2000 Ford F-250 SD: check engine light

Filed Dec 4, 2009 · Engine · 128,400 miles · CA

My 2000 ford f250 truck quit in the middle of a busy street in my town. There was a recall for a cam position sensor but did not have it replaced yet. I did have spare and replaced it myself. It did fix the problem. Also had a friend reset the check engine light.

Filed Dec 7, 2007 · Engine · 113,926 miles · PA

While on the way home from vacation on 9/18/07 (towing my 32 foot fifth-wheel) my ford f-250 diesel (7.3 liter) started acting as if the rear-end was slipping. The check engine light came on and then the engine stalled. Luckily I was in a construction area at the time and the speed limit was only 35 MPH. I pulled over and had to be towed to a ford dealer 10 miles back. Tri star of somerset, pa ( which is a ford dealer) determined the problem was the cam shaft sensor. It cost $243.00 for repair and replacement of sensor (which took 8 days due to work load backup). It cost me $200.00 to have my rv towed to a local campground (which I no longer have a receipt for). It cost another $180.00 to keep rv at campground until repairs to truck were completed. In addition to this, it cost $225.68 to rent a car from tri star to continue 200 miles home to wait until truck was repaired. Today I read in the paper that there is a recall on 1997 through 2003 ford superduty trucks. However, my f-250 is not among the recalls (ford/ e-series, excursion, f-450 superduty, f-550 superduty. Old part was kept by tri star but I still have the receipts dated 25sept07. What recourse do I have? P.s. Luckily a state patrol officer happened by when this occurred and assisted me in contacting a tow truck co.

Filed May 4, 2007 · Engine · 114,000 miles · NC

While on a back road, at night after a camping trip with my kids, truck stumbled/stuttered. Check engine light came on. Was able to stop truck and then restart it. Check engine light was off. Made it home. Next day truck would try to crank but wouldn't fire up. Called a diesel mechanic who came over, pulled cps, went to local international and bought a new cps. Changed out mine and truck started up just fine. Threw out the old part.

Filed Dec 16, 2006 · Engine · 72,750 miles · OK

When I stated my 2000 ford f250 sd with the 7.3 diesel engine the motor ran rough and would not develop enough power to move. The check engine light came on. After almost an hour of idling the motor developed enough power to move. I took the vehicle to the dealer the next day and was told that the problem was a disconnected/loose wiring harness to the injectors and glow plugs. Minor problem till I found out it would take all day to fix and cost $675. I was told this was a common problem with my type vehicle. So I spent the money and the dealer installed a $17.00 part to lock the connectors in place. This is a problem that should never have happened. Even a first year engineering student or a person with any common sense would know to install a positive lock connector for an internal wiring harness. I'm just glad the problem showed up when starting and not on the highway going highway speeds with a horse trailer behind.

Filed May 30, 2006 · Engine · 51,000 miles · TX

2000 f250 power stroke would shut off engine at speed, usually around 40 MPH while driving. Loss of power included power steering which made it difficult to maneuver vehicle out of traffic. Happened several times over the month, once determined was not bad diesel fuel, I took it to the ford dealer. They replaced the camshaft position sensor. Researched on web about part and saw a lot of failures related to part, and link to this complaint page from forgotten.com link. Part f7tz-12k073-a no check engine light ever appeared during the month, no warning indication from vehicle before engine is shut off while at speed.

Filed May 5, 2006 · Engine · 64,000 miles · TX

Failure of camshaft position sensor (cps) caused engine to stall during operation resulting in loss of steering and braking. Fortunately, it was early am and traffic was light allowing me to bring the vehicle to a stop without incident. No advance warning or check engine light. Towed to dealer, cps replaced at my expense.

Filed Jul 8, 2005 · Acceleration, Engine · 66,581 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Dt: while braking the vehicle lurches forward and then it shuts down, which causes limited steering and braking abilities. The consumer has taken the vehicle to the dealer approximately three times, and was told that they couldn't do anything about it unless the problem occurred for them. On may 30, 2005 the consumer was driving the vehicle and had to brake because of the traffic in front of him, when this occurred, the vehicle lurched forward and the engine just cut out, like it was never started. This caused the consumer's vehicle to rear end the vehicle in front of him. The vehicle was taken to a body shop and it was repaired. The consumer spoke to ford and was told that there was nothing they could do. *ak *jb *nm per consumer, none of the above is accurate. The consumer wrote: while braking, the RPM revved up, the vehicle lurched forward, then the RPM dropped and the engine had shut down. The check engine light illuminated. It would take several attempts to start the vehicle . This would occur intermittently. Each time the consumer had taken the vehicle in for repairs, the dealer would be unable to find the problem. Other problems: the cruise control was inoperative and the vehicle would die when the brakes were applied at times. Ford recalled the same make model years 2003-2005. The consumer felt that the recall started with his vehicle's year make and model. *sc