Diesel Engine problems of the 2000 Ford F-350

Towing 20 ft trailer in traffic and motor just died no brakes or steering luckily only doing 25 mph was able to take side street and have towed to dealer was out of state at the time. Cam position sensor not listed needs recall.

A cam position sensor failed shutting the vehicle down. . . No warning the engine just quit. Restarted for about 30 seconds several times, just long enough to get off the road. The repair cost almost $ 600 with towing. . A web search indicates this is a common problem and very dangerous depending on when the failure occurs.

I have had to replace the cps on my 2000 f350 7. 3l diesel 3 times since owning the vehicle. I have owned it for 5 years. I have listed the last replacement in the form below.

I was sitting in a parking lot idling and the truck just started to puff out tons of smoke and run bad. . . Took it three blocks to the Ford dealer and the cps cam pos sensor (Ford calls it a synchronizer p# f7tz-12k073-a) was bad. . . I have rode in two other 7. 3 l trucks that also had cps go bad in them. I now carry a spare in the glove box because if in the desert or where ever I don't want to be stranded for a simple part. I know of at least 20 who own this truck who have all had cps failures.

In the past 2 weeks the vehicle's engine stalled during very inopportune times while highway driving. Fuel has been ruled out, a full systems check was performed by the dealer, with no error codes or other problems noted. When the engine begins to stall, it goes through a period of stuttering (<1 min) then stalls completely. You can wait for approx. 2-7 minutes and then engine will start and operate for a period of <5 mins, before again stalling. During this second event, the truck needed to be towed to the dealer for further servicing.

3 cam position sensor failures within approximately the last 14 months. Steering and braking are difficult at best when the sudden shutdown of the vehicle occurs.

The engine would just die even while driving. The camshaft postion sensor was bad.

2000 Ford f350 7. 3 the truck kept stalling and stopping in traffic. Had the codes checked and nothing showed on the scanner, I was told I had bad fuel. Drained the tank, changed the fuel filter,put in new fuel from a different station and the truck ran fine for a couple of days and then stopped again in the road and had to have it towed. Took it to a Ford dealer in johnstown this time. The dealer said the cam sensor was bad and for $ 680. 00 the problem would be repaired. Had them make the repairs and when we picked it up the service writer said this happens all the time. Talked with several owner of the diesel trucks and they told me that it happens so often that they keep a spare in the glove box that it only takes 15 min to change. The first time this happened I was on a state rt at rush hour with a semi pulling out in front of me,he seen that I was having trouble and did not continue. I was lucky that day. The next time it happened I was going down a steep hill with a sharp left curve at the bottom, just as I got to the point of having to use my brakes the engine stalled, I made the turn but had to drive on the berm and in the ditch to do so. Again we ran the codes and nothing showed. On the way home from scanning the codes it stalled in the middle of st rt 13 . That is when it went to the dealer for repair. Why keep making the same bad sensor and why does it not show up when your run the codes?.

I have an f350 diesel year is 2000. In 2003 I had engine-sensor failure. Ford said it was the cam sensor and charged approx. $400 to repair. This started happening again in Feb. 2006. I had private repair shop replace cams, still stalls,took truck to Ford repair, replaced glowplugs and charged several hundred dollars, still having trouble. Seems to be worse in morning after non use for 12 hours.

I had a cam position sensor fail on the freeway I-80 (reno) on my 2000 Ford f350 power stroke diesel pick-up. Replaced part out of pocket. No other issues leading up to the failure. Truck stopped dead in its tracks.

When up-shifting gears, the service engine light would illuminate and accelerator is non-responsive as engine idles around 1k rpm causing loss of momentum. After a few seconds, the accelerator can be used to increase speed, but depressing the clutch starts the cycle of non-responsive accelerator action all over. The truck has died on curbs, in intersections, and while getting onto on ramps. Ford has replaced some magnets which just delayed the action for a few weeks. The longer it goes without repair, the worse it becomes.

I've had two separate cps failures on my 2000 Ford super duty with the 7. 3 diesel. Both times it manifested itself as the motor dying without warning. Once it was on the highway. There where no injuries with either incident but that could have easily been a different story had I been pulling my trailer. Both times replacing the (over priced) cps was the solution. The old parts were discarded.

On my 2000 Ford f350 diesel, the camshaft position sensor failed as I was entering the highway. The engine stalled and I had no power to the engine. The power steering and power brakes failed and I could not get the truck totally off the highway. Luckily a police officer on the highway pulled in behind me and stayed with me with his lights on until a tow truck arrived. It was a scary situation. Then I find out that the problem is very common, very dangerous, and very ignored by the manufacturer. If the police officer was not there quickly, or if he had a call to attend to, someone could have been killed.

After about four years of good service a problem started and now still having numerous camshaft position sensor(cps) failure in the 2000 f350 7. 3 sd pickup truck cps system. Dealership and local automotive repairs have been performed as extra costs to correct the problem. The original cps part numbers are not available and an alternate part is a replacement today. A year after the last repair of the same symptoms the computer code finally recognized the default with a code p0340. This is the first time the sensor error was identified by the check engine code system and it is the second time the cps will be replaced. I have spent over $1,500 in repairs to find a fix. I hope the new part be the final fix.

2000 f350 7. 3 diesel - cam position sensor failed, shutting down engine. Luckily vehicle had just pulled our of driveway and was able to get to side of road. The engine restarted after 10 minutes but dies again after a few seconds. Cam position sensor was replaced, solving problem. Employee at dealership unofficallly said this would probably happen again in appx. 40,000 miles. This truck is used to pull horse trailers on the interstate. If this is going to be a repeat occurance, I don't want my family or myself in the truck if this happens on the interstate at 70mph. I no longer feel safe in this truck.

F-350 camshaft position sensor failed prematurely (28,000 miles). Engine shut down with no warning, brakes failed. Rolled to a stop, the engine would not restart. No traffic around. Ford replaced the part under warranty.

Cold morning starts, eng: 7. 3diesel. Problem started around Dec. 31,2001. On first start eng. Is slow to start, when it does start it goes from 300rpm to 1200rpm about three times and then settles down on 800rpm's and runs ok. The veh. Has been in approx. 4 or 5 times for this problem. The dealer shows the veh, has been in twice for this problem. I have talked with other Ford truck owners with a 7,3 diesel eng. And no one has had this problem. The dealer tells me that this is normal for the 7. 3di in cold weather. Question: if this is normal why did it take almost a year for this to start. Other problems: 1. Aarm reman inj pkg #8 cyl replaced. 2. Warped rotors (front), warped pads heat cracked, calipers replaced. 3. 50 miles on truck, truck pulled to the right all the time, took into dealer 4 times, (carson city), dealer in fallon came to my house took the veh. To fallon & fixed pulling problem. 4. Powertrain control module (pcm) replaced. 5. Egr pressure feedback-pfe/exhaust back pressure -ebp-replaced. 6. Dealer installed fuel heater kit , sop top water fuel heater. ( all of this & this diesel still goes from 300rpm to 1200rpm). I talked to a diesel shop in reno, nv. And he said there is something wrong with this diesel. I hate to think what this is doing to the internal parts of this eng. I would think that the bearings at 300rpm are getting very little oil pressure. ( how ever the dealer said this is normal and that I should plug in the eng. Heater. Question: how do you plug in when you are on vacation or out fishing which I do alot.

Vehicle engine caught on fire.