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FORD F-450 SD

2004 FORD F-450 SD

1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 43 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints43
Complaints citing a crash1
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 1 of 1

11V3520002011-07-13

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS

NON-FUNCTIONING LIGHTS COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What owners report most

  • 12FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
  • 4ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
  • 3FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
  • 2FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
  • 2ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
  • 2FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
  • 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 2POWER TRAIN

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2004 FORD F-450 SDs 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.

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