2008 Ford E-350 problems
NHTSA has received 56 complaints about the 2008 Ford E-350, and 21% of them involve steering. Next are body & structure (12%) and suspension (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 56 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 50,000 miles 47 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 13 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 9 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 47 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 50,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 20,000 miles (10 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2008 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Ford E-350 with enough data (37 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 30 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Traveling westbound in hwy 54 east of stratford, tx the left rear tire exploded on our 2008 pleasure-way rv. This rv is built on a ford e350 chassis. The vehicle immediately became uncontrollable and drifted into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer. Driver steered vehicle to the right to avoid the oncoming truck, the rv crossed over the road into a ditch on the right, again turned to the left and re-entered the roadway at a sharp angle causing the vehicle to roll onto its right side.
I was driving on I215 in salt lake city utah at 65MPH when I hit a small bump in the road and the front end of the truck began shaking violently and I could not regain control before it ran me off the road into a ditch narrowly missing a concrete barrier and another vehicle. There was no impact, however I am not sure how I kept it from rolling the truck. This has happened to me in three other ford trucks ranging from 2006 to 2008 that I used to drive at work. And now my personal 2008 f350.
Quiero saber si la serie es legitima o es una unidad clonada, ya que no aparecen registros e historial. Unidad importada a mexico y reportada robada.
The steering on this van is very "loose" causing it to wander and require constant correction at all speeds. At normal highway speeds, hitting any bumps causes the back of the vehicle to skip or shift requiring significant steering correction and causing the vehicle to be very unstable. Mechanical inspection reveals no failure with any parts. (shame on ford for this vehicle)
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford e-350. Whenever the vehicle was parked for an extensive amount of time, the battery failed and could not be jumpstarted. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the batteries failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired eight times; however, the failure recurred. In addition, the vehicle experienced two oil leaks and a diesel leak. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.