2013 Ford F-550 Sd

The 2013 Ford F-550 SD has 5 recalls, the most serious being a fire risk affecting trucks that were upfitted by specialty equipment companies with a power take-off assembly where oil can leak onto a heat-wrapped exhaust and ignite.

The fire risk appears across four separate recalls tied to different upfitters — Utility Truck Equipment Company, Tactical Vehicle Outfitters, J&J Truck Equipment, and Dual-Tech — but the core hazard is the same in each case: oil leaking from the power take-off pressure switch soaks into the thermal blanket wrapped around the exhaust, and the heat from the exhaust can then cause that oil-saturated material to catch fire. Because these are all upfitter-specific campaigns, whether a particular truck is affected depends on which company modified it after it left the factory. Owners of aerial trucks, utility trucks, or other specialized work vehicles built on this chassis should check whether their upfitter is among those named.

The fifth recall affects trucks that came from Ford equipped with an ambulance or fire engine preparation package. In those vehicles, a software condition in the transmission control module can cause the engine to shut down unexpectedly. On a standard work truck this would be a serious inconvenience, but on emergency response vehicles the engine shutting off and requiring a cool-down period before restarting can directly delay a medical response at a time when seconds matter.