Equipment Problems of Ford F-350 - part 1

The adhesive for the rear sliding window is failing and as a result this window is about to come off.

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We were just driving when the truck started smoking and the brakes wouldn’t work. After a few minutes the truck completely caught on fire.

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2025 e-350 safety recalls* main control valve body or transmission replacement recall incomplete as transmission controls highway speed at 60mph and higher. Recommended for all 2025 e-350 to be reported as undrivable and brought in immediately for safety recall, and highway safety International. Please broadcast as amber alert and/or new cast notifications.

Back up camera screen goes blue when put in reverse. Then after 20 seconds says camera unavailable see dealer. I had dealer repair with a software reset. Worked for about 2 weeks then same symptoms. Noticed Ford has a recall for the same symptoms on other vehicles but for some reason F-350s are not a part of it. Would suspect the truck uses the same camera system as the other Ford vehilces under the recall. Ford needs to step up and cover the F-350s.

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The car had not been driven and was only in use for about 20 minutes. Then, the check engine light came on. I was planning to take the next exit to investigate. About a minute after the check engine light came on, several other lights came on. They stopped about 20 seconds later. The car began to smoke and as I was pulling over, smoke began to enter the cab. When I pulled over, the car began was on fire. Highway patrol and cal fire arrived. Cal fire put the fire out. It was a total loss. Highway 101 was shut down for a bit while the truck was on fire.

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As a Ford owner, I can vividly recall the 1980’s Ford acronym ‘fix or repair daily’. That comes to mind as my 2022 f350 platinum dually has been in the shop for one thing or another more times in 3 years than my 2015 chevy impala ltz has in 10 years. But I digress. The reason for this complaint is my latest malfunction on my Ford vehicle. As mentioned previously, it hasn’t been 3 years and yet another issue with my vehicle has come to light. My passenger roof trim has broken at the connection point, which of all things, was connected via rivet…beneath the rear glass. Apparently, this an extremely common issue among 2017 and up Ford super duty. There has been no recall issued. And Ford wants the vehicle owners to pay for the repair. It is an absolute horrible design. The plastic breaks often. And to make matters worse, the rear glass had to be removed to replace the trim. Most of the trim snaps in place but the very end, the end that is cheaply made and connected to a metal rivet, is so fragile and thin that after a few months of driving over american bumpy roads and being beating up the sun, it cracks, breaks lose, sticks up like a sore thumb, and otherwise detracts from the reputation of the Ford brand. My vehicle is still under the original warranty as I have only 22,240 miles, and I purchased and extended warranty with adds 4 more years. This needs to be remedied and Ford owners need to be compensated for monies spent to repair these manufacturing defects. My local Ford dealership states that if they break the glass during the repair that the cost of the new glass is my responsibility, even under warranty. That is so very wrong and alarming. The repair is $125, to be completed by an outside vendor. The dealer will not even tackle this repair. The connection point of the roof trim is a rivet. Why? the connection point of the roof trim is beneath the rear glass, which has to be removed inorder to repair the defective roof trim. Why? why make.

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Rear backup camera foggy, can barely see the lines. I understand there is a possible recall but my vehicle doesn't show it.

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Our 2020 Ford F-350 experienced a catastrophic mechanical failure while in motion. The driveline disconnected, the rear axle locked up, and the transmission bellhousing was destroyed—leaving the truck completely immobile and blocking traffic. This occurred with no prior warning and posed a significant crash risk. At the time, Ford safety recall 22s22 (related to a known defect in the transmission’s output planetary four assembly) was open and had not yet been completed. The symptoms and failure we experienced match the failure scenario described in Ford's own bulletin for 22s22: driveline separation, internal transmission damage, and loss of control or park function. Ford has denied coverage, stating the failure was due to a "loose pinion flange nut" and unrelated to the recall. However, they have not provided any inspection documentation, photos, or evidence that the recalled components were properly inspected or ruled out as the root cause. We have repeatedly requested this documentation from both Ford and the dealership, but neither has provided it. We are concerned that the failure was caused by the exact defect identified in recall 22s22, and that Ford is failing to take responsibility or follow full recall procedures—including post-failure inspection and transparency. We are requesting that NHTSA investigate this case as a potential mishandling of a known safety defect and failure to comply with recall responsibilities.

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Driver and passenger traveling on [xxx] when white smoke came out of dash. Turned onto [xxx] and stopped. Driver and passenger exited truck and opened hood as smoke was becoming more visible and fire started from under dash. Passenger called 911while driver used fire extinguisher and attempted unsuccessfully to put out flames as they kept restarting. As the flames increased they heard "popping and banging" noised coming from the truck so they retreated to a safe distance and waited for the fire department. The fire grew to where the cab was fully engulfed in flames before the fire department arrived. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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Sunroof blowout while traveling at highway speeds.

While driving on the highway at 65 mph, my driver’s door flew open, and the door will not latch. This almost caused my truck to hit another car causing me to swerve to the shoulder to prevent a major accident. This was a very scary incident and should be investigated further.

The nozzle on the flow thru system under the dash (part no. Pc3z-18490-b) loosened and dropped down directly over the gas and brake pedal. This interfered with the driver's foot causing the driver to loose control which caused the pickup to run into a fifth wheel trailer hitch while the vehicle was in reverse. The tailgate of the vehicle was damaged but, luckily, no one was injured. However, if this had occurred while the vehicle was on the highway, lives could have been lost. I have temporarily taped the part up under the dash but I have not yet discussed this with a dealer. This incident occurred on February 6, 2025 at approximately 1:00 pm.

The rear back up camera of my 2020 Ford f350 superduty has not been working for several months, then in may of 2025, I found the recall notice about this issue and Ford has said that my vehicle isn't part of the rear back up camera recall, even though it has the same exact problem of the other vehicles involved in the recall. My vehicle was built in October of 2020 which falls into the same time frame of the other vehicle models and build dates. Will Ford be held accountable if I happen to back up and hit someone or damage something? my vehicle along with probably many other vehicles need to be added to this recall.

My Ford f350 is experiencing the recall deficiency issued by Ford in January 2025 after repeated calls Ford still is unable or unwilling to fix my vehicle. Ford motor company, and the local dealership have told me workarounds could be performed, but they would be done at my expense. A rearview camera on a pick up truck is used often and is a safety hazard when backing up blind to low objects.

Computer-dash info screens and drive modes. I am unable to change or check onboard dash info upon starting vehicle. Dash does not hold settings one day to the next. Unable to get into or change settings such as trailer settings-so can’t change braking effort-dangerous when hauling 20,000# trailer! cannot put truck in tow mode or any other mode-defaults to slippery road mode. Again dangerous. Says hill start assist, hill descent assist and pre-collision assist is unavailable . This is all very potentially dangerous especially when hauling! dealer cannot find problem. After truck is driven a while settings can be re-entered-truck has to be turned off first. Unable to load video of start up.

The plastic frame holding the rear cab glass has broken causing the glass to come loose making a concern of the glass falling into cab and injuring a passenger. This has been checked by both a Ford dealership/service center and safelite glass. Both service providers indicate that there is not a repair for this it is a complete replacement of the window. I have been informed by safelite that they have replaced many of these because the adhesive used during manufacturing does not properly adhere to the plastic frame/rail resulting in the failure. Furthermore, the replacement window has a different design, to eliminate this problem from reoccurring.

[xxx] my 2019 Ford f350 extended cab 4x4 6. 7 diesel engine caught fire while I was driving on [xxx] I was pulling a small gooseneck horse trailer with 2 live horses inside. I was traveling at 60mph. No modifications to the truck, everything stock. A car pulled along side me pointing to the front of the truck yelling your on fire. Immediately got off on an exit ramp, the truck engine died and I lost all power . I tried to put it in park nothing happened. The truck and trailer started to roll backwards off an embankment. I got the emergency brake on. My wife and I exited the truck the whole front end was on fire 50 ft + flames . We got the horses out and away . According to parkhills mo. Fire dept truck burned to the ground in less than 15 minutes. They stated it was a fuel fed fire. All the fire crew and responding police officers stated it was a common occurrence for that model Ford to catch fire . This truck had 19,967 miles no modifications. No warnings ,no fuel smells . Nothing to indicate any problems. Truck went from running perfect to burned up in less than 15 minutes. Total loss of the truck along with all my personal belongings. We were lucky ourselves and our horses escaped. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Death wobble happened 5 times driving on the interstate. Couldn’t control steering and everything was violently shaking.

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Rear center high mount camera on chmsl has stopped working after one year after purchase.

On [xxx] we were traveling westbound on [xxx] from keenesburg, CO in our 2014 Ford F-350 super duty at roughly 75mph. We were in the right lane and went over a bump in the road and as soon as we did, the steering wheel and the entire front end of the truck started shaking violently. We pulled onto the shoulder of the highway to slow down/stop. Once the truck stopped shaking, we pulled back into the right lane from the shoulder and shortly before the [xxx] exit we hit another bump in the road and the steering wheel as well as the front end of the truck began violently shaking. We again moved over to the shoulder of the highway, slowing down until we were at a full stop. At that point we decided we weren't going to go to our destination and exited the highway at the [xxx] exit. 're not entirely sure what component or system failed but believe it to be related to the steering or suspension and yes it is available for inspection. Safety was at risk due to the high rate of speed we were traveling when this happened and without any warning whatsoever. Had we not been able to move onto the shoulder to stop the vehicle, who knows what could've happened. Thankfully, there were not a lot of other vehicles on the road both times this occurred. Are hesitant to operate the truck so it has not yet been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center. *again, we are hesitant to operate the truck so it has not been inspected by anyone yet. , there were no warnings at all. No warning lamps, no messages, nothing. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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I have experienced what is called the Ford death wobble on multiple occasions however yesterday it happened 3 different times while traveling with my 2 year old nephew and elderly mother. It terrified both as it almost caused an accident yesterday. This is not acceptable to pay $53 thousand for a vehicle that you feel unsafe to drive!.

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The truck is equipped with an electronic tail gate release. I was pulling a 40’ 5th wheel leaving an RV park when the tailgate lowered causing significant damage to the tailgate and the trailer. I verified the tailgate was up and pulled on it to ensure it was secure once I connected to the trailer. The key fob was on my pocket. .

We purchased this truck as a certified used vehicle in January of 2019. In September of 2023 we started experiencing a death wobble every time we try and take the truck over 55 mph. We have taken the truck to the Ford dealership six different times to try and fix the issue, and Ford can not figure out the cause of the wobble. Currently the truck has been in the shop at Ford for almost 2 months continuously with them trying to figure out what is causing the issue.

While driving above 6mph, my truck is supposed to have 4 rear facing camera views available per the owners manual, normal rear view, bed camera, hitch view and trailer auxiliary view. Only 2 of the cameras work as described. It has been at the dealer several times, about 3 weeks total and Ford engineering was involved in the repair attempt. At first the engineer said it should work as described in the owners manual then after 2 weeks at the dealer now they're saying because it did not work when the truck was new that its normal. This is a safety concern because I cannot check the hitch view while driving, the bed camera works so you can check a fifth wheel hitch while driving but not a bumper pull. I have contacted Ford and my case number is cxh-02221093-h2y9q4.

Air conditioning compressor clutch quit working. Was told Ford is t making them and was given zero information if or when it might be resolved.

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For years my truck starts vibrating excessively, shaking the entire vehicle when driving over certain sections of roadway or bumps. Sometimes, my steering is difficult to maintain when this happens. This occurs at speeds around 50 mph+. I always assumed it was just a bad road section and never pursued any repair as I didn't think it was a truck issue. Recently, I have come across some articles, that described my exact situation/condition when driving my truck. It makes me have to slow way down below the speed limit for the violent shaking to stop. Sometimes, I though it was just my stiff suspension on bad roads. It is being called the Ford death wobble and affects many Ford super duty trucks. Who knows what other components of my truck have been unduly affected due to this manufacturer's safety issue with my truck and that appears to be a situation that occurs often with other Ford super duty trucks. I'm concerned one day it will cause me to lose control and crash or crash into another vehicle. To my knowledge Ford has not issued any recall's regarding these safety problems. My truck has been to the Ford shops many times but nothing addressed regarding this condition. It has occurred so many times, I can not even count, well over hundreds of times over 8 years. The most recent time it occurred was about two weeks ago on [xxx] in colorado springs. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Noticed thumping sound in rear seat area of my truck when going over bumps. Got home and when looking in rear seat noticed the rear sliding windows was loose and was leaning inward that left a gap between the sliding window and main rear window which left alone would let rain in and may make it easier for someone to break in the truck. Had to take truck in for service the next day and when I showed them what had happened they said they had seen it before that it needed to be resealed. Since my truck has the best extended warranty they needed to get it approved to see what Ford is the repair for this issue. I contact the dealership later in the week to find out my extended warranty would not cover it and there solution was to replace the complete window. This made no since since the top track holding the window in place had come unglued. Ford solution is to replace the complete windows for around $1,600. 00 at my expense. Come to find out according to youtube this is an issue Ford since 2015 which is when they changed their rear sliding windows. Solution is to have the track taken off adhesive removed from the track and around the top of the rear windows. Use 3m window adhesive 08609 with 3m primer -8681 and reattach the tack.

The rear cab glass completely shattered due to the defrost heating element shorting out because it had broken and falling off of middle sliding window, started to melt carpeting behind the seat and immediately burst the entire rear glass.

Items inside bed caught on fire due to exhaust cleaning system getting so hot to burn off pollution in dpf pipe. Dangerous truck to drive contacted Ford. No one contacted me. Other Ford diesels caught on fire due to this. I’m retired military and don’t have money to buy 50k trucks. Only 80k on truck.

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While driving on interstate 10 from tucson arizona to silver city new mexico the passenger front side window exploded out into millions of pieces. Weather was not hot or cold, driving conditions were good, traveling about 80 miles per hour.

360 review camera fails to operate correctly and screen goes blue. Front parking sensors, rear cross traffic, auto emergency braking, and rear parking sensors fail to operate as well.

Driving down the highway at a speed of 70,truck began to vibrate uncontrollably changed lanes. Continue to vibrate uncontrollably in the front of the truck. Pulled safely to side of road. Expected to see flat tires. No flat tires. Turn truck off. Turn truck back on no issues again. I believe this was my first experience with the death wobble.

When driving my 2013 Ford 350 crew cab 4x4 6. 7 diesel with only 68,000 miles stock with original equiptment , I was driving to my chemo appt as I have stage 4 cancer and a mom of a young son the truck started a shake and the sterring wheel violently came away from my hands. It got so bad I almost went into oncoming traffic putting my sons life and myself and others in danger, I have brought this truck to local shop and they figure it out. This has gone several times. Its my primary truck. Im a widow and need a safe truck. I cant bring to dealer as they charge $150 hr. I dont have a extended warranty on the truck, no codes popped up on dash, Ford has many complaints with there trucks including the f 150 which I owned and it lived at the shop . Over $10,000 out of pocket and problem never fixed always can find issue. Something needs to be done before someone gets killed in a accident .

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We had the death wobbles going 65 on cruise control everytime we hit a bump on the freeway. I lose control until I slow down to 35 mph.

Panoramic sunroof suddenly cracks. Contacted Ford dealership and they told me to go through my insurance. I read up on forums on this issue and it is happening to Ford owners with sunroofs.