Ford Trucks & SUVs Recalled
for Safety Reasons
 Do
you (or did you) own any of these potential lemon Ford trucks
or lemon SUVs:
- 2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty Pick-Up Truck
- 2004 Ford F-350 Super Duty Pick-Up Truck
- 2004 Ford F-450 Super Duty Pick-Up Truck
- 2004 Ford F-550 Super Duty Pick-Up Truck
- 2004 Excursion
- 2004 Ford E-350
- 2005 Ford E-450
- 2005 Ford F-250 Super Duty Pick-Up Truck
- 2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty Pick-Up Truck
- 2005 Ford F-450 Super Duty Pick-Up Truck
- 2005 Ford F-550 Super Duty Pick-Up Truck
- 2005 Excursion
- 2005 Ford E-350
- 2005 Ford E-450
Also being investigated:
- 2003 F-Series Super Duty Trucks.
Ford has announced that it is recalling 206,000 vehicles,
most of them the large Ford Pick-Up Trucks and SUV vehicles,
to fix safety defects that include sudden stalling of diesel
engines.
If you own any of these potential lemon trucks or lemon
SUVs, you may be entitled to your money back or a new vehicle.
Call us at 1-888-331-6422 for a free Lemon Law Case Review
or contact us today!
About 180,000 6.0 liter diesel engine equipped vehicles
are plagued with potentially faulty fuel injection control
modules, apparently. Ford has admitted that it has no idea
what percentage of the vehicles are affected with the known
defect.
Ford reports that on those defective vehicles the control
module wiring harness rubs against an engine bolt and some
wiring terminals were not put together properly, resulting
in electronic problems that can interfere with engine operation
and cause stalling, among other things. Ford admits that
if the vehicle stalls, it might not start again.
Ford admitted that it started receiving complaints back
in 2004 shortly after the 6.0 diesel engine starting being
shipped with the new vehicles.
Ford started an investigation into the stalling problem
at that time, and the Federal Government started its own
investigation in October 2004.
Incredibly, Ford has reported that “Ford’s investigation
has demonstrated that the reported stalling incidents in
the affected vehicles do not present an unreasonable risk
to safety”. It is hard to understand how driving down
the highway at 65 miles an hour and the vehicle stalling
on you does not present an “unreasonable risk to safety”,
unless you happen to be sitting at a desk in Detroit and
not behind the wheel of the vehicle itself, one might suppose.
Curiously, Ford has advised the Federal Government that “Ford
does not plan to make a statement to the media” about
the recall. Apparently the Federal Government is not serious
enough about stalling defects to make them do it, either.
Ford is still investigating “engine performance issues” with
the same diesel engine model in its 2003 truck line.
In addition to this recall, the Federal Government has announced
that Ford also will recall almost 80,000 trucks from the
2005 model year because the fuel line may separate from the
main fuel “bundle”, which can also cause engine
stalling or fuel leaks, possibly resulting in a fire.
The Federal Government reports that this recall will involve
the 2005 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, and F-550 Super Duty Pick-Up
Turks that are equipped with the 5.4 or 6.8 liter gasoline
engines.
Other defects in these vehicles may also exist and more
information can be found on the government’s web site
for vehicle recalls.
If you own any of these potential lemon trucks or lemon
SUVs, you may be entitled to your money back or a new vehicle.
Call us at 1-888-331-6422 for a free Lemon
Law Case Review or contact
us today!
Once again, Ford seems to be trying to prove that it can
recall vehicles just as well as anyone else.
When your safety or your family’s safety is at stake,
don’t go it alone. The professionals at Burdge Law
Office know how to use the Lemon Law to make Ford buy back
your lemon truck or lemon SUV, replace it, or give you fair
compensation.
Call us at 1-888-331-6422 or email us
today for a Free Case Review! |
