Ford F-350 SD: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 78 recall campaigns for the Ford F-350 SD, model years 1993 to 2026. NHTSA has 994 complaints on file for this model line. 28 of the 34 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 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

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

Ford F-350 SD: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2026 Ford F-350 SD	5	0	0%	4,797,532
2025 Ford F-350 SD	6	0	0%	4,762,936
2024 Ford F-350 SD	3	0	0%	5,482,966
2023 Ford F-350 SD	15	0	0%	7,565,498
2022 Ford F-350 SD	17	0	0%	8,518,835
2021 Ford F-350 SD	14	0	0%	3,391,930
2020 Ford F-350 SD	15	0	0%	3,357,135
2019 Ford F-350 SD	11	0	0%	3,649,314
2018 Ford F-350 SD	9	0	0%	2,955,081
2017 Ford F-350 SD	13	0	0%	4,081,529
2016 Ford F-350 SD	3	0	0%	1,768,908
2015 Ford F-350 SD	3	0	0%	1,466,712
2014 Ford F-350 SD	4	0	0%	6,372
2013 Ford F-350 SD	9	0	0%	6,418
2012 Ford F-350 SD	9	0	0%	6,418
2011 Ford F-350 SD	7	0	0%	6,402
2010 Ford F-350 SD	6	2	7%	80
2009 Ford F-350 SD	4	5	17%	45
2008 Ford F-350 SD	0	39	133%
2007 Ford F-350 SD NHTSA page	1	8	27%	26,715
2006 Ford F-350 SD	1	73	250%	26,715
2005 Ford F-350 SD	3	155	530%	285,494
2004 Ford F-350 SD	2	84	287%	206,819
2003 Ford F-350 SD	4	108	369%	5,858,299
2002 Ford F-350 SD	3	102	349%	5,702,715
2001 Ford F-350 SD	2	145	496%	5,676,000
2000 Ford F-350 SD	2	135	462%	5,676,000
1999 Ford F-350 SD	2	132	452%	5,676,000
1998 Ford F-350 SD NHTSA page	1	3	10%	1,176,000
1997 Ford F-350 SD	2	2	7%	5,676,000
1996 Ford F-350 SD NHTSA page	1	0	0%	4,500,000
1995 Ford F-350 SD NHTSA page	1	1	3%	4,500,000
1994 Ford F-350 SD NHTSA page	1	0	0%	4,500,000
1993 Ford F-350 SD NHTSA page	1	0	0%	4,500,000

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

1,250 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-350 SD: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling	242.4	303
Tires	128	160
Steering	100.8	126
Electrical System	87.2	109
Suspension	84.8	106
Power Train	83.2	104
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	64	80
Fuel System, Diesel	47.2	59
Vehicle Speed Control	33.6	42
Structure	20.8	26

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Ford F-350 SD, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2025, with 15 campaigns.

Complaints about the Ford F-350 SD, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2007, with 157 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Explorer142 campaigns
Taurus69 campaigns
F-150169 campaigns
Windstar33 campaigns
Focus36 campaigns
Ranger102 campaigns
Expedition77 campaigns
Escort35 campaigns
Mustang105 campaigns
Contour22 campaigns
F-25054 campaigns
Escape95 campaigns
Crown Victoria47 campaigns
Aerostar23 campaigns
Thunderbird50 campaigns
F-35050 campaigns
F-250 SD68 campaigns
Tempo11 campaigns
Probe8 campaigns
Excursion11 campaigns
Freestar5 campaigns
Freestyle2 campaigns
Econoline58 campaigns
F15046 campaigns
E-15048 campaigns
E-350101 campaigns
Bronco83 campaigns
Explorer Sport5 campaigns
Explorer Sport Trac7 campaigns
Mustang GT1 campaign
F25073 campaigns
Five Hundred3 campaigns
Fusion46 campaigns
Ford23 campaigns
Ford Truck8 campaigns
F Super Duty12 campaigns
F-450 SD87 campaigns
F-550 SD71 campaigns
E-45050 campaigns
E-25073 campaigns
F Series10 campaigns
Bronco II10 campaigns
Aspire2 campaigns
Edge43 campaigns
Festiva2 campaigns
Club Wagon24 campaigns
F35062 campaigns
Motor Home0 campaigns
Taurus SHO2 campaigns
CVPI3 campaigns
Mustang Convertible0 campaigns
Escape Hybrid2 campaigns
E15018 campaigns
F Series (light)4 campaigns
E35041 campaigns
LTD35 campaigns
E Series10 campaigns
E5500 campaigns
Flex14 campaigns
Taurus X1 campaign

Ford: all 196 model lines

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Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Ford F-350 SD: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/f-350-sd/. 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: 29 Mar 2018
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-350 SD model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2022 with 17, 2023 with 15, 2020 with 15. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Ford F-350 SD model year has the most complaints?: The 2005 model year, with 155 of the 994 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Ford F-350 SD name?: Engine and Engine Cooling: 242.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Tires: 128 per 1,000 component mentions. Steering: 100.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Ford F-350 SD?: 18 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.