2008 FORD F SUPER DUTY Engine Problems

2008 FORD F450 6.4L TURBO DIESEL PROBLEMS MY WIFE TRUCK BROKE DOWN ON HER WITH 137000 MILES ON IT COMING BACK FROM SOUTH CAROLINA IN JULY 2016. MECHANICS FOUND METAL SHAVING IN THE OIL FILTER HOUSING. LONG STORY SHORT, HAD TO HAVE THE LONG BLOCK REPLACED ON THE TRUCK. 15,000 DOLLARS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. APPEARS WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. THREE MORE PEOPLE WE KNOW WHO JUST BOUGHT 2008 FORD F450 SD 6.4L TRUCKS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. ONE FAMILIES TRUCK BROKE DOWN ON THEM THREE WEEKS AFTER BUYING IT ON THERE WAY HOME FROM A HORSE SHOW. SAME THING HAPPEN TO THE OTHER FAMILY. COMMON FACTOR IN ALL THREE STORIES...METAL SHAVINGS IN OIL FILTER HOUSING. NONE OF THE TRUCKS WERE LOW ON FLUID. APPEARS 6.4L ENGINES HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS 6.0L ENGINES. INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE DONE ON 6.4L ISSUES...

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A TWO LANE ROAD IN MY 2008 F250 PICKUP (DIESEL) ON 26 JAN 2016 ABOUT 35 MPH, AND CAME UPON A STOP SIGN. I RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND STARTED BRAKING. THE ENGINE STARTED ACCELERATING, EVEN THOUGH I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE (HIGH), SO ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SPINNING FAST, AND KEPT THE VEHICLE MOVING FORWARD. I STOOD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET, AND AFTER GOING SEVERAL FEET INTO THE INTERSECTION, IT FINALLY STOPPED. I QUICKLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, AND A FEW SECONDS LATER THE PROBLEM STOPPED. I THEN CONTINUED ON MY WAY. THE VEHICLE HAD 37,062 MILES.

DURING THE COURSE OF DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER. REQUIRED STEERING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND STOPPING WITH THE LOSS OF ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKE ASSIST. IN TRAFFIC. TRUCK WOULD NOT RESTART ONCE WAS PULLED OFF ONTO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. IF TRUCK HAD BEEN TOWING DOWN A STEEP GRADE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. UPON HAVING TRUCK REPAIRED IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE SENSOR.

MY TRUCK BEGAN CUTTING OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING EVERY NOW AND THEN. NOW IT IS DOING IT MORE AND MORE. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS, SO A COUPLE OF TIMES I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BAD GAS SO I CHANGED GAS AND STARTING USING AMOCO GAS AND PUT FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER IN MY GAS TANK. THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW I AM LOSING PRESSURE WHILE I AM DRIVING. I CALLED FORD MOTORS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL, BUT MY VEHICLE IS DOING THE SAME THING THAT IS IN THE RECALL. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL AND FOR $130.00 I COULD BRING IT IN AND GET A DIAGNOSTIC. THERE HAS BEEN A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ON...

THROTTLE STUCK IN EXCEL MODE AND EXCESSIVE WHITE SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE. FORD STATED TO LOOK DEEPER INTO ENGINE AND STATED THEY CAN NOT FINE PROBLEM TO VEHICLE. INSTRUCTED TO BUY NEW ENGINE. THIS DIESEL ENGINE SHOULD NOT HAD GONE BAD WITH 30, 000 MILES ON IT. WAS TOLD THIS HAPPENS THAT 1% OF THE TIME ALTHOUGH BY THE REVIEWS THIS FREQUENTLY HAPPENS WITH THIS MOTOR. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ! *TR

THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FROM THE TIME WE BOUGHT IT. WE HAVE CONTACTED FORD MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEIR RESPONSE IS "KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS JUST IN CASE." WE HAVE REPLACED THE TURBOS BOTH HIGH AND LOW END TWICE AND THEY ARE STARTING TO ACT UP AGAIN. TRAVELING 60 MPH DOWN THE ROAD YOU LOSE ALL TURBO PRESSURE CAUSING YOU TO LOSE POWER. YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND RE-CRANK IT. THE TRUCK SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT THROWING A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE BELT TENSIONER HAS SEPARATED COMING DOWN THE HIGHWAY SHUTTING OFF COMPLETE POWER AT 60 MPH. ABOUT EVERY 3RD TIME OF FILLING UP WITH DIESEL FUEL WE HAVE TO DRAIN THE WATER SEPARATOR. WHEN THE REGEN SYSTEM KICKS IN TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DIESEL FUMES COME IN TO THE TRUCK CAUSING HEADACHES WITH EXTREME LOSE OF POWER. WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE TAIL...

I WAS PULLING A HORSE TRAILER UPHILL, AND ENGINE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN IN MY MECHANICS SHOP, I DISCOVERED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD CRACKED, AND SUBSEQUENT REPAIR FOR NEW COMPONENTS WAS APPX. $2K. WITHIN TWO WEEKS I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES AGAIN WITH OVERHEATING, AND UPON FURTHER RESEARCH BY MY MECHANIC, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE OIL COOLER, AND TWO EGR COOLERS WERE DEFECTIVE, AND THIS IN FACT HAD CAUSED THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND FORD REFUSED TO CONSIDER A WARRANTY REPAIR FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS REPAIR WAS AN ADDITIONAL $5K. AFTER SPEAKING WITH SEVERAL MECHANICS, INCLUDING ONE THAT WORKS FOR A FORD DEALER, WE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNKNOWN ISSUE FOR FORD. THERE WERE PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH THE 6.0 ENGINE, WHICH DID RECEIVE A RECALL. THEY ARE NOW HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE 6.4 ENGINE,...

THE RADIATOR IS LEAKING WERE THE SIDE TANKS ARE ATTACHED TO THE CORE AND BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSES ARE LEAKING. WHEN I HAD THE PICKUP IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS UPGRADED RADIATOR HOSES AVAILABLE. THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED I REPLACE THEM TO PREVENT HOSE FAILURE. THIS WOULD BE AT MY COST, BUT CLEARLY ARE FACTORY DEFECTS. WHEN I HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCAL MECHANICS GIVE ME ESTIMATES AND ASKED WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, AND TOLD THEM WHAT YEAR AND MODEL FORD I HAD THEY ALL DESCRIBED THE SAME LEAKS IN THE RADIATORS AND HOSES. SO THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT WITH THE HOSES AND RADIATORS OF THESE YEAR AND MODELS OF FORDS. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THESE PROBLEMS WOULD NOT BE CORRECTED BY FORD AT THIS TIME. THE ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIRS IS $1116.46. I CONTACTED FORDS CUSTOMER...