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2016 Ford F-150 steering problems

Owners reported steering problems in 65 complaints for the 2016 Ford F-150, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
65 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
47,000 miles 43 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2016 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 47,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 47,000 miles
Based on 43 complaints that include mileage. 63% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 43 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 47,000 miles, and 63% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes.

What owners wrote

When backing the truck down the driveway at a low speed. The steering wheel locked at the moment you have to cut left to avoid a neighborhood watch sign that sits adjacent the driveway. The left mirror broke off, impacting the left front quarter panel resulting in approximately $1,500 damage to the vehicle. I also damaged the community sign requiring repair. As noted in other NHTSA reports, diagnostic tests were void of steering codes.

Reported at 54,000 miles, June 2019 Crash

Steering started to get tight while turning, this would only happen periodically. Then while I was exiting a freeway while pulling a trailer I lost all power steering and almost wrecked, the advancetrac service light and the electronic steering light came on. I had the truck towed to a service center to find out the front rack assembly needs to be replaced, truck is 2 1/2 years old and has 77,000 miles.

Reported at 77,000 miles, April 2019

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