14V498000
EQUIPMENT
The leaking oil may soak into the thermal blanket covering the exhaust, which when combined with heat from exhaust, may result in an increased risk of fire.
2012 FORD F-450
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 26 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints26
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
13V535000
ENGINE
An unexpected engine stall increases the risk of a crash. Additionally, if this were to occur when the ambulance is transporting a patient, there is an increased risk of injury to the patient.
13V380000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
Excessive heat build up in rear compartment could result in fire.
11V582000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS WILL ALLOW THE OPERATOR TO INADVERTENTLY SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH OR INJURY TO A NEARBY PEDESTRIAN.
What owners report most
- 5ENGINE
- 4UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 3SUSPENSION
- 3STEERING
- 2ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 2ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
- 1FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 FORD F-450s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.