Ford F-550 2014

• Recall 114982 [USA]: Engine shut down and a subsequent cool down period may delay medical treatment or assistance to those needing it, increasing their risk of injury.
  Hme, inc. Is recalling certain emergency vehicles manufactured january 1, 2014, to march 31, 2015 and built on a model year 2014-2015 ford f-550 chassis. The affected vehicles may detect an incorrect exhaust gas temperature sensor (egt) fault indicating that the vehicle is too hot, causing the engine management system to shut down the engine and prevent its immediate restart.
  hme will notify owners, and dealers will update the powertrain control module (pcm) software, free of charge. The recall began on july 7, 2015. Owners may contact hme customer service at 1-616-261-2636.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 108518 [USA]: If the suspension fluid tank mount fractures and the tank separates from the chassis, the tank may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
  Life line emergency vehicles (life line) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 life line-modified ford f-series emergency vehicles that are equipped with liquid spring-brand aftermarket suspension kits. The mounting bracket that attaches the suspension fluid tank to the frame may fail allowing the fluid tank to separate from the vehicle.
  the remedy for this recall is still under development. The recall began on february 2, 2015. Owners may contact life line customer service at 1-563-578-3317.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 105725 [USA]: The leaking oil may soak into the thermal blanket covering the exhaust, which when combined with heat from exhaust, may result in an increased risk of fire.
  Jerr-dan corporation (jerr-dan) is recalling certain model year 2009-2014 ford f-350 super duty, f-450 super duty, and f-550 superduty chassis modified by jerr-dan and equipped with certain muncie power products pto assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the pto pressure switch onto a thermal blanket covering the exhaust.
  jerr-dan will notify owners, and dealers will install a new pressure switch kit that moves away from the exhaust system, free of charge. The recall began in october 2014. Owners may contact jerr-dan customer service at 1-800-926-9666.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 2019420 [Canada]: Other
  Issue: this recall is for aftermarket replacement rear window glass produced by vitro automotriz. Certain rear window glass may not have been properly tempered. If the window breaks, the glass may separate into large pieces instead of very small ones. Note: this is a voluntary recall that is not being conducted under the requirements of the motor vehicle safety act. Safety risk: glass that breaks in to large pieces could create a risk of injury. Corrective actions: the company will notify consumers by mail and instruct them to inspect the designation code marked on the rear window glass. Products affected by this recall have the designation “dot 287” along with the lettering “vmr” (replacement market) and a date code that is before july 2019. This information is printed on the bottom corner of the glass. Consumers should contact vitro's customer service at 1-412-995-6457 or [email protected] to arrange for replacement of the glass.

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• Recall 2015125 [Canada]: Engine
  Certain ambulance or fire package vehicles with 6.7l diesel engines may experience a "stop safety now" warning message and 5 audible chimes if an exhaust gas temperature (egt) sensor fault is detected. Engine torque would be gradually reduced by 70 percent over a period of 45 seconds to a power-reduced level that is maintained. During this time, there would be no effect on steering, braking, lighting, electrical, or restraint systems, allowing the operator to maneuver the vehicle to a safe location. Such an occurrence could also result in an engine shut down and subsequent inability to quickly restart the vehicle. If this condition were to occur when an ambulance or fire engine vehicle was transporting a patient or providing medical assistance, it could delay medical treatment and increase the risk of injury to the patient. Correction: dealers will reprogram the powertrain control module with updated software.

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Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

• Vehicle commanded engine shutdown investigation # RQ14005

  The office of defects investigation (odi) opened this rq to investigate allegations that the scope and remedy of safety recall 13v-535 were inadequate. Recall 13v-535 was limited to a relatively small population of "ambulance package" vehicles and odi received complaints of pickup trucks and "fire engine prep package" vehicles being affected by the same defect. Ford manufactured approximately 555,985 subject vehicles between february 22, 2010 and january 30, 2015 that may be affected by defective egt sensors and powertrain control module (pcm) software calibration. The subject vehicles are equipped with four (4) egt sensors to monitor engine operating conditions. An egt sensor fault may produce false exhaust over-temperature signals. If these signals are produced, the powertrain control module (pcm) implements a failure management effects mode (fmem) and the driver receives a "stop safely now" (ssn) system warning on the instrument cluster message center. The fmem triggers a 70% reduction in available engine power over a period of no more than 45 seconds, during which it may not be possible to accelerate or maintain vehicle speed. The pcm then commands the engine to shut down when vehicle speed reaches approximately 1 mph. There is no immediate restart capability. Depending on the pcm software calibration, ignition key position and ambient temperature conditions, the engine may not restart until the end of a 10-60 minute "cool down" period.Ford and its component supplier(s) made numerous changes to the pcm software calibration and the design, material and manufacture of the egt sensors over the period of subject vehicle production. This continuous product improvement affected vehicle performance regarding the alleged defect. Ford acknowledges the defect condition in the subject vehicles but argues that an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety is limited to "ambulance package" and "fire engine prep package" vehicles where commanded shutdown could impact emergency response and patient care. Ford also argues that the defect trend is in decline. Ford also initiated a new safety recall (15v-175) to address the 13v-535 remedy concerns in the "ambulance package" vehicles and "fire engine prep package" vehicles. The 15v-175 remedy reprograms the pcm with a new software calibration that stops a single egt sensor fault to cause the vehicle to enter the fmem shutdown mode.Ford also initiated an epa emissions recall (14e03) for all subject vehicles that reprograms the pcm with the software calibration employed in safety recall 15v-175. Finally, ford initiated a customer satisfaction program (15m01) providing extended warranty coverage of 8 years or 80,000 miles for the the egt sensors on certain my2011-2012 subject vehicles.Due to the epa emissions recall, that had a 66.6% completion rate in fords december 2015 progress report to the epa, the defect trend is in decline. Odi is not aware of any crashes, deaths or injuries related to the alleged defect.Odi believes the alleged defect poses a safety risk but notes that the epa emissions recall is addressing the safety problem.Compelling issuance of a duplicate recall would not represent a wise use of agency resources.Accordingly, this recall query is closed.This action is not a finding that no defect exists and nhtsa will take further action if such action is warranted.
  

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Tl* the contact owned a 2014 ford f-550 crane vehicle. While the vehicle was parked and unoccupied, it caught fire overnight under the hood. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. The fire department provided bfi job number: 304652019, which indicated that the fire originated in the engine compartment. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer and dealer were not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 26,242. The vin was invalid.

I was driving down a winding country road when suddenly notice large volume smoke coming from truck. It was a sudden catastrophic failure of a transmission coolant line, fitting simply came apart, spewing transmission fluid on hot exhaust and underneath vehicle, nearly causing a fire and disabling vehicle suddenly on side of roadway unable to move to safety. Fluid on roadway could cause upcoming vehicles (trying to avoid disabled vehicle) being unable to stop safely, especially motorcycles, part is poorly designed/engineered and would/should never fail under normal operating conditions. Part is not a normally serviced or "wear" type part. No warning of potential or eminent failure. I am 66 years old, been in towing/service repair business for 35+ years and cannot recall seeing a part fail such as this. Potential fire hazard very real, if ambient temp and work load on unit had been higher it could have caught fire, oil spray on hot exhaust manifold, oh yes, seen that. Being a mechanic i was able to effect a temporary repair, replaced fluid and drove it away. I have failed part to supply if requested. *bf consumer stated the first is label of replacement part, second picture of new part and broken part, then another view of same. I tried to take a picture showing the corrosion that formed in the crack of fitting that forced it to split apart, keeping in mind that the normally white corroded aluminum had trans oil sprayed onto it. There is also a picture of the location on truck from underneath radiator area, showing my temporary repair, the blue hose area is where fitting was located. The other line is there with the same type fitting under the gray plastic retainer, ready to break at any moment.*jb

Ford has installed six fuel tanks in this truck. All have cracked due do faulty factory installation. I have several photo's if you want them. Ford knows they have a problem but won't fix it.

Brake pedal seemed soft when driving this rv (on a 2014 ford f53) to storage yard. Four hours after parking, i started the rv to adjust its location and the brake pedal immediately went to the floor. There was no other symptom of trouble, no warning message. Immediately after that, the message center on the dash board warned of 'low brake fluid'. We are lucky this happened in the storage yard and not on the road. Ford dealer fixed it under warranty, stating that the relief valve in the brake master cylinder had failed.

Starting out from a campground there was a loud squeeling from the left front wheel. I stopped to see what was wrong but old saw no problem. There was no cell coverage to call for help so i continued on to stewat, bc, canada. A mechanic in stewart jacked up the motorhome and the wheel wobbled from top to bottom. Removing the wheel, they found the bearing was so bad it caused the bearing nut to bond to the spindle. Checking the right front bearing found the bearing grease to be full of small pieces of metal. Cleaning the grease off showed that the bearings were extremely pitted. The mech. Said that if we had driven any further it was quite possible that the wheel could have come off

Fuel tank develops a leak and we have replace four fuel tanks since we have owned it.

All super duty cab and chassis and vans also since 2011 though 2015 have had the seat moved to the center by 1 1/2 " to allow for the air bag to have room to expand, between seat and door. But they choose not to move the pedals and steering wheel over to the center 1 1/2 " . They left them off set to the seat center by 1 1/2 " to the left of center of the seat. So basically you steer off to the left of center , which is a dangerous and it hides part of the speedometer. So you spend time struggling trying to read the speedometer , which causes you not to look at the road. This should be a major recall /////// *tr

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• P264F [4] Reserved
• P2457 [2] Exhaust Gas Recirculation Cooling System Performance
• P0401 [2] Exhaust Gas Recirculation Flow Insufficient Detected
• P0627 [2] Fuel Pump "A" Control Circuit /Open
• P025A [2] Fuel Pump Module Control Circuit/Open
• P025B [2] Fuel Pump Module Control Circuit Range/Performance
• P2700 [1] Transmission Friction Element "A" Apply Time Range/Performance
• P0730 [1] Incorrect Gear Ratio
• P0751 [1] Shift Solenoid A Performance or Stuck Off
• P204F [1] Reductant System Performance Bank 1
• P208E [3] Reductant Injection Valve Stuck Closed Bank 1 Unit 1
• P218F [3] ISO/SAE Reserved
• B141B [1] B141B
• B141C [1] B141C
• U0109 [1] Lost Communication With Fuel Pump Control Module
• P2201 [4] NOx Sensor Circuit Range/Performance Bank 1
• P20EE [1] SCR NOx Catalyst Efficiency Below Threshold Bank 1
• P207F [2] Reductant Quality Performance
• P229F [1] Nitrogen oxides (NOx) sensor 2, bank 1 – circuit range/performance
• P0299 [1] Turbocharger/Supercharger "A" Underboost Condition
• P06A0 [1] Variable A/C Compressor Control Circuit
• P2074 [1] Manifold Absolute Pressure/Mass Air Flow - Throttle Position Correlation at Higher Load
• P04DB [1] Crankcase breather system disconnected
• P04E2 [1] P04E2
• P04E3 [1] P04E3
• P2452 [1] Diesel Particulate Filter Pressure Sensor "A" Circuit
• P2459 [1] Diesel Particulate Filter Regeneration Frequency
• P2463 [1] Diesel Particulate Filter Restriction - Soot Accumulation
• P246C [1] Diesel Particulate Filter Restriction - Forced Limited Power
• P2043 [2] Reductant Temperature Sensor Circuit Range/Performance
• P205C [1] Reductant Tank Temperature Sensor Circuit Low
• P161A [1] P161A
• P06EA [3] P06EA
• P06EB [3] P06EB
• P054F [2] ISO/SAE Reserved
• P209F [1] Reductant Tank Heater Control Circuit Performance
• P202D [2] Reductant Leakage
• P204B [1] Reductant Pressure Sensor Circuit Range/Performance
• P20E8 [2] Reductant Pressure Too Low
• P229E [1] P22FF ISO/SAE Reserved
• P220F [2] ISO/SAE Reserved
• P22A7 [2] Nitrogen oxides (NOx) sensor 2, bank 1, heater sense circuit – range/performance problem
• P2293 [1] Fuel Pressure Regulator 2 Performance