Comments on: Ford Power-Stroke Diesel Issues..

By: jon

jon — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:22:48 +0000

So Sad To Say Auto makers down care about us…
But They Should cause we pay there saleries By Buying The Junk They Put Out, meaning the ford 6.0 Ford Motor …. you would Think They would Stand By Them..Very sad When U Know Your Service manager by first name…….
Everyone At Ford even The Dealers Know they have a Big Problem… Would Be Nice To walk In There And have Them say Yes the 6.0 Is trouble And We Will Do Everything To Fix The Proble…
If Someone Starts a Law Suit Against Ford Lies, Please Let ME Know…. I Have A 2005 6.0 With 38,000 miles and it has Been Back A few times.. Last time they Had To Rebuild The Turbo( Bad design ) They Should Come Up With A Better Turbo , egr and a head gaskets( Be Responsable) for what they sell.. Let The Go After International………

By: sam klick

sam klick — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:11:14 +0000

At my work we hav one 7.3 left an its the best most reliable truck compared to the 5 6.0s we have, the body on the 7.3 is crappy but the motors still goin at 330000miles, i dont know if this new motor that is coming out will be any good, i think it will be better but will still hav a lot of problems the first 2 years its released, i wish they could bring the 7.3 back but it would never pass emmisions, if i were going to buy a truck now it would be a cummins

By: matthew wiliams

matthew wiliams — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:36:00 +0000

the current position that ford is in with the 6.0 ,6.4 is sad.AS a construction fleet mechanic ,I can say we have switched back to gas powered f series pickups. Ford and Navistar only recognize a problem if it is customer pay.The 7.3l engine witch we still use have outlasted the truck chassis ,the engine runs fine at 450-500 thousand but the truck is junk.NO they have not been maintance free but have offered good value to maintance cost over all.the 6.0l engine have yet to exceed 125 thousand without major component failures.Ford also said this engine was tested for 250 thousand miles like the new 6.7l claims.The 6.4l ,we use 12 of them are plaqued
with cylinder head +gasket failures.The nice thing with this engine is you have to pull the cab,to change the turbos or service the heads. Is the 6.7l any better , who knows but we will not be fords test mule any more.Ford needs to make the previous engines right and satisfy the customer not just move on to the next victims.

By: What rebuilt diesel engines are the most reliable? | GotEngines.com Auto Repair Blog

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:55:35 +0000

[...] The 6 liter Ford diesel has had an unusual amount of serious problems. In fact, that particular engine is the main topic on most Ford truck forums. As far as I know, many of the built in problems with the engine, which, BYW is manufactured by International, have been worked out. Some of the problems required extensive re-engineering to solve. It is absolutely in your best interest to buy a rebuilt engine, especially the Ford 6.0 Liter engines that has been rebuilt with the latest updates built into them. [...]

By: brian karp

brian karp — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:26:31 +0000

I have a 2004 6 litre 100,000 km and 3 days over warranty. It has had 2 new egr’s and many oil leaks as well as a charging sysyem that seems to work only when it feels like. It now has egr failure and the dealer says possible head gasket problems to the tune of $7000.00 Cdn. Ford has turned me down re helping on the bill as they say my maintenance records are not good enough.All fluid & filter
changes are documented in my owners manual but they say this is not good enough.I have been doing my own maintenance since I was 16 years old and working in a Texaco service station. I am now 60 years old.This vehicle is my 11th Ford and have been driving them all my life most being new off the lot or ordered from the factory .I am sad to say we will be selling this truck .Our 1999 V10 was problematic i.e always at the dealer who was extremely helpful and now this .A $7000.00 bill for a truck 3 days out of warranty and 100,000 Km or 60,000 miles .Bye BYe senior Henry.p.s When the problem was first noticed i.e vapour out the exhaust I made an appointment with the dealer .The truck was still under warranty.I drained the water seperator and the vapour quit,so I cancelled the appointment .Just over 1 month later it started again,so I called the dealer right away[3 days to late ],even though there is a service bullitin re this problem.Ford and Navistar or International know about this.Maybe this is why North American manufacturers are in trouble

By: 6.0 liter Ford Diesel Engine…Job Security | GotEngines.com Auto Repair Blog

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:43:20 +0000

[...] the introduction of the Ford 6 liter diesel there have been a lot of reliability issues. The people who know more than me about diesel engines in particular agree that when you increase [...]

By: Auto repair mechanic

Auto repair mechanic — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:48:19 +0000

I sure miss the 7.3 We have older units in our fleet with the 7.3 Liter that have 300,000 miles on them. Although they are not trouble free they are the original engines. Our 6.0′s have been a nightmare. But I guess you can call it job security!