NHTSA Complaint #10141357 — 1999 FORD F-250 SD

CPS(CAMP POSITION SENSOR HAS FAILED ON A 1999 FORD SUPER DUTY 7.3L PSD A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. FIRST TIME, SON AND I WERE TURNING INTO A WALMART PARKING LOT, AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND REFUSED TO RESTART. 13K MILES ON IT. DEALER FIXED CPS. SECOND TIME TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE 95, AND SUDDENLY VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN, WHILE DOING 75 MPH. FORTUNATELY THE TRUCK IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, OR WE WOULD HAVE ENDED UP IN THE TREES, OR INTO THE SIDE OF THE SEMI THAT WAS PASSING ON THE LEFT. THIRD TIME WE WERE TOWING OUR TRAVEL TRAILER, AND TRUCK DIED ON A 8% GRADE, THERE WAS NO TIME TO GET OUT OF THE LANE WE WERE IN TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE WE SLOWED TOO MUCH AND CAUSED A WRECK BEHIND US THE TRUCK NOW HAS 77K MILES ON IT. WE FEEL THE CPS FAILING 3X IN 77K MILES IS EXXX... THE LAST TWO SENSORS WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND COST $250~ WE HAVE RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CPS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND HAS SHOWN UP IN MILEAGE INSTANCES RANGING FROM 100 MILES ON ODO. ALL THE WAY TO NOT SHOWING UP UNTIL 200K MILES. WE, (ALONG WITH APPARENTLY THOUSANDS OF OTHER TRUCK OWNERS) FEEL THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN, AND LOSING 90% OF OUR STEERING AND LIKELY 85% OF BRAKES (ON DIESELS YOU DO NOT GET A "RESERVE" BRAKE BOOST, UNLIKE ON GAS ENGINES WITH VACUUM), AS THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS POWERED BY THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE PROVIDED BY THE POWER STEERING PUMP!!!! WE KNOW THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THE BRAKE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, IN TWO OF OUR CASES. IT WAS VERY SCARY AND A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN THE TRUCK DIED. WE NOW HAVE A SPARE CPS INSIDE OF THE GLOVE BOX INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND PROPER TOOLS TO REPLACE IT OURSELVES SHOULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN. WE HAVE HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING SAID TRUCKS WITH 7.3L PSD ENGINES ( DO NOT KNOW IF THE 6.0L IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CPS) OF THE TRUCKS BEING TOTALED AND PEOPLE BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE OF THE CPS FAILING. WE FEEL THAT A RECALL, SHOULD BE MADE... THANK YOU AND GOOD DAY....*JB