2013 Ford F-250 SD problems
NHTSA has received 32 complaints about the 2013 Ford F-250 SD, and 25% of them involve engine. Next are suspension (16%) and fuel system (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 32 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 32,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 25 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 32,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2013 ranks 25th most-complained-about out of 27 model years of the Ford F-250 SD with enough data (28 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I was driving down FM 624 when I came up to an 18 wheeler that was coming to a stop. I stepped on the brake pedal and nothing happened, the pedal was solid like I had brakes but the truck didn't respond. I hit the back of the semi at about 40MPH and tore the front end off my truck and the airbags didn't go off. Ford said that there was a traction control code at the time of the accident but that did not affect the stopping and even thou the front bumper moved during the impact it didn't take a direct hit so that's…
Had check engine light come on. Brought to ford service 3 times. The last time they quoted me 11,145 to fix saying water was in fuel. I thought it was under warranty, which they claim it is not. My insurance company sent by an engineer, which he sent fuel to independent lab. Fuel results came back negative for excessive fuel. Truck has been at service center for 1 month,with no results.
Stalling while driving at normal speeds. After taking it to gullo dealership while in tx, the dealership charged us $2100 and "fixed" the problem after replacing the PCM and rcm modules. The next day, the truck stalled on the highway! Took it back to gullo dealership in conroe tx and after another week and help from ford service they still can't fix the problem.
Egr and egr cooler failed at 21,000 miles. Dealer fixed under warranty 3/22/16. Same parts have failed again at 46,000 miles and is out of warranty. Searching the web shows this is a common repeat failure for the 6.7 diesel and costs $2,000 for repair. Engine trouble code is p0401. The parts or design must be defective as they only last for about 20,000 miles.