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Nov 01, 2013

Ford Recall for Ambulances Only

DETROIT - Ford is recalling about 3,100 F-Series ambulances because the engines can stop unexpectedly.

The F-350, F-450 and F-550 "Super Duty" ambulances have 6.7-Liter diesel engines. They're from the 2011 and 2012 model years.

Ford says a faulty exhaust gas temperature sensor can cause the engines to stop and not be restarted for at least an hour. The company says it has no reports of the problem affecting patient care.

Most of the ambulances were sold in the U.S., with some in Canada and other countries.

Dealers will replace the sensor.

Ford says the problem could occur on non-ambulance versions of the same trucks, but the company isn't recalling them. Drivers will get a warning and enough time to safely pull off the road before the engine shuts down.

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Hope you are not on the way to something important in a F350 and have to wait.

45 Replies

  • Ambulances idle for log periods of time, much more than "normal" vehicles. Perhaps that has something to do with the sensor failure? How many reports of non-ambulance sensor failures have there been? If its none or extremely small, its not an issue with non-ambulance vehicles.

    I remember a transmission snap ring failure on mid-2005 SuperDutys that were failing in primarily snow-plow equipped trucks because of the constant shifting between drive and reverse. They issued a customer satisfaction bulletin and repaired only those with the snow plow package from the factory. Mine had the snow plow package, so they did the repair on my tranny before any symptoms showed up. It wasn't an issue with non-snow plow trucks. Why repair something that doesn't need it? If the above sensor problem proves to be an issue with non-ambulance trucks, the recall will expand.
  • Another interpretation is that having to wait an hour to restart could easily result in a death in an ambulance, but probably won't in other trucks.
  • Ford wrote:
    Ford says the problem could occur on non-ambulance versions of the same trucks, but the company isn't recalling them.


    Oh that's nice!!! ROTFLMAO :R

    Translation: A normal customer does not have the legal power to sue us so screw them. We will just take care of the ambulance companies that have the resources to sue us when someone dies.

    NICE! :R