2004 FORD F-350 SD — Complaint #786019
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER filed May 7, 2010
NHTSA complaint #786019 (ODI reference 10329294) concerns a 2004 FORD F-350 SD and was filed on May 7, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 25, 2010. The vehicle had 80,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California 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
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 WHERE THE INTERNAL PARTS CONNECTED TO THE TURBO CHARGER WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 786019 |
| ODI Number | 10329294 |
| Date Filed | May 7, 2010 |
| Failure Date | March 25, 2010 |
| VIN | 1FTSX31P54E |
Similar ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER Complaints for 2004 FORD F-350 SD
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
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 EDGEWOO
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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