Spark plug blew out on v10 engine. Only has 74000 on the engine. In the owners manual it stated the first major tune up wasn't until 100000. Local ford dealership wanted $5000.00 to fix the problem. Says it was very common on the v10 for this to happen. Ford won't fix the problem ,and this didn't make sense to me. Why were a few f350 super crew trucks blowing spark plugs. They say it was heavy duty, but it was not. If this was so common that even the tow truck driver knew exactly what was wrong when he picked up the truck then it must be a design flaw ford should fix this problem. My wife was driving the truck when this happened on the freeway with our 6 year old triplets. She barely made it to the emergency lane, and almost was hit twice. Ford was lucky because if anything had happened to my children I would be in court getting lots of money from ford.
1999 Ford F-350 SD engine complaints
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Vehicle began having random stalling or not starting without cranking for a long duration. Finally vehicle stalled in traffic and would not restart. When vehicle stalled a loss of power brakes and power steering was noticed despite the vehicle being a manual transmission and in gear and being back driven as termed by ford motor company. Vehicle required a tow truck to deliver to dealership, where it was determined the cmp sensor was defective. Trouble code p1111 was found by technician. I was told this was a "problematic" part and I should carry a spare in case it happened away from the city. As a result I chose to purchase a spare part and keep it in the glove box for just such a repeat occurrence.
Multiple cps failures. I've had 2 sensors fail in a 40,000 mile period. When the sensor fails the engine shuts off. It's not a fun ride when you have a trailer weighing close to 10,000 pounds on the back of a truck that looses power without warning. I now carry a brand new packaged spare sensor and tools to change it in my truck at all times.
The vehicle suddenly lost accelerating power, then lost all power, brakes and steering. I was able to pull over with no problems. New cam sensor solved problem.
We have a 1999 ford 7.3 diesel (112,000 mi), this is the second cam position sensor to go out. In this instance when the sensor went out the truck shut itself off, as if the ignition had been turned off. It died just before I was about to go down a very steep hill. Had the truck died while going down the hill, I would not have been able to stop the truck without power brakes. We also have a 2002 f350 7.3 liter diesel that has one cam position sensor replaced. This is a very common problem with the 7.3 liter trucks and in my opinion a dangerous one, since the truck turn themselves off with no warning. With the engine off, there is no power brakes or steering on a truck that weighs several tons, this is a dangerous situation.
The cps unit on my 1999 ford f-350 7.3 diesel motor gave out with no warning whatsoever. We were driving on a very curvy road and I was barely able to maintain control of the truck (no brakes, no power steering). It seems that these cps units fail over and over on all of these ford diesels. I can't help but think that they are very, very dangerous and that somebody has had to have died from this.
I was driving down the freeway towing a trailer and lost all power to the engine for about 10 seconds. The 1999 ford f350 sd 7.3 diesel engine regained power and surged forward. This happened several times during this trip and subsequent dates. I attached a obd2 reader, which gave me the code for the cam position sensor. I replaced the cps and the problem stopped. The dealer told me that this is a common problem and the parts worker had the part number memorized when he sold me a new one. I now carry a spare cps and a 10 mm wrench in the vehicle in case it happens again. This is a quality control issue or an engineering issue. Please let ford know that I will by a dodge or chevy next time.
Driving along and engine suddenly and completely died with no warning. Truck had to be towed. Problem was the camshaft position sensor. Replacing this part with a new one has solved the problem so far. I have the old part.
Lost cps on ford 7.3 psd.
I am the owner of a 1999 ford f-350 diesel super duty truck with duels. While driving, the check engine light will come on intermittently. When this happens, the truck will not accelerate. It's still running, but you can't go any where. Pressing the gas pedal is useless. Sometimes the light will go off and acceleration is restored. Other times, I have to steer the truck over to the side of the road and either put the truck in park which will sometimes make the check engine symbol disappear or turn the truck off and restart it. This makes for a very dangerous situation where I am at risk of being rear-ended. I am very fortunate not to have been in an accident yet and pray I won't be. Please help or point me in the right direction to get help! Thank you!
Spark plug blew out of cylinder head, which cost over $2000.00 in repairs in late 2004 and now again another spark plug blew out and the estimate for repair is $4400.00.
Spark plug shot out of engine - stripped threads.
1999 f350 7.3 diesel - cps failure caused engine to stall- no brakes or steering- caused accident-3rd cps
I was driving and my truck stalled before getting to a complete stop. I was about to reach bumper to bumper traffic. Luckily there was grass on the right hand side and I pulled in there to avoid hitting a car. Had to go over the sidewalk. After turning off, I tried to start with no luck. After 10 minutes I tried again and it started. A little down the road same thing happened, it stalled. Happened like 2 more times until I got to work. Called my mechanic and he stated that the cps usually goes out and he bought one for me. Installed it and it worked. Just waiting for the next time it happens as I have read these things give out all the time.
Driving to local fishing spot on a spring day when a loud pop from under the hood followed by more consistent pops, noise, and poor running condition. I pulled over and checked under the hood only to find the coil precariously propped up and out of it's seat. Removing the coil was astonished to see that the plug was still in the coil. The plug had been ejected crushing the coil and fuel rail. I called the local wrecker for a tow (must be flatbed due to size of truck) to the dealer. Dealer denied any knowledge of problem and was promptly told it would be several thousand dollars to repair and many many days out of service. I had truck towed to my home and proceeded to fix it myself.
Spark plug blew through the cylinder head of vehicle causing the cylinder head to be replaced at a cost of 3600.00.
Dt: the contact stated a spark plug ejected from her husband's vehicle. The spark plug caused damage to the engine and blew the cylinder head. The service dealer confirmed it. The dealer replaced the cylinder head. The replacement corrected the problem. The contact said this was the same problem as experienced in the investigation for the engine and engine cooling, the federal safety agency action number dp05005.
I owned a 99.5 ford f350 with the 7.3l diesel and manual transmission. At around 30k miles, driving down the highway at 65 MPH while towing a loaded trailer, the truck shut off. This left me with no power steering and no power brakes or ABS brakes. Had the incident occurred on a steeper grade or busier time of day, it could have been deadly. After pulling over to the shoulder, the truck restarted and ran briefly before shutting down again. It had to be towed at that point. The truck was still under warranty. After the second attempt at fixing the truck, which LED to another high speed stall with loss of control, they finally replaced the cam position sensor (cps). I had told them that this was probably the problem when I had it towed the first time. It seems common knowledge among ford 7.3l diesel owners that this part fails without warning at as early as 500 miles on the odometer. Most owners carry a spare in their trucks to avoid being stranded. My concern is that this has become a major safety issue with these trucks as more and more families use them as grocery-getters and/or the family wagon. A less experienced driver or a driver in a more hazardous setting would not have fared as well as I did. I urge you to research this problem and bring it to light so that ford can no longer sweep it under the rug until people get hurt. As these trucks get more miles on them the odds increase dramatically that the cps will fail leaving the vehicle in an uncontrollable state in many instances.
The cam position sensor on my '99 ford f-350 w/ 7.3l power stroke is failing intermittently. These failures cause the engine to shut down instantly with no warning. When the engine shuts down there is a loss of power steering and brakes. This has occurred in traffic on interstate 283 in pa causing the vehicle to loss steering and brakes in rush hour traffic with no warning. On one other occasion this occurred in a parking lot causing loss of control of the vehicle while turning due to loss of steering and brakes when the vehicle stalled, causing a minor collision with a curb. No property personal injury occurred. This is a common problem with these vehicles and in my opinion is a very serious safety issue.
Dt: bought truck 11-15-01. Since then you have had repaeted problems with the front hub bearings. The 1st time they went out was 12-12-01, again on 2-11-02, and 2-14-02. Again 4-23-03. Now currently out again. In the past ford has worked with this issue, now will not. 3-15-05 new engine was installed, now has check engine light on and knocking noises. Dealer is refusing repairs unless pays out of pocket.
Truck has 56k miles on it. My wife was driving a couple of miles from hom ewhen she heard a loud bang or pop noise which shook the truck. The truck then continued making a loud noise, she drove back home and after looking at the engine, I determined that a coil pack had blown off. The spark plug was also attached to it so the next morning I called my local ford dealer, av ford and they said more than likely it's what they call a 'blown plug'. They estimated the head should be replaced since this would strip the threads of the head. The service advisor said this is a common problem and that both heads should be replaced at a cost of $5800 because otherwise I might have the same problem again in a short amount of time. I did some research online and found that this problem is very common with the ford v10 engines from about 1999-2003. I talked to a couple of other ford service techs at other dealerships and they agreed that it's a very common problem that ford is not recognizing or doing anything about. I called ford consumer relations to complain about the defect and they said before they can help me, I need to have the dealer officially look it over. The truck is at the dealership and they want $5800 to fix it. There are several hundred or even thousands of posts online of other ford owners that have experienced this same problem with the v10 engine. The defect is that the aluminum heads do not have enough threads to hold the spark plugs securely and eventually they will vibrate loose enough to blow out causing unrepairable damage to the head.
3 car pile up. Our truck was the 3rd vehicle. Impact speed 35 to 45 MPH. We have a 1 ton truck that had the frame bent and motor mount that broke. Repair damage est. To be $9,000. The air bags did not deploy.
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