2000 Ford F-250 Owner Complaints

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 1999 N/A Ford F-250. The contact discovered a mileage discrepancy after the purchase. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 176,369. The contact stated that the odometer was inoperable. The contact stated that the odometer only operated while the 4WD feature was activated. Upon further investigation, the contact became aware that when the previous owner purchased the vehicle in 2023, the mileage was 167,697. The correct odometer reading was unknown.

NHTSA ID

11717576

Incident

Feb 5, 2026

Mileage

176,369 mi

The contact owns a 1993 N/A Ford F-250. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V424000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). The contact stated that fuel spewed out of the rear tank filler neck. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the dealer refused to perform the recall repair. The contact was informed that the recall repair pertained only to the chassis and not light-duty trucks. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 155,000.

NHTSA ID

11687994

Incident

Sep 15, 2025

Mileage

155,000 mi

The contact owns a 1994 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while renewing the registration, the contact was informed of an open, unrepaired recall associated with the VIN. The unrepaired open recall was NHTSA Campaign Number: 09V399000 (Vehicle Speed Control). The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the dealer declined to perform the recall repair because the VIN was not in the Manufacturer’s Database. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The manufacturer located the VIN information in the database and the contact was referred to the dealer for assistance. The contact had not experienced a failure.

NHTSA ID

11680432

Incident

Aug 13, 2025

your records are inaccurate, the issues have been repaired by me because Ford refused to comply. update your records

NHTSA ID

11670381

Incident

Jun 1, 2010

The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while standing next to the vehicle a burning odor was present coming from under the hood. Upon inspection of the vehicle, it was discovered that several wiring harnesses were saturated with leaking brake fluid. The contact was concerned that the saturated wiring harnessed had caused electrical failures within the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 240,000.

NHTSA ID

11489797

Incident

Oct 1, 2022

Mileage

240,000 mi

Left front tire blew without warning, lost control of truck and trailer and crossed the median into oncoming interstate traffic. Stearing link on truck broke, not sure when. Truck and trailer were totaled. LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW WHILE PARKED A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER. No visible defects. I have attached two pictures of the left front tire taken at the scene of the accident and three pictures of the left rear tire taken as it failed in two stages, first a bulge in the tread, followed a few weeks later by a zipper-like sidewall separation. Tires were less than 10 years old when they failed. I still have the tires as well as the other two matching tires from the set. The accident occurred in Bath NY. Michelin LT235/85R16

NHTSA ID

11463917

Incident

Sep 20, 2019

The contact owns a 2000 Ford F-250. The contact stated that the passenger’s side and driver’s side rear door locking mechanism was faulty and the doors could no longer be opened. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was unknown.

NHTSA ID

11433076

Incident

Jan 10, 2010

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER HIS VEHICLE, THE GEAR SHIFTER INADVERTENTLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE CAUSING THE DOOR TO KNOCK THE CONTACT DOWN TO THE GROUND WHERE THE CONTACT WAS RAN OVER BY THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS, TWO FRACTURED VERTEBRAE IN THE NECK, A PARTIALLY SEVERED RIGHT EAR, AND AN UNSTATED INJURY TO HIS LEGS. THE VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED TO ROLL DOWN A SLIGHT HILL AND CAME TO A STOP AFTER CRASHING INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ARRIVED TO THE SCENE AND THE AMBULANCE TOOK THE CONTACT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT TO HIS INJURIES. THE CONTACT WANTED TO STAY THAT HE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT FOR TWO WEEKS AND ON A FEEDING TUBE FOR A FEW WEEKS. THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT AND LATER SENT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 295,000.

NHTSA ID

11394476

Incident

Nov 9, 2020

Mileage

295,000 mi

WE JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK AND THE OLD MAN THAT OWNED IT HAS USED A BUNGEE CORD TO KEEP IT SHUT BUT WE PREFER NOT TO DO THAT SO I'M LETTING THE PROPER AUTHORITIES BE AWARE THAT THE DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH WON'T STAY SHUT, SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LATCH, THE DOOR OPENS WHEN DRIVING.

NHTSA ID

11377702

Incident

Nov 1, 2020

Mileage

20,000 mi

WHEN DRIVING AND HITTING A BUMP ESPECIALLY IN A TURN, THE FRONT WHEELS SHUTTER VIOLENTLY.

NHTSA ID

11278561

Incident

Nov 5, 2019

Mileage

268,000 mi

MY CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT, I WAS RESEARCHING ONLINE WHAT PARTS MAY HAVE GONE OUT WHEN I SEEN A RECALL DONE FOR CRUISE CONTROLS COVERING FORD VEHICLES INCLUDING THE DIESEL OF MY TRUCK AND YEAR. WHEN I CALL TODAY I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED I DO NOT SEE HOW ALL THESE OTHER VEHICLES ARE COVERED DID INCLUDE AT THE DIESEL AND THE YEAR OF MY TRUCK AND NOW THEY SAY IT'S NOT COVERED. THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING ON MY WAY TO WORK OCTOBER 7TH.

NHTSA ID

11267944

Incident

Oct 7, 2019

Mileage

226,000 mi

TAIL LIGHT BULB SOCKET BURNT. NOTICED THAT BULB ACTS LIKE IT'S BLOWN BUT RESEATING ALLOWS IT TO FUNCTION AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. NO FUSES ARE TRIPPED WHICH IS ODD. HOWEVER THE FIRST TIME I CHECKED THIS I NOTICED THE SOCKET WAS SCORCHED YET WIRING LOOKS OK. I ASSUMED IT WAS JUST MY VEHICLE BUT SINCE HAVE HEARD SAME REPORT FROM OTHERS ON THEIR TRUCKS AND CARS. THERE IS NO INDICATION OF DANGER UNTIL YOU REMOVE TAIL LIGHT TO CHECK BULB.

NHTSA ID

11256240

Incident

Sep 9, 2015

Mileage

140,000 mi

TRUCK HAD BEEN PARKED ALL AFTERNOON AT WORK. UPON LEAVING WORK THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOUD NOISE THAT WENT ON FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN STOPPED. IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING BUT ONCE THE VEHICAL WAS STOPPED I SAW THAT THE UNIROYAL LIBERATOR A/T TIRE HAD BEEN THE ISSUE. IT HAD TREAD SEPERATION AND HAD DESTROYED THE BED OF MY TRUCK WHEN IT CAME APART.

NHTSA ID

11229963

Incident

Jul 7, 2019

Mileage

214,198 mi

2000 FORD F250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE CLUTCH PEDAL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL AND THE LINKAGE FAILED AT LEAST 4 TIMES *JS

NHTSA ID

11220117

Incident

Jun 18, 2019

BRACKETS HOLDING FUEL TANKS HAVE CORRODED ALLOWING THE FUEL TANK TO DROP. I NOTICED IT WHEN I PARKED MY TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY. I HAVE SINCE PUT A CHAIN AROUND TO TRY TO PREVENT IT FROM DROPPING ENTIRELY AND EXPLODING.

NHTSA ID

11131134

Incident

May 25, 2018

WE HAD JUST HAD NEW FIRESTONE TRANSFORCE HT TIRES PUT ON OUR TRUCK. APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS LATER, AS WE ARE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, WE FELT A SERIOUS VIBRATION IN THE LEFT REAR TIRE. WE SLOWED DOWN TO 60 MPH & THAT'S WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT. WE PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY TO INSPECT & THE TIRE BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL. WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING & NO ROAD HAZARD CAUSED THIS DAMAGE. WE SIMPLY FELT AS A SERIOUS VIBRATION & WITHIN A HALF A MILE OR MILE IT BLEW OUT. THE SHOP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE TIRES CHARGED US FOR ANOTHER TIRE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY WARRANTY BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND PAID FOR IT BECAUSE WE NEEDED THE VEHICLE FOR WORK. IT CONTINUED TO HAVE SEVERE VIBRATIONS WHICH CAUSE DIFFICULTY STEERING THE VEHICLE IN ACCELERATION & IN BRAKING. SO WE HAD EVERYTHING REPLACED ON THE FRONT END. AFTER THIS, THE TRUCK STILL FELT UNSTABLE...THE VIBRATION WAS STILL THERE AND IT WAS STILL DIFFICULT TO STEER.. IT ALSO HAD A TENDENCY TO PULL FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER & AT ALL TIMES & MY AIR PRESSURE WAS AT SPEC. THEN JUST RECENTLY, WE NOTICE THAT ALL THE TIRES, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WE HAD REPLACED FROM THE BLOWOUT, WERE COMING APART ON THE SIDE WALLS. THERE WERE CRACKS ALL AROUND THE SIDEWALL OF EVERY SINGLE TIRE. THIS CAUSED QUITE AN ALARM TO US AS WE HAD BEEN DRIVING THIS TRUCK & COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED HAD WE NOT NOTICE THIS FLAW! THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES AND IT IS SERIOUS! THERE'S ALSO ALSO A PROBLEM WITH SOME OF YOUR DEALERS AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY ALSO REFUSED TO REPLACE THESE FOUR TIRES UNDER WARRANTY JUST AS THEY DID FOR THE BLOWOUT. THEY PRORATED MY TIRE USAGE WITH NO KNOWN MILEAGE OF WHEN THE TIRES WERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DOCUMENT IT. ALL FIVE OF THESE TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY WITH NO CHARGE! THEY NEED TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED!

NHTSA ID

11061997

Incident

Oct 28, 2016

Mileage

223,888 mi

WENT TO START ENGINE IN THE TRUCK AFTER SETTING OVER NIGHT UNDER MY CARPORT AND SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD . THIS TRUCK HAS A 5.4 LITER V8

NHTSA ID

11016037

Incident

Aug 16, 2017

Mileage

86,009 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL GENERAL (NA) TIRES, SIZE: 265/75/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND REAR TIRE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE, TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE, AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10994196

Incident

May 1, 2017

EJECTED SPARK PLUG RUPTURING THE FUEL RAIL CATCHING THE TRUCK ON FIRE, BURNING IT TO A CRISP. HAPPENED 4 TIMES, (EJECTING THE PLUG) THE FIRST TIME THE FORD DEALER REPAIRED IT. WE WERE DRIVING IT DOWN THE ROAD HEARD A BANG THAN A HISS OF THE FUEL LEAKING GOT THE TRUCK STOPPED AND JUST GOT OUT IN TIME. FULL FLAMES IN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES.

NHTSA ID

10983449

Incident

May 3, 2017

Mileage

160,000 mi

I HAVE HAD THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHERE THE SPARK PLUG HAS BLOWN OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO AND FROM WORK AND TWO OF THE THREE TIMES I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.WE FIXED THEM WITH NEW PARTS FROM AUTO STORE BUT WAS REMINDED THAT THE REPAIR IS ONLY TEMPORARY.TWO OR THE THREE TIMES I WAS ON A HIGHWAY IN BUSY TRAFFIC AND THE OTHER TIME I WAS ON A RURAL ROAD.

NHTSA ID

10955161

Incident

Dec 22, 2016

Mileage

265,000 mi

SPARK PLUG BLEW WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, GOING 30 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10948970

Incident

Jan 28, 2017

Mileage

215,300 mi

BLUE A SPARK PLUG OUT OF HEAD, BROKE COIL IN PROCESS WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 45MPH.

NHTSA ID

10888059

Incident

Jul 8, 2016

Mileage

180,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT AND THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,000.

NHTSA ID

10865662

Incident

May 13, 2016

Mileage

163,000 mi

THE SPARK PLUGS ON MY TRUCK HAVE BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD GASKET WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE SPENT OVER $1300 REPAIRING/REPLACING THE SPARK PLUG AND THREADS ON THE HEADS. I HAVE BEEN READING ON THE INTERNET WHERE OTHER FORD OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT APPEARS THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK. THE FIRST TIME WAS IN FEBRUARY 2011, SECOND TIME WAS APRIL 2015.

NHTSA ID

10864269

Incident

Feb 15, 2011

Mileage

16,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-250. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, IT ATTEMPTED TO START INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CONNECTORS TO THE BATTERY TERMINAL HAD TO BE REMOVED TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM INDEPENDENTLY STARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

NHTSA ID

10863576

Incident

May 4, 2016

Mileage

150,000 mi