NHTSA Complaint #10211033 — 2002 FORD F-250 SD

MY 2002 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY (7.3 DIESEL) TRUCK BROKE DOWN WHILE COMING BACK FROM THE MOUNTAINS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT....HARSH BANGING IN THE DRIVE TRAIN (ALMOST LIKE HITTING A HUGE POT HOLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS) AND THEN THE TRUCK DIED. MY TRUCK AND TRAILER HAD TO BE TOWED TO EAGLE COLORADO (THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP). SURE ENOUGH, AS I SUSPECTED AND HAVE SEEN FROM ABOUT TEN OTHER OWNERS OF THESE TRUCKS, IT WAS THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE REPAIR WAS $237.56. I ONLY WRITE TODAY, BECAUSE MSN REPORTS THAT FORD IS FINALLY RECALLING THESE VEHICLES DUE TO THE CPS. HOW NICE OF THEM TO DO IT AFTER MOST OF US HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM...I KNOW I AM ONLY ONE GUY AND I ONLY KNOW 12 OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS ENGINE, BUT I THINK IT IS FUNNY THAT EVERYONE I KNOW WITH OVER 60K MILES HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 58K ON THE ODOMETER. SEVERAL OF US CARRY A SPARE CPS AND THE TOOLS TO REPLACE IT WITH US IN THE TRUCK AT ALL TIMES. IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW, THEY SEEM TO FAIL MORE REGULARLY AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *TR