1991 Ford F-250: engine overheating

5 of the 107 complaints about the 1991 Ford F-250 describe engine overheating.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 5%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 10 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine overheating by model year

2014
1
2012
2
2011
3
2008
3
2006
3
2005
4
2003
1
2001
2
2000
1
1999
4
1997
3
1996
3
1995
1
1994
2
1993
1
1992
1
1991
5
1990
3

What owners say

Filed Feb 21, 2015 · Acceleration, Brakes · 55,000 miles · WA

I had just been jumped by aaa because my truck wasn't starting; the aaa agent also cleaned the battery terminals. I intended to have it towed to the ford dealer because I didn't think it would start. Since the aaa agent was able to get to start, I decided to still take it to the dealer to find out why the battery was dead (given they had the car for a month and had put in a new battery and starter, among other repairs). Driving the 7 miles to the dealership the car seemed to be accelerating on its own, the entire way, I only stepped on the gas once; it was going 35 miles/hour by itself (per the speedometer). I didn't know why this was happening and when I tried to slow down using the brakes, the truck was very difficult to stop, such that I nearly rear-ended multiple cars. It was all I could do to push the brake down and twice huge amounts of smoke came from under the vehicle (probably the brakes were now overheating?). When I was 500 feet from the dealership I took a quick left turn and honestly could not stop the truck, I threw it into park and shut it off just in time to miss plowing into parked vehicles. Smoke billowed out from below the hood. I have never been so frightened in my life-I was sure I was either going to smash into someone since I couldn't stop or the truck was going to implode in fire, or something and I would be dead. I was not able to successfully stop it using the brakes. The parking brake was also not working (which is also why I was returning it to the dealer). When I asked the service person at the ford dealership if he'd seen a stuck throttle like this before, he said, "yes, sometimes when vehicles sit for a while". This is a saturday, so they are going to evaluate the problem on monday. The service rep also said sometimes cleaning the terminals might contribute to extra conduction, which might have caused the acceleration issue.

Filed Mar 3, 1998 · Brakes · WV

Brakes overheat causing loss of breaking power.

Filed Mar 3, 1998 · Brakes · WV

Brakes overheat causing calipers to burn.

Filed Mar 2, 1998 · Brakes · WV

Front brake calipers wear excessively causing brakes to overheat.

Filed Jul 2, 1996 · Brakes · NM

The brake fluid is overheating, causing increased stopping distance and inablitity to stop the vehicle. Recall #92s44. *ak brakes have faded four times failure occured without warning, replaced front pads three times, replaced rotors once, currently rotors appear to warped.