2000 Ford E-450 Recalls, Complaints & Specs

2 safety recalls list the 2000 Ford E-450, and owners have filed 42 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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2 safety recalls for the 2000 Ford E-450

Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.

1. Vehicle speed control

   NHTSA 09V399000 Reported October 13, 2009 4,500,000 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Ford is recalling model years 1995-2003 windstar, 2000-2003 excursion diesel, 1993-1997 and 1999-2003 f-250 sd through f-550 sd diesel, 1992-2003 e-150 through e-550, 1995-2002 explorer, 1997 and 2002 mercury mountaineer, 1995-1997 and 2001-2003 ranger, and 1994 f53 vehicles equipped with the texas instruments speed control deactivation…

   Remedy: Ford will notify owners that dealers will install a fused wiring harness in line with the scds. On 1999-2003 windstar vehicles with a leaking scds, dealers will also inspect the ABS control module connector and repair…

2. Vehicle speed control

   NHTSA 06V286000 Reported August 1, 2006 1,200,000 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   On certain trucks equipped with speed control, gasoline or natural gas engines, the speed control deactivation switch may overheat.

   Remedy: Dealers will install a fused wiring harness into the speed control system free of charge. The recall began on august 7, 2006. Owners may contact ford at 1-866-436-7332. (note: also see recalls 05v017 and 05v388)

42 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 2000 Ford E-450 have filed 42 complaints with NHTSA; 2 describe a fire. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 47,910 miles. Complaints peaked in 2002 with 11 filed that year.

Most-reported components

• Tires16
• Tires: tread/belt11
• Suspension3
• Tires: sidewall2
• Tires: valve2
• Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator1
• Engine1
• Engine and engine cooling: turbo/supercharger1

What owners are reporting

“Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford e-450. While driving with the cruise control engaged, the vehicle accelerated at a high speed. The contact depressed the brake pedal multiple times, but the cruise con”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, August 15, 2019 · Vehicle speed control

“Our rv has a v-10 engine. We drove 244 miles to the beach on thanksgiving week. No problems until we had to stop and wait on a parking space. We turned the engine off and when we restarted it a spark”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, November 27, 2016 · Engine

Compare Ford E-450 model years

Recall and complaint counts for every Ford E-450 model year in NHTSA's database.

Checking a specific 2000 Ford E-450

Other Ford models

• F-15037,961 complaints
• Explorer34,566 complaints
• Escape27,430 complaints
• Fusion22,405 complaints
• Focus22,096 complaints
• Taurus18,159 complaints
• Windstar14,158 complaints
• Edge14,065 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.