2004 Ford F-250 SD power train problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2004 Ford F-250 SD — 8% of all complaints for this model year.

Power Train complaints

share of all complaints

13,000 mi

median reported incident mileage

0 / 0

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-250 sd. After parking the vehicle and attempting to exit, the vehicle began to roll backwards. The contact was able to depress the brake pedal to stop the vehicle, and applied the emergency brake. It was later discovered that the emergency brake would no longer…”
filed Mar 7, 2018
“2004 ford f250 6.0 diesel. Started shuddering a bit while going from park, drive to reverse. I found transmission fluid on my garage floor, took the truck to the dealer for repair. 4000 dollars to fix a hole in the transmission caused by identical circumstances involving ford recall 05b27. The…”
filed Feb 14, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

When performing any transmission fluid changes or topoffs involving MERCON SP, MERCON LV has replaced all versions of MERCON SP and can be used going forward. Mixing MERCON LV and MERCON SP in the same transmission is…
SSM 51909 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Sep 7, 2023
This SKU is a Transmission Line. The customer communication requested return of unsold inventory to inspect the connector. The transmission line connector may have an incorrect thread size, which will prevent it from…
RFI20210210_624- · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Feb 10, 2021
Ford: when shifting between park, reverse and/or during 2-3 shift, an intermittent clunk occurs with a torqshift transmission. Model 2003-2014 f-super duty, e series, excursion, f-53 motorhome chassis, low cab forward…
ASI-44534 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued May 1, 2014