2001 FORD F SUPER DUTY

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: F-SUPER DUTY CREW CAB PICKUP TRUCKS (F-350 SHORT WHEELBASE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH A 6 3/4' PICKUP BOX AND DUAL REAR WHEELS) WERE BUILT AFTER A CHANGE WAS IMPLEMENTED TO DELETE A CLAMP, AND LATER A BRACKET THAT PROVIDED A GROUND FOR THE FUEL FILLER PIPE. THE PICKUP BOX MAY NOT

MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT WILL COME UNBUCKLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON.NO MATTER SPEED ANGLE ETC. *JS

FORD F250 2001 6.8 V-10 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT I JUST HAD TWO OF MY TEN PLUGS BLOW OUT ON MY 2001 F250 GAS 6.8 V-10 WITH 161K MILES. I TUNED UP THE ENGINE AT THE RECOMMENDED 100K MILES USING THE SPECIFIED PROCEDURES FOR THIS ENGINE. I KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND WAS EXTREMELY CAREFUL DURING THE TUNE-UP AND PLUG REPLACEMENT. I AM A CERTIFIED AIRCRAFT MECHANIC WITH FAA INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION. I USED A CERTIFIED TORQUE WRENCH TO INSTALL THE PLUG WITH THE CORRECT TORQUE. THERE WAS NO ERROR IN TECHNIQUE OR INSTALLATION ON THIS SPARK PLUG REPLACEMENT. I JUST PAID $720 TO HAVE TWO SPARK PLUG HELI-COIL INSERTS DONE ON THIS ENGINE THAT BLEW OUT THE TWO FRONT LEFT PLUGS. THERE IS A SIMILAR PROCEDURE FOR AIRCRAFT ALUMINUM CYLINDERS (CALLED JUGS) WITH STRIPPED SPARK PLUG BOSS DEFECTS. AN AIRCRAFT SPARK PLUG HAS A LARGER 18MM DIAMETER PLUG WITH FULL DEPTH THREADS (NOT THE ? THREAD OF THE FORD V-10 AND OTHER FORD ENGINE DESIGNS). AIRCRAFT SPARK PLUGS ARE TORQUED T

Mileage: 161,000

I PURCHASED A 2001 FORD SUPER DUTY NEW. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 61K MILES AT 6 YEARS OLD. I REPLACED THAT TRANSMISSION WITH A 'REBUILT BY FORD' TRANSMISSION WITH A 3 YEAR, 36K MILE WARRANTY. THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED (DISINTEGRATED) WITH 31K MILES AT 37 MONTHS. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER IS HELPING WITH THE COST OF REPLACING IT AGAIN, FORD WILL NOT HELP AT ALL. THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS SERVICED WITH 25K MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

WAS SITTING AT STOP LIGHT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A POP, AND THIS TERRIBLE NOISE STARTED COMING FROM ENGINE AREA. PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, AND CALLED MY HUSBAND. HE CAME DOWN, AND INSPECTED THE ENGINE. HE FOUND THE NUMBER 4 SPARK PLUG MISSING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS FAILURE HAS HAPPENED. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO A FORD DEALER, AND THEY INSTALLED A SPARK PLUG INSERT, AND REPLACED SPARK PLUG, AND COIL. $424.52 WAS TOTAL REPAIR BILL WHICH INCLUDED TOWING. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 123,475

MY 2001 FORD F350 SUPERDUTY EJECTED A SPARK PLUG FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A YEAR. I FINALLY HAD TO BUY AN INSERT KIT TO FIX THE PROBLEM MYSELF COST ME 450.00 PLUS A NEW IGNITION COIL FOR 55.00. FORD WOULD NOT EVEN THINK OF TAKING THE BLAME FOR THIS PROBLEM TELLING ME THAT IT IS VERY UNCOMMON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN???????I DIDN'T HAVE A FIRE BUT I DID SEE SOME SMOKE AND SMELLED GAS VAPORS WHEN THE PLUG EJECTED IT ALSO SCARED THE HELL OUT OF MY WIFE AND I..IF IT HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT FROM THE LOSS OF POWER AND THE SUDDEN SHOCK FROM THE NOISE.. I REALLY THINK THIS FAILURE IN THE FORD TRITON MOTOR SHOULD BE LOOKED AT CLOSELY AND MAKE FORD RECALL THESE ENGINES....THANK YOU DAVE CURTIN *TR

Mileage: 125,000

MY 2001 FORD F350 SUPERDUTY EJECTED A SPARK PLUG FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A YEAR. I FINALLY HAD TO BUY AN INSERT KIT TO FIX THE PROBLEM MYSELF COST ME 450.00 PLUS A NEW IGNITION COIL FOR 55.00. FORD WOULD NOT EVEN THINK OF TAKING THE BLAME FOR THIS PROBLEM TELLING ME THAT IT IS VERY UNCOMMON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN???????I DIDN'T HAVE A FIRE BUT I DID SEE SOME SMOKE AND SMELLED GAS VAPORS WHEN THE PLUG EJECTED IT ALSO SCARED THE HELL OUT OF MY WIFE AND I..IF IT HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT FROM THE LOSS OF POWER AND THE SUDDEN SHOCK FROM THE NOISE.. I REALLY THINK THIS FAILURE IN THE FORD TRITON MOTOR SHOULD BE LOOKED AT CLOSELY AND MAKE FORD RECALL THESE ENGINES....THANK YOU DAVE CURTIN *TR

Mileage: 125,000

ENGINE STALLS AT IDLE. *TR

DRIVERS SEAT BELT RANDOMLY DISCONNECTS. MAY DISCONNECT 2 TIMES WITHIN 5 MINUTES OR MAY DISCONNECT ONCE IN 2 WEEKS. EVERYTIME I CONNECT THE BELT I TUG AND YANK TO MAKE SURE IT IS CONNECTED BUT DOING THIS MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. I HOPE IT DOES NOT DISCONNECT IN AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 124,000

2002 CLASS A MOTORHOME SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT THE ENGINE HEAD UPON START UP. *MR THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE #1 SPARK PLUG HAD EXITED THE ENGINE HEAD AND WAS LODGED IN THE FRONT AXLE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC

Mileage: 20,718

MY 2001 FORD F-350 7.3 L POWER STROKE DIESEL HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING STALLING, MISSING,CUTTING OUT, ETC FOR ABOUT 6-8 MONTHS. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO CAPITOL FRD IN SANTA FE, NM ON JUNE 7, 2005 AND PICKED UP ON JUNE 11, 2005. THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS REPLACED A "RELAY" OF SOME SORT NOT KNOWING WHAT THE PROBLEM REALLY WAS.(BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION).THE TRUCK STILL STALLS, MISSES AND CUTS OUT. I DO NOT WANT TO CONTINUE TAKING MY TRUCK IN FOR EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE VERY NICE AND TRY TO HELP BUT I CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY FUEL FOR THEM TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME WAS 4 DAYS AND 15 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE TRUCK HAS DIED WHILE IN MOTION ON AT LEAST 6 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND NUMEROUS TIMES SITTING AT STOP LIGHTS. WHEN IT DIES IN MOTION, I LOSE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. PLEASE HELP!!! *JB

Mileage: 40,000

CLUTCH DISENGAGEMENT NEEDING MORE TRAVEL UNTIL NEARLY TOUCHING THE FLOOR, OCCURED OVER A FEW WEEKS. THE CLUTCH STOPPED DISENGAGING WHILE TOWING A TRAILER OUT OF STATE AT A STOP LIGHT. IF THE IGNITION KEY WASN'T TURNED OFF IT WOULD HAVE PUSHED US INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, THE OLD PART IS AVALIABLE. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SUPER DUTY FORD PICKUPS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST WAS ABOUT 43K MILES, NOW IT IS 83K MILES. SEVERAL OWNERS OF THE SAME TYPE TRUCKS (ALL WITH DIESEL ENGINES) HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 83,000

NORMAL DRIVING RANSMISSION BROKE.FORD REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *AK

Mileage: 34,800

I WAS DRIVING A 2001 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY TRUCK WITH A DIESEL MOTOR, I WAS DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD GOING ABOUT 55 MPH WHEN THE MOTOR DIED FOR NO REASON. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED FOR HELP BECAUSE THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE CAM POSITION SENSOR WENT BAD. WHEN THIS PART GOES BAD THE ENGINE GOES DEAD. THE PROBLEM IS THESE TRUCKS ARE MADE FOR TOWING TRAILER AND WHEN THE MOTOR DIES FOR NO REASON YOU HAVE NO POWER TO STEER THE TRUCK AND THE BRAKE NO LONGER WORK. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED. I HAVE TALKED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM AS WELL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED. *LA

Mileage: 62,000

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2001 FORD F250 WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITH A FORD REMAN UNIT LAST SUMMER (JULY 2002 WITH 59000 MILES). THIS AUGUST(2003) IT BEGAN PUMPING OUT TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM THE BELL HOUSING AT APPROXIMATELY 79000 MILES. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT IT NEEDED A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER. THAT'S THE SAME DIAGNOSIS IT HAD LAST YEAR. OF COURSE, FORD WILL NOT WARRANTY IT. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT FORD HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. THE SECOND ONLY LASTED 13 MONTHS AND 20000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND FORD VEHICLE I'VE OWNED WITH FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. THE OTHER WAS THE 1999 WINDSTAR. THAT TRANSMISSION WENT AT 53,000 MILES AND HAD NEVER TOWED ANYTHING OR BEEN OVERHEATED.*AK

Mileage: 79,000

MY REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MILES AN HOUR. THE TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED AND HAD LESS THAN 30000 MILES OF WEAR. THE TIRE LOOK AS IF IT CAME UNGLUED. *NLM

WHEN THE PICKUP IS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE IN FIRST,SECOND,THIRD GEAR, IF YOU DO NOT CRAM ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS YOU CAN THE TRUCK WILL ROLL BACKWARDS! IF YOU DON'T HAVE BRAKE YOU WATCH TRUCK ROLL BACKWARDS. THE FORD HOTLINE SAID THIS NORMAL. I HAVE DROVE MANUEL TRANSMISSIONS ALL MY LIFE,THIS IS NOT NORMAL! MY TRUCK HAS ROLLED OVER 20 FEET OUT INTO THE STREET.I AM CONCERNED THAT IT COULD POP OUT OF GEAR AND CAUSE A ACCIDENT OR RUN OVER SOMEONE! THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND THE TRANSMISSION OR REAREND HAS A PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN THE PICKUP IS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE IN FIRST,SECOND,THIRD GEAR, IF YOU DO NOT CRAM ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS YOU CAN THE TRUCK WILL ROLL BACKWARDS! IF YOU DON'T HAVE BRAKE YOU WATCH TRUCK ROLL BACKWARDS. THE FORD HOTLINE SAID THIS NORMAL. I HAVE DROVE MANUEL TRANSMISSIONS ALL MY LIFE,THIS IS NOT NORMAL! MY TRUCK HAS ROLLED OVER 20 FEET OUT INTO THE STREET.I AM CONCERNED THAT IT COULD POP OUT OF GEAR AND CAUSE A ACCIDENT OR RUN OVER SOMEONE! THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND THE TRANSMISSION OR REAREND HAS A PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN THE PICKUP IS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE IN FIRST,SECOND,THIRD GEAR, IF YOU DO NOT CRAM ON THE BRAKE AS HARD AS YOU CAN THE TRUCK WILL ROLL BACKWARDS! IF YOU DON'T HAVE BRAKE YOU WATCH TRUCK ROLL BACKWARDS. THE FORD HOTLINE SAID THIS NORMAL. I HAVE DROVE MANUEL TRANSMISSIONS ALL MY LIFE,THIS IS NOT NORMAL! MY TRUCK HAS ROLLED OVER 20 FEET OUT INTO THE STREET.I AM CONCERNED THAT IT COULD POP OUT OF GEAR AND CAUSE A ACCIDENT OR RUN OVER SOMEONE! THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND THE TRANSMISSION OR REAREND HAS A PROBLEM.*AK

SIDEWALL FAILER FOUND BY EAST COUNTY ALLINGMENT, SANTEE, CA. THEY HAVE FOUND MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL TIRE. ON SEARCHING FOR A REPLACEMENT TIRE TWO DEALERS WOULD NOT RECOMEND THIS TIRE AND ONE, SOUTHERN TIRE, RAMONA CA. , HAD A NEW ONE BLOW UP.*AK

TRAVELLING WITH EMPTY PICKUP TRUCK BED AND 1 ADULT AND 3 CHILDREN PASSENGERS. 50 MILES FROM LAKE CHARLES, LA. AFTER DRIVING FOR 9 HOURS, THE RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX 16 INCH TIRE HAD A CATASTROPHIC SIDEWALL FAILURE. THE SIDEWALL SEPARATED ENTIRELY FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. I HAVE PHOTOS AND HAVE THE ORIGINAL TIRE AND SIDEWALL. I REPLACED ALL THE FIRESTONE TIRES WITH MICHELINS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET FIRESTONE TO LOOK INTO THIS. THE TIRE WAS MADE IN CANADA AND THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS ARE ON THE SIDEWALL IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS: 30362 EX BM14480-3 BM14973 AND BM15211 ON THE TIRE BEAD. THEY ARE E RATED TUBELESS RADIAL ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES ON MY FORD SUPERDUTY. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME FOR PHOTOS OR TO SEE THE TIRES.*AK