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-550
5 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints20
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire1
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 5 of 5
14V040000
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
If the brackets break, the CNG tank may separate from the vehicle frame increasing the risk of a crash or possible fire.
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
- 9ENGINE
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 2SERVICE BRAKES
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1STEERING
- 1SUSPENSION
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 FORD F-550s 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.