The pickup truck keeps running very rough and lurching forward while in drive. The truck has almost completely died on me several times. Even when you have your foot on the brake it will lunge forward and has almost caused me to hit the car in front of me. I have taken it to the dealer 5 or 6 time over the past several months. They have done a upgrade on the computer and replaced several valves/parts. Every time this mystery problem keeps coming back. It seems to surface at it's worst when the temperature outside gets warmer, above 50 degrees. Ford has basically been no help and seems to be stumped over the problem. I have spent at least $500 on a warranty item that has not been fixed. After reading other complaints, it seems as if I'm not the only one with this problem. This problem needs to be solved before it gets worse and causes accidents.
2004 Ford F-350 engine complaints
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I purchased a new 2004 ford f-350 in october 2004. Since that time, I have had the vehicle serviced 8 times prior to 6/2006 for the same problem. The vehicle has not been driven since that time as it continuously stalls without warning and needs to be fixed again. The vehicle dies for no apparent reason and without warning and the dealer has not been able to correct the problem. This vehicle is unsafe and ford refuses to buy back this vehicle as they should.
2004 ford f350 crewcab rear seal has been replaced three times, turbo unit has been replaced twice. *kb ***nar*** the rear ABS sensor was replaced.
Dt*: the contact stated upon starting the vehicle the oil pressure dropped and the engine died. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop where it was determined the oil pump and the lower intake manifold gaskets failed. The oil pump is made of aluminum which influenced the integrity of the pump, and caused the pump to wear out prematurely. The dealer was alerted of the problem, prior to the independent repair shop making the repair. Updated 5/10/2006 - the vehicle leaked coolant which caused the vehicle to overheat but the temp gauge did not indicate that the vehicle was overheating. The coolant also flowed through the egr valve which caused lose of power.
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle stalled while driving at any speed, fumes were leaking into the cab and there was an oil leak. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and repairs. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of the stalling. The fuel hoses on the turbo charger were replaced in an attempt to remedy the fumes, but this did not correct the problem. The dealer was unable to obtain the parts for repairing the oil leak.
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.
Ford f-350 power stroke diesel 2004 has stalled twice while driving down the road. Loose power steer and brakes on highway. Have replaced turbo charger and worked on fuel injection system. Turbo charger is now making the same noise again. Mileage when worked on 2994/4437/18081.
Diesel smell in the cab of a ford f350 truck with 6.0 engine. This is the second instance of this in this truck. Both have been covered by warranty, but the first time was in may of 05 and the second time was feb 06 is this going to happen again. The smell is sickening and if you do not open the windows eyes water,feel tired, sick to stomach, all not good for driving down the road (people really look at you like you are nuts when its 5 degrees outside and you are driving around with your windows open). This time it has been blamed on the exhaust manifold, the first time it was what they called the down exhaust pipe. I believe that there is a bigger problem which has to do with the 6.0 engine. Too much pressure for the exhaust. The other problem is with the radiator hose. I have 46700 miles on the truck and the radiator hose has to be replaced due to rubbing on the power steering gear box, ford will not cover this under warranty, even though they have come up with a new hose and new part number to stop this from happening. I have not been told if they are replacing the hose with the old style or the new style.
Loss of pulling power on my 2004 ford 350 super duty. The truck will lose power to pull under even a small load. When pulling out I have to have a large area of no traffic, have had several incidents where I came close to being hit in the side when I had a power failure and pulling onto roadway. I have had the problem looked at by a ford service center 11 times and they can not repair the problem and refuse to repurchase the truck.
2004 f350 turbo diesel pick up the turbo diesel booster is defective and cannot be repaired as to make the truck safe while towing. This may cause an accident on an uphill grade because of rapid lose of power and speed. If a vehicle is following to closely behind this vehicle. My vehicle has been repaired twice for the problem and the ford dealer says this is not there problem but the ford manufacturer's problem. They have not put out a recall nor a repair kit for this problem.
We have had several incidents where we are driving the vehicle and it will begin to shake and a puff of black smokes comes out of the exhaust. Then shortly after this happens, we you stop at an intersection, the vehicle will die. This has happened several times. Have had it into the ford dealership on five occasions, they have said it is fixed, when it is not. When hooked to the computer, there is a definite problems. This last time, the dealership was unable to duplicate the problem. They say that their computer did not show any problems. There is obviously a problem or we would not have taken it in. We are making the payments and insurance, yet it sits in the shop. Have been in driving this vehicle that on 3 occasions where it has stalled in an intersection and could have caused an accident. Also has stalled at least 20 times when slowing for a red light or stop sign.
2004 f350. Owned truck for 13 months, the truck has been in the shop numerous times. It surges while driving and also goes dead while driving. Recall work was done and did not fix the problem.
Dt: contact stated there has been two recalls that have been serviced. But the consumer was still having stalling problems. The service dealer inspected the fuel injector control module harness and replaced the injector control pressure sensor and rep the air charging cooler duct. Most of the time the vehicle stalled was when the vehicle is first taking off, it loaded up with smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe. This vehicle did not stall every time the consumer drove the vehicle. Consumer did not want to contact the manufacturer, he would not get any resolution from the manufacturer.
Dt: under acceleration between 25 and 45 MPH the vehicle loses power. There is hesitation when vehicle accelerates. It is as though it bogs down and can not gain any speed. Also, a large amount of black smoke was expelled from the exhaust. When this occurs the truck comes to crawl in middle of traffic, and happens mostly in stop and go traffic, as well as on interstate. Took vehicle to a dealer 4 times for this problem within 28,000 miles. Dealership could not find anything wrong, but did trouble shooting repairs to the computer, and then replaced the turbo. Dealer admitted they did not know how to fix or diagnose this problem. Consumer has not contacted the manufacturer at this time. No other repairs were done or issues outside of this probekm occurred.
2004 ford f350 developed problems with the engine.***no answer required***. *mr the vehicle would run rough. The starter burned out causing the vehicle not to start. The vehicle had multiple fuel system problems. The rear window latch assembly broke. The steering dampner chafed. The long drag link was replaced because it was weak. Steering stabilizer was installed because it wasn't installed at factory.
Occasionally while stopped in gear with the brake depressed my truck will "surge" and lurch forawd as the idle increases. If I'm not depressing the brake firmly the truck move foward and won't stop untill very firm pressure is applied to the brake.
Incident occurred in the afternoon, the temp was about 70 degrees. The truck was loaded with my family (5 including myself); we were traveling over a hill at about 50 MPH. A sign indicated a 6 percent grade. On the way up the hill, at about 2000rpm and about 45 MPH we noticed a large amount of black smoke being expelled from the tailpipe. There was no hesitation on power output at that time, then coasting down the other side of the hill the engine shut down. Fortunately we were able to narrowly avoid the traffic ahead with what little brake action I could apply. When the engine was started again, the "check engine" light came on. After being taken to the dealer the sensors were replaced on the turbocharger and other undisclosed work was done to the engine. Lately the truck has been mimicking these symptoms.
There are toxic fumes coming through the defroster when it is turned on. Which is distracting the driver on the road. Manufacturer had been contacted by consumer. *ak the consumer purchased a carbon monoxide detector in which the vehicle registered 40 ppm. As the weather turned cold, the consumer was unable to use the defroster or heater due to the diesel fumes from the exhaust system. The consumer suffered nose bleeds and his mother-in-law had become ill while riding in the vehicle. Two dealerships stated that they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle. The engine died while going down hill to a stop at times, the vehicle stuck in 4x4 low, driver door molding was coming a loose, head light was inoperative at times and the switch was replaced, the rear door did not line properly and leaked air therefore both rear door upper seals were adjusted. *sc
The engine stalled and would not restart. Vehicle was towed to a local repair shop and it was discovered tha t engine needed to be replaced.
On 16 april 2005 , I took my f-350 turbo diesel dually in for 10,000 mile service ( vehicle had 9400 miles) also asked to have left speaker checked and scheduled an appointment for the recall on the transmission pins replacement. Upon completion of 10,000 mile service I noticed that the vehicle was making a thumping sound when decelerating on the road . Went back to the dealership and asked that they check to see if everything was back in place , reason for this was that they replaced the left speaker and did not put the door molding back on when they gave me back the car. Service person road in the vehicle and stated that they knew what the problem was and that it was listed on the ford engineering website, they printed out the memo stating it was an known problem and had to do with the air filter vibration and that no adjustment was necessary. Upon leaving the dealership again for the third time the noise started to increase in volume and then would not accelerate , I returned and had the diesel mechanic test drive the vehicle , the vehicle showed no indication on dash panel and showed rpms increasing but vehicle not accerating and continuing to make thumping vibration noise. Mechanic stated I was not going anywhere with this truck . I have a loaner from the dealership and as of today april 25,2005 my truck is still at the dealership for repairs.
Ford f350 truck problem occur suddenly and unexpectedly lose power and stall out. *bf the dealer has been unable to correct or alleviate the problem. (lawyer wrote letter on behalf of consumer)
2004 ford f350 crew cab 4 wheel drive w/ 6.0 diesel engine and automatic transmission. [xxx] 1.) I was on a 180 mile trip, descending hill (from 3800 feet to 1000 feet elevation) at less than 30 MPH with cold outdoor temperature. 2.) while coasting down steep grade an engine stall nearly caused an accident due ot loss of power assist for steering and brakes. 3.) dealer recalibrated eec system. My son had the same problem with his truck (near an idenical vehicle) under the same conditions.*ak *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Vehicle is experiencing a problem with the exhaust fumes which seem to be getting into the cab of the pickup. Vehicle has been to the dealers on several occasions. Also, contacted the manufacturer. However, they did not help the owner with this problem. The exhaust fumes were coming through the air conditioner and heat vents. When driving, the exhaust fumes burned the driver's eyes, and gave owner a headache. *ak updated 12/27/2005 - the vehicle has also been having injector problems
Vehicle stalls without warning and under no particular load or temperature conditions.
The engine stalled twice on the highway at about 70 miles per hour. The vehicle was taken to dealer for a diagnosis, but they were unable to determine the cause of the stalling. *jb the consumer stated the she was driving down a mountain when the vehicle lost all power.
Engine stalled unexpectedly while vehicle was traveling at different speeds. Consumer took vehicle to dealer for check up, but the cause was undetermined.
Intermittently while driving engine shut off followed by the meters on the dashboard reading zero. Then, vehicle stalled. The consumer put vehicle into neutral and restarted. When this happened before lost control of vehicle. The dealership performed several diagnostic tests, and replaced the PCM ground/engine ground,and wiring going to the PCM. The failure still existed. The consumer invoked the lemon law because the dealership was unable to rectify the failure. *ak *sc consumer advised that the engine stalled and resulted in the vehicle leaving the roadway. The vehicle entered the front yard of home and damaged the lawn. There were no injuries or damage to the vehicle.
When pulling off from an intersection, the vehicle stalled. Moments later, the consumer restarted the vehicle all power resumed as normal. Owner has taken the vehicle back to the dealer who wanted to keep the vehicle for a couple of days so they may find out what was causing the defect. Provide further details.
All of the following is documented on fords computer system through magnussens in newark, ca. June04, started with a rough idle problem took my 2004 f350 back to dealer. Did a reflash seem to fix for a while. Progressed to rough and searching idle. Approximately 9 times back to dealer, each time either clear check engine light or replace parts, approximately 7 or 8 days out of service from june till late august, last time replaced the entire turbo assembly. Each time just replaced parts, never did the dealership or ford corporate have a definite answer to what caused the problem. Each time code p0299 was on the check engine. Between the 2 and 9th incidents, the vehicle stalled unexpectedly in the middle of a downhill coasting turn almost resulting in a crash each time. Total of 5 times, last occurrence of stall was first time vehicle presented any problems since turbo replacement on two thursdays ago on my way to work. After I got in to work I called ford support and my dealership and started a replacement process through what ford calls the dsb dispute settlement board. I am not comfortable driving this particular unit any more and fear I might not be able to stop the vehicle safely one of these times it stalls and may cause injury to myself or another. I have done a lot of research regarding others who might have had this problem and it LED me here.
While driving,the vehicle stall. The driver tried to restart,but was able to do so. The consumer noticed that the vehicle started accelerated suddenly without warning. The driver applied the brakes and the vehicle continue to accelerating with speed. The driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle and drove it to the dealer for inspection. The mechanic informed the driver that this problem could not be duplicated. Please fill in additional information.
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