Ford Super Duty Recall

[MACK C-85]

Attention anyone who may have purchased an F series that was made last October - November:

In a six-day period, a supplier not identified by Ford made body control modules that may produce an electrical short, Ford told NHTSA in a filing.

Sherwood said the suspect vehicles were built between late October and mid-November.

"If an electrical short develops, an overheating condition may occur which can result in an unattended vehicle fire," the NHTSA filing said.

Of the nearly 20,000 vehicles affected, 13,200 are Super Duty F-Series trucks, which are the F-250, the F-350 and the F-450 models.

Some 476 F-150 pickup trucks were affected. That model is the biggest selling vehicle in North America.

About 6,200 Edge and MKX models are affected, Sherwood said.

Mack

Hummm....have to wonder about that "no known fires" statement they made else where in the article:

[Bobo]

Mack,

The photo of the meatwagon, was that a 2011 ? One of our local commercials had a simular fire but it was an older rig. Right in an ED entrance overhang.

Bobo

[MACK C-85]

Bobo:

No clue, the info was from a South Carolina Fire forum and they did not give a lot of detail other than the on-duty crew was able to get the engine out of the building and extinguish the fire before it did any damage to the station. The Ford ambos have had a history of these types of fires and it's always been a Chassis vs. Body maker issue. This is the first time that I know of the Ford has acknowledged a problem on thier parts. We've had several instances of ambo fires in MD, mostly centered around the cab/steering column.

Mack

[Bobo]

Mack,

Try this for the incident here in Rochester. Plenty of photos and dispatch recording.

www.mcfw.com/?p=3535

Bobo