general problems of the 2000 Ford F-250

The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while standing next to the vehicle a burning odor was present coming from under the hood. Upon inspection of the vehicle, it was discovered that several wiring harnesses were saturated with leaking brake fluid. The contact was concerned that the saturated wiring harnessed had caused electrical failures within the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 240,000.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250. While the vehicle was parked without the key in the ignition, it attempted to start independently. The contact mentioned that the connectors to the battery terminal had to be removed to prevent the vehicle from independently starting. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000.

I had a spark plug blow out of the cylinder head, as many other people have. This is a manufacturing defect, and they know it, since they changed the design. There should be a recall for this, since it is a safety issue, and if I cannot fix it, it will cost me $2400 for a new cylinder head.

Vehicle died suddenly and failed to restart. Cps was replaced, vehicle ran.

My cps in my 2000 7. 3l truck failed.

Driving home at about 55mph noticed a very bad hesitation in 5. 4l engine and apparent misfire. After pulling over and shutting engine off, noticed # 3 coil broken and sparkplug laying by fuel rail. Spark plug shot out of cylinder head due to poor engineering by Ford. 1999-2002 f250 5. 4l heads only have 4 threads that hold spark plugs.

On my way home from work I heard an unusual noise eminating from under the hood of my 2000 Ford F-250 super duty, 6. 8 (v-10) truck. I thought it was an xhaust manifold leak. I pulled onto a gravel road, lifted the hood and climbed up to look to see what I could find. Imagine my suprise to see a left bank spark plug, #8 cylinder, lying against the fuel rail and the coil firing against the head. I limped home, wondering all the while how much fuel was pouring into the oil pan! I used a strong flash light to peer into the spark plug hole and found to my suprise, very little if any threads to contian the spark plug. I then used a 90 deg. Pick to "feel" the threads. None. I called joe machens Ford in columbia, mo. To see if this might be a common problem. They informed me they see quite a few of the 5. 4 liter cylinder heads in for repair and had had one 6. 8. They informed me that Ford had issued a TSB for the lightning with the 5. 4 ( I can see why, a compressor on top of the engine can create problems) other than the aformentioned TSB, no others exist and Ford has yet to acknowledge the problem. I checked for info via the google search engine and wasn't able to find much information. I probably used the incorrect terminology. Who knows how much of the alumnium threads were ingested into the cylinder, which in turn will cause scarring and oil control problems. I do know however, due to what I was told by the person at joe machens Ford in columbia, mo. , it seems as though Ford has not practiced due diligence as to finding a suitable cost efective repair or replacement for this problem.

While parked in the garage vehicle caught on fire without warrning. Vehicle burned to the ground.

While driving the vehicle stalled. It was later determined that the spark plugs were defective.

Occasional engine stall when windshield wiper is turned on or on intermittent setting. Occasional stalls when steering is turned quickly left to start turning from standing position at intersections. Ford service department was unable to find cause or make corrections.

We first had the front brakes pull right we had the truck in 2-3 times for that problem they finally fixed it. But now the brakes pull left. They do not know how to fix the problem. The engine/electrial problem. All of the sudden everything electical quits working. I didn't know how to classify this problem. They replace a module and it still happens. We are awaiting for them to fix again. On the tires one blew out in the middle of the night on a very dark road 1 mile from the house my husbad drove it home took it in the next day and the refused to fix because he drove on it. Approx a month later we were on a road driving only approx 45 mph. My husband felt something when we were at a light,we pulled in to a store just passed the light got out and the back right tire had blown. We changed the tire took it in and they said they are not on a recall even through they clearly had the white ring all around the tire where it had come apart. We replaced the tires with cooper tires. We still have the tires. Goodyear inspected and agreed it was due to poor manufacturing. On the warranty problems we contacted the manufacture arbitration board. They stated since we use the truck for business we can not have the truck replaced. No where in any of my documentation states that. If this were so we would not have bought the truck. The dealership knew we used the truck for business. The business consist of a handyman business. The most we do to the truck is put on miles. (dot number: vnw81xl tiresize: 265 75r16).

While driving, consumer heard a tapping noise, and vehicle began to decelerate. A spark plug had blown. Dealership replaced the part, and installed a new electrical coil, but the problem recurred.