Ford E-250 by model year

426 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Ford E-250 across 26 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Ford E-250

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1990	4
1991	11
1992	30
1993	7
1994	14
1995	19
1996	24
1997	31
1998	30
1999	56
2000	21
2001	18
2002	18
2003	22
2004	14
2005	12
2006	16
2007	7
2008	10
2009	2
2010	12
2011	9
2012	13
2013	13
2014	7

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2023			1
2014	7		11	14 to 15
2013	13		11	14 to 15
2012	13		12	14 to 15
2011	9		16	14 to 15
2010	12		11
2009	2		17
2008	10		21
2007	7		26
2006	16		29
2005	12		9	15
2004	14		16	15
2003	22		7	13 to 14
2002	18		5	13 to 14
2001	18		3	12 to 14
2000	21		5	12 to 14
1999	56	Engine (20%)	6	12 to 14
1998	30	Steering (20%)	5	11 to 15
1997	31	Brakes (16%)	4	13 to 14
1996	24		3	12 to 13
1995	19		3	12 to 13
1994	14		3	12 to 13
1993	7		3	11 to 14
1992	30	Suspension (27%)	3	11 to 14
1991	11		1	11 to 14
1990	4		2	11 to 14