2018 Ford F-150 electrical system problems
173 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2018 Ford F-150, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 173 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 26,000 miles 69 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 11
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 29 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 17 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 69 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 26,000 miles, and 75% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 7 crashes, 11 fires, 7 injuries.
What owners wrote
We got into an accident over the weekend. We were t-bones by a bus. It wrecked the passenger side of the car. However, when I went into the passenger side to get my purse out I noticed that there were flames coming from the side of the drivers seat. Our f150 is now burnt to a crisp. There's no reason for that truck to have caught fire like that.
This truck was purchased new, from test drive thru 2 years of driving 40,000 miles I have always turned off start stop at each start up. When I forget to turn off it has preformed as designed until last week. Now when start/stop is on and I come to stop at red light that changes green as soon as I stop the vehicle requires me to go to park and restart engine. The system works fine if red light is over 5/10 seconds. This happened on us27 4 lane at stop light somerset, ky 7/20/2020.
Other problems reported for the 2018 Ford F-150
- Drivetrain & axles 1,005 complaints
- Engine 597 complaints
- Body & structure 193 complaints
- Brakes 94 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 91 complaints
- Steering 83 complaints
- Cruise control 73 complaints
- Fuel system 64 complaints