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Ford C8000

Every Ford C8000 model year on file, 1975 to 1985. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years101975 to 1985
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

Ford C8000 complaints by model year

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

00.250.50.7511975197619781979198019811982198319841985
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Complaints by component

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Ford C8000 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 C8000 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1985Not decoded0NoneNone100
1984Not decoded0NoneNone100
1983Not decoded0NoneNone100
1982Not decoded0NoneNone100
1981Not decoded0NoneNone100
1980Not decoded0NoneNone200
1979Not decoded0NoneNone200
1978Not decoded0NoneNone200
1976Not decoded0NoneNone100
1975Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Ford C8000

  • 85V-168 Dec 20, 1985
    Hydraulic parking brake control valve may inadvertently activate due to momentary pressure disruptions within the system and cause the parking…
    Brakes · 52k vehicles
  • 83V-140 Dec 28, 1983
    Cracks may develop in the spider member of seven blade fans due to vibrations of greater severity than anticipated
    Engine and cooling · 3,100 vehicles
  • 83V-036 Apr 5, 1983
    Cooling fan blades may crack and separate because they cannot withstand stress from vibrations that occur during normal engine operation
    Engine and cooling · 6,910 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.