What 168 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Ford F-250 Super Crew

I PURCHASED A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2016 AND HAVE HAD TO RETURN THE TRUCK FOR SERVICE MORE THAN 4 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THE ISSUE IS STILL NOT FIXED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A MALFUNCTION WITH SOME 2014-2015 F-SUPER DUTY 6.7L DIESEL VEHICLES WHICH MAY EXHIBIT A MIL ILLUMINATED WITH DTC P207F. AND THAT THIS CONDITION MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). IN EACH OCCASION I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND FIRST THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD TURN ON, SECOND, MY SPEED WOULD BE LIMITED TO LESS THAN 50MPH, AND FINALLY, THE ENGINE WOULD GO INTO IDLE MODE WITH NO IMMEDIATE RESTART. I HAVE HAD TO TOW MY TRUCK FOUR TIMES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. THE WORK ORDER REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS PERFORMED THE REPAIRS BUT THE ISSUE CONTINUES AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THIS DEFECT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIRS THE USE OF MY TRUCK AND HAS CREATED A SAFETY CONCERN IN WHICH I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE. I DEMAND A REPLACEMENT OR REFUND THAT INCLUDES ALL THE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE OCCURRED FOR RENTALS AND ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION EACH TIME MY TRUCK WAS IN FOR REPAIR WITH THE MANUFACTURER.

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FRONT END DEATH WOBBLE.

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DRIVING ON OUR DRIVEWAY , I WENT TO STEP ON BRAKES AND I HAD A VERY HARD PEDAL AND TRUCK DID NOT STOP, IT KEPT ROLLING. STEPPED ON IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AND KEPT FROM GOING INTO TRAFFIC. IT HAPPENED TWO TIMES. ALSO WHEN TURNING WHEELS WILL BEING STOPPED THE BRAKES CALIPERS ARE MAKING LOUD CHIPPING NOISES

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2014 FORD F-250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NOTICE OF SAFETY DEFECT AND DEMANDS FOR REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START. ALSO, ALL THE GAUGES, EXCEPT THE FUEL GAUGE, ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD BECOME INOPERABLE WHILE DRIVING. THE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. UPDATED 03/28/2017 *JS

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DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED. SIDE WALL FAILURE. BLOW OUT

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I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK ON THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES NOW FOR THE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE SENSORS. HAVE HAD ALL THE SENSORS REPLACED TWICE AND AM NOW ON MY WAY BACK IN FOR A FOURTH TRIP TO REPLACE THEM. THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS 41K MI.

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DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT. LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF, INTERIOR LIGHTS AS WELL AS HEADLIGHTS CAME ON SPORADICALLY WHEN MOTOR WAS NOT RUNNING. HEADLIGHTS CAME ON WHEN THE TRUCK WAS NOT RUNNING OR OCCUPIED AND THIS CAUSED ALL POWER TO DRAIN FROM THE BATTERY. DEALER CHARGED OVER $300. TO REPAIR DOOR LATCH / SWITCH ASSEMBLY ON DRIVER SIDE. THIS OCCURRED OCTOBER 1, 2016. OUR LOCAL PAPER HAD AN ARTICLE OCTOBER 4 INDICATING A COMING RECALL ON FORD EDGE SUV'S 2011 TO 2013 AND THE FORD FUSION FROM 2010. I FEEL THESE PROBLEMS ARE RELATED.

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VIOLENT FRONT END SHAKE WOBBLE. ANY BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSES THE FRONT END TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING TO FIX WITH NO CHANGE.

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LETTER FROM SENATOR BURR ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE 2014 FORD F250 FUEL SYSTEM. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF AT THE DEALER ON JANUARY 26, 2015, WITH A LOW ENGINE LIGHT, WATER IN THE FUEL SEPARATOR AND A LEAKING RADIATOR. WHEN THE CONSUMER PICKED THE VEHICLE UP ON FEBRUARY 3, 2015, THE DEALER STATED THE REPLACED THE RADIATOR. WHILE DRIVING ON FEBRUARY 7, 2015, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REDUCED POWER MODE AND THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, WATER IN THE FUEL SENSOR WAS UNPLUGGED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY THE FUEL SEPARATOR LIGHT WAS ON, WHEN HE PICKED UP THE VEHICLE.*JB

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

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WHEN ATTEMPTING TO GET ON FREEWAY AFTER BEING AT REST AREA WE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER FUEL PRESSURE AND SPEED, AT NIGHT AS WELL NOW WE WERE PULLING A FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER AND THAT'S A LITTLE DANGEROSE AND SCARY SINCE MY FATHER IS 65 DISABLED AND I'M DISABLED ALSO WE HAD TO WAIT FOR HOURS TRUCK JUST STOPPED AND DIED, BARELY GOT OFF FREEWAY. WHATS WEIRD IS FORD IN LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA JUST PUT 165 HOURS INTO THIS VEHICLE FUEL AND OTHER PARTS, NOW NO TRUCK TRAILER SITS IN FAMILY DRIVEWAY AND COME TO FIND OUT NATIONAL WARRANTY NEVER REGISTERED ALSO MY DAD WAS ENTITLED TO NEW VEHICLE AFTER 6 DAYS OF NOT BEING FIXED ALSO 100 DOLLARS AN OCCURENCE AND PAID ALL EXPENSES BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING NIT PICKING AND ALLOWANCE OF THE BREACH OF CONTRACT CONTENUES. PLEASE HELP?????????????????????????????????????????

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ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, I WAS TRAVELLING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. A FORD F-250 WAS IN THE LANE TO MY RIGHT. AS MY LANE WAS PICKING UP SPEED, HIS LANE WAS SLOWING DOWN. SUDDENLY, HE CHANGED LANES RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, CAUSING ME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, NARROWLY AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH HE DID HAVE HIS TURN SIGNAL ON, I DID NOT SEE IT, DUE TO IT BEING THE SAME COLOR AS HIS ON/OFF BRAKE LIGHTS. TO ADD ON TO THAT, HE HAD HIS TAILLIGHTS ON, MAKING HIS TURN SIGNAL INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM HIS RUNNING LIGHTS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. AFTER RESEARCHING, I CONCLUDED I WOULD HAVE BEEN AT FAULT IF I HAD HIT HIS TRUCK, EVEN THOUGH HE DANGEROUSLY SWITCHED LANES WITH A BARELY VISIBLE TURN SIGNAL. I ASSUME THE REASON I DID NOT ANTICIPATE HIS MANEUVER IS BECAUSE MY BRAIN RECOGNIZED THE DIM TURN SIGNAL AS THE DRIVER TAPPING ON HIS BRAKES (AS ONE OFTEN DOES IN STOP/GO TRAFFIC). IT SHOULD NOT BE LEGAL FOR CAR MANUFACTURES TO PIGGY BACK TURN SIGNALS ONTO BRAKE LIGHTS. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN A CAR (THIS F-250 FOR EXAMPLE) USES A SINGLE BULB FOR THREE PURPOSES (BRAKE/TURN/TAIL LAMP), IT CREATES CONFUSION THAT COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR EVEN DEATH. ORANGE/YELLOW/AMBER TURN SIGNALS REDUCE THE TIME FOR THE BRAIN TO REALIZE THIS CAR IS INTENDING TO TURN. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, EVEN A FRACTION OF A SECOND COULD MEAN AVOIDING A DEADLY ACCIDENT. AFTER LOOKING INTO THIS, I REALIZED MY OWN CAR HAS THE SAME SETUP! (2013 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN). THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! I HAVE HAD MANY INSTANCES OF CONFUSION OVER THIS, BUT THIS CLOSE CALL BROUGHT ME TO SAY SOMETHING OVER THIS LACK OF EFFORT TO PROTECT AMERICAN DRIVERS. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED PROPERLY, AS IT IS A SIMPLE REGULATION THAT COULD HELP SAVE LIVES. I FOUND OUT THAT AMERICAN/CANADA ARE THE ONLY COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT MANDATE AMBER TURN SIGNALS. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO PROTECT AMERICAN DRIVERS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

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NEAR THE END OF THE HIGHWAY I WAS SETTING THRU A LIGHT AND DECIDED TO ET FUEL. ONCE I REACHED THE TURN IN GOT TO THE PUMP ALL IS WELL. I WAS NOT TOWING OR HAULING ANYTHING THE DAY TEMPERATURE IS 66 DEGREES. I SET AT THE PUMP FOR A MINUTE ON THE PHONE AND THEN TURNED THE TRUCK OFF. PROCEEDED TO FILL UP AND THEN DEPART. I STARTED MY TRUCK REMOVED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME MY DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS ALL STARTED IN WITH HEIGHT EXHAUST TEMP HEIGHT OIL TEMP ALL SORTS OF OTHER LIGHTS ALONG WITH ENGINE SYSTEM START FAILURE. I PULLED AWAY FROM THE PUMP FOR SAFETY AND THEN SHUT IT OFF. THAT WAS IT NO START SAME WARNINGS. AFTER CALLING A WRECKER TWENTY MINUTES WENT BY AND I TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED WITH A SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON. NO DEALER COULD GET TO IT FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS SO I DROVE IT HOME TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. HAD THIS HAPPENED SIX MILES EARLIER I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A BAD SPOT. *TR

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2014 FORD F250 SD XLT SRX 4X4 AND RV WERE TOTALED DUE TO A NOT-AT-FAULT ACCIDENT. UNABLE TO GET VEHICLE REPLACED. *TA THE CONSUMER AND HIS FATHER WERE SITTING IN A DRIVEWAY, WHEN THEY WERE HIT BY ANOTHER MOTORIST. *JB ...VIDEO AVAILABLE

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

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WHEN TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER SOMETHING SEEMS TO BE BENDING HITCH PINS SLIGHTLY. THIS IS UNNERVING TO SAY THE LEAST. IT APPEARS THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE PIN FAILS. *TR

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WHILE DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET I NEEDED TO MAKE A QUICK STOP. THE SPEED WAS ABOUT 25 MPH. THE DISTANCE WAS 15 TO 20 FEET. THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE MADE A COMPLETE STOP BUT DIDN'T RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. I'VE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST VISIT I WAS TOLD A PART WAS NEEDED AND IT WAS REPLACED. THE OTHER VISITS I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS FOUND. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP BEFORE THE INCIDENT. *TR

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2014 FORD F250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ACCELERATION ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 133 RPM IN LOW GEAR TO EVEN MOVE DOWN A SLIGHT SLOPE. IT WOULD ONLY ACHIEVE 10.6 TO 11.4 MPG OF FUEL REGARDLESS OF CITY OR HIGHWAY DRIVING. AT APPROXIMATELY 5400 MILES, THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A VERY SLIGHT SHIMMY AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH. ON MARCH 7 2014, WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH. THE CONSUMER HAD TO BRAKE TO REDUCE HIS SPEED TO 60-65 MPH BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC AHEAD, AND WHEN HE DID, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE TO THE POINT, WHERE HE COULD BARELY CONTROL IT. *JB

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