HEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.
RiskHOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
FixREROUTE HOSE AS NECESSARY.
Year · Make · Model
1987 Ford E350
What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.
8
Open recalls
14
NHTSA complaints
53
Defect investigations
5
Service bulletins
Consumer complaints
14 filed0
Crashes
4
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported
What people complain about
- Structure4
- Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components2
- Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH2
- Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR1
- Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly1
- Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION Control1
- Fuel SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE Relief Devices1
- Tires1
Recalls
8 campaignsHEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.
RiskHOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
FixREROUTE AND REPAIR HOSE, AS NECESSARY.
HEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.
RiskHOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
FixREROUTE AND SPLICE HOSE AS NECESSARY.
NYLON TIES THAT SUPPORT THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS TO THE CHASSIS COULD WEAR AND BREAK DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. THUS, WIRING HARNESS COULD FALL ON ENGINE COMPONENTS AND SHORT CIRCUIT.
RiskTHIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH COULDRESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
FixINSTALL RETROFIT RIT OF PLASTIC-COATED METAL CLAMPS, LOOM FOR POSITIVE BATTERY CABLES AND RE-ROUTE WIRING.
EXTREME OPERATING CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE PREMATURE DETERIORATION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HEATER HOSES OR ENGINE BYPASS HOSES.
RiskENGINE COOLANT COULD DISCHARGE ONTO THE ENGINE AND ITSEXHAUST MANIFOLD CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE DUE TO THE HIGH ENGINEEXHAUST MANIFOLD TEMPERATURES.
FixREPLACE HOSES AND RADIATOR CAPS; INSTALL HIGH HEAT RESISTANCE ALUMINIZED STAINLESS STEEL MUFFLERS.
VEHICLES ARE SUBJECT TO EXCESSIVE UNDERHOOD TEMPERATURES AND FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURES IN SEVERE DUTY APPLICATIONS.
RiskTHIS CREATES POTENTIAL FOR FUEL EXPULSION FROM THE FUELFILLER PIPE WHICH IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN AFIRE.
FixINSTALL MODIFICATION KITS TO MINIMIZE POSSIBILITY OF FUEL EXPULSION AND TO SHIELD UNDERBODY COMPONENTS FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM HEAT.
EXPULSION OF FUEL DUE TO OVERPRESSURIZATION.
RiskFUEL OR FUEL VAPORS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITIONSOURCE CAN CAUSE A FIRE.
FixMODIFICATION OF THE BASE FUEL VENTING AND EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM TO REDUCE OPERATING TEMPERATURES AND FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURES.
FUEL LEAK AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT FUEL TANK IN THE AREA OF THE VAPOR VALVE GROMMET. GROMMET MAY SPLIT DUE TO COMPRESSIVE LOAD WHEN INSTALLED IN THE FUEL TANK.
RiskFUEL MAY LEAK FROM VAPOR VALVE AND BECOME THE SOURCE OFFUEL FOR A FIRE.
FixINSTALLATION OF A NEWLY DESIGNED VAPOR VALVE GROMMET.
NHTSA investigations
53 actionsFUEL INJECTOR PUMP FAILS
ALTERNATOR BELT FAILURE
HEATER HOSE ROUTING
UNDERHOOD FIRES
UNDERHOOD FIRES