1995 Ford F-150 problems
The 1995 Ford F-150 has 788 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (23%) concerns brakes. After that come cruise control (10%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 788 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 61 and 124
- Injuries and deaths
- 52 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 117,000 miles 145 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 | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 10 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 18 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 17 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 23 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 24 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 10 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 9 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 8 |
| 200k+ miles | 18 |
What the data shows
Among the 145 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 117,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 87,000 miles (12 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 61 complaints mention a crash; 124 complaints mention a fire; 52 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 90% 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 1995 ranks 22nd most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford F-150 with enough data (406 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
While driving the vehicle experienced front and back right side tire blowouts which resulted in loss of control and vehicle rollover, one death and one injury as a result of accident. *mjs
1995 ford f-150 pickup caught fire. The vehicle had not been driven for a full day and a half and the engine was cold. The truck was completely engulfed in flames when we found it about 6:45 pm. Fire caused damage to the house and a saturn sedan parked next to it in the driveway. My husband collapsed and suffered a fatal heart attack while trying to put out flames. My son in law helped save the house from burning down until the fire department, police and emt's arrived.
1995 ford f150 spontaneously exploded spreading sparks and fire to house, surrounding area property, and lift van causing extensive fire damage to house, surrounding area property, and lift van.
Husband coming home from work brake lights and cruise control would not work. Thought it might be a fuse or something. Got home and parked truck @ 11:00 and by 11:30 truck was in flames. Volunteer fire was called and report done. Truck was pd for of course so we just carried liability on it. Total loss unless ford and our lawyer can come to an agreement.
Dt: cruise control switch burnt up and melted the brake fluid reservoir, destroying the switch, and melting the wiring coming from the switch and going to the switch.