This page covers 2 recalls and 11 owner complaints for the 2017 Ford E-450.
Complaints filed for the 2017 Ford E-450 are spread thin across a small number of reports, making it hard to point to a dominant pattern. The most frequently mentioned systems are visibility/wipers and the engine, each with only a couple of reports. Among the more notable individual accounts: one fleet operator reports repeated transmission failures across multiple vehicles, describing hard jerking, torque converter failure, and vehicles stalling or rolling on hills, though this represents a single complaint rather than a confirmed trend across the dataset. Other isolated reports cover an emergency egress window that imploded inward on a shuttle body, a malfunctioning door lock that trapped an occupant inside, dim brake light LEDs, and a hydraulic leveling system leak on an RV chassis build. The complaint volume here is low enough that no single system stands out as a clear recurring concern.
11
Total Complaints
By System
The 2017 Ford E-450 has 2 recalls, both affecting specialty upfitted vehicles and carrying equal crash risk from two different sources.
On ambulance-configured units, brake lights wired through Whelen light systems can illuminate even when the brake pedal is not pressed, which may confuse following drivers and raise the risk of a rear-end collision. On shuttle bus configurations, a backup camera monitor made by ASA Electronics can reset to factory defaults and display the camera image in mirror-reverse, causing the driver to steer the wrong direction when backing up.
At a glance
What can fail
The backup camera monitor may reset to factory settings, causing the camera image to display in reverse.
What the fix does
ASA Electronics will provide a harness relay capacitor module to correct the image reversal at no cost.
Summarized — see the official notice for exact wording, dates, and contacts.
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Complaints are owner-reported and reflect individual experiences, not confirmed defects. They are distinct from recalls. Data sourced from the national vehicle safety complaint database. See trending complaints →
At a glance
What can fail
Whelen brake lights on certain 2017-2018 ambulances may turn on without the brake pedal being pressed, depending on vehicle wiring.
What the fix does
Whelen will replace the brake lights at no cost. Recall began June 5, 2019.
Summarized — see the official notice for exact wording, dates, and contacts.
