2004 FORD F-350 SD — Complaint #573687
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER filed February 24, 2006
NHTSA complaint #573687 (ODI reference 10151089) concerns a 2004 FORD F-350 SD and was filed on February 24, 2006. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 1, 2005. The vehicle had 30,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Mexico based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine:other fuel types:turbo/supercharger, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD F-350 SD cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:engine:other fuel types:turbo/supercharger failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2004 FORD F-350 SD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I HAVE A 2004 F-350 TURBO DIESEL 6.0 L. TRUCK. THE TRUCK SURGES WHEN YOU DRIVE IT. IT CUTS OUT. IT DIES ON THE ROAD WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IT. WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS TO RICH FORD IN EDGEWOOD AND ALBUQUERQUE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT FOUR TIMES. THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT TO RICH FORD IN ALBUQUERQUE WAS BECAUSE I WAS WAITING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK WAS SURGING FORWARD INTO TRAFFIC. I WAS VERY SCARED AS WAS MY TEN YEAR OLD SON. I HAD MY FOOT PRESSED AS HARD AS I COULD ON THE BREAK AND THAT WAS NOT STOPPING THE TRUCK FROM MOVING FORWARD. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP, RICH FORD OF ALBUQUERQUE, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT SERVICE MY VEHICLE THAT DAY. I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TWO WEEKS. I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK HOME. I AM AFRAID FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS VEHICLE AND FORD IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 573687 |
| ODI Number | 10151089 |
| Date Filed | February 24, 2006 |
| Failure Date | August 1, 2005 |
| VIN | 1FTSW31P74E |
Similar ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER Complaints for 2004 FORD F-350 SD
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 F-350 SD. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER BUT DID NOT STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE TURBO WAS REPLACED. THIS OCCURRED AT LEAST
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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