Ford F-150

11,729 complaints across 12 scored model years and 115 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Ford F-150 Full report

Grade 2010–2021

2016 vs model median 1.1×

Model median3× median

Brakes 229

Body & Interior 182

Engine 98

Weakest

2015 · 2016

Best

2010 · 2014

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Severity-weighted complaint volume and grade by model year for the Ford F-150
Year	vs median	Reports	Grade
2010	0.53×	450	B
2011	1.08×	947	C
2012	1.13×	969	C
2013	1.15×	998	C
2014	0.52×	502	B
2015	0.96×	963	C
2016	1.05×	1,010	C
2017	0.51×	483	C
2018	1.04×	946	C
2019	0.54×	507	B
2020	0.47×	451	B
2021	1.05×	1,190	C
2022 P	1.09×	1,093	C
2023 P	0.68×	722	C
2024 P	0.35×	305	B
2025 P	0.18×	193	B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

115 campaigns on record, 2 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Recall campaigns, largest first
Campaign	Component	Model years	Units affected
26V104000	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL	2021–2025	4,381,878
18V568000	SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER	2015–2018	1,619,112
26V237000	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	2015–2017	1,392,935
19V075000	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)	2011–2013	1,263,051
17V652000	LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH	2015–2017	1,101,107
25V315000	BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE	2021–2024	1,076,138
23V509000	PARKING BRAKE:ELECTRICAL	2021–2023	870,701
25V455000	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP	2021, 2022	850,318

+ 107 further campaigns

Others in Full-Size Trucks

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Other models in the same segment
Model	Years to avoid	Grade
Chevrolet Avalanche	2011	C
Chevrolet Silverado 1500	20142015	C
GMC Sierra 1500	20142015	C
Nissan Titan	20172021	C
Nissan Titan XD	none flagged	B
Ram 1500	20192021	D
Toyota Tundra	20102016	C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2016 F-150

Complaints in window: 1,010
Severity-weighted: 1,436.5
Model median (weighted): 1,368
vs model median: 1.05×
Recall campaigns (weighted): 14
Open investigations: 1

Score 55.4 C