2007 Ford F-150
This year drew an ordinary 492 complaints for a Ford F-150 — the model's median is 3,077. What they were about is the unusual part: 6.9% of them mention accelerated, against 2% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Ford F-150, which began in 2004 and ran to 2008. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 492 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 3,077 |
| Involving a crash | 40 |
| Involving a fire | 13 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- accelerated — 6.9% of this year's complaints, against 2% across the other years of this generation (3.4×). Owners wrote it as: accelerated, revved.
- pressure — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.8% across the other years of this generation (2.6×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
ENGINE TICKING, FROM PRIOR REPORTS LOOKS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE, ALSO WHEN FILLING UP WITH GAS IT SEEMS TO HAVE BACK PRESSURE AND KEEPS TURNING THE PUMP OFF.
BRAKE PEDAL WILL FADE TO FLOOR AFTER STOPPING. WILL FADE AFTER HOLDING PRESSURE ON PEDAL FOR A WHILE.NORMAL BRAKING SEEMS TO BE OK. FEEL VERY UNEASY PULLING A TRAILER.FORD REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND BLED SYSTEM,WHICH DID NOT HELP. MY DEALER IS NOW TELLING ME…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 08V523000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 09E025000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 07E080000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 07V278000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 07E066000 EQUIPMENT
- 07E089000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 07E075000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford F-150 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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