2025 Ford F-150
This year drew an ordinary 318 complaints for a Ford F-150 — the model's median is 3,077. What they were about is the unusual part: 25.2% of them mention brake, against 9.2% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 4 of the Ford F-150, which began in 2021. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 318 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 3,077 |
| Involving a crash | 18 |
| Involving a fire | 6 |
| Recalls | 12 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- brake — 25.2% of this year's complaints, against 9.2% across the other years of this generation (2.7×).
- cruise — 19.5% of this year's complaints, against 7.4% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: cruise, cruise control, set, red.
- activated — 10.4% of this year's complaints, against 2% across the other years of this generation (5.2×). Owners wrote it as: activated, new vehicle, safety systems, dry.
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
while idle at a red light, while using the brake hold feature, the vehicle's brakes suddenly released, causing them to rear-end the vehicle in front. No air bags deployed. There were no injuries or medical attention needed. A police report was filed. The vehic…
Forward collision assist was activated without warning and for no reason. Brakes were applied abruptly causing the vehicle to slow down dramatically causing passengers to lurch forward which caused temporary discomfort in head, neck and shoulder area. Driving…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V851000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V164000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 25V198000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V271000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 25V309000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V344000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V398000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 25V488000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 12. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
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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