2003 Ford F-350 SD: sudden loss of power

Filed May 27, 2009 · Engine, Fuel system · NM

2003 ford f350 has problems with the fuel injectors, transmission and an oil leak. *nj the consumer stated the vehicle lost power and white smoke emitted from the tailpipe. He also noticed a delay of engagement from drive to reverse and the fuel gauge was stuck. The number 8 injector had failed, the transmission needed a new part and the fuel gauge needed a new sensor. In the fall of 2008, the vehicle developed an oil leak. It was discovered that the icp sensor (injector control pressure) was the problem. In march 2009, while towing a tractor, the truck lost power and again it emitted smoke and there was a harsh jerk. It was determined that the engine failed again. The number 1 and number 3 injector had failed and there was a new oil leak.

Filed Oct 6, 2008 · Engine · 38,942 miles · CA

I have a 2003 ford f350 king ranch with a 6.0l diesel motor. The truck has had a variety of software failures with respect to the PCM for the motor which has resulted in the motor completely and instantaneously shutting down or catastrophic failure of the turbocharger resulting in the turbo over boosting and blowing up the intercooler or no psi out of the turbo leaving me and my family stranded twice in the mountains pulling a full two horse trailer (6,500 pounds). Vehicle has been into bakersfield ford, visalia ford, rancho ford for service. Pcm system was always reflashed and repairs made under warranty until the most recent turbocharger failure 09-28-2008. The vehicle was 5 months out of warranty and this failure cost me $2,700. Today 10-6-2008 the PCM lost all its memory and I again lost power on the freeway and was nearly hit by multiple vehicles trying to get to the side of the road and off the freeway. This was five days after getting the truck back from ford. A process was went through at ford to re-learn the "turbo strategy" and the truck was returned to me working fine.

Filed Jul 24, 2008 · Fuel system · 40,000 miles · NH

Truck began starting a little hard about 2 weeks before this occurred. At about 60-70 MPH, truck lost power, on highway. Vehicle bucked, and continued to come to a stop. No warning lights came on. Turned off vehicle, would not restart. Brought to dealer, fuel injectors were bad. $700.00 bill later, truck leaves the dealer. This has happened twice now, and the truck is beginning to start hard again when cold, will not restart when hot.

Filed May 16, 2008 · Engine · 84,000 miles · FL

The truck (2003 f-350sd) lost all power while driving. The deal replaced the egr valve. The dealer said that this is a known problem with 6.0l d motors. The egr valve will stop up and not allow the exhaust to escape.

Filed Jul 24, 2007 · Fuel system · 128,069 miles · GA

I purchased my ford f350 on january 16, 2007 from john bleakly ford, in georgia my fuel injectors have gone bad since then. On 7/22/07 my truck suddenly lost power it would turn but won't rev and after a while will not even turn. It was finally diagnosed as faulty injectors. I have a $27,000 truck loan and have only paid 4 months on this truck. I am a sole proprietor and have a family to support. I strongly believe there is an ongoing problem with their fuel injectors in the 6.0 liter engine. After many hours of research, I have learned that there was a first massive recall in april, 2003 for 66,720 trucks ford sold with the 6.0 liter diesel engine to replace the fuel injection control pressure sensor. Ive also learned there were nearly 500 buybacks of trucks with engines so badly flawed that they couldn't be fixed. Apparently, a batch of faulty fuel injectors leaked so much diesel fuel that fuel filled the crankcase, causing engines to seize. There were also glitches with the turbocharger and engine control software. My research has also revealed that many dealerships have replaced the engines for customers and that ford has bought back trucks.

Filed Jan 28, 2005 · Engine · 23,671 miles · TX

2003 ford f-350 6.0l diesel. Vehicle ran rough lost power. 3 injectors bad the first time, 2 bad injectors two other times before engine blew at 41000 miles. Has had numerus injectors changed, and many other equipment failures. Was at the dealer ship for over 5 weeks getting engine replaced. We just previusly had the truck at a dealership for over 15 days and they could not diagnos the problem we were having of loss of power.

Filed Dec 28, 2004 · Electrical, Engine · 182,000 miles · OH

Took truck in to get computer updates (132000 mi). Dealer discovered 12 quarts of fuel in crankcase. Had to get injector seals replaced ($1200). I know of at least 4 other owners of this model to have this problem. In august 2004 had to have front end rebuilt even though I had done required maintenance ($450)vehicle lost power (12/20/04)(182000 mi). Stopped to check for problem. Engine restarted. I shut it off and tried to restart. It would turn over but not start. Had towed to dealer. They had 20 different codes come up on computer diagnostic. As of 12/28/04 it still will not start and dealer still has no idea why. Most recent estimate for this repair at least $1200 an have not been able to work since breakdown.

Filed Aug 13, 2004 · Engine · 27,671 miles · CA

Pickup has loss of power and surging mostly when warm. The first trip to freedom ford they replaced the egr valve. The second trip to freedom ford they said they could only find normal surging the third time to freedom for the same problem they kept the pickup for 7 days and replaced the turbo again and the egr again.

Filed Oct 13, 2003 · Electrical · 900 miles · CA

2003 f350 6.0l diesel - sudden loss of power.display lights come on but won't start, does not crank over at all. Has happened three times. Only have 5124 miles on it. First breakdown happened at 900 miles, sitting still. 2nd breakdown happened at low speed. Third breakdown happened today 10/12/03 at 75 MPH. Stuck in high speed traffic with family waiting for tow.given different reason at each repair by different dealerships. Each dealership said ford is aware of the problem but can't find a fix.this is the first year that these 6.0 liter engines came out. Multiple complaints for same problem listed on "thedieselstop.com" web site. Many people are stuck with these unsafe vehicles. Ford is aware of this problem but has not recalled these trucks, maybe you can force them to do something.

Filed Aug 24, 2003 · Acceleration · 15,200 miles · TX

Loss of power while attempting to accelerate.took it to ford dealer and was told that there was no fix, that I should pull over and turn off the ignition and reset the computer to correct the problem.*ak this could result in a seriuos (head-on) collision if it occur while passing on a two lane road.

Filed Apr 12, 2003 · Engine · 3,500 miles · AZ

Vehicle lost power (and never returned) while passing another vehicle on the highway. Check engine light came on after 20 miles of driving under the lost power condition. Took the truck to the dealer and they replaced the egr valve. This happened at only 3500 miles. I wish ford would test their vehicles instead of having the consumer test them for them on the highways.