FaultScore

Worst years for a Ford Ford Truck

Owners have filed 365 complaints about the Ford Ford Truck with NHTSA across model years 1968 to 2003. More of them are about the tires than anything else.

Avoid

1997 Ford Ford Truck

47 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly tires.

Cleanest on record

1996 Ford Ford Truck

22 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford Ford Truck year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2003 C 14 3 0 50,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 D 54 3 0 56,645 Transmission & Drivetrain
2001 C 22 0 1 50,000 Engine & Cooling
2000 D 30 3 2 66,500 Tires
1999 D 37 6 1 69,200 Engine & Cooling
1998 C 29 1 2 109,436 Tires
1997 F 47 2 4 Tires
1996 B 22 2 0 52,000 Tires
1995 C 28 2 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1994 C 21 1 0 Tires
1993 8 1 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1992 11 0 2 Engine & Cooling
1991 9 1 1 Tires
1990 8 0 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1989 6 1 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1988 7 0 4 Electrical System
1987 2 0 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1986 2 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1985 2 1 0 Tires
1984 1 0 0 Electrical System
1983 1 0 0 Electrical System
1977 1 0 0 Tires
1974 2 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1968 1 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Ford Ford Truck

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Tires 66 18.1%

Worst in 1998

Engine & Cooling 53 14.5%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 2002

Worst in 1997

Brakes 21 5.8%

Worst in 1995

Fuel & Propulsion 18 4.9%

Worst in 1994

Suspension 17 4.7%

Worst in 2002

Steering 16 4.4%

Worst in 1997

Body & Structure 16 4.4%

Worst in 2002

Acceleration & Cruise Control 16 4.4%

Worst in 2001

Airbags 13 3.6%

Worst in 1999

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 10 2.7%

Worst in 1999

Lights 8 2.2%

Worst in 1997

Seat Belts 8 2.2%

Worst in 2002

Exactly what failed on a Ford Ford Truck

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Engine 22 19.5%
Automatic Transmission 22 19.5%
Tread/Belt 21 18.6%
Gasoline 16 14.2%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 6 5.3%
Tank Assembly 6 5.3%
Driveshaft 5 4.4%
Front Underhood 5 4.4%
Front 5 4.4%
Frontal 5 4.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Ford Ford Truck, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 18 Feb 2022

Compare the Ford Ford Truck

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.