Driving on the road, and this god awful loud noise from under the hood. According to the dealer a spark plug blew out of the head. The correction was to replace the entire head, the patch fix would have cost 1,000.00, but with no warranty. I have a friend who works at ford in michigan and this is why I am in touch with you people. The federal safety agency action #dpo5005 addresses the problem about the aluminum heads and the problems with plugs ejecting from the heads. The dealer has done all the work on this truck, and this repair was 3,509.80. Ford should step up to the plate , an agree there has been a problem. If this week the other side goes that will be 7,000.00 and not even a new engine, just 2 heads if nothing else happens.
2001 Ford F-250 SD engine complaints
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Spark plug popped out of engine. Once I checked the engine I found that the same thing had occurred on the direct opposite cylinder before.
I too have a 2001 f-250 with the triton v-10 that had a plug blow from the cylinder. It destroyed the cylinder threads as well as the solenoid. Ford is obviously aware of this problem as they have available a repair kit.
Spark plugs blowing out of cyclinder head.
Furthest back spark plug blew while driving my 2001 ford f250 pick-up. I only have 76100, miles on my truck the warranty just ran out the cost of repairing this is $4300. I was told that this is a factory defect and I want this problem put on the record, so that it can be investigated. I stopped driving as soon as I heard a noise and have kept my vehicle in top shape.
Cam position sensor failure, intermittent stalling loss of steering and brakes.
My 2001 ford f-250 was destroyed on 8/11/06 and approximately 75 acres of range land was burned when the truck caught on fire. Contents valued at $1800 were also destroyed. No one was injured. The fire started in the engine compartment when the engine was off and the key was not in the ignition.
Traveling at normal speed. The engine would shut off, as if it had run out of fuel.. After doing this three times, I replaced the cam shaft sensor. I have had no problem since.
My 2001 f-250 diesel will sometimes stall at traffic signals with the left turn signal on. It did it 3 times today (june 22, 2006) it has approx 106,000 miles on it.
Drive a 2001 ford f250 4wd stretch cab pickup with a 7.3l diesel engine. It is used primarily for towing a travel trailer. The truck is well maintained and has just over 55,000 miles on it. Recently on a trip to nevada, without our travel trailer, the truck acted as if it were not getting adequate fuel 3 times and the engine shut off completely twice. All of this on a busy interstate highway. Fortunately, when it shut off I was able to kick it into neutral and restart the engine. When I took the truck to my dealer a part was replaced and I was told that my problem was not uncommon with this diesel engine. Part replaced was a camshaft sensor. Don't know what happened to the defective part. Cost of repair - parts and labor - $261.71 - partly covered by an extended warranty that I had in place. Anyway, had no prior warning of this tendency and the timing of the stalling and shut downs was scary and dangerous. I consider my wife and I to be extremely fortunate and we are glad that we were not towing our travel trailer at the time of the failures.
We have a 2001 ford f-250 sd truck that has had 3-4 transmission failures since we have owned it. The transmission deteriorates 3-4 months after the warranty expires. On monday, may 29, 2006 we were in a hay field picking up hay when the transmission exploded and caught fire with no warning.
Spark plug blew out of engine 5.4 triton ford sd 250 200.
2001 ford super duty pickup with 7.3 diesel, while driving down highway the motor will stop running,which will effect the power steering as well as the brakes. I had the ford company check for the problem, it was the camshaft position sensor, after checking with other sources, this is a common occurrence which should be corrected.
2001 f250 diesel stalled without warning today. It did restart, then stalled again. Then restarted and stalled a third time. I'm attempting to drive it to the ford dealership tomorrow. I understand there has been similar recall on a later model. The vehicle did seem to hesitate several times yesterday but did not stall.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving various speeds, the engine stalled without warning. Afterwards, the engine restarted without incident. The vehicle was seen by a dealer for inspection who determined the crankcam sensor needed to be replaced.
Driving along busy road way running fine, then the motor just shut down. Left stranded right in the middle of the road. Could not be restarted, truck was towed to garage. Cam shaft senor replaced.
I have a 2001 ford f250 super duty with a 7.3l powerstroke diesel engine. Over the last 18 months I have had no less than 4 cam positioning sensors fail. On two of these occasions the part failed slowly causing intermittent engine problems. The truck would run rough and loose all power. On the two remaining occasions the part failed immediately and put my life in immediate danger. On one of these failures I was towing a 12,000 lb fifth wheel trailer, on the interstate at 65 MPH. My engine stalled (stopped running completely) with no warning and left me with no power brakes and no power steering. The only thing that saved me was the location of the incident. It happened on a long straight away. If it had happened in the mountains, on a hill or on a curve I would have surely crashed. The second failure occurred just before a stop light. My truck was only going about 30 MPH but the engine stalled, once again without warning, just as a light turned red. I was unable to stop in time and narrowly avoided an accident as the oncoming traffic just missed me. After the incident on the highway I was able to restart the truck and limp it home. After the second incident I was unable to restart the truck and had to tow it. I bought my truck used, with 52,000 miles in oct of 2003. My first failure did not take place until november 2004. With in 6 months of replacing the part with a ford factory part the second unit failed. Within 6 weeks of that parts installation it failed again. Then in january of this year I replaced the unit with a new part from international when it began to intermittently fail. This part was on the truck for less than 4 weeks and less than 2000 miles before it failed this past weekend. I now have a brand new factory unit in place and constantly worry about towing or driving with my family. Each replacement part has costs more than 125$ with one as much as $185. On one occasion I had to pay a 50$ tow bill.
I own a ford f 250 super duty pickup with the 5.4l motor and while driving, the spark plug on the passenger side, #3, blew out of the socket area. I was forced to have a ford dealership repair the problem and now have had a second, follow up incident, with the same cylinder, resulting from the original repair. I understand that this has been an ongoing problem with these motors (among other chronic problems) and noticed that california is now paving they way to some sort of compensation. The dealer even told me that this has happened in other trucks. After researching the issue, I have found that it is fairly widespread. I would like to be included in any action on behalf of vehicle owners that would eliminate the issue and refund monies spent on repairs.
Dt: the consumer stated that the motor stalled without warning while driving. There was a complete power failure. The consumer contacted the manufacturer and was told that this problem was not covered under warranty. The first time the vehicle was taken to dealership, the cam sensor was replaced. The vehicle only had 44, 000 miles on it. The second time this happened, the vehicle had 88, 000 miles. The cam sensor was replaced again. *ak (12/08/05) the consumer stated that this vehicle is driven daily towing over 14k lbs. The dealer is aware of this problem.
Ford needs to do a recall on the cam position sensor. If this part fails on the super duty diesel at highways speeds, a crash could occur resulting in serious injury or death to the occupants of the vehicle or any other vehicle that the super duty may come in contact with. I was driving at 75 MPH when the engine suddenly died due to cps failure. The truck slowed so fast I almost hit the windshield. The engine wouldn't restart. Other motorist saw me in trouble and let me pull to the right shoulder. Steering the truck required "superman" strength. I scrapped my truck against the guard rail. Fortunately I wasn't towing 6,000 lb like I normally do at that time. Now I keep a spare cps and a 10 mm socket in my truck.
While driving home with 4 kids in our family f250 ford pick up truck a loud noise, which sounded like gunfire, came from the truck. I stopped as fast as I could and had all of my kids run for safety. I called my brother n law and was screaming hysterically that I thought someone had been shooting at me. He started laughing at me and was quite familiar with what was going on because this was a common thing with ford. The spark plug actually blew out of the head. I contacted ford and they just brushed me off, this is a very serious problem that spark plug could of came through the windshield and killed one of my kids something needs to be done.
I purchased a new ford f250 super duty truck in may, 2001. I almost immediately smelled exhaust fumes coming from underneath the front of the truck- fumes which smell much like that of a lawn mower. The exhaust coming from the end of the tailpipe did not have this smell. After 6 months, I brought the truck back to the service department in my place of purchase, bill marsh ford in newtown, pa. The shop foreman denied smelling any fumes and, without having looked underneath at the exhaust system, stated that there was nothing wrong with my truck. A year later I returned for the same problem. I had him document this visit, but not the first one. Their consensus remained the same. For the first time the other day, I crawled under my truck while it was running, seeking an exhaust leak. And that's exactly what I found. Recently, my truck's warranty has expired and I still have this problem. Today, bill marsh ford service has looked at the problem based on what I found. I now have an appointment with them to have the defective part of the exhaust system replaced. While it is one thing to have to pay for something that they could have fixed when it was new, or that should have been put together right and tested at the factory, I have a bigger concern. I feel this is a safety hazard, since the exhaust fumes come into the truck through open windows and the vents. It is also an environmental issue since the leak is in front of the catalytic converter. I cannot see how I was allowed to drive under these conditions after I reported smelling the fumes, or how the truck was even allowed to pass inspection if the exhaust system was completely checked. Now that I have identified the source of the problem which has plagued my truck from day one, and the service department has admitted that there is a correctable problem, I wish to pursue any further action necessary for such a case. Thank you!
Saw anti-freeze leaking,took vehicle, which is a 2001 ford f250 sd, to the dealer. Had pressure test done of cooling system,found was a broken hose clamp,dealer changed all four hose clamps. Vehicle has 22,000 miles.
While out of town I had just exited the interstate when I heard a loud pop.my truck, a ford f250 with a 5.4 ltr triton v8 started running terrible and making a god awful noise.I managed to make it to a nearby parking lot.I opened the hood to find an ignition coil pack and sparkplug laying on top of the engine.I was able to reinstall the sparkplug and replaced the coil pack due (coil pack attachment ear had broken off when plug was ejected from engine.).approximately 2 weeks later my wife and kids were on their way to a local park.they had just turned off a major street when they heard a loud pop,they described as sounding like a gunshot. The same thing happened and to date I'm suprised that a fire has not occured or no serious injuries have occured. This is very danagerous the spark plug is actually ejected like a missle.
The cylinder head in my 2001 ford f-250 super duty truck blew out a spark plug. The dealer has quoted a $3,000 repair. The repair requires replacement of the drivers side cylinder head. Research of this problem indicates that ford has been having problems with cylinder head failures in the 5.4 liter triton v-8 motor. The apparent cause is due to the number of screw threads available to contain the spark plug. This cylinder head spark plug ports have 4 to five threads available to engage the plug, which is about half of what one would normally expect to find. Spark plugs blowing out of a cylinder head are rare or so I thought. There are numerous posts on line of people who have had the same thing happen, on various ford products which use the triton v-8 motor. The mileage at which failure occurs is varied. The dealer informs me that I have no recourse with ford, since my vehicle is out of warranty.
Diesel emissions getting into cabin at toxic levels. While cleaning out the inside of my deceased fathers f250 super duty diesel, I noticed a brown haze covering the the front seat and noticed at the bottom of the seatbelts, they were covered heavily with diesel soot. I sent off to lab for analysis and the results of the first test were as follows: diesel range organic gc/carbon distribution 508mg/l.
My husband and I have a ford f-250 v10 2001. At 62000 miles, the engine began to make an incredible noise in the lower end. We immediately went to the ford dealership and were told that we need to replace the long block. Since we are 12000 miles over warranty, we would need to come up with $5700 plus labor. I have seen numerous sites where people are having problems with their v10 and ford will replace the entire engine, if under warranty. Ford recalled and replaced our transmission last year, but it did not help with the engine. Please help us, I know 10 other people with the same problem, we are all frustrated and unable to drive our vehicles.
Engine has begun to idle at very low RPM's, to the point where it has to be driven with brake and gas pedal both being depressed to stop or slowing down. The RPM's have dropped to 400 at idle speed. The vehicle works perfectly fine at 600 and above without missing or hesitation, but when coming to a stop or slowing down, and the RPM's drop below 600, the engine will shut off. The problem or potential hazard is that the power steering disables and brakes are very hard and this being a very big and heavy truck, it turns into a moving headache. My vehicle is a 2001 f-250 super duty, crew cab, long wheelbase, v-10. It currently has 48,000 miles on it. The problem first occurred at about 38,000 miles at would do it on occasion, but since achieving 43,000 mile mark, it appears to be happening with more frequency.
Service light comes on indicating a failure in the engine when a load is being pulled by the truck. Manufacturer is aware of the failure, but dosen't have a solution at this time.
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