Truck stopped running on freeway. Needed towing. Missed work. Ford 7.3 diesel "cps" sensor failure. These parts don't last and cause the truck to stop running. Needed $200.00 part to fix. Second time. Have the old parts.
1999 Ford F-250 SD electrical complaints
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I own a 1999 ford f250 7.3 turbo diesel. I have had the cam positioning sensor go out on the truck. When this happens, the truck just stops running. I was traveling on the freeway in los angeles. When this happens, there is no power steering, power brakes and the engine may or may not start up again. This is certainly a safety hazard. I know that this is not uncommon for this to happen with this engine. I think ford should recall this part and replace it with something better.
Vehicle seemed to be running fine. Parked in my driveway and 70 minutes later my wife came home and found the truck on fire. Heavy fire was ensuing from the driver side wheel well as well as out the front driver side grill.
1999 f250 with a v-10. Spark plugs have blown out twice and where repaired by dealer. Expensive! One of the repaired plugs blew out again. Had to have head removed and taken to a machine shop. I have contacted ford on each occasion and they claim they never heard of this problem before. It ruins an expensive coil pack each time.
First day-accessories stay on while ignition switch is turned off & key is removed. Second day-batteries goes dead, wipers turn on by themselves, speedometer quits, transmission will not shift, 2 different buzzing noise from under dash, dome lights flashing on & off, ABS brake lights come on. We have had no recent mechanical work done. No single source causes all these problems at one time.
Cps(camp position sensor has failed on a 1999 ford super duty 7.3l psd a total of 3 times. First time, son and I were turning into a walmart parking lot, and vehicle shut down and refused to restart. 13k miles on it. Dealer fixed cps. Second time traveling down interstate 95, and suddenly vehicle shut down again, while doing 75 MPH. Fortunately the truck is a manual transmission, or we would have ended up in the trees, or into the side of the semi that was passing on the left. Third time we were towing our travel trailer, and truck died on a 8% grade, there was no time to get out of the lane we were in to the shoulder before we slowed too much and caused a wreck behind us the truck now has 77k miles on it. We feel the cps failing 3x in 77k miles is exxx... The last two sensors were not under warranty and cost $250~ we have researched on the internet and found out that the cps is a very common problem, and has shown up in mileage instances ranging from 100 miles on odo. All the way to not showing up until 200k miles. We, (along with apparently thousands of other truck owners) feel that the vehicle shutting down, and losing 90% of our steering and likely 85% of brakes (on diesels you do not get a "reserve" brake boost, unlike on gas engines with vacuum), as the brake system is powered by the hydraulic pressure provided by the power steering pump!!!! We know there is no way around the brake system. However, in two of our cases. It was very scary and a very dangerous situation when the truck died. We now have a spare cps inside of the glove box inside of vehicle and proper tools to replace it ourselves should it happen again. We have heard of other people driving said trucks with 7.3l psd engines ( do not know if the 6.0l is having the same problem with the cps) of the trucks being totaled and people being seriously injured because of the cps failing. We feel that a recall, should be made... Thank you and good day....
Daughter was driving truck on highway 101 and engine died. No power, no power brakes or steering. She pulled to side and tried to restart truck - nothing. Called tow truck and vehicle started but died again. Vehicle was towed to ford dealer. They said it was the cam positioning sensor. When it is broken the truck thinks the engine is not running and kills the power. They did not recommend she drive the truck without making the repair as it would die again. The repair cost $500 and only the dealer could do the repair as they had the computer to read the error. They said there were numerous service bulletins on this problem but no recall.
Random truck failure of the engine at no particular time. Problem diagnosed as camshaft sensor by ford technicians. $185.00 part that seems to be failing a lot according to ford techs. Ford states they are currently not having problems with the sensors but out of 5 guys I personally know, all 5 have had problems with their 7.3l diesel camshaft sensors. Extremely dangerous because of engine failure. Ford only offers a 1 month warranty on the item and offers an average of 6 months on any other electronic device on the truck. Seems they know the failures are occuring as well but doing nothing about it.
Spark plug blow-out on my 1999 ford f-250 super duty v-10.
The vehicle was parked for twenty minutes. There was a loud noise, the consumer went to see what caused the noise, and discovered, the vehicle engine was on fire. The fire department responded to put the fire out.
The horn has not been working for almost 2 years, I've contacted ford many times where I purchased the truck. They said I would have to pay if I want it fixed. On your web-site, (the federal safety agency) many complaints already about this issue, its a safty issue. Because when you try to use the horn it seems as the airbag is in the way.
Vehicle was parked for the night (ignition was off). Vehicle burned due to fire from under the hood caused by electrical failure. Total loss (repairs to exceed value). Vehicle is still in my possession. I was recently made aware of a ford recall for cruise control components causing underhood fires of similar nature and consequence on similar vehicles.
Spark plug was blown from the head. Subsequent damage to the cylinder head and cylinder wall created enough material and labor costs to justify replacing the entire engine.
I was merging into the right lane of the freeway to exit the freeway and there was a loud bang and my truck decelerated and caused the person behind me to swerve to avoid running into the back of me. I took my truck to my local ase certified mechanic and was told the third spark plug on the pasenger side had blown out of the aluminium cylinder head. The cylinder plug opening was bored out and tapped. An insert was then put into place and the spark plug replaced. The total cost of this was ~$450. After much research I have discovered that this is a very common occurence on the ford triton engines and that ford is doing everything they can to avoid taking any responsibility for this apparent design defect. This stinks!!!
A spark plug blew out of the engine which is due to a design flaw that ford motor co. Is well aware of. This can happen when the engine is new or it has many thousands or, in my case, hundreds of thousands, of miles on it. Ford is well aware of the problem, and they have been forced to make the necessary repairs on vehicles that are still under warranty. For those vehicles, like mine, that are no longer under warranty, the full cost of the repair is left up to the consumer. The average repair cost for this major malfunction is $2,500.00-$3,500.00. This is an unacceptable situation for the basic fact that ford is well aware of this problem and they are on the public record stating that they will not issue a recall for these engines because of the significant expense for them to fix them all, because this particular engine is the one that ford installs in most of it's high end trucks and suvs. This position by ford is just not fair business and it certainly is not fair to the consumer who should be able to expect a better product when paying $25,000.00-$40,000.00 for said product, especially when the defect is one known by the manufacturer and their engineering team who finally redesigned the engine in the 2002 model year to avoid this specific problem.
First we started to hear a ticking sound from engine. Dealer said it was something to do either with the fuel system or the y-collector on the exhaust. They advised to change y-collector with something less performance oriented, sounded incorrect so I obivously declined. Soon after while traveling down in baja mexico we were climbing a mello grade when bamm!!! We lost most of our power and it sounded as though we were riding a large lawn mower without a muffler. Since we were in mexico with no cell service, we crawled all the way home after midnight. Upon inspection, rear passanger spark plug had blown through the threads and took the coil with it. Replaced with cold-fusion coil, but still sounds as though main bearings aren't going to make it much longer!!!!
My truck had 105000 miles and the spark plug blew out of the head stipping.he threds.the head had to be pulled to get the coil in. $2000.
Intermittently doors won't lock. Also, while driving between 15 to 20 dome light stayed on. Dealer indicated it was an electrical problem.
Ford f-250 5.4 l v8 blown spark plug from cylinder head. There are not enough threads to keep the spark plug from eventually being blown from the head. Have had several instances myself with this problem in two different vehicles. Ford needs to recognize the problem and warranty the parts. We still have an extended warranty, but they can't guarantee it will be covered. Even though it says right in the paperwork that this part is covered.
Consumer states that spark plugs blewout of the cylinder, stripping the threads out of the cylinder heads, resulting in engine failure. This has occurred twice since vehicle purchased. 1st occurrence at 3900 miles, 2nd occurrence at 56000 miles.
Truck wanders on road and pulls when brakes applied, dealer was told of this problem since viehicle was purchased they never could find the problem. I have owned this viehicle for 3 years and have replaced brake pads 3 times and have had to replace the hubs twice myself at my expence out of warranty now. There was almost a fatality when I applied the brakes my truck pulled me into the ditch sliding and rocking from drivers side to passenger side up on two wheels. My airbag light flashes on and off. Who knows if they even work. My overdrive switch has been replaced 4 times and is broke again. Door ajar lite on constantly. But quality ford cant find or offer me some kind of solution. They need to be investigated.
My truck has 49,000 miles on it and a spark plug blew out of the top of the cylinder head and broke the coil pack. The truck has never been tuned up. This is a result of a bad design for the spark plug hole in the cylinder head. It only has 5 threads to hold the spark plug in an aluminum head.
Horn cannot be activated quickly or repeatedly because only a very small spot in the airbag/steering pad is live. Finding the small, unmarked spot is impossible under emergency conditions and difficult at any time. Dealers know it's a problem but have no fix. Common to all super duty with airbag.
Engine #3 leaking oil from left side causing smoking as it burns on exhaust manifold causing fumes to enter the vehicle resulting in the consumer feeling dizzy, lightheaded and develop a severe headache. Nlm
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