Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | |||
| 04/30/2011 | 52940 | ||
| 2005 f350 superduty powerstroke 6.0 diesel with 53,000 miles continued to accelerate without operator control nearly causing rear-end collision while driving. operator completed a turn and accelerated to the speed limit and when operator released the throttle the vehicle took off as if the accelerator had been depressed again. operator came close to rear ending a passenger car in front of the operator so the operator immediately applied brakes and pulled out of traffic while truck continued attempt to acelerate. while truck was reving at high rpm operator put vehicle in park position and turned key to off shutting down engine completly. engine restarted and continue to operate normally and contacted and delivered vehicle to the servicing ford dealership. operator states that the vehicle had prior failure to shut down and failure to decel issues but no diagnostic code was established for dealer to use as with possible current event. | |||
| 02/15/2011 | 100000 | ||
| I have a 2005 ford f-350 with a powerstoke. it only has about 100,xxx miles on it but the fuel tank delaminated and caused five injectors to go bad this is a safety concern. not to mention a costly fix and ford cant even fill the tank orders its been on back order for 6 weeks. this shouldn't happen on a truck that is only 5 years old | |||
| 05/08/2009 | 30000 | 1 | |
| I own a 2009 f-350 super duty power stroke diesel 6.0l. at approx. 30,000 miles the truck would have episodes of running rough maybe once every 50miles. i brought it to my mechanic who replaced the fuel filters and thought i might have gotten some bad diesel. less than 1,000 miles later the truck ran much worse . it would begin running rough , losing power and sometimes stall. once it occured as i was pulling on to a fast moving highway and i almost caused an accident bacause i could not accelerate. these episodes would occur once every ten miles and very quickly started occuring every mile. to make a long and expensive story short the protective coating on the inside of the fuel tank was peeling off and clogging fuel delivery. this problem is extremely common i have come to find out . my truck was just past its warranty period so i had no choice but to purchase another tank from ford with no assurance it won't happen again. this is clearly poor and defective craftsmanship and dangerous. *tr | |||
| 12/22/2008 | 75114 | 1 | |
| While on i-95, my 2005 f-350 super-duty sputter and lost power. the truck went from 60mph with flow of traffic to 40mph in seconds. making evasive measure from getting tag from behind, i was forced to the shoulder of the road which was taking up by snow. the truck crawled half on shoulder and half in the right lane while cars made there evasive action in order to miss me. after getting to a place to pull off the highway it took about 5-10min for it to clear up. the dealer informed me that the fuel tank was deteriorating and proceeded to ask me about my fuel and were i get it, because it must be contaminated. i also own three other diesel trucks a 1995, 1996 and 2000 and they all run on the same fuel from the same gas station. but yet all these tanks are find. the dealer wants to replace this tank at my cost with a new one. after reading all the complaints on other web sites, this problem will unmask it self again down the road. at this time i will probably bring the truck home until i can come up with a solution. *tr | |||
| 04/20/2008 | 104050 | 2 | 11/30/2004 |
| While driving on the highway pulling a trailer my 2005 f -350 diesel quit running and almost got run over by a semi. after pulling off to the side of the road and restarted the truck it ran rough. was able to get it back to the shop with the hazards on. to find out from the dealer that the fuel tank is delaminating which cause debris to get into the fuel pump and injectors causing it to stall. ford has know about this problem and they change there fuel tank design but did not inform any owners of this safety defect that could have killed me. now i am also looking at a $3000. repair bill that ford will not back me on. to replace the fuel tank with a new safe one. i am also looking at my other two trucks and wonder if they are safe to drive. i hope that no one will get killed due to this lack of public information by ford. *tr | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY | |||
| 01/20/2009 | 9000 | 1 | |
| Diesel fuel tank de-laminating causing engine problems. *nj | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 02/01/2011 | 139041 | ||
| My 2005 f350 has a fuel failure and when i took it to the dealer they said that 5 injectors had failed and i needed they blame it on biofuel, i have only used on road diesel and i have owned this truck since it had 25,000 miles on it. at this point it is $6000 to repair and of course there is no warranty on it. this is a major concern because this truck carries extreme loads at high speeds and a fuel failure at 65 or 70 will cause you to lose power steering and braking ability. when you are carrying a backhoe and have a trailer that weighs 6000lbs the total weight of the whole rig is right at 35,000 pounds. that is enough to take out at least 6 or 7 cars that have stopped in front of you. this needs to be fixed asap. | |||
| 02/20/2011 | 95906 | ||
| Issue 1 - fuel spilling out of coolant system. fuel spilling onto exhaust components and coating engine and underside of vehicle. created a fire hazard. created an environmental hazard. this could have resulted in severe injury or death if a fire had started. | |||