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Ford equipment problems

Owners have filed 3,063 complaints with NHTSA about the equipment on Ford vehicles — 1% of everything reported about the brand, across 90 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Ford Explorer, worst in 2002.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

3,063

Complaints

1%

Share of all Ford complaints

85

Crashes

112

Fires

Which Ford models have the most equipment problems

Explorer 427 13.9%

Worst in 2002

Taurus 322 10.5%

Worst in 1993

F-150 307 10.0%

Worst in 2022

Focus 250 8.2%

Worst in 2000

Windstar 181 5.9%

Worst in 1995

Expedition 169 5.5%

Worst in 1998

Contour 134 4.4%

Worst in 1996

Mustang 107 3.5%

Worst in 1995

Ranger 102 3.3%

Worst in 1997

Escape 98 3.2%

Worst in 2001

Aerostar 91 3.0%

Worst in 1993

Escort 70 2.3%

Worst in 1999

Fusion 67 2.2%

Worst in 2010

Edge 50 1.6%

Worst in 2011

F-150 Hybrid 41 1.3%

Worst in 2022

F-350 40 1.3%

Worst in 1999

Freestyle 39 1.3%

Worst in 2006

Thunderbird 38 1.2%

Worst in 1996

F-250 37 1.2%

Worst in 1999

F-250 SD 32 1.0%

Worst in 2003

Crown Victoria 31 1.0%

Worst in 1992

E-150 29 0.9%

Worst in 2000

Econoline 29 0.9%

Worst in 1992

Five Hundred 26 0.8%

Worst in 2006

Worst Ford model years for equipment problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
2000 Ford Focus 118 2% 44,500 B
2002 Ford Explorer 62 2% 64,460 A
1995 Ford Windstar 46 1% 49,780 A
2022 Ford F-150 45 6% 15,829 C
1997 Ford F-150 44 1% 140,500 A
1996 Ford Contour 43 5% 48,500 A
1997 Ford Explorer 42 2% 87,107 A
1993 Ford Taurus 40 2% 112,424 A
2004 Ford F-150 39 2% 38,000 A
1998 Ford Explorer 38 2% 82,000 A
2001 Ford Focus 35 1% 50,000 A
1994 Ford Explorer 33 2% 114,000 B
1998 Ford Contour 32 3% 133,000 A
2003 Ford Taurus 32 2% 60,906 B
1999 Ford Explorer 30 2% 65,000 A
1993 Ford Explorer 29 3% — A
1991 Ford Explorer 29 4% — C
2022 Ford F-150 Hybrid 29 9% 13,696 C
1993 Ford Aerostar 28 5% — A
2001 Ford Windstar 28 1% 100,000 B

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