2006 Ford F-450 Sd

THIS 2006 FORD E450 SUPER DUTY WITH A 6.0L ENGINE HAS BEEN TROUBLE RIGHT FROM THE START. THE FIRST THING TO GO WRONG WAS THE TURBO THAT WENT OUT ON 09/18/2007 WITH ONLY 12,000 MILES. NEXT AT 15,000 MILES THE VEHICLE HAD STARTING AND RUNNING PROBLEMS AND THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS ON TOP OF MOTOR. FROM THIS TIME FORWARD UP TO 29000 MILES THE SQUAD WAS TOWED SEVERAL TIMES FOR MORE ENGINE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT PARTS. FROM 29,000 TO 53,000 THINGS GOT WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN AGAIN FOR EGR COOLER PROBLEMS, INJECTOR PROBLEM AND RADIATOR FAILED. TWO OF THESE TIMES WAS WHEN WE HAD A PATIENT AND HAD TO CALL FOR A BACK UP UNIT TO RESPOND. FROM 53,000 MILES TO 62,000 MILES WE HAD SEVERAL MORE TIMES OF NO START AND NO POWER PROBLEM THAT LEFT THE SQUAD ONLY ABLE TO GO 35 MPH. WE HAD MORE ENGINE PARTS REPLACED AND COMPUTERS. THE LAST EVENT WAS WHEN WE HAD FUEL GETTING INTO THE COOLANT AND FOUND BOTH HEADS CRACKED AND EGR COOLER BAD AGAIN. WE HAD ENGINE REPAIRED WITH ALL AFTER MARKET PARTS COSTING OVER $9000. IN ONE YEAR SQUAD WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR OVER 2 MONTHS WITH ENGINE PROBLEMS. SQUAD HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR ABOUT 12 MONTHS SINCE NEW. ALL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ENGINE RELATED.

LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN NOEM ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE HIS DIFFICULTIES WITH THE WARRANTY ON HIS 2007 WINNEBAGO MOTOR HOME (DOT/I# H 2012 242 ) *TGW 2006 FORD 4-450 SD CHASSIS. THE CONSUMER STATED HE PURCHASED THE MOTORHOME IN APRIL OF 2008. THE WARRANTY STARTED IN 2008 AS IT WAS A MODEL YEAR CARRY OVER UNIT. THE WARRANTY IS SET TO EXPIRE IN APRIL 2013. THE CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITION COILS WERE BAD. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE AND PHONE CALLS, HE REQUESTED THE FORD REPLACE THE IGNITION COILS. SIX OUT OF TEN COILS HAVE FAILED. SO FAR, FORD HAS REFUSED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD F450. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH HE TRIED APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE TO THE LEFT AND HE ALMOST HIT A FEW VEHICLES. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS FRONT TIRES LOCKED UP. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO LOW VOLTAGE. THE DEALER THEN REPLACED HIS ALTERNATOR FOR $500.00. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THERE WAS ALSO SMOKE COMING FROM THE TIRES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.