Nine problems related to clutch have been reported for the 2001 Ford F-250. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
While driving uphill at 15-20 mph the driver heard a sound coming from the transmission. The transmission shifted to neutral, then the vehicle rolled backward. After stopping, the driver was unable to shift to drive or reverse. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where a clutch mechanism inside the automatic transmission was replaced.
The clutch cylinder failed and engaged the clutch. This made the vehicle take off, sometimes sending the consumer into the intersection of traffic. The cylinder has been replaced twice and it continues to perform the same way.
Clutch master cylinder failure resulting in vehicle clutch/transmission being engaged at all times and lurching forward despite breaking. When clutch was pushed in it stayed on the floor and kept the transmission engaged.
While driving the vehicle the clutch broke. The dealer has replaced it three times but the problem re-occurred.
My truck's hydraulic clutch system has failed twice now. Both of these times it prevented me from disengaging the motor and the brakes would not stop the truck. I was almost in an accident as a result of this both times. The dealership has repaired my vehicle both times at no cost, but my concern is that if this causes me to have an accident and kill someone, myself included, who then will be responsible? in my opinion this is a serious safety issue due to the fact that the defect renders the truck unstoppable. The first occurance, the truck only had 1200 miles on it. The second one was just recently at 20,900 miles. I've only had the truck approximately twenty months. That is ridiculous.
Previous failure (2nd) reported under odi#759329 on same subsystem -March 2002.
First hydraulic cylinder failure occurred (while living in FL) on 06 Jun 2001 (odo: 2188 miles) at approx 30mph. Lost use of clutch while shifting between 2nd & 3rd gear. Hydraulic cylinder replaced by orville beckford Ford under warranty. Second occurrence is described earlier in this report --occurred after moving to TX. To be repaired by gillespie Ford, san antonio, TX.
Clutch hose line that runs from the master cylinder down to the slave cylinder melted across the exhaust manifold thereby releasing all the hydraulic fluid, upon shifting out of overdrive due to the trailer and the grade on the freeway, the clutch pedal stayed on the floorboard of vehicle resulting in vehicle effectively being stuck in neutral.
While traveling at highway speeds clutch became disengaged from mechanism that it was attached to. Driver could not get out of gear. Driver felt this was very unsafe. Dealer replaced master cylinder and clutch.