Ford F-250: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 54 recall campaigns for the Ford F-250, model years 1979 to 2014. NHTSA has 3,583 complaints on file for this model line. 23 of the 27 model years have a page on this register.

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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.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 15 May 2019. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Ford F-250: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2014 Ford F-250 NHTSA page	0	21	16%
2013 Ford F-250	0	39	29%
2012 Ford F-250	1	113	85%	16,091
2011 Ford F-250	2	146	110%	22,759
2010 Ford F-250	0	34	26%
2009 Ford F-250	0	37	28%
2008 Ford F-250	5	140	105%	186,505
2007 Ford F-250	2	51	38%	26,727
2006 Ford F-250	1	200	151%	108
2005 Ford F-250	0	118	89%
2004 Ford F-250	2	135	102%	33,130
2003 Ford F-250	2	104	78%	110,402
2002 Ford F-250	2	144	109%	1,226,715
2001 Ford F-250	4	211	159%	3,683,268
2000 Ford F-250	5	312	235%	2,640,340
1999 Ford F-250	14	572	431%	8,597,495
1998 Ford F-250	6	56	42%	9,190,500
1997 Ford F-250	10	301	227%	10,195,525
1996 Ford F-250	4	174	131%	5,834,970
1995 Ford F-250	3	184	139%	5,731,000
1994 Ford F-250	8	122	92%	6,942,513
1993 Ford F-250	6	129	97%	6,436,791
1992 Ford F-250	4	119	90%	2,204,791
1991 Ford F-250	5	106	80%	9,590,189
1990 Ford F-250 NHTSA page	0	3	2%
1989 Ford F-250 NHTSA page	0	11	8%
1979 Ford F-250 NHTSA page	0	1	1%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

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.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

4,635 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.

Ford F-250: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Steering	115.2	534
Tires	107.4	498
Suspension	104.4	484
Engine and Engine Cooling	104	482
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	96	445
Power Train	85.4	396
Electrical System	57.2	265
Fuel System, Gasoline	53.3	247
Vehicle Speed Control	41.4	192
Engine	38.2	177

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Ford F-250, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1996, with 5 campaigns.

Complaints about the Ford F-250, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 378 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Explorer142 campaigns
F-150169 campaigns
Taurus69 campaigns
Focus36 campaigns
Windstar33 campaigns
Escape95 campaigns
Fusion46 campaigns
Ranger102 campaigns
Mustang105 campaigns
Edge43 campaigns
Expedition77 campaigns
Escort35 campaigns
Freestyle2 campaigns
Contour22 campaigns
F-250 SD68 campaigns
Crown Victoria47 campaigns
F-35050 campaigns
Freestar5 campaigns
Thunderbird50 campaigns
Aerostar23 campaigns
Fiesta15 campaigns
F-350 SD78 campaigns
Tempo11 campaigns
Probe8 campaigns
Escape Hybrid2 campaigns
Excursion11 campaigns
Five Hundred3 campaigns
E-350101 campaigns
E-15048 campaigns
Flex14 campaigns
Econoline58 campaigns
Fusion Hybrid2 campaigns
F15046 campaigns
Explorer Sport5 campaigns
Mustang GT1 campaign
Explorer Sport Trac7 campaigns
Bronco83 campaigns
F Super Duty12 campaigns
F-550 SD71 campaigns
F-450 SD87 campaigns
F25073 campaigns
E-45050 campaigns
Ford23 campaigns
F Series10 campaigns
Ford Truck8 campaigns
E-25073 campaigns
Bronco II10 campaigns
Aspire2 campaigns
5001 campaign
Transit Connect31 campaigns
Festiva2 campaigns
Club Wagon24 campaigns
Focus Electric4 campaigns
Taurus X1 campaign
Transit65 campaigns
F35062 campaigns
Mustang Convertible0 campaigns
CVPI3 campaigns
C-Max12 campaigns
Taurus SHO2 campaigns

Ford: all 201 model lines

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
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Cite this page

Recall Register. Ford F-250: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/f-250/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Ford F-250 model years have the most recall campaigns?: 1999 with 14, 1997 with 10, 1994 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Ford F-250 model year has the most complaints?: The 1999 model year, with 572 of the 3,583 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Ford F-250 name?: Steering: 115.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Tires: 107.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Suspension: 104.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Ford F-250?: 30 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.