IllustrationHAND RAIL FAILED ON BUS NUMBER 127. (FOURTH VEHICLE ON 503019) *DSH
1987 Ford E350
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Structure. Review the 4 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 3 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 3 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
0 crash reports4 fire reports0 injury reports
Structure complaints
4 reportsHAND RAIL FAILED ON BUS NUMBER 126. (THIRD VEHICLE ON 503019) *DSH
HAND RAIL FAILED ON BUS NUMBER 125. (SECOND VEHICLE ON 503019) *DSH
HAND RAIL FAILED ON BUS NUMBER 124. (FIRST VEHICLE ON 503019) *DSH
Official recalls
889V150000 · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System:heater Core
Oct 1, 1989
HEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: HOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
Remedy: REROUTE HOSE AS NECESSARY.
89V139000 · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System:heater Core
Aug 15, 1989
HEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: HOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
Remedy: REROUTE AND REPAIR HOSE, AS NECESSARY.
89V075000 · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System:heater Core
May 9, 1989
HEATER HOSE MAY BE INCORRECTLY ROUTED.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: HOSE COULD WEAR THROUGH AND LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT INAN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
Remedy: REROUTE AND SPLICE HOSE AS NECESSARY.
89V062000 · Electrical System:wiring
Apr 17, 1989
NYLON TIES THAT SUPPORT THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS TO THE CHASSIS COULD WEAR AND BREAK DUE TO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. THUS, WIRING HARNESS COULD FALL ON ENGINE COMPONENTS AND SHORT CIRCUIT.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH COULDRESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
Remedy: INSTALL RETROFIT RIT OF PLASTIC-COATED METAL CLAMPS, LOOM FOR POSITIVE BATTERY CABLES AND RE-ROUTE WIRING.
88V133000 · Engine And Engine Cooling:cooling System:hoses/lines/piping/fittings
Aug 9, 1988
EXTREME OPERATING CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE PREMATURE DETERIORATION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HEATER HOSES OR ENGINE BYPASS HOSES.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: ENGINE COOLANT COULD DISCHARGE ONTO THE ENGINE AND ITSEXHAUST MANIFOLD CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE DUE TO THE HIGH ENGINEEXHAUST MANIFOLD TEMPERATURES.
Remedy: REPLACE HOSES AND RADIATOR CAPS; INSTALL HIGH HEAT RESISTANCE ALUMINIZED STAINLESS STEEL MUFFLERS.
87V144000 · Engine And Engine Cooling:exhaust System:emission Control
Sep 9, 1987
VEHICLES ARE SUBJECT TO EXCESSIVE UNDERHOOD TEMPERATURES AND FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURES IN SEVERE DUTY APPLICATIONS.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: THIS CREATES POTENTIAL FOR FUEL EXPULSION FROM THE FUELFILLER PIPE WHICH IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN AFIRE.
Remedy: INSTALL MODIFICATION KITS TO MINIMIZE POSSIBILITY OF FUEL EXPULSION AND TO SHIELD UNDERBODY COMPONENTS FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM HEAT.
87V113000 · Engine And Engine Cooling:exhaust System:emission Control
Jul 21, 1987
EXPULSION OF FUEL DUE TO OVERPRESSURIZATION.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: FUEL OR FUEL VAPORS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITIONSOURCE CAN CAUSE A FIRE.
Remedy: MODIFICATION OF THE BASE FUEL VENTING AND EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM TO REDUCE OPERATING TEMPERATURES AND FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURES.
87V111000 · Fuel System, Gasoline:storage:tank Assembly:mounting
Jul 16, 1987
FUEL LEAK AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT FUEL TANK IN THE AREA OF THE VAPOR VALVE GROMMET. GROMMET MAY SPLIT DUE TO COMPRESSIVE LOAD WHEN INSTALLED IN THE FUEL TANK.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: FUEL MAY LEAK FROM VAPOR VALVE AND BECOME THE SOURCE OFFUEL FOR A FIRE.
Remedy: INSTALLATION OF A NEWLY DESIGNED VAPOR VALVE GROMMET.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
53PE94065 · Fuel Injector Pump Fails
Opened Aug 19, 1994 · Closed Dec 28, 1994
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Vehicle Speed Control:linkages
There is no summary currently available
EA93014 · Alternator Belt Failure
Opened Jun 4, 1993 · Closed Jul 29, 1994
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Electrical System
There is no summary currently available
PE89102 · Heater Hose Routing
Opened Mar 15, 1989 · Closed Aug 1, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89044 · Heater Hose Misrouting
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Apr 19, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
SUMMARY:CHAMPION HAS FURNISHED HEATER HOSE ROUTING DIAGRAMS WHICHCLEARLY SHOW THAT THE ONLY HEATER HOSE ROUTING EVER USED BY CHAMPIONROUTES THE HOSES FROM THE HEATER, ACROSS THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR THERADIATOR, AND DOWN TO THE DRIVERS SIDE FRAME RAIL THE SIDE MOST REMOTEFROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, AND REARWARD ALONG THIS FRAME RAIL TO THE REAROF THE VEHICLE.THIS ROUTING IS THE ROUTING PREFERRED AND MOST HIGHLYRECOMMENDED BY FORD.===
PE89045 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Aug 29, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89046 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89047 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Mar 15, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89048 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jul 21, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89049 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jun 15, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
SUMMARY:AMERICAN MODULAR BODY WENT BANKRUPT AND THE ASSETS WERELIQUIDATED AT AUCTION.ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY SOURCES, NO ONE BOUGHTTHE BUSINESS, OR ASSUMED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WARRANTY ON THE UNITSTHEY SOLD.===
PE89050 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jul 19, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89051 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Mar 15, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89052 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jul 19, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89053 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Mar 15, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89054 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89055 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Mar 15, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89056 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89057 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jun 15, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
SUMMARY:LEADER INDUSTRIES HAS REPORTED THAT THEY DO NOT NOW, OR HAVETHEY EVER ATTACHED ANYTHING TO THE TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK TUBE.===
PE89058 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89059 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89060 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jul 19, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89061 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jul 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
SUMMARY:MEDTEC HAS NOT ATTACHED ANY HOSES OR WIRING TO TRANSMISSIONFILL TUBES.===
PE89062 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89063 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89064 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jul 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
SUMMARY:RINGDAHL HAS NOT ATTACHED HOSES OR WIRES TO THE DIPSTICKFILLER TUBE.===
PE89066 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89067 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Aug 3, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89068 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89069 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jul 19, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89070 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Aug 29, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89071 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Aug 29, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:windshield Wiper/washer
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PE89072 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Mar 15, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89073 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Sep 27, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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Additional source detail variants (2)
Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89074 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jul 3, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
SUMMARY:TRI STAR WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND STATED THAT THEY DO NOTSELL ANY UNITS IN THE U.S.THEY ALSO REPORTED THAT THEY DO NOT ATTACHANYTHING TO THE TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK TUBE.===
PE89075 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89076 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89077 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89078 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Sep 27, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89079 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Sep 28, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89080 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89081 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89082 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89083 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89084 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89085 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89086 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed May 5, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89087 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Mar 15, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89088 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Jul 19, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89089 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 17, 1989 · Closed Aug 1, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89043 · Heater Hose Misrouting
Opened Feb 15, 1989 · Closed Aug 2, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac System
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PE89040 · Underhood Fires
Opened Feb 9, 1989 · Closed Apr 18, 1989
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Electrical System
SUMMARY:SENTINEL HAS WORKED WITH FORD IN DEVELOPING A RETROFIT KITWHICH REROUTES THE SUBJECT WIRES.THE RETROFIT PRECEDURE ALSO ELIMINATESTHE TWO LARGE SOLINOIDS LOCATED UNDERHOOD AND REPLACES THEM WITH A SINGLESMALLER UNIT, LOCATED NEAR THE CURB SIDE BATTERY.THIS ALLOWS ADDITIONALROOM FOR THE REROUTING AND SECURING OF WIRES WITHOUT CHAFFING.===
DP88016 · FIRES-COOLANT Hose Failure
Opened May 12, 1988 · Closed Nov 16, 1988
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Engine And Engine Cooling:engine:gasoline
FIRES-COOLANT HOSE FAILURE
DP87024 · Ford E-350 Ems Vehicle Fires
Opened Jul 17, 1987 · Closed Aug 7, 1987
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Engine And Engine Cooling:engine:gasoline
FORD E-350 EMS VEHICLE FIRES
DP87025 · Ford E350 Ems Veh. Fires
Opened Jul 17, 1987 · Closed Aug 18, 1987
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Engine And Engine Cooling:engine:gasoline
FORD E350 EMS VEH. FIRES