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2006 Ford F-250 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

10
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 10 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
100–150k mi5
30–60k mi2
60–100k mi2
1–30k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • January 25, 2015 · 142,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel/Propulsion System

    The truck was on a major interstate (i-81 near blacksburg exit 118a,b,c) driving uphill. While trying to merge into the right lane from the middle lane, while letting of the accelerator the engine dies. At this point lost all power including brakes and steering control. Since there was no traffic immediately behind the truck then was able to pull over to the first lane and get off the shoulder. The truck died and…

    ODI 10679037

  • February 20, 2012 · 98,286 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Egr and oil cooler failure...caused engine failure and hydrolock situation. The engine stopped the truck right in the middle of an intersection almost causing an accident. Total cost of repairs to my vehicle $2542.42. Sure would be nice for ford to have a hand in the repairs due to their faulty engine design. I have read 100's of reports online about this and ford still will not fix or help pay for their engine.…

    ODI 10449348

  • February 8, 2012 · 127,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Upon acceleration, from stop at a red light, vehicle hesitated (stalled) to accelerate. Upon acceleration, after several seconds, thick cloud of black smoke appeared from exhaust pipe, and white smoke discharged from engine oil (fill) tube. Vehicle continued with described problem(s) for the rest of the trip, which was approximately ten (10) minutes, and has continued with described performance problems for many…

    ODI 10456978

  • January 6, 2012 · 139,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Equipment Adaptive/Mobility · Fuel System, Gasoline

    I have a 2006 ford f250 6.0 it has been towed 8 times, i ve had turbo,injector,electrical,wheel,trans problems since day one of purchase. Theres over 16 pages of mechanical problems that has been performed and counting. I know i am not the only one thats having these problems and i can't get much assistance from ford. It going to take someone like this agency to help us. This is alot when you pay $51000.00 plus…

    ODI 10444599

  • December 27, 2011 · 128,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Tl* the contact owns a owns a 2006 ford f-250. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced difficulty accelerating at all speeds. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the contact was informed that all of the spark plugs fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 128,000.

    ODI 10441724

  • September 5, 2011 · 48,845 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    While traveling on vacation with a travel trailer in tow, the temperature gauge on our 2006 ford-f-250 (with a 5.4 liter engine) indicated the engine was overheating. After stopping several times on the berm of an interstate, there was no indication that the engine was hot. Since we were traveling on a holiday, the truck was first taken to a pep boys location where their evaluation showed there was no sign of…

    ODI 10427254

  • May 11, 2011 · 59,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Suspension

    Violent shaking/ vibrations @ highway speeds. I pulled over to complete stop, waited, started up and vibration stopped. This has happened on 3 occasions since. *tr

    ODI 10430766

  • April 1, 2011 · 136,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford f-250. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph the vehicle began to abruptly decelerate until stopping. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the egr valve was stuck in an opened position. The egr valve was replaced. The failure had since recurred twice. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer where the contact was…

    ODI 10412417

  • May 27, 2010 · 70,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling

    During replacement of sparkplugs in a 2006 ford f-250, 5 plugs had to be bored out due the plugs disintegrating upon attempts to remove them. The repair costs are $600-800 to remove the remainder of the plugs and install new plugs. When the ford service representative was asked what caused this problem and if it would occur again the following answer was provided. During product assembly at the factory , no…

    ODI 10332479

  • December 29, 2005 · 2,000 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Wiring

    F 250 2006 hd 4x4 less than 2000 miles - driving vehicle, while turning and going down a hill, stalled out completely:dash board lights all came on. No brakes or steering. Went off the road, into front yard of home which was for sale, hit for sale sign, nicked a tree in front yard and into handicap van in driveway, pushed van into neighbors yard. Heavy front end damage sustained and sighted by police for "failure to…

    Crash reported

    ODI 10149583