i have a 2000 v10 and when i put it in drive it dont move i push gas and i feel the truck rock alittle i checked the tranny fluid it was alittle above the bottom starting webs crosses on the dip stick may need 2 to 3 litires of oil didint have time to check it out more just bought truck any possible ideas and why are these motors bad so they say here how to prevent damage thanks guys

 

My 2000 v10 auto transmission just went bad, truck only has 64,000 miles. I was lucky, my warranty is paying the bill.

later
orlie

 

You are lucky!

 

I have a 99 with 145k on it now. The transmission has shifted slow from the beggining, but other then that it's still working. This I think will be my last Ford truck. I'm going back to Toyota as soon as possible. There have been way too many problems with these trucks for me to feel like it's reliable. Plugs blowing, front hub bearings failing prematurely, crappy door locks, front tires cupping, warped rotors, detonation on lower octane fuel, leaking front and rear diff seals. Then theres the noise issues like the flutter and squeeking springs. Sorry guys to be knocking on these trucks, but you have to admit there are way too many things that are breaking or not lasting like they should. So much for the name superduty, Ford ought to be ashamed of selling these trucks for as much as they do.

 

DJR17, As much as I try to buy American I too am fed up with all the Ford Problems. Chevy and Dodge are not much and this is a big "IF" at all. I have bought a lot of Ford products over the years and I think I am finished with them too. The issues you mentioned, the quality of assembly, does not match that of Toyota. Yes, I own a old 86 Toyota that just keeps running with nearly 200,000 miles on it. More importantly, I can count on one hand the problems I have had with. Virtually Nil! Same brakes and rotors for 100,000 miles. Same transmission, case never been cracked. Engine is 22R four banger, uses no oil, blows no plugs and still runs like a top! Sorry Ford lovers I can not say that about my Ford products!

 

DJR 17 and Roadrunner2

I can tell you stories about my Nissan and Toyota truck reliability that would blow your mind. You are right the micro trucks are light years ahead in some areas. POwer, strength, and tow haul capacity are not part of their atributes.

And yes if you are in need of a very teeny weeny truck then you need to get rid of your big status symbol SuperDuty and go buy a great Nissan or Toyota truck.

But GET real, don't talk to me about their neato new 1/2 ton... give it five years of heavy duty use and you would be making that exact same crying and complaining about their crappy fuel mileage and lack of power to climb a hill.

And what, you never heard of $5000 tranny repairs in a *racial slur removed* truck before... yes brothers if you wants to go lite... they are the way to go...don't for get to ask for a $5800 blower if you want any power...

BTW a top of the line every thing every thing Nissan cost damned near as much as my King Ranch, has half the power, 1/3 the towing capacity, and NIssian is even more **** on warranty repairs if you ever do a mod... that is IF you can even find parts to mod it with.

For my hauling needs the only product on the planet that is powerful enough and IF maintained correctly has proved as reliable as any of my near perfect micro trucks Is Ford SuperDUty 1 Ton F350.

 

"nip truck" Spoken like a true racist. Keep your racial thoughts to yourself, this a truck website. You were on the right track when you were trying to spell Nissan and Toyota. Spend a year away from here and this is who has come around? Interesting. Back to the topic.

 

I won't argue the fact that Toyota makes quality trucks that, generally, are more reliable than the Big 3s. BUT, it is totally unfair to compare a SuperDuty Ford with Toyota's or Nissan's half ton trucks.

You put 150,000 to 200,000 miles on a Super Duty, and more often than not, a large percentage of those miles were doing the kind of work that would cripple a Toyota or Nissan half ton. These lighter trucks pull small boats and light travel trailers at best. You do more with them and you will see transmissions, brakes, and front ends breaking. Case in point: Nissan says their Titan can tow 9500 lbs. Sure that 5.6 DOHC V8 will pull it around but the rest of the truck is breaking when you do so. I was real interested in this Titan for awhile until I began reading all the posts from owners who were towing heavy with it and their transmission and brake problems were numerous. And, this truck hasn't been out that long.

Sure these big Fords can always use improvement, and the 05's have been improved in alot of the right areas, but just think of the mammoth amount of work these Super Duty trucks do in this country, the hugh loads these trucks haul around on a daily basis. Don't talk to me about Toyota or Nissan being more reliable until they are doing the same amount of work as a Super Duty and still holding up.

 

I guess I will have to go check out the HD Nissan and Toyota long lasting trucks. I wonder came I remove the back seat and build racks to hold all my refrigeration gas drums (12 30# drums) on one side and pack all my expensive tools in the other side, and then install my 8ft 6in Utility box instead of the standard box and then go hook on to my Trencher trailer or my enclosed job site trailer . By the way the last time I scaled my work truck it was 9240 lbs thats just the truck.

Now for my Play truck I will have to check and see if they can pull a 15K 5ver, 3200# pin weight, 50 aux fuel tank, truck grosses 10360# with trailer in tow together 21780#, thats right they aren't rated to pull a 5ver .

If a Toy truck will fill your needs go for it, for me a SD is the only truck, I have had no problems with the plugs, transmission or brakes and I guarantee I use my trucks but I also bought my trucks new and have always MAINTAINED THEM myself.

Denny

 

Super Duty, built for super duty. But super duty is hard duty, 12,000 pounds additional pushing your truck down that 12% grade in the summer. Jerking that same 12K from a standing start with a transmission that people will whine about if it shifts too hard from 1st to 2nd. Full floating Dana 60's, 70's weigh double what a 8.8" will, making it much harder to dampen the jolt from a pothole, so shocks take more of a beating. Ball joints carry triple the weight, power steering pumps force wheels left and right with an additional 5 tons on them. Fleet trucks usually have a rigorous maintenance schedule, even though the parts are double and triple strength but how many of us are that **** in our maintenance ? I try, but the thought of alot of that work with big, heavy duty parts is not always appealing. My SD has 106,000 miles, same tranny, same rotors, same rear drums, same spark plugs. The only part I've replaced was the HD 130 watt alternator, it took 10 minutes. I don't haul a backhoe behind my SD 24/7. I do load up the camper and hit the road, I also drive that 3 tons of SD like a sports car, the V-10 makes it fun. But clamping on the binders on 6 tons has a price, flooring the throttle and going from OD to second with 6 tons of trailer has to be hard on a transmission, so does 5200 rpm trying to get that 12K up over the grapevine in the summer. Proper tool for the job, that's what my dad told me. Needle nose pliers won't get the lug nuts off a 1 ton truck. It costs more to work harder, more gas, more maintenance, more expensive parts, I knew that when I bought it. If someone wants to drive a Nissan or a Toyota, fine. Just don't ask them to do the work of a SD, they can't, they won't, not for long.

 

ken04 That Petty much sums it up

Denny

 

Ok I pull about 1000 pounds worth of tools and stuff and had the same amout of crap in a little Toyota. My Toyota never had 1 problem with about 5 years of abuse(I own an A/C company and used it for service, starting and stopping all day) Shouldn't this so-called superduty not even break a sweat then? No it can't even go 100k without spending close to a grand on rediculous ungreasable bearings. My truck now should last forever if it was really as tough as some of you guys think they are. One of the main reasons for getting this truck was that I thought it would last and I wanted something safer. Wrong on both accounts.. I agree there aint much else out there for you guys that need to tow, but for me this is just ending up a money pit! It's a love hate relationship.

 

BTW Fredvon4 how do you properly maintain your front hub bearings? lol! What do you have to do to keep plugs in? What kind of maintenance do you do to keep the rotors from warping? How about all the tranny problems? What, is there some kind of special way of holding your mouth while you drive? Again, I don't pull crap in this truck, no oversized tires, and with the price of gas, whats the use of having the power if it cost 10 bucks to pass a car!

 

oops didnt mean for this one to go thru..

 

Funny you should ask as you Laugh Out Loud?

I do not need to service my front bearings they do not get abused. Learn how to drive a power steering very heavy front end and you too can prevent failure.
I periodically check and properly install my plugs.
There is no such thing as brake rotor warping... the problem is hard spots and material transfer and it is cause by improper "bedding in the brakes" and is made worse by driver error.
Knowing that heat is the enemy I took steps to add a gage and axillary cooler and have no trany problems.

But mostly DJR 17 I don't have to hold my mouth any particular way. It seems to always form a BESG every time I drive a superDuty, especially 3 valve V10 powered ones!

I have now a little over 3 million total miles on all sorts of trucks. I have owned 1 7.3PSD and now on my second V10 powered SuperDuty. As a small business owner my partners and I own 2 6.0L PSDs and 8 V10 superduty trucks.

I have been following INTERNET web sites like this one since 1999.

You poor experience is NOT typical.

Who the heck knows how you do or do not abuse your vehicles.

The front bearing/hubs problem and the plug blow out problem are RARE.

It has been proved time and again that the 4R100 tranny is more reliable than any of the automatic trans ever used by Ford. A little over 9,000,000 units still on the road.

Every thing mechanical will fail under certain conditions.

If you think that EVERY truck and EVERY component on EVERY truck is perfect and will last forever then you sir have UNREASONABLE expectations!