This is a diesel engine f250. Egt sensor failed and engine immediately shut down in the middle of the road. Cel was on and message said " stop safely now". The failure of the egt sensor was known by dealer and he showed me 2 tsb s on the problem. Problem was fixed in 2 days but the safety aspect of this failure has not been addressed by ford. A almost immediate shutdown of the engine without warning is very dangerous. In out case we were in town on a side street but what if this had occurred on the interstate or going up or down on a mountain road or towing a trailer, etc.. We do all this and now that we know we have a over protective computer waiting to kill the engine at its whim we feel much less secure. The computer should give adequate warning before a shutdown and probably should include a limp home option.
2012 Ford F-250 SD engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-250 sd. The contact stated that while driving approximately 63 MPH, the reduced power and the check engine warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a second dealer, who diagnosed that there was an unknown substance in the fuel tank. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 18,877. Updated 01/23/14*lj updated 01/26/15
While backing out a parking space, the engine died and a red warning was displayed "pull over safely". The engine would not restart. The engine is a 6.7 liter powerstroke diesel the vehicle was towed to the dealer by a ford contract towing agency and tested. The problem was a faulty egt 12 sensor. When this failure occurs, it immediately shuts down the engine, which "kills" the power steering and power brakes. The dealer told me that the failure is a known problem and can occur at any time without warning, although unlikely. They have had several occurrences of the problem at this dealer alone. As this can occur at anytime and situation, I believe that a recall should be issued.
After driving for 5 minutes a warning light came on for the rear locking differential- no change in the drivability. About 5 minutes after that the computer started flashing different symbols indicating many problems- the alarms were going off non-stop- then the engine was shut down by the computer. This truck is heavy and I may have caused an accident when it happened because I had to use all my strength to keep it on the road and went into the other lane! If this happened while towing a load on one of the mountain passes I could have been seriously injured or killed- and hurt or killed others! Ford has had bad diesel engines since they dropped the 7.3 years ago and are ripping off people in this country- please don't let someone die over a known problem. Seems cheaper for ford to put us in danger by shutting down this engine and therefore not replacing the engine and computer system.
My truck is one of many that have a primary radiator that leaks from the drivers side.
Driving 65 down road with light acceleration. Truck had been running approximately 20 minutes. Message comes on instrument panel that states "stop safely now". There is no other warning or message. Slow down to pull over and truck dies at 10mph. No power steering or brakes. Tow it to the dealership. Told that it is a faulty egt sensor and they have seen a ton of these. There are 4 sensors on the exhaust system and if one goes bad it will disable the whole truck. Replaced sensor and not covered as recall or warranty. This is extremely dangerous as depending on the surroundings it could cause injury or death being stranded on road from a sensor, when there are 3 other redundant sensors.
Egt exhaust gas sensor # 2 on 2012 f250 - I had no warning that the sensor had gone bad - truck had to be towed - I'm concerned that this could happen again when I'm towing my trailer and that I won't be able to get safely out of traffic - I often travel to national parks where I have no shoulder or cell service or am not near a dealership - I would be stranded with my family I had to pay have this sensor replaced - may have to pay for tow service as this issue is not covered under extended warranty or as a recall I feel that this issue should be covered under warranty or as a recall as it is a safety concern if one cannot safely get out of traffic - there are 4 sensors - perhaps one sensor should be used as "spare" so that truck doesn't just "stop" and leave one stranded - how many accidents has this issue caused? Is this a safety issue similar to gm that has just now been addressed after several accidents and deaths? I sent the following e-mail to ford. I was told that they do not keep records on these type of problems after the 50,000 warranty has expired. I was told that if enough of these concerns were "registered" with you then you would notify ford of a recall if warranted. The same thing happened again on 9-12-14. Egt sensor #4 failed this time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-250 sd. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 70 MPH, the stop safely now warning light illuminated as the vehicle independently decelerated. The failure recurred and the vehicle stalled, and failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to a dealer for diagnosis and the mechanic stated that the egt exhaust sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was noticed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 58,000.
This is the 4th time this has happened with this vehicle. The truck flashes a code "safety shut off". It is related to the egt exhaust temp sensor part of the emissions controls. After it flashes the truck will shut off with no warning, no time to move out of traffic. The truck will not restart and the starter will not engage. I have had this happen 4 times and each time I was lucky to avoid an accident. This is a programming error I believe and is a problem ford must address. Someone is going to die or be injured if this is not corrected!! I repeat there will be an accident! Please understand that this is problem that is happening to other ford truck owners. Please respond to this.
Stop safely now: when this happens the engine will shut off and you have to roll as far as you can to hopefully get off the highway. I am an experienced mechanic and driver of "not so great running vehicles" as I have test and tune them to see what the issue is to repair them. E.g. No brakes, no power steering, non working fuel pumps...etc. With that said, I do not think an inexperienced driver of a non working vehicle would do so well in this situation and could end up possibly harming others as a result. I just knew for sure this would be on the recall list for safety issues and to find out ford has issued a recall for "emergency vehicles only". My question is... Who says a personal vehicle is not ever going to be an emergency vehicle for your family, friend or a coworker. Come on ford, if your customers buy a 65,000 truck shouldn't they have the comfort of trusting the vehicle will not strand them dead in the middle of a highway or stop running if they are taking someone to the er... Ford did repair my truck under warranty, but, I think this could have all been avoided if the recall was out for all vehicles with this issue.
Vehicle stalled and stopped running in traffic on highway 231 in montgomery al. About an hour after, second incidence of violent front end oscillation [see previous complaint (odi number) is: xxx59219. Called ford roadside assist. I have 125k extended warranty and had vehicle towed to nearest ford dealership. There were no warnings of any kind from on board diagnostic systems . Vehicle was diagnosed with "evidence of water in fuel system" . There was no water present in system , no "water in fuel system" warning light ,has never lit up on this vehicle , had it checked in the past ,was told was functional], was told repairs were "not covered " .all service has been done to ford specifications and at ford facility. These repairs would not be necessary if the warning system was operable . I am in a business that sells, operates and uses diesels every day and all modern diesels have water in fuel sensors . Case is still open with ford customer care . This needs documentation . There would have never been an issue if the trucks systems were operating properly. The repairs are more than I can afford for a truck that is under warranty. This is clearly a system failure .
While driving my truck on a busy side road, the message center flashed a warning, "stop safe soon". A audible chime was heard and the truck shut off. Complete lose of power brakes, power steering. I was not able to get the truck off the road completely since it happened so fast. Traffic was stopped in both directions while we did our best to push the 7,500 pound truck to the narrow shoulder. Since the shoulder would not fit the entire truck, it was basically half in the road. Traffic has backed up and we had to wait close to an hour for a tow truck. After speaking with the dealer, he told me the truck has a bulletin out about a faulty egt exhaust gas temperature sensor. This small sensor fault shuts the truck down and will not allow the engine to run.
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