2011 FORD E-450 Fuelpropulsion System Problems

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A CITY STREET AND AGAIN ON AN INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP CIRCUIT WIRING HARNESS WAS BAD. THE VEHICLE HAS 23,000.

THIS VEHICLE WAS CONVERTED TO AN AMBULANCE BY WHEELD COACH. THE AMBULANCE CAUGHT FIRE AND SPREAD TO THE BUILDING IN WHICH IT WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED. A PARAMEDIC SMELLED SOMETHING COMING FROM THE BAY, AND, WHEN HE WENT TO INVESTIGATE, HE SAW SMOKE AND FIRE DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE AMBULANCE. AN INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED THAT THE LUG CONNECTION AT THE ALTERNATOR WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED BY WHEELED COACH. THE CONNECTION PRODUCED A HIGH RESISTANCE CONNECTION, PRODUCING TEMPERATURES SUFFICIENT TO IGNITE A COMPETENT FUEL SOURCE AND/OR CAUSED THE BATTERY CABLE INSULATION TO FAIL, PRODUCING ELECTRICAL ARCING THAT PROVIDED A COMPETENT IGNITION SOURCE TO CAUSE THE FIRE. *TR

MY 2011 F450 WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT, WOULD NOT START AFTER JUST RUNNING. IT HAD NEVER GIVEN ANY INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEMS PRIOR TO NOT STARTING. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS TAKEN WORKED ON IT FOR 9 DAYS HAND IN HAND WITH FORD WARRANTY DEPT AND CAME UP WITH FAILURE OF THE FUEL SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO FORD INSPECTORS, FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED. FUEL PUMP HAD METAL SHAVINGS IN FILTER SYSTEM. FUEL PUMP WAS RUSTED AND HAD NO LUBRICANT. BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THIS. WE ARE OUT OVER $5,000 (DON'T HAVE THE FINAL $$$$$ AMOUNT AT THIS TIME). SYSTEM FAILURE WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH WATER OR OTHER CONTAMINATES IN FUEL LINES. FUEL SYSTEM HAS TO BE FLUSHED TO ELIMINATE METAL SHAVINGS THROUGHOUT FUEL LINES AND INJECTORS. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, ANY DIESEL USED IN FORD DIESEL TRUCKS SHOULD HAVE A RATING OF 20...AND NOT...