2003 FORD F-250 SD Equipment Problems

FORD F250 SUPER DUTY 6.0L DIESEL; 130,000 MILES HIGH PRESSURE OIL PUMP GOES OUT. ALL FUEL INJECTORS NEED REPLACING, HIGH PRESSURE FUEL REGULATOR DISINTEGRATES. AT 99,000 THE TURBO HAD A LEAK, WE HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO FORD DEALER. THIS TRUCK SHOULD NOT NEED THESE REPAIRS THIS SOON, SOMETHING IS WRONG. DAD WAS A DIESEL MECHANIC, THIS IS VERY FAULTY EQUIPMENT. TRUCK HAS HAD ALL REGULAR MAINTENANCE. TRUCK JUST LOSES POWER SUDDENLY. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE PULLING OUR CAMPER TO VIRGINIA FOR VACATION AND HALF WAY THERE WE COULD SMELL ANTIFREEZE. BY THE TIME WE GOT TO MARTINSVILLE AND GOT OUR CAMPER BACKED UP AT THE CAMPGROUND WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF OUR TAILPIPE AND LATER OVERHEATED. WE CALLED AAA THE NEXT MORNING AND HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE THEY HAD INFORMED US THAT IT WAS THE EGR COOLER. THEY PUT THE NEW EGR COOLER ON AND WE GOT OUR TRUCK BACK 2 DAYS LATER. WE DID NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK ANYMORE UNTIL WE WERE PULLING OUR CAMPER HOME TO OHIO AND NOTICED THE SAME THINGS WERE HAPPENING. THE WHITE SMOKE AND ANTIFREEZE SMELL WE ALSO HAD LOSS OF POWER. I MADE MY HUSBAND PULL OVER AND LOW AND BEHOLD WE HAD NO ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRUCK. THE DEALERSHIP HAD PUT 2 BOTTLES OF ANTIFREEZE AND CHANGED...

9/11/05 PURCHASED 4/29/06 TRUCK STALLED TOWED INTO RANCHO FORD 5/11/06 TRUCK REPAIRED 2/6/07 TUNE-UP PERFORMED AT NORTH COUNTY FORD ($525.01) ?ENGINE LIGHT IS ON? NOTED ON INVOICE. TRUCK RETURNED SAME DAY. TECHNICIAN STATED ?ENGINE LIGHT CAUSED BY BAD GLOW PLUG. NOT A MAIN CONCERN.? 9/27/07 OIL CHANGE 9/28/07 SPOKE WITH TECHNICIAN: ICP CONNECTOR, ENGINE HARNESS, INJECTOR HARNESS AND INJECTORS 6 AND 7 ARE BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED 9/28/07 I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASKED FOR A TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT OR A NEW TRUCK 10/3/07 RECEIVED TRUCK BACK 10/4/07 RECEIVED CALL STATING FORD BELIEVES ALL WORK IS COMPLETE AND CLAIM IS DENIED. 10/13/07 TRUCK WILL NOT START 10/15/07 CALLED FORD ASKING FOR NEW TRUCK 10/16/07 RECEIVED CALL FROM RANCHO FORD STATING: INJECTOR HARNESS AND NUMBER 8 INJECTOR ARE BAD 10/22/07 RECEIVED CALL FROM STATING FORD WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE TOWING AND THE REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT HAS...

I HAD A NEAR WRECK IN MY 2003 F250 SUPER DUTY CREW CAB, LARRIAT TRIM PACKAGE WHEN THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF OF THE CAB, AND FELL INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAB LANDING AT MY FEET, AND INTERFERING WITH THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS. NO FIRE OR WRECK, BUT CERTAINLY A NEAR MISS. I AM AWARE THAT THE HARD PLASTIC MOLDING AROUND THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE IS VERY BRITTLE, AND CAN CRACK AND BECOME DISLODGED IN NOT JUST MY TRUCK, BUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT I HAVE QUESTIONED REGARDING THIS MATTER. I WAS EVEN INFORMED BY A LOCAL DEALERSHIP THAT THEY CANNOT KEEP THIS ITEM IN STOCK IN THEIR PARTS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE EVERYONE'S OVERHEAD CONSOLES ARE BREAKING. THIS IS A RATHER LARGE PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT CAN INTERFERE WITH THE DRIVERS ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, AND IS A SAFTEY MATTER THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. OBVIOUSLY THE...