Camshaft positions sensor failure nearly causing accident as truck quit running halfway through intersection. Ford cps failures are often and fail for no reason and with no warning.
2000 Ford F-250 SD engine complaints
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Truck was running sluggish. On night of occurrence, truck stalled in highway, restarted, stalled for good. Waited 2 hours for tow truck on busy highway. Had towed to ford dealership and they replaced the cam shaft position sensor for $430.00. I do not have the old part.
My camshaft positioning sensor went out on my 2000 f250 it shut off my motor when I was going 70 MPH and I lost all power and was very close to crashing. It was fixed easy with a new cps but this should of never happen.
1. Truck running correctly. 2.engine stopped, pulled off road, tow required to ford, rockland maine . 3. Cps replaced, engine running fine. The federal safety agency action #: pe06011 synchronizer or cmp sensor.
I own a 2000 f250 diesel truck. On october 26, 2006 at approximately 12 midnight while making a left hand turn from a dead stop, crossing over three lanes of traffic traveling no faster then 10 miles per hour the truck cut off halfway across the roadway without any prior warning. I then coasted across the road while cars proceeded to go around me. So as to define what I mean by cut off, and no prior warning, they are as follows: cut off '' engine stopped running completely. I had loss control of the steering to the extent that it required the full use of both arms to be able to even turn the steering wheel. It was as if I had turned the ignition switch to the position just prior to the key removal position. No prior warning '' the truck had not shown any hesitation or inclination to stop running just prior to it cutting off, nor any hesitation or inclination to stop running from the time I had bought the truck new to the time of this incident. My concerns. This incident happened at approximately 12 midnight when the road had very little traffic on it. Had it happened during the daylight hours when the road is heavily traveled. It would be more likely then not that either I, or others would have been in an accident as a result of trying to avoid me. An even worse if I had my trailer attached to the truck, the reason I purchased the truck, there would be no doubt that an accident would of accrued. I had the truck towed to a ford service center. Where they replaced a faulty cam position sensor the next day. Part # f7tz-12k073-a. I spent several hour reading up on the cps today. This problem seems to be quite common as shown on automotive information systems (ais) reports, and elsewhere. Although often there are warning signs ( sluggish performance under load, stalling at idle ) of a faulty sensor quite often they can fail without any warning signs. It was fortuitous that the cps failure on my truck happened when it did.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 35 MPH on a city street, there was a loud banging noise coming from the engine compartment followed by the vehicle operating at a reduced speed. The contact pulled the vehicle over for inspection. After opening the hood, a single spark plug was sitting atop the engine. The vehicle was towed to the dealer to await further inspection. The manufacturer was alerted.
2000 f250 super duty...49,000 miles #8 spark plug blew out @ 45 MPH.. Limped home....removed head....cracked....$300.00 for reconditioned head..... Gaskets, goop, tools,bolts, fixtures..$600.00...........able to do work myself..lucky.....help from ford..ha ha ha.... 80,000 miles head gasket other side..already had tools and fixtures.... Guess who got stuck out in the cold again..
Vehicle - 2000 ford f-250 4x4 7.3l diesel. Camshaft position sensor (cps) went out causing vehicle to stall and not start again until part was replaced. Engine turned off exiting freeway going approx 65 MPH. This is the third cps that has gone bad on this vehicle. First at 38,000 miles, second at 95,000 mile, and third at 159,000 miles.
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.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving at various speeds on several occasions the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was maneuvered off the road without incident and restarted after a few minutes. The vehicle was driven to the dealer where the cam position sensor was replaced. The problem has not reoccurred.
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.
Early evening friday, feb 18, 2005, driving 2000 f250 sd psd 7.3-liter diesel @ approx 50 MPH, truck bucked a couple of times then engine died, losing all power. Truck was nose into an intersection before I was able to steer it to a stop. Fortunately this did not cause an accident, as the area was suburban and people drive a bit less aggressively than they do in columbus, where I live. I called aaa, had the truck towed to dealer. Dealer diagnosed and replaced cam sensor assembly: item f7tz*12k073*a synchronizer asy $185.91, labor of $106.32, misc charges of $7.44; subtotal 299.67, plus tax of $20.97. Grand total out of my pocket $320.64 fortunately I had aaa deluxe; otherwise the towing would have cost me an additional $40.
I also have had a spark plug blowout on my 2000 f250 v-10 engine, I have contacted your company and have been offered no help at all, not even to help get the tool I had to pay $250 for to fix your defect!! There is no other way to describe this problem!!
Own 2000 ford f-250 super duty. The cam position sensor has failed 3 times since purchase of this truck in dec 2000. Very dangerous situation as all power, brakes-steering etc. Are not functional when the engine stalls. Engine stall without warning at high and low speeds creating hazardous situations due to all power failure. Dealer replaced under warranty in 2002 approximately 70,000 miles.
My cps failed while driving and the engine stalled leaving me with limited steering and braking. The truck is a ford f-250 with the 7.3 powerstroke diesel. The part was replaced under warranty but I had to pay a $100 deductible.
I have two ford pickup trucks with the 7.3 liter diesel engine. Both of these trucks have had the cam positions sensor fail. The first time this happened to me I was in the truck and in a bank drive through with the vehicle running. I replaced the sensor at that time and then had the replacement sensor fail in the same vehicle less than 50,000 miles later when I was driving the truck down the road. This could of caused an accident as there was no warning and the engine quit running leaving vehicle with no power. I recently had the sensor fail on my 2nd truck with 7.3 liter diesel engine. This truck was under the 100,000 mile warranty so ford is paying the parts on this but I had the vehicle in for service in december 2005 and they hooked the vehicle up to a diagnostics machine to check for any error codes and were not alerted of any. The sensor failed late in the day and would not allow me to start the vehicle leaving me stranded and requiring to be towed.
Ford f250 super duty, with 83,000 miles on the engine. Two spark plugs blew out. The first occurred on 12/7/05 and the second occurred on 1/9/05. The repairs entailed installing steel sleeve inserts into the spark plug holes in the engine block.
Spark plug blown out of cylinder head. Cylinder head is stripped.
I have experienced three spark plug blowouts on my ford f-250 pickup truck which has a 5.4 liter engine. It is a 2000 model. The spark plug can no longer be reinserted due to damage caused by the ejection. A head replacement was the only remedy offered by the dealership at a rather significant cost to me for what appears to be a prevalent defect.
Driving at 45 MPH , I heard a loud bang and the engine started missing. I stopped on the side of the road and discovered the boot assembly & spark plug were missing. The next day I bought a spark plug and a boot and put it back together (somewhat) and went back home. This all happened 200 miles from home on a fishing trip. I contacted the dealer and was informed ford was not doing any out of warranty service, I had 54687 miles on my 2000 f-250 5.4 l. After many phone calls and heated discussions with the dealer , they said ford would pay for the parts if I paid the labor ,this cost me $1385.26. This was the #5 spark plug. On august 3, 2003 at 57646 miles the #2 spark plug blew out resulting in the same repair as before , but this time the dealer called it a "po7 " goodwill warranty "given" to me for $495.00. Both times the respective head was replaced. I had not tampered with any of the spark plugs, because in the owners manual it stated the spark plugs are good for 100,000 miles. This vehicle is my personal vehicle and not used for any type of commercial use.
My complaint is about the cps (camshaft position sensor) on the ford 7.3l power stroke engines. It seems that most/all vehicles equipped with this sensor have experienced failure, which results in the vehicle stalling. I belong to several forums and nearly everyone has had a problem with that sensor and it is "rule of thumb" to carry one in your glove box for when it goes bad. This has become such a problem that you can now buy the sensors on ebay, people have bought these by the truckload to sell since they know of the problem. Why should we consumers have to worry about such an important component of the engine failing? We spend 20-30-40k dollars on these vehicles and can be left stranded on the side of the road due to this one part failing over and over again. Please, someone do something about this!!!
Driving home in my 2000 f250 v10 gas and sounded like exhaust had broken checked under hood and found spark plug had blown out of passenger side fourth plug from front this is the third plug I have lost in 194,000 miles first was at about 80,000 had to be helicoiled second was at about 125,000 came loose ? And now the third time at 194,000 ripped out threads again what's going on with these ford trucks im getting tired of paying for their poor design.
My vehicle blows spark plugs out of the engine while driving in extreme high traffic putting me and my passengers lives in danger.
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
Driving home at about 55mph noticed a very bad hesitation in 5.4l engine and apparent misfire. After pulling over and shutting engine off, noticed # 3 coil broken and sparkplug laying by fuel rail. Spark plug shot out of cylinder head due to poor engineering by ford. 1999-2002 f250 5.4l heads only have 4 threads that hold spark plugs.
Started engine, heard pop sound, engine suddenly ran bad. Mechanic said spark plug blew out (stripped). Mechanic said this is common ford problem, a defect, and expensive.
2000 ford f250 5.4l 3rd from front passenger side spark plug shot out. Stranded had to have vehicle towed. Helicoil installed and is holding, but for how long?
On my way home from work I heard an unusual noise eminating from under the hood of my 2000 ford f-250 super duty, 6.8 (v-10) truck. I thought it was an xhaust manifold leak. I pulled onto a gravel road, lifted the hood and climbed up to look to see what I could find. Imagine my suprise to see a left bank spark plug, #8 cylinder, lying against the fuel rail and the coil firing against the head. I limped home, wondering all the while how much fuel was pouring into the oil pan! I used a strong flash light to peer into the spark plug hole and found to my suprise, very little if any threads to contian the spark plug. I then used a 90 deg. Pick to "feel" the threads. None. I called joe machens ford in columbia, mo. To see if this might be a common problem. They informed me they see quite a few of the 5.4 liter cylinder heads in for repair and had had one 6.8. They informed me that ford had issued a tsb for the lightning with the 5.4 ( I can see why, a compressor on top of the engine can create problems) other than the aformentioned tsb, no others exist and ford has yet to acknowledge the problem. I checked for info via the google search engine and wasn't able to find much information. I probably used the incorrect terminology. Who knows how much of the alumnium threads were ingested into the cylinder, which in turn will cause scarring and oil control problems. I do know however, due to what I was told by the person at joe machens ford in columbia, mo., it seems as though ford has not practiced due diligence as to finding a suitable cost efective repair or replacement for this problem.
Ford super duty diesel f-250 : engine cuts out and/or dies during all load conditions. Especially dangerous when passing cars or on freeway. Dealer is unable to locate problem and "nothing registers on the computer" began in march 2003 and continues daily to this day.
Ford super duty diesel f-250 : engine cuts out and/or dies during all load conditions. Service engine soon light comes on under most severe cut-outs. Ford service has repeatedly (8 times in 2 years) worked on the issue on my truck as well as other owners trucks with whom I am acquainted. This engine failure occurs approximately once every 10 miles, and is very dangerous when trying to enter a freeway or pass on a fm road. I believe ford damaged the engine control unit when they installed their ford authorized power chip. They seem to keep replacing less costly components and giving me the truck back. I feel they are waiting for my truck to get out of the warranty period before the real story is told. That way, I will be out the money for what ever is really wrong with this vehicles. Others that I have talked to have the same issue. Perhaps its the dealership covering up, but I would not put it past ford to be behind this.
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