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2012 Ford F-150 body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 24 complaints for the 2012 Ford F-150, <1% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
24 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
78,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 78,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 78,000 miles
Based on 17 complaints that include mileage. 41% 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 miles3
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 17 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles, and 41% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While traveling at 48 MPH on 2 lane county rd I was in 4 wheel high when truck slammed into 1st gear causing truck to loose traction and ended up going into ditch. The truck never stalled out all gauges stopped working and tech light came on. I proceeded to be pulled from ditch. Then turned truck off .checked truck over it has body damage nothing visible under truck so I started it gauges where working tech light was off radio stopped working but could be loose connection I proceeded to limp it home at about 20…

Reported at 129,986 miles, February 2018 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the passenger's side rear window shattered. No warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was repaired at an autoglass facility. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 78,000.

Reported at 78,000 miles, February 2020

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