2000 FORD F-250 SD Engine And Engine Coolingenginediesel Problems

OWNER OF A 2000 FORD F250 WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR REPLACING THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR UNDER RECALL 07S57. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD TO REPLACE THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR TWICE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE FINALLY ROLLED TO A STOP IN THE GRASS WITHOUT A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS VERY HOT AND FLAMES WERE NOTICED COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, DIRECTLY UNDER THE ENGINE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS BURNED FROM THE TIRES TO THE WINDSHIELD AND DASHBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V553000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 160,000. UPDATED 03/18/09. *LJ UPDATED 03/18/09.*JB

WHILE ON THE WAY HOME FROM VACATION ON 9/18/07 (TOWING MY 32 FOOT FIFTH-WHEEL) MY FORD F-250 DIESEL (7.3 LITER) STARTED ACTING AS IF THE REAR-END WAS SLIPPING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE ENGINE STALLED. LUCKILY I WAS IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA AT THE TIME AND THE SPEED LIMIT WAS ONLY 35 MPH. I PULLED OVER AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A FORD DEALER 10 MILES BACK. TRI STAR OF SOMERSET, PA ( WHICH IS A FORD DEALER) DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR. IT COST $243.00 FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF SENSOR (WHICH TOOK 8 DAYS DUE TO WORK LOAD BACKUP). IT COST ME $200.00 TO HAVE MY RV TOWED TO A LOCAL CAMPGROUND (WHICH I NO LONGER HAVE A RECEIPT FOR). IT COST ANOTHER $180.00 TO KEEP RV AT CAMPGROUND UNTIL REPAIRS TO TRUCK WERE COMPLETED. IN ADDITION TO THIS, IT...

CAM POSITION SENSOR FAILED ON A 2000 FORD F250 W/7.3L POWERSTROKE DIESEL ENGINE. THIS IS THE 4TH CPS I'VE HAD IN THIS TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAS 60K MILES. *TR

CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED RESULTING IN ENGINE SHUTDOWN/ NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES/ WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH ONLY MINOR TRAFFIC SLOW DOWN. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN HWY 174 IN SC AT AROUND 10:00 PM WHEN MY FORD F250 7.3L DIESEL TRUCK BEGAN TO KNOCK AND FINALLY SHUT OFF IN THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART, AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO MY HOUSE, AND THEN TO RAVENEL FORD THE FOLLOWING DAY WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS CAM POSITION SENSOR AND SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND RECOMMENDED THAT I KEEP A SPARE ONE IN THE GLOVE BOX. THE TOTAL REPAIR BILL WAS $453.42. *JB

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR IN MY 2000 F250 THREE TIMES NOW. THE PART COSTS OVER 140 DOLLARS AT A FORD DEALER AND I KNOW MANY MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE SAME PART. IT IS A DESIGN FLAW AND FORD KNOWS IT. WHEN I WALKED IN THE DEALER AND SAID MY TRUCK DIED THE FIRST THING THE MECHANIC SAID WAS "OH, SOUNDS LIKE A CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR". THIS HAS LEFT ME STRANDED TWICE (ONCE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ON A ROAD TRIP). *TR

CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE STOP ON 2000 FORD SUPERDUTY DIESEL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. MILEAGE WAS APPROX 125,000. REPLACEMENT OEM CPS FAILED AFTER A FURTHER 3,000 MILES! OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

WHILE ON A BACK ROAD, AT NIGHT AFTER A CAMPING TRIP WITH MY KIDS, TRUCK STUMBLED/STUTTERED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO STOP TRUCK AND THEN RESTART IT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF. MADE IT HOME. NEXT DAY TRUCK WOULD TRY TO CRANK BUT WOULDN'T FIRE UP. CALLED A DIESEL MECHANIC WHO CAME OVER, PULLED CPS, WENT TO LOCAL INTERNATIONAL AND BOUGHT A NEW CPS. CHANGED OUT MINE AND TRUCK STARTED UP JUST FINE. THREW OUT THE OLD PART. *TR

FORD F-250 PICKUP WITH 7.3L POWERSTROKE DIESEL ENGINE. ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO FAULTY CAMSHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR (SYNCHRONIZER). ENGINE SHUT OFF CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES MAKING HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO MANEUVER IN TRAFFIC. REPLACED SENSOR TO CORRECT PROBLEM. SENSOR IS THE SAME DESIGN TO ANOTHER FAILURE IS HIGHLY POSSIBLE. *TR

1ST DAY OF OWNERSHIP OF 2000 F250, ENGINE INEXPLICABLY DIES, RENDERING USELESS POWER STEERING AND POWER BREAKS. TOWED TO DEALER. EXPLAINED PROBLEM TO SERVICE WRITER. WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE VEHICLE, THE SERVICE WRITER SAYS "CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR." AS IT TURNS OUT, HE WAS RIGHT. PROBLEM FIXED FOR NEARLY $500 DOLLARS. *TR

ENGINE WOULD QUIT WHILE ON THE ROAD OR AT IDLE OUTSIDE TEMP OR ENGINE TEMP DID NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. REPLACED CAM POSITION SENSOR PROBLEM CORRECTED NEVER OCCURRED AGAIN . WHEN ENGINE QUIT WOULD RESTART. BELIEVE VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO YOU NEVER KNEW WHEN IT MIGHT QUIT. *TR

CAM POSITION SENSOR/SYNCHRONIZER FAILURE ON 2000 FORD F250 SUPERDUTY WITH 7.3L POWER STROKE DIESEL ENGINE @ 64477 MILES. ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING @ 40 MILES/HOUR ON SECONDARY ROAD. LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. REPLACE PART FMC F7TZ 12K073 A. TOTAL CHARGE $503.76. *JB

2000 FORD F-250 7.3 PSD ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING, LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKING TOOK EXTRA EFFORT. PROBLEM WAS DUE TO CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, REPLACED IT AT A COST OF $200 AND TRUCK IS RUNNING FINE. *JB

WHEN I STATED MY 2000 FORD F250 SD WITH THE 7.3 DIESEL ENGINE THE MOTOR RAN ROUGH AND WOULD NOT DEVELOP ENOUGH POWER TO MOVE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER ALMOST AN HOUR OF IDLING THE MOTOR DEVELOPED ENOUGH POWER TO MOVE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A DISCONNECTED/LOOSE WIRING HARNESS TO THE INJECTORS AND GLOW PLUGS. MINOR PROBLEM TILL I FOUND OUT IT WOULD TAKE ALL DAY TO FIX AND COST $675. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY TYPE VEHICLE. SO I SPENT THE MONEY AND THE DEALER INSTALLED A $17.00 PART TO LOCK THE CONNECTORS IN PLACE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. EVEN A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENT OR A PERSON WITH ANY COMMON SENSE WOULD KNOW TO INSTALL A POSITIVE LOCK CONNECTOR FOR AN INTERNAL...

CAMSHAFT POSITIONS SENSOR FAILURE NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENT AS TRUCK QUIT RUNNING HALFWAY THROUGH INTERSECTION. FORD CPS FAILURES ARE OFTEN AND FAIL FOR NO REASON AND WITH NO WARNING. *NM

TRUCK WAS RUNNING SLUGGISH. ON NIGHT OF OCCURRENCE, TRUCK STALLED IN HIGHWAY, RESTARTED, STALLED FOR GOOD. WAITED 2 HOURS FOR TOW TRUCK ON BUSY HIGHWAY. HAD TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR FOR $430.00. I DO NOT HAVE THE OLD PART. *JB

MY CAMSHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR WENT OUT ON MY 2000 F250 IT SHUT OFF MY MOTOR WHEN I WAS GOING 70 MPH AND I LOST ALL POWER AND WAS VERY CLOSE TO CRASHING. IT WAS FIXED EASY WITH A NEW CPS BUT THIS SHOULD OF NEVER HAPPEN. *JB

I OWN A 2000 F250 DIESEL TRUCK. ON OCTOBER 26, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 12 MIDNIGHT WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM A DEAD STOP, CROSSING OVER THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC TRAVELING NO FASTER THEN 10 MILES PER HOUR THE TRUCK CUT OFF HALFWAY ACROSS THE ROADWAY WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. I THEN COASTED ACROSS THE ROAD WHILE CARS PROCEEDED TO GO AROUND ME. SO AS TO DEFINE WHAT I MEAN BY CUT OFF, AND NO PRIOR WARNING, THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: CUT OFF '' ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING COMPLETELY. I HAD LOSS CONTROL OF THE STEERING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT REQUIRED THE FULL USE OF BOTH ARMS TO BE ABLE TO EVEN TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT WAS AS IF I HAD TURNED THE IGNITION SWITCH TO THE POSITION JUST PRIOR TO THE KEY REMOVAL POSITION. NO PRIOR WARNING '' THE TRUCK HAD NOT SHOWN ANY HESITATION OR INCLINATION...

VEHICLE - 2000 FORD F-250 4X4 7.3L DIESEL. CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR (CPS) WENT OUT CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AND NOT START AGAIN UNTIL PART WAS REPLACED. ENGINE TURNED OFF EXITING FREEWAY GOING APPROX 65 MPH. THIS IS THE THIRD CPS THAT HAS GONE BAD ON THIS VEHICLE. FIRST AT 38,000 MILES, SECOND AT 95,000 MILE, AND THIRD AT 159,000 MILES. *NM

2000 F250 POWER STROKE WOULD SHUT OFF ENGINE AT SPEED, USUALLY AROUND 40 MPH WHILE DRIVING. LOSS OF POWER INCLUDED POWER STEERING WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER VEHICLE OUT OF TRAFFIC. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE MONTH, ONCE DETERMINED WAS NOT BAD DIESEL FUEL, I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. RESEARCHED ON WEB ABOUT PART AND SAW A LOT OF FAILURES RELATED TO PART, AND LINK TO THIS COMPLAINT PAGE FROM FORGOTTEN.COM LINK. PART F7TZ-12K073-A NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EVER APPEARED DURING THE MONTH, NO WARNING INDICATION FROM VEHICLE BEFORE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF WHILE AT SPEED. *JB

FAILURE OF CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR (CPS) CAUSED ENGINE TO STALL DURING OPERATION RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS EARLY AM AND TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT ALLOWING ME TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO ADVANCE WARNING OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TOWED TO DEALER, CPS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. *JB

EARLY EVENING FRIDAY, FEB 18, 2005, DRIVING 2000 F250 SD PSD 7.3-LITER DIESEL @ APPROX 50 MPH, TRUCK BUCKED A COUPLE OF TIMES THEN ENGINE DIED, LOSING ALL POWER. TRUCK WAS NOSE INTO AN INTERSECTION BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO STEER IT TO A STOP. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, AS THE AREA WAS SUBURBAN AND PEOPLE DRIVE A BIT LESS AGGRESSIVELY THAN THEY DO IN COLUMBUS, WHERE I LIVE. I CALLED AAA, HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED CAM SENSOR ASSEMBLY: ITEM F7TZ*12K073*A SYNCHRONIZER ASY $185.91, LABOR OF $106.32, MISC CHARGES OF $7.44; SUBTOTAL 299.67, PLUS TAX OF $20.97. GRAND TOTAL OUT OF MY POCKET $320.64 FORTUNATELY I HAD AAA DELUXE; OTHERWISE THE TOWING WOULD HAVE COST ME AN ADDITIONAL $40. *NM

OWN 2000 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY. THE CAM POSITION SENSOR HAS FAILED 3 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE OF THIS TRUCK IN DEC 2000. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS ALL POWER, BRAKES-STEERING ETC. ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL WHEN THE ENGINE STALLS. ENGINE STALL WITHOUT WARNING AT HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS CREATING HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS DUE TO ALL POWER FAILURE. DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN 2002 APPROXIMATELY 70,000 MILES. *JB

MY CPS FAILED WHILE DRIVING AND THE ENGINE STALLED LEAVING ME WITH LIMITED STEERING AND BRAKING. THE TRUCK IS A FORD F-250 WITH THE 7.3 POWERSTROKE DIESEL. THE PART WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BUT I HAD TO PAY A $100 DEDUCTIBLE. *NM

I HAVE TWO FORD PICKUP TRUCKS WITH THE 7.3 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. BOTH OF THESE TRUCKS HAVE HAD THE CAM POSITIONS SENSOR FAIL. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME I WAS IN THE TRUCK AND IN A BANK DRIVE THROUGH WITH THE VEHICLE RUNNING. I REPLACED THE SENSOR AT THAT TIME AND THEN HAD THE REPLACEMENT SENSOR FAIL IN THE SAME VEHICLE LESS THAN 50,000 MILES LATER WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD. THIS COULD OF CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING LEAVING VEHICLE WITH NO POWER. I RECENTLY HAD THE SENSOR FAIL ON MY 2ND TRUCK WITH 7.3 LITER DIESEL ENGINE. THIS TRUCK WAS UNDER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY SO FORD IS PAYING THE PARTS ON THIS BUT I HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE IN DECEMBER 2005 AND THEY HOOKED THE VEHICLE UP TO A DIAGNOSTICS MACHINE...

FORD SUPER DUTY DIESEL F-250 : ENGINE CUTS OUT AND/OR DIES DURING ALL LOAD CONDITIONS. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN PASSING CARS OR ON FREEWAY. DEALER IS UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM AND "NOTHING REGISTERS ON THE COMPUTER" BEGAN IN MARCH 2003 AND CONTINUES DAILY TO THIS DAY.

FORD SUPER DUTY DIESEL F-250 : ENGINE CUTS OUT AND/OR DIES DURING ALL LOAD CONDITIONS. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON UNDER MOST SEVERE CUT-OUTS. FORD SERVICE HAS REPEATEDLY (8 TIMES IN 2 YEARS) WORKED ON THE ISSUE ON MY TRUCK AS WELL AS OTHER OWNERS TRUCKS WITH WHOM I AM ACQUAINTED. THIS ENGINE FAILURE OCCURS APPROXIMATELY ONCE EVERY 10 MILES, AND IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO ENTER A FREEWAY OR PASS ON A FM ROAD. I BELIEVE FORD DAMAGED THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT WHEN THEY INSTALLED THEIR FORD AUTHORIZED POWER CHIP. THEY SEEM TO KEEP REPLACING LESS COSTLY COMPONENTS AND GIVING ME THE TRUCK BACK. I FEEL THEY ARE WAITING FOR MY TRUCK TO GET OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD BEFORE THE REAL STORY IS TOLD. THAT WAY, I WILL BE OUT THE MONEY FOR WHAT EVER IS REALLY WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLES. OTHERS THAT I HAVE TALKED...