2003 Ford F350 review from North America

Hi, have owned this 2003 F350 long box crew cab since 2006, 88ks. I take care of it better than myself.

I really like the truck, and would like to continue to enjoy it. But the first summer I had it, I was towing my 4000lb travel trailer back and forth to Kelowna and around that area. As I was climbing up one of the long hills, all of the sudden I would hear a loud air blast from in front of the dash, in the engine compartment, then the truck would start to chug and miss, it would blow black smoke in spurts from the exhaust. It eventually cleared up for some unknown reason.

So I took it to Ford and received the same first answer as every one else. “Oh I don’t know what this would be, we haven’t come across this much” This I know is crap; I learned that there are a lot of complaints of this; the fix for this I believe is a faulty EGR sensor. They charged me $350.00 to fix this.

The next summer, the same thing when pulling a load up a hill. I took it back to Ford, they replaced this sensor or what ever it was, and told me that they only cleaned it the first time, but now they replaced it. They wanted to charge me again. I put up a little fit and said absolutely not. At the end of the day Ford paid for it. I still do not know for sure if this glitch is solved. But now the engine light goes on and off. The code says I need ICP sensor what ever that is. But Ford wants $370.00 to fix it. I can not seem to win with this truck. Note 88ks.

Thanks, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.