Table 1 shows one common equipment related problems of the 2008 Ford F-350.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Equipment problems |
Items inside bed caught on fire due to exhaust cleaning system getting so hot to burn off pollution in dpf pipe. Dangerous truck to drive contacted Ford. No one contacted me. Other Ford diesels caught on fire due to this. I’m retired military and don’t have money to buy 50k trucks. Only 80k on truck.
On interstate passing in left lane hit a rough patch trucks starts shaking so bad I thought it was going to flip. Could not get to shoulder so had to go in the mediam it was not a flat spot it was a hill so I went straight and not at an angle if I had I would of flipped. This is not the first time. Ifrist time I had approx $3000. 00 of front in work done trying to fix the problem, but it did not.
The truck shakes a lot when going over bumps on the road , around 60 mph .
Excessive white smoke out of exhaust, especially with acceleration. Smoke has a foul odor also. Can hear a knocking sound in engine on deceleration (similar to bad wheel bearing hums), only does it if turbo is over 150-200 psi, but will do it every single time. 'drive to clean exhaust' displayed on dash. Completed recommended drive cycle (over 30mph for at least 20 minutes, I drove for 45 mins) and message still appears. "wrench" symbol displayed on dash. Per owner's guide the rtt displays when engine has defaulted to "limp-home" operation or when transmission problem has been detected. . The light comes on every time vehicle is driving now, and stays on entire time.
On September 30, 2014, my wife was on her way to columbus, ohio in her 2008 Ford f350 super duty turbo diesel truck (VIN# 1ftww31r68ea85755) with 44,000 miles. She’s pulling her 2014 26’ lakota two horse trailer with living quarters with her show horse in the back. The unexpected happen while she was on MD-51n near cumberland, maryland heading across a bridge with heavy traffic at 1230pm. The check engine light came on with the following message “pull over safely”. Twenty seconds (20 seconds) later, the truck completely shut down. Wife was traveling at 70 miles an hour when the truck shut down, which turned the power steering off. This is what I call unsafe for anyone, especially when pulling a 26’ horse trailer with an extra 1000lbs in the back with a horse. She was not able to get completely off the road which almost caused a major accident due to the vehicle shutting down on her. After sitting on the side of the road waiting for aaa to come tow the vehicle for over 1 ½ hours, the vehicle started back up and she drove it to Ford cumberland, 10335 mt savage road NW, cumberland, MD with the check engine light still on with a police escort since the sheriff of cumberland sat with my wife on MD-51n waiting on aaa. This is after she was almost hit by a fedex eighteen wheeler due to not being able to get to a safe location for a truck and horse trailer due to the vehicle shutting down on her. The dealership found the problem: exhaust sensor. They were able to repair it and she was able to continue on with her trip. How can this sensor go out on a truck with only 44,000 miles on it? how can they design a truck to shut down automatically without any warning? the dealership told my wife they have seen these sensors go out at 20,000 miles before. Needs to be address and recall issued before someone dies on the highway due to this problem. Hold Ford accountable.
On September 30, 2014, my wife was on her way to columbus, ohio in her 2008 Ford f350 super duty turbo diesel truck with 44,000 miles. She¿s pulling her 2014 26¿ lakota two horse trailer with living quarters with her show horse ($30,000) in the back. The unexpected happen while she was on MD-51n near cumberland, maryland heading across a bridge with heavy traffic at 1230pm. The check engine light came on followed by a ¿pull over safely� message. Twenty seconds (20 seconds) later, the truck completely shut down. Wife was traveling at 70 miles an hour when the truck shut down, which turned the power steering off. This is what I call unsafe for anyone, especially when pulling a 26¿ horse trailer with an extra 1000lbs in the back with a horse. She was not able to get completely off the road because is shutdown on the bridge blocking the right lane which almost caused a major accident due to the vehicle shutting down on her. While waiting on the bridge, her trainer had to turn around his eighteen wheeler so my wife could unload her horse and load it in his trailer. This completely shutdown the traffic on MD-51n which is not safe unloading and loading a horse. After sitting on the side of the road waiting for aaa to come tow the vehicle for over 1 â½ hours, the vehicle started back up and she drove it to Ford cumberland, 10335 mt savage road NW, cumberland, MD with the check engine light still on with a police escort since the sheriff of cumberland sat with my wife on MD-51n waiting on aaa. This is after she was almost hit by a fedex eighteen wheeler due to not being able to get to a safe location for a truck and horse trailer due to the vehicle shutting down on her. The dealership found the problem: exhaust sensor. They were able to repair it and she was able to continue on with her trip. How can this sensor go out on a truck with only 44,000 miles on it?.
Items in my bed and liner caught on fire. Engine regeneration for emissions got so hot melted all of the bed liner and caught a new large tv on fire. Ford has a glue on heat shield under bed which fell off. Exhaust gets so hot it caught on fire. They should have put a metal fixed plate or something fixed no a cheap glue on piece of foil. I inspected other trucks all missing!.