2011 Ford F-250 SD: check engine light

Filed Oct 4, 2016 · Engine · 128,000 miles · TX

Engine - while driving on a highway, went to pass a car and the engine light came on and the message was the engine will be shutting down. I pulled to the side of the road and the truck turned itself off. What the ford mechanic said the #4 fuel injector stayed wide open, therefor burning up the piston. The truck had 128,000. Miles. It is sad that a small part like that can cause an engine failure. Had to buy a new motor ($15,000. And they would only warranty it for 2 years.) was told I could have my truck back in 5 days. It took 5 wks to get my truck back with the new engine. Picked it up at 4pm on wednesday. Thursday at 9:30am check engine light came on. The check engine light has come on three more times.

Filed Mar 13, 2015 · Engine · 76,000 miles · LA

While driving message came up "stop safely now" I pulled over just enough to get off the interstate, when the engine died, and wouldn't crank again. I called my dealer tarver ford, they called a wrecker to pick it up and brought it to their shop. 2 egt exhaust temp sensors bad, $260 to fix. Today 3-13-15 my engine light came on, I bought a code reader and p242a code came up another sensor bad.

Filed Feb 22, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 35,000 miles · AZ

This vehicles has experienced two incidents of the failure of the egt exhaust temperature sensors. The first in oct. 2014 the engine light came on, took the vehicle to the dealer where the issue was diagnosed and fixed. At the time I was a surprised to discover the purpose of the sensors, but not overly concerned. In april 2014, leaving town on a sunday morning with a horse trailer in tow, at 40 MPH on a city street received a message that told me to pull over safely and within 60 seconds the engine shut down leaving me in the right lane of a busy street with two horse in the trailer. No restart, called a friend to come help with the trailer and aaa to tow the vehicle to the dealer. This time a different sensor failed, with no warning. There are so many scenarios where this could result in a catastrophic event, including at highway speed, with the trailer or in a remote location with no ability to restart and move the vehicle. The concept / design of the sensor system makes no sense to me; sensor is designed to shut down the engine when egt indicate overheating, same result with sensor failure. The idea is shut down the engine before it overheats and causes damage, yet a sensor failure, which is apparently a frequent occurrence, can create a very dangerous event. I would much prefer engine damage to the alternative.

Filed Jan 22, 2015 · Transmission · 120,000 miles · FL

While traveling in the left hand lane on 1-4 in florida, we received a "stop vehicle safely now" warning and then within seconds the truck shut down. I was forced to make multiple, unsafe lane changes in heavy traffic to get the vehicle to the right side of the interstate with what power I had left. My pregnant wife and 3 year old son were in the car with me. We were 3 hours from home and any family / friends who could help. The truck would not restart and had to be towed to a local dealership which charged us $800 to replace 3 sensors and get the truck back on the road. Further, they were not able to repair the vehicle until the following day, leaving us stranded in a foreign city. The dealership was very clear that the issue was simply a sensor and there is no reason the truck shouldn't have just given us a check engine light which would have allowed us to get home. We were told by the dealer and several friends who have the same make and model that this is a common occurrence and ford has no intention of fixing the problem. This could have caused an accident and I am extremely disappointed that ford would knowingly put my family in danger.

Filed Jan 31, 2014 · Fuel system · 102,000 miles · OH

I purchased the vehicle in october of 2013 with 99,000 miles on it. In january of 2014 I had a check engine light come on. I returned to the dealer to have the code read. At this point the diesel tech comes and tells me that my fuel system has been contaminated and they have to replace the entire fuel system and that I should call my insurance company to cover the cost. The insurance company sent out an inspector who took several fuel samples. Now after 16 days without my truck the test samples have came back as 100% pure diesel fuel with no trace evidence of contamination and they will not cover the cost. They are currently sending me legal documentation as well. The ford dealer knowing this information refuses to budge from their contamination claims.