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Turbo charger tube failed at the plastic connection joint on the turbo. Plastic connection broke causing a sudden loss of power at highway speed. 4-failures in fleet trucks with the same issue. One turbo hose had a crimp band joint failure. This could result in a rear end crash on a truck pulling a trailer. Ford said its not a problem. 6.7 engine equipped.
I was traveling with my three young children to a town approximately 40 miles from our home. I was going about 70 mph on the freeway, and just as I started to exit at an off ramp a warning tone sounded and my dash flashed "stop safely now". I was exiting anyway and there was no where to pull over, so I continued up the ramp. I quickly turned into the nearby parking lot, and just as I quickly pulled into a parking spot the pickup completely died. It was only about 30 seconds from when I was first alerted to a problem to the vehicle completely shutting off. It was pure luck that I was able to find a safe place to pull over that quickly. I just kept thinking about how dangerous that could have been had I not been able to immediately get off the freeway. If I had lost power on the freeway there could have been a terrible accident. We were then completely stranded and had to wait for a tow. Luckily the weather was fair as we would have been unable to use any heat or air conditioning while we waited for what could have been hours for a tow. Not to mention that we live in a very rural area and often times do not have cell service. Also, we frequently are towing our stock trailer loaded with horses or cattle going up and down steep grades. I can only imagine what would happen if the pickup decided to shut off at those times. I was truly shaken up by this incident and the thought of what could have happened if the circumstances had been different. I am pleading with you to prevent certain future tragedy by forcing Ford to fix this problem. It's a simple fix (in my case it took the dealer less than an hour) and there is no excuse.
Delayed reaction of accelerator : engine RPM does not decrease immediately when accelerator pedal is released therefore making the vehicle difficult to stop in an emergency situation.
- Novelty, OH, USA
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- Goldsboro , NC, USA