2003 Ford E550

MY TRUCK IS A 03. I GOT IT WITH 32000 ON IT. I HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING IDEM ARM. AND SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK THIS TRUCK I HAVE A HAD PROBLEM WITH A SHOCKING IN MY FRONT END OF THE TRUCK WHEN I MAKE A TURN. I HAVE GONE BACK TO MY DEALER AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 3 OTHER PEOPLE PLUS FORD DEALER. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DRIVE SHAFT. IT NEEDED GREASE. WELL, GUESS WHAT THAT DIDN'T WORK. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS TRUCK. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK. MY DEALER WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF IT AND FORD DEALER WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS. I AM READY TO GIVE THIS TRUCK UP. I HATE THIS TRUCK. THIS IS MY DREAM TRUCK AND IT HAS BECAME A NIGHTMARE SINCE JAN OF THIS YEAR. I HAD A FORD RANGER AND NEVER HAD TO PUT THE KIND OF MONEY IN THAT TRUCK THEN I DO WITH THIS ONE. PLEASE HELP ME. THIS TRUCK SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE KIND OF PROBLEMS. I WOULD LIKE THIS FIX. MICHELLE HARDENBURGH OF SANDSTON. *NM

ON JULY 23, 2006 WE WERE IN A CAR ACCIDENT. WE WERE TRAVELING THROUGH OGDEN, UT ON OUR WAY TO YELLOWSTONE. WE WERE FOLLOWING MY PARENTS WHO WERE DRIVING A F350 PULLING A 37 FOOT CARDINAL 5TH WHEEL. WE HAVE A F250 AND WE WERE PULLING A 32 FOOT PROWLER TRAVEL TRAILER. A SUBURBAN PULLING A BOAT JACK-KNIFED IN FRONT OF MY PARENTS. THEY BARLEY STOPPED IN TIME, HOWEVER, BY THE TIME WE REALIZED HIS RED BRAKE LIGHTS WERE FROM A DEAD STOP AND NOT A SLOW DOWN, WE COULD NOT STOP IN TIME. WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 50 WHEN WE FIRST STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND PROBABLY WERE ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN WE HIT THE BACK OF MY PARENTS 5TH WHEEL. THE F250 IS TOTALED BECAUSE THE ENGINE ENDED UP IN THE FIRE WALL. THE FRONT END HOOD CRUMBLED UP TO THE FRONT WINDOW, BUT DID NOT BREAK THE GLASS. BOTH FRONT HEAD LIGHTS WERE BROKEN AND BOTH ENDS OF THE BUMPER WERE DAMAGED. OUR FRONT LICENSE PLATE ENDED UP IN THE 5TH WHEEL. OUR IMPACT WAS SO SEVERE THAT WE TOTALED OUR TRAILER THAT WAS NOT EVEN HIT. IT SHIFTED OFF THE FRAME MAKING IT UNABLE TO BE FIXED. WE HIT THE BACK OF THE 5TH WHEEL SQUARE ON. THERE WERE CONCRETE K-RAILS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FREEWAY SO WE HAD NO SHOULDER TO GO TO. BOTH DOORS WERE UNABLE TO OPEN TO LET US OUT AT FIRST. AFTER KICKING THE DRIVERS DOOR A FEW TIMES WE WERE UNABLE TO EXIT OUT OF THAT SIDE. THE REASON I AM WRITING THIS IS TO SAY THAT MY AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF. EVERYBODY WHO SEES THE PICTURES TAKEN AT THE SCENE SAY THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF. EVEN A LOCAL FORD DEALER SAYS THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS? ALSO, WE WANT TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THIS. THANK YOU! *NM

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD F150 (51K MILES) THROUGH TOWN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN BOOM. MY CHILDREN WERE SCARED TO DEATH AND I WAS MORE THAN A BIT CONCERNED. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND ANALYZE THE SITUATION I FOUND THE COIL ON PLUG BLOWN OFF OF THE #3 PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND THE ACTUAL SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FROM WHICH IT WAS BOUGHT AND REPAIR COSTS WERE IN EXCESS OF $3100. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND FORD SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. WHY ELSE DO YOU CHANGE DESIGNS IN THE NEXT MODEL YEAR VEHICLE? *NM

WE HAVE 3- 2003 F550 TRUCKS, THE FIRST TWO TRUCKS ARE ALWAYS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIR TO THE ENGINES, THE FIRST TRUCK [XXX] HAS HAD TWO RE-MANUFACTURED ENGINES PUT IN AND THE 2ND TRUCK [XXX] HAS HAD PATCH JOBS DONE TO THE MOTOR. THESE TRUCKS ARE WORK TRUCKS AND ARE ON THE HIGHWAYS FIVE DAYS A WEEK OR MORE, BUT THE SAFETY ISSUES OF THESE TRUCKS IS THAT THE ENGINE EITHER FREEZES UP OR JUST QUITS AND THIS HAS HAPPENED ON A CORNER, INTERSECTION ON A HILL THEY ARE GOING DOWN. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY THAT THERE HAS BEEN AREAS TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CARS HAVE ABLE TO SWERVE AROUND US TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. HE HAD TO BACK DOWN WITH THE TRAFFIC ON THE WEST BOUND SIDE TO GET TO AN AREA THAT WAS OUT OF THE WAY. ALSO HE WAS LUCKY HE WAS IN AN AREA WHERE THE WEST BOUND TRAFFIC COULD SEE HIM, IF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE OF A CURVE THERE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN THESE TRUCKS WILL SHUT DOWN, BECAUSE OF MOTOR PROBLEMS. THE MOTOR HAVE HAD INTERCOOLER PROBLEMS, INJECTORS REPLACED, MOTOR SHUTTING DOWN, ETC.. THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE WE HAVE READ IN OTHER PAPERS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS, IT LOOKS AT THIS TIME THAT FORD IS TRYING TO PATCH THE TRUCKS TOGETHER INSTEAD OF PUTTING IN A NEW MOTOR AND STYLE, IN WHICH IS NOT HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE ALSO FILED A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY THE FIRST TIME THE OIL COOLERS WENT OUT AND THE INJECTORS, THEN AGAIN TODAY WHEN THE MOTOR QUIT AGAIN IN TRAFFIC IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS, THIS WAS MOTOR SHUT DOWN FOR NO REASON. THERE A LOT OF DANGEROUS CURVES AND HILLS, SOME ARE WHICH 6% TO 10% GRADES THAT A SEMI OR LARGER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP AS QUICKLY AS A PASSENGER CAR OR SMALLER VEHICLE! *JB UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

EVERY TIME THIS VEHICLE ( 2003 FORD EXPEDITION FX4 4X4 ) IS EITHER WASHED, AND OR WHEN IT RAINS, THE TRUCK WILL ATTEMPT TO STALL OUT, IN ANY DRIVING CONDITIONS CITY OR FWY, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE FOR I HAVE THIS VEHICLE AND IT STALLED ON THE FAST LANE HWY 15, I HAD FIRST BELIEVED IT WAS A FUEL PROBLEM, DUE TO, IT ACTS LIKE ITS OUT OF GAS, BAD FILTER ETC, WITH THIS TYPE OF TRUCK FORD HAS INSTALLED IGNITION COILS, ONE ON TOP OF EACH SPARK PLUG A TOTAL OF 8, I HAD FORD RECENTLY LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND THEY DID REPLACE #8 COIL DUE TO WATER IN THE SPARK PLUG PORT ( 4-3-06 ), THE PLUG BOOTS DO NOT STOP ANY WATER FROM GETTING INTO THE ENGINE (SPARK PLUGS AND WIRE ASSEMBLY AREA), I HAVE SPOKEN TO FORD SERVICE DEPT, AND OUT SIDE MECHANICS AND THEY ALL HAVE AGREED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD EXPEDITIONS. WHAT IS UNETHICAL THE FORD DEALERS AND SERVICE DEPT, WILL ATTEMPT TO CONVINCE THE CONSUMER THAT IT IS THEIR FAULT AND THAT ANY WARRANTY MAY BE VOID, SUNRISE FORD ( 909-434-0473 ) HAD TRIED TO MAKE ME AGREE OR SAY THAT I WAS WASHING THE ENGINE WITH WATER TO CLEAN IT, THE ONLY TIME I LOOK UNDER THE HOOD IS TO CHANGE THE OIL OR CHECK THE FLUIDS, SUNRISE FORD HAS BEEN THE ONLY ONE, DOING ANY MAJOR REPAIRS TO THIS TRUCK AND THERE MECHANIC, LOST TWO MACHINE TYPE SCREWS, AND THEY TOLD ME I LOST THEM, AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE WORK AFTER IT BEING DONE, IS THIS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A CONSUMER? BUT AS I WRITE TO YOU 4-14-2006 MY WIFE'S FORD EXPEDITION HAS FAILED AGAIN IT STALLED AFTER SHE LEFT OUR DRIVEWAY THANK GOD I HAVE A SUBARU IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, AND I WILL HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK TO FORD TO DO REPAIRS DUE TO IGNITION PROBLEMS. KNOW WONDER FORD IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS THEY TREAT THEIR VALID CUSTOMERS SO POORLY. SINCERELY: GREGORY M RITCHIE. *NM

PURCHASED A NEW 2003 FORD F-350 SUPER DUTY WITH THE 6.0 DIESEL ON SEPT.9-15. AT 10,000 MILES TROUBLES BEGAN. AT 20,000 2 INJECTORS FAILED. BETWEEN THEN AND THE WARRANTY EXPIRATION, ANOTHER 12 FAILED. SINCE THEN, ANOTHER 16 HAVE FAILED. FROM DAY ONE, I'VE TRIED TO GET RELIEF FROM THE DEALER AND FORD. THE DEALER HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND FORD DOESN'T CARE. *NM