WHEN MY 08 F-250 DIESEL IS DRIVEN IN THE RAIN ON THE HIGHWAY AT A CONSTANT SPEED, THEN ACCELERATE TO PASS OR GO UP A GRADE IT HAS A HESITATION AND WHITE SMOKE OR STEAM. FORD REPLACED THE CAC WITH A NEW ONE THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD THEY HOW EVER HAVE NO ANSWERS AS OF 15/FEB/2011 I FILED THE COMPLAINT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2010. *TR
2008 Ford F Series
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Feb 15, 201133,000 milesIN
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1997| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 47 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Routine |
| 1993 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1992 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1990 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.