Diesel Engine problems of the 2001 Ford F-250

I have a 2001 Ford f250 super duty truck with the 7. 3l diesel engine, I had to have the camshaft sensor replaced at my own expense at the local Ford dealership at a cost of nearly $1,100. 00. When the recall notice came in the mail, I called and made appointment to have it checked and sure enough the new camshaft sensor was the correct one. The Ford motor company dealer only issued me a $300. 00 refund. What is right about that.

1. 1 million Ford 7. 3l turbo diesels recalled under Ford recall 07s57 for model years 1997-2003 for camshaft position sensor problem which causes engine to cut off while running; however when I take my 2001 f250 diesel in with same engine exhibits same problems; Ford dealer told me my truck wasn't covered by the recall because of the "color" of the sensor that was in my truck. I had it repaired anyhow because I have been experiencing the problem for 8-10 months and have been extremely cautious when using the truck crossing intersections and the like due to the engine cutting out. I think it ridiculous that they restrict the recall even though mine exhibits the identical symptoms. While an inexpensive repair, I doubt I shall buy another Ford truck now after having owned 3 of them in the past.

Cam position sensor failed on my 2001 Ford F-250 7. 3l diesel while driving on I-495 in va. Failure was without warning which caused the engine to immediately shut down, thus causing severely reduced steering and braking.

2001 7. 3 powerstroke intermittently stalls. This going to get someone killed. I have been told that this is a problem with the cps. When the engine stall I have no control over the f250 sd crewcab can't turn can't stop until I restart the engine. I replace the cps and this has stopped for now until this cps fails.

Concerning: 2001 Ford F-250 7. 3 diesel. Ford has pattern cam position sensor failure that causes engine to shut off while traveling at speed. This results in loss of brakes and steering. The cam position sensor in my truck failed with 75,00 miles. Ford is aware of this problem but has done nothing to rectify the cause of the failure. When the engine shuts down without warning. It's very unnerving and unsafe. Driving on a crowded roadway/freeway with sudden engine shutdown and loss of power, brakes, and steering is flat out scary and dangerous.

I have had to replace 4 cam position sensors in my 2001 Ford f250. All of the sensors failed while driving which created a dangerous situation because when they die the vehicle acts as if the key has been turned off which means you lose everything including power steering and power brakes. I feel very lucky that nobody was injured and also lucky that I was not pulling a trailer at the time.

: the contact stated the vehicle lost power while making a turn. The engine stalled and the power steering stopped functioning. There was no warning signal prior to the incident. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, who determined that the cam sensor had failed. The manufacturer was notified. The consumer stated that this is a very common issue with this type of vehicle and feels as though this is a major safety issue. Updated 07/17/07.

Cam position sensor failure, intermittent stalling loss of steering and brakes.

My 2001 F-250 diesel will sometimes stall at traffic signals with the left turn signal on. It did it 3 times today (June 22, 2006) it has approx 106,000 miles on it.

Drive a 2001 Ford f250 4wd stretch cab pickup with a 7. 3l diesel engine. It is used primarily for towing a travel trailer. The truck is well maintained and has just over 55,000 miles on it. Recently on a trip to nevada, without our travel trailer, the truck acted as if it were not getting adequate fuel 3 times and the engine shut off completely twice. All of this on a busy interstate highway. Fortunately, when it shut off I was able to kick it into neutral and restart the engine. When I took the truck to my dealer a part was replaced and I was told that my problem was not uncommon with this diesel engine. Part replaced was a camshaft sensor. Don't know what happened to the defective part. Cost of repair - parts and labor - $261. 71 - partly covered by an extended warranty that I had in place. Anyway, had no prior warning of this tendency and the timing of the stalling and shut downs was scary and dangerous. I consider my wife and I to be extremely fortunate and we are glad that we were not towing our travel trailer at the time of the failures.

We have a 2001 Ford F-250 sd truck that has had 3-4 transmission failures since we have owned it. The transmission deteriorates 3-4 months after the warranty expires. On Monday, may 29, 2006 we were in a hay field picking up hay when the transmission exploded and caught fire with no warning.

2001 f250 diesel stalled without warning today. It did restart, then stalled again. Then restarted and stalled a third time. I'm attempting to drive it to the Ford dealership tomorrow. I understand there has been similar recall on a later model. The vehicle did seem to hesitate several times yesterday but did not stall.

The contact complained about an oil ring failure the engine while driving. The engine was making a fluttering sound, and the oil gauge indicated a rapid loss of oil pressure. He pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. Upon inspecting the vehicle, he discovered the oil ring had blown out of the engine. He added enough oil to the engine to be able to drive the vehicle into his certified repair shop. Repairs were made to the vehicle at the contact's expense.

I have a 2001 Ford f250 super duty with a 7. 3l powerstroke diesel engine. Over the last 18 months I have had no less than 4 cam positioning sensors fail. On two of these occasions the part failed slowly causing intermittent engine problems. The truck would run rough and loose all power. On the two remaining occasions the part failed immediately and put my life in immediate danger. On one of these failures I was towing a 12,000 lb fifth wheel trailer, on the interstate at 65 mph. My engine stalled (stopped running completely) with no warning and left me with no power brakes and no power steering. The only thing that saved me was the location of the incident. It happened on a long straight away. If it had happened in the mountains, on a hill or on a curve I would have surely crashed. The second failure occurred just before a stop light. My truck was only going about 30 mph but the engine stalled, once again without warning, just as a light turned red. I was unable to stop in time and narrowly avoided an accident as the oncoming traffic just missed me. After the incident on the highway I was able to restart the truck and limp it home. After the second incident I was unable to restart the truck and had to tow it. I bought my truck used, with 52,000 miles in oct of 2003. My first failure did not take place until November 2004. With in 6 months of replacing the part with a Ford factory part the second unit failed. Within 6 weeks of that parts installation it failed again. Then in January of this year I replaced the unit with a new part from International when it began to intermittently fail. This part was on the truck for less than 4 weeks and less than 2000 miles before it failed this past weekend. I now have a brand new factory unit in place and constantly worry about towing or driving with my family. Each replacement part has costs more than 125$ with one as much as $185. On one occasion I had to pay a 50$ tow bill.

The "cam position sensor" ( cps ) on 2001 Ford 7. 3l diesel failed. This can cause loss of control as the engine dies thus leaving no power steering or brakes.

Diesel emissions getting into cabin at toxic levels. While cleaning out the inside of my deceased fathers f250 super duty diesel, I noticed a brown haze covering the the front seat and noticed at the bottom of the seatbelts, they were covered heavily with diesel soot. I sent off to lab for analysis and the results of the first test were as follows: diesel range organic gc/carbon distribution 508mg/l.

Having just replaced the cps on my 2001 Ford F-250 psd at the Ford dealer at around 29,000 miles, the family and I departed on vacation to a lake in central oregon pulling a 24ft travel trailer (7000 lbs). Arriving to the lake requires a steep decent into a canyon, rock wall on one side and shear dropoff on the other. At the beginning of the decent my truck just died, brakes and steering began to fail (no pressures), white knuckle is putting it lightly, I ended up turning over the stater frequently to get pressures back to the pumps to keep the truck under contol. Once at the bottom of the canyon we stopped and I cycled the ignition switch it stated right up, no problems for the rest of the trip. I had numerous failures since then and have replaced the cps myself with good results until just recently with failures occurring again.