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Originally Posted by landcruisnman
I had that happen to me and it took 2-1/2 weeks to figure it out. They replaced sensors, and injector and finally called the Ford Hotline and said it was a reprogramming thing that fixed it. We'll it just happened again 1-1/2 months later. What if I was pulling my 34ft fifth wheel loaded down a mountain and it happened? Death?? I'm really done with my truck. 2008 F350 Diesel totally loaded ordered from factory with every option $53K. Piece of ****. I'm trying to get them to replace it or refund my $$$. I emailed Ford to try to get help with this. I'll also be having my Laywer get involved. Bummer, but I might go Dodge.
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Good luck with your plan. I am curious as to what Ford is willing (or not willing) to do with your complaint and request. Unfortunately, the engine and related pollution stuff is extremely complex. I spent a long time studying its inner workings and purchased a professional scanner. I am starting to better understand (using simple experiments and observe behavior) along with shop manuals and white papers and how all these elements interrelate.
The one thing that is very clear to me is that unless you go to a significant garage (with enough truck business) where they can afford an experienced diesel tech, you might as well write off your truck as they may even break it in the process of trying to figure out what's wrong with it. For example, I had all kinds of problems (loss of power, excessive regens and the like) for a long time and my local dealer simply could not figure out what was wrong. In fact, it was them that screwed up my programming (according to the very experienced dealer in Denver finding out that my programming was just "the basic" programming missing all the important stuff). Since they reprogrammed it (along with changing a couple of sensors), my truck runs great and my oil level remains steady.
Frankly, these new engines (all of them, not just Ford) are extremely complicated and difficult to diagnose due to the complex interactions of a large number of sensors. My conclusion is that probably 2/3 of all problems are induced by lack of knowledge and experience of "diesel techs". My local Ford dealer recently merged with a large Chrysler/Doge dealer that sells and services hundreds of Doge diesel trucks. The verdict: The "blue-tec" engine is serious trouble: It appears that they have more pollution gear issues with those engines than with Ford (according to their statements of course).
So -- either we all become really good at understanding our engines, or we all have to wait a few years until the low emission technology has sufficiently matured and the service operations have learned how to service and repair the stuff. Meanwhile - oh well, go for a gasser.... what a shame.... it is just not the same..!
