2004 Ford F-350 SD problems
NHTSA has received 159 complaints about the 2004 Ford F-350 SD, and 30% of them involve engine. Next are electrical system (19%) and fuel system (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 159 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 139 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 | 21 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 22 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 16 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 14 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 19 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 11 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 13 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 139 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 70,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 78,000 miles (40 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2004 ranks 14th most-complained-about out of 24 model years of the Ford F-350 SD with enough data (100 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
Dt: the consumer owns a 2004 ford f350 super duty. She stated while trying to get into the truck the passenger side running board fell off of the vehicle causing her to fall and get hurt. The drivers side running board fell off about three weeks and know one was hurt as a result to that one.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford f350 superduty. As the contact was getting into the vehicle, the running board that is attached to the driver side door completely detached. He sustained a bruised ankle as a result. The current mileage was 43,635 and the failure mileage was unknown.
2004 ford f350 crew cab diesel sat idle in driveway for approx. 6 weeks. A fire started in engine comp. While vehicle was off and unoccupied.
Pulling my 5th wheel camper with f350 dulley only 23 miles from home at 60 miles MPH drivers side outside duell 3/4 of tread separated from tire down to steel belts ripped duelley fender off truck damaged to camper also . This is the 2ed tire to do this the 1st tire was on passenger side front driving 70 MPH damaged 1/4 panel ,bumper ,running board .this happened on 12/29/08 both tires had 78lbs psi after tread separation and held air for 3 days .looking at the two tires after the tread separated you could not…
I was leaving my home with my travel trailer for vacation. I made it to the first traffic light and had great difficulty stopping the vehicle. The brake pedal went straight to the floor, I needed to use the trailer brakes to stop. After driving very slowly home I diagnosed the problem as a faulty brake line. This was not an ordinary type line, this was a stainless steel line that had some type of sealing device in the ends that failed. There are two more of the same type lines on the vehicle.