What 208 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Ford F-350 Super Crew

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE FRONT END BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING UPON DRIVING OVER A FEW MINOR BUMPS IN ROAD. I IMMEDIATELY SLOWED AND PULLED TO THE SHOULDER. UPON SLOWING, THE SHAKING SUBSIDED. NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF ANYTHING WRONG WITH TIRES OR SUSPENSION.

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THE BACKUP CAMERA WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND/OR IS DISTORTED. I HAD THE VEHICLE IN UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NEVER DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. NOW I HEAR THERE IS A RECALL ON 2020 FORD TRUCKS. THE NEWS COVERAGE OF THE RECA, 2016.LL DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH MY VEHICLE SINCE IS WAS NEW. I AM WRITING IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE RECALL EXPANDED TO MY 2016 FORD F350. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BRAND NEW. I TOOK DELIVERY ON MAY

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I WAS TRAVELING UP HORSESHOE BEND (IDAHO). I HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A BACKFIRE, BUT TOWARDS THE FRONT. AFTER I HEARD THE NOISE, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY PASSENGER AND I WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD, FLAMES JUST EXPLODED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IN JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES, MY TRUCK AND 5TH WHEEL WERE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE PASSENGER AND I WERE TREATED IN FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLE FOR SMOKE INHALATION.

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TERRIBLE SHAKING WHEN CRUISING AT CERTAIN SPEEDS. I MAINLY NOTICE THE SHAKING AROUND 45 MPH, AND AGAIN AROUND 60 MPH. I AM ABLE TO CONTROL THE SHAKING BY EITHER ACCELERATING TO AROUND 70 MPH, OR BRAKING TO BELOW 40 MPH. THE SHAKING IS SO BAD SOMETIMES THAT I FEEL LIKE I WILL LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IF I DON'T SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN TO MAKE THE SHAKING STOP. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TYPE OF STREET I AM ON AS LONG AS I AM GOING FAST OR SLOW ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL AND VEHICLE TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY.

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CURRENTLY FILED A CLAIM ABOUT "DEATH WOBBLE" ND I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND GOT IT "FIXED" AT A DEALERSHIP UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE 47K MILES ON MY TRUCK AND EVEN AFTER GETTING IT FIXED, I HIT A REPAIRED POTHOLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND GOT DEATH WOBBLE AGAIN AT 70 MPH. AT THAT SPEED, THERE WAS ABOUT 30-45 SECONDS WHERE YOU HAVE LITERALLY NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. MY ONLY SAVING GRACE WAS THE PERSON BEHIND ME ON THIS HIGHWAY WHO PUT THEIR HAZARDS ON AND HELD TRAFFIC BACK AS IT WAS PEAK TRAVEL TIME.

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AT 70MPH, ON THE INTERSTATE, WE WENT OVER SOME GROOVES IN THE PAVEMENT. THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT MY HUSBAND COULDN'T STEER. HE RAPIDLY DECELERATED, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER. WE WERE CONVINCED THAT WE HAD HAD MULTIPLE TIRES BLOW OUT. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AT THAT TIME OF THE MORNING, OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I NORMALLY HAUL A GOOSENECK TRAILER WITH HORSES, SO THANKFUL THIS WASN'T THE CASE THIS TIME.

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THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN DRIVING OVER A CERTAIN SPEED LIMIT (30+). AFTER RESEARCHING, THIS IS KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC AS "DEATH WOBBLE".

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WHILE DRIVING ON US HWY 395 NORTHBOUND AT BUCKEYE RD IN MINDEN NV IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES WERE FADING WHILE STOPPING FOR RED LIGHT. WHILE STOPPED THE TRUCK WAS LURCHING FORWARD AND I HAD TO FORCEFULLY STEP ON BRAKE AGGRESSIVELY TO KEEP IT FROM ENTERING INTERSECTION. I PUT IT IN PARK WHILE WAITING FOR THE GREEN LIGHT AND AS I PUT IN DRIVE IT REVVED UP AS IT PAST REVERSE AND SLOWED IN NEUTRAL AND REVVED AGAIN AS IT HIT DRIVE. IT CONTINUED TO LURCH AND JERK WHEN PUTTING IT INTO GEAR AS I DROVE IT HOME FROM CARSON CITY NV. THIRTY MINUTES INTO THE DRIVE HOME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHICH DETERMINED TO BE P054F (EXCESSIVE FUEL PRESSURE). I CALLED FORD TWICE AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT THE DIESEL TRUCK WAS 5/100000, ON THE POWERTRAIN AS WELL AS THE ENGINE AND SINCE THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I HAD IT TOWED TO CAPITAL FORD IN CARSON CITY NV(NEAREST DEALER). THE DEALER CALLED ME ADVISING THAT IT WAS A FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER AT A OWNER PAY OF $4100.00. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND ERROR CODE TO FIND NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE EXACT SAME TRUCK COMBO. 6.7L W/TORQSHIFT6 TRANS. FORD ISSUED A SSM # 45540 FOR THE PROBLEM. ONE OWNER WITH THE SAME TRUCK OVER TWO MONTHS IN THE FORD SHOP FINALLY GOT FORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH HE HAD 78K ON THE TRUCK. ACCORDING TO A SHOP TECH AT BEYER FORD IN MORRISTOWN NJ NAMED KEITH BROWNING STATED ON A THREAD (FORD TRUCK ENTHUSIAST) THAT FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2016 F-SUPER DUTY AND F650-F750 SINCE OCTOBER OF 2015. I HAVE MADE FOUR CALLS TO FORD SINCE 08-20-20 TO 08-24-20 WITH A CASE # CAS 27293338 AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CALL OR EMAIL BACK. MEANWHILE THE TRUCK SITS AT THE DEALER WHO STATED YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK IT OUT WITH FORD. I WILL NOT DRIVE IT HOME AS IT IS NOT SAFE. THE TORQUE OF THE DIESEL ENGINE COULD OVER POWER THE BRAKES LAUNCHING ME INTO AN INTERSECTION OR VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME. .

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ACCELERATED INTO THE HIGHWAY. I WAS AT 70 MPH WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE LANES WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY, I COULDN'T BRAKE AND COULD HARDLY MANAGE TO KEEP MY HANDS ON THE WHEEL TO TRY AND STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ISSUE WAS DIAGNOSED AS 'DEATH WOBBLE' WHICH WAS EXPLAINED AS A SUSPENSION ISSUE. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.

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I POSTED HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN HITTING A BUMP AND CONTINUES TO SHAKE UNTIL I SLOW DOWN

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MICHAEL WAS CHANGE ODOMETER ENGINE TOTAL MILES TO HAVE WARRANTY FROM DEALER

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SEVERAL EVENTS DURING ACCELERATION AFTER SLOWING (AS FOR A LIGHT THAT TURNED GREEN WHILE APPROACHING) THE ENGINE GOES TO FULL THROTTLE (MORE POWER THAN NORMALLY AVAILABLE) AND IT REQUIRES FULL HARD BRAKING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AFTER AN AUDIBLE "POP" IT RESPONDS. THE HAND BOOK ADDRESSES THIS BRIEFLY, THE DEALER GIVES NO ANSWERS AND STATES THE VEHICLE IS SAFE. THERE IS NO INTERFERENCE FROM A FLOOR MAT ( THIS WOULD ONLY RESTRICT THE PEDAL GOING FULL ANYWAY). I HAVE CREDIBLE WITNESS TO THIS EVENT AND OTHER BACKGROUND IS THIS ENGINE WAS REBUILT BY FORD AFTER SEIZING UP AT 7900 MILES AND HAD NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS SINCE INCLUDING FUEL SYSTEM AND AT LEAST 7 CAB REMOVALS.

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WHILE DRIVING THE F350 AT 70 MPH OUT OF NOWHERE THE VEHICLE STARTED THE DEATH WOBBLE AT THE FRONT END. MAKING IT PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE! MY FAMILY AND I ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE! I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 30 MPH TO GET THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL!

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MY TRUCK HAS 56000 ON IT AND YOU CANNOT HOLD IT ON THE ROAD. I HAVE HAD THE STEERING LOOKED AT AND THEY CANNOT FIND WHATS WRONG. THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD SUPERDUTY AND THERE ARE SEVERAL LAWSUITS FILED WITH NO RECALLS. *TR

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I NEED A WIRING HARNESS FOR MY REVERSE CAMERA ON MY F350. THERE ARE 0 PARTS AVAILABLE AS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS AS IS THE IN CAB PORTION OF THIS HARNESS. I'VE TALKED TO MULTIPLE DEALERS AND FORD THEMSELVES AND THERE IS NO INTENT TO MAKE THIS PART, WHICH MEANS MY REVERSE CAMERA WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION. PART NUMBER FC3Z-14A412-A

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DEATH WOBBLE! THE KNOW PROBLEM FORD HAS WITH THEIR SUPER DUTY TRUCK BUT WON'T FIX! I AM A 56 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN THE DEATH WOBBLE HAPPEN. MY STEERING WHEELS STARTED SHAKING SO HARD I THOUGHT ALL 6 OF MY TIRES HAD BLOWN. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER MY VEHICLE AND THAN GOD THERE WAS NO OTHER CARS NEAR ME. IT IS JUST GETTING WORSE NOW. I HIT ANY LITTLE BUMPS ON EVEN THE SIDE ROAD AND THE DEATH WOBBLE HAPPENS AGAIN. CALLED MY FORD DEAL AND THEY SAY NO KNOW FIX FOR IT. I CAN BRING IT IN AND THEY CAN TRY TO REPLACE THE STARING TRACKING BAR. BUT DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL FIX IT. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND PAY FOR THE FIX! I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY OWN VEHICLE! *TR

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WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE TRUCK ENCOUNTERS A BUMP ON THE RIGHT OR LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION, SOMETIMES A DEATH WOBBLE (SEVERE TIRE/SUSPENSION BOUNCE) OCCURS THAT ONLY CAN BE STOPPED BY SLOWING SEVERELY. THE BOUNCE/WOBBLE IS SO SEVERE THAT YOU CAN NOT STEER OR DO ANYTHING EXCEPT HANG ON AND JAM ON THE BREAKS TO GET IT TO STOP.

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ABOUT 2018 MY 2016 F350 DIESEL GAS MILEAGE WAS GOOD AROUND 16 MPG CITY AND 19MPG HWY I TOOK MY TRUCK TO FORD FOR SERVICE BECAUSE THE REGENERATION WOULD KEEP COMING ON ALL THE TIME WELL THEY FINELY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR BUT DID NOTHING TO REPLACE ANYTHING BUT THEY TOLD ME FORD COMPANY TOLD THEM TO RE-FLASH MY COMPUTER IN MY TRUCK BECAUSE THEY HAD A UPDATE WELL MY GAS MILEAGE WENT DOWN TO 11 MPG CITY AND 9 MPG HWY AND I TRY TO TAKE IT BACK AND TELL ME IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.....SO THEY DID SOMETHING TO MY FUEL MILEAGE WHICH IS TOTALLY WRONG WHAT THEY DID TO ME BECAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT IT THE TRUCK THE FUEL MILEAGE WAS BETTER SO I AM LOOSING MONEY EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT BECAUSE WHAT THE DID BEHIND MY BACK OUR FIRST TRIP ABOUT OCT 2019 WE HAD POWER LOSS WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 60 MPH WHERE NO MATTER HOW FAR I PUSH THE GAS PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR NOTHING HAPPEN OF FLAT LAND WHILE TOWING AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHERE SPEED LIMIT WAS HIGHER THEN 60 MPH WHERE PEOPLE WERE RUSHING AROUND ME AND HONKING THERE HORNS AND WE COULD NOT PULL OVER WITH NO POWER TO GET OVER A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WE HAVEN'T USED THIS TRUCK MUCH IF I DID WOULD HAVE MORE PROBLEMS SO I WILL NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR ON THE 2ND TRIP ALSO I HAVE CHECK ENGINE THAT COMES ON WITHOUT TOWING BUT GOES OUT AFTER AWHILE AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY CANT DO ANYTHING ..I DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AT 20,203 MILES AND NOW I ONLY HAVE 20,300 ON A 2016 F350 TRUCK RIGHT NOW AND IT IS MAY 22, 2020 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON MORE THEN ONE TIME BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I TOOK A PICTURE. *TR

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TRUCK HAS ~130K MILES. AT RANDOM TIMES, TYPICALLY DURING BREAKING THE DRIVERS FRONT WHEEL WILL SHIMMY OR VIBRATE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON CITY STREETS, STATE HIGHWAY AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. DEALERS ARE OF NO HELP. DATE SELECTED FOR OCCURRENCE BELOW IS THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS ~6 MONTHS AGO. *TR

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THE DEATH WOBBLE ON A 2016 FORD F 350. I HIT AN EXPANSION JOINT AND I THOUGHT I HAD A BLOWN TIRE . GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND CHECKED TO SEE IF I HAD A BLOWN TIRE? NOPE PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD NO PROBLEMS! THE THE NEXT DAY HIT A POT HOLE AND SAME THING HAPPENED. HAD A SHOP REPLACE TRACK BAR BUSHING AND THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED, MIND YOU NOT TWO DAYS LATER IT OCCURRED AGAIN , NOW I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED WITH 23000ISH MILES AND THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM DID NOT TELL TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT A LIFT KIT THAT WAS INSTALLED REPLACING THE SHOCKE STEERING DAMPENER AND ADDED A DUAL STEERING STABILIZER, AFTER 800$ LATER NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

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I HAVE THE DEATH WOBBLE !!! I CAN JUST BE DRIVING DOWN ANY ROAD AND COME ACROSS THE SLIGHTEST CHANGE IN SURFACE AND THE FRONT END JUST STARTS SHAKING TO WHERE I HAVE TO COME TO A STOP TO GET IT TO STOP. I HAD IT REPAIRED AT A LOCAL SHOP AND IT DID IT ON THE WAY HOME.

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BEFORE PURCHASING THE TRUCK IT WAS NEVER DISCLOSED TO ME IT WAS IN ACCIDENT OR A TREE OR SOMETHING FELL ON IT THE ROOF/ BACK WINDOW WAS LEAKING I TOLD THEM (DEALERSHIP), WHEN IT RAINS OR WHEN IT SNOWED THE WATER LEAKED INSIDE THE TRUCK, I WAS BACKING UP TO PUT SMALL TRAILER ON IT AND IT BUMPED THE BACK WINDOW AND IT SHATTERED, CALLED SAFELITE IN ONTARIO TO FIX WINDOW, FOUND OUT THE BACK WINDOW WAS FULL OF BUNDLE, THEY WOULDN'T FIX IT CAUSE IT HAD SO MUCH BUNDLE IN IT, SAFELITE STATED THAT THE TRUCK WAS IN WRECK AND IT WAS REPAINTED AND WHOEVER HAD IT BEFORE I PURCHASED IT FIXED IT AND SOLD IT, I CALLED A FEW OTHER PLACES AND THEY WON'T FIX IT EITHER CAUSE THAT SAME REASON, I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A BODY SHOP. I TALK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I GOT IT FROM AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. WHEN PURCHASED THE TRUCK ON THE DRIVER SIDE IN THE DOOR THERE WASN'T A STICKER THERE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, IT'S NO STICKERS IN NONE OF THE DOORS IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP EVERY OTHER WEEK AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE FIXED. SINCE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES, IT SEEMS LIKE SINCE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER 2019. I HAVE SPENT MORE MONEY INTO GETTING THE TRUCK FIXED THAN DRIVING IT. I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING TREATED UNFAIR AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FOR WHAT THEY SOLD ME THIS TRUCK FOR AND IT HAS ALL THESE PROBLEMS. I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FOR WORK (OWN BUSINESS) AND CAN'T GET THE JOB DONE AND PAY PAYMENTS ON TIME IF I DON'T HAVE A PROPER TRUCK TO GET THE WORK DONE.

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SINCE NEW A DEATH WOBBLE HAS OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH. THIS IS A RANDOM ISSUE THAT HAPPENS WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. SOMETIMES IT GOES AWAY QUICKLY OTHER TIMES I NEED TO PULL OVER AND STOP COMPLETELY.

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EXTREMELY VIOLENT SHAKING OF STEERING WHEEL AND TRUCK. ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND IS IN PREDICTABLE WHEN IT WILL DO IT.

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TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO GREEN FORD PEORIA IL. FOR RECALL ON THE CRANKCASE VENTILATION RECALL. AFTER RECEIVING MY TRUCK BACK THE NEXT DAY TRUCK THREW ANOTHER ENGINE LIGHT ON AND TRUCK WAS RETURNED THAT DAY TO FIND REDUCTANT HEATER CODE WAS SHOWING. MY TRUCK OF COURSE IS A 2016 F350 WITH THE 6.7 FOUND RECALLS FOR PREVIOUS YEARS BUT NOT THIS TRUCK YEAR, SAME EXACT ISSUE. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP PREPARING TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY, TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER FULL POWER AS I MERGED INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC SPEEDING UP TO MERGE THE TRUCK LOST POWER. I NEARLY WAS REAR-ENDED AS THE TRAFFIC WAS MOVING AT 70 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO THROW MY FLASHERS ON AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE ADVISOR AT GREEN FORD I WAS TOLD MY TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK USED WITH 92K MILES AND HAVE ONLY PUT 3K ON IT SINCE. I'M VERY DISSAPOINTED IN THIS ISSUE AS I'VE SEEN IT'S A VERY COMMON THING TO HAPPEN. THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE 2016 6.7 JUST AS THE PREVIOUS YEARS

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