1996 Ford E-150 problems
NHTSA has received 81 complaints about the 1996 Ford E-150, and 20% of them involve brakes. Next are electrical system (14%) and engine (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 81 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 9
- Injuries and deaths
- 102 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 120,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 20 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 120,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 9 complaints mention a fire; 102 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 89% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1996 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Ford E-150 with enough data (32 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
1996 ford f-150 2wd mileage 112,500 (well maintained) oss of steering resulting from something inside steering box disengaging. Causing no control from operator of vehicle. Vehicle pulled to right and hit parked car, once pass parked car vehecle continued to pull to right, over the lawn and hitting another parked car in drivway beforecoming to a stop ntire incident took 3 seconds. I was on I side street close to home doing about 30-35 MPH, had it been a highway, people could have been killed.
Vehicle was parked in driveway and the vehicle was smoking. Vehicle then burst into flames and blew up for no apparent reason. Fireman stated it started in the motor compartment.
Consumer states vehicle was destroyed by fire. Investigator determined fire was caused by a problem with vehicle's electrical system. Ts
Vehicle was parked, and upon entering noticed the smell of an electrical fire. Started the vehicle, odometer was inoperable and vehicle would not shift out of park. Upon further inspection, found a blown 15 amp fuse in the fuse panel. Replaced fuse, odometer came back on and vehicle shifted out of park. Approximately 10 seconds later, the smell of burning wiring was evident, as was smoke from under the hood.