The 1990 Ford F800 has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 1,400 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA, most often about the tires. Last updated July 5, 2026.
THE THROTTLE CABLE WHICH RUNS FROM THE ACCELERATOR TO THE GOVERNOR ASSEMBLY HOUSING MAY HAVE BEEN KINKED DURING ASSEMBLY, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE CABLE HOUSING INNER LINING. THIS COULD RESULT IN EITHER FRACTURE OR STICKING OF THE CABLE.
Consequence
IF THE THROTTLE CABLE FRACTURES, ENGINE SPEED WILL RETURNTO IDLE. IF THE CABLE JAMS OR STICKS, THE ENGINE WILL REMAIN AT THE SPEED ATWHICH IT WAS RUNNING WHEN THE JAMMING OCCURRED. A STUCK THROTTLE COULD RESULT INLOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
Remedy
REPLACE THE GOVERNOR ASSEMBLIES, WHICH INCLUDE THE THROTTLE CABLE.
Complaints by component
TIRES
1
Total complaints1
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“We put new firestone tires on this truck for the first time on 01/27/1998, they began to fail 10/10/1998, we replaced the entire set by ~ 04/09/1999. The set installed on ~ 04/09/1999 began to fail ~ 10/02/1999, by march 2000 we were replacing the front tires, and by may of 2000 we completely…”
Defect investigations
InvestigationEA90036 Opened 1990-07-06 · closed 1991-07-06
BRAKE CHAMBER FAILURE
There is no summary currently available
InvestigationEA91014 Opened 1991-01-31 · closed 1991-08-27
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1990 Ford F800 as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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