Problem Reports

WILL NOT START WHEN HOT

DRIVING THE F-250 PULLING A STOCK TRAILER, THE CRUSE WAS SET AT 53 ISH WE TOPPED A SMALL HILL AN STARTED DOWN HILL, THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED, AS WE REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND STARTED TO LEVEL OUT THE TRANS SHIFTED AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT TRAILER JERK THE ENGINE DIED!!! NEUTRAL!! NO START NO START!! TWO TOW BILLS $250.00, LATER A TRUSTED PROFESSIONAL MECHANIC CALL TO TELL US THE HPOP PUMP IS OUT REPAIR COST $1100.00-$1600.00 AND YEA IF ANY OF YOU ARE THINKING ITS PROBABLY THE ENURESIS SWITCH(EMERGENCY FUEL SHUT OFF)WELL I WISH!!!!, I CHECKED THAT PRIOR TO THE SECOND TOW.

Situation same as prior mentioned. Was coming over a hill and cruise set at 115km. Passed vehicle and felt slight pause in speed. Hit accelerator and had nothing, downshifted the manual to 4th and had nothing. pulled over and stalled out. Engine cranked but would not turn over. had no warning indicators. after checking things out and seeing no leaks or damage tried turning over again and noticed batt v dropping. Towed back to shop and by that time batts were dead. assumed alternator failed and now mechanic says NO OIL PRESSURE AT ALL. So far they haven't had a chance to look for problem. Is this the hp oil valve/pump or worse? What am I looking at for time and cost if it is the hp pump? This truck is my lifeline for work. Am I screwed?

had to replace failed oil pump because it was leaking fuel everywhere

I purchased the vehicle above in the fall of 2010. Two months later, it was in the shop with fuel injector problems, and as luck would have it, the warranty on the vehicle just expired the month before. Needless to say, Ford didn't show any sympathy.

Now, nearly a year later, the vehicle died on the side of the road. The cause? You guessed it: high pressure oil pump failure. So I paid $2,500 for my local dealership to fix it over the better part of a holiday weekend. Three days later, towing a Uhaul car trailer on a 400 mile trip, the truck shuts down again at 5:30 a.m. (while I was traveling 65 mph). I limp to the shoulder of the road, call for a tow, and a different Ford dealer says it's the same problem--high pressure oil pump--and dealer #1 didn't fix it correctly. To make things even more difficult, neither dealer agreed that i shouldn't have to pay for the same repair again. Instead, they pointed the finger at one another and said "take it up with them". Very, very discouraging.

After spending a full day in the waiting area, the dealer #2 said they fixed it and gave me their guarantee it wouldn't happen again. 24 hours later, while towing a car on the trailer and merging off the highway, the vehicle dies AGAIN! I tow it back to Dealer #1, and yeah, you guessed it, high pressure oil pump failed again--the third time in 8 days!! You think the dealership would give me any of my $$ back? Think again.

I'm a husband and father of two infant boys. Can you imagine what would happen if i broke down in the middle of nowhere? Ford won't hear it. In fact, after the 3rd repair on the oil pump, dealer #2 called me and said "we don't want to give you any money back yet because we don't believe dealer #1 fixed it for good. . . what we'd like you to do is put the truck through the ringer and see if you can break it again."

Are you freaking kidding me?!?! What happens if the truck breaks again and sends me into another car? What if someone is injured/killed? You think ford will cover that? Ford service techs don't even have faith in the vehicle i'm driving!! What am i supposed to do?

THANK GOD I RECORDED EVERY PHONE CALL AND CONVERSATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE FORD TECHS.

Those micro recorders are super-handy. . . It's been 7 days and i'm still furious. So, first, i'm going to see what Dodge has to offer these days. Second, I'll start crying foul on every website I can find. Then i'll write to the BBB, the attorney general, and anyone else. Then i'll join one of these class-action lawsuits. With a story like this, and the recordings to back it up, Ford better give me my $$ back or i'll just get louder. What they're doing is just not right.