1999 Ford E-250 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1999 Ford E-250. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• HVAC Switch Failures
  Engineering Analysis EA10003 · opened Apr 13, 2010 · closed Mar 5, 2012

  This investigation was opened based on one complaint and reports from four transportation fleets alleging 182 blower motor control switch failures.ODI was concerned that these melting and burning switches could lead to an open flame that could spread throughout the vehicle.After a comprehensive review of all data relat…

• SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD
  Defect Petition DP05005 · opened Sep 22, 2005 · closed Jan 4, 2006

  On september 6, 2005, odi received a petition requesting that the agency investigate allegations of engine spark plug ejection in certain model year 1997 through 2004 ford vehicles with triton v-8 and v-10 engines.odi received a total of 474 non-duplicative complaints on the subject vehicles where the complainant, or t…