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2016 Ford F-150 body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 201 complaints for the 2016 Ford F-150, 8% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
201 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
20,000 miles 134 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 1
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2016 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 20,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 66 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 33 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 16 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 20,000 miles
Based on 134 complaints that include mileage. 86% 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 miles66
20k to 40k miles33
40k to 60k miles16
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 134 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 20,000 miles, and 86% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 fire, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

Seat headrest protrudes too much out of the seat and it pushes forward head of some drivers. The only adjustments available (slide up and down, tilt top forward) do nothing to alleviate the issue. The lack of ability to "scoot" the entire headrest backwards causes back and neck pain while driving for as little as 10 minutes. One solution people are resorting to is to re-insert the headrest backwards, but the tilting mechanism prevent the head from being stopped and sent backwards in the event of an accident.

Reported at 2,000 miles, March 2016 Injury

Purchased used 2016 f-150 in oct 2017. Shortly after purchase tailgate would randomly open while vehicle was in motion. Power tailgate would also open when key fob was used to lock vehicle. Tail lights would also illuminate brightly as if brakes were applied when they were not when vehicle was in motion. Other times tail lights would flicker on and off when vehicle was in motion. When computer was scanned no trouble codes were found.

Reported at 32,000 miles, October 2017

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