOR SHUT . CONSUMER MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. AS RESULT THE VEHICLE LOSS OF STEERING, AND THE BRAKES. THE DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN, INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER SORRY WE CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM.

I OWN A 2004 FORD F250 DIESEL CREW CAB 4X4. WE HAVE THE LARIET PACKAGE ALONG WITH THE CAMPER AND OFF ROAD PACKAGES. CURRENT MILES ARE 3600. EHAVEN'T TOWED ANYTHING BEHIND THIS NEW TRUCK YET. ON SUNDAY AUG. 1,2004, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE.THE TOW/HAUL LIGHT ON THE DASH WAS FLASHING. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MIKE DAVIDSON FORD THE NEXT MORNING AUG. 2,2004. THEY DROPPED THE PAN OFF THE TRANSMISSION AND FOUND METAL SHAVINGS ALONG WITH A BAD SENSOR. THE TRUCK IS STILL IN THE SHOP. I WANTED TO KNOW IF OTHER NEW FORD TRUCKS EQUIPED THE SAME WAY WERE HAVING SIMULAR PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WAS A RARE CONDITION FOR THIS TYPE VEHICLE. *AK