Ford L8500 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 0 owner complaints across 1 model year of the Ford L8500 (1997).

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• 1997

All Ford L8500 recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Ford L8500, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (fuel system)

   NHTSA 97V041000 Reported March 20, 1997 3 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with fd1060 and fd1460 diesel engines and optional manual fuel shutoff systems. The hand control of the manual fuel shutoff system, mounted on the vehicle's instrument panel, is labeled with the words "shutoff fuel lock", and these words are not illuminated other than by the cab's interior…

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the manual fuel shutoff system with the standard automatic key-off fuel control system.

   Model years: 1997

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.