2001 Ford F-250 complaints

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THE VEHICLE'S WHEEL WONT TURN. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE ENGINE WOULD STALL.*JB INJECTION MODULE REPLACED. *TT

CONSUMER STATED "WHEEL BEARING IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT". DEALER CONTACTED AND STATES THAT THE PART WAS A FIELD DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING SOUND, THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DRIVE ROUGH. THE RIGHT REAR TIRES SIDEWALL HAD BLOWN OUT. PH SCC

THE ONLY REASON THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES IS BECAUSE THE VEHICLES AROUND ME WERE PAYING ATTENTION AND GOT OUT OF THE WAY AS I FISH TAILED ACROSS THE LANES OF I-95. DT

PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR LT30570R16 TIRES AT GOODYEAR DEALER IN ARCADIA, FL TO REPLACE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONES TO AVOID TIRE PROBLEM. GOODYEAR DEALER ASSURED US THAT LARGER TIRE WOULD BE ADEQUATE AND SAFE FOR OUR NEEDS EVEN THOUGH WE EXPRESSED CONCERNS. CONTINUED WITH TRAVELS AND IN 6/2001 UPON CROSSING THE US/CANADA BORDER ON THE DIRT AND GRAVEL ROAD KNOWN AS 'THE TOP OF THE WORLD HIGHWAY' GOING 25MPH TOWING A 5TH WHEEL THE LEFT REAR TIRE SPLIT IN TWO CROSSWAYS. I HAD TO DIG A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND WITH THE HELP OF A FRIEND MANAGED TO GET THE TIRE CHANGED. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THERE WAS A 1,000 FT DROP OFF OF A VERY NARROW ROAD WITH ADDITIONAL MOTOR VEHICLES PASSING DUE TO THE US CUSTOM'S STATION HAVING JUST OPENED FOR THE DAY. RETURNED TIRE TO GOODYEAR DEALER IN FAIRBANKS, AK ON 6/26/01. GOODYEAR REPLACED THE DAMAGED TIRE AND WE WERE FORCED TO PURCHASE A SECOND TIRE , $243, TO HAVE MATCHING TIRES ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. (LT305/70R16 WRANGLER MTR). SECOND INCIDENT IN COLORADO HEADING NORTH ON I-70, 2 MILES FROM THE COLORADO CITY EXIT. TRAVELING AT 60MPH DOWN A VERY STEEP WINDING PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY THE TIRE BEGAN THUMPING AND THE TREAD SEPARATED, BUT THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. MANAGED TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO CHANGE TIRE. AGAIN, A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AT SUNSET WITH SEMIS COMING AROUND THE DOWNHILL CURVE AT 75MPH. WITH GOD'S GRACE WE WERE ON A VERY WIDE PORTION OF PULL OFF AND MANAGED TO GET THE TIRE CHANGED WITHOUT I

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, ON INTERSTATE 80, MY PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I DID NOT HIT OR RUN OVER ANYTHING. THE ENTIRE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL WAS GONE. DT

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF AN INTERSECTION ONTO A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER FLOOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY IDLED DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE STOPPING DEVICE ON THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY BENT WHEN THE PEDAL WAS FLOOR AND CAUSED THE TRUCK TO IDLE DOWN INSTEAD OF UP. THE STEERING WHEEL DID NOT RESPOND WHEN THE CONSUMER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKE. *JG *NLM

WHILE IN MOTION , THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO VIBRATE LIGHTLY. CONSUMER BEGAN TO SEPARATE FROM TRAFFIC WHEN THE TREAD FROM THE TIRE CAME APART CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE AND SOME WIRING ON THE VEHICLE. *JG

THIS INCIDENT WAS A COMPLETE SHOCK: I HAD JUST PUT MY TRUCK IN REVERSE TO BACK-UP AND THE FRONT AXLE COMPLETELY FELL- THE RIGHT HAND WHEEL COLLAPSED: I HAVE PICTURES. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING CAN FEEL TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. CONTACTED DEALER. TRANSMISSION FAILING. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *MR

THE DOOR OPENING LEVER IS SO CLOSE TO THE DOOR HANDLE THAT WHEN THE PASSENGER REACHED FOR THE HANDLE THE DOOR OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED *MR *NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED ON ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PREVIOUS FAILURE (2ND) REPORTED UNDER ODI#759329 ON SAME SUBSYSTEM -MARCH 2002. *AK

FRONT CRASH AT 50 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED NECK INJURY, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS 8000 DOLLARS. *AK THERE IS A RECALL, 01V082, HOWEVER FORD INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL 01 V 258 000. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *SCC

TRUCK TENDS TO WANDER ACROSS THE ROAD WHEN IT HITS A SEAM IN THE ROAD. OWNER HAS TAKEN TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPLACEMENT OF STEERING BOX, WHICH WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. CAUSE OF FAILURE IS STILL UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE IS HARD TO STEER WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER AND PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING. *AK STEERING IS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO HANDLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. CONSUMER HAS TO CONTINUALLY BE AWARE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE STEERING WILL FAIL. ALSO THE FRONT ROTORS NEEDED RESURFACING AT 25335 MILES. THE RIGHT FRONT WAS BADLY WARPED AND WAS CAUSING A VIBRATION WHILE IN MOTION. IT WAS GRABBING AT STOPS OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN. *JG

WITHOUT WARNING THE HYDRAULIC LINE FROM THE MASTER CLUTCH CYLINDER ?TERM CAME OFF AND RENDERING THE CLUTCH COMPLETELY USELESS (PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND STAYED THERE). WAS LUCKILY IN A PARKING LOT JUST ABOUT TO PULL ONTO A HIGHWAY WITH A 4000 LB TRAILER. REALIZED HOW DANGEROUS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN. FORREST CATE FORD IN LAFAYETTE, GA SAYS THE PART THEY ARE REPLACING IT WITH IS UPDATED SO THAT THE LINE DOESN'T DO THAT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. IF THAT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH ZERO WARNING, I COULD HAVE HAD PROBLEMS STOPPING QUICKLY OR CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE. I WAS LUCKY BUT WANT NO ONE ELSE TO BE UNLUCKY. THANK YOU.*AK

B.F.GOODRICH, P275/60R17; BOTH INSIDE TIRES ARE WORN OUT. IT FEELS LIKE VEHICLE IS OUT OF LINE. CONSUMER HAS TO CONSTANTLY KEEP STEERING WHEEL STRAIGHT. *AKCONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES.(FORD & B. F.) IN WHICH THEY'RE BLAMING EACH OTHER, BUT IN THIS CASE THE PROBLEM IS THE TIRES BECAUSE THE ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN CHECKED AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM THERE. PLEASE REFER TO SUMMARY. *SCC

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND CONSUMER WILL TRY TO START MOVING VEHICLE WILL GO INTO IDLE AND NOT MOVE FOR ABOUT 10-15 SECONDS BEFORE MOVING AGAIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEYARE AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT CAN'T REMEDY IT. *AK

ON A SLIPPERY ROAD WITH POWER STEERING CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS AND CAUSED A CRASH.*AKI

AIR BAGS FAILED TO INFLATE IN A HEAD ON COLLISION.*AK

WHILE TRYING TO APPLY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE. CAUSE UNKNOWN CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DEALER'S SERVICE GARAGE, BOLTS FOR HYDROBOOST UNIT BROKE OFF. *AK DEALER REPLACED HYDROBOOST UNIT AND ADDED FLUID. *TT

CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A SQUEAK IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN MAKING TURNS, ALSO THE STEERING WAS HARD TO ADJUST ON TILT WHEEL.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE VECHILE STARTED TO BECOME UMCOMFORTABLE, THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM

CONSUMER STATED ALL TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED, THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 2001 FORD F250 TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16). NLM THE DOT NUMBERS FOR ALL FOUR TIRES ARE: VNW 81 X M2900. *JG

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 TO 65 MPH VEHICLE SWERVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO STEER VEHICLE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FIRST HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FAILURE OCCURRED (WHILE LIVING IN FL) ON 06 JUN 2001 (ODO: 2188 MILES) AT APPROX 30MPH. LOST USE OF CLUTCH WHILE SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD GEAR. HYDRAULIC CYLINDER REPLACED BY ORVILLE BECKFORD FORD UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND OCCURRENCE IS DESCRIBED EARLIER IN THIS REPORT --OCCURRED AFTER MOVING TO TX. TO BE REPAIRED BY GILLESPIE FORD, SAN ANTONIO, TX.*AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE POWER STEERING IS WEAK OR NON-EXISTING WHEN PUTTING FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND DRIVING IN SLOW CONDITIONS. DEALER STATES THIS IS NORMAL, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT TAIL GATE DOES NOT OPEN, STABILIZER LINK REPLACED. *AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING 55MPH AND HITTING PASSING GEAR, VEHICLE WENT INTO IDLE, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES RECENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING A LANE CHANGE AT 70 MPH, THE RPMS DROPPED TO 600, CONSUMER PUMPED THE ACCELERATOR TWICE BEFORE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, CONSUMER STATES THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *SLC

REAR AXLE SEAL FAILED AND WAS LEAKING LUBRICANT INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL RIM AND BRAKING COMPONENTS. IF GONE UNNOTICED THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE FAILURE OF THE LEFT SIDE BRAKING SYSTEM IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION BURNED UP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WE HAD THIS TRUCK INTO A DEALERSHIP 9 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRE FOR WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, THE DEALERSHIP FAILED TO FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH OUR TRUCK AND ADVISED US THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT PREVENTED US FROM DRIVING IT. 9 DAYS LATER WE WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND FELT THE NEED TO GET ANOTHER OPINION SO WE WERE IN ROUTE TO A DEALERSHIP AND DID NOT MAKE IT DUE TO THE TRUCK FAILING AND CATCHING FIRE. TRANSMISSION FLUID ESCAPED THE FILLER TUBE AND WENT ON THE EHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH CAUSED A FLASH FIRE. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET OURSELVES AND OUR SMALL CHILDREN OUT OF THE TRUCK IN TIME. THE DEALERSHIP PRIOR TO THE FIRE SAID THAT IF WE WERE IN FACT HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT WE WOULD HAVE SEEN THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT ON THE SHIFTER COLUMN FLASHING, THIS NEVER OCCURRED WHICH LEADS US TO BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE A FAILURE IN THE COMPUTER OF THIS TRUCK THAT THEY REFUSED TO FIND. WE PLEADED WITH THE SERVICE ADVISOR AT THIS DEALERSHIP TO INVESTIGATE WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEMS WE WERE EXPERIENCING AND THEY REFUSED. NOW WE HAVE A TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN AT A DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST 90 DAYS AND THEY HAVE YET TO FIND THE CAUSE OF FIRE. AND DUE TO THE FIRE FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR PRODUCT. THEY DENIED HELPING US AND REFERRED US TO OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. WE HAVE INCURRED A DRASTIC FINANCIAL LOSS DUE TO THIS AND FEAR BEING PUT BACK IN THIS VEHICHLE KNOWING THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, BECAUS THE INITIAL CAUSE OF FIRE HAS NOT

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CLUTCH BECAME DISENGAGED FROM MECHANISM THAT IT WAS ATTACHED TO. DRIVER COULD NOT GET OUT OF GEAR. DRIVER FELT THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND CLUTCH. *AK

UPON ENTERING THE HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS, THE R.P.M. GAUGE STARTED FLUCTUATING FROM 1000 TO 3000 R.P.M., IT SQUEALED AND JERKED INTO GEAR AND A POPPING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT END. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM, BUT HE SUGGESTED THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE CLUTCH FAN SLIPPING. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED AGAIN WHAT HE FELT WAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BUT THE LIGHT NEVER FLASHED ON THE OVERDRIVE COLUMN SO TAKING NOTE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND CONTINUED DRIVING. THEN THE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ON THE OVERDRIVE COLUMN, WITHIN SECONDS, CONSUMER NOTICED A LARGE PUFF OF BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK, THE R.P.M. GAUGE WENT TO BELOW 1000, THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER, AND THE CAB STARTED FILLING WITH SMOKE, FIRE WAS ESCALATING UNDER THE TRUCK AND HOOD. POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE. *YD *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 4-5 TIMES. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUSE PANEL AND MODULATOR. THIS HAS NOT REMEDIED PROBLEM, DEALER THINKS IT COULD BE A LOOSE WIRE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THIS CRASH. DEALERSHIP HAS VEHICLE. NO DETERMINATION AS TO CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PASSENGER SUSTAINED HEAD AND LEG INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AND SLOWING DOWN ENGINE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE AND ACCELERATE. THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSING AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TROUBLE MAINTAINING CONTROL OF TRUCK. COULD NOT DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

DRIVER'S FRONT SEATBELT CAME UNDON AT HIGH SPEED BREAKING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL AND THROWING DRIVER INTO DASHBOARD. SEAT BELT SEEMS TO HAVE LOCKED, BUT KEEPS POPING OUT ON DIPS AND ROCKING OF TRUCK.*AK

WHEN COMING TO A STOP ENGINE ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO KEEP GOING, THIS HAS HAPPENED 8 TIMES SINCE JULY. VEHICLE TAKEN TO 2 DEALERS, NEITHER COULD FIND THE CAUSE. PLEASE ADD FURTHER COMMENTS. *AK

THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN APPLYING BRAKES WHICH CAUSES STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THIS OCCURS AT A LOW SPEED AS WELL AS AT A COMPLETE STOP. DEALER STATES THAT A "HIGHER STEERING EFFORT W/SITTING STILL W/BRAKES APPLIED" IS NORMAL. WHEN ASK TO TRY IT FOR HIMSELF, HE REFUSED. LEADING ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO USE THE "HIGHER STEERING EFFORT" THEORY. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE WHEEL OR STEER WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT A LOW SPEED OR AT A STOP!!!

AUTOMATIC FAILS TO SHIFT INTO LOWER GEARS FOR ENGINE BRAKING. WHEN DECENDING A STEEP GRADE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILS TO APPLY. THIS HAS THE SAME EFFECT OF PUTTING THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL WHEN GOING DOWN HILL. WHEN DRIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THAT IT REQUIRES THE BRAKES TO DO THE WORK OF SLOWING THE TRUCK. IF THE BRAKES OVERHEAT THEN THE TRUCK WILL "RUN AWAY". *AK

PE 0200; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 22MPH AND FELT VIBRATION ON LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX AT. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT FIRESTONE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THERE WAS VIBRATION IN VEHICLE WHICH CONCERNED DRIVER. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT WHEELS COULD NOT BE ALIGNED BECAUSE TIRES SLID ALONG THE RIM. CONSUMER HAD TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES FROM A SEARS CENTER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS, I.E., GENERAL TIRE INFORMATION/ SIZE, AND DOT NUMBERS. *AK

TIRE BLOWOUT DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 62 NORTH OF WELTON,IOWA, SIDEWALL BLOWOUT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW8 TIRESIZE: LT265/7516)

ALL 4 TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF CRACKING IN SIDEWALLS. FRONT 2 TIRES ARE MORE PREDOMINANT THAN THE REAR 2. FRONT RIGHT AND LEFT TIRES ARE ACTUALLY LOSING RUBBER OFF THE SIDE OF TIRES. FIRESTONE SAID THE TIRE WAS NOT A MANUFACTURES DEFECT BUT A ROAD HAZARD AND FORD SAID IT WAS FIRESTONE'S PROBLEM. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265 75R16)