Recall Register

1987 Ford F350: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1987 Ford F350. The newest campaign is 88V015000. NHTSA received the report on 9 Feb 1988. The NHTSA record gives the component Suspension. NHTSA has 8 complaints on file for this model year. 7 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 88V015000, in the NHTSA record

Modify and/or replace front suspension and steering components, tires, and frames.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 3,655,000 units in total.

  1. 88V015000Received . 55,000 units.

    Suspension

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Steering/suspension systems may not adequately control steering type wobble allowing the front end to shimmy.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Severe shimmy could damage vehicle frame or steeringgear creating potential for loss of steering control.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Modify and/or replace front suspension and steering components, tires, and frames.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

  2. 87V139000Received . 3,600,000 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Spring lock fuel line coupling may not be properly engaged.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Coupling could disengage due to fuel pressure,vibration, and engine movements; this would cause loss of fuel which, inpresence of an ignition source, creates a fire risk.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Install retainer clips over the couplings to prevent coupling separation and fuel leakage.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

8 complaints, 8 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1987 Ford F350: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Tires3
Electrical System1
Power Train1
Exterior Lighting1
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
Suspension1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
3 Dec 2004

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1987 Ford F350, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, with 3 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1987 Ford F350
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE94065Preliminary evaluationFUEL INJECTOR PUMP FAILSVehicle Speed Control / Linkages19 Aug 199428 Dec 1994
EA93014Engineering analysisALTERNATOR BELT FAILUREElectrical System4 Jun 199329 Jul 1994
PE91090Preliminary evaluationSPARE TIRE FIRESEquipment20 Jun 199125 Oct 1991
PE89128Preliminary evaluationGEARSHIFT LEVER BREAKSPower Train7 Jun 198917 Oct 1989
DP89005Defect petitionF-SERIES FUEL TANK FIRESFuel System, Gasoline26 Jan 19891 Aug 1989
PE89022Preliminary evaluationANTIFREEZE UNDERHOOD FIRESVehicle Speed Control / Linkages13 Dec 198812 Jul 1989
PE89020Preliminary evaluationFIRESVehicle Speed Control / Linkages7 Dec 19881 Jun 1989

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19671
  2. 19682
  3. 19691
  4. 19723
  5. 19733
  6. 19741
  7. 19754
  8. 19761
  9. 19773
  10. 19789
  11. 19793
  12. 19805
  13. 19814
  14. 19822
  15. 19837
  16. 19843
  17. 19851
  18. 19862
  19. 19872
  20. 19884
  21. 19895
  22. 19906
  23. 20052
  24. 20062
  25. 20072
  26. 20082

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1987 Ford F350: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/f350/1987/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1987 Ford F350?
3,655,000 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford F350 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 62 recall campaigns for the Ford F350, model years 1967 to 2008. 2 of them name the 1987 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1987 Ford F350 name most often?
Tires: 3 of 8 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1987 Ford F350 open?
No. Each of the 7 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.