Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Ford F-350 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE DRIVING EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE WAS CAUSED BY EXHAUST PIPE BEING TOO CLOSE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH & VEHICLE STALLED. REAR FUEL TANK SPILLED GAS ALL OVER HIGHWAY. WHEN VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED TO FORD DEALER FUEL TANK FELL OFF. SHIELD THAT GUARDS THE TANK DROPPED & GAS LINES WERE DISCONNECTED. *AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED LETTER OF CONCERN (98C01) WHICH DISCUSSES ENGINE PROBLEMS, HOWEVER VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO LACK OF PRIOR NOTIFICATION, DENIED REIMBURSEMENT COSTS OF REPAIR. *MJS
ENGINE WAS LOSING RAW FUEL FROM A LEAK WHICH WAS GOING INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THIS CAUSED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTOR TO BURN. HAVE BEEN TO SERVICE CENTER. *AK
OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT FAILED.
ENGINE BLEW A HEAD GASKET.
NUMBER 8 CYLINDER BECAME POROUS CAUSING THE ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WHICH CAUSED VAPOR AND HYDRO-LOCK (EMIT WHITE VAPOR FROM EXHAUST).
VEHICLE PULLED TO THE SIDE DUE TO THE SHOCK ABSORBER JAMMED UP IN THE COIL SPRING WHEN THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER CAME OUT OF THE CONTROL ARM.
BRAKE SHOES REPLACED. *SD
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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