NHTSA Complaint #11141819 — 2016 FORD F-350

WHILE DRIVING ON I-75 IN THE PASSING LANE AT BETWEEN 70-75 MPH, APPROACHING MACON,GA. OUR VEHICLE SLOWED WAY DOWN. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO EXIT 167 BEFORE VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING. VEHICLE QUIT ON THE EXIT RAMP, LESS THAN A MILE FROM WHERE IT 1ST BEGAN SLOWING DOWN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO RIVERSIDE FORD IN MACON. UPON EXAMINATION BY FORD MECHANIC, WHILE THERE WAS NO WATER IN THE FUEL, THERE WAS A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF RUST AROUND RIM AND METAL IN THE FUEL FILTER. WE HAD VEHICLE TOWED HOME. ON MONDAY WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ROBBIE ROBERSON FORD IN WAYCROSS, GA. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM BY ONE OF THEIR MECHANICS THE SAME DETERMINATION WAS MADE., SLIGHT RUST AROUND RIM OF FUEL FILTER AND METAL IN THE FILTER. AT NO TIME DID THE WATER SENSOR LIGHT COME ON. THE FUEL PUMP HAD EXPLODED. FORD ASSUMED NO LIABILITY ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE FUEL SYSTEM SHOULD NOT BE SO SENSITIVE THAT THE FUEL PUMP EXPLODES JUST BECAUSE OF A LITTLE RUST PROBABLY CAUSED BY CONDENSATION. HAD WE NOT BEEN ABLE TO EXIT I-75 AND THE VEHICLE QUIT IN TRAFFIC THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES/DEATHS. FORD IS AWARE THEY HAVE AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A KIT TO FIX IT BUT REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM.