North Central Emergency Vehicles (North Central) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Ambulances remounted on Ford E-350 and E-450 and Chevrolet G4500 chassis equipped with Whelen brake lights. Depending on the specific wiring of the vehicle, these brake lights may illuminate when the brake pedal has not been pressed.
Consequence: If the brake lights incorrectly illuminate, it can confuse other drivers, possibly increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: North Central will notify owners and dealers will replace the brake lights, free of charge. The recall began May 20, 2019. Owners may contact North Central Emergency Vehicles customer service at 1-320-395-2529.
Reported: 2024-06-06 (June 6, 2024) · Model years: 2021
North Central Emergency Vehicles (North Central) is recalling one 2021 Ford E-450 vehicle equipped with Weldon 8X16 Input-Output nodes. In the event of a short circuit or wiring failure, the firmware in the node may fail to shut off the output pin, resulting in overloaded electrical circuits.
Consequence: Overloaded electrical circuits can overheat, increasing the risk of fire.
Remedy: Weldon will update the firmware, free of charge. The owner notification letter is expected to be mailed June 2024. Owners may contact Akron Brass customer service at 1-800-228-1161 or North Central customer service at 1-320-395-2529.
Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.
Data completeness
8 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.
12.5%Usable mileage1 / 8 records
100.0%Valid incident date8 / 8 records
100.0%Valid filing date8 / 8 records
100.0%Ordered incident and filing dates8 / 8 records
Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.
Problems by model year
Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.
Component complaint heatmap
Component
2016
2017
2018
2021
Power Train
00.0%
No examples available for this selection.
5100.0%ODI 11461711
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON HILL WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED THE SECOND TIME THE VHEICLED STALLED OUT IN TRAFFI…
BRACKET ASSEMBLY ON THE CABLE SHIFT BEHIND THE STEERING ASSEMBLY DISENGAGE AND CAM OUT . VEHICLE IN PARK , WAS NOT AND VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED BUT NOT FAR ENOUGH TO STOP MOVEMENT. SPENT HOURS LOOKING AT FORUMS TO FIX AND FINALLY FOUND THE CABLE DISCONNECTED FROM BACKER. *TR
The Manufactured label on door of Limo bus states Tiffany Coach Builders. On your site only Tiffany Coachworks has an identification. Upon investigating more, they are the same company. They have the same business address and same phone number. Please confirm. Thank you.
The TPMS system in my RV is not working properly. The Ford dealer says they will not work on it because it is an RV and "modified" by the RV manufacturer. The RV manufacturer says they won't work on it and to take it to the Ford dealer. I've been to 3 tire stores trying to recalibrate and program the sensors and nothing has worked. I have two wheel TPMS sensors that will not work. The cluster displays no information for those tires (sometimes it will read one tire). I would have no idea if a tire was going flat other than a complete loss of…
The TPMS system in my RV is not working properly. The Ford dealer says they will not work on it because it is an RV and "modified" by the RV manufacturer. The RV manufacturer says they won't work on it and to take it to the Ford dealer. I've been to 3 tire stores trying to recalibrate and program the sensors and nothing has worked. I have two wheel TPMS sensors that will not work. The cluster displays no information for those tires (sometimes it will read one tire). I would have no idea if a tire was going flat other than a complete loss of…
Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.
Failure mileage by component
Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.
Component failure mileage distribution
Component
Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)
Median
Usable records
Examples
Power Train
Too few reports for a range
5,000 mi
1 (sparse)
ODI 11325106 · 5,000 mi
BRACKET ASSEMBLY ON THE CABLE SHIFT BEHIND THE STEERING ASSEMBLY DISENGAGE AND CAM OUT . VEHICLE IN PARK , WAS NOT AND VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED BUT NOT FAR ENOUGH TO STOP MOVEMENT. SPENT HOURS LOOKING AT FORUMS TO FIX AND FINALLY FOUND THE CABLE DISCONNECTED FROM BACKER. *TR
Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.
Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.
Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples
Monthly complaint and recall timeline
Month
Complaints
Campaigns announced
Examples
2024-11
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2024-12
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-01
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-02
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-03
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-04
1
None
ODI 11656523
The Manufactured label on door of Limo bus states Tiffany Coach Builders. On your site only Tiffany Coachworks has an identification. Upon investigating more, they are the same company. They have the same business address and same phone number. Please confirm. Thank you.
Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.
This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.
No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.
Equal-age model-year comparison
Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.
2018: 1 complaints · 2021: 1 complaints
Equal observation windows
Model year
Through age 0
Through age 1
Through age 2
2018
0
0
1
2021
0
0
1
Date coverage across each selected cohort
Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year
Incident dates used
Filing date fallbacks
Excluded dates
2018
1
0
0
2021
1
0
0
Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.
Components reported together
Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.
Component co-occurrence matrix
Component
Power Train
Unknown Or Other
Tires:Pressure Monitoring And Regulating Systems
Power Train
—
0
0
Unknown Or Other
0
—
1ODI 11613692
The TPMS system in my RV is not working properly. The Ford dealer says they will not work on it because it is an RV and "modified" by the RV manufacturer. The RV manufacturer says they won't work on it and to take it to the Ford dealer. I've been to 3 tire stores trying to recalibrate and program the sensors and nothing has worked. I have two wheel TPMS sensors that will not work. The cluster displays no information for those tires (sometimes it will read one tire). I would have no idea if a tire was going flat other than a complete loss of…
The TPMS system in my RV is not working properly. The Ford dealer says they will not work on it because it is an RV and "modified" by the RV manufacturer. The RV manufacturer says they won't work on it and to take it to the Ford dealer. I've been to 3 tire stores trying to recalibrate and program the sensors and nothing has worked. I have two wheel TPMS sensors that will not work. The cluster displays no information for those tires (sometimes it will read one tire). I would have no idea if a tire was going flat other than a complete loss of…
Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.
Recurring narrative patterns
Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.
3 patterns with matching reports.
Hard or delayed shifting
4 mentions · 50.0% of complaints
Median mileage: Unavailable (0 usable records).
ODI 11461711
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON HILL WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED THE SECOND TIME THE VHEICLED STALLED OUT IN TRAFFI…
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES!! VEHICLE WAS …
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES!! VEHICLE WAS …
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON HILL WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED THE SECOND TIME THE VHEICLED STALLED OUT IN TRAFFI…
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES!! VEHICLE WAS …
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES!! VEHICLE WAS …
Matching rule\b(stall\w*|loss of power|lost power|engine shut\w* off)\b
Steering assistance concerns
3 mentions · 37.5% of complaints
Median mileage: Unavailable (0 usable records).
ODI 11461713
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES!! VEHICLE WAS …
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES!! VEHICLE WAS …
2017 FORD E-450 SD WITH THE 6.2L V8 GAS ENGINE PAIRED WITH 6SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SPECIFICALLY THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS PREMATURELY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING MAKING THE VAN DISABLED IN ROAD WAY OR INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WOULD SLAM AND JERK THE DRIVER FOWARD AND SOMETIMES MAKE THE VAN FEEL LIKE THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED EXTREMLY HARD WHILE MOVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES!! VEHICLE WAS …