NHTSA Complaint #11363125 — 2020 FORD F-250

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE, I NOTICE MY VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. SOON MY ENGINE HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY SPEED DROPPED FROM 65 MPH TO 20 MPH. I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I SCRAMBLED TO GET THE TRUCK AND THE TRAVEL TRAILER I WAS PULLING OVER INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND MEDIAN, DOING ALL I COULD TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. ONCE I REACHED THE MEDIAN I WAS APPROX. 1/4 MILES FROM AN EXIT. I DROVE TO THE EXIT AT MY VEHICLES MAX SPEED OF 20 MPH. ONCE STOPPED I REVIEWED MY TRUCK AND NOTICED ENGINE COOLANT POURING FROM A LINE THAT HAD DISCONNECTED. UPON REVIEW THE LINE DID NOT HAVE A CLAMP PRESENT AND THERE WERE NO WITNESS OR COMPRESSION MARKS ON THE HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE DEFECT OF NO HOSE CLAMP OR THE HOSE WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AT THE FACTORY.