Ford E-series 1998

• Recall 69913 [USA]: In the event of an engine stall, a crash could result without warning.
  On certain heavy duty trucks equipped with 7.3l diesel engines, the camshaft position sensor located on the engine of the vehicle may function intermittently, possibly resulting in an engine stall.
  dealers will inspect the sensor and replace it with an improved camshaft position sensor free of charge. The recall began on december 29, 2007. Owners may contact ford at 1-866-436-7332.
  ford recall no. 07s57.Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Spark plug ejection from cylinder head investigation # DP05005

  On september 6, 2005, odi received a petition requesting that the agency investigate allegations of engine spark plug ejection in certain model year 1997 through 2004 ford vehicles with triton v-8 and v-10 engines.Odi received a total of 474 non-duplicative complaints on the subject vehicles where the complainant, or the dealer repairing the vehicle, reported that a spark plug detached from the cylinder and/or ejected from the engine.As of december 8, 2005, odi is not aware of any allegations where the alleged defect resulted in a loss of vehicle control, a crash, an injury, or a fatality in any of the 10,319,810 subject vehicles.In addition, odi is aware of only two incidents where the vehicle stalled without restart.Information contained in the odi consumer complaints and obtained from 72 telephone interviews with complainants showed the following:(1) 99% of the complaints were on my 1997 to 2002 subject vehicles.(2) most the complainants reported hearing a loud pop while driving or upon starting up the vehicle followed by a loud, repetitive clicking or popping sound.(3) many of the complainants reported that the popping sound was accompanied by some loss of vehicle power; however, in 99% of the incidents reported, the vehicle did not stall.In the very few incidents where the vehicle did stall, most vehicles could be restarted.(4) only a small percentage of the complainants cited that they smelled gas or a slight burning smell when the incident occurred.(5) in all but a very few incidents, vehicle damage was limited to the engine.In one incident, the complaint reported that the fuel rail was damaged and replaced after one of the spark plugs ejected from the engine; however, the complainant reported that the damage did not result in any type of fuel leak or fire.In another incident, the only incident where a fire was alleged, the complainant reported that no fluid leak was observed, but that a fire resulted after the spark plug had ejected from the engine and he had restarted the vehicle and driven to another location.None of the complainants reported any damage to the vehicle hood.(6) only two complainants reported that they observed what appeared to be some drops of fuel coming from the cylinder where the spark plug had failed or on the spark plug itself; however, each of these complainants reported that there was no smoke or flames as a result of his incident.As the petitioner noted, and odi¿s analysis showed, it is possible for a spark plug to detach from the engine cylinder threads in the subject vehicles.However, odi¿s analysis of 474 complaints describing such incidents found only a very few alleged any safety-related consequences.None of these showed any evidence of a serious safety consequence.Given the large population and relatively long exposure time of the subject vehicles, the complaint analysis indicates that the risk to motor vehicle safety from the alleged defect is very low.In view of the foregoing, it is unlikely that nhtsa would issue an order for the notification and remedy of the alleged defect at the conclusion of the investigation requested in the petition.Therefore, in view of the need to allocate and prioritize nhtsa¿s limited resources to best accomplish the agency¿s safety mission, the petition is denied.
  

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I have not had an "incident" with my 1998 ford expedition, but i am scared senseless having read the many reports by owners who have. I have two daughters ages 3 and 7 who ride daily in our family vehichle. I am urging you to consider a mandatory recall on expeditions with similar cruise control systems to the 2000 models. Please don't allow anyone else to suffer or die.

I have a 1998 ford diesel van that i have just purchase about a couple of months ago. The former owner gave me a clue of a problem that i didn't pick on when i bought it. He said don't fill the tank full or the fuel will overflow. Well it does overflow full or not but worst with a full tank. Ford and the nhtsa had issued a recall for possible cracking of fuel tanks in van's like mine. The recall was for 1997 thru 2001 econoline_van's. I took it to a ford dealership in charleston sc but they refused to look at it and told me that no recall was ever made on my van. I called ford customer care and they said the same thing. But a recall was made on june 29, 2000. The fuel tank does not appear to leak while stopped even if the motor is running and i have let it run for more than a hour. It leaks very bad while underway. The wiring harness that runs by the fuel tank and just underneath it is full of diesel fuel. I open up the harness plastic cover and drain the fuel from it but it will fill up again as soon as i drive the van. Although i have tried to pin point the source of the leak i have not been able to do so. I clean the tank but the fuel will reappear with no visible source of leak. This has got me scared and since ford will not look at it unless i agree to pay for repairs and i am at lost as to what to do now. I feel that this problem is just like all the other van's that they have already repaired or install insulators to protect the tank from cracking if it is not leaking. I believe ford should look at the van and fixed at their expense if the tank is indeed crack like i suspect. I found that a recall # 01v114000 was made on march 30, 2001 for possible fuel tank cracking in 1998 e350 van's. I also found that nhtsa had also issue a tsb #15113 for 1998 ford e350 vans for possible fuel fill valve sealing condition. I think recalls are more important anyway and can be verified.

Without warning rear dual firestone (225/75r/16) tire tread started to separate, causing damage to propane gas line of the motor carrier and tail pipe framing under wheel well. Dot # vd11xd347ak.*ak *tt

Firestone steeltex tires p225/75r16 dot vd1l1xd experienced blowouts, one occurred while it was raining, consumer states there was property damage. *slc

Tread separation (possibly due to lack of adhesion) and blowout, causing damage to right side of motorhome and exhaust pipe. Two outside storage bins were damaged; mud flap torn loose; wheelwell trim torn loose; bin lights broken; exhaust pipe was bent at a 90 degree angle; fiberglass damage to one bin door. (dot number: vd1l1xd367 tiresize: lt22575r16)

Disc brakes engaged without applying resulting in burning on several occasions. Mjs

Door lock mechanism failed. Yh

Complaints that the passanger seat is mounted to close to the dash. If the air bag would deploy the passanger would be injured seriously.

Driver unable to read speedometer because steering wheel blocks view, location of indicator creates poor visibility. Yh

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• B1876 [3] Seatbelt Driver Pretensioner Circuit Failure
• B1880 [3] Seatbelt Passenger Pretensioner Circuit Failure
• B1915 [3] Air Bag Driver Circuit Failure
• B1920 [3] Air Bag Passenger Circuit Failure
• P0442 [1] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (small leak)
• P0455 [1] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (gross leak)
• P0456 [1] Evaporative Emissions System Small Leak Detected
• P0457 [1] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected
• P1442 [1] A/C Evaporator Air Temperature Circuit Range/Performance
• P0340 [1] Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction (Bank 1)
• P1309 [1] EGR Calibration High
• P1336 [1] Misfire Rate Catalyst Damage Fault - Bank 1
• P1105 [1] MAF Sensor Out Of Self Test Range./
• P1106 [1] KOER Not Able To Complete KOER Aborted
• P0171 [1] System too Lean (Bank 1)
• P0174 [1] System too Lean (Bank 2)
• P0500 [1] Vehicle Speed Sensor "A" Malfunction
• P1502 [1] RCNT Solenoid Circuit Malfunction
• U1039 [1] SCP (J1850) Invalid or Missing Data for Primary Id / Vehicle Speed
• P0782 [1] 2-3 Shift Malfunction
• P0351 [1] Ignition Coil A Primary/Secondary Circuit Malfunction
• P0357 [1] Ignition Coil G Primary/Secondary Circuit Malfunction
• P0356 [1] Ignition Coil F Primary/Secondary Circuit Malfunction