1996 Ford Super Duty

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt2
000
Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve)1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Diesel1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Sep 13, 2000TX

4 FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES P225/75R16 HAVE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, 1 BRIDGESTONE TIRE HAS EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Sep 12, 2000PA

FIRESTONE TIRE: L T225/75R16 M/S, VDIL TXA 475. APPARENT TREAD SEPERATION SIMILAR TO RECENT RECALL. MOTOR HOME HAS A FORH CHASIS AND TIRES WERE FACTORY. (CLAIM# 38-J398-640) *MW

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Diesel
Filed Mar 10, 1999FL

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD AT VARIOUS SPEEDS DIESEL ENGINE WOULD STALL OR SHUT DOWN. WOULD HAVE NO WARNING. BEEN TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC NOTICED RAW DIESEL FLUID BLOWING OUT. WAS TOLD IT'S NORMAL. THE SECOND DIESEL ENGINE WAS NOT NORMAL (5/19/97). *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve)
Filed Oct 20, 1998IL

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL (#97V209000/97S92). HAD CALLED OR TAKEN VEHICLE TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. EACH ONE REFUSED TO DO RECALL REPAIRS DUE TO EACH REPAIR SHOP IS TOO SMALL TO HANDLE REPAIRS. WHILE DRIVING MOTORHOME IT BLEW UP AND BURNED. *AK

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Dec 27, 1996FL

THERE IS A NOISE IN THE REAR END, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND REPLACED RING AND PINION GEAR; THE SECOND TIME, REPLACED THE REAR END AND THIRD TIME REPLACED LITTLE, PROBLEM CONTINUED AND DEALER SAID HE CAN'T FIND PROBLEM . *AK

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20108000Routine
20091000Routine
20071000Routine
20068000Routine
20021000Routine
20012011Fatalities reported
20002000Routine
199918000Routine
1996 — this page5000Routine
19955000Routine
19910100Routine
19902100Routine

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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.