1995 FORD F-250 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

1995 FORD F250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEMS WITH LEAKING GAS LINE, BRAKES, TRANSMISSION AND SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES WITH VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES UNSATISFACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS. *SMD THE MASTER CYLINDER, AIR PUMP, BRAKE PADS, SERPENTINE BELT, BRAKE LINES, ALTERNATOR, CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR, BATTERY, HEADLIGHT CONTROL AND UPPER SWITCH WERE ALL REPLACED. ALSO, THE STARTER SOLENOID SWITCH WAS REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE OIL PAN, THAT WAS RUSTED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, DUE TO CRACKING.

Mileage: 495

1995 FORD F250. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE STALL WHILE DRIVING. *TGW WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED, THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUT THE SHIFTER INTO PARK OR NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE WOULD RESTART. HE ALSO, STATED THE FUEL/WATER SEPARATOR WAS REPLACED. ALSO, OTHER REPAIRS INCLUDED, NEW HOSES, FAN CLUTCH, IDLER WHEEL, BRAKE PADS, RELAY ON GLOW PLUG, V-BELT, SEVERAL BATTERIES, THE LIFT PUMP AND THE SOLENOID ON THE STARTER. JB ALSO, THE O-RINGS WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 12/31/12 THE DEALER FOUND PROBLEMS WITH THE ICP INJECTOR PRESS, EBA EXH BACK PRESS, MAP, MANIFOLD AND ABS. UPDATED 03/14/13. *JB

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE ON A PARKED 1995 FORD F-250. THE FIRE SPREAD RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND CAUSED A CAR PARKED NEXT TO THE TRUCK TO CATCH FIRE. THE VEHICLE IS TOTALED. THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR FOR MOUNT PROSPECT, IL, INDICATED THAT IT WAS LIKELY AN INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAULT. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS AWAKENED BY THE HORN OF HIS VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SOUNDING. THE CONTACT THEN OBSERVED FLAMES SHOOTING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE, INCLUDING THE METAL, HAD MELTED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 133,000.

Mileage: 133,000

1995 FORD F250 7.3L TURBO DIESEL : CAM POSITION SENSOR FAILED AFTER NUMEROUS, WORSENING EXPERIENCES WITH ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. SENSOR REPLACED BY DEALER ON 12/07/2006 WITH TRUCK BARELY ABLE TO CONTINUE RUNNING. THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME, BUT I AM NOW OCCASIONALLY EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AGAIN. I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THIS NAVISTAR ENGINE. MANY FORD VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED AS A RESULT, BUT MINE HAS NOT, DESPITE NUMEROUS VEHICLES OF MY MODEL YEAR (1995) EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 157,900

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD A BROKEN BOLT WHICH CAUSED FUMES TO ENTER INTO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT TO CAUSE THE BOLT TO BREAK.*AK EXHAUST MANIFOLD WARPED CAUSING AN EXHAUST LEAK WHICH RESULTED IN ALL EXHAUST TO ENTER THE VEHICLE'S CAB. *BF *NM

Mileage: 120,000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

OIL PAN HAS RUSTED FROM THE INSIDE OUT CAUSING AN OIL LEAK. REPLACEMENT OF PAN NECESSARY. APPEALED TO FORD MOTOR, NO RESOLVE. MANY PARTIES SUFFER THIS SAME PART FAULT. APPEARS TO BE FAULTY METALLURGY PERHAPS. DEALERS, OIL CHANGE BUSINESS' ALL AGREE FORD MOTOR HAS LARGE PROBLEM WITH THIS RUSTING, FAILING DELIEMA.*AK

OIL PAN WAS NEVER PREPPED FOR PAINTING AND CAUSED RUST AND CORROSION, CONSUMER HAD NOTICED OIL SEEPING FROM THE OIL PAN WHEN CHANGING THE OIL, FORD STATED THEY WOULD SPLIT THE COST WITH THE CONSUMER, HOWEVER CONSUMER DECLINED STATING FORD SOLD VEHICLE TO HIM WITH SUB STANDARD EQUIPMENT, NOW CONSUMER TRIED TO GET THIS FIXED AND THE DISTRICT REP HAS WITHDRAWN THE OFFER AND EXPECTS CONSUMER TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE BILL EVEN THOUGH THE DEFECT WAS BECAUSE OF IMPROPER INSTALLATION AT TIME OF ASSEMBLY. *SLC

TRUCK WILL NOT EXCEED 35MPH, THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASE,NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO IT WILL NOT STOP, SHIFT DOWN, ACELERATE,FLOORBOARD IT,SHIFT UP OR DECELERATE, ABOUT A MILE LATER, MOTOR CHANGES TONE AND IT RUNS RIGHT, HAD IN SHOP NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO FIX./ JERKING HAPPENS AT 48 MPH, AND CONTINUES UNTIL EXCELERATION, OR DECREASE IN SPEED. HAD IN SHOP NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO FIX. BOTH PROBLEMS HAVE COST US A LOT OF MONEY.*AK

THE "Y" PIPE HAS FAILED TWICE, ALLOWING EXHAUST TO ENTER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRST TOOK IT TO AN OUT OF TOWN DEALER WHO SAID HE DID NOT HAVE PARTS TO FIX BUT WARNED ME TO KEEP FRESH AIR COMING INTO THE CAB.. THE LOCAL DEALER REPLACED ONCE AND THE SECOND TIME SAID IT WAS NO LONGER COVERED AND BESIDES DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO A PRIVATE MUFFLER SHOP WHO TOLD ME THAT FORD WAS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THAT IT WAS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT WOULD LEAK CARBON MONOXITE INTO THE CAB AND SUGGESTED I TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND PUSH FOR A REPLACEMENT. DEALER GAVE ME A FORM TO FILL OUT BUT HAVE NEVER HEARD BACK. I TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND THEY TOLD ME A SIMILAR STORY AND SAID IF IT WAS A CALIFORNIA VEHICLE FORD WOULD STAND BY IT, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT, I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A MUFFLER SHOP AND HAVE A CUSTOM ONE BUILT. THEY ALSO WARNED ME TO BE CAREFUL TO KEEP AIR COMING IN THRU THE HEATER/AC SO I WOULD NOT GET CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND/OR FALL ASLEEP.

CRACKED MANIFOLD ON EACH SIDE IN THREE PLACES. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT A STANDSTILL/ IDLING, AND SUDDENLY EXHAUST SOUNDED LIKE MARBLES, AND TURBO QUIT. ALSO, HAD TO GET REAR MAIN SEAL REPLACED TWICE. BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED, AND TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. PLEASE ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT A STANDSTILL/ IDLING, AND SUDDENLY EXHAUST SOUNDED LIKE MARBLES, AND TURBO QUIT. ALSO, HAD TO GET REAR MAIN SEAL REPLACED TWICE. BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED, AND TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. PLEASE ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT A STANDSTILL/ IDLING, AND SUDDENLY EXHAUST SOUNDED LIKE MARBLES, AND TURBO QUIT. ALSO, HAD TO GET REAR MAIN SEAL REPLACED TWICE. BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED, AND TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. PLEASE ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

ON FAILURE OF COMPONENT AT ANY SPEED COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER,STEERING,BRAKING AFTER ONE APPLICATION. DIESEL ENGINE USES BELT DRIVEN VACUUM PUMP TO SUPPLY BRAKING BOOST ALSO POWER STEERING PUMP POWER IS LOST.

ON FAILURE OF COMPONENT AT ANY SPEED COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER,STEERING,BRAKING AFTER ONE APPLICATION. DIESEL ENGINE USES BELT DRIVEN VACUUM PUMP TO SUPPLY BRAKING BOOST ALSO POWER STEERING PUMP POWER IS LOST.

OVER THE COURSE OF 400 MILES THE TRUCK LOST 4 QUARTS OF OIL. *AK

ENGINE DEVELOPED FIRE ON RIGHT REAR SECTION OF THE ENGINE NEAR THE TURBO. DOES THIS TRUCK HAVE A HISTORY OF ENGINE FIRES? CAUSE OF FIRE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

THE VEHICLE IS NOT PROVIDED WITH EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKETS WHICH CAUSES FASTENER FAILURES CAUSING EXHAUST LEAKAGE DIRECTLY FROM THE CYLINDERS. THE EXHAUST THEN ENTERS THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. *AK

THE VEHICLE IS NOT PROVIDED WITH EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKETS WHICH CAUSES FASTENER FAILURES CAUSING EXHAUST LEAKAGE DIRECTLY FROM THE CYLINDERS. THE EXHAUST THEN ENTERS THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. *AK

BOTH BRAKE ROTORS CRACKED ON TWO SEPARATE ACCASIONS . FORD REPLACED THE FIRST BAD SET UNDER WARRANTY, BUT WONT ADMIT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG & WONT REPLACE THEM AGAIN.I'VE ALSO GOT AN EXHAUST LEAK THAT THEY TEMPERARILY FIXED UNDER WARANTY.

THE DEALER HAS REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT MANIFOLS. THIS OCCURED IN 1997, 1998, AND NOW IN 1999. I WAS TOLD BY OTHER OWNNERS THIS MAY HAPPEN ON MY VEHICLE BEFORE IT HAPPENED. THIS IS THIRD TIME, ONCE JUST THE GASKET, ONE SIDE WAS COVERED BY DEALERSHIP, THE OTHER SIDE I HAD TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET @ $449.

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD TRANSMISSION/AND OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. EVERY FEW WEEKS THE ENGINE COMPUTER PICKS UP A TROUBLED CODE. THE CODE IS TCC/OR TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH FAILURE.THE VEHICLE THEN GOES INTO SAFE MODE,AND RUNS ON PREDETERMINED VALUES SET BY THE ENGINE COMPUTER.THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS EXTREMELY HARD DURING THIS CONDITION.(AUTOMATIC E40D). THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND HAS FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO 2 TRANSMISSION SHOPS, AND THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. SINCE THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM, MY NEXT COURSE OF ACTION IS TO SEEK RELIEF UNDER THE USED VEHICLE LEMON LAW. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD STARTS TO MAKE A HISSING NOISE. THE MANIFOLD HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. DEALER SAYS THAT THERE IS A BAD BATCH OF MANIFOLDS. *AK

VEHICLE IN FOR OIL CHANGE DUE TO LEAKAGE. MECHANIC NOTICED OIL PAN HAD RUSTED WHICH CAUSED THE LEAKAGE. IT HAD RUSTED FROM THE INSIDE TO OUTSIDE. IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

REPEATED FORD F250 EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAKS. PROBLEM PERSIST ON 1990 & NEWER FORD F250 PICKUP TRUCKS. HEALTH PROBLEMS TO PERSONS IS A DEFINITE CONCERN. EMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY IS A BIG CONCERN. FORD MOTOR COMPANY NEEDS TO BE CONTACTED AND RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM FOR POSSIBLE HEALTH HAZARDS AND RECALLS. THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS EMISSION SERVICING COMPANIES, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS COMMONLY KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 1990S & NEWER F250 FORDS. PERSONNALLY, I HAVE REPLACED ONE MANIFOLD ON MY 1995 F250 FORD IN SEPT OF 97. AND NEEDING TO REPLACE A SECOND MANIFOLD IN DECEMBER OF 98. IN RESEARCHING THIS, I HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS NOT ONLY A COSTLY PROBLEM BUT ALSO COULD BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AS SOME FOLKS ARE FIXING THESE MANIFOLDS PROBLEMS BY PUTTING ON HEADERS INSTEAD.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS A LEAK, LOCATED ON THE INSIDE BY THE MOTOR, NOT NEAR MUFFLER. WHEN SITTING FUMES COME THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONER. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED REPAIRS CAN BE MADE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

RADIATOR LEAKS FROM SOMEWHERE, THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ENOUGH ANT-FREEZE STAYING IN THE RADIATOR. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, BREAKING FAN BLADES.

INTERMITTENT STALLING TWICE.

INTERMITTENTLY TRUCK WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LEAST (12) TIMES FOR REPAIRS. PROBLEM STILL EXIST.*AK

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER STARTING IT UP. *AK DEALER STATED FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A CLIP ON THE COIL, THIS PART WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO FIRE DUE TO VEHICLE NOT STARTING. *SLC

RADIATOR FAILED. *DH

FAN CLUTCH FAILED. *DH

WATER PUMP FAILURE, CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK. *AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE FAILURE. *AK

THE OIL PAN IS LEAKING OIL IN THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE OIL LEAKS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, DEALER IS UNABLE TO REPAIR PROBLEM. TT

ENGINE IDLING AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. TT