WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 301 THRU STARKE, FLORIDA, IN MY MOTOR HOME, IN A 30 MPH ZONE, THE ENGINE STOPPED. ALL ELECTRIC WAS LOST, AS A RESULT, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKES FAILED. FORTUNATELY I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH TO MAKE A CONTROLLED STOP. I NOTIFIED 911 AND THEY DISPATCHED THE STARKE POLICE TO PROVIDE TRAFFIC CONTROL, AS MOTOR HOME WAS BLOCKING A TRAVEL LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MURRAY FORD IN STARKE, FLORIDA. I WAS TOLD THAT THE ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL UNIT FAILED. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE PART WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE, AND THERE WOULD BE A LONG TIME DELAY, FOUR MONTHS, BEFORE A NEW ONE IS AVAILABLE. I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THAT PART MUST BE FAILING AT A SIGNIFICANT RATE, AND MAY REQUIRE AN INVESTIGATION. *TR
2008 Ford F-530
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsElectrical System
Filed Sep 9, 201431,000 milesFL
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.