Ford F-150 Electrical System Problems
- 1,483
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 21
- Years with records
- 1999–2019
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 1483 stored complaint records:
- 24 indicate a crash
- 28 indicate injury
- 245 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- power steering · 14 records
- fuel pump · 11 records
- rear window · 10 records
- passenger side · 9 records
- smoke coming · 7 records
- warning lights · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 374 |
| 30–60k mi | 360 |
| 1–30k mi | 315 |
| 100–150k mi | 182 |
| 150–400k mi | 90 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Electrical System
The battery will be drained overnight randomly. First time the truck was a year old. Dealer replaced battery. Over a year later, same thing. Replaced battery. I replaced battery four months back and the truck has discharged the battery by the morning. Completely dead battery. Will charge fine and drive fine. No alternator issue. The radio / computer screen will display "battery saver" when the engine is turned off…
ODI 11308252
Electrical System
Went to drive pickup and check engine light came on, next low fuel light came on even thought the vehicle has a full tank of fuel. Transmission would not shift, gauges are flipping back and forth. Tried to shut vehicle off and it would not shut off once i did get it to shut off it would not restart.also all the warning lights on the dash were are going off. Vehicle was in motion on the highway.
ODI 11308048
Electrical System
I was driving down the highway with my rear defrost operating. I smelled something burning that had an "electrical burn" smell. I thenheard a loud "pop". I looked in my rear view mirror and saw that my rear driver side back glass panel (sliding glass window) was shattered. This was especially concerning because my daughter was seated directly in front of the shattered glass in her car seat. I researched this problem…
ODI 11308150
Electrical System
Radio goes blank screen may go 30 miles before comes back .when comes back clock is still right time ,programmed station still there had it to ford dealership they says shows low voltage the truck has 9.000 miles just turn 3 years old 1/31/20 still suppose to under warranty he asked me if i had extended told him no had 3 more days after today been in dealer 2 times they say i need to drive more i know where they get…
ODI 11307473
Electrical System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Cruise control shuts off during operation. Intermittently will not turn on. Analog speedometer will indicate speeds in excess of 40mph slower than real speed. Stuck at 40mph when comes to complete stop.
ODI 11307207
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
Was having trouble starting my truck one day. Cranking and cranking but not firing. Sometimes it would eventually fire, sometimes it required a jump to get it going. Took it into ford, they replaced the battery. Didn't happen for a few more days. Same thing. Crank, crank, crank, but wouldn't start. Did some searching online, and found similar situation regarding a burnt/melted fuse 27 (the fuel pump fuse). Ford…
ODI 11306808
Electrical System · Engine · Unknown Or Other
I was completing a [redacted] of approximately 120 miles (i had less than 5 miles to go till i arrived at my destination) when my sensors started lighting up my message board and dash system. I was in the left turn lane to enter the on-ramp to us65 south when this happened so i pulled off to the shoulder to investigate. I had just put my truck in park when a car pulled up and said that my engine was on fire. When i…
Fire reported
ODI 11301914
Body · Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
This is a continuation with complaint number 11307725 already filed. Ford f-150 2018 super crew cab 2nd discovery of water leak in cab of truck with wet carpet padding and carpets again only this time the water leak was behind the back seats down the cab wall interior. Called our ford dealership back and took our truck back in for them to assess this 2nd water leak. Our ford dealership advised that they had to…
ODI 11307735