2004 FORD F-350 Fuel System, Diesel Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAP WAS SEVERELY CORRODED AND THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED. AN UNKNOWN FORD DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO FORD USA. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000. UPDATED 11/02/17*LJ *TT

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000. *TR

Mileage: 74,000

ENGINE BEGAN BUCKING, SUDDEN POWER LOSS AND POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKE LOSS. MECHANIC CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE LINING OF THE FUEL TANK HAD DISLODGED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FOUL, CAUSING A SUDDEN POWER LOSS. DEALER SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BUT WE LATER LEARNED THEY WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT, HAD DONE DOZENS OF REPAIRS (REPLACEMENT OF TANK WITH POLY TANK) AND THAT A "SECRET" REPAIR BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED TY FORD TO ALL DEALERS. THIS ISSUE IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN NEW JERSEY. GOOGLE "FORD FUEL TANK LINING" FOR MORE INFO ON THE SUIT, BUT BY NOT ISSUING A RECALL THIS ISSUE IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERN. HAD WE BEEN IN HEAVIER TRAFFIC AND UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 73,251

SUDDEN POWER LOSSES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RESULTING IN ENGINE SHUTTING OFF AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. *TR

Mileage: 121,355

THE GAS TANK FAILED ON MY 2004 FORD TRUCK WITH ONLY 23,000 MILES ON IT CAUSING ENGINE DAMAGE. *TR

Mileage: 23,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F350. IN JANUARY OF 2008, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE LINER IN THE FUEL TANK DELAMINATED, CAUSING PLASTIC PIECES TO FLOW THROUGH THE FUEL LINE, PUMP, AND INJECTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 11/19/08. *LJ UPDATED 11/19/08. *JB

Mileage: 45,000

2004 FORD F350 DUMP TRUCK SHUTS DOWN WITH NO WARNING. CONSUMER STATES THAT FORD WILL NOT HONOR TRUCK WARRANTY AND WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE DUMP TRUCK SHUT DOWN, THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE DIESEL TANK AND DIESEL LINE WHICH HAD ERODED DUE TO CONTAINMENTS IN THE DIESEL GAS, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED TWO MORE TIMES. *JB

THE TRUCK STALLED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, JUST BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO A TUNNEL. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE HAD I NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE TRAVEL LANES OF THE INTERSTATE. MANAGED TO CROSS FROM THE RIGHT LANE, ACROSS A MERGE LANE TO THE SHOULDER. MANAGED TO RESTART ENGINE. EXCESSIVE SMOKE, RUNNING ROUGH. STAYED ON SHOULDER UNTIL ENGINE RAN SMOOTH ENOUGH TO GO. TAKEN TO DEALER. EGR VALVE REPLACED. INTAKE MANIFOLD CLEANED. TURBO CLEANED. COST $1776.82 TO REPAIR. SUPPOSEDLY NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THIS HAPPENED ON EITHER THE FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER OR THE LAST MONDAY OF OCTOBER, AS WELL AS THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

DIESEL SMELL IN THE CAB OF A FORD F350 TRUCK WITH 6.0 ENGINE. THIS IS THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THIS IN THIS TRUCK. BOTH HAVE BEEN COVERED BY WARRANTY, BUT THE FIRST TIME WAS IN MAY OF 05 AND THE SECOND TIME WAS FEB 06 IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THE SMELL IS SICKENING AND IF YOU DO NOT OPEN THE WINDOWS EYES WATER,FEEL TIRED, SICK TO STOMACH, ALL NOT GOOD FOR DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD (PEOPLE REALLY LOOK AT YOU LIKE YOU ARE NUTS WHEN ITS 5 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND YOU ARE DRIVING AROUND WITH YOUR WINDOWS OPEN). THIS TIME IT HAS BEEN BLAMED ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, THE FIRST TIME IT WAS WHAT THEY CALLED THE DOWN EXHAUST PIPE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE 6.0 ENGINE. TOO MUCH PRESSURE FOR THE EXHAUST. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS WITH THE RADIATOR HOSE. I HAVE 46700 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND THE RADIATOR HOSE HAS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUBBING ON THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX, FORD WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE COME UP WITH A NEW HOSE AND NEW PART NUMBER TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING. I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD IF THEY ARE REPLACING THE HOSE WITH THE OLD STYLE OR THE NEW STYLE. *NM

2004 FORD F350 DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN ROUGH. THE STARTER BURNED OUT CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. THE VEHICLE HAD MULTIPLE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. THE REAR WINDOW LATCH ASSEMBLY BROKE. THE STEERING DAMPNER CHAFED. THE LONG DRAG LINK WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS WEAK. STEERING STABILIZER WAS INSTALLED BECAUSE IT WASN'T INSTALLED AT FACTORY. *NM

Mileage: 60,942

1.) I OWN AN 04, F350 SUPERDUTY, DIESEL TRUCK. THERE ARE 2 FUEL FILTERS \ WATER SEPERATORS ON IT. ONE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, UNDER THE FRAME AND THE OTHER ON TOP OF THE ENGINE. OWNERS MANUAL RECCOMENDS THAT YOU MUST DRAIN THE ONE UNDER THE FRAME AT LEAST WITH EVERY FILL UP TO PREVENT WATER FROM GETTING INTO THE ENGINE. 2.) THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU MUST USE AN ALLEN WRENCH UNDER THE FRAME TO LOOSEN THE SCREW FOR THE FUEL IN THE FILTER TO DRAIN OUT. FORD RECCOMENDS AT LEAST 25 SECONDS AND INTO A CONTAINER. I HAVE DONE THIS 5 TIMES NOW. 4 TIMES THE SCREW HAS FALLEN OUT AND I WAS SOAKED WITH DIESEL FUEL, AND HAD A 45 SECOND OR SO FLOW OF FUEL ON THE GROUND, CONTAMINATING IT. 3.) I FEEL THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL TO CHANGE THAT DRAIN SCREW TO A PETCOCK OR A SPRING LOADED SCREW TO PREVENT THE SCREW FROM FALLING OUT. THIS WOULD PREVENT THESE SMALL FUEL SPILLS THAT ARE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIORNMENT, AND THE DANGEREOUS FUEL THAT IS BEING SPILLED ONTO PEOPLE. *JB