The defect
Somerset Welding & Steel, doing business as J&J Truck equipment (J&J), is recalling certain model year 2009-2013 Ford F-350, F-450, and F-550 Super Duty chassis with 6.8L gasoline engines modified by J&J to be equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the PTO pressure switch onto a thermal blanket covering the exhaust.
The risk
The leaking oil may soak into the thermal blanket covering the exhaust, which when combined with heat from exhaust, may result in an increased risk of fire.
The remedy
Somerset will notify owners, and dealers will install a new pressure switch kit that moves the switch away from the exhaust system, free of charge. The recall began August 2014. Owner's may contact Somerset customer service at 1-800-777-2671.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Ford F-350 SD | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Ford F-450 SD | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Ford F-550 SD | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
Components: EQUIPMENT | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford F-350 SD | 2009 | 19 | 4 |
| Ford F-350 SD | 2010 | 50 | 6 |
| Ford F-350 SD | 2011 | 43 | 7 |
| Ford F-350 SD | 2012 | 29 | 9 |
| Ford F-350 SD | 2013 | 9 | 9 |
| Ford F-450 SD | 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| Ford F-450 SD | 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| Ford F-450 SD | 2011 | 6 | 8 |
| Ford F-450 SD | 2012 | 3 | 7 |
| Ford F-450 SD | 2013 | 2 | 8 |
| Ford F-550 SD | 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| Ford F-550 SD | 2010 | 1 | 7 |
| Ford F-550 SD | 2011 | 3 | 12 |
| Ford F-550 SD | 2012 | 6 | 10 |
| Ford F-550 SD | 2013 | 2 | 9 |
Other equipment recalls in 2014
107 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the equipment; SOMERSET WELDING & STEEL, INC. filed 3 campaigns in all.
| 14V828000 30 Dec 2014 | Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC |
| 14V823000 29 Dec 2014 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 14V821000 29 Dec 2014 | Champion Bus, Inc. |
| 14V782000 9 Dec 2014 | Starcraft RV |
| 14V775000 5 Dec 2014 | Jayco, Inc. |
| 14V745000 21 Nov 2014 | Altec Industries Inc. |
| 14V734000 17 Nov 2014 | Allied Recreation Group, Inc. |
| 14V718000 10 Nov 2014 | Sutphen Corporation |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014