2008 Ford F Super Duty problems
NHTSA has received 46 complaints about the 2008 Ford F Super Duty, and 24% of them involve engine. After that come steering (22%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 46 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 44 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 | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 44 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 70,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 60,000 miles (11 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 92% 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 2008 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Ford F Super Duty with enough data (22 complaints in that window).
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.
Vehicle equipped with power retracting mirrors. Had my hand on the switch and on the door frame when I retracted the mirrors due to a narrow street in highlands nj. The mirror closed and crushed my finger between the door and the electric mirror assy. Will be seeking medical assistance for finger. Vehicle should be equipped with sensor not to allow this to happen. Could have been extremely dangerous to driver if I was going at a high rate of speed to the shocking pain caused when the mirror impacted my finger....
We are on our 4th engine at 67,000 miles. While we are driving, the truck will just shut down, start blowing out black and white smoke. We have no brakes, no steering and working in colorado it has happened while coming down mountains and hills. They've replaced every egr sensor at least twice, exhaust systems, the motor 4 times, you name it.
I have a 2008 ford f250 and everytime I hit a bump the front end shakes real bad . I took it to the dealer many of times they said nothing was wrong .they just told me my air pressure was low. I even change the tires and it still dose it. Help please thank you
The fuel tank lining is failing so we took the truck into the dealership. The corroding fuel tank liner has gummed up our fuel filter. While at the shop looking at this the dealership mechanic quickly pointed out that our radiator has a leak. He mentioned that it was a common problem and not covered by warranty. After looking into it further we found out that it is a common problem among ford superduty f450. This is the second truck (f450) that this has happened to and it cost ~$1,600.00 to fix.
Randomly and without warning a green wrench light came on my dashboard while I was driving on a busy highway. Date was 12/1/2015. I lost power and had to pull over on the side of the highway. There was no power when I tried to accelerate. There was no response when I would step on the gas pedal. It was idling very rough, I turned off the truck waited a couple of minutes then tried to turn the truck on again and the wrench light cleared. It went back to "normal" and I was able to drive off the highway.