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2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty Problems and Solutions
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The problem: Flashing wait to start light- truck shuts off and will not restart until wait to start light comes back on. Is random, has no warning, no pattern to problem, only does it every few days. Truck also develops a very mild skip just prior to truck shutting off. After truck starts, skip doesn't seem to be present until problem occurs again. I have replaced the following: Crankshaft sensor, IDM Module, PCM, fuel pump, fuel heater, ignition switch, removed and cleaned all known or visible grounds, changed type of oil from delo 15w40 to shell rotella 15w40. I am completely at a loss as to what is causing this problem. Can you help? Thanks
Maybe! :shades:
There don't seem to be many widespread transmission problems on recent F150s, but you might like to read back as far as you care to go on this forum to educate yourself on the apparently unfixable vibration problems, and Ford's attitude toward their customers when they try to get a resolution.
Flashing wait to start light- truck shuts off and will not restart until wait to start light comes back on. Is random, has no warning, no pattern to problem, only does it every few days.
Truck also develops a very mild skip just prior to truck shutting off. After truck starts, skip doesn't seem to be present until problem occurs again.
I have replaced the following: Crankshaft sensor, IDM Module, PCM, fuel pump, fuel heater, ignition switch, removed and cleaned all known or visible grounds, changed type of oil from delo 15w40 to shell rotella 15w40.
I am completely at a loss as to what is causing this problem. Can you help? Thanks
My new Ford is a 2wd.
I received nine thousand off the MSRP of my truck April 28th.
I bought my truck from Frontier Ford in San Jose, California.
Today, Friday the 26th of May is the beginning of Memorial Day weekend.
This morning in the newspaper I saw ten thousand five hundred off.
I am sure if you did a little shopping that you could do better.
These Ford Trucks are so GOOD, that many die-hard Chevy lovers are buying them now.
Happy Hunting and Good Luck.
Jack
By virtue of its design, probably associated with enhanced rigidity, the current F150 is highly susceptible to NVH problems. Some, like yours have an easy resolution. Others have proved impossible to fix. The causes are varied, as are the attempted fixes.
Acting like a member of the Pongidae family has nothing to do with it . The problem exists, and Ford has yet to find a solution.
Hope this helps.
To quote from your original post: "Had vibration problem with mine and Ford Motor Co. took care of the situation."
So apparently your problem wasn't unfixable?
I'm not sure where my (or any other) philosophy applies, but it appears that current model F150s have a vibration problem that seems to originate from a variety of different triggers. These vary from brakes, to drivetrain, to suspension, to steering, to wheels and tires. Fixes range from the mass replacement of parts, to the attachment of mass dampers to the pickup bed.
Sometimes the fixes work and sometimes they don't. For the owners who have trucks that fall into the 'don't' category, Ford has no solution. The usual response is along the lines of, "It's a design issue, not a quality or component defect. Therefore it's just a characteristic of the vehicle and not covered under warranty".
As I said before, I'm glad you had your problem fixed, but not everyone has been able to share your good fortune. I believe that the failure to achieve a positive result has less to do with the unhappy customer's attitude, than it has with Ford's inadequacies.
My Ford guy said this was common and there was a kit available. I never got around to fixing it but sold the truck.
Thanks in advance for your help in this matter.
:confuse:
As far as acronymns go, the only one I am aware of is:
First
On
Race
Day
Good luck!
Cure is often effected by replacement of the appropriate parts. The hard part is making a correct diagnosis. However, some people (read past history here) have had most or all of the above replaced, sometimes more than once, to no avail. Ford has even stooped to fitting inertial mass dampers to the pickup bed in some cases, and even this doesn't always work.
I hope that you've found a fix for your problem. However, I don't believe there's a universal fix for this, apart from a major redesign. Ford's current attitude to their F150 customers with these problems is probably the most economically viable for Ford, so I wouldn't expect it to change anytime soon.
I would say that nothing will change any time soon because a small number of people are having problems. Consider how many of these they sell every year and then consider how few folks are complaining. I have no vibration. I know three people with 2005 or 2006 F150s and none of us have vibrations. Sorry yours has a vibration, but most of us do not. That is why Ford is no hurry to change a winning design after only 3 years in the run. Good luck getting your taken care of!
Interior lights and headlights come on. I did previously have to replace a fuse to have truck start. Any help I can get would be greatly appreciated. I have to try to get my truck started to get it home.
I am the only owner of this F150 and oil changes, filters everything is done on schedule. At 50,000 miles I started the truck and it backfired & black smoke came out (first & only time this happened) but after that it started "not starting" on the first try only when I had less than 1/2 a tank of gas but now it does it sporadically no matter how much gas is in truck. And while driving (not sure how to describe this) but it feels like i'm pushing on gas & letting off over & over even though I'm not (constant pressure on gas peddle & it still does it). Have had system flushed 2xs, filters changed, been on computer 3xs & still they say nothing is wrong. Not sure if i've explained the problem well but any questions let me know. :confuse:
There is always a point where engineers are on the edge of design limits. These vibration problems may just be the result of trying to temp the fate of the laws of physics.
Light duty truck manufacturers nowadays feel compelled to design their trucks to the butts of people that really want to drive cars that sit taller in the air. To make a truck carry heavy loads and provide a soft ride presents engineering with a conflicting set of physical design parameters. What has been done so far is to provide heavier weight linear springs with increasingly lighter non-linear shocks. This is a good combination for enticing secondary oscillations of the suspensions. Note Chevy and GMCs use of a two-leaf rear spring.
A good friend of mine just solved a eight-month ongoing problem of chassis vibration in his 2006 GMC by flipping the cost of a much heavier-duty front and rear shocks. The vibration is now completely gone (previously unsolvable by his dealer). But then again, so is that nice soft ride.
Regards,
Dusty
Dealer pulled e-brake drums and said all looked good.
Tom
Yes and yes.
I own an older model F150 which has been extremely reliable and gives excellent service. I would like to own a current model but can't justify doing so.
I'm also interested in an 'array of vehicle problems' as you put it, particularly if those problems are on vehicles that I own or have personal experience with.
I'm not sure I really understand your other comments.
I'm glad to hear that Ford did the correct thing in your case, which was to replace your faulty '05 with a presumably perfect '06. I wish I could be confident that they would do the same for me if I were to be unfortunate enough to purchase a faulty F150.