1994 Ford F-350 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1994 Ford F-350. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
  Engineering Analysis EA05005 · opened Mar 22, 2005 · closed Aug 2, 2006 · led to recall 08V025000

  Ea05-005 is closed with ford?s actions in recalls 05v-017, 05v-388, and 06v-286, recalling approximately 6.7 million vehicles equipped with texas instruments speed control deactivation switches (scds).the brake systems in these recalled vehicles generate a vacuum that can potentially cause the scds to fail and, in cert…

• FAILURE OF SERPENTINE BELT
  Engineering Analysis EA95012 · opened Mar 31, 1995 · closed May 28, 1996 · led to recall 96I003002

  An engineering analysis closing report is included.

• TRNS OIL COOLER LINE FAILS
  Preliminary Evaluation PE94087 · opened Nov 18, 1994 · closed Mar 31, 1995

  Ford has acknowledged a serious problem with the accessory drive belt system (serpentine belt) in the subject vehicles.several service bulletins have been issued to address concerns related to belt tracking or wear.ford maintains that the subject condition does not present an unreasonable risk to highway safety, arguin…

• HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE CRACKS/LEAKS
  Preliminary Evaluation PE94004 · opened Jan 25, 1994 · closed Apr 29, 1994

  There is no summary currently available