This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Rust out of oil pan, 2002 Ford F250 diesel causing major oil leakage onto exhaust. Ford indicated this is a cosmetic problem but issued a service bulletin to dealers. Vehicle has been serviced by dealer since new. Ford indicates there is not a problem as it is cosmetic. It cost over $1400 to fix this cosmetic problem which resulted in totally oil covered exhaust system. Repair was not done by dealer that indicated the problem was a pan gasket. A second opinion showed a large hole in the pan from rusting. Could have been a major fire.
The ignition shut off unexpectedly. The vehicle was towed to a service dealer and they were unable to resolve the problem. There was no code for the check engine at the early stages of the problem. The engine died and the consumer's vehicle drifted into the other lane. The service dealer found that the cam sensor was bad and the exhaust sensor was replaced.
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- South Haven, MI, USA