2001 Ford F-250 SD: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jan 9, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 23,000 miles · MI · crash

The 2001 f250 I own has always stalled at any given time. Ford recalled the cam position sensor, I had already changed it just before recall then they did again. That never stopped it from stalling, it also doesn't read when you sometimes go to take off. I've changed (throttle switch) that did nothing. All of its mishaps has cased thousands of dollars in repair. Always broke down and can't make money when it's impossible to drive truck time after time. I have been in several close call accidents, when I lose powersteering and almost have crashed into cars. I figured out the fuel tank flaking off inside the tank could be the cause. The truck gets terrible fuel mileage when this happens costing a fortune in wasted diesel fumes. That have been know to cause brain cancer, also the amount of pollution from not running proper. I am no fan of ford's repair shop when they tell you in 1983 to my father that his almost brand new diesel needs new (spark plugs) when diesel do not even have them. I own this 2001 diesel for a long time now for a landscaping and snowplowing that is out of business. It is embarrassing for it to stall, rev up slipping transmission, harming whole drive train. Never knowing when I'm could be stranded in northern michigan. I have had one thing after another with the ford I own. I have seen a lot of same problems people are complaining about. Sounds like ford has done good at covering up problem by not telling us if they knew. I thought the fuel problem came from gas stations. Only thing helped me was mostly same newer station, and tried to keep it full helped. Can anyone help, these are dangerous situations when lives depend on them. I'm not sure what to do with the truck, I'd like to see it go to scrap at this time. With 277,000 not even rusted out much. It needs whole drive train again, I don't want the oily leaking, polluting junk on the road.

Filed Feb 7, 2009 · Electrical, Visibility · 80,000 miles · MO

I have a 2001 ford f250, the windshield leaked causing the gem module to mal-function. This is a problem in alot of ford vehicles,not just mine. The short causes the truck to miss, stall, a lot of electrical problems result.

Filed May 24, 2007 · Electrical · 129,000 miles · MI

Vehicle stalled multiple (20) times 30 miles from home. Restarted sucessfully each time. Drove 1/4 mile to 5 miles in between each time it stalled. Finally got home. Purchase and replace the synchronizer (cam position sensor) #f7tz-12k073-a. No failures since. Old part is available.

Filed Apr 29, 2007 · Engine · CO

2001 7.3 powerstroke intermittently stalls. This going to get someone killed. I have been told that this is a problem with the cps. When the engine stall I have no control over the f250 sd crewcab can't turn can't stop until I restart the engine. I replace the cps and this has stopped for now until this cps fails.

Filed Feb 21, 2007 · Electrical, Engine · 58,000 miles · TX

I have a 2001 f250 7.3 diesel that has stalled or died usually at low speeds while trying to stop or turn a corner. Resulting in a loss of power steering and power brakes. The check engine light has never come on. I have taken it to a mechanic and was told if the check engine light was not on he could not check for a trouble code. He also said it most likely is a camshaft position sensor. I checked with ford,they want over $500.00 to replace it. The truck is now out of warranty and I don't want to spend $500.00 and that not fix the problem.

Filed Sep 2, 2006 · Engine · 80,000 miles · AL

Cam position sensor failure, intermittent stalling loss of steering and brakes.

Filed Jul 24, 2006 · Electrical · 89,000 miles · GA

Vehicle was stalling without warning. This could either be at a stop or moving. After troubleshooting, I localized the problem to the camshaft position sensor. I took it to rivertown ford and asked them to please check it for cps error codes, and basically got blown off as if I did not know what I was talking about. I replaced the cps and it is no longer stalling. This is very dangerous - I nearly wrecked going around a corner at less than 35 miles per hour when it stalled and lost power brakes and power steering.

Filed Jun 22, 2006 · Engine · 106,000 miles · IL

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.

Filed Jun 12, 2006 · Engine · 55,000 miles · CA

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.

Filed May 8, 2006 · Engine · 125,000 miles · SC

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.

Filed Apr 19, 2006 · Engine · 127,000 miles · NE

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.

Filed Mar 9, 2006 · Engine · 65,000 miles · CO

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.