2006 Ford F-350 Fuel system Problems

The contact owns a 2006 Ford F-350. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed that fuel was leaking underneath the front driver's side of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who replaced the fuel pump block-off plate and plug. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 190,000.

NHTSA ID

11588481

Incident

Apr 13, 2024

Mileage

190,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE EGR COOLER WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. PAM

NHTSA ID

10651475

Incident

Oct 7, 2013

Mileage

65,000 mi

2006 FORD F-350 6.0 DIESEL CAB AND CHASIS -- EGR VALVE 1ST TIME FIXED BY FORD DEALER NO COST, EGR VALVE 2ND TIME FIXED AT COST, EGR VALVE 3RD TIME BY-PASSED, 16 FUEL INJECTORS REPLACED. DELAMINATING GAS TANK, OVER A DOZEN FUEL FILTERS AT $60,00 A POP, NEW FUEL PUMP, NEW GAS TANK, 8 MORE NEW FUEL INJECTORS. POSSIBLE TURBO ISSUES AND I MAY BE FORGETTING SOMETHING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10649047

Incident

Nov 9, 2009

Mileage

42,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY F-350 LOST POWER, SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH FUEL/TURBO. REPLACE TURBO INJECTORS, EGR VALVE, FICM, FUEL INJECTOR, REGULATOR, AND HIGH PRESSURE OIL PUMP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10536370

Incident

Jul 14, 2012

Mileage

119,583 mi

FUEL TANK LINER IS DELAMINATING CAUSING FUEL SYSTEM TO CLOG UP AND TRUCK TO LOSE POWER. FORD REFUSES TO COVER THIS PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY SAYING IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10483952

Incident

Nov 2, 2012

Mileage

172,875 mi

THIS IS A 2006 FORD AMBULANCE THAT HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUE'S WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS THE MOST RECENT WAS DURING A EMERGENCY RESPONSE WHEN THE AMBULANCE LOST POWER AND SHUT DOWN THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE AMBULANCE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE AMBULANCE WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THEY REPORTED THE FUEL TANK WAS COMING APART ON THE INSIDE AND CLOGGING THE FUEL SYSTEM. WE CONTACTED FORD AND COMPLAIN OF ALL THE FUEL PROBLEM AND THE MOST RESENT THE FUEL TANK THE END RESULT WAS THEIR CLAIMING ITS NOT THEIR PROBLEM BUT OURS THE REPAIR EST IS OVER $7000.00 THIS AMBULANCE HAS SPENT MORE TIME IN THE SHOP THEN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY CALLS AND HAS LEFT OUR CREWS SIT WHILE IN ROUTE OR ON THE SCENE OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THE FORD DEALER AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM WE HAVE NEVER HAD THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS WITH ANY AMBULANCE WE OWNED OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS AND A AMBULANCE BREAKING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A EMERGENCY CALL IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE TO THE PATIENT AND CREW ...... *TR

NHTSA ID

10453843

Incident

Apr 27, 2011

Mileage

120,000 mi

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START,A/C , PERFORMANCE, ENGINE LIGHT SLUGGISH TAKE OFF, PERFORMANCE, WHITE SMOKE AND EGR LEAKING DIESEL FUEL ON TOP OF MOTOR, THIS TRUCK HAS HAD TWO REBUILT ENGINES UPON THE FIRST 50,000MILES.ENGINE COVERED IN OIL, FUEL INJECTOR MAIN PROBLEM STARTED WITH OVERHEATING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10443255

Incident

Jun 12, 2007

Mileage

23,913 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT DROVE OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO SHAKE ABNORMALLY WHEN DECELERATING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE WOULD ERRATICALLY SHIFT, AND THE FUEL TANK WAS DELAMINATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS BUT THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE SHAKING. THE TECHNICIANS WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT SENSOR AND THE FUEL TANK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

NHTSA ID

10439708

Incident

Nov 1, 2010

Mileage

80,000 mi

TRUCK RUNS ROUGH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON, FUEL SENSOR ERROR. THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A FEW SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. DEALERS STATED FUEL TANKS ARE CORRODING. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL? THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD DEAL WITH IT OR MADE TO. *KB

NHTSA ID

10437584

Incident

Nov 8, 2010

Mileage

60,000 mi

MY FORD F350 TURBO DIESEL TRUCK WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN APPROX. 25 MPH, COULD NOT GET ANY POWER. CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AND IT DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER THINKING IT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THEY HAVE CHANGED THE FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL MODULE-NO FIX, THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTERS AND FOUND FOREIGN SUBSTANCE/CORROSION, PULLED THE FUEL TANK AND FOUND THE SOURCE OF THE CORROSION, DELAMINATING FUEL TANK. THE REPAIRS ARE UP TO $2500, THE FUEL TANK STILL TO COST $1300 TO REPLACE THE PART BUT STILL HAVE LABOR INVOLVED. ALSO THE FUEL INJECTORS, 5 OF THE 8 ARE EXHIBITING NO POWER AND VARIOUS OTHER FUEL FILTERS THAT THEY NAMED OFF WILL ALSO NEED TO BE CHANGED. THAT WILL COST ANOTHER SEVERAL THOUSAND. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD MANUFACTURER, CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND THEY STATE THEY WILL NOT PAY OR ASSIST ME IN THE COST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ONLY 6 WEEKS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE TRUCK IS LIKE NEW, ONLY 66K MILES. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCE SUCH A TRAUMATIC COSTLY PROBLEM IN AN AUTOMOBILE WITH ONLY 66K MILES. I STILL HAVE THE TRUCK AT THE DEALER AND CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE COST. *TR

NHTSA ID

10433982

Incident

Oct 24, 2011

Mileage

66,000 mi

LINER IN THE FUEL TANK CORRODED AND CLOGGED FUEL SYSTEM CAUSING FAILURE OF VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10430858

Incident

Jun 1, 2011

Mileage

40,000 mi

MY TRUCK STARTING LOSING POWER LITTLE BY LITTLE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON & I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP.THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE EGR SYSTEM WAS FAILING & THE COST IS $2500.00. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT FORD KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM & SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THIS PROBLEM..NOW I CAN'T DRIVE MY TRUCK WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT ENGINE FAILURE (UNTIL IT'S FIXED)..INTERSTATE TRAVEL IS JUST ABOUT NON=EXISTENT FOR NOW..I WILL NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE IT ANYMORE FOR NOW...THIS TRUCK ONLY HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT & FOR NOW IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ANYWHERE BUT SHORT DISTANCES... *TR

NHTSA ID

10430267

Incident

Jul 11, 2011

Mileage

74,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-350 DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS RUSTING DUE TO A FAULTY COATING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TANK. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10425750

Incident

Jun 1, 2011

Mileage

60,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS RUSTED FROM THE INSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,500.

NHTSA ID

10422936

Incident

Jul 26, 2011

Mileage

21,000 mi

TRAILER BREAK CONTROLLER FAULTY, REPLACE EGR AND INJECTORS. 3/31/09~ REPLACE EGR COOLER, GASKET, FUEL FILTERS. 6/8/10~ ICP SENSOR & CONNECTOR FAULTY, CAC HOSE LEAKING, INJECTORS FAULTY, EGR VALVES CHANGED. 6/25/10~ 17 DAYS LATER BACK AGAIN IN SHOP FOR SAME ISSUE. TRUCK RUNS THEN WHEN YOU STOP THE TRUCK IN HOT WEATHER, IT WILL NOT RESTART FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR. TRUCK NEEDS TO COOL DOWN BEFORE RESTARTING. AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT PROBLEM IS AND FIX IT CORRECTLY.

NHTSA ID

10403449

Incident

May 15, 2008

Mileage

105,953 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F-350. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FUEL FILTER AND EGR VALVE WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR EACH TIME HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO ANOTHER AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE; THEREFORE, IT WAS NOT REPAIRED. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHITE SMOKES WAS COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

NHTSA ID

10354463

Incident

Sep 8, 2008

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F350. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITHIN MINUTES. THE DEALER ADVISED THE FUEL TANK WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN POSSESSION OF THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,390 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,400.

NHTSA ID

10324672

Incident

Apr 6, 2010

Mileage

57,390 mi

F-350 EGR COOLER WENT BAD AND SMOKED UP ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. OTHER MOTORISTS COULD NOT SEE AS THE SMOKE EMITTED FROM MY F-350 WAS LIKE A VERY VERY THICK FOG. I CONTACTED FORD, WHO KNOWS ABOUT THE ONGOING AND EXTENSIVE PROBLEM, BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING BUT "DOCUMENT" THE PROBLEM AND WANT NHTSA TO MAKE IT A RECALL. APPARENTLY THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER F-350 OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I'M NOT SURE IF THE FUMES THAT ARE EMITTED FROM THIS PROBLEM ARE SAFE EITHER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10293340

Incident

Nov 9, 2009

Mileage

114,056 mi

2006 F-350 HAVING FUEL TANK LINER FAILURE PROBLEMS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10274803

Incident

Jun 22, 2009

Mileage

30,000 mi

2006 FORD F-350 FUEL TANK LINER FAILURES. TANK LINER COMING APART CAUSING THE FUEL TANK NEEDING TO BE RELINED, AND REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10274257

Incident

Apr 15, 2009

Mileage

50,000 mi

DIESEL FUEL TANK FAILURE ON 2006 F350 POWERSTROKE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10267565

Incident

Apr 30, 2009

Mileage

36,100 mi

I PURCHASED A NEW 2006 FORD F-350 DIESEL TRUCK FROM MONACO FORD IN GLASTONBURY, CT. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 52,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE TWICE FOR LACK OF POWER. THE SERVICE DEPT AT MONACO SAYS THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE GAS TANK IS DETERIORATING & THE FUEL PUMP IS COMPROMISED. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM FORD OWNERS RE: THIS EXACT ISSUE. FORD REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THEY INSIST THAT THE PROBLEM IS FUEL, NOT THEIR PRODUCT. I DO NOT USE BIO-DIESEL FUEL OR BUY FROM DISCOUNT FUEL SUPPLIERS. HOW CAN SO MANY OWNERS HAVE THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM? FORD MOTOR COMPANY NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. SUDDENLY LOOSING POWER ON THE HIGHWAY IN A LARGE, HEAVY TRUCK BECAUSE AN INFERIOR PART WAS USED, IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU REGISTER THIS COMPLAINT AND LOOK INTO THE ISSUE OF RECALLING DETERIORATING GAS TANKS IN FORD PRODUCTS. *TR UPDATED 11/07/08. *JB

NHTSA ID

10246339

Incident

Jul 30, 2008

Mileage

52,000 mi