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.

- Rosedale, MD, USA

The truck has an intermittent high idle problem. When slowing down, (either by downshifting the manual transmission or coasting to a stop), the engine will sometimes idle at 1500 RPM rather than the nominal 700-800 RPM. If I don't come to a complete stop (like when turning onto my street), the idle will remain high trying to make the truck go faster. If I do come to a complete stop (like at a stop sign), the engine will idle down the second I come to a complete stop. I am concerned about not only my but others safety as the truck tries driving faster than I want when the idle is high. I have taken the truck to several dealers who have performed many services to the truck in an attempt to diagnose and solve the problem but to no avail. I have replaced numerous sensors on the truck with original Ford equipment but again no improvement. I have contacted Ford directly but all they tell me is to take the truck to my Ford dealer. I am out of options as the Ford dealer cannot seem to diagnose this problem and along with it my concern for safety.

- Vaughn, WA, USA

The trans always felt funny but the dealer said it was normal.I have had the dealer service the trans every 30,000 miles and between services trans was drained every 15,000 miles and had new trans fluid. I have a orange taged transmission and I was told by the dealer it had to be replaced.the 4R100 trans and the E40D have had a high premature failure and Ford in my opinion is operating under deceptive practices by keep selling trucks with a known defect. I was told by one dealer the trans has a 90% chance of failure. Ford wants between $3,200 and $3,800 to replace the trans.

- Fayetteville, NC, USA