1993 FORD F-250 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

CONSUMER STATES THE FUEL TANK, FUEL PUMP AND EMISSIONS FILTER WERE REPLACED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THE AIR FILTER AND EMISSIONS FILTER WERE REPLACED.*JB

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND GENTLEMAN WAS HONKING TO GET CONSUMER'S ATTENTION BECAUSE HE NOTICED A GAS LEAK. TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, AND HAD THE CROSS TANK FUEL FLOW CHECK VALVE AND THE FUEL REGULATOR REPLACED. *AKDEALER REPLACED UPPER RADIATOR HOSE. *ET

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. DEALER STATED EXHAUST SYSTEM MUFFLER WAS BENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE. DEALER STATED EXHAUST SYSTEM MUFFLER WAS BENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE STARTING UP TRUCK DRIVE BELT FELL OFF. ALSO, THERE WERE NO BRAKES OR STEERING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE DRIVE BELT SIX TIMES. CONSUMER INDICATED IF GOING DOWN A HILL VEHICLE WOULD HAVE CRASHED. NEITHER DEALER NOT MANUFACTURER PROVIDED ANY HELP. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING STARTED SMELLING EXHAUST FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE. DRIVER STARTED GETTING A HEADACHE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC NOTICE BOLTS ON MOTOR SHEARED OFF ATTACHMENT. PROBLEM REPAIRABLE, BUT WILL REAPPEAR DUE TO DESIGN OF BOLTS. MANUFACTURER KNOWS OF PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE KNOCKING, THE DEALERSHIP WILL TEMPORARILY FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THEN IT RETURNS. *MJS

THE INCIDENT WITH THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER,AGAIN RESULTED IN LOSS OF STEERING, AND BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE VACUUM PUMP BEING RUN BY THE ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP, AND STEERING WAS EXTREMELY HARD. IF MY WIFE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THERE WOULD SURELY HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS UNIT HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THIS ENGINE. FORD HAS NOT COME UP WITH A SUITABLE ENGINEERING DESIGN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FAILURE. I EXPECT THAT THIS WILL AGAIN FAIL SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE NOT WITH DISASTEROUS RESULTS. THE DAMPENER, SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR, AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE TENSIONER. THE RECALL WHICH WAS DONE ON THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS YOU WERE LED TO BELIEVE. THE DEFROSTER ALSO FAILS TO GO INTO THE DEFROST MODE ONCE THE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY COLD, AND THE BLOWER MOTOR IS MAKING A GRINDING, SQUEELING NOISE. I EXPECT THAT THESE WILL STOP COMPLETLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

POROUS BLOCK DUMPED WATER INTO CYLINDARS

SERVICE BULLETIN 95-5-24 WAS SENT TO ME 9 TO 12 MONTHS AGO ON A COOLING SYSTEM ADDITIVE TO ADD TO MY SYSTEM TO PREVENT CORROSION OF THE BLOCK AND EATING THROUGH THE CYLINDER WALLS. I ADDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF THIS ADDITIVE, AND HAVE NOT GIVEN IT MUCH THOUGHT UNTIL MY ENGINE SEIZED UP. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TORN DOWN IT WAS FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY PIN HOLES THROUGH THE CYLINDER WALLS WHICH LET COOLANT WASH DOWN THE CYLINDER WALLS AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE AND BEND A ROD. CURRENTLY THE ENGINE IS APART UNTIL I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. FORD TOLD ME THAT EVENTHOUGH THEY DESIGNED A FAULTY SYSTEM, THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, AND THAT IS WHY I AM SENDING THIS TO YOU. ALSO THE BULLETIN CAME OUT IN 95 AND I NEVER RECEIVED A COPY UNTIL LATE 97. I WISH I STILL HAD A COPY OF THE BULLETIN. HOPE YOU CAN HELP!

IDLER PULLEY/TENSIONER AND SERPENTINE BELT FAILED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER RECALL REPAIR WORK CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING CONTROL.

IDLER PULLEY/TENSIONER AND SERPENTINE BELT FAILED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER RECALL REPAIR WORK CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING CONTROL.

THE ENGINE ELECTROLYSIS BETWEEN WATER & DIESEL, MADE HOLES IN CYLINDER WALLS FROM INSIDE OUT. IT HAD RUINED THE ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 55-60 MPH THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY WHEN GEARING THE TRUCK DOWN AND APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. *AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE, CAUSING OTHER COMPONENTS TO FAIL AS WELL, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL.

REPLACED DEFECTIVE SERPENTINE BELT; ALSO AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM REPLACED. *AK

PREVIOUS RECALL ISSUED BY MANUFACTURER REGARDING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE DRIVE BELTS WHICH INCORPORATES WITH THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND BRAKES. THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF CONTROL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THIS IS THE FOURTH REPLACEMENT. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT FAILURE ED BY AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR SEIZURE. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT BRACKET DESIGN CAUSES SERPENTINE BELTS TO FAIL.

THE SERPENTINE BELT FALLS OFF AND CAUSES LOSS OF STEERING AND FAILURE OF THE POWER ASSISTED BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT FAIL PREMATURELY DUE TO DESIGN FLAW, FIXED BY NEW BRACKETS/TENSIONER. *DSH

CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPAIRED. *SD

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE FAN BELT COMES OFF THE VEHICLE. TT

BELT TENSIONER WEARS OUT, CAUSING BELT TO COME OFF RESULTING IN NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. *TT

BEARING ON CRANKCASE WENT OUT AND ENGINE BLEW UP. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. TT

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 15MPH PULLEY BRACKETS SHREDS SERPENTINE BELT AND CAUSES TO BREAK, RESULT LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TT

PULLEY BELT MAKING A LOT OF NOISE, POSSIBLE AT RISK OF POPPING. TT

THE SERPENTINE BELT CAME OF, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. TT

ENGINE OIL LEAK. *AK

RADIATOR FAN BELTS RIPS AND CAUSES ENGINE FAILURE. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BRACKET CRACKS, CAUSING BELT TO WEAR UNEVENLY. *AW