Underhood Wiring Problems of Ford F-350

Engine part failed after engine running like crap then leaving me stranded.

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Ford f350 super duty XLT lariat 7. 3l powerstroke diesel 2001 model my truck has a factory installed engine block heater, which I have to use to get it to start on cold mornings. At 7:15am, I was talking to my wife on our cordless phone & it went dead. After some searching, I found out that the circuit breaker had tripped. This circuit breaker powers the wall the phone base station was plugged into, and that wall is shared with the garage. After some more searching, I could not locate the short that caused the trip and I reset the breaker. It tripped again. I had to take my daughter to school, so I figured I would wait and look some more when I came home. I opened my garage door to find my truck on fire. The plug for the engine block heater had shorted out, melted & caught fire. . . . This caught my truck on fire. The back side of the plug had melted and the wire had burned and become disconnected. No other part of the wire was damaged. . . . Only the plug. I called Ford, and they said that it was not part of a recall & the could do nothing for me. My concern is that, other than feeling a little "put out" at the situation & how I was treated by Ford, what if I had pulled my truck as far forward as I usually do. . . . . There is an ornamental pine tree at the corner of my house. . . . . . And the flaming molten plastic from my truck had dripped on the pine needles & caught the pine tree on fire. . . . . . . . This would have engaged my home. And, what if it had happened at night & I had not put it out right away. I don't want this to happen to someone else. By the way, the plug on my engine block heater has always been warm to the touch when plugged in. I have never had a diesel before & assumed this was normal due to the amount of electrical current that the heater pulled, and the mechanic said this was true. My new engine block heater works just fine & the plug is not warm to the touch. Obviously, it was defective from the time I bought it.

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Diesel truck- plugged in at night, factory wiring faulty and caused truck to catch fire truck was totaled.

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Update on complaint #10172522. . . Received truck back from dealer Nov. 9. They replaced the egr valve(under warranty). That evening truck "surged" twice. Friday Nov. 10 truck died, restarted then almost died again. Ran fine after this. Took back to dealer Nov. 10 this is the fourth visit to the dealer.

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2004 F-350 super duty with 6. 0l bought new in 2004. Summer of 2006 experanced "surge" while driving on interstate in cruse control. Later same problem at 30 mph. Problem was worst in September, truck surging and died at idle. I replaced cam sensor, no fix. Took truck to dealer. Loaded new program and changed sensor on turbo and changed transmission filters $200. 00. Morning of oct 19 ,leaving for atlanta with familt and camper same "surge". In atlanta oct 20 in trafic truck surged and almost hit a car from behind. Monday oct 23, truck surging badly , tried to die at two red lights. Later no problem. Took to dealer again, found no problem. They wanted to change fuel filters ($120. 00). Nov 02, son drove truck school, truck surged twice at red light, tried to push him through lntersection. Dealed has no fix. They have truck now (Nov 03). They offered to sell my a new one for $15,000. 00.

2001 Ford F-350. Engine stalling, hesitation. Advised problem was cps failure, common problem on Ford powerstroke diesels. After many stalls, old cps was replaced, was advised that cps failure can happen often, even with a new unit. Old cps is available. No accident has occurred yet but I'm concerned that another cps failure could be catastrophic.

Ford F-350 diesel-2004 car shut down in the passing lane on PA turnpike. Towed to Ford. . . No insulation on wiring harness, shorted out the truck. The truck stopped dead in the road. . Now the Ford dealer fixed it by putting insulation over it to get me back on the road. It had been in the shop the week before, and the week before that because I complained of losing power on the road when I travel. I don't want to have a fire with my family!.

There was a problem with the wiring that caused the vehicle to stall while the consumer was driving. The brakes and the steering failed because of this. The first time this problem occurred was on 7-1-05. The consumer took vehicle to a dealer for repairs, and they replaced a blown fuse. This problem occurred again about 36 miles after he picked it up from the dealer. The consumer took it to a different dealership. They told him that this was a common problem with his type of vehicle. He was told that there was a recall on the 2004 models for the same problem. The second dealership repaired the wiring harness. Also, they told him that the problem occurred because of chaffing or rubbing of the wires. So far this has fixed the problem.

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I own a 1996 Ford F-350 crew cab with a 7. 3 liter powerstroke diesel. The wiring harnesson the intake manafold to controle the glowplugs melts and so does the valve cover gasket of witch the wireing harness passes through it with a plug x's 2 and than the internal wiring harnesses burn up under the valve cover requiring the engine to be dissasembled to the point of the head to replace the components. Further more on the clutch linkage there is a plastic bushing that disintegrates quite often under normal use. Parts are available but the wireing problem is very expensive to fix even yourself. The clutch linkage is fairly easy to fix but should last longer than it does.

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Vehicle fire-2003 Ford 350 van-fire occurred as a result of an electrical malfunction in engine per fire analysis-VIN 1ftss34lxha27785.

The vehicle was shooting out flames from the driver side wheel well area. . . . .

After being parked for an hour vehicle caught on fire. Please provide additional information.

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Vehicle started smoking and caught on fire. Please provide further details.

Under the hood fire, electrical short, faulty wiring harness overheated, will provide more information.

While traveling smelled smoke. Soon after that air conditioning fan stopped blowing . Consumer pulled vehicle over, and noticed signs of a fire meltig the wiring harness. Fuse panel and blower switch heater were replaced at consumer's cost. Please provide further information.