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2012 Ford F-150 stability control problems

36 complaints about stability control have been filed for the 2012 Ford F-150, which is 1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
36 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
61,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When stability control problems show up

Stability control complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 61,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 61,000 miles
Based on 34 complaints that include mileage. 47% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 34 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 61,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was involved in a traffic accident june 4, 2016 in which a car attempted to make a left turn in front of me at an intersection and the result was a moderate collision. Due to the collision my vehicle lost all power (engine and electrical) and the air bags failed to deploy.

Reported at 30,150 miles, June 2016 CrashInjury

I completed recall... Software problem which causes transmission to shift into first gear which could result in loss of steering control and cause wreck

Reported at 177,400 miles, August 2020

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