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2001 Ford F-250 engine problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine on the 2001 Ford F-2506% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Engine complaints
6%
share of all complaints
140,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 2
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Spark plugs keep blowing out of the engine, while accelerating, has done five times,, when it does vehicle stalled possibly care cause an accident, almost got hit by a truck trying to turn,

    filed Apr 12, 2020

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford f-250. The contact received a recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 05v017000 (vehicle speed control). While the vehicle was parked, smoke spontaneously emerged from under the hood and the vehicle caught fire without warning. The contact extinguished the fire…

    filed Sep 20, 2019

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

Engine problems in other F-250 years

YearReportsShare
2014 F-25086%
2013 F-25099%
2012 F-2502710%
2011 F-2503012%
2010 F-250912%
2009 F-25059%
2008 F-250189%
2007 F-25058%
2006 F-2502110%
2005 F-2502618%
2004 F-2501912%
2003 F-2501311%
F-250 engine problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.