2004 Ford F-350 Engine

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F350. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WILL SPONTANEOUSLY DECELERATE FROM 60 MPH TO 15 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND A MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE CARBON IN THE ENGINE. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE ENGINE SIZE IS 6.0L V8. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 05/05/09 *BF UPDATED 05/06/09.*JB

ON 01-06-2008 I STARTED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WITH MY 2004 FORD F-350. IT HAS JUST OVER 41,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS SMOKING AND HAD SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER PROBLEMS WHILE AT LOW ROAD SPEED. PROBLEM WOULD CLEAR ONCE TRUCK WAS >40 MPH IN SPEED. TOOK IT TO LOCAL FORD DEALER ON 01-07-2008. THEIR INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE EGR VALVE WAS STICKING. THE VALVE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE PERSON STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE KEEPING A COUPLE OF EXTRA EGR VALVE ASSEMBLIES IN THEIR STOCK ROOM. I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY INDICATION OF A PRODUCT RECALL IN THE WORKS. HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT KNOW OF ONE BUT THAT ONE MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND THAT I SHOULD KEEP MY INVOICE JUST IN CASE. MY QUESTION/CONCERN(S) IS THIS: HOW OFTEN OR FREQUENT SHOULD AN EGR VALVE STICK AND/OR FAIL? IF THEIR FAILURE RATE IS HIGH (1 FAILURE PER VEHICLE EVERY 50,000 OR LESS) THEN SHOULDN'T THERE BE A REDESIGN AND RECALL TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY? *TR

MY 2004 FORD F-360 TRUCK WOULD "CUT OUT" AND TRY TO QUIT RUNNING WHEN SLOWING FOR A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT. THOUGHT IT WAS BAD FUEL, FUEL FILTERS. HAD RECALLS DONE (GFR). PROBLEM BEGAN AGAIN AND WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS PULLING A 16 FT. TRAILER WITH ONE HORSE LOADED, BEGAN TO EMIT WHITE SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST. THE TRUCK APPARENTLY OVERHEATED BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DID NOT INDICATE SUCH. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND THEY WERE 99% SURE IT WAS GFR AGAIN, BUT IT WAS NOT. THE PROBLEM IS MUCH BIGGER. APPARENTLY IT WILL COST $5-10,000 FOR REPAIRS. THE MILEAGE IS 104,000, JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND I DID NOT PURCHASE ANY EXTENDED WARRANTY. I THEN HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO SAID HE COULD FIX THE TRUCK FOR A LOT LESS. BUT, HIS ESTIMATE WAS JUST AS COSTLY AS THE FIRST ESTIMATE. THE TRUCK REMAINS AT THE DEALER AS I REFUSE TO PAY THAT MUCH TO REPAIR. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 F-350 SUPERDUTY 4X4 [6.0 DIESEL]. I DROVE THROUGH WATER THE DEPTH OF THE STOCK TIRES. THE ENGINE INGESTED WATER BY WAY OF THE INTAKE. I WAS ADVISED BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT THE INCIDENT DESTROYED THE ENGINE. THE AIR INTAKE IS LOCATED AT THE FRONT GRILL. I BELIEVE THIS IS A FLAW IN DESIGN, CAUSING EASY ACCESS FOR THE WATER TO ENTER FROM THE AIR INTAKE. I AM GETTING NO ASSISTANCE FROM THE FORD COMPANY OR MY VEHICLE INSURANCE IN COVERING THE DAMAGE, WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT $ 15,000.00 DOLLARS. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IS OCCURRING OFTEN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F350. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE ENGINE WOULD REV. DEPENDING ON THE CONTACT'S REACTION TIME, THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE 4-5 FEET. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS. THE RPM WOULD INCREASE TO 1,000. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CONTROL MODULE, THREE TURBOS, THREE EGR VALVES, AND THE BACK PRESSURE SENSOR. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ UPDATED*JB

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. *NM

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. *AK

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. *NM

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. *JB

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.

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. *JB

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. *NM

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)*JB

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.

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. *AK

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.*AK

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. *AK

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 STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AND UNDER NO PARTICULAR LOAD OR TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS. *NM

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. *TC

ENGINE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP, BUT THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

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. *JB

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. *JB

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. *DSY

ENGINE STALLS/STOPS RUNNING, LEADING TO A LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING. THIS HAS OCURRED THREE TIMES, TWICE AT LOW SPEED WHEN COMING TO A STOP, ONCE AT HIGH SPEED.*AK