2010 FORD E-350 Complaints

I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD 45MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HAS TROUBLE LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ANY GAS AND IT STARTED DROPPING SPEED WENT ALL THE TO 0. WHEN YOU PULL OVER AND PUT IT IN PARK IT RUNS REALLY ROUGH, THEN I CUT IT OFF LEAVE IT SIT 10 MINUTES. TRY TO CRANK IT BACK UP SOMETIMES IT WILL CRANK SOMETIMES IT WON'T, THEN IT ACTS LIKE IT'S NOT GETTING ANY GAS. *TR

ON THE 2003 AND UP FORD E-SERIES VANS USED FOR AMBULANCE CONVERSIONS. THE CABLE LEADING FROM THE REAR BATTERY UNDER THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD FACTORY JUMP STUD. THE CABLE IS CORRODING AND BREAKING OFF, CAUSING ARCING. ALSO THE FACTORY JUMP STUD, IS WHERE QVM RECOMMENDS THAT AMBULANCE MANUFACTURERS ATTATCH THE CABLE FEEDING THE AMBULANCE CONVERSION. WHEN THE FORD CABLE BREAKS, IT CAUSES THE AMBULANCE CONVERSION TO LOOSE ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TYPICALLY INCLUDING ALL WARNING DEVICES IE SIRENS, LIGHTS, ETC. DOME ATTENDANT LIGHTING, INVERTERS, TWO-WAY RADIOS, SUCTION, ELECTRICAL OXYGEN SOLENOIDS, ETC. THIS POTENTIALLY NEGATIVELY IMPACT A PATIENT BEING TRANSPORTED WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ALSO THE ARCS FROM THE CORROSION DIRECTLY PRIOR TO THE CABLE SEPARATING, HAS CAUSED THE INSULATOR AROUND THE FORD JUMP STUD TO MELT, AS SEEN BY DEFORMITY, AND ALSO CHARRING, THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS RECENTLY HAD TO CHANGE OUT THESE CABLES TO A HOME-BUILT DESIGN ON AROUND 75 OF THESE VEHICLES, INCLUDING 2010 MODELS. I SENT AN EMAIL TO FORD, AND THEY MORE OR LESS DECIDED THAT IT WAS A WHEELED COACH ISSUE, HOWEVER WHEELED COACH CLAIMS IT IS A FORD ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM IS SHOWING UP ON MORE THAN JUST WHEELED COACH BRAND AMBULANCES. A REDESIGN TO THE CONNECTIONS MADE AT THE JUMP STUD COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, EITHER BY MOVING THE QVM RECOMMENDED ATTATCHMENT LOCATION, OR A BETTER DESIGN TO THE CABLES/AND JUMP STUD. *LN

VEHICLE HAS A MISFIRE PROBLEM AND STALLING PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING AND OR AT IDLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THIS DEFECT OCCURS WHENEVER IT WANTS TO AND IT HAS SHUT OFF ON THREE OCCASIONS AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH ONE OF THE OCCURRENCES. THE MISFIRE WAS SO ABRUPT THAT IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH MY WIFE AND I IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD E-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE REAR SEATS AND THE CEILING OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE AMOUNT OF SPACE WAS A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.