Ford E150 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 1,684 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes286 (17.0%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2003–2004.
• Fuel system202 (12.0%)Official recall records for this system: 14, covering model years 1997–2014.
• Engine164 (9.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2003–2004.
• Electrical system122 (7.2%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 1995–2004.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)120 (7.1%)
• Suspension116 (6.9%)

Other / uncategorized: 26 classifications (1.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,274 records, model years 1995–2014) are most frequently classified under: brakes, fuel system and engine.
• Safety recalls (141 records, model years 1995–2014) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, fuel system and speed control & accelerator.
• Transport Canada recalls (58 records, model years 1995–2014) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, fuel system and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (642 records, model years 1995–2014) are most frequently classified under: engine, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 638reports included a mileage
• 86,441average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 87 records for 1995 87
2. 1996 73 records for 1996 73
3. 1997 149 records for 1997 149
4. 1998 130 records for 1998 130
5. 1999 114 records for 1999 114
6. 2000 77 records for 2000 77
7. 2001 60 records for 2001 60
8. 2002 48 records for 2002 48
9. 2003 44 records for 2003 44
10. 2004 103 records for 2004 103
11. 2005 70 records for 2005 70
12. 2006 81 records for 2006 81
13. 2011 66 records for 2011 66
14. 2012 43 records for 2012 43
15. 2013 47 records for 2013 47
16. 2014 33 records for 2014 33

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 76mention a crash
• 60mention a fire
• 260mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 141
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 642
• Investigations NHTSA 14
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 58
• Owner complaints NHTSA 1,274

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0442 in 8 records · 1997–2000
• P0455 in 8 records · 1997–2000
• P2263 in 7 records · 2004–2006
• P1131 in 6 records · 2001–2003
• P0299 in 5 records · 2003–2005
• P0730 in 4 records · 2011–2014
• P0751 in 4 records · 2011–2014
• P0172 in 3 records · 2005–2006
• P0175 in 2 records · 2005–2006
• P0488 in 2 records · 2004–2004
• P0316 in 1 record · 2006–2006
• P1406 in 1 record · 1999–1999

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.