What 207 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Ford F-350 Super Crew

FAULTY RADIATORS IN 2015 FORD TRUCKS.

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AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT 45-60 MILES PER HOUR AND WHILE IN 6TH GEAR (AUTOMATIC) AFTER THE "CLEANING EXHAUST FILTER" MESSAGE COMES ON WHEN IT CLEANS THE EXHAUST TWICE WITHIN A 100 MILES, THE ENGINE WILL SHAKE AND KNOCKING/SPIKING NOISE AFTER THE SECOND CLEANING. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND I AM UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN IT DOES IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOOSE WHEEL AND IT WILL JERKING BACKWARDS AND FORTH. FORD SEEMS UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS NO REMEDIATION ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS STARTED AROUND 8000 MILES THE TRUCK HAS 32,000 MILES NOW.

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WHEN VEHICLE IS GOING THRU REGEN RUNS EXTREMELY ROUGH SHAKING AND BUCKING .

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AT 40 TO 50 MPH THE TRUCK CAN EXPERIENCE LOSS OF POWER AND SEVERE "SHUDDERING" WE HAVE 2 2015'S THAT WE PURCHASED LAST SEPTEMBER AND BOTH ARE EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUE IT'S VERY SPORADIC SEEMS TO HAPPEN A FEW TIMES A WEEK. I'M CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY COMPANY AS WE CAN BE PULLING TRAILERS AND CAN NOT HAVE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WHEN ON BUSY ROADS. FORD KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE AS STATED IN TSB 16-0041, BUT THEY WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO CORRECT IT UNLESS THEIR TECHS SEE IT HAPPEN..I HAVE ALREADY HAD IT INTO THE SHOP AND THEY COULDN'T SEE THE PROBLEM. IF YOU LOOK ON THE INTERNET IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM ON QUITE A FEW 2015'S..HERE IS ONE FORUM OF MANY HTTP://WWW.FORD-TRUCKS.COM/FORUMS/1381159-FORD-RELEASES-TSB-15-0088-FOR-2015-ACTIVE-REGENERATION-JACKHAMMER-VALVES-ISSUE-33.HTML

NHTSA ODI 10907541

2015 F350 6.7 DIESEL WITH 46,000 MILES THAT IS DOWN BECAUSE HPOP IS DEFECTIVE AND SPREADING MEDAL THROUGH SYSTEM. FORD HAS INSPECTED AND SAID IT IS BECAUSE OF WATER IN FUEL, EVEN THOUGH NO WARNING LIGHTS OR CODES ARE AVAILABLE. FORD PULLED SENSORS OUT OF ENGINE AND REJECTED REPAIR BECAUSE OF TARNISH ON SENSORS. THE ONLY CODES WERE FOR (LOW FUEL PRESSURE & REDUCED POWER). NO OTHER CODES. INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED ABOUT 3/4 INCH OF WATER IN WATER SEPARATOR BUT NO LIGHT OR CODE. THE WARNINGS OCCURRED WHEN TRUCK WAS STARTED AND IT RAN ABOUT 100 FT BEFORE BEING SHUTDOWN AND TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM SINCE FORD OFFERS A REPAIR KIT FOR THIS ISSUE. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR IS BETWEEN $9500,00 & $12,500 DOLLARS AND THIS ON A TRUCK WHICH IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY THAT FORD WILL NOT HONOR. THE TRUCK WASN'T A YEAR OLD UNTIL MAY 2016 AND HAS BEEN DOWN FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS BECAUSE FORD WILL NOT REPAIR. THIS IS THE BOSCH C4 SERIES PUMP. *BF *TR *DT CONSUMER STATED HE HAD THE TRUCK REPAIRED AND HE SOLD IT. *JB

NHTSA ODI 10892303

I HAVE A F350 2015 VEHICLE, HAVING AN ENGINE KNOCK NOISE AND HESITATION PROBLEMS RIGHT AFTER THE ENGINE KNOCKS. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE CONCERNS FIVE TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO CALIFORNIA REGULATIONS. THERE IS A TSB TO THE CONCERN THAT I AM HAVING, BUT I DON'T THINK MY VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE THE HEADS REBUILT SINCE I JUST PURCHASED IT BACK IN DEC 2015. WHAT IS THE STATE DOING TO HAVE THIS CONCERN RESOLVE? I BROUGHT IT IN TWO DAYS AGO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SINCE AFTER THE 4TH TIME OF THE ENGINE KNOCKED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEY ENDED UP REPLACING A SENSOR. I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY AND ON MY WAY HOME, THE ENGINE KNOCKS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I AM WAITING ON FMC TO CALL ME AND TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO NOW. THE VEHICLE HAS TWO OTHER PROBLEMS A WINDSHIELD NOISE AT 60 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR ON WINDY DAYS. THEY RESEALED THE WINDSHIELD THE PROBLEM EXISTS. THEY ARE TELLING ME, THAT UNLESS THEY DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I SHOWED THEM A VIDEO THAT I RECORDED DURING THE CONCERN HAPPENING, BUT THEY ARE IGNORING IT. I SHOWED THEM A VIDEO THAT SOMEONE ELSE POSTED ON YOU TUBE SAME CONCERN. HOWEVER, SINCE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING THAT IS THEIR ANSWER. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM OF THE TRANSMISSION, HARSH SHIFT AS SLOW SPEEDS SAME THING CAN'T DUPLICATE IS WHAT THE WORK ORDER FROM THE DEALERSHIP STATES. WHAT CAN I DO TO HAVE THIS VEHICLE LOOKED AT FOR THE CONCERNS I AM HAVING? IT HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT IT.

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DURING REGENERATION OF THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER THE TRUCK LOSES POWER AND OPERATES ROUGHLY. THIS LAST OCCURRED AS I WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY DURING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS COULD HAVE VERY EASILY RESULTED IN LOSS OF TRACTION AND/OR COLLISION AS I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE TO SPEED.

NHTSA ODI 10819844

ENGINE STOPPED ONCE IN THE ROAD PULLING A 40 FT.R.V. .INTERMINTLEY SEVERE LOSS OF POWER AND TRYING TO OVERHEAT. COMEING DOWN A 7200 FT. MOUNTAIN I LOST THE R.V. BRAKES,ENGINE BRAKES & THE TOW HAUL MODE (TO HELP SLOW DOWN) ALL I HAD WAS THE TRUCK BRAKES GOING AROUND 80 M.P.H. BY THE TIME I GOT STOPPED ALL 4 WHEELS WERE SMOKEING COOKING THE RELATED PARTS, ROTORS, BRAKE PADS, CALIPERS,WHEEL BEARINGS IN MY OPINION.LATER IN A TOWN GOING SLOW AND STOPPING THE BRAKES PULLED VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT, A FEW MORE TRAFFIC LIGHTS THEN VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT. FAILING TO CLEAN THE DIESEL EXHAUST FILTER AS NEEDED. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS COME ON ONE TIME WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE. 3 ATTEMPS TO FIX THE ENGINE PROBLEMS AND IN MY MIND IT IS NOT FIXED YET, MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS HAPPENED AT HIGHER ALTITUDES. ALL THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE IN THE TRUCKS BLACK BOX, SINCE I COULD HAVE GOTTEN KILLED TWICE I HAVE NOT LET THE DEALER HAVE THE TRUCK AGAIN AS IT IS RUNNING O.K. NOW AND I HAVE ORDERED A NEW TRUCK BECAUSE I AM AFRAID OF THIS TRUCK. THE DATES ARE APPROXIMATE, THE DEALERS AND I HAVE A COPY OF THE REPAIR ATTEMPS . I WAS ON THE SAME ROADS TWO YEARS AGO WITH A 2011 F-250 SAME ENGINE AND A HEAVER LOAD AND DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.

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AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT 50-55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN "CLEANING EXHAUST FILTER" MESSAGE COMES ON, THE ENGINE WILL SHAKE AND KNOCK VIOLENTLY. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND AM UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN IT DOES IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE FOUR FLAT TIRES AND IT IS VERY VIOLENT. FORD SAID THIS IS NORMAL, I KNOW IT'S NOT. WE LIVE ON VERY NARROW AND WINDING ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS. I'M AFRAID THAT IF THIS HAPPENS ON SNOWY OR ICY ROADS CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WILL BE VERY HAD TO CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. THE DATE BELOW IS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, MILEAGE WAS 6,865. THIS FIRST HAPPENED AT ABOUT 4500 MILES. SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT ABOUT 400-600 MILES.

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DURING DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, EXHAUST REGENERATION CYCLE ACTIVATED, VIOLENT SHUDDERING AND CLATTERING FROM ENGINE FOR 2 MINUTES.

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THE VEHICLE IS A 6.7 FORD POWER STROKE. DURING A PROCESS CALLED REGEN, WHERE IS CLEANS THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER, THE ENGINE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IT GOT WORSE OVERTIME, TO THE POINT IT STARTED DOING IT WILE I WAS MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE, PULLING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT (9000LB) ON A TRAILER. IT WAS DANGEROUS WITH THE LOSS OF POWER. I HAVE SINCE TRADED IT BACK TO DEALER AS FORD HAS SAID IT IS NORMAL OPERATION.

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BOUGHT TRUCK BRAND NEW IN DECEMBER 2014. AT APPROX. 5,000 (STILL DURING THE DIESEL ENGINE BREAK IN PERIOD) WHILE DRIVING THRU AN INTERSECTION IN TRAFFIC THE TRUCK AND MOTOR STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING/BUCKING WITH THE MOTOR MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE- THE TRUCK THEN HAD A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER IN WHICH I WAS UNABLE TO SAFELY ACCELERATE. THE TRUCK THEN WENT TO THE DEALER IN WHICH I WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE TRUCK NOW BEEN IN AN OUT OF THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE THE PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING. FORD RELEASED A TSB STATING THAT ITS NORMAL FOR THEIR TRUCKS TO EXPERIENCE "ROUGH RUNNING" DURING THE EXHAUST REGEN CYCLE. THE EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH MY TRUCK HAVE NO CORRELATION TO THE REGEN CYCLE AND SEEM TO HAPPEN AT RANDOM TIMES. THE TRUCK HAS BECOME DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND PULL MY HORSES WITH AS THE SHAKING/BUCKING IS SO VIOLENT AND WITH A LOSS OF POWER AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ITS SCARY TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IN TRAFFIC.

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