1997 Ford F-250 Electrical system Problems

“I have had my 1997 Ford F-250 for a few years and besides an abi's I'vew previous owner it hasn't given any issue. That is up until a month ago when my instrument cluster up and quit working. There was no warning and no fuses or relays faulty either, I spoke with friends of mine who own similar model years of my truck and they say they have had the same issue.”

“After several inches of rain my 1997 Ford f250 light duty began trying to start while parked in the driveway. The only way to stop it was to disconnect the battery cable. The battery cable was red hot and smoking. Luckily my neighbor noticed or it would have caught fire. This is the second occurrence of this problem for this vehicle. Both followed heavy rains. The first occurrence included spontaneous starting, interior lights coming on, left side window failure, speedometer failure, and continued operation of fan, windows and radio with ignition off. …”

“I was driving along on rt 295 during a rain storm and my windshield wipers stopped working along with other electrical componets in my truck. I drive a 97 Ford f250 4x4 xlt. Luckily I was not injured. I took my truck to be fixed where I was told that I needed to replace my gem module and fuse box. I thought that was odd. The mechanic said that the windshields on the model of my truck is known to leak and damage those componets. I could of got into a serious accident that day, resulting in death of me or other people on the road.”

“I have on multiple occasions had spark plugs come flying out of the head of my truck. I have asked around and heard that on most Ford trucks and econoline vans are blowing these out on the regular. I have also heard that it is due to the aluminum heads having only 4 weak threads. I would just like to point out the fact that it has happened twice to me and can cost anywhere from 200 to 1700 dollars to fix depending on how severe things are. I would greatly appreciate some research into this subject as I am sure thousands of others would.”

“We responded to fomoco recall #07s57 on march,08, all supporting documents were provided, original receipts,etc. After several follow-up calls to their customer service center, on june,08. Were told all is in order and approved and the reimbursement check for $ 318.41 for repair is in the mail. So far, as of september 08 no word from Ford...and no check.”