2004 Ford F-250: loss of power steering

Filed Mar 22, 2022 · Electrical, Fuel system · ID

I was driving in nampa around 5pm when my truck lost power my fuel peddle had 0 response tried to pull off the road almost had an accident because truck died losing steering power and brakes was hard to push truck had lost the voltage board in the ficm. Upon going over forums this is a major common issue amongst many ford owners. I also have a ground short from unknown location not sure as to what has caused this but assuming it has to do with the wiring harnesses to the ficm. I feel Ford should be in repair of this due to the large amount of issues across the nation of 6.0 owners but this is a very dangerous situation for owners. Not having steering control in such a large truck is extremely dangers. Previous owner had same issue and replaced the ficm and said it shouldn’t ever be an issue I feel there is a wiring issue that needs to be addressed.

Filed Apr 5, 2019 · Steering · 190,274 miles · CA

Steering gear box spline shaft snapped off at the pitman arm connection while driving,causing loss of steering control.

Filed Mar 29, 2010 · Electrical, Fuel system · 170,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-250 equipped with a diesel engine. The contact was driving at approximately 65 MPH, when the vehicle suddenly shut off completely with no power steering. He was able to get the vehicle safely to the side of the road and had it towed to a repair shop. The mechanic at the repair shop replaced the wiring harness and one of the fuel injectors. However, the wiring harness shorted out again and a fuel injector in another area blew. The contact then took the vehicle to the dealership where he was informed that the wiring harness and the fuel injection module had failed. He was also advised to replace the wiring harness and the module. The current and failure mileages were approximately 170,000.

Filed Mar 13, 2006 · Engine · 180 miles · CO

2004 ford f250 super duty, engine shuts off and on driving down the highway, lose power steering and brakes. Very unsafe vehicle when this happens. This has occurred 7 separate times. Once after recall done thus recall did not fix the problem. Leery to drive now. Less than 100 driven since.

Filed Jan 17, 2006 · Steering · 40,000 miles · TX

Dt*: the consumer stated when depressing the brake pedal the vehicle lost all steering. The vehicle was taken to the dealership. The dealership ran diagnostics test on the vehicle; the problem was unable to be duplicated. The vehicle was driven for two months and the consumer was still experiencing the same problems with the steering. The vehicle was taken back to the dealership a second time, again the vehicle under went a diagnostics test. At this time the ball joints were replaced. After taken the vehicle from the dealership the vehicle was still losing all steering when applying the brake pedal. The third time the vehicle was taken back the dealership could not find anything wrong with the vehicle, while driving, the consumer lost steering power again.

Filed Mar 10, 2005 · Acceleration · 1,000 miles · WA

Low idle surging and stalling with loss of power steering.

Filed Sep 20, 2004 · Engine · CA

While driving at any speed vehicle stalled. This caused loss of steering and brakes. Dealer inspected vehicle several times.

Filed Aug 12, 2004 · Engine · 12,890 miles · OR

While driving with the cruise control on, the engine and power steering failed. The dealer states it was a computer defect.

Filed Jul 23, 2004 · Engine · 2,202 miles · WA

Ford f250 engine stopped and vehicle lost power steering and brakes.*mr while driving down a steep hill with the cruise control set the vehicle stalled which resulted in no power steering or brakes. The driver managed to put the vehicle in neutral and restart it. The vehicle was taken to the dealer with the service dept was closed. The consumer spoke to the service manager who indicated that if the service engine light wasn't still illuminated that they couldn't determine the problem. Twelve days later the consumer experienced the same type of failure. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and left there from 11 am to 5:30 pm. The dealer was unable to determine the problem although they did perform various other updates. The vehicle was taken to another dealer who was also unable to determine the caused. The technician call ford tech service who advised him that they were aware of the problem but currently had no solution or timer frame for resolving the problem. The consumer is requesting his money back since the dealer nor the manufacturer can provide a solution in a timely manner. *nm see odi 10067096 also.

Filed Jun 7, 2004 · Fuel system, Transmission · 800 miles · NC

2004 ford f250 super duty king ranch. After reflash to repair an idle problem truck developed three very dangerous conditions. 1. Cruise stalled - going down hill at approx 55-58 the truck will stall without warning. No power steering or brakes. Reproducable on demand. 2. Downshift lockup - truck will lockup rear tires in excess of 30 feet if tow/haul mode is used. On first occasion it almost caused a major accident on highway, came within inches of a head on with a large dump truck while towing a boat. Reproducable on demand. 3. Coast stall. Intermittently stalls usually at off ramps after cruise has been released. Extremly dangerous to take offramps in such a large vehilce with no power.

Filed May 11, 2004 · Acceleration · 2,300 miles · WA

When engaged in cruise control engine malfunctioned. As a result, power steering and power brakes failed. *ak cruise control was set at 35 MPH. Then when vehicle was running downhill, consumer allowed the vehicle to increased speed up to 40 MPH; however, at that point the engine malfunctioned which also LED to the loss of power steering and power brakes. Another incident occurred when consumer was driving at 52 MPH in a hairpin curve. *la see odi 10083767 also.