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1999 Ford F-150 body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 98 complaints for the 1999 Ford F-150, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
98 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
85,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 1999 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 85,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 85,000 miles
Based on 33 complaints that include mileage. 27% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 33 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

As consumer rested arm on door and put the vehicle into drive, the automatic door locks locked pulling the skin of arm into the door causing a blood blister. Nlm

August 1999 Injury

Dt: the contact states there is NHTSA recall campaign 05v388000 concerning the vehicle speed control:cruise control. The parts needed for recall repairs were not available at the local dealership. He spoke to the manufacturer, who confirmed the parts were not available at this time. Updated 12/27/2005. The tires had excessive wear at 20000 miles. The seat belt roller has been replaced three times. The air bag control was replaced. Both doors had stress fractures.

Reported at 55,000 miles, November 2005

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