2001 Ford F-350 SD: jerking or lurching

5 of the 158 complaints about the 2001 Ford F-350 SD describe jerking or lurching.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 3%
recalls: 0

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

Jerking or lurching by model year

2026
1
2024
1
2022
1
2021
2
2020
9
2019
7
2017
4
2016
3
2015
1
2014
1
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2006
2
2005
5
2004
3
2003
3
2002
2
2001
5
2000
1
1999
2

What owners say

Filed Oct 26, 2009 · Transmission · 138,000 miles · CO

I was driving my 2001 ford f350 to work. Just as I turned off the highway my truck lurched and the rear wheels began to skid. I put my truck into neutral and the rear wheels began to roll again. I coasted to a stop on the shoulder of the road. I tested the brakes and they where fine. I tried reverse and forward and everything seemed fine. I was close to work and the road shoulder was very narrow so I decided to see if I could get to work. The truck started out fine. However when it shifted to 3rd gear it lurched again and the rear wheels began to skid. I manually shifted back to second gear and the truck resumed normal operation for that gear. After talking to a number of transmission mechanics the consensus was clear. The 'mechanical diode' on the direct drum was seized. This problem is well documented. It is common on 2001 fords trucks with the 4r100 transmission. These are the only ford trucks with this 'mechanical diode'. After approximately 6 months of production ford switched back to using a roller sprag just as it had used in all automatic truck transmissions before and after. If this catastrophic transmission failure had occurred moments before or at any point the next day (snow rain mix) the result would have been total loss of control of the vehicle. I have had a transmission shop remove the defective part. They replaced it with the a redesigned ford part that replaces the 'mechanical diode' with a roller sprag.

Filed Feb 27, 2008 · Transmission · 34,244 miles · AK

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford f350 super duty. The clutch pedal failed to engage when it was depressed. The contact had to apply tremendous force to the brake pedal in order to stop the vehicle. As a last resort, he had to cut the vehicle completely off to prevent it from dramatically jerking forward. The dealer replaced the master slave cylinder assemblies. There had been no further occurrences. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer, but they did not assist because there was no recall. Speed was not a relevant factor with his failures. The failure mileage was 34,244 and current mileage was 39,960. Updated 03-19-08 *bf updated 03/19/08

Filed Mar 19, 2007 · 69,234 miles · CA

2001 ford f-350 diesel. Engine will stall for a second or so while running either at idle or on the road. Truck will jerk sharply as the truck loses power than instaly regains power. Dtc code 0344. Camshaft position sensor. Replace camshaft position sensor. Found history of this problem online. No recall info from ford.

Filed May 3, 2005 · Brakes, Steering · OH

I am having a problem with my steering and brakes.at times while driving my steering wheel will lock up and be very jerky,at times the steering wheel will go back and forth very fast and you cannot hold wheel straight.I have had this vehicle to the dealer 2 times in a week for this problem they replaced ball joints,steering stabilizer and tierodends.the problem still exsist and I have called dealer and they said they contacted ford and they are unsure of what else it could be.the brakes are also locking up while driving and when stopped there is alot of smoke from both rear brakes.again this is not all the time so dealer says they cannot fix this as well.I am very concerned I have a family that is in this vehicle and both of these issures are saftey.

Filed May 12, 2004 · Transmission · 37,682 miles · CA

My ford f-350 superduty pickup truck (37,000 mi) was in gear and in motion when I stepped on the clutch pedal, prior to attempting to stop. The clutch pedal remained depressed to the firewall; and the clutch failed to disengage. I was unable to pull the transmission out of gear, and was forced to apply both feet to the brake pedal to get the truck to lurch to a stop. This was at idle speed. If this had happened on the highway at 70mph the results would have been disatrous. Ford has issued a technical service bulletin (01-24-1) on this condition. This should be a safety recall item. The inability to disengage the clutch and safely bring the vehicle safely to a stop will result in serious bodily injury or death. The failure of the manufacturer to label this as a safety recall item is negligent. Despite being specifically asked; the ford dealer service representative failed to notify me that there was a service bulletin on this specific item, when I took it in for repair at the dealership.