2004 Ford F-350 electrical problems

Filed Apr 18, 2025 · Electrical · 190,019 miles · SD

The contact owns a 2004 Ford F-350. The contact stated that while driving approximately 76 MPH with his wife in the front passenger seat, the vehicle shuddered uncontrollably and stalled. The contact and his wife were concerned for their safety. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact was able to regain control of the vehicle and pulled over to the side of the road. The vehicle failed to restart and was towed to the residence. The contact stated that as an independent mechanic, he used a code reader to retrieve diagnostic trouble codes for the fuel control module wiring harness failure. The contact related to the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 05V270000 (Electrical System). The contact stated that the fuel control module wiring harness failure had caused warning lights to fail to illuminate as needed. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle had previously been repaired under the recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that an elbow vacuum tubing connector was previously replaced under the recall; however, the contact advised the manufacturer that the recall involved replacing the entire fuel control module wiring harness. The manufacturer informed the contact that the recall was already marked completed and no further repairs could be covered. The contact stated that the dealer and the manufacturer had failed to honor the recall repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 190,019.

Filed Mar 9, 2016 · Electrical · 83,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-350. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would suddenly shut off and on several occasions would not start. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who determined that the fuel injection control module wire harness needed to be replaced. The contact notified the manufacturer, who explained that the harness was replaced in 2005 under the federal safety agency campaign number: 05v270000 (electrical system). The failure mileage was 83,000.

Filed Mar 9, 2016 · Electrical · 100,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-350. While driving the vehicle, it experienced a complete loss of power. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring harness was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Prior to the failure, the vehicle was remedied under the federal safety agency campaign number: 07e066000 (equipment). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

Filed Oct 2, 2014 · Electrical · 176,253 miles · CO

Shortly after starting from a stop the vehicle lost power and had to be towed to repair shop. Problem diagnosed and repaired as replacing the PCM and reflash of the onboard computer.

Filed Jul 22, 2014 · Electrical · 18,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-350. The contact stated that while at a stop, the vehicle surged forward. The contact also stated excessive force was applied to the brake pedal when making a stop. In addition, the vehicle stalled on multiple occasions. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who diagnosed that an oil change and the icp sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v270000 (electrical system). The approximate failure mileage was 18,000. Updated 9/12/14*cn updated 1/27/15

Filed Mar 31, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 140,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-350. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, who stated that the computer module would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred the following day and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the computer module was replaced a second time but to no avail. The dealer then replaced the fuse box as but the repair did not prevent the failure from recurring. Additionally, the turn signals, daytime running lights and the tail lights had become inoperable. The contact called the manufacture in regard to the federal safety agency campaign id number: 11v352000 (exterior lighting) and was advised that the vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 140,000.

Filed Dec 20, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 111,000 miles · TX · fire

For unknown reasons on 12/20/13 at 0030 hrs my truck caught on fire as it sat in my driveway. I drove the truck last on 12/14/13. The fire started in the engine compartment on the drivers side. I have owned the truck for about 8 months and it had 105000 miles on it when I purchased it. The fire department advised it could be due to some type of electrical issue near the master cylinder. I told them that I have not done any work under the hood in months and that was oil/filter change. Still under investigation.

Filed Jan 26, 2012 · Electrical, Engine · 89,000 miles · UT

My 2004 ford f-350 6.0 diesel. Hesitate or surges while driving, and/or the engine may stall while driving at all speeds including highway speed, will lose power steering and brakes and when at a stop it will lunge forward. The engine may or may not restart after stall. I feel that this is a great safety concern I have almost lost control of my vehicle on a few occasions while towing my boat and going around corners. I have heard of other people having the same problems with their 2004 6.0 diesels. Please help!

Filed Feb 25, 2010 · Electrical, Engine · 3,000 miles · WA

Since new vehicle purchase, my ford f350 diesel p/u experienced engine surging (200-250 RPM) while stopped with the automatic transmission in drive. The surge was significant enough to lurch the truck forward with the brake applied, such as at a stoplight. In several cases, I almost rear ended other vehicles before applying the brake hard enough to stop the truck from moving forward. I later learned to anticipate the surge using the brakes to minimize movement of the truck while stopped. My surging problem was confirmed on multiple occasions by technicians during test rides, but they could not duplicate the problem in the shop. In all cases, the first step was to reflash the ECM which masked the problem for several days while the truck relearned my driving habits and prevented a diagnosis. The engine had to be operated at full temperature in road conditions before the problem developed. In the shop, idling the engine to warm up to normal operating temperature was not sufficient to replicate the problem. Ford dealers made multiple attempts (10 or more) to diagnose the problem: replacing injector control pressure (icp) module, egr valve, and icp wiring connectors to no avail. The problem was finally diagnosed and corrected, out of warranty at approx. 44,500 miles, by replacing the engine wiring harness. I found a dealer who was willing to send a technician on a test ride with me and hook up an onboard computer laptop that identified the problem before reflashing the computer ECM. A number of surging complaints from other owners of ford f350 are posted in online forums documenting similar circumstances and frustration. The incident date provided is the approximate date of the first occurrence. In my case, the surging occurred on a near daily basis, although intermittently, for 41000 miles of driving without any resolution from ford. The engine wiring harness was replaced in feb 2009 which corrected the surging in my truck. I paid a $100 deductible.

Filed Mar 26, 2006 · Brakes, Electrical · 4,000 miles · PA

When truck originally purchased bubble on tire, and dealer said they all come that way, tire went flat while parked about a month later, no holes, we were told tire was no good, had to be replaced. Truck kept stalling, loss of brakes and steering while navigating downhill, solenoid assembly replaced. 2 days later kept stalling. Dealer had truck 21 days to rebuild transmission, again solenoid assembly replaced after that replaced wiring harness. Since then, caliper broke and brakes went, turbo has been replaced. Vehicle has repeatedly stalled, noises from rear end with no dx. Now engine smoking, loss of power, rpms jump while idling. Truck has also repeatedly changed gears automatically, ie while at red light truck would jump to 3rd and then truck would stall.