2006 Ford F-150 problems
The 2006 Ford F-150 has 742 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (20%) concerns engine. After that come brakes (13%) and electrical system (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 742 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 73 and 21
- Injuries and deaths
- 52 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 62,000 miles 633 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 | 130 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 80 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 96 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 87 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 81 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 71 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 23 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 27 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 12 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 9 |
| 200k+ miles | 17 |
What the data shows
Among the 633 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 62,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 81,000 miles (136 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 73 complaints mention a crash; 21 complaints mention a fire; 52 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 23rd most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Ford F-150 with enough data (395 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
My son was killed in his 2006 ford 150 pickup truck driving 45 miles an hour. His truck apparently left the road with no signs of brakes being applied, flipped several times. The airbags never deployed. His insurance company was threatening me to release the truck from storage which I did. I have since regained my senses enough to search the web and see that there were many recalls on the brake lines of this make truck.
I was loading stuff into the back seat of my 2006 f-150. The wind caught the front door and it slammed shut. The bottom of the door is extremely sharp and stuck into my leg. It required staples because it was to deep for stitches. Upon inspection, the door is not put together properly and the edges are not sealed.
Tl-the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. The contact stated that while accelerating or decelerating, the vehicle suddenly hesitated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that there were only two quarts of oil in the engine instead of the seven it was supposed to contain; the dealer could not figure out why the vehicle was losing so much oil. The dealer also stated that the timing chain caused the vehicle to hesitate.