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1997 Ford F-150 cooling system problems

35 complaints about cooling system have been filed for the 1997 Ford F-150, which is 1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
35 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
93,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cooling system problems show up

Cooling system complaints by mileage, 1997 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 93,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 93,000 miles
Based on 17 complaints that include mileage. 6% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 17 cooling system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 93,000 miles, and 6% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the cooling system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Brought vehicle in to comply with recall. No problems previous to recall, after receiving vehicle back all problems started. Recall work was not done properly. Screws were not reattached to covering over fan belt, oil change and new filter were not done according to recall. Knocking started to occur in engine after vehicle was returned to me. Called dealership back to report the 2 screws missing anda knocking sound coming from engine. Was told to stop in on sat. To have someone put in the missing screws.

January 2000

1997 ford f150 4.2 v6 oil pressure falls to zero after warm up... With warning. I was deceptively sold this problem without warrantee just last month. My truck has only 66k miles and now I discover a big ongoing problem... Just by placing this top line in any seach engine you'll reach... [link removed] that is 400 hits of the same problem which leads to engine failure. Even if its repaired prior to failure.

Reported at 66,988 miles, February 2007

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