The 2009 Ford F-450 Sd has 5 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 67 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the engine. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
EQUIPMENT14V3600002014-06-2310 affected
Defect
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…
Consequence
The leaking oil may soak into the thermal blanket covering the exhaust, which when combined with heat from exhaust, may result in an increased risk of fire.
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 customer service at 1- 502-376-2458.
EQUIPMENT14V3280002014-06-1321 affected
Defect
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.…
Consequence
The leaking oil may soak into the thermal blanket covering the exhaust, which when combined with heat from exhaust, may result in an increased risk of fire.
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 contact Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. at 1-800-247-5958.
EQUIPMENT14V3270002014-06-1210 affected
Defect
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.
Consequence
The leaking oil may soak into the thermal blanket covering the exhaust, which when combined with heat from exhaust, may result in an increased risk of fire.
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 1-800-367-7867.
EQUIPMENT14V3820002014-06-104 affected
Defect
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…
Consequence
The leaking oil may soak into the thermal blanket covering the exhaust, which when combined with heat from exhaust, may result in an increased risk of fire.
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 service at 1-800-777-2671.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM14V0700002014-02-1122 affected
Defect
Monroe Truck Equipment (Monroe) is recalling certain model year 2006, 2008 and 2009 Chevrolet C7500 vehicles, 2005-2006 Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles, and 2009 Ford F-350, and F-450 vehicles, equipped with Sure Power-brand battery equalizers or DC-DC converters containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka 'potting',…
Consequence
Once electrically conductive, the material is capable of melting and burning, increasing the risk of a fire.
Remedy
Monroe will notify owners, and Sure Power will replace the equalizers or converters, free of charge. The recall began on March 24, 2014. Owners may contact Monroe at 1-608-328-8127.
Complaints by component
ENGINE
1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1
POWER TRAIN
1
TIRES
1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1
Total complaints5
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“My 2009 ford f-450 truck currently is at my local dealer which is kerry ford in cincinnati with a bad motor and bad rear differential. The motor has one failed lifter and 2 failed rocker arms. The rear end has a bad pinion bearing which sent metal through the differential which destroyed the…”
“My 2009 ford f-450 truck currently is at my local dealer which is kerry ford in cincinnati with a bad motor and bad rear differential. The motor has one failed lifter and 2 failed rocker arms. The rear end has a bad pinion bearing which sent metal through the differential which destroyed the…”
“My 2009 ford f-450 truck currently is at my local dealer which is kerry ford in cincinnati with a bad motor and bad rear differential. The motor has one failed lifter and 2 failed rocker arms. The rear end has a bad pinion bearing which sent metal through the differential which destroyed the…”
“Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford f-450 sd diesel. The contact stated that exhaust fumes were being emitted into the vehicle. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was taken for repairs a total of thirty-five times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that two of the exhaust pipes…”
“Bought my motor home in june 2009 with michelin tires size lt 225/75r16 115/r/lre ltx ms. Since new, my tires have been cracking on the outside of the tires more and more. I only have less than 10,000 miles on these tires and it is kept in an enclosed garage since I bought it. I am very concerned…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2009 Ford F-450 Sd as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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