2010 Ford F-150: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2010 Ford F-150. The campaign is 11V049000. NHTSA received the report on 1 Feb 2011. The NHTSA record gives the component Structure / Body / Door. NHTSA has 843 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 11V049000, in the NHTSA record
Owners will be initially notified and instructed to take their vehicles to a ford or lincoln/mercury dealer if any interior door handle is loose or fails to return to the stowed position after activation for replacement of the affect module. Once parts become available, owners will be renotified and instructed to take their vehicles to a ford or lincoln/mercury dealer for inspection of each interior door handle. Depending on the results of the inspection, the dealer will either add a spring embossment reinforcement or replace the interior door handle module free of charge. The safety recall began on february 10, 2011. Owners may contact ford at 1-866-436-7332.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 280,946 units in total.
11V049000Received . 280,946 units.
Structure / Body / Door
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Ford is recalling certain model year 2009 and 2010 f-150 vehicles manufactured from january 18, 2008, through november 30, 2009. The interior door handle housing embossment retaining the interior door handle spring may fracture during normal usage resulting in insufficient spring force to return the handle to the fully stowed position.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a side impact crash, the door handle spring can fail causing the door latch to open.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Owners will be initially notified and instructed to take their vehicles to a ford or lincoln/mercury dealer if any interior door handle is loose or fails to return to the stowed position after activation for replacement of the affect module. Once parts become available, owners will be renotified and instructed to take their vehicles to a ford or lincoln/mercury dealer for inspection of each interior door handle. Depending on the results of the inspection, the dealer will either add a spring embossment reinforcement or replace the interior door handle module free of charge. The safety recall began on february 10, 2011. Owners may contact ford at 1-866-436-7332.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 11S15. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
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Complaints by component
843 complaints, 1,137 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 2010 Ford F-150
- All 2010 vehicles
| Component | 2010 F-150 | All 2010 vehicles | F-150, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 146 | 115.4 | 81.6 | 166 |
| Power Train | 109.1 | 82.3 | 190.6 | 124 |
| Visibility | 94.1 | 11 | 45.5 | 107 |
| Engine | 94.1 | 94.2 | 93.9 | 107 |
| Visibility/Wiper | 91.5 | 14 | 21.5 | 104 |
| Structure | 81.8 | 39 | 43.7 | 93 |
| Unknown or Other | 53.6 | 50 | 50.7 | 61 |
| Steering | 42.2 | 106.6 | 48.2 | 48 |
| Service Brakes | 38.7 | 54.9 | 43.1 | 44 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 38.7 | 43.8 | 22.9 | 44 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 30.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 23
- Complaints that report a fire
- 35
- Injuries in the complaints
- 28
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 22 Sep 2026
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19840
- 19870
- 19890
- 19900
- 19913
- 19923
- 19937
- 19946
- 19952
- 19962
- 199714
- 19988
- 19997
- 20006
- 20018
- 20022
- 20034
- 20045
- 20053
- 20064
- 20072
- 20081
- 20092
- 20101
- 20116
- 20124
- 20133
- 20148
- 201513
- 201613
- 201717
- 201818
- 20199
- 202011
- 202129
- 202223
- 202313
- 202411
- 202513
- 20265
- 20271
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2010 Ford F-150The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2010 Ford F-150: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/f-150/2010/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2010 Ford F-150?
- 280,946 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Ford F-150 have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 169 recall campaigns for the Ford F-150, model years 1984 to 2027. 1 of them names the 2010 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2010 Ford F-150 name most often?
- Electrical System: 166 of 1,137 component mentions, or 146 per 1,000. For all 2010 vehicles the figure is 115.4 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2010 Ford F-150 open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.