2001 Ford F Super Duty problems
NHTSA has received 38 complaints about the 2001 Ford F Super Duty, and 24% of them involve engine. After that come transmission (16%) and tires (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 38 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 88,000 miles 12 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 12 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 88,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 83% 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 2001 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Ford F Super Duty with enough data (28 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Fritts ford sold me the truck without checking when I brought in for service - a few days later I was injured when the seat belt failed. I have replaced the belt.
Mullahey and atascadero ford, two dealerships, said they could not exchange my tires because there was no recall on them. Wayne's tires, a general dealer, replaced the shredded tire but would give me only a 50% discount in replacing the other three. Again, because there was no recall on those tires. At 10,000 miles a tire should not disintegrate while going 50 MPH. I didn't feel safe on those tires, and just because there was no recall on them didn't mean they were.
Lack of rear seat head restraints in early 2001 models is a safety hazzard. Ford modified later 2001 models, dealer won't replace seats. Full recall/seat replacement needed asap -another lawsuit waiting to happen.
The transmission in my 2001 ford f250 was replaced under warranty with a ford reman unit last summer (july 2002 with 59000 miles). This august(2003) it began pumping out transmission fluid from the bell housing at approximately 79000 miles. The dealer determined that it needed a new torque converter. That's the same diagnosis it had last year. Of course, ford will not warranty it. It appears to me that ford has a serious problem with their transmissions. The second only lasted 13 months and 20000 miles.
My 2001 ford f-350 7.3 l power stroke diesel has been experiencing stalling, missing,cutting out, etc for about 6-8 months. The truck was taken to capitol frd in santa fe, nm on june 7, 2005 and picked up on june 11, 2005. The service technicians replaced a "relay" of some sort not knowing what the problem really was.(by their own admission).the truck still stalls, misses and cuts out. I do not want to continue taking my truck in for experiments to determine the cause of the problem.