Tactical Vehicle Outfitters: Equipment
Tactical Vehicle Outfitters reported this defect to federal regulators on Jun 4, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 19. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Tactical Vehicle Outfitters (Tactical) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Ford F-350 and F-550 vehicles modified by Tactical and equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the PTO pressure switch onto a thermal blanket covering the exhaust.
The risk
The leaking oil may soak into the thermal blanket covering the exhaust, which when combined with heat from exhaust, may result in an increased risk of fire.
The remedy
Tactical will notify owners, and dealers will install a new PTO pressure switch, free of charge. The recall began on August 1, 2014. Owners may contact Tactical customer service at 1-405-603-6700.
10 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Ford F-350 SD | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Ford F-550 SD | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 Ford F-350 SD | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Ford F-550 SD | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Ford F-350 SD | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 Ford F-550 SD | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Ford F-350 SD | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Ford F-550 SD | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Ford F-350 SD | 50 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 Ford F-550 SD | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V307000.
Full record for the 2014 Ford F-350 SD → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →