2004 Ford E-450 problems
Owners have filed 45 complaints with NHTSA about the 2004 Ford E-450. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 20% of complaints. Next are electrical system (13%) and fuel system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 45 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 28,000 miles 30 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 | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 9 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 30 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 28,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a fire.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2004 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Ford E-450 with enough data (34 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
Engine was replaced 3 times by ford dealership, but problem never fixed , every re-build engine that was installed had diff. Issue , then the last one just caught in fire from leaking oil and also from the way they installed 11-01-07 date caught in fire.
(1) driving vehicle. (2) intermittent power loss and stalling. After stalling crank/no start (3) took vehicle to dealer for repair, unable to duplicate problem no repairs made. Repeated this process many times with no repairs fixing the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford e-450. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. In addition, the vehicle failed to start intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer multiple times. The technician diagnosed that the power control module, starter and the hop oil pressure pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred on numerous occasions. The manufacturer was notified.