What 1,686 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Ford F-150 (regular Cab) Gas

RELATED TO TSB-16-0139. WHILE DRIVING: HILL START ASSIST UNAVAILABLE MESSAGE; SERVICE ADVANCETRAC MESSAGE. WRENCH ICON, TRACTION ICON, AND CHECK ENGINE ICON DISPLAYED. TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE. ROUGH IDLE, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL TURNED OFF AND BACK ON. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODIES. WOULD NOT COVER UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY I BELIEVE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON SOME F150S, BUT IT DIDN'T INCLUDE MY MONTH/YEAR OF MANUFACTURE, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.

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MY 2016 FORD F150 WITH ENGINE BLOCK HEATER CAUGHT FIRE TODAY 14 FEBRUARY 2020 AT 11:12 AM. IT WAS MOVING AND CAUGHT FIRE WHEN I PARKED THE TRUCK

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HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 55 MPH, DING AND MESSAGE "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC", "HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE". THROTTLE UNRESPONSIVE AND TRUCK IMMEDIATELY BEGINS SLOWING. MANAGED TO GET OFF ROAD WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. ENGINE RUNNING ROUGHLY IN IDLE. TURN ENGINE OFF AND RESTART. OPERATES NORMALLY. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES AND PUTS THE VEHICLE AND PASSENGERS IN AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE POSITION! INTERNET RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD THROTTLE BODIES. FORD COMPANY AND DEALERSHIP REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. TROUBLE CODE SHOWS P2112.

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I WAS OPERATING MY 2016 FORD F150 ON A SECONDARY GRAVEL RD AT 30 MPH IN 2WD. UPON GOING A SLIGHT UPHILL GRADE, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND CAME TO A STOP IDLING ROUGHLY AT 1000 RPM. THE WRENCH LIGHT, HILL DECENT AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE IDLED BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED IT. THIS SEEMED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM CLEARING THE ERROR CODES. HOWEVER, CONTINUING ON THE ROAD, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED 3 MILES LATER. I WAS IN A REMOTE AREA IN THE STATE AND HAD TO TRAVEL 60 MILES TO A URBAN AREA. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED AT LEAST 20 MORE TIMES WITH GREATER FREQUENCY UNTIL ARRIVING AT MY RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN SHERIDAN, WY. THE FIX WAS AS FOLLOWS. DIAG, P2112-THROTTLE ACTUATOR A CONTROL SYSTEM, STUCK CLOSED, PINPOINT TO THROTTLE BODY. REPLACED THROTTLE BODY, CLEARED CODES. MY VEHICLE HAD 38,450 MILES WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 17, 2019, 4:30 PM. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH WITH OTHER FORD F150 OWNERS, THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROMINENT PROBLEM AND IN MY MIND, A DANGEROUS ONE. MOST OF THE INCIDENCES APPEAR TO HAPPEN IN THE SIMILAR MILEAGE RANGE BUT IN OTHER MODEL YEARS, 2017 AND 2018 WERE PREVALENT ALSO. THE FORD SERVICE MANAGER RELATED HE HAD DONE ALLOT OF THESE REPAIRS RECENTLY. THEIR IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AT THIS TIME.

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WHILE USING MY VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I HAD VEHICLE CHECKED AT AUTOZONE AND O'REILY'S WHICH SHOWED 2 DIFFERENT CODES AND TOOK IT TO MACHAIK DEALERSHIP. TURNS OUT I HAD TO HAVE BOTH CYLINDER HEADS REPLACE, CRANKSHAFT BOLT REPLACED AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER ITEMS. I WAS TOLD IT WAS AN ISSUE THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF AND DIDN'T NOTIFY ME OF IT WHEN I BOUT THE VEHICLE. THEY COVERED THE COST DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING UNDER WARRANTY WHICH WAS ABOUT $5,000. $ MONTHS LATER I GOT MY VEHICLE BACK AND ABOUT 30 MILES OF DRIVING 55MPH IT STARTED BLOWING A THICK CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE WITH SOME GREY SMOKE. I TAKE THE VEHICLE HOME AND LET IT SIT FOR 28 DAYS BEFORE I HAVE TO USE IT AND AFTER ABOUT 23 MILES IT STARTED SMOKING AGAIN. I TAKE IT TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE SMOKING ISSUE, ROUGH IDLE AND THE EXHAUST SMELLS LIKE GAS WHICH IS NOT NORMAL. I SHOWED THEM A VIDEO OF THE ISSUE WHICH CONTAINS MY MILEAGE AT THE TIME AND MY LICENSE PLATE WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS MY VEHICLE SO THEY CANNOT SAY IT WASN'T MY VEHICLE. WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF THEIR FINDINGS AND PLAN TO UPDATE THE COMPLAINT. I WILL NOT UPLOAD THE VIDEO AT THIS TIME DUE TO IT CONTAINING MY LICENSE PLATE, DON'T KNOW HOW TO UPLOAD IT FROM PHONE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EDIT THAT OUT. IF IT IS NECESSARY TO UPDATE THIS COMPLAINT I WILL UPLOAD THE VIDEO AS PROOF AS WELL AS WORK ORDER FROM PREVIOUS AND CURRENT WORK.MY MILEAGE WILL NOT BE 100% ACCURATE BUT IT WILL BE WITHIN 400 MILES PLUS OR MINUS

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BEHAVIOR MATCHES THE ISSUES DESCRIBED IN FORD RECALL 16B32. WHEN I ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE OCCASIONALLY STOPS ACCELERATING AND GOES INTO A FAILURE MODE WHERE I CANNOT ACCELERATE. A FEW WARNINGS SHOW UP ON THE DASHBOARD RELATED TO HILL START ASSIST AND BEING DISABLED AND TO SERVICE ADVANCE TRACK. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON RESOLVES THE PROBLEM, BUT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS I'M USUALLY ACCELERATING TO GET ONTO A HIGHWAY WHERE IT'S NOT SAFE TO HAVE MY VEHICLE STOP. FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RECALL MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN 16B32 (MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 8/31/15 TO 4/27/16 IN KANSAS CITY), BUT FORD TELLS ME MY VIN IS NOT LISTED AS AFFECTED. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TWICE NOW AND IT IS UNPREDICTABLE IN WHEN IT WILL OCCUR. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH OF "HILL START ASSIST FAILURE" SHOWS A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHER FORD OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

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MY TRUCK LOST COMPLETE POWER ON 8/3/19. SEVERAL DIFFERENT WANING LIGHTS CAME ON. FORTUNATLEY, I WAS LOST POWER ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD AT ABOUT 30 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO "LIMP" MY TRUCK BACK HOME. I HAVE A CODE READER AND IT SHOWED CODE P2112 "THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK CLOSED". I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND A FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE LETTER FROM 2016-2017 ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE WITH AN EXPIRATION NOTICE OF SEPTEMBER 2017. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED IN DECEMBER 2016 AND WAS NEVER SENT ANY NOTICE. I FIND IT INCREDIBLE THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT A DEFECT THAT CAUSES A VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER SUDDENLY, AND ADDRESSES IT WITH THIS BANDAID LEVEL OF SERVICE. IT IS A SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE FIX. I FIXED IT MYSELF IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WITH A PART PURCHASED FROM FORD THAT WAS LESS THAN $200. MY CONCERN IS THAT FORD DID NOT NOTIFY ME AND WILL NOT STAND BY THIS DANGEROUS DEFECTIVE ISSUE. THEY HAVE TOLD ME THERE WAS AN EXPIRATION ON THAT LETTER AND THEY WILL NOT HELP ME. PLEASE FORCE THEM TO DO AN ACTUAL RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN IT SUDDENLY ENTERED A LIMP MODE, INDICATED BY MULTIPLE DASH WARNING LIGHTS AND AN ABRUPT LOSS OF POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS INCREDIBLY UNSAFE TO OPERATE IN SUCH CONDITION. FORD HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY USED ON THESE MOTORS, BUT HAS FAILED TO ISSUE A RECALL ON A PART THAT COULD CAUSE GREAT BODILY HARM AND INJURY IF IT SHOULD FAIL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SCENARIOS.

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IT IDLES ROUGH AT STOP LIGHT SOMETIMES SHUTS DOWN ,RADIO SCREEN IS BLANK SOMETIMES W RADIO OR PHONE CALL. ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL ENOUGH TO MAKE ME NAUSEOUS. THE COMPUTER READS NO CODES. THIS HAPPENS EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS, IT HAS BEEN AT 2 DIFFERENT SHOPS UP TO WEEKS AT A TIME THEY HAVE CHANGED SEVERAL PARTS BUT NONE HAVE FIXED IT.

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INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS UP WITH VARIOUS FAULT MESSAGES RELATED TO TRACTION CONTROL, DOWNHILL DESCENT, ETC... WITHIN SECONDS THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO STUTTER, FAILS TO RESPOND TO ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE BY PRESSING GAS PEDDLE, AND EVENTUALLY LOSES POWER. HAPPENED TWICE WHILE TRAVELLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RESULTING IN A DANGEROUS SCENARIO OF PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.

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REPORTED MY ISSUE ALREADY 11229377 BUT WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT AT A QUICK GLANCE THERE ARE ANOTHER 30+ NHTSA SAFETY COMPLAINTS FOR MY SAME ISSUE. 11022233, 10955596, 11174190, 10870553, 10887486, 11165975, 11150176, 11139022, 11101604, 11048673, 1102997, 11174190 TO NAME A FEW. FORD HAS ALSO ISSUES SEVERAL TSB AND SSM FOR THIS ISSUE. TSB16-0139, TSB17-2124, SSM46829, TSB16B23-S1. AT WHAT POINT DOES NHTSA PUT PRESSURE ON FORD TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES? WILL IT REQUIRE A DEATH TO BE ASSOCIATED TO THIS ISSUE? A FIRE, ACCIDENTS? THERE ARE ALSO COUNTLESS ONLINE FORUM POSTS ON THIS ISSUE. I CAN FIND NUMEROUS LINKS SHOWING THIS BUT I THINK THE SHEER NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON HERE COUPLED WITH WARRANTY NUMBERS FOR THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION. I PLAN TO WRITE A LETTER TO MY LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS AND GOVERNOR.

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GAS TANK FUEL PUMP AND FUEL PUMP DRIVER WENT BAD AT 56,000 MILES. WOULD START WHEN CRANKING THEN IDLE ROUGH FOR A FEW SECONDS AND SHUT OFF

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IN TANK FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AT 60,000 MILES.

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2016 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO FAULTY THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *AS *TR

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WE JUST TOOK MY 2016 F150 ECOBOOST TO WEST TEXAS OVER THANKSGIVING. TOWED UNDER 7500 LBS. TOWED COMPLETELY NORMAL THE WHOLE TIME (15 HOURS) UNTIL THE RETURN TRIP HOME. ABOUT 2.5 HOURS INTO MY RETURN TRIP (I WAS TOWING WITHOUT MY HUSBAND AND WITH TWO YOUNG KIDS ON A BACK HIGHWAY WITH NO CELL SERVICE AND ABSOLUTELY NO STOPS FOR 2 OF THOSE HOURS😯) I PULLED OVER TO SEE WHERE MY NEXT GAS STATION WAS AND MY TRUCK DIED. IT WOULD RESTART BUT WOULD DIE AGAIN. I FINALLY FIGURE I'M SCREWED, I'LL TRY AND JUST HIT THE GAS AND GO. SO I TOOK OFF AND BLEW THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I REACHED A GAS STATION, WHERE IT DIED WHEN I STOPPED.. IT WAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND ALL THE REPAIR SHOPS WERE CLOSED AND THERE WEREN'T ANY PARTS STORES OPEN. I FINALLY UNPLUGGED THE CAMPER, THINKING IT WAS DRAINING MY BATTERY AND STARTED IT UP AND GASSED IT TO GET IT GOING AND DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I REACHED SONORA AND CAMPED FOR THE NIGHT, ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY. AND THEN MY TRUCK WAS TOTALLY FINE AFTER THAT. I NEVER HOOKED THE CAMPER BACK UP AND I HAD FILLED UP THE GAS TANK AND PUT FUEL INJECTION CLEANER INTO THE TANK AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE STALLS. THE ONLY LIGHT THAT CAME ON WHEN IT STALLED WAS THE BATTERY LIGHT.

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I JUST PURCHASED A 2016 FORD F150 LARIAT CREW CAB ON 11/3/2018 AND WAS COMING TO WORK ON 11/5/2018 AND THE IT STARTED TO IDLE ROUGHLY VERY SLIGHTLY WHEN AT A STOP IN TRAFFIC, THIS HAPPEND ABOUT 3 TIMES EACH TIME GETTING WORSE AND THEN IT DID STALL ON THE 4TH TIME AND IT WAS A NOTICEABLE ROUGH IDLE.

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COMPLETE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR WHEN ACCELERATING. HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY EVEN AFTER SEVERAL REPAIRS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY BY DEALER. FIRST HAPPENED IN THE 40,000 MILE RANGE AND AFTER REPAIRS AGAIN AT 83,000 MILES.

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WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT A SPEED OF 80 MPH, MY 2016 F-150 ECO BOOST WITH 50,000 MILES WENT INTO LIMP MODE DUE TO A FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CAUSING ME TO LOSE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND WORRYING FOR MY FAMILY'S LIFE AS I WAS DECELERATING ON A BUSY 4 LANE FREEWAY TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO PULL OVER WITHOUT BEING SMASHED.

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I HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO AUTO FAIR FORD AND HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED WITH $100 EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THE CAR IS A YEAR OLD. AFTER FIXING IT THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH IT NOT STARTING AND CALLED FORD TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE ISSUE. TODAY 3/2/18 THEY CALLED TO SAY A MOUSE OR RODENT CHEWED THROUGH THE WIRING. I HAVE LIVED I'M MY HOME SINCE 1999 AND MANY CARS IN THE DRIVE WAY THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. MY BROTHER SAID THE WIRING IS SOY BASED. I CALLED LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE AND COMPREHENSIVE HAS A $500 DEDUCTIBLE. THEY WILL LOOK AT THE TRUCK 3/5/18 AT AUTO FAIR FORD IN MANCHESTER NH. I NOW HAVE TO PAY$600 TO A VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED LESS THEN 5 MONTHS TO AUTO FAIR FORD. SEEMS ODD THIS IS HAPPING ON A NEW VEHICLE

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FOR THE LAST YEAR MY CAR HAVE BEEN LEAKING FUMES AND SMELLING OF CARBON MONOXIDE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO MISSION VALLEY FORD, BIG VALLEY FORD AND ALL STAR FORD. WHEN I START THE VEHICLE THERE IS WHITE SMOKE AND A STRONG FUME. THEY SAID IT'S THE ECOBOOST. SECONDLY THE TURBO THEY SAY HAS GONE OUT ALREADY AT 87K MILES AND I BELIEVE THE SMELL AND THE TURBO IS CONNECTED.

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WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING MY F-150 LOST POWER. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE DRIVE POWER DECREASED BY ABOUT 95%, AND WARNINGS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THESE WARNINGS INCLUDED: SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC, HILL DESCENT FAULT, SEE MANUAL, AIRBAG FAULT, AND THE SERVICE WRENCH. THE ENGINE IDLED ROUGHLY AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TURNED OFF. WE RESTARTED AND THE SAME ISSUES OCCURRED SO WE PARKED THE VEHICLE.

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I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY AND I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND LI ENDED UP WITH A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, NO ACCELERATION, AND A FLASHING WRENCH ON MY SCREEN TELLING ME THAT I WAS HAVING A HILL DECENT ISSUE AND SERVICE ADVANCETRAC ERROR. AS I TRIED TO GET OFF THE ROAD ONCE I LOST POWER; THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP.

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2016 F150 WITH THE 2.7L ECOBOOST RANDOMLY DIES AFTER STARTUP. SOMETIMES IT WILL DIE WHILE IN MOTION ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THERE'S NO STORED CODES FOR THE DEALER. IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP 6 TIMES TOTAL. THE FIRST TIME THEY PUT A CRANKCASE VENT SENSOR AND THEN THE 2ND TIME SPARKPLUGS. IT'S DIES AND GONE INTO LIMP MODE MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THE DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT. IT STARTED AT 9,000 MILES AND IT NOW HAS 14,000 MILES. I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THEY WON'T REPLACE IT WITHOUT A CODE. IT HAS HAPPENED RANDOMLY FROM MARCH 2017 UNTIL TODAY 8-13-17. I ALSO HAVE A RECORDING SAVED ON MY SNAP-ON SCAN TOOL OF THE PARAMETERS AT THE TIME IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE MADE NOISES FROM THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION AREAS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED TOO MUCH FUEL AND THE AIR CONDITIONING BLEW HOT AIR. ALSO, THE OIL LOW PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND FLASHED OFF AND ON. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKES SQUEAKED AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (KOONS FORD IN STERLING, VA) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND, DURING ONE OF THE VISITS, THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITHOUT THE CONTACT'S CONSENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COMPLETELY REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40.

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WITH A 1/4 TANK OF GAS OR 53 MILES TO E ON AN 8% DOWN HILL GRADE THE TRUCK WILL NOT PICK UP GAS FROM THE TANK AND THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF AS IF IT RAN OUT OF GAS.

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