2004 FORD F-550 SD

EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL

CERTAIN CEQUENT 90 DEGREE 7-WAY RIGHT ANGLE ADAPTORS SOLD BY DISTRIBUTORS IN TOW PACKAGES FOR AFTERMARKET SALES TO TOW 5TH WHEEL RV TRAVEL TRAILERS. DUE TO INCORRECT WIRING OF THE HARNESS, THE TRAILER LIGHTS MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY.

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS

FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 RANGER TRUCKS BUILT FROM JANUARY 25, 2011, THROUGH APRIL 25, 2011 AT THE TWIN CITIES ASSEMBLY PLANT, AND SERVICE PARTS DISTRIBUTED TO DEALERS FOR CERTAIN 2004 THROUGH 2011 MODEL YEAR RANGER TRUCKS, 2002 THROUGH 2005 MODEL YEAR EXCURSION VEHICLES, AND 2002 TH

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND VANS EQUIPPED WITH 6.0L DIESEL ENGINES MAY EXPERIENCE STALLING WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AND MAY OR MAY NOT RESTART.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-550 SUPER DUTY. WHILE THE LINK WAS IN THE AIR WITH A WORKER LOCATED IN THE BUCKET, THE LINK FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE WORKER'S BUCKET CAME DOWN WITH FORCE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS HEAD, BACK, AND PELVIC AREA. THE WORKER RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN AN EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER RECALL FOR A LINK FAILURE, BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE F

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-550. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR WIRE WAS MELTING ON THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 121,164.

Mileage: 116,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F550. TWO HOURS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE INSIDE THE CAB THAT DID NOT SEEM TO AFFECT THE ENGINE. THE FIRE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE. THE CONTACT USED WATER AND A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC AND HAS NOT LEFT THE SCENE OF THE FIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000.

Mileage: 50,000

ON JULY 7 2006 AT 8:00AM I WAS NOTIFIED BY OUR BRANCH MANAGER IN THE HARTFORD CT AREA THAT ONE OF OUR TRUCKS WAS TOTALED DUE TO FIRE THAT BURNED DOWN THE TRUCK OVERNIGHT. OUR DRIVER PARKED THE TRUCK AT HIS DRIVEWAY AT HONE AT 10:00PM, AND THE FIRE TOOK PLACE AT 2:00AM, 4 HOURS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL HOME. I WENT TO SEE THE TRUCK AND MET THE FIRE MARSHAL OF THE TOWN OF COLCHESTER CT WHERE THE DRIVER RESIDES. THE TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY BURNED, AND ACCORDING TO THE FIRE MARSHALL THE FIRE STARTED AT THE TU

Mileage: 28,000

TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR OVERHEATING PROBLEM. ON THE FIRST TRIP OUT WITH THE TRUCK AFTER BEING PICKED UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP, THE TRUCK OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND NEITHER DEALERSHIP OR FORD WANT TO INVESTIGATE SOURCE OF FIRE. TRUCK WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. *NM

Mileage: 35,158

THE LOSS VEHICLE IS A 2004 FORD F-550 CHASSIS WITH A TOW BODY, WHITE IN COLOR. A 7.3 LITER POWER STROKE TURBO DIESEL ENGINE POWERS THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ID NUMBER IS [XXX]. MACK TOWING OWNS THE TRUCK IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN WHEN THE OPERATOR NOTICED THE VEHICLE LOSING POWER AND THEN STALLED. HE THEN NOTICED SMOKE AND SAW FIRE UNDER THE HOOD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. EXAMINATION OF THE EXTERIOR REVEALED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, PROGRESSED TO

Mileage: 24,000