general problems of the 2001 Ford F-350

The contact owns a 2001 Ford F-350. The contact stated after having parked his vehicle after a short drive, the contact noticed a large cloud of smoke issuing from under the hood from the driver's side towards the front end of the vehicle. The contact stated that he opened the hood, disconnected the battery and blew the smoke out of the engine compartment with an air compressor he had on hand. The contact called a local dealer who refused to diagnose the vehicle unless the contact called the manufacturer to have the manufacturer authorize service from the dealer. The vehicle had not been repaired; however, the vehicle was still drivable. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 162,000.

Tl the contact owned a 2001 Ford F-350. While the vehicle was parked in a parking lot without warning the vehicle caught fired. The contact stated that a coworker informed him that the flames were coming from underneath his vehicle. The contact attempted to extinguish the fire but was unable. The fire department was contacted and extinguished the flames. A police report was filed. No injuries were sustained. State farm was contacted towed the vehicle to a tow lot and deemed the vehicle a total loss. The contact mentioned that the brake fluid light was illuminated and brake fluid was added to the vehicle. The contact mentioned that prior to the fire he noticed that fluid was leaking underneath the vehicle. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 09v399000 (vehicle speed control) as a cause of the failure as VIN was included and recall was not serviced. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 109,000.

Spark plug blew out on 12/22/14, then another one blew out when I picked up the truck on 12/29/14. Have had both fixed with inserts.

#3 spark plug bowled out at 60 m p h truck only has 33,390 miles on it. It is the factory spark plugs 5. 4 l triton. This truck is a 2001 model has very few miles because it is not drove far at any one time and the up keep on it is top notch. This is a factory default and as much as these truck cost Ford should stand behind this fix!!!!!.

1. )Ford F-350 parked in the morning at 8:04 am after taking daughter to school. After sitting for almost 15 hours truck caught on fire and burned to the ground at approx. 11:00pm. At night, after everybody was suppose to be in bed. I happened to hear a popping and hissing noise and saw flames glowing from under the engine between the tires. Huge oak tree near it was caught on fire, burnt appx. 35 feet into the air, other vehicle next to it were damaged and house was in danger of being caught on fire per fire dept. ( they hosed the house down first) 2. ) only happened once. 3. ) fire dept called to put out raging fire.

2001 Ford f350 caught on fire unattended in the driveway.

My 2001 Ford f350 5. 4 engine while driving blew a spark plug out of the cylinder head and caused a small fire under the hood of the truck. I was able to put out because I happened to have a small fire extinguisher on board.

Spark plugs coming out of engine. It has failed about four times on this truck and one on another one of our trucks. Costs about $3900 to get fixed. Bought new engine because of problem and it happened again on new engine.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford f350. The vehicle caught fire while parked outside of the garage. The garage sustained over $2,000 worth of damage. The insurance company stated that the vehicle was destroyed and they could not determine the cause of the fire. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer; however, they will not send out an investigator or provide further assistance because the vehicle was not under a recall. The current and failure mileages were 72,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Ford f350 super duty. When the vehicle was started the spark plug popped out. The vehicle was not inspected by the dealer. The VIN, cylinders and engine size were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 82,000.

Oil pan rusting from inside to outside.

While driving on the highway vehicle completely shut down because cam shaft sensor failed. Cam shaft sensor wore out before all the other things became defective and it killed the engine. Contacted Ford, they said this did happen, and the only thing they do was replace the sensor.

Consumer complained about an engine block heater problem. The block heater cord caught on fire, burning the entire engine department. Also, it caught the fifth wheel trailer which the truck was parked underneath.