2002 Ford F-350 SD: engine stalls while driving

Filed Mar 10, 2011 · Fuel system · 200,000 miles · NJ

I have been stranded on two occasions with fuel flow problems. At highway speeds of 50mph to 65 MPH the truck begins to bog down and loose speed. It is imperative that you attempt to get to the sholder becouse the trucks engine is starved for fuel and will compleatly stall if you attempt to continue. I was stranded on the lie limped truck to the cross island parkway, limped over throgs neck bridge, choked and stalled on the cross bronx, finally towed from harlem back to nj at 4am. On the second occasion I had already gone to significant expense in the attempt to mitigate the problem but the same fuel flow interuption occured again requiring the truck to be towed. I had changed the fuel filter on the road with no improvements. So I did some research and paid to have the tank to my 2002 ford f350 7.3 liter turbo diesel drained and dropped. The lift pump was pulled and large quantity of a stringy silver matalic chips were cloging the corse screen. The pump was opened and the two interior torpedo shaped screens were compleatly coated in silver chip residue. The tank was emptied, flushed, cleaned and wiped down. All filters soaked and sprayed with compressed air. Everything reasembled, reinstall tank, pump fuel. This complete cleaning of the matalic debris delaminating off the inside of the tank made the truck usable for about 800 miles and then the exact same problem occured. Towed a second time. Drain drop tank, find renu provider. Take a day off work drive to swap old tank for replacement with the renu coating baked in. Clean lift pump reinstall tank, transfer fuel, replace filter, hope new tank lasts and injectors have not been effected. What a hastle. Lost work lost time and $3,500 in expenses so far. I do have my old fuel tank. A friend had an f350 tank that would have worked but it had a similar problem. I swapped his tank with the renu man and kept my original as exibit a. I feel a recall is warented and I need the $3,500 back.

Filed Feb 22, 2011 · Engine · 160,000 miles · GA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford f350 superduty. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall intermittently and when that failure occurred, he would notice smoke coming from the engine. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current mileage was 164,000 and the failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Dec 15, 2009 · Fuel system · 226,000 miles · IL

The contact has a 2005 ford f-350 that has a 40 gallon tank. The contact stated that the plactic liner placed in the tank has been eatin through by the deisel fuel placed in the tank. This is the second time the contact has had to replace the feul tank and the contact was told this is a chronic problem. The leiner is clogging the the fuel intake valve and causing the vehicle to stall. 226000at time of incident 226500

Filed Dec 18, 2008 · Fuel system · 68,000 miles · CT

My ford f350 powerstroke diesel truck began having problems in march 2008. There was loss of power, hesitation and stalling. Fuel filter was replaced twice and fuel pump was replaced. Fuel pump still screams like it is starving for fuel when this problem occurs. The truck lets out thick white smoke before it stalls. I just recently looked in tank and noticed silver flakes clogged in sending unit which I believe is delamination of interior of tank as others have described. I have cleaned it out twice now in 2 weeks.

Filed Mar 13, 2008 · Engine · 40,000 miles · CA

My husband and I bought a new f350 ford lariat truck in the fall of 2002 for $42,000. We still had it in the summer of 2007 when it suddenly stopped dead in the middle of the highway, stalled on a remote stretch of road. My husband was alone at the time, and he was about 8 miles from any house or store, so he walked for help at 8:30 pm. He was able to get a tow truck to pick him up, bring him home at 1 am, and deliver the truck to the nearest ford dealer. The cost of the tow was over $300.00. The next day he was unable to get to work due to no vehicle. We contacted the dealer and it took them the entire day to contact us back. They had no diagnosis, but suspected it had to do with a lockout device which would require the valve covers be removed and around $700.00 in service costs. They did charge us a diagnostic fee which was around $80.00 - $90.00. I had looked on the internet and kept finding references to a camshaft positioning sensor with the same symptom of sudden stalling. I asked the service technician if that could be the problem and he said it was very unlikely; in fact I think he claimed he was unaware of a cps issue at all. The truck was running so we picked it up from the dealership, and it stalled again on our way home. So we had the truck towed to another dealer, a distance of 80 miles and a cost of another $150.00. I discussed replacing the cps with the service technician there and he said it was relatively inexpensive and a good first attempt to isolate the problem. So we had it replaced and have never had a problem since. This truck had 40,000 miles on it and it was our fourth ford truck. I wonder why it took so long for ford to get around to notifying their customers and their service staff. It is inconceivable that ford would take this long to actually acknowledge a problem they have had for years when their customers were essentially unaware of the potential for disaster.

Filed Jun 1, 2007 · Engine · 86,400 miles · NV

Vehicle stalled without warning and would not restart. Fortunately, failure happened just before I pulled out of a parking lot otherwise I would have been stuck lengthwise across road in the middle of a left turn. Part that failed was the camshaft position sensor. Don't know if I still have the original part. After part was replaced vehicle started without problem.

Filed May 15, 2007 · Engine · 92,880 miles · IN

I was driving my 2002 ford f-350 diesel when the engine suddenly shut down. There was a dump truck behind me which was forced off of the road in order to avoid hitting my vehicle. I was able to restart the vehicle only to have it stall again. After researching the problem I found that the cause was a faulty camshaft position sensor which, although it appeared to be a recurring problem on ford diesels ford has never notified me as such. When I contacted a dealer regarding the problem they said that there was nothing that they could do as the vehicle was 6 months past the 100,000 miles 5 year engine warranty , I am still under the 100,000 miles. I have had the truck in ford dealerships numerous times and have bever been notified by ford personnel as to the likleyhood that this part has known problems and could fail at anytime. I am thankful for the diligence of the truck driver behind me yesterday because had he not been so alert then incident could have ended in tradegy.

Filed May 14, 2007 · Engine · 100,000 miles · CA

Cam position sensor failure and engine stalled,replaced parts at excessive price.

Filed May 1, 2007 · Engine · 67,400 miles · TX

Defective cam position sensor caused vehicle to stall on freeway. Replaced cps.

Filed Apr 23, 2007 · Engine · 79,000 miles · NY

2002 ford super duty - 7.3l powerstroke turbo diesel. Started out with intermittent sputtering. Would not start one time - dealer assured us it was just low on fuel. Sat for a while and they added a couple gallons of fuel. It restarted ok. Stalled a week or so later and turned on the check engine light. Fortunately, we were not towing anything like we were with our other truck. Still, it was very dangerous having a dual wheel truck die out on the road. Scanned the code - camshaft position sensor failed - replaced. Very common and dangerous problem on these trucks.

Filed Apr 13, 2007 · Engine · 60,000 miles · GA

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford f-350 sd. The vehicle stalled four times in one day while in motion. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after each occurrence. No warning indicators were present. The manufacturer replaced a sensor a few months ago because the vehicle was stalling. The failure has returned. The current and failure mileages were 60,000.*ak updated 07/06/07.

Filed Nov 13, 2006 · Engine · 63,050 miles · TN

I have 63000 miles on my 2002 f350 super duty pick-up (7.3l diesel). My truck stalled 3 times while driving, once while turning across traffic. The fault codes indicated an intermittent camshaft position sensor. I replaced the sensor myself, and the problem has been corrected. I have the old sensor available. This is a known problem among ford truck owners. Stalling while driving causes loss of power steering, loss of power brakes, and obvious stop in traffic.