This Problem Across All Years
THIS 2006 FORD E450 SUPER DUTY WITH A 6.0L ENGINE HAS BEEN TROUBLE RIGHT FROM THE START. THE FIRST THING TO GO WRONG WAS THE TURBO THAT WENT OUT ON 09/18/2007 WITH ONLY 12,000 MILES. NEXT AT 15,000 MILES THE VEHICLE HAD STARTING AND RUNNING PROBLEMS AND THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS ON TOP OF MOTOR. FROM THIS TIME FORWARD UP TO 29000 MILES THE SQUAD WAS TOWED SEVERAL TIMES FOR MORE ENGINE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT PARTS. FROM 29,000 TO 53,000 THINGS GOT WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN AGAIN FOR EGR COOLER PROBLEMS, INJECTOR PROBLEM AND RADIATOR FAILED. TWO OF THESE TIMES WAS WHEN WE HAD A PATIENT AND HAD TO CALL FOR A BACK UP UNIT TO RESPOND. FROM 53,000 MILES TO 62,000 MILES WE HAD SEVERAL MORE TIMES OF NO START AND NO POWER PROBLEM THAT LEFT THE SQUAD ONLY ABLE TO GO 35 MPH. WE HAD MORE ENGINE PARTS REPLACED AND COMPUTERS. THE LAST EVENT WAS WHEN WE HAD FUEL GETTING INTO THE COOLANT AND FOUND BOTH HEADS CRACKED AND EGR COOLER BAD AGAIN. WE HAD ENGINE REPAIRED WITH ALL AFTER MARKET PARTS COSTING OVER $9000. IN ONE YEAR SQUAD WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR OVER 2 MONTHS WITH ENGINE PROBLEMS. SQUAD HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR ABOUT 12 MONTHS SINCE NEW. ALL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ENGINE RELATED.
THIS 2006 FORD E450 SUPER DUTY WITH A 6.0L ENGINE HAS BEEN TROUBLE RIGHT FROM THE START. THE FIRST THING TO GO WRONG WAS THE TURBO THAT WENT OUT ON 09/18/2007 WITH ONLY 12,000 MILES. NEXT AT 15,000 MILES THE VEHICLE HAD STARTING AND RUNNING PROBLEMS AND THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS ON TOP OF MOTOR. FROM THIS TIME FORWARD UP TO 29000 MILES THE SQUAD WAS TOWED SEVERAL TIMES FOR MORE ENGINE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT PARTS. FROM 29,000 TO 53,000 THINGS GOT WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN AGAIN FOR EGR COOLER PROBLEMS, INJECTOR PROBLEM AND RADIATOR FAILED. TWO OF THESE TIMES WAS WHEN WE HAD A PATIENT AND HAD TO CALL FOR A BACK UP UNIT TO RESPOND. FROM 53,000 MILES TO 62,000 MILES WE HAD SEVERAL MORE TIMES OF NO START AND NO POWER PROBLEM THAT LEFT THE SQUAD ONLY ABLE TO GO 35 MPH. WE HAD MORE ENGINE PARTS REPLACED AND COMPUTERS. THE LAST EVENT WAS WHEN WE HAD FUEL GETTING INTO THE COOLANT AND FOUND BOTH HEADS CRACKED AND EGR COOLER BAD AGAIN. WE HAD ENGINE REPAIRED WITH ALL AFTER MARKET PARTS COSTING OVER $9000. IN ONE YEAR SQUAD WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR OVER 2 MONTHS WITH ENGINE PROBLEMS. SQUAD HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR ABOUT 12 MONTHS SINCE NEW. ALL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ENGINE RELATED.
ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2012, MY TRUCK ENGINE STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE, (2006 FORD F-450 SUPERDUTY TRUCK) WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHERE I ASKED FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE HAS 51,193 MILES ON IT. FORD REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE." THE MECHANIC SAID HE HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A PROBLEM AND WAS PUZZLED. HE SAID THE ENGINE LITERALLY BLEW APART SENDING FRAGMENTS THROUGH THE SYSTEM, DAMAGING OTHER ENGINE COMPONENTS. TO REPAIR THE ENGINE WOULD COST ME $14,000.00 DOLLARS. I CALLED FORD'S HOTLINE TO ASK WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE GIVEN THE LOW MILEAGE. I WAS TOLD BY FORD THEY WOULD NOT HELP IN THE REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE TIME FRAME ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF MILES ON THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED THE TRUCK FOR WARRANTY WORK HAD IT BEEN WITHIN THE TIME FRAME. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD SHOULD A FUTURE RECALL BE ISSUED, BUT WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER ACTION OR ASSISTANCE WITH THE VEHICLE. WHILE SEARCHING FOR A MECHANIC WHO COULD FIX THE TRUCK, I FOUND A NUMBER OF LOCAL MECHANICS WHO WERE VERY CRITICAL OF THE 6.0 LITER DIESEL FORD ENGINE. ONE PARTICULAR MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE CURRENTLY HAD 7 OF THE 6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINES HE WAS WORKING ON THAT HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. HE MENTIONED ONE CUSTOMER THAT HAD THE SAME TRUCK AND YEAR MODEL AS MINE, BUT THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 22,000 MILES ON IT WHEN ITS ENGINE FAILED. ANOTHER LOCAL FLEET MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT YOU COULD CALL "ANY DIESEL MECHANIC IN ARKANSAS" AND THEY WOULD TELL YOU WHAT A TERRIBLE ENGINE THE 6.0 LITER FORD DIESEL ENGINE IS. GIVEN THE INFORMATION I DISCOVERED CONCERNING THE FAULTY ENGINES, IT IS MY FIRM BELIEF THAT IF THE NHTSA OFFICE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD FIND CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE FORD 6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINE USED IN A NUMBER OF THEIR TRUCK MODELS HAVE NUMEROUS DEFECTS AND SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES. *TR
ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2012, MY TRUCK ENGINE STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE, (2006 FORD F-450 SUPERDUTY TRUCK) WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHERE I ASKED FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE HAS 51,193 MILES ON IT. FORD REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE." THE MECHANIC SAID HE HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A PROBLEM AND WAS PUZZLED. HE SAID THE ENGINE LITERALLY BLEW APART SENDING FRAGMENTS THROUGH THE SYSTEM, DAMAGING OTHER ENGINE COMPONENTS. TO REPAIR THE ENGINE WOULD COST ME $14,000.00 DOLLARS. I CALLED FORD'S HOTLINE TO ASK WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE GIVEN THE LOW MILEAGE. I WAS TOLD BY FORD THEY WOULD NOT HELP IN THE REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE TIME FRAME ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF MILES ON THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED THE TRUCK FOR WARRANTY WORK HAD IT BEEN WITHIN THE TIME FRAME. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD SHOULD A FUTURE RECALL BE ISSUED, BUT WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER ACTION OR ASSISTANCE WITH THE VEHICLE. WHILE SEARCHING FOR A MECHANIC WHO COULD FIX THE TRUCK, I FOUND A NUMBER OF LOCAL MECHANICS WHO WERE VERY CRITICAL OF THE 6.0 LITER DIESEL FORD ENGINE. ONE PARTICULAR MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE CURRENTLY HAD 7 OF THE 6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINES HE WAS WORKING ON THAT HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. HE MENTIONED ONE CUSTOMER THAT HAD THE SAME TRUCK AND YEAR MODEL AS MINE, BUT THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 22,000 MILES ON IT WHEN ITS ENGINE FAILED. ANOTHER LOCAL FLEET MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT YOU COULD CALL "ANY DIESEL MECHANIC IN ARKANSAS" AND THEY WOULD TELL YOU WHAT A TERRIBLE ENGINE THE 6.0 LITER FORD DIESEL ENGINE IS. GIVEN THE INFORMATION I DISCOVERED CONCERNING THE FAULTY ENGINES, IT IS MY FIRM BELIEF THAT IF THE NHTSA OFFICE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD FIND CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE FORD 6.0 LITER DIESEL ENGINE USED IN A NUMBER OF THEIR TRUCK MODELS HAVE NUMEROUS DEFECTS AND SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F450 . WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD CONSTANTLY SMOKE, RUN HOT AND LOSE POWER . THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN FAILURE AND THAT THE EGR OIL COOLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE EGR WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DEALERS POSSESSION FOR 2 WEEKS FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WILL NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT THE DEALER SINCE HE BELIEVES THAT THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F450 . WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD CONSTANTLY SMOKE, RUN HOT AND LOSE POWER . THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN FAILURE AND THAT THE EGR OIL COOLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE EGR WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DEALERS POSSESSION FOR 2 WEEKS FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WILL NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT THE DEALER SINCE HE BELIEVES THAT THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102000.
AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE SO APPROX 1 HR AND THEN STOPPING FOR GAS AND RESTARTING VEHICLE IT OVERHEATS. THEY HAVE ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THE PROBLEM (TSB 06-21-15 ) HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY REPLACE THE PARTS THAT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *TR
AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE SO APPROX 1 HR AND THEN STOPPING FOR GAS AND RESTARTING VEHICLE IT OVERHEATS. THEY HAVE ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THE PROBLEM (TSB 06-21-15 ) HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY REPLACE THE PARTS THAT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *TR
THIS VEHICLE IS AN AMBULANCE IT HAS FAILED START NUMEROUS TIMES. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE FAILURE TO START CONDITION STILL PERSISTS. THIS IS PUTTING THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AT RISK...WHEN AN AMBULANCE FAILS TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER DEATHS CAN OCCUR. *JB
WON'T START THIS IS AN AMBULANCE AND ON REPEATED OCCASIONS IT HAS FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE TO START PUTS THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE AT RISK. FAILURE TO RESPOND WITH AN AMBULANCE WHEN CALLED CAN LEAD TO THE DEATH OF CITIZENS. *JB
WON'T START. THIS IS AN AMBULANCE. THIS UNIT HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO START. THIS PUTS THE PUBLIC AT RISK. WHEN AN AMBULANCE DOES NOT START THERE IS A SERIOUS POTENTIAL FOR DEATH. *JB
WON'T START THIS IS AN AMBULANCE. WE ARE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS WHEN THE AMBULANCE DOESN'T START. THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE, IF WE DO NOT REACH THE DISTRESSED CITIZEN IN A TIMELY MANNER TO PERFORM ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. *JB
WON'T START THIS IS AN AMBULANCE. WHEN IT DOESN'T START WE CAN NOT RESPOND TO CALLS TO TRANSPORT AND PERFORM ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT EFFORTS. THIS LEAVES THE PUBLIC AT RISK. *JB
THIS VEHICLE IS AN AMBULANCE IT HAS FAILED START NUMEROUS TIMES. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE FAILURE TO START CONDITION STILL PERSISTS. THIS IS PUTTING THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AT RISK...WHEN AN AMBULANCE FAILS TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER DEATHS CAN OCCUR. *JB
WON'T START THIS IS AN AMBULANCE AND ON REPEATED OCCASIONS IT HAS FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE TO START PUTS THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE AT RISK. FAILURE TO RESPOND WITH AN AMBULANCE WHEN CALLED CAN LEAD TO THE DEATH OF CITIZENS. *JB
WON'T START. THIS IS AN AMBULANCE. THIS UNIT HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO START. THIS PUTS THE PUBLIC AT RISK. WHEN AN AMBULANCE DOES NOT START THERE IS A SERIOUS POTENTIAL FOR DEATH. *JB
WON'T START THIS IS AN AMBULANCE. WE ARE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS WHEN THE AMBULANCE DOESN'T START. THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIFE, IF WE DO NOT REACH THE DISTRESSED CITIZEN IN A TIMELY MANNER TO PERFORM ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT. *JB
WON'T START THIS IS AN AMBULANCE. WHEN IT DOESN'T START WE CAN NOT RESPOND TO CALLS TO TRANSPORT AND PERFORM ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT EFFORTS. THIS LEAVES THE PUBLIC AT RISK. *JB