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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003236315 | Incident Date: Jun, 08 2003 |
| Consumer's City: BENTON | Consumer's State: LA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: E550 | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:injectors |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FTNW21P63E | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 21 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Fuel injection problems with ford 6.0 power stroke diesel engine, defective injectors installed on early production models prior to 05/03, injectors leak, break, bad o-rings. ford pulled from inventory, but built hundreds, or thousands of vehicles with the defective parts. mine broke at 2500 miles, leaked over 7 quarts diesel fuel into oil, seized turbo charger, vehicle lost power in traffic without warning. ford only replaced one injector, the remaining injectors are of the same design, and will ultimately fail, i am afraid to drive away from home. i purchased truck, 2003 f-250 for cross country trips. this is a massive cover-up by ford, the ford technicians don't know what to tell customers. there are new injectors in ford inventory, but they won't replace until it breaks,or engine seizes, or your warranty expires and you are stuck with a $3,000 repair bill or more. please help. i have researched internet. www.flatratetech.com is ford technician website, they know what is going on, but ford won't help. thank you. *jb |
