2008 Ford Diesel Recall

[jeff]

Like the topic of the thread states...

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Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday told dealers to temporarily stop selling certain 2008 F-series Super Duty diesel pickups after receiving reports of flames shooting out of the vehicle's tailpipe.

Ford said it was recalling 37,400 F-Series Super Duty trucks with 6.4-liter diesel engines. The majority of the pickups -- 29,000 -- were still on dealer lots, the automaker said.

Ford spokesman Dan Jarvis said it received three reports of flames coming from the truck's tailpipe, caused by leaking fuel that ignited in the exhaust system's diesel particulate filter near the tailpipe.

"It's really something that we noticed early on and we're moving swiftly to fix the problem," Jarvis said.

There have been no injuries or vehicle fires connected to the recall. There has been one report of a grass fire in Texas that was quickly extinguished, he said.

Jarvis said the flames could only occur in engines with leaking fluids, which he said was very rare. Two of the complaints involved leaking fuel injectors and the other involved leaks coming from a crack in the turbocharger shaft.

The automaker will have dealers upgrade software for the powertrain control module, which will power down the engine under higher-than-expected temperatures in the diesel particulate filter. Similar software updates will take place at the Louisville, Ky., plant where the trucks are built.

Jarvis said the stop sale order should only last a few days as dealers reprogram the software. Owners of the remaining 8,400 trucks will be notified about the recall in early April and will be able to have the software upgrade at no charge.

In a separate action, fewer than 10,000 of the trucks will have the battery cable rerouted to avoid chafing against a shield in the engine compartment that prevents water and mud from getting into the engine.

Ford said the recall does not affect gasoline-powered pickups or those with 6.0-liter or 7.3-liter diesel engines.
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[Devin J]

One more reason to buy a Cummins!

[Marty]

Good reason to buy a Duramax !!!

[woundedyak]

There is a Independent Company here in Indiana that does all the Warrenty work on Fords Diesel motors.The sad thing they are about to go under becuase,Ford has not paid them for there services for the last eight months. Another reason I wish Ford would just go away or sell it off to someone who knows how to run it!

[KELLENC]

Wow. I'm sure there is some pretty pissed people out there. I'll never sell my 7.3L. I have a friend that works for a Ford dealership and, he had a F350 come in with almost a million miles on it!

[Mike_socal]

Being a Ford person it irks me to say that my next truck will most likely be a Chevy. They seem to have their trucks straightened out.

[1450-ranger]

Not so much, the Chevys in 06/ 07 LLY / LBZ have software issues. There are many, many software burns on 06 and 07's. Hit and miss problem. A new engine is coming out as well, the LLM

[22REKid]

Flames shooting out of the tail pipe sounds cool to me! No need for a recall Some people pay good money to have their cars do that. Chevy should have recalled their fuel pumps in the 90's.

[michael_loomis]

'08 models already out ?? sheesh .. getting a bit ahead of themselves ..

[mrmatt]

One more reason to buy a Cummins!

Way to hit the nail on the head!!!!!

mrmatt