2000 Ford F-350 SD: sudden loss of power

Filed Jun 18, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 160,000 miles · NC

This issue was on a 2000 ford f350 ambulance on route to emergency call when engine shut down and lost all power like it was out of fuel 7.3 liter diesel and tank was full. Had unit towed to tabs garage in king nc and $1700.00 later after new fuel tank fuel pump 3 injectors due to liner inside of tank came off and clogged the fuel system and engine ford motor company was no help and said since the vehicle was out of warranty they would not do anything to resolve the cost issues.

Filed Jun 18, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 86,000 miles · NC

This issue was on a 2000 ford f350 rescue truck on route to emergency call when engine shut down and lost all power like it was out of fuel 7.3 liter diesel and tank was full. Had unit towed to garage in king nc and $900.00 later after new fuel tank fuel filter and fuel pump to liner inside of tank came off and clogged the fuel system and engine ford motor company was no help and said since the vehicle was out of warranty they would not do anything to resolve the cost issues.

Filed Dec 13, 2009 · Brakes, Steering · 51,340 miles · VA

Loss of power steering and power braking making driving very difficult and extremely dangerous.

Filed Sep 9, 2008 · Engine · 161,530 miles · KY · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford f-350 superduty. While the contact's wife was driving 10 MPH, she slowed down to turn into an entrance and the engine suddenly shut off. She lost all power in the vehicle, including steering and brakes. The failure caused her to crash into another vehicle, which in turn, caused that vehicle to strike another vehicle. The contact believes that there were no injuries. The failure occurred without warning. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified; however, the insurance company was called. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 161,530.

Filed May 6, 2008 · Engine, Transmission · 75,000 miles · PA

Spark plug shooting out of head and rapid loss of power and losing control of vehicle due to speed and hauling camper going up hill spark plug blows out of head and you got nothing engine stall after calling dealer was told this is not a safety issue I say what happens when spark plug goes through hood through windshield and cause accident or death ???? After further looking in to this I know of at least 12 others with same problem why cant ford put cast iron heads on.

Filed Apr 25, 2007 · Electrical, Engine · 155,000 miles · MN

(1) no events besides a sudden miss or complete lose of power (2) engine dies (3) I have had my 2000 f350 drw and I tow 16k lbs I have had the motor cut out and die at highway speeds, I replaced the cps twice in 15,000 miles at 105 bucks each from international. Towing this amount of weight at this type of speed is not safe to have a motor that dies with no warning.

Filed May 25, 2004 · Electrical, Fuel system · 171,874 miles · MI

Driving at 73 MPH on us 131 express way my truck all of a sudden lost all power to the fuel system. Causing my engine to shut down and causing me to loose power steering and power brakes. Causing me to take evasive measures to keep from getting rear ended and braking with both feet to get the truck safely stopped. In having my truck repaired at the ford dealership they found that the computer module part number xc3z-12b599-aa shorted out causing the engine to shut down. When checking over the module myself. I found a metal vent cap coming off from the outside of the module in tipping the unit over water came dripping out of the module. This module is located behind the wheel well on the firewall of the truck. I feel that this is a deffective and hazardous design. That could/should be fixed so that other incidents do not happen.

Filed Jan 8, 2002 · Steering · CO

Steering on my truck was fine for the fifst 35,000 miles and then lost all power steering when stopped with foot on brake or off the brake. I took the truck in to the ford dealor and was told this is a normal way for this system to work and live with it,I called ford moter company and they said the same thing. I feel this is a saftey problem as when off road you cant get the truck to turn if there is adverse weather conditions and you must try to turn at low speed or no speed. If it is icy on the road or even on dry pavement if you apply the brakes and try to stear out of a skid say to avoid a crash you cant get the truck to turn due to your foot on the brake.you cant turn in shopping center parking lots to get into parking spaces due to the steering problem. And shame on ford for selling these trucks that they know have this situation (bulliton 15446) and not telling the consumer that this is a problem with thesuper duty f-series and the excursion and leading you to believe that the truck will function as weel at 5 miles as it will at 40,000 miles. They should be made to fix this problem and to disclose the factory bulliton 15446 to all consumers looking at there product as it affects the drive ability and resale value of the truck.

Filed Jun 15, 2000 · Brakes, Steering · MI

Brake system malfunctioned, and consumer lost all power when braking. Vehicle has been at the dealer 4 times & they have found no remedy. Also, when starting the vehicle, the steering wheel is difficult to turn. After the brakes were repaired, steering became more difficult. *ak