2006 FORD LCF 450 SERIES Fuel System, Diesel Problems

THE DRIVER IS ONTHE ROAD, TRUCK ENGINE BOGS, THEN DIES.HE MANAGED TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD, LET SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN THE TRUCK RESTARTED AND RA FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER, THEN THE SAME SCENARIO, SEVERAL MORE TIMES BEFORE HE MANAGED TO GET IT TO THE SHOP. I PULLED BOTH FUEL FILTERS AND FOUND THE ON-FRAME FILTER PLUGGED WITH A SCALY, WHITISH-SILVER CRYSTALLINE FILM. I REPLACED BOTH FILTERS, NOW, A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON THE NEW FILTERS, IT IS DOING IT AGAIN AND I AM REPLACING THE FILTERS AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 76,854

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE DRIVER HAS NOTICED A SLOWING DOWN(BOGGING) OF THE ENGINE AND MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT SHUTOFF, THAT I KNOW OF, BUT THE DRIVER IS WARY OF OPERATING THE TRUCK, DUE TO BOGGING ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 75,438

THIS TRUCK PURCHASED MAY 2007 ...I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FROM DC TO NJ BUT CLOSED TO BALTIMORE THE TRUCK LOSE POWER, I HAVE TO DRIVE AT SPEED AROUND 30 MPH BACK HOME TO A FORD DEALER AT TYSONS VA, IT TAKES GOOD 30 DAYS TO GET REPAIRED I ALSO CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE MANY MANY TIMES THE BILL I PAID IS $ 2,772.45 FROM $ 4,467.20 THE MILEAGE IS 34983 LAST YEAR 2013 DEC 21 THE TRUCK WAS BROKEN DOWN ONE THE HIGHWAY 81 ABOUT 130 MILE FROM MY RESIDENT IN A TOWN CALLED HARRISONBURG VA, THE TRUCK BEEN TOWED TO A FORD DEALER IN HARRISONBURG, AFTER FEW DAYS THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT REPAIR TRUCK, THEN I HAVE TO TRUCK TOWED TO XXXXX ENTERPRISES INC. ABOUT 0.7 MILE THEN AFTER FEW DAYS THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT REPAIR, THEN I HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO ANOTHER SHOP XXXXXXX MOTORS INC. ABOUT 7 MILES AWAY, THEY DID THE REPAIR (REPLACE (6) ALL THE FUEL INJECTOR COST $ 3,31.37, AFTER I LEFT THE SHOP 26 MILES THE TRUCK LOSE POWER AND STOP RUNNING ALSO THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, THEY HAD A TOW TRUCK TO TOW IT BACK TO THE SHOP, THIS TIME REPLACE A OIL PUMP COST ME $ 1,956,10, AFTER THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER SECOND REPAIR ON THE WAY HOME , I CALLED 3 TIMES THEY TELL ME THAT MAYBE JUST NEED REPLACE FUEL FILTER, ABOUT $ 100 JOB. THE MILEAGE ON THE TRUCK IS 46576 AND THE TRUCK STILL LOOSING POWER WHEN GO UPHILL I DO ALOT RESEARCH AFTER THIS INCIDENT ONLINE AND ASK 3 FORD DEALER ABOUT MY PROBLEMS AND I REALIZED THE PROBLEM IS NOT ME, IT IS ABOUT FORD CORP.(A DEFECT FUEL TANK LINING BECAUSE I SEND MY TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER IN WOODBRIDGE VA, THEY GIVE ME ANOTHER ESTIMATE $ 3,500.00 TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK, BECAUSE THE WHOLE FUEL SYSTEM IS CONTAMINATED ALSO I FIND OUT THIS MODEL ONLY ON THE MARKET FROM 06 TO 09, AND I FELL THAT THEY DESIGNED A DEFECT PRODUCT. *TR

Mileage: 34,983

DELAMINATED FUEL TANK REPAIR $2243.99. NO HELP FROM FORD 5 OUT OF 7 TRUCKS ALL LCF'S. *TR

Mileage: 66,216

DELAMINATED FUEL TANK 5 OUT OF 7 LCF'S REPAIR COST $2,325.33. *TR

Mileage: 63,725

DIESEL FUEL TANK BREAKING DOWN 2006 FORD LCF, FUEL TANK WAS REMOVED, CLEANED AND RESEALED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT

Mileage: 127,448

OUR FORD LCF450 WAS LACKING POWER AND WAS IDLING ROUGH. WE TOOK IT IN TO OUR LOCAL DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS DELAMINATING WHICH CLOGGED THE FUEL LINES. THEY SAID WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK, FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTERS. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY PUTTING IN DIESEL FUEL THAT HAD TRACE AMOUNTS OF BIOFUEL. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

OUR COMPANY HAS A 2006 FORD LCF MEDIUM DUTY TRUCK WITH 30,000 MILES ON IT AND THE 4.6 L V-6 POWERSTROKE DIESEL. AT ABOUT 24,000 MILES WE BEGAN HAVING POWER LOSS ISSUES WITH IT. WE PULLED THE FUEL FILTERS AND FOUND THEM CLOGGED WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE FLAKES OF SILVER PAINT. ASSUMING WE HAD GOTTEN A BAD TANK OF FUEL, WE REPLACED THEM AND ASSUMED THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FILTERS 3 MORE TIMES ( AT $85.00 EACH TIME ) IN 6,000 MILES. THE TRUCK WILL START TO LOSE POWER QUICKLY, WITH NO WARNING AND CAN EVEN STALL SUDDENLY. AFTER RESEARCHING ON LINE, I HAVE FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY WIDESPREAD WITH FORD DIESEL MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS AND IS CAUSED BY THE FUEL TANKS DELAMINATING. THE REPAIRS CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM $600 - $8,000 DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE. THEY CAN ALSO CAUSE LOADED TRUCKS TO STALL, OR LOSE ALL POWER ON CROWDED FREEWAYS AS HAS HAPPENED TO US SEVERAL TIMES NOW, POSING A VERY REAL SAFETY HAZARD. DESPITE IT BEING A WIDESPREAD ENOUGH PROBLEM THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL LAW FIRMS LOOKING INTO IT ( ONE BEING GIRARDGIBBS.COM, SAN FRANCISCO ) I CAN FIND NOTHING ON HERE ABOUT IT. THE LOCAL COMMERCIAL FORD DEALER ADMITS ITS' A PROBLEM AND THAT FORD IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

FORD LCF HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WHEN DRIVEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS. VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND CAN ONLY BE RESTARTED AFTER COOL DOWN. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPEATED SERVICE BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS NOT TO DRIVE THIS TRUCK AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND KEEP IT IN TOWN. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED INJECTORS AND OTHER FUEL DELIVERY PARTS AND ON ONE SERVICE CALL STATED THAT THE TRUCK NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. PREVIOUS OIL CHANGE WAS AT 3000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD LCF L55. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO PULL OVER. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP, FILTER, AND TANK WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED ON THREE MORE OCCASIONS DUE TO THE SAME FAILURE OVER THE PAST YEAR. AFTER THE MOST RECENT FAILURE, THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AGAIN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,358.

Mileage: 20,358

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD LCF. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE ENGINE RESTARTED. THE WARNING INDICATORS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL INJECTORS UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR IDENTICAL FAILURES, BUT THERE WERE NO RESOLUTIONS. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS SAFETY COMPLAINT FILED FOR THIS VEHICLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WHICH CONSISTED OF DIFFERENT SAFETY ISSUES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000. UPDATED 02/24/08. *LJ UNKNOWN 02/25/09. *JB

Mileage: 46,000

MY FORD LCF STOP RUNNING SO I PULLED THE FUEL FILTER AND IT HAD FLAKES IN IT SO WE HAD IT TOWED TO FORD THEY SAID THE TANK WAS DELAMINATING AND IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 25,322

CORROSION OF THE FUEL LINER IN FORD LCF DIESEL TRUCKS. ALSO IN F350 AND OTHER DIESEL WORK TRUCKS. THE FUEL LINER CORRODES CLOGGING THE FUEL FILTER. IT STARVES THE ENGINE OF FUEL CAUSING IT TO STOP RUNNING. IT EVENTUALLY RUINS THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. REPAIRS RANGE FROM $1200 TO $6000. *TR

Mileage: 18,643