Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Ford F-250 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AT SPEEDS 50 TO 70 MPH AND WON'T RESTART SOMETIMES. IT MIGHT RESTART AFTER AN HOUR AND RUN FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES AND STOP AGAIN AND WON'T START AGAIN TILL NEXT MORNING. IS INTERMITTENTLY AND RANDOMLY STOPPING DEAD, LIKE TURNING OFF THE KEY. MECHANIC CANNOT MAKE IT HAPPEN IN SHOP!
CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE 1995 F250 UNDER HOOD FIRE DEFECT. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAS 2 OTHER FORD VEHICLES A 1994 FORD F250 AND 1994 FORD F350 THAT DID HAVE UNDER HOOD FIRES, BUT NOT THE 1995 F250 WHICH A RECALL LETTER WAS SENT. *JB
WHILE DRIVING OUR 1994 FORD F250, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS TRUCK WAS USED IN OUR BUSINESS AND WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE PERFORMED. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS ALONG WITH TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED IN OUR BUSINESS. WE REALIZE THIS IS NOT A RECALL YEAR, BUT APARENTLY THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
TWO EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE CLOSEST TO THE FIREWALL HAVE BROKEN OFF ON MY 94 FORD F-250 WITH THE 460 C.I.ENGINE. THIS RESULTS IN NOISE AND EXHAUST SMELLS ENTERING THE CAB. THE DEALERSHIP AGREES THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE BUT WANTS $1700.00TO REPAIR IT.
OIL PAN RUSTED OUT. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT.*AK
SERPENTINE BELT IS NOT ALIGNED CORRECTLY AND SEPARATES FROM THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
CONSUMER BOUGHT A USED VEHICLE. LATER, FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS LEAKING OIL/THERE WAS NO CATALYTIC CONVERTER/ BRAKES SHIMMIED, AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD.*AK
AT 50,000 MILES ENGINE OIL PAN HAS BECAME RUSTED AND LEAKED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
OIL PAN IS RUSTED FROM THE INSIDE OUT, CAUSING AN OIL LEAKAGE. *AK
DEFECTIVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAKS AND OVERHEATS, CAUSING EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO WARP AND OTHER ENGINE PROBLEMS WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK *ML
THE TENSIONER HAS BROKEN SEVEN TIMES IN TWO YEARS. WHEN THE TENSIONER BREAKS, THE BELT THAT OPERATES THE WHOLE SYSTEM BREAKS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED PREVIOUSLY. THEY STATED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FORD TRUCKS, BUT THEY OFFERED NO RECOURSE. WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT NO INJURY HAS OCCURED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IT IS VERY COSTLY TO REPAIR EVERY TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
NEW UPGRADED DESIGN OF EXHAUST PIPE DOES NOT FIT THE MANIFOLD OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE BACK OF THE MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO GET OUT.FIRE WAS COMING VENTS, AND VEHICLE BURNED UP. CONSUMER DID SMELL SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE PULLING A HORSE TRAILER, DRIVING DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE DIED. THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME AND THE TRUCK STALLED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE TRUCK AND GET OFF HIGHWAY SAFELY. RIGHT AFTERWARDS THE TRUCK DIED AGAIN AND LOST STEERING AND BRAKING CAPABILITES, AND COASTED OFF THE ROAD. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND BEING REPAIRED. *AK
ENGINE FIRE.(OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT).
ENGINE STALLS.
TRANSMISSION SPOUT CONNECTOR HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE VEHICLE CAME FROM THE FACTORY. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS REMOVED TO ALLOW FOR REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE.
TENSIONER IDLER ARM COMES APART CAUSE UNKNOWN LOSING POWER IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
SERPENTINE BELT BROKE AT 14,000 MILES, DESTROYING OIL NBOOLER LINES THAT PASS BELOW THE ENGINE. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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