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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2008 Ford F-550 Sd Recalls

The 2008 Ford F-550 Sd has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 19, 2009.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Ford F-550 Sd. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
4

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
26

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
2

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2008 Ford F-550 Sd, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

4 recalls on the 2008 Ford F-550 Sd

Equipment: appliance: air conditioner

Campaign
09V456000
Reported
November 19, 2009
Vehicles affected
up to 269
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 7 other models

09V456000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Seats

Campaign
08V096000
Reported
February 28, 2008
Vehicles affected
up to 87,515
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 207, seating systems
Same campaign
also 3 other models

08V096000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)

Campaign
07V139000
Reported
March 26, 2007
Vehicles affected
up to 33,169
Same campaign
also 3 other models

07V139000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery

Campaign
07V140000
Reported
March 26, 2007
Vehicles affected
up to 1,022
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 3 other models

07V140000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2008 Ford F-550 Sd complaints by year

NHTSA has received 26 owner complaints about the 2008 Ford F-550 Sd, the newest on November 2, 2022. Of these, 2 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 1 injury.

In complaints about the 2008 Ford F-550 Sd, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (31%), followed by the engine (23%) and the power train (19%).

1 of the 2008 Ford F-550 Sd's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.

Where 2008 Ford F-550 Sd owners gave the mileage (23 complaints), the median was 33,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Engine And Engine Cooling8
  • Engine6
  • Power Train5
  • Fuel/Propulsion System3
  • Structure2
  • Electrical System1

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2008 Ford F-550 Sd received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20071
20082
20091
20104
20112
20122
20132
20144
20153
20161
20181
20202
20221

Complaints about the 2008 Ford F-550 Sd peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 4. 38% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Ford F-550 Sd drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Ford F-550 Sd year in the same window: 4th highest of the 5 ranked years.

That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Ford F-550 Sd years.

Ford F-550 Sd years to avoid →

The 26 complaints about the 2008 Ford F-550 Sd are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Ford F-550 Sd by model year

Other 2008 Ford models

Newest record on this page: November 2, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted