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2000 Ford F-150 electrical system problems

196 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2000 Ford F-150, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
196 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 129 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 135
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2000 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 16 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 30 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 28 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 13 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 10 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 10 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 7 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 129 complaints that include mileage. 22% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles16
60k to 80k miles30
80k to 100k miles28
100k to 120k miles13
120k to 140k miles10
140k to 160k miles10
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles7

What the data shows

Of the 129 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 22% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 135 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

Vehicle was parked in a carport and about one pm that night consumer heard something that sounded like thunder. When the consumer looked outside vehicle was on fire along with the carport. While attempting to extinguish the flames consumer slipped an suffered a back sprain. The fire department extinguished the fire. Vehicle was totaled, and the carport had to be replaced.

Reported at 60,000 miles, November 2003 FireInjury

Ford f150 xl 2000. 11/28/03 coil #2 had to be replaced. 07/08/03 coil #4 had to be replaced. 03/06/03 coil #3 had to be replaced. On 04/05/04 my wife bessie was driving and the truck stalled. The steering wheel locked up and she had no control over the vehicle. Luckily, she did not get into an accident. She came to a complete stop, put the truck in park, turned the ignition off, then turned the ignition key and the vehicle started up. My wife was very upset. I contacted chapman ford rep.

Reported at 59,472 miles, April 2004

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