1999 Ford E-150 problems
NHTSA has received 115 complaints about the 1999 Ford E-150, and 18% of them involve fuel system. Next are brakes (15%) and steering (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 115 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 99,000 miles 53 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 15 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 53 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 99,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 120,000 miles (21 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Ford E-150 with enough data (66 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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.
This probably should not be directed against ford but the ahnafield corp. Of indianapolis who built the powered gas/brake controls and to advanced mobility inc. Who installed the controls. No safety defect listed in summary.
Brakes have failed before but were checked by dealer on several occasions dealer said there was nothing wrong even though brake lite had come on and pedal went to floor we have lost confidence with the dealers service shop as took vehicle in in the am with defective seat belt were told by dealer there was nothing wrong with belt yet a different dealer within 2 hours said the belt was defective and needed to be replaced the transmission had a problem and the dealer said no problem different dealer then rebuilt…
1999 ford e150 wagon (conversion van - eclipse conversions of in) has a cracked fuel tank. Fuel tank is 35 gallon, mid ship. Nhsta recall 01v114000/ford recall 01s14 should apply, however when discussed with ford they said it did not apply. They would only look at information on their website. When I asked them to look at ford recall 01s14 and tell me why it did not apply, they would not look at the recall. This is a dangerous situation, but I need the wagon to drive.
Driving down the I94 freeway in michigan with my wife, 2 children, 7 and 5,going about 70 MPH and heard a noise like a muffler dragging or something. Immediately pulled over and found my gas tank dragging under the truck. Front strap rusted and broke off and tank was being pushed forward, almost grinding all the way through! The tank was being held up by the plastic rear strap holder and the gas filler tube. The back strap was also rusted through!