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.
2000 Ford F-250 SD engine complaints
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Driving to work yesterday evening I stopped to gas up. After fueling the truck I started the engine and heard a loud pop followed by loud engine noise. I shut down the engine to investigate and found the spark plug from the second cylinder on the passenger side ejected destroying the coil in the process. I have yet to repair the problem and have concerns that it will happen again.
Last year about sept 08...my 2000 f-250 10 cylinder p-up started very rough-like. It would not do 50 MPH anymore as of that same date. I took it to good-year and to two other garages for estimates as to what went wrong. The 10th valve had stuck. I took it to the dealer and they charged me 4,000 dollars to do a valve job. The truck only had 49k miles on it. The entire rear of the engine required all new plugs and wires.
I was driving my ford f250 with the 5.4 triton v8 gas engine down the road when it sounded as if the engine had blown. Upon investigation at a local repair shop it was determined the left rear spark plug had blown out of the cylinder head. The cost for the repair was quoted between $300 to $3000 pending on how bad the damage was to the spark plug threads. It is currently parked until the repair can be made.
I own a 2000 ford f-250 powerstroke 7.3 liter truck that was recalled for a camshaft position sensor that fails intermittently. It will leave the truck not running, and can result in not having powersteering or brakes. I had the sensor replaced and my biggest complaint is that it made my truck run worse. It now has a misfire that is directly attributed to the 'new' improved sensor. I am not pleased and would like some action.
Owner of a 2000 ford f250 wants to be reimbursed for replacing the camshaft position sensor under recall 07s57. *nj the consumer stated he had to replace the camshaft position sensor twice.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford f-250 superduty. While driving 40 MPH, the engine shut off and the vehicle continued to roll. The driver attempted to depress the brake pedal to stop the vehicle, but it would not stop. The vehicle finally rolled to a stop in the grass without a crash. The vehicle was very hot and flames were noticed coming from the front of the vehicle, directly under the engine. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. The vehicle was burned from the tires to the windshield and dashboard. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v553000 (engine and engine cooling:engine:diesel). The current and failure mileages were approximately 160,000. Updated 03/18/09. *lj updated 03/18/09.
While driving 65 MPH on the freeway, the spark plug blew out of the engine. Now I am looking for a way to repair this. There is no way to put an new spark plug in the vehicle. I researched this problem online and seems to be a big problem with ford vehicles.
Ford 5.4l spark plugs. I just experienced my third blowout. Luckily, I was close to home and did unplug the fuel injector. Someone less knowledgeable may have driven their vehicle and with unburned gasoline pumping onto a hot engine, with the blownout spark plug near by, thus causing a fire, or worse an explosion. It is my recommendation that ford be required to replace the cylinder heads on the defective vehicles, at their expense, with their newly redesigned cylinder heads. If the cylinder heads were not defective, they would not have redesigned them!!! Does someone need to die in a serious automobile fire, before they are forced to rectify their problem? If they can ask the federal government to bail them out, they can step up and take care of the mess they have created.
My 2000 f-250 v-10 pickup has only 53k miles. It suddenly started running very rough this week. I took it to three shops and paid for diagnostics. All three gave me different reports stating that the engine is blown. I called the dealer and fomoco in detroit. I was told that I am up the creek...literally. The repair is too costly for me and I can't afford a new truck as this pile cost me almost 18k including finance charges. My warranty was up last year as I bought the 100k ext warr. I googled the v-10 f-250 and found many complaints involving coil pack problems as the root of this engine's blowing. The coil packs are not the problem, but indeed cause for us consumers to go to the dealer where they bilk thousands out of us since these engines blow very easily.
Ford 250 truck 5.4l triton engine while driving the spark plug blew out of the engine.
Engine spark plug ejection in 200 f250 v-10 engines. Dealer repairing the vehicle, reported that a spark plug detached from the cylinder and/or ejected from the engine. Dealer also noted a letter from ford stating not to attempt to repair but replace head on engine. This is a extreme problems noting ford acknowledges the design flaw and needs replacing with newer design that has a longer thread for the spark plug. Gas spews on the engine when spark plug ejects which in turns causes a fire hazard. Does it take a death or an engine to catch fire for someone to notice a problem????? My husband pulled over as soon as he noticed the sound and the smell of gas. It was a good thing that we were not pulling a trailer or on an interstate at the time of the incident.
Blown out spark plug.
My 2000 ford f-250 with a triton v-10 motor is blowing spark plugs. It has blown 5 spark plugs now over the last 6 months or so, and this is on a motor installed by ford. So if there claim of improper torque is true then it was them who is to blame. I also read many consumer reports saying many ford model engines do this from 2000 to 2004. It is very unsafe, fuel still keeps pumping even when the spark plug is gone. You can smell the fule coming out very strongly and fires have occured under the hood due to this dangerous situation.
I have been having a stalling issue with my 2000 ford sd 7.3 since I bought the truck this summer. I have brought the truck into the dealer for this problem 2 times. The recall was done on the cps on dec 18th 2007, and it is still stalling. As far as I can tell, ford has no idea why this is happening. The truck seems to run perfectly normal and it just stalls like you shut the key off. And sometimes it stalls and will come back quick enough to stay running. When this happens the ses light and the wait light come on and then go out like nothing happened.
Driving at 50 MPH truck stalled got off road restarted was ok for 3 weeks, did same thing ,was ok for 1 week, did same thing. Took truck to ford they replaced camshaft position sensor.
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.
Cam position sensor failed on a 2000 ford f250 w/7.3l powerstroke diesel engine. This is the 4th cps I've had in this truck. The truck has 60k miles.
Camshaft position sensor failure at highway speed resulting in engine shutdown/ no power steering or power brakes/ was able to pull off the side of the road with only minor traffic slow down.
I was traveling down hwy 174 in sc at around 10:00 pm when my ford f250 7.3l diesel truck began to knock and finally shut off in the highway. The vehicle would not restart, and had to be towed back to my house, and then to ravenel ford the following day where they diagnosed the failure as cam position sensor and said that this was a common occurrence and recommended that I keep a spare one in the glove box. The total repair bill was $453.42.
I have had to replace the camshaft position sensor in my 2000 f250 three times now. The part costs over 140 dollars at a ford dealer and I know many many people who have had to replace the same part. It is a design flaw and ford knows it. When I walked in the dealer and said my truck died the first thing the mechanic said was "oh, sounds like a camshaft position sensor". This has left me stranded twice (once in the middle of nowhere on a road trip).
Camshaft position sensor failure caused engine stop on 2000 ford superduty diesel in heavy traffic. Mileage was approx 125,000. Replacement oem cps failed after a further 3,000 miles! Old parts are not available.
Cam shaft position sensor failed and the truck stalled and had to be towed, new part was replaced at dealer under warranty, old part kept at dealer.
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.
Ford f-250 pickup with 7.3l powerstroke diesel engine. Engine shut off without warning due to faulty camshaft positioning sensor (synchronizer). Engine shut off caused loss of power steering and brakes making heavy duty vehicle difficult and dangerous to maneuver in traffic. Replaced sensor to correct problem. Sensor is the same design to another failure is highly possible.
Engine would quit while on the road or at idle outside temp or engine temp did not make any difference. Replaced cam position sensor problem corrected never occurred again . When engine quit would restart. Believe very dangerous due to you never knew when it might quit.
1st day of ownership of 2000 f250, engine inexplicably dies, rendering useless power steering and power breaks. Towed to dealer. Explained problem to service writer. Without even seeing the vehicle, the service writer says "camshaft position sensor." as it turns out, he was right. Problem fixed for nearly $500 dollars.
Cam position sensor/synchronizer failure on 2000 ford f250 superduty with 7.3l power stroke diesel engine @ 64477 miles. Engine stopped running while driving @ 40 miles/hour on secondary road. Loss of power brakes and steering. Vehicle towed to dealer. Replace part fmc f7tz 12k073 a. Total charge $503.76.
2000 ford f-250 7.3 psd engine died while driving, lost power steering and braking took extra effort. Problem was due to camshaft position sensor, replaced it at a cost of $200 and truck is running fine.
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.
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