2003 Ford F Super Duty problems
NHTSA has received 33 complaints about the 2003 Ford F Super Duty, and 39% of them involve engine. After that come fuel system (18%) and electrical system (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 33 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 99,000 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 | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Among the 25 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 99,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a fire; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2003 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Ford F Super Duty with enough data (11 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.
While driving my 2003 ford f250 p-up w/ 5.4l engine, I heard a loud pop and suddenly my truck will hardly go and it catches fire. I was informed it was a spark plug that blew out, which I had never changed. Ford says they will not fix it, and other people want $2000 to fix it. I have since heard that this is a normal problem with these engine. I have 5 kids and now only 1 vehicle, cause I do not have the $2000 to fix a problem that ford created.
Oil from leaking head gasket ,passenger side,dripping on to hot exhaust system .oil collects in brush shield on exhaust y-connection.
Spark plug shoot out of engine. This is the 3rd time it is because there is only 4 threads to screw into this has happened to this truck two times when it was your with the factory plugs. And now with others that were that were do to specs by ford. This is an expensive fix and it is dangerous to people that stick their hand it there when they see a floppy coil and don't know they can be shocked. Please do something people are getting hurt.
I am the second owner of this truck, it had 30,000 miles on it when I bought it from the dealer in 02/2005. There is no front end alignment issues with this truck. Wheel hub bearings failures, front axle, truck had over 200,000 miles before the first wheel hub bearing failure, since then I have had to replace 7 wheel hubs bearing failures on my (2003 ford f-250 super duty xl 4x4 7.3 power stroke diesel), the truck only has road miles and I do not take it 4 wheeling. It is my work and every day driving truck.