Ford F-350 Change Vehicle

"The orange engine light is on most of the time and there are supposedly no anomalies"

"My gauges and computer system just started bugging out. Everything was blinking on the screen as well as the dash. Lights were blinking and giving many different messages back to back. The vehicle would not start. This happened twice and on the second attempt Ford had to bring in engineers to help them diagnose the problem. The factory tires had blowouts of both front tires with less than 25k miles on them within a few months of each other and never being driven off road or on bad roads. Both passenger side windows (front and rear) just "fell" down into the door within 3 days of each other and because they are held up with something that is basically a giant rubber band they can't been held up in place by the door motor like older power windows. One happened while in Mexico and I had to duct tape the window up until I went back home. One of them just fell when the truck was parked, meaning anyone walking by now had access to the interior of the vehicle. This problem can happen when the vehicle is off and the windows are up. This vehicle was never abused or driven hard and at the start of this survey the proper trim package wasn't available to choose from but this was Fords "best", most expensive Platinum package with EVERY available option. This was a retirement present to myself and the only vehicle I ever special ordered. I bought my first new Ford truck in 1982 so I was a Ford guy but no longer am confident in their new "aluminum" beds and other issues I have read about and hear about from people"

"False alarms"

"Caused by the worn out right tie rod end"

"Multiple trips to dealer with multiple tie rod replacement. Ended up at private shop and repair completed and no problems since"

"Right tie rod end worn out caused alignment to be off."

"had to clense converter before it stoped running on long road trip. very expensive. Ford garage said that even if it was under warranty, Ford warranty would not cover this--- just like the other brands!! (Chey etc.)"

"Warning light came on - apparently due to problem in the steering wheel clockspring?. Was NOT covered under warranty - ~$400 to repair."

"one front brake pad wore out way ahead of the other 3. damaged the rotor, thereby necessating a brake job"

"We had to replace all the discs last year"

"Truck would hesitate when climbing a hill at low RPM (1,100 approx). Ford stated they were aware of these issues and they were isolated to a specific elevation range in which I live. After 3 visits, the dealership pulled my head, cleaned valves"

"Due to DPF cleaning method the Valves were damaged by 9800 miles and needed rebuild. After rebuild the truck no longer cleans the filter and the truck is low on Power. Ford blames me for not letting the DPF clean - although I have no control over the cleaning. Ford found a loose glow plug connection and claimed this put the truck in Safe mode although no codes appeared. After the glow plug fix the truck still does not clean the filter properly. When low on power the truck exhibits very poor tran"

"Warning light came on saying I needed to clean fuel filter. Then truck went into safe mode and could go only 20 miles an hour .Took it to dealer who changed the oil and fuel filter. They noticed a small coolant leak by the turbo charger. They got permission from Ford to eventually put the engine to properly replace all gaskets. Been a joy since.No leaks"

"Low oil pressure message at first, then a low coolant message. We had it towed to the nearest dealer. They found the abs plug was not seated correctly. Plug inspected, cleaned and reinstalled. Messages cleared. The truck works fine again."

"Battery cables for a economy car when it’s wuppose to be a super duty truck and it’s not easily assceessed or replace with low cost and one lost day of work."

"Truck shut down and then gave a variety of different error messages. Dealer explained it was a network error which was a fault in the wiring harness. Dealer diagnostics can't locate the fault so I'll have to keep driving the truck knowing this will continue to occur again. This is out of warranty at 37,000 miles and I'm already spending $1000 and will spend much more as this problem will likely get worse explains the dealer."

"Antifreeze leaked out the weep hole"

"Was no longer blowing cold air and would only pass the temperature it was outside"