2002 Ford F-250 SD: loss of power steering

Filed Oct 1, 2008 · Steering · 105,000 miles · FL · crash · 1 injury

The power steering pump pulley popped off the pump shaft after a blowout of the left front tire on my 2002 ford f250 diesel pickup truck. The pulley appears to be pressed onto the pump shaft. I suspect a piece of tire tread hit the pulley or excess stress caused by the blowout caused it to pop off the shaft. The result is an immediate loss of steering. I am interested in knowing if this has happened in other similar vehicles. Thank you, thomas huebner

Filed Oct 20, 2007 · Acceleration · 167,000 miles · TX

Any range of RPM while driving & occasionally while idling my truck has stalled and engine dies. It has, so far, restarted quickly and I continue on my way. This occurs in heavy to moderate traffic and when the truck dies you lose power steering & power brakes. I have been told to replace my cps (cam position sensor) by a ford mechanic and I intend to do that today. My truck is not safe to drive in it's current condition of random stalling.

Filed May 4, 2007 · Engine · 60,000 miles · NV

Vehicle is a 2002 ford f-250 w/ 7.3l diesel engine. The cam position sensor (cps) failed. When it fails, the engine stalls. This means that a nearly 7400 pound vehicle suddenly has no power, including loss of power steering & brakes. The reported incident date is the date of the first failure (happened at a stop light). The second failure happened about 1 year later (while driving). When purchasing a replacement cps, the parts guy said they sell a lot of these (as in they fail often).

Filed May 2, 2007 · Engine · 74,467 miles · TN

I have a 2002 ford f250 power stroke diesel truck. The diesel engine just shutdown as I was driving on a major road in memphis tn. I lost power steering and brakes but was able to avoid an accident because I muscled the steering wheel and the brakes to get my truck off the road into a parking lot. Fortunately I was in the outside lane and not traveling at 65 MPH or the accident could have been very serious. I am told that the problem is the cps although I just found that out today. The truck has been stalling intermittently at stop lights and sputtering on the interstate so I had a hard time diagnosing the problem.

Filed Apr 25, 2007 · Engine, Fuel system · MD

I have my truck at the dealership today and after diagnostic they find out that my problem is caused by the cam sensor. My problem start about two weeks a go when my truck just with no alerts/lights just shut off on the middle of the road but on tuesday 24th of 2007 I was driving on an small road I'm pulling a 6x12 cargo trailer when my truck did it again but this time because my trailer on the back was very difficult to drive with no power steering and no brakes. I did a search just now and found out that is a problem that ford is aware off and they just don't want to admit please advice me to what I need to do. Dealer estimate to fix the problem is about $500.00 labor and parts.

Filed Dec 1, 2006 · Electrical, Engine · 90,000 miles · CO

2002 ford f250 diesel truck on interstate 25 in denver. Proceeding at 70 MPH in middle lane in heavy fast traffic and suddenly everything shut down. No power, no electrical, no brakes, no steering, very dangerous situation in rush hour traffic. Had it towed. This is the second time the cam sensor has just quit within 1.5 years at $500 cost to replace each time. But, I could have been seriously injured. I believe this justifies a recall to prevent someone from being seriously hurt. Cam sensor!!!

Filed Apr 7, 2006 · Engine · 83,000 miles · NC

I have a 2002 ford f-250 power stroke diesel. I was on my way to work and all of a sudden the engine just shut off as if I had turned the key off. It picked right back up almost immediately and continued to run for about a mile. Then it shut off again and did not pick back up. This was on a 4 lane highway at 55-60 MPH with no power steering and no power brakes on a 7000# truck. I managed to coast into a turn lane and got it to re-fire and moved it into a parking lot. Checked all of my electrical connections under the hood and restarted the truck. It idled fine for a while so I thought maybe a connector was loose and I had fixed the problem. I decided to continue on my way to work. I pulled back out onto the highway and no problems. I had to make a u-turn on the 4 lane highway and right in the middle of it, the truck decides to die again. Luckily, I was able to get it into neutral and re-fired before I got hit in the side by oncoming traffic. Had heard of the cps failures being a problem on the 7.3 power stroke engines so I had it towed home and replaced the cam position sensor. No problems since. I started looking on web sites to find out how many people had been having this same type failure and it seems to be a very common problem. Several web sites are recommending that the power stroke owners that have had this problem notify you all so maybe we can get the problem solved.

Filed Oct 20, 2005 · Engine · IL

Cam position sensor failure. Loss of power. No steering. No brakes. Replaced sensor.

Filed Dec 3, 2004 · Acceleration, Brakes · 26,872 miles · CA

The power steering fluid was leaking from underneath the vehicle while parked. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who informed the consumer that the metal line that went to the power steering pump and to the braking assist motor erupted, and needed to be replaced. *ak there was brake pulsation, the accelerator pedal was faulty, the steering was hard to turn during normal maneuvers, when the 4 x 4 was high off the road, the wheel turned and locked to the stopper, lunged, and the rear wheels spun around.

Filed Nov 16, 2004 · Steering · 26,872 miles · CA

Power steering assist hose burst at the fixing while parking the vehicle in the garage. Vehicle was towed to the dealer, who replaced the hose and the fixing.

Filed Aug 5, 2004 · Steering · 46,000 miles · GA

When attempting to make a right or left turn, the power steering failed intermittently. *ak the consumer stated that when making a deep turn forward or when backing, it would become very difficult to turn and it was as though the power disengaged. Several ford dealers suggested that when a ford vehicle is being driven, one cannot apply the brakes and turn the steering wheel at the same time. *sc