2011 Ford F-150 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 2,979 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)828 (27.8%)Official recall records for this system: 63, covering model years 1997–2026.
• Engine513 (17.2%)Official recall records for this system: 18, covering model years 1997–2025.
• Steering421 (14.1%)Official recall records for this system: 19, covering model years 1997–2025.
• Electrical system234 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 26, covering model years 1995–2026.
• Speed control & accelerator212 (7.1%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 1995–2004.
• Brakes186 (6.2%)Official recall records for this system: 36, covering model years 1997–2025.

Other / uncategorized: 112 classifications (3.8%) 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 (71,315 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and brakes.
• Safety recalls (558 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: lights, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and brakes.
• Transport Canada recalls (432 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), seat belts and brakes.
• Manufacturer communications (9,124 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and engine.
• Investigations (142 records, model years 1995–2022) are most frequently classified under: speed control & accelerator, electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"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

• 1,828reports included a mileage
• 82,543average 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 752 records for 1995 752
2. 1996 455 records for 1996 455
3. 1997 3,140 records for 1997 3,140
4. 1998 1,703 records for 1998 1,703
5. 1999 1,368 records for 1999 1,368
6. 2000 1,318 records for 2000 1,318
7. 2001 1,437 records for 2001 1,437
8. 2002 972 records for 2002 972
9. 2003 534 records for 2003 534
10. 2004 2,202 records for 2004 2,202
11. 2005 1,227 records for 2005 1,227
12. 2006 661 records for 2006 661
13. 2007 529 records for 2007 529
14. 2008 410 records for 2008 410
15. 2009 386 records for 2009 386
16. 2010 924 records for 2010 924
17. 2011 2,324 records for 2011 2,324
18. 2012 1,910 records for 2012 1,910
19. 2013 3,129 records for 2013 3,129
20. 2014 1,638 records for 2014 1,638
21. 2015 1,978 records for 2015 1,978
22. 2016 2,349 records for 2016 2,349
23. 2017 1,811 records for 2017 1,811
24. 2018 2,744 records for 2018 2,744
25. 2019 1,664 records for 2019 1,664
26. 2020 986 records for 2020 986
27. 2021 1,688 records for 2021 1,688
28. 2022 1,108 records for 2022 1,108
29. 2023 809 records for 2023 809
30. 2024 489 records for 2024 489
31. 2025 279 records for 2025 279
32. 2026 59 records for 2026 59

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

• 45mention a crash
• 18mention a fire
• 35mention 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 6
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 120
• Investigations NHTSA 4
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 6
• Owner complaints NHTSA 2,188

Explore the underlying evidence records