2004 Ford E150 — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 103 evidence records for the 2004 Ford E150, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 36 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Brakes10 (27.8%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2003–2004.
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)4 (11.1%)
- Speed control & accelerator4 (11.1%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1995–2003.
- Engine3 (8.3%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2003–2004.
- Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)3 (8.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2006–2011.
- Doors, latches & locks2 (5.6%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1999.
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
- 25reports included a mileage
- 57,552average 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.
- 1995 87 records for 1995
- 1996 73 records for 1996
- 1997 149 records for 1997
- 1998 130 records for 1998
- 1999 114 records for 1999
- 2000 77 records for 2000
- 2001 60 records for 2001
- 2002 48 records for 2002
- 2003 44 records for 2003
- 2004 103 records for 2004
- 2005 70 records for 2005
- 2006 81 records for 2006
- 2011 66 records for 2011
- 2012 43 records for 2012
- 2013 47 records for 2013
- 2014 33 records for 2014
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
- 2mention a crash
- 2mention 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 7
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 60
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
- Owner complaints NHTSA 33
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
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.
Where to go next
- Ford E150 coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Ford E150 Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.