Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||||
| 17316 | 11/01/2003 | 10008166 | Fuel signal to instrument cluster service tip. *tt | 07/22/2004 | |
| 15827 | 04/01/2002 | 637569 | Some vehicles equipped with lpg engine may exhibit the two fuel gauges displaying different fuel levels. *tt | 12/03/2002 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | |||
| 10/11/2010 | 200000 | ||
| I have been stranded on two occasions with fuel flow problems. at highway speeds of 50mph to 65 mph the truck begins to bog down and loose speed. it is imperative that you attempt to get to the sholder becouse the trucks engine is starved for fuel and will compleatly stall if you attempt to continue. i was stranded on the lie limped truck to the cross island parkway, limped over throgs neck bridge, choked and stalled on the cross bronx, finally towed from harlem back to nj at 4am. on the second occasion i had already gone to significant expense in the attempt to mitigate the problem but the same fuel flow interuption occured again requiring the truck to be towed. i had changed the fuel filter on the road with no improvements. so i did some research and paid to have the tank to my 2002 ford f350 7.3 liter turbo diesel drained and dropped. the lift pump was pulled and large quantity of a stringy silver matalic chips were cloging the corse screen. the pump was opened and the two interior torpedo shaped screens were compleatly coated in silver chip residue. the tank was emptied, flushed, cleaned and wiped down. all filters soaked and sprayed with compressed air. everything reasembled, reinstall tank, pump fuel. this complete cleaning of the matalic debris delaminating off the inside of the tank made the truck usable for about 800 miles and then the exact same problem occured. towed a second time. drain drop tank, find renu provider. take a day off work drive to swap old tank for replacement with the renu coating baked in. clean lift pump reinstall tank, transfer fuel, replace filter, hope new tank lasts and injectors have not been effected. what a hastle. lost work lost time and $3,500 in expenses so far. i do have my old fuel tank. a friend had an f350 tank that would have worked but it had a similar problem. i swapped his tank with the renu man and kept my original as exibit a. i feel a recall is warented and i need the $3,500 back. | |||
| 03/10/2008 | 68000 | 1 | |
| My ford f350 powerstroke diesel truck began having problems in march 2008. there was loss of power, hesitation and stalling. fuel filter was replaced twice and fuel pump was replaced. fuel pump still screams like it is starving for fuel when this problem occurs. the truck lets out thick white smoke before it stalls. i just recently looked in tank and noticed silver flakes clogged in sending unit which i believe is delamination of interior of tank as others have described. i have cleaned it out twice now in 2 weeks. *tr | |||
| 11/10/2004 | 500 | 20 | 05/02/2003 |
| Fuel gauge shows empty when full. vehicles are ambulances and fuel amounts are critical to patient care and destinations. this is occurring on all 4 of recently purchased ambulances. ford says problem is due to filling while running but same problem occurs when shut down. *jb | |||
| 02/25/2002 | 16519 | 1 | 02/06/2002 |
| Loss of power motor to gas pedal, will not work when driving. *jb | |||
| 12/27/2002 | 16519 | 2 | 02/06/2002 |
| Loss of power motor to gas pedal, will not work when driving. *jb | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER - DELIVERY | |||
| 01/23/2004 | 35000 | 1 | 10/22/2002 |
| Accelerator pedal just quit working, both on take off and steady mph going down the road. this time it quit just after taking off from a red light and a mini van rearended us. had to have a wrecker lift the mini van off our trailer hitch. no damage to us but plenty to the mini van. i had a sore lower back for almost a week!! he did not want a police report as he did not have insurance. we have had this vehicle to dimension west ford in fort wayne 5 times, for well over 3 weeks of down time with no fix insight. it is an ongoing problem that has turned into a safety issue. my wife is afraid to drive the truck. service manager will not return my phone calls. i will take it back in next week and let them try one more time before we try other venues.*ak ea04006 | |||