1999 FORD F-250 SD Electrical System Problems

I HAVE A 1999 FORD F-250, SUPER DUTY PICK-UP, WITH A 5.4 V8 ENGINE, WITH ONLY 69,000 MILES. I WAS TRAVELING THROUGH TOWN AT 35 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP (GUN SHOT SOUND), FOLLOWED BY POP POP POP POP POP. WHEN I PULLED OVER I DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF MY MICRO-COILS OVER MY SPARK PLUG HAD BROKEN OF THE PLASTIC HOUSING. WHEN I REMOVED THE COIL I FOUND THE PLATINUM SPARK PLUG IN THE COIL BOOT. SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT! NICE!...FORD WANTS $550 TO REPAIR ONE SPARK PLUG AND COIL, AND ALSO CHECK THE REST OF THE PLUGS FOR TIGHTNESS. HELP! *TR

I HAVE A 1999 FORD SUPER DUTY PICKUP. I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER MY SONS BASEBALL PRACTICE AND THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED. MY TRUCK MADE A LOUD BANG AND NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. I STOPPED TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH MY TRUCK. AS I OPENED THE HOOD I SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT AND SAW THE ENGINE ON FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND GRABBED MY SONS WATER BOTTLE TO TRY TO STOP THE FIRE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SMOTHER THE FIRE OUT WITH A BASEBALL GLOVE. MY SON AND I WAITED FOR OVER AN HOUR FOR THE TOW TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE. I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THE REPAIR BILL OF $2700!!!!!! THE SHOP SAID THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE AND CAUSED A FIRE. AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE THEY SAID THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH...

TRUCK SPUTTERED AND SHUT DOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. STARTS SOMETIMES, OTHER TIMES DOESN'T. PREVIOUS OWNER HAD REPLACED ITEM 1 MONTH BEFORE I GOT THE TRUCK. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 F250 SUPER DUTY PICKUP 7.3 DIESEL. AS I WAS DRIVING IT ONE EVENING I SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH AND UP IN THE DEFROSTER AREA AT THE WINDSHIELD. IT THEN BEGAN TO FLAME UP FROM THOSE AREAS AND I SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN AND JUMPED OUT,FEARING I WAS GOING TO GET BURNED. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT 2 AM. AND THE TRUCK BURNED FOR ALMOST A HALF HOUR BEFORE ANYONE DROVE BY ME TO CALL 911. BY THE TIME THE F.D. GOT THERE THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DESTROYED AND TOTALED ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I HAD A SMALL ONE GALLON GAS/OIL MIXTURE CONTAINER( FOR MY CHAIN SAW ON THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE) WHICH HAD LESS THAN HALF A GALLON IN IT. I TOLD MY INSURANCE CO. OF THAT FACT. THE INSURANCE CO. NOW WANTS ME TO...

POWERSTROKE ENGINE CODE PO 344 CAM SHAFT POS SENSOR, HAD TO REPLACE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO BUCK AND SHUTTER THAN SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. WOULD NOT START WAS VERY HAPPY I HAD NOT JUST PULLED INTO TRAFFIC! FORD WANTED 600$ TO FIX IT WHEN ITS A 100$ PART AND TAKES 15 MINETES TO FIX!. *AK

ON THE 7.3 POWERSTROKE FORD TRUCK I THINK IT IS A SAFETY HAZORD IF THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WERE TO FAIL APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND YOU WOULDNT HAVE POWER BRAKES IF THE ENGIN SHUTS OFF AND YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE CPS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT MY LIFE MAY BE ENDANGERED EVERY DAY ON THE WAY TO WORK WITH THE COMMON PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN THE TRUCK SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN AND THEN TURNED BACK ON ALMOST INSTANTLY. THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND FREEWAY SPEEDS MADE THIS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND MY TRUCK PROCEEDED TO SHUT OFF TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE I ARRIVED AT HOME. I CALLED THE FORD DEALER AND DESCRIBED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THE FIRST THING THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED "ITS THE CPS WE SEE IT ALL OF THE TIME". I REPLACED THE CPS AND SURE ENOUGH IT RAN GREAT AGAIN. THE COST OF THE NEW CPS WAS $180.00. *TR

TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING ON FREEWAY. NEEDED TOWING. MISSED WORK. FORD 7.3 DIESEL "CPS" SENSOR FAILURE. THESE PARTS DON'T LAST AND CAUSE THE TRUCK TO STOP RUNNING. NEEDED $200.00 PART TO FIX. SECOND TIME. HAVE THE OLD PARTS. *JB

I OWN A 1999 FORD F250 7.3 TURBO DIESEL. I HAVE HAD THE CAM POSITIONING SENSOR GO OUT ON THE TRUCK. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE TRUCK JUST STOPS RUNNING. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY IN LOS ANGELES. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THERE IS NO POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES AND THE ENGINE MAY OR MAY NOT START UP AGAIN. THIS IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY HAZARD. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN WITH THIS ENGINE. I THINK FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS PART AND REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING BETTER. *JB

VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING FINE. PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND 70 MINUTES LATER MY WIFE CAME HOME AND FOUND THE TRUCK ON FIRE. HEAVY FIRE WAS ENSUING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WELL AS WELL AS OUT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE GRILL. *JB

FIRST DAY-ACCESSORIES STAY ON WHILE IGNITION SWITCH IS TURNED OFF & KEY IS REMOVED. SECOND DAY-BATTERIES GOES DEAD, WIPERS TURN ON BY THEMSELVES, SPEEDOMETER QUITS, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT, 2 DIFFERENT BUZZING NOISE FROM UNDER DASH, DOME LIGHTS FLASHING ON & OFF, ABS BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON. WE HAVE HAD NO RECENT MECHANICAL WORK DONE. NO SINGLE SOURCE CAUSES ALL THESE PROBLEMS AT ONE TIME. *JB

DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING TRUCK ON HIGHWAY 101 AND ENGINE DIED. NO POWER, NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING. SHE PULLED TO SIDE AND TRIED TO RESTART TRUCK - NOTHING. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND VEHICLE STARTED BUT DIED AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FORD DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS THE CAM POSITIONING SENSOR. WHEN IT IS BROKEN THE TRUCK THINKS THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNING AND KILLS THE POWER. THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND SHE DRIVE THE TRUCK WITHOUT MAKING THE REPAIR AS IT WOULD DIE AGAIN. THE REPAIR COST $500 AND ONLY THE DEALER COULD DO THE REPAIR AS THEY HAD THE COMPUTER TO READ THE ERROR. THEY SAID THERE WERE NUMEROUS SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL. *NM

SPARK PLUG BLOW-OUT ON MY 1999 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY V-10. *NM

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR TWENTY MINUTES. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, THE CONSUMER WENT TO SEE WHAT CAUSED THE NOISE, AND DISCOVERED, THE VEHICLE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. *NM

SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN FROM THE HEAD. SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER HEAD AND CYLINDER WALL CREATED ENOUGH MATERIAL AND LABOR COSTS TO JUSTIFY REPLACING THE ENTIRE ENGINE.*AK

I WAS MERGING INTO THE RIGHT LANE OF THE FREEWAY TO EXIT THE FREEWAY AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND MY TRUCK DECELERATED AND CAUSED THE PERSON BEHIND ME TO SWERVE TO AVOID RUNNING INTO THE BACK OF ME. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY LOCAL ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE THIRD SPARK PLUG ON THE PASENGER SIDE HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE ALUMINIUM CYLINDER HEAD. THE CYLINDER PLUG OPENING WAS BORED OUT AND TAPPED. AN INSERT WAS THEN PUT INTO PLACE AND THE SPARK PLUG REPLACED. THE TOTAL COST OF THIS WAS ~$450. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURENCE ON THE FORD TRITON ENGINES AND THAT FORD IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO AVOID TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS APPARENT DESIGN DEFECT. THIS STINKS!!!*AK

A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE WHICH IS DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW THAT FORD MOTOR CO. IS WELL AWARE OF. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS NEW OR IT HAS MANY THOUSANDS OR, IN MY CASE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, OF MILES ON IT. FORD IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS ON VEHICLES THAT ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FOR THOSE VEHICLES, LIKE MINE, THAT ARE NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THE FULL COST OF THE REPAIR IS LEFT UP TO THE CONSUMER. THE AVERAGE REPAIR COST FOR THIS MAJOR MALFUNCTION IS $2,500.00-$3,500.00. THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE SITUATION FOR THE BASIC FACT THAT FORD IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THEY ARE ON THE PUBLIC RECORD STATING THAT THEY WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL FOR THESE ENGINES BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE FOR THEM TO FIX THEM ALL,...

MY TRUCK HAD 105000 MILES AND THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD STIPPING.HE THREDS.THE HEAD HAD TO BE PULLED TO GET THE COIL IN. $2000.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY DOORS WON'T LOCK. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15 TO 20 DOME LIGHT STAYED ON. DEALER INDICATED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *AK

FORD F-250 5.4 L V8 BLOWN SPARK PLUG FROM CYLINDER HEAD. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH THREADS TO KEEP THE SPARK PLUG FROM EVENTUALLY BEING BLOWN FROM THE HEAD. HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES MYSELF WITH THIS PROBLEM IN TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES. FORD NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM AND WARRANTY THE PARTS. WE STILL HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE IT WILL BE COVERED. EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS RIGHT IN THE PAPERWORK THAT THIS PART IS COVERED. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT SPARK PLUGS BLEWOUT OF THE CYLINDER, STRIPPING THE THREADS OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEADS, RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE SINCE VEHICLE PURCHASED. 1ST OCCURRENCE AT 3900 MILES, 2ND OCCURRENCE AT 56000 MILES. *AK

MY TRUCK HAS 49,000 MILES ON IT AND A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE TOP OF THE CYLINDER HEAD AND BROKE THE COIL PACK. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN TUNED UP. THIS IS A RESULT OF A BAD DESIGN FOR THE SPARK PLUG HOLE IN THE CYLINDER HEAD. IT ONLY HAS 5 THREADS TO HOLD THE SPARK PLUG IN AN ALUMINUM HEAD. *NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING LOSS OF POWER. NLM