2008 Ford F-350 SD: check engine light

Filed May 11, 2016 · Engine, Fuel system · 100,000 miles · LA

Shortly after the truck is up to operating temperature a constant plume of white smoke continuously emits from the exhaust. Fuel economy has had a substantial loss. During lower levels (1/4 or lower levels of diesel) of fuel capacity the engine will stall and die upon take off. Attempting to restart afterwards was very difficult. During this process a "wrench" appears on the dash and that's about it. I have not checked "codes" yet and the check engine lite in on.

Filed Oct 15, 2014 · Engine · 44,000 miles · VA

Exhaust temperature sensor will cause a crash that may end up killing someone. This is what failed on my wife who was pulling a 28' horse trailer with her show horse inside worth over $30,000 dollars. She merged to a one lane road on interstate 68 in maryland heading down hill when the check engine light came one soon to follow with a message of pull over safely. 20 seconds later, the engine shutoff. This caused her to lose power steering on a one lane road going over a bridge down hill pulling a horse trailer with a gross weight of over 10,000 pounds. She had no where to pull over safely when the truck shutdown on her. She had to get out of the truck in order to move the barrels blocking the right lane in order to try and get the truck and trailer out of the open lane. She had to block an exit in order to make room for the other vehicles. The truck went to the ford dealership in cumberland, md where it was diagnosed that it was the exhaust temperature sensor. This is a safety issue on this vehicle. At no time should a vehicle shutdown on someone driving it. Believe it a vehicle going into a limp mode but at least you can still drive it so you can get to a safe place. There needs to be an investigation into why this occurs and enforce ford to issue a recall to fix this problem before someone is injured or killed.

Filed Oct 2, 2014 · Engine · 44,000 miles · VA

On september 30, 2014, my wife was on her way to columbus, ohio in her 2008 ford f350 super duty turbo diesel truck with 44,000 miles. She's pulling her 2014 26 lakota two horse trailer with living quarters with her show horse ($30,000) in the back. The unexpected happen while she was on md-51n near cumberland, maryland heading across a bridge with heavy traffic at 1230pm. The check engine light came on followed by a pull over safely' message. Twenty seconds (20 seconds) later, the truck completely shut down. Wife was traveling at 70 miles an hour when the truck shut down, which turned the power steering off. This is what I call unsafe for anyone, especially when pulling a 26 horse trailer with an extra 1000lbs in the back with a horse. She was not able to get completely off the road because is shutdown on the bridge blocking the right lane which almost caused a major accident due to the vehicle shutting down on her. While waiting on the bridge, her trainer had to turn around his eighteen wheeler so my wife could unload her horse and load it in his trailer. This completely shutdown the traffic on md-51n which is not safe unloading and loading a horse.after sitting on the side of the road waiting for aaa to come tow the vehicle for over 1 hours, the vehicle started back up and she drove it to ford cumberland, 10335 mt savage road nw, cumberland, md with the check engine light still on with a police escort since the sheriff of cumberland sat with my wife on md-51n waiting on aaa. This is after she was almost hit by a fedex eighteen wheeler due to not being able to get to a safe location for a truck and horse trailer due to the vehicle shutting down on her. The dealership found the problem: exhaust sensor. They were able to repair it and she was able to continue on with her trip. How can this sensor go out on a truck with only 44,000 miles on it?

Filed Sep 30, 2014 · Engine, Steering · 44,000 miles · VA

On september 30, 2014, my wife was on her way to columbus, ohio in her 2008 ford f350 super duty turbo diesel truck (VIN# [xxx]) with 44,000 miles. She's pulling her 2014 26? Lakota two horse trailer with living quarters with her show horse in the back. The unexpected happen while she was on md-51n near cumberland, maryland heading across a bridge with heavy traffic at 1230pm. The check engine light came on with the following message ?pull over safely?. Twenty seconds (20 seconds) later, the truck completely shut down. Wife was traveling at 70 miles an hour when the truck shut down, which turned the power steering off. This is what I call unsafe for anyone, especially when pulling a 26? Horse trailer with an extra 1000lbs in the back with a horse. She was not able to get completely off the road which almost caused a major accident due to the vehicle shutting down on her. After sitting on the side of the road waiting for aaa to come tow the vehicle for over 1 hours, the vehicle started back up and she drove it to ford cumberland, 10335 mt savage road nw, cumberland, md with the check engine light still on with a police escort since the sheriff of cumberland sat with my wife on md-51n waiting on aaa. This is after she was almost hit by a fedex eighteen wheeler due to not being able to get to a safe location for a truck and horse trailer due to the vehicle shutting down on her. The dealership found the problem: exhaust sensor. They were able to repair it and she was able to continue on with her trip. How can this sensor go out on a truck with only 44,000 miles on it? How can they design a truck to shut down automatically without any warning? The dealership told my wife they have seen these sensors go out at 20,000 miles before. Needs to be address and recall issued before someone dies on the highway due to this problem. Hold ford accountable. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Sep 10, 2012 · Fuel system · 41,200 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford f350. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the check engine light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnose that the wire harness was damaged and caused the fuel pump to short out. As a result, the wire harness and the fuel pump needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle no longer under warranty. The failure mileage was 41,200. Updated 11/13/12

Filed Nov 17, 2011 · Engine · FL · fire

2008 ford f350 sd. Consumer states vehicle began spewing smoke and caught fire while driving *tgw the consumer also stated the check engine light illuminate and apparently a sensor failed to operate. However, the service center insisted the problem was not due to a sensor.

Filed Jun 23, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · 23,000 miles · WV

While driving my 2008 f350 superduty diesel powered truck at 45mph for approx 4 miles, received message "exhaust drive complete" immediately followed by "stop safely now" and complete powerdown of engine. The truck decelerated so fast that despite my flooring the throttle, the car behind me almost collided. The truck lost so much power that I could not safely pull off road and was in a rural area between two blind curves. The whole incident happened in less than 30 seconds and left truck completely vulnerable to whatever traffic conditions were at the time of incident. After getting over to side of road, truck stalled on slight rise and did not have the power to move, however when I shut truck down, my 5ft8in 200lb body was able to push the 8000 lb vehicle over the hump. Engine would not crank over after incident and was not allowed to restart until after the unit either cooled down or timed out (didn't try for 30-45 min later). By time tow truck arrived, unit would run but less than full power and check engine light was on. Truck was in shop serviced for faulty egr valve and had latest ford recall for reprogramming completed less than 100 miles prior to incident.