My truck has 101k miles on it and it just started stalling out while driving( on streets and highways), also while just idling it stalls(stationary). I took it to my local ford for them to hook it up on their computer to see what the problem is. After hours there and it stalling out and not restarting they couldn't tell what was wrong with it and charged me $125. As I was leaving they said change your maf sensor and #8 coil and it'll be fine. So, I did just that in the parking lot and it still does the same thing. It stalled out many times on my way home. I thought by taking it to the ford dealership (the people that have all the answers for their products) I would get it fixed. And make my truck safe again. I was wrong. Is there something you can do to help me with this. Thanks
2003 Ford F Super Duty: engine stalls while driving
5 of the 27 complaints about the 2003 Ford F Super Duty describe engine stalls while driving.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 19%
- recalls
- 0
Engine stalls while driving by model year
- 20081
- 20051
- 20041
- 20035
- 20014
- 20001
- 19991
- 19971
- 19961
- 19941
- 19901
What owners say
Truck stalls and or misfires when intermittent wipers are on when sitting in stopped position truck will stall and when in motion it will misfire and stumble only when wipers are on and not any other time
Spark plug blew out while traveling on narrow mountain road causing engine to stall losing power steering. Steered into the mountain side to prevent head on collision. There have been several engine fires due to plug blowing out of cylinder head and fuel not properly burning.
On 7/8/05 as my wife was backing out of the driveway, my ford f250 deisel lariet stalled. She turned the ignition off then tried to start it. The light indicating the glow plugs had warmed up sufficiently would not go off so she turned off the ignition key and turned it back on. This time the glow plug light indicator went off and the engine started fine, however, the engine acted like it did not want to change gears. She drove it slowly for a block then decided to bring it back to say it wasn't working properly but when she got back it seemed to work okay. She turned it back around and it worked fine. As she had turned and was driving down around a corner, the engine suddenly stalled. With difficulty she pulled onto the shoulder of the road, put it in park and turned the ignition off. Again she had to go through the process of turning off the ignition twice to get the glow plug indicator to go off. This time the engine clunked really loud and black clouds of smoke came out of the exhaust. She tuned off the engine and tried again with the same result. The vehicle was towed to cal worthington ford dealership for repair. As of today, 7/14/05 it is still there and they say they do not know what is wrong with it. We are getting the story there is nothing wrong with it.they iformed us that both batteries were dead and they could not get into the pick up. The service tech had to go in through the passender side of the vehicle. The batteries were fine when the tow truck dropped it off at the dealership. We were there. When asked why the batteries were dead they said because they were not charging. When asked why they were not charging the answer we got from ondrey was, "if you change one battery and one is bad it will drain the other battery." we informed him that we did not change any batteries. He evaded our questions and said he could not tell us anything. The technicians were looking at it.
The truck started to hestitate on exceleration and began to bog down and lose power untill the engine stalled and could not be started. Stalled on busy oakland park blvd. At 10 pm. Waited one hour to be towed to home and had to be towed again the next day to dealer. The repair stated wire repair to fuel pump.
Service bulletins that may apply
- Ford: some vehicles equipped with the 6.0L engine may experience a P006A, P132, P0401 or P0402 diagnostic...
- Ford: some vehicles equipped with 6.0L diesel engine may exhibit any one or combination of the following...
- Ford: vehicles may exhibit fuel in the engine coolant, due to leaks in the cylinder head fuel injector area
- Ford: vehicles mistakenly charged $100 powertrain warranty deductible for fuel injector repair or repairs....
- Some 1997-2008 vehicles equipped with a 4.6L 2V, 5.4L 2V, or 6.8L 2V engine--spark plug thread repair...
- Wds cop kit diagnostic tip - coil on plug (COP) ignition systems - engine misfire or rough running
- Use of stainless steel exhaust studs in service for 5.4L 2V engine
- Intermittent rough idle - non-commanded EGR (exhaust gas recirculation valve) flow
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2003 Ford F Super Duty stalling
Is engine stalls while driving a common problem on the 2003 Ford F Super Duty?
5 of 27 owner complaints about the 2003 Ford F Super Duty (19%) mention engine stalls while driving. The model year with the most reports is 2003.
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There are 0 recalls and 28 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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