What 1,686 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Ford F-150 Supercab Diesel

THE TRUCK SHAKES ON HIGHWAY JUST AT HIGH SPEED LIKE 65-70 FEELS LIKE THE DRIVE SHAFT IT'S LOOSE BECAUSE EVERY TIME Y GIVE GAS MAKE A NOISE LIKE CLOCK CLOCK HARD N SOMETIMES A LIGHT CONE ON SAYING TRANSMISSION NOT ON PARK

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PURCHASED-NEW 2016 F-150 CENTER REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER QUIT WORKING AT APPROXIMATELY 13,380 MILES AND 37 MONTHS SINCE PURCHASE. PURCHASED THE FORD PREMIUM CARE WARRANTY WHICH SPECIFIC LISTS "HEATED BACKGLASS (ELECTRICAL ONLY - NOT BROKEN OR DAMAGED GLASS) AS A COVERED ITEM. REAR WINDOW GLASS IS NOT BROKEN OR DAMAGED, BUT FORD STILL REFUSED TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY. INCIDENT SUBMITTED TO PROVIDE FOR FURTHER DOCUMENTATION OF EXISTING F-150 ISSUE.

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SYNC 3 DISCONNECTS FROM PHONE, FREEZES UP WHILE DRIVING CAUSING HAZARDOUS CONDITION, KNOWN PROBLEMS AND FORD HAS KNOW REAL FIX

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THE POWER LIFT RUNNING BOARDS OPERATE WHILE THE TRUCK IS IN MOTION AND WHEN IN PARK THE DOOR OPENS TO ACTIVE THIS FEATURE THE BOARD COMES OUT AND STAYS OUT BUT MORE OFTEN IT JUST RETRACTS CAUSING A MISS STEP AND FALLING WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE.

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WHILE DIVING ONTO AN INTERSTATE ON RAMP, THE BACK GLASS SHATTERED. NOTHING STRUCK THE GLASS, IT JUST BROKE. WHEN THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE REAR DEFROSTER WIRING HAD BURNED BOTH ON THE WINDOW AND IN THE TRUCK. THE REAR DEFROSTER OVERHEATED THE WINDOW AND CAUSED IT TO SHATTER. IT NEARLY STARTED A FIRE.

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WE REMOTE STARTED THE TRUCK TO LET IT WARM UP BEFORE HEADING OFF TO SCHOOL. OUR OLDEST CHILD GRABBED HIS BACKPACK AND LOADED UP IN HIS SEAT AND SAID HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE TRUCK. RIGHT AFTER THAT HE HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND THE BACK WINDOW OF THE TRUCK SHATTERED. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY MY KIDS COULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IN GLASS. I BELIEVE THE REAR GLASS OVERHEATED AND BUSTED THE WINDOW. LUCKILY THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE TIME UNDER OUR CARPORT AND NOT IN MOTION AND THE OVERHEAT DID NOT RESULT IN A FIRE.

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VEHICLE EXHAUST LEAKS INTO CABIN. FORD SAYS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. PAINT FALLING OFF FENDERS. FORD SAYS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. BACK UP CAMERA WORKED UNTIL FORD DEALER WORKED ON IT, HAS NOT WORKED SINCE THEN AND DEALER (HOUSE FORD ADDRESS: 3538 HWY 61 W, RED WING, MN 55066) WONT OR CAN'T FIX IT.

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WHILE DRIVING DOWN STREET THIS COLD MORNING TO WORK. I HEARD A POP AND A CRACK STARTED ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD THEN ANOTHER POP AND THE CRACK GREW ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

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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 DRIVING IN THE RAIN I HAD STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. I TURNED A CORNER AND ACCELERATED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. THE REAR WHEELS SPUN EXCESSIVELY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO 'FISH-TAIL' AND CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION ME AND ADJACENT VEHICLES. THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WAS ON BUT DID NOT ENGAGE, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH TO SHOW IT ENGAGED OR HAD AN ERROR. THE SAME DAY I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO JIM TIDWELL FORD, AND RODE WITH THE SHOP FOREMAN ON A DEMO RIDE TO MIRROR THE SITUATION. THE SHOP FOREMAN AGREED THE TRACTION CONTROL SHOULD HAVE ENGAGED. HOWEVER, AFTER RUNNING DIAGNOSTICS THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THE VEHICLE WAS WITHIN SPECIFICATION. FOR COMPARISON, I MENTIONED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL ON THE F-250 MODEL WORKS MUCH BETTER, WHICH THEY AGREED WAS A KNOWN INCONSISTENCY. THE F-150 TRACTION CONTROL IS INEFFECTIVE AND CAUSES AN UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATION IN WET CONDITIONS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IDLING AT A STOPPED POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHULTS FORD LINCOLN (10401 PERRY HWY, WEXFORD, PA 15090, (724) 934-2388), BUT NO FAILURE CODES COULD BE LOCATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED OVER AN EIGHT MONTH PERIOD AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ISSUE WAS POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, WHICH EXPIRED IN 3,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. *DT*JB

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-150. WHEN THE AUTO START AND DEFROSTER WERE ACTIVATED, THE CONTACT DETECTED AN ABNORMAL ODOR OF SMOKE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND A STICKER ON THE WINDOW MELTED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED DORIAN FORD (35900 GRATIOT AVE, CLINTON TWP, MI 48035, (586) 792-4100) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. *LN*JB

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THESE MESSAGES APPEARED ON THE INFORMATION SCREEN "HILL START ASSIST - NOT AVAILABLE" AND "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC". THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, ENGINE RPM AND SPEED DROPPED AND PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID MOTHING. I WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH ON A CITY STREET. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. I THEN RESTARTED IT AND THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. IT HAPPENED ABOUT FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY FORD. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A TOTAL COST OF $681.55.

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TAILGATE DISCONNECTED FROM HINGES ON OUR 2016 F150. TRAVELTRAVELLING IN A 30MPH ZONE WITH TAILGATE OPEN LYING DOWN TO TRANSPORT A DOOR. TRUCK PASSING OVER A SHALLOW BREAK IN PAVEMENT AT WHICH TIME WE HEARD A LOUD THUMP. IMMEDIATE INSPECTION DISCOVERED TAILGATE DISENGAGED FROM HINGES LANDING ON ONE HINGE AND BUMPER. SAFETY CABLES HELD BUMPER FROM FALLING OFF COMPLETELY. REVIEWED WITH SERVICE AT FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED. PRIOR TO REVEALING WHAT HAPPENED THE AGENT ACKNOWLEDGED HE HAS HEARD OF THIS ISSUE ON ANOTHER FORD TRUCK LOCALLY. IN THAT INCIDENT THE GATE WAS DESTROYED FROM LANDING IN ROAD. ONCE I REVEALED OUR INCIDENT HE INDICATED THAT IT IS NOT A WARRANTY MATTER EVEN THOUGH OUR VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD AT JUST 12,000 MILES. HIS ASSISTANT INDICATED THERE IS A PART AVAILABLE TO PREVENT THE GATE FROM BOUNCING AND SLIDING OUT. SUGGESTED THAT HAVING A PART AVAILABLE TO PREVENT WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO OUR TRUCK IS AN ADMISSION OF A FAULTY DESIGN. THE AGENT INSISTED THE HINGE ASSEMBLY IS NOT A FAULTY DESIGN AS THE GATES ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE LYING DOWN WHEN TRAVELLING. AT THAT POINT I CHUCKLED AND LEFT. OF COURSE TELLING HIM I WOULD NOT BE BACK FOR A 3RD NEW TRUCK. THIS ISSUE HAS THE POTENTIAL IF IT HASN'T ALREADY HAPPENED TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO PASSENGERS IN VEHICLES TRAVELLING BEHIND A FORD TRUCK THAT EXPERIENCES A TAILGATE HINGE MALFUNCTION.

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WHILE DRIVING IN MANSFIELD, TX ON 10/27/ 2019 ( ON FRONTAGE RD. NEAR DEBBIE LN) AS I WAS PREPARING TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I PRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK GRADUALLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION! FORTUNATELY, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO BACK UP OUT OF THE WAY OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, CHIMES OR ALERTS TO SIGNIFY A PROBLEM. IT WAS A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE!! I MADE IT BACK HOME SAFELY, BUT NERVOUSLY! NOW I'M VERY APPREHENSIVE ABOUT DRIVING THE TRUCK!

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ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, NO POWER. VEHICLE WAS ON 2 LANE HIGHWAY WITH CONCRETE BARRIERS ON BOTH SIDES AND NO SHOULDER. I WAS GOING APPROX 70 MPH. I HAD OUR TODDLER, NEW BORN AND WIFE IN THEN VEHICLE. VEHICLE SLOWED FASTER THAN I HAVE EVER FELT BEFORE. CARS AND TRAILERS SLAMMING ON BRAKES. I'M ASSUMING THIS DID NOT TRIGGER MY BRAKE LIGHTS AND IT WAS ALMOST DARK. SO INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS NOT TO MENTION SCARY. DASH WARNINGS INDICATED NO TRACTION CONTROL, HILL DECENT OR ABS. DEALER IS REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS WAS A CATASTROPHIC AND DANGEROUS FLAW.

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SEAL SEAMS CAUSING LEAKING INTO INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. CAUSING CARPET TO GET WET AND WATER TO COLLECT IN THE DOORS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE BRAKE WARNING MESSAGE SUDDENLY DISPLAYED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE APPLIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS PRESENT AND HAD BEEN SUCKED INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. JOE COOPER FORD (4921 N. AUTOMALL DR, SHAWNEE, OK) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. *BF*JB

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AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, COULD SMELL ELECTRICAL WIRING BURNING. COUPLE DAYS LATER REAR WINDOW WITH DEFROSTER WIRES MELTED. CAUSING WINDOW TO OVER HEAT AND BREAK. WINDOW REPAIR PERSON AT SAFELITE INDICATED WE ARE LUCK TRUCK DIDNT BURN UP. HE SHOWED US THE MELTED WIRES.

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SUNROOF TRACKS ARE PLASTIC AND CRUMBLE AND BREAK CAUSING THE SUNROOF TO BE STUCK OPEN OR INOPERABLE. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL F150'S BASED ON INTERNET RESEARCH.

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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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I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN THE LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER TO THE NEXT EXIT AND WENT TO A GAS STATION AND ADDED TWO BOTTLES OF BRAKE FLUID TO GET THE LEVEL ABOVE THE MINIMUM LINE. THE PEDAL PRESSURE WAS DECREASING WITH EACH USE AND I DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY TO WORK, ABOUT A 1/2 MILE. AFTER LETTING THE CAR SIT FOR 3 HOURS THE FLUID WAS GONE AND THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGHT OF FLUID ON THE GROUND. I ADDED MORE FLUID AND DID NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK, BUT 3 HOURS LATER THE FLUID WAS GONE AGAIN. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER, 1/2 MILE AWAY AND THE BRAKES WERE GONE AT THIS POINT. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKE BOOSTER ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE REPORT. THE MASTER AND BOOSTER WERE REPLACED AND THE TRUCK FUNCTIONS PROPERLY AGAIN. I KNOW THIS WAS AN ISSUE ON THE 2013-2014 F150S AND THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT THIS HAPPENED IN A 2016 F-150 WITH 37,000 MILES WHERE A FAILURE LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I AM REPORTING THIS SINCE THERE COULD BE A SIMILAR FAILURE HAPPENING ON THE 2015+ F150S AS THE PREVIOUS GENERATION.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED AND THE TIRES WERE ROTATED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LUG NUTS COULD NOT BE REMOVED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LUG NUTS WERE REPLACED IN AUGUST OF 2019. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,020.*JB

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SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKING POWER, BRAKE PEDAL IS SOFT AND GOES TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE TO NO STOPPING POWER WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR STATIONARY.

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I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY BRAKE SYSTEM ALERT STARTED GOING OFF AND BRAKE ALERTS ON DASH, A MINUTE LATER I WENT TO BRAKE AND HAD NO BRAKES, I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TO A PARKING LOT. I OPENED UP THE HOOD AND THERE WAS NO BRAKE FLUID, I BOUGHT MORE FLUID AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE 3 MORE BLOCKS AND ALL THE ALERTS WENT OFF AGAIN AND NO BRAKES, I PULLED OVER, CHECKED THE FLUID AND IT WAS GONE. THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF LEAKS AND ALL THE FLUID WENT INTO THE BOOSTER AND ENGINE, CAUSING A THICK CLOUD OF SMOKE. I WENT TO .CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/FORD/F-150/2016/BRAKE AND FOUND 65 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. ARE WE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL IS THERE ONE? I AM THE ONLY OWNER AND THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT. NO ACCIDENTS

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