10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 2
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 138,054 miles
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The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while the vehicle was stationary at a traffic light, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted and driven to his destination. The contact stated that the failure was experienced on three separate occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 300,000.
- Dubuque, IA, USA
2002 F-250 7.3L diesel. Driving down the highway pulling a horse trailer engine just completely stalled without warning. I lost all steering and brakes. I put it in neutral and restarted while coasting. Drove another few miles and it stalled again. Would not start again after that. This happened on a remote highway at night. Had a wrecker tow us to a diesel shop who reported truck started fine next day. Went and picked it up and it stuttered a few times on the way home but did not stall. A few months later, engine stalled at a red light in heavy traffic but started back up. Took it to my mechanic who read a cam position sensor circuit fault on the computer. Replaced cam position sensor. A few months later, stalled again at an intersection. I coasted to the side of the road and had it towed to my mechanic. Upon arriving and unloading from wrecker. Truck started up. Started to drive it home and stalled again halfway there on a busy rural road with no shoulder. Called wrecker again and towed to different diesel shop. Replaced cps again and truck started fine. Took it home and ran it at idle until engine temp was normal. Engine stalled again and would not start. Waited about 2 hours and it started up just fine and ran at idle for one hour without stalling. Current cps was from Ford dealer (the grey one) but apparently the same problem as the one involved in NHTSA id: EA06012 recall from 2006 is still a problem. It could stall without warning in the middle of an intersection and cause a serious crash. This is a serious safety issue!!
- Murfreesboro, TN, USA
The contact owned a 2002 Ford F-250. While the vehicle was parked for a couple of hours in cold temperatures and connected to the block heater, the vehicle caught fire. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The cause of the failure was not determined. The failure mileage was 177,700.
- Berea, KY, USA
We purchased a car from nab autos in fredericksburg, va. After the 7th day of driving it, the motor blew up. Wrong spark plugs were installed by dealer. Also the truck had been raced with nitrous which we were unaware of until we tried to find out what happened to motor. I have documentation from the repair shop. My 18 year old son drives this vehicle which began losing power and shaking before he was able to pull off to the side of the highway.
- Ashland, VA, USA
On November 26th 2017, my truck started having a significant mis-fire in cylinder #4. travelling at about 30 mph on city streets; this particular incident was not a safety issue although difficult to limp the vehicle home as it did not accelerate well. Upon removing the spark plug; it was determined that the cylinder head threads in the spark plug port have been damaged. This would have resulted in an ejected spark plug had the vehicle been continued to be operated. Since this is the 3rd different cylinder this has occurred on with numerous reports from multiple owners of the same engine design by Ford; I have decided to file this report. This is the 2nd report I have filed with the NHTSA. The first report I filed was because the 2nd time this occurred; a spark plug ejected from the #3 cylinder at highway speeds with a significant reduction in speed in traffic on the highway. That occurrence also caused a significant vibration and had to be pulled over immediately. Even though there have been significant reports to Ford and documented occurrences dating back to 1997; Ford continues to say that because no "safety issues" have risen or been proven to be caused by this issue that it is not there problem. I will also be filing reports with BBB, Consumer Affairs and consumer reports.
- Auburn, WA, USA
The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-250. While driving 40 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart on the second attempt; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 07V553000 (engine). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 117,000.
- Grandbury, TX, USA
The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-250. While driving at any speed and as soon as the engine became hot, a burning oil odor was present inside the vehicle. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The dealer diagnosed that there was a defective head gasket that needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000.
- Barboursville, VA, USA
My 2002 Ford F250 Super Duty 5.4 gasoline engine had a spark plug blow out at around 165,000 miles. I had pulled over to take a call turned off the engine, when I started it back up it was making a loud popping sound, my machanic shop was next door to where I was so I was lucky that I did not have to drive it anywhere.
- Hye, TX, USA
Driving on the freeway a spark plug came out of the engine causing the vehicle to shake and loose power. The dealer and a shop I took the vehicle to stated that this is a frequent problem with this engine.
- Kaysville, UT, USA
#4 sparkplug ejected
- Jeddo, MI, USA
Spark plug failure as accelerating from a stop light, and engine problem resulting from 7 cylinder operation. Got it to a mechanic and he was able to sleeve the spark plug thread and install a new plug. Now the same is starting again. I am taking the vehicle to the mechanic to make permanent repairs for all the spark plug. This may end up with the engine heads being removed in order to make complete repairs, and the cost for that will be thousands of dollars. This is a Ford engine design problem that Ford has been aware of, yet they continue to deny any responsibility.
- Seattle, WA, USA
Was driving down the road at 35 mph and heard a pop then the engine started to run rough. Took to the mechanic said that I had a blown spark plug.
- Pierre, SD, USA
Oil pan rusted out.
- New Baltimore, MI, USA
A spark plug ejected from the right side head of the engine head while running down the hwy at 60 mph. The head might be damaged. I haven't had a chance to get it fixed. Been a Ford truck guy all my life & I can't believe Ford hasn't accepted any responsibility of any portion or kind for this. My estimated expense to repair this is $1,000 to $3,000 depending on any damage to the head etc.. I paid $4200 for the truck in April of 2013...it is in very good condition & to good to junk in my opinion. Besides I can't afford to buy another truck so I have to try to fix it. This is beyond disappointing, it is a major blow to the budget etc. Etc. Etc......
- Wisconsin Dells , WI, USA
Spark plug ejected while driving on high way. This is the second time a plug has ejected. The first time the truck had 39000 miles, original factory torqued spark plugs.
- North Andover , MA, USA
Spark plug blew out of engine. This is the second time in a year on two different plugs. These are the original plugs.
- Wisconsin Rapids, WI, USA
Oil leaking passenger side rear on to the starter and exhaust system.
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
The #3 spark plug blew out of the engine head. This is the second time this has happened on the same side of the engine. By blowing out, it is a fire hazard, as the engine still pumps gas through this piston. This is an expensive problem to fix and Ford needs to take responsibility for its bad head problem.
- Oxford , MI, USA
A spark plug worked loose from the head and blew out causing damage to the head and the ignition coil. All 8 plugs had to be replaced, two damaged spark plug holes repaired and two ignition coils replaced.
- Hortonville, WI, USA
- Glyndon, MD, USA