2010 Ford F-450 SD Recalls, Complaints & Specs

6 safety recalls list the 2010 Ford F-450 SD, and owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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6 safety recalls for the 2010 Ford F-450 SD

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

1. Equipment

   NHTSA 14V453000 Reported July 24, 2014 6 vehicles potentially affected Godwin Manufacturing Company, Inc.

   Godwin Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Godwin) is recalling certain model year 2010 Ford F-450; 2011 Ford F-550; 2012 Ford F-350 and 2013 F-350 Super Duty trucks modified by Godwin and equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the PTO pressure switch onto a thermal blanket…

   Remedy: Godwin will notify owners, and dealers will install a new pressure switch kit that moves the switch away from the exhaust system, free of charge. The recall began October 28, 2014. Owners may contact Godwin customer…

2. Equipment

   NHTSA 14V360000 Reported June 23, 2014 10 vehicles potentially affected Palfleet Truck Equipment Company, LLC

   Palfleet Truck Equipment Company, LLC (Palfleet) is recalling certain model year 2009-2013 Ford F-350, F-450, and F-550 super duty vehicles modified by Palfleet and equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the PTO pressure switch onto a thermal blanket covering the exhaust.

   Remedy: Palfleet will notify owners, and dealers will install a new pressure switch kit that moves the switch away from the exhaust system, free of charge. The recall began on July 29, 2014. Owners may contact Palfleet…

3. Equipment

   NHTSA 14V328000 Reported June 13, 2014 21 vehicles potentially affected Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc.

   Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. will notify owners and dealers to inspect the Muncie PTO pressure switch to determine if it is from the range of defective switches and if required, remove the pressure switch assembly and put a plug in the port where the PTO switch had been installed. This switch was never being utilized. This will be done…

   Remedy: Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. will notify owners, and dealers will install a new pressure switch kit that moves the switch away from the exhaust system, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2014. Owners may…

4. Equipment

   NHTSA 14V327000 Reported June 12, 2014 10 vehicles potentially affected Stahl

   Stahl is recalling certain model year 2009-2014 Ford F-350 Super Duty, F-450 Super Duty, and F-550 Super Duty vehicles modified by Stahl and equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the PTO pressure switch onto a thermal blanket covering the exhaust.

   Remedy: Stahl will notify owners, and dealers will install a new pressure switch kit that moves the switch away from the exhaust system, free of charge. Owners may contact Stahl customer service at 1-800-277-8245, or Muncie at…

5. Equipment and gasoline (engine and engine cooling)

   NHTSA 14V379000 Reported June 10, 2014 16 vehicles potentially affected Utility Truck Equipment Company, LLC

   Utility Truck Equipment Company, LLC (Utility Truck) is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 UTLI41A, 2011 UTLN41, and 2012 UTLN46 aerial trucks manufactured December 2010 to September 2013 equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies installed on 2010-2013 Ford F-350, F-450 and F-550 vehicles. In the affected vehicles,…

   Remedy: Utility Truck will notify owners, and dealers will install a new pressure switch kit that moves the switch away from the exhaust system, free of charge. The recall began in June 2014. Owners may contact Utility Truck…

6. Equipment and gasoline (engine and engine cooling)

   NHTSA 14V382000 Reported June 10, 2014 4 vehicles potentially affected SOMERSET WELDING & STEEL, INC.

   Somerset Welding & Steel, doing business as J&J Truck equipment (J&J), is recalling certain model year 2009-2013 Ford F-350, F-450, and F-550 Super Duty chassis with 6.8L gasoline engines modified by J&J to be equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the PTO pressure switch…

   Remedy: Somerset will notify owners, and dealers will install a new pressure switch kit that moves the switch away from the exhaust system, free of charge. The recall began August 2014. Owner's may contact Somerset customer…

3 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 2010 Ford F-450 SD have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 11,000 miles. Complaints peaked in 2010 with 1 filed that year.

Most-reported components

• Engine and engine cooling: diesel1
• Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system1
• Fuel system, diesel1
• Tires: tread/belt1

What owners are reporting

“LT275/70R18 E While driving west on I10 near Thermal California, the rear driver side tire lost 100% of its thread at a 65 MPH speed. When the thread separated from the tire it damaged fender area of”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, December 11, 2023 · Tires

“2010 ford f-450. Consumer writes in regards to diesel fuel getting into oil due to open injectors. *tgw the consumer also stated engine light illuminated and the exhaust was emitting smoke.”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, October 18, 2012 · Fuel system, diesel

Compare Ford F-450 SD model years

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

Checking a specific 2010 Ford F-450 SD

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• F-15037,961 complaints
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• 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.