2016 Ford F-150 Electrical System Problems
- 76
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
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 76 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 3 indicate injury
- 9 indicate fire
What owners report
- rear window · 14 records
- remote start · 6 records
- power steering · 5 records
- failure mileage · 5 records
- throttle body · 5 records
- under warranty · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 34 |
| 1–30k mi | 31 |
| 60–100k mi | 4 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
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 · 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
Electrical System
Electric tailgate release opens on its own, without any input from operator. Can be parked, or in motion, driving forward or reverse. Happens randomly.
ODI 11306941
Electrical System
While exiting the interstate, making a hard swooping left hand turn, make truck shutdown completely. At approximately 40mph and turning, i suddenly had to fight the lack of power steering. As soon as i felt it stop it powered back up. This issue continued intermittently until i was able to safely come to a stop.
ODI 11292008
Electrical System · Service Brakes · Steering
I experienced an electrical failure that was intermittent at first but became worst over time. With this failure i would lose steering and vehicle advance track as well as abs brake function. When electrical power was lost the electrical power steering would stop functioning causing complete lose of steering. This caused me to cross into oncoming traffic, luckily there was no one in the oncoming lane. The dealer…
ODI 11297366
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
Driving down the road we smelled smoke and my back sliding window shattered and blew out. Took it to the dealership and they wouldn't give a complete estimate. Called ford corp and of course they are dragging their feet. The rear defrost wasn't even activated at the time that it shorted out. I have researched the problem and it has been a major issue with fords for years.
ODI 11290069
Electrical System
Loaded up my 6 year old son and 3 year old daughter in carseats in the rear of a 4 door f150. Started vehicle turned on rear defrost. Within 30 seconds, the rear corner behind my child's seat started to smoke. 30 seconds more and the entire back window shattered. Not only was this very dangerous with two young children in the back seat, it was very traumatic for them
Fire reported
ODI 11286964
Electrical System
Sync 3 disconnects from phone, freezes up while driving causing hazardous condition, known problems and ford has know real fix
ODI 11282368
Electrical System
Purchased-new 2016 f-150 center rear window defogger quit working at approximately 13,380 miles and 37 months since purchase. Purchased the ford premium care warranty which specific lists "heated backglass (electrical only - not broken or damaged glass) as a covered item. Rear window glass is not broken or damaged, but ford still refused to cover under warranty. Incident submitted to provide for further…
ODI 11282679
Electrical System
After starting vehicle, could smell electrical wiring burning. Couple days later rear window with defroster wires melted. Causing window to over heat and break. Window repair person at safelite indicated we are luck truck didnt burn up. He showed us the melted wires.
ODI 11269199
Electrical System · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
Driving normally on four lane divided state road when warnings about various system failures came up on dash (traction control, braking, charging system). Power steering stopped working first then truck shut down. Got jump started thinking battery or alternator and truck drove normally for a few minutes then same scenario repeated.
ODI 11258495
Electrical System · Steering
Have had this vehicle to dealer multiple times with complaint of hearing rattling under vehicle and in steering column along with noise from right front brake area. Also with complaints of vehicles wandering left and right on highway regardless of road crown. Have asked specifically to check the electric steering to ensure not faulty. All these complaints while still under original warranty. Today, two weeks after…
ODI 11255592
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Truck experienced multiple sensor failures over several months that reset. Failures include car stalling in intersection, blind spot monitoring, back up sensors, car shutting off and turning back on on its own. Car had to be powered down and shut off for 30 seconds before being allowed to restart. Most recent failure resulted in truck horn going off as well as car turning off while going 35-40 mph then restarting on…
ODI 11254402
Electrical System · Visibility/Wiper
I turned on the rear defroster & the cabin started smoking. I pull over to get out to breathe, one minute later the back windshield shatters completely.
ODI 11242478
Electrical System
Radio/audio does not work intermittently on 2016 f150 platinum sync system. This is widely none problem with these trucks and ford is not doing anything about it. This is related to nhtsa id #10091432. Ford tsb #ssm 45945. This was a $70,000 and ford is accepting responsibility to fix a simple radio issue.
ODI 11220436
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owned a 2016 ford f-150. The contact stated that while her husband was driving approximately 30-40 mph, 2 miles down the road there was an electrical burning odor coming from the vehicle. The driver exited the vehicle and opened the rear passenger side door where it was discovered that there were flames. The contact was unable to extinguish the fire. The police was called, they extinguished the fire.…
Fire reported
ODI 11218528
Electrical System
REAR TAILGATE OPENS ON IT'S OWN WHILE DRIVING.
ODI 11210440
Electrical System
Sync 3 freezes to the point of lack of use. Back up camera delayed. Delayed adjustment in sound. Bluetooth disconnects/reconnected causing distraction when driving. Gps navigation signal will not reconnect or not accurate.
ODI 11258639
Body · Electrical System
Tailgate opens by itself. Has happened while driving at least once (that i know of because i have a bed cap on that has held it in place). The one time i noticed it i was towing a trailer and was fortunate that the tailgate did not get wedged between the trailer jack on a turn. I have now noticed that the tailgate will open and the latch mechanism will continue to fire even after the tailgate is down,
ODI 11203582
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Unknown Or Other
Rear defogger on sliding rear window has become completely disconnected. Poor design. When automatically opening sliding rear window, the defogger mechanism gets caught on rear seat eventually, this lead to the rear defogger disconnecting and breaking off from his housing.
ODI 11202896
Body · Electrical System
Freezing door latches causing the door not to stay shut in cold temperatures or open the door can fly open because you think that it is shut while you're driving down the road causing damage to the door losing personal belongings and if a occupant is not seatbelted flying out of the vehicle the doors on these trucks will not latch when you shut the door they bounce back open and then sometimes you think their…
ODI 11172776
Electrical System · Steering · Unknown Or Other
While driving the interior instrument lights suddenly come on park brake, 4x4, air bag, traction,abs, advance trac, and steering assist. During this process the brakes engage & then you can hear the scrubbing sound of the brakes.this has happened multiple times. I've returned it to the dealer for service 3 times, after a month of diagnostic testing & road testing the steering system failed on the serviceman while…
ODI 11180025
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
It idles rough at stop light sometimes shuts down ,radio screen is blank sometimes w radio or phone call. Electrical burning smell enough to make me nauseous. The computer reads no codes. This happens every couple of days, it has been at 2 different shops up to weeks at a time they have changed several parts but none have fixed it.
1 injury
ODI 11231166
Electrical System
Back in november 2018 i had my first fault. My brake fluid low sensor came on. It was intermittent at for about 10 miles and than went away. Did not another issue until mid december. The light cam back on and over the course of the day, it did not go off. I then disconnected the the sensor so that i did not have to continuously have to listen to the dinging all the time. I also made an appointment with a dealership…
ODI 11164382
Electrical System
My wife left work around 445 pm on 12/27/18, when she started the vehicle prior to putting the vehicle in drive the lights on the dashboard (instrument cluster alone with the radio display) do not come on(total blackout), this is not the first time(2 times prior to this date) this has happen to her but we have notice this occurring during cold weather periods. So my wife drove about 4 miles thinking the light would…
ODI 11192861