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2008 Ford F-250 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	811021
Internal NHTSA #	10350861
Manufacurer	FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	FORD
Model	F-250
Model Year	2008
File date	20/08/10
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Subject owns a 2008 f250 w/ 6. 4l diesel. At random, when attempting to accelerate, pull onto a highway, or otherwise increase speed, vehicle will lose power and stumble. White smoke has been noticed from the exhaust during at least one of these incidents. Ford has tsb 08-25-1 which attempts to address this problem, but vehicle is past warranty, and other owners have reported the problem persists even after having the tsb performed. This is a safety issue, on august 20, 2010 we were pulling a 10,000 trailer and went to pass a slower vehicle. Our vehicle lost power while passing (stumble/smoke) for approx 5 seconds, before regaining power. We could have had a terrible accident if there had been oncoming traffic present and/or power had not returned. Problem is able to be duplicated.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	114825
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	FRANKFORT, MI
VIN pattern	1FTSW21R18EXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	50
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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2008 Ford F-250 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Ford F-250 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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