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Ford B800

Every Ford B800 model year on file, 1979 to 1998. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years100 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years111979 to 1998
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins12Summed across model years
By model year

The 1998 model year drew the most complaints, 6, 60% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0246197919811982198319841985198619951996199719986
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Ford B800 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
4
Electrical system
1
Suspension
1
Equipment
1
Structure
1
Visibility and wipers
1
Brakes
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Ford B800 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Ford B800 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1998Not decoded60.0600103
1997Not decoded0NoneNone003
1996Bus10.0100013
1995Bus30.0150013
1986Not decoded0NoneNone010
1985Not decoded0NoneNone010
1984Not decoded0NoneNone110
1983Not decoded0NoneNone210
1982Not decoded0NoneNone100
1981Not decoded0NoneNone200
1979Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Ford B800

  • 97V-091 May 28, 1997
    Vehicle description: medium duty trucks and school bus chassis-cowls equipped with automatic transmissions
    Powertrain · 2,400 vehicles
  • 84V-135 Oct 23, 1984
    Involved vehicles were produced with hydraulic brake booster supply hoses that are located too close to the engine exhaust manifold and may chafe…
    Brakes · 8,051 vehicles
  • 83V-016 Feb 15, 1983
    On the affected vehicles, the wiring assembly to the floor mounted headlamp dimmer switch may be too tight; should wires disconnect, the…
    Electrical system · 300 vehicles
  • 82V-119 Dec 7, 1982
    These vehicles may have been manufactured with an incorrect end clamp on the hand throttle actuating cable
    Speed control · 4,617 vehicles
  • 81V-090 Jul 17, 1981
    Involved vehicles were assembled with the left front brake tube retaining clip missing
    Brakes · 3,700 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.