Ford · Model Report
Showing safety data for the 2008 model year only.
FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2009 F-650 AND F-750 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH CATERPILLAR C7 ENGINE. THE #5 AND #6 FUEL LINES MAY CRACK AT THE FASTENING POINT TO THE COMMON FUEL RAIL AND CAUSE A FUEL LEAK.
CUES, INC. IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2009 SERVICE VEHICLES BUILT ON VARIOUS CHASSIS EQUIPPED WITH CARRIER AIRV CEILING UNITS, MODEL NOS. 68RV0010BA, 68RV0012CA, AND 68RV0010EA. THE HEATER ELEMENT IN THESE ASSEMBLIES MAY BE DEFECTIVE WHICH COULD CAUSE THE UNIT TO CREATE SMOKE OR SPARKS.
LDV IS RECALLING 81 TRUCKS BUILT ON CHEVROLET AND FORD MY 2007-2009 C5500, MY 2008-2009 W5500, AND MY 2008 F-650 CHASSIS SPECIFICALLY FOR SNAP-ON TOOLS FOR USE AS A MOBILE SUPPLY COMPANY. THERE MAY BE A CABLE INSTALLED ON THE BATTERY ISOLATOR WITH THE BODY OF THE CABLE LUG FACING THE ISOLATOR. WITH ALL CABLES TIGHTENED DOWN ON THE STUD, THIS CABLE LUG MAY BE PRESSED AGAINST THE COOLING FINS OF THE ISOLATOR, WHERE CONTACT POSES A RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHORT WHICH COULD RESULT IN CABLES OVERHEATING.
FORD IS RECALLING 2,811 MY 2008-2009 F-650 AND F-750 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH C7 OR C9 CATERPILLAR DIESEL ENGINES. THE FUEL PUMP OUTLET CHECK PLUG MAY BE CRACKED WHICH COULD CAUSE FUEL TO SPRAY AND LEAK.
ON CERTAIN TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH CATERPILLAR C7 OR C9 DIESEL ENGINES, A FUEL PUMP FAILURE WILL DILUTE THE ENGINE OIL WITH FUEL AND MAY CAUSE THE TURBOCHARGER TO FAIL AND CAUSE LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL WITH WARNING.
23-YEAR-OLD SUBJECT WAS A PASSENGER IN A LIMOUSINE/BUS WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT OUT BY LIMOS BY TIFFANY, INC. SHE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW AREA. EMERGENCY LATCH WAS IN CLOSED POSITION AND WINDOW APPEARED CLOSED; HOWEVER, WHEN DRIVER NEGOTIATED A LEFT CURVE, SUBJECT MADE CONTACT WITH THE WINDOW AND IT OPENED, CAUSING HER TO FALL OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY AND SUSTAIN SERIOUS INJURIES. POST-ACCIDENT TESTING DEMONSTRATED LOCKING HANDLE COULD BE IN THE CLOSED POSITION YET THE WINDOW COULD BE PUSHED OPEN WITH SLIGHT LOADING. THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS 55 MPH. *DT*JB *DT*JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-650. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WAS ABNORMALLY DEPRESSED INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AND THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND CLUTCH SLADE BUT THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO FAIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLUTCH SLADE CYLINDER AND MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED FOUR TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO PROVIDED A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CONTACT FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000.
No injuries · No fire · No crash