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1996 Ford F-150 transmission problems

Owners reported transmission problems in 16 complaints for the 1996 Ford F-150, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
16 4% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury, 1 death.

What owners wrote

My daughter placed the transmission in park. She got out of the truck which was parked on a slight incline and walked behind the small trailer she was pulling to close a gate. The truck transmission failed or released and the trailer and truck both ran over, resulting in her death. Dt

CrashInjuryDeath

Dt: 1996 ford f150 xlt pick up truck. The wheel assembly and the shaft on the driver side in the back slid out. The truck was being driven on a side road about 35 -40 MPH when this happened. The mechanic told the consumer that these vehicles were designed to fail. It was repaired at the cost of $1300.00. Also, while trying to back out of the driveway the shifter was flopping around and a bolt fell out at the consumer's feet. The vehicle would not go into any gear.

Reported at 145,695 miles, June 2005 Crash

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