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AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2018, MY 2008 F-250 SD 4WD TRUCK EXPERIENCED AN ABRUPT CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSFER CASE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A BUSY INTERSTATE CORRIDOR WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHILE IN 2WD MODE. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, A DULL RUMBLE COULD BE HEARD, WHICH RAPIDLY AMPLIFIED TO A LOUD ROAR. I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY JOLTED BY A THUNDEROUS EXPLOSION THAT EMANATED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY AS I PULLED OVER ONTO THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER. AS THE TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD HESITANTLY, A CLOUD OF THICK SMOKE BILLOWED OUT FROM BELOW THE TRUCK NEAR THE FRONT DOORS. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS POURING OUT THE TRANSFER CASE, WHOSE EXTERIOR WALL HAD LITERALLY BEEN RIPPED APART. LARGE GEAR COMPONENTS FROM THE TRANSFER CASE WERE STREWN ALONG THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER. THE EXPLOSION WITHIN THE TRANSFER CASE CAUSED SEVERAL INTERNAL PARTS TO BE EJECTED WITH SIGNIFICANT FORCE AND VELOCITY. THE SIZABLE INDENTATIONS AND LARGE SCRAPES INFLICTED UPON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THE PASSENGER FLOOR PAN, RESPECTIVELY, ARE A CONSPICUOUS TESTAMENT TO THE FORCEFUL DISCHARGE OF THESE VARIOUS COMPONENTS PARTS FROM INSIDE THE TRANSFER CASE. THE SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY CONTAINED IN THIS EXPLOSION NECESSARILY IMPLIES THAT TREMENDOUS PRESSURE WAS BUILDING UP INSIDE THE TRANSFER CASE. FURTHERMORE, THE THICK, ACRID SMOKE RELEASED FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSION IS ALSO INDICATIVE THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS SUBJECT TO APPRECIABLE HEAT GENERATION. FORTUNATELY, AND RATHER INCREDIBLY, NO INJURIES NOR CRASHES WERE SUSTAINED WHEN THE TRANSFER CASE PRECIPITOUSLY BURST. DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES, THE SEVERITY AND MAGNITUDE OF THIS INEXPLICABLE EQUIPMENT FAILURE WARRANT DOCUMENTATION AS THIS IS A CRITICAL PART MALFUNCTION.
AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2018, MY 2008 F-250 SD 4WD TRUCK EXPERIENCED AN ABRUPT CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSFER CASE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A BUSY INTERSTATE CORRIDOR WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHILE IN 2WD MODE. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, A DULL RUMBLE COULD BE HEARD, WHICH RAPIDLY AMPLIFIED TO A LOUD ROAR. I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY JOLTED BY A THUNDEROUS EXPLOSION THAT EMANATED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY AS I PULLED OVER ONTO THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER. AS THE TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD HESITANTLY, A CLOUD OF THICK SMOKE BILLOWED OUT FROM BELOW THE TRUCK NEAR THE FRONT DOORS. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS POURING OUT THE TRANSFER CASE, WHOSE EXTERIOR WALL HAD LITERALLY BEEN RIPPED APART. LARGE GEAR COMPONENTS FROM THE TRANSFER CASE WERE STREWN ALONG THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER. THE EXPLOSION WITHIN THE TRANSFER CASE CAUSED SEVERAL INTERNAL PARTS TO BE EJECTED WITH SIGNIFICANT FORCE AND VELOCITY. THE SIZABLE INDENTATIONS AND LARGE SCRAPES INFLICTED UPON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THE PASSENGER FLOOR PAN, RESPECTIVELY, ARE A CONSPICUOUS TESTAMENT TO THE FORCEFUL DISCHARGE OF THESE VARIOUS COMPONENTS PARTS FROM INSIDE THE TRANSFER CASE. THE SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY CONTAINED IN THIS EXPLOSION NECESSARILY IMPLIES THAT TREMENDOUS PRESSURE WAS BUILDING UP INSIDE THE TRANSFER CASE. FURTHERMORE, THE THICK, ACRID SMOKE RELEASED FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSION IS ALSO INDICATIVE THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS SUBJECT TO APPRECIABLE HEAT GENERATION. FORTUNATELY, AND RATHER INCREDIBLY, NO INJURIES NOR CRASHES WERE SUSTAINED WHEN THE TRANSFER CASE PRECIPITOUSLY BURST. DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES, THE SEVERITY AND MAGNITUDE OF THIS INEXPLICABLE EQUIPMENT FAILURE WARRANT DOCUMENTATION AS THIS IS A CRITICAL PART MALFUNCTION.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR RECALIBRATION. AFTER THE RECALL SERVICE, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-60 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AROUND FOR A WHILE UNTIL IT FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,545. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 17,344. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 50-60 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A FORCED DOWN SHIFT, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR INSTEAD OF 4TH GEAR CAUSING RAPID REAR WHEEL DECELERATION AND HIGH ENGINE RPM TO OCCUR. IT OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SERVICING OF THE PCM PER THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UP TO 500 MILES WHILE THE TRANSMISSION RE-LEARN ITS SHIFT TO POINTS. AFTER COMPLYING WITH THE DEALERS REQUEST, THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. UPDATED 12/19/12.. UPDATED 12/31/12 *BF UPDATED 1/3/2013 *JS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR RECALIBRATION. AFTER THE RECALL SERVICE, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-60 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AROUND FOR A WHILE UNTIL IT FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,545. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 17,344. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 50-60 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A FORCED DOWN SHIFT, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR INSTEAD OF 4TH GEAR CAUSING RAPID REAR WHEEL DECELERATION AND HIGH ENGINE RPM TO OCCUR. IT OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SERVICING OF THE PCM PER THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UP TO 500 MILES WHILE THE TRANSMISSION RE-LEARN ITS SHIFT TO POINTS. AFTER COMPLYING WITH THE DEALERS REQUEST, THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. UPDATED 12/19/12.. UPDATED 12/31/12 *BF UPDATED 1/3/2013 *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TURBO ENGINE STALLED WITH AN ILLUMINATION OF A WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PERFORM ROUGHLY WITH SMOKE AND FLAMES EMITTING FROM THE EXHAUST. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF THE FLAMES WERE NO LONGER VISIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE TURBO CHARGER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND INCLUDING OTHER DEFECTIVE PARTS. THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V139000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM)). THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL DEFECT AS STATED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 11/01/12*LJ
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TURBO ENGINE STALLED WITH AN ILLUMINATION OF A WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PERFORM ROUGHLY WITH SMOKE AND FLAMES EMITTING FROM THE EXHAUST. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF THE FLAMES WERE NO LONGER VISIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE TURBO CHARGER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND INCLUDING OTHER DEFECTIVE PARTS. THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V139000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM)). THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL DEFECT AS STATED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 11/01/12*LJ
MY FORD F-250 SD ENGAGES INTO 4X4 HIGH AND LOW WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ALL ON ITS OWN. *TR
MY FORD F-250 SD ENGAGES INTO 4X4 HIGH AND LOW WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ALL ON ITS OWN. *TR
FRONT END SHAKES A LOT. *TR
FRONT END SHAKES A LOT. *TR
FRONT END SHAKES A LOT. *TR
FRONT END SHAKES A LOT. *TR
HARD VIBRATION IN TRANSMISSION WHEN DOWNSHIFTING, ESPECIALLY UPHILL WHILE TOWING. VIBRATION STOPS WHEN LETTING UP ON ACCELERATOR. THIS HAPPENS WHILE IN CRUISE OR MANUAL. DEALER STATES CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM AFTER THREE VISITS. MECHANIC AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN HAMPTON, VA HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. BOUGHT VEHICLE ON 07/28/2007. CURRENTLY 28,000 MILES AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPIRATION OF WARRANTY BEFORE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. NO HELP FROM ORIGINAL DEALER. *TR
HARD VIBRATION IN TRANSMISSION WHEN DOWNSHIFTING, ESPECIALLY UPHILL WHILE TOWING. VIBRATION STOPS WHEN LETTING UP ON ACCELERATOR. THIS HAPPENS WHILE IN CRUISE OR MANUAL. DEALER STATES CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM AFTER THREE VISITS. MECHANIC AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN HAMPTON, VA HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. BOUGHT VEHICLE ON 07/28/2007. CURRENTLY 28,000 MILES AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPIRATION OF WARRANTY BEFORE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. NO HELP FROM ORIGINAL DEALER. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT HAS RELEASED OUT OF PARK ON TWO OCCASIONS. SHE CANNOT EXIT THE VEHICLE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS. THE FAILURE IS INTERMITTENT. THE DEALER WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO LIABILITY. AS A RESULT, HER HUSBAND WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO PARK, BUT ROLLED FORWARD WHILE IN PARK AND STRUCK TWO VEHICLES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 6,930. UPDATED 01-30-08. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED WILL NOT BE ACCESSED INSURANCE POINTS AND PAID A $500 DEDUCTIBLE TO REPAIR VEHICLE. UPDATED 01/30/08 *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT HAS RELEASED OUT OF PARK ON TWO OCCASIONS. SHE CANNOT EXIT THE VEHICLE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS. THE FAILURE IS INTERMITTENT. THE DEALER WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO LIABILITY. AS A RESULT, HER HUSBAND WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO PARK, BUT ROLLED FORWARD WHILE IN PARK AND STRUCK TWO VEHICLES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 6,930. UPDATED 01-30-08. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED WILL NOT BE ACCESSED INSURANCE POINTS AND PAID A $500 DEDUCTIBLE TO REPAIR VEHICLE. UPDATED 01/30/08 *TR