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2018 Ford F-150 lighting problems

23 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2018 Ford F-150, which is <1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
23 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
21,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2018 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 21,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 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: 21,000 miles
Based on 10 complaints that include mileage. 60% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 10 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 21,000 miles, and 60% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the lighting complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

While driving at night on may 22, 2018, a 2018 ford super duty was behind me. The front lights were super bright, too much and distracting. I flipped my rearview mirror to reduce the glare but, come on, it didn't really help. Side mirrors don't dim, do they? While stopped at a traffic light, I held my hand over the center rearview mirror. The lights are too much. Please get a handle on this growing problem.

May 2018

Ford issued recall 20c03 (NHTSA 20v-097) to correct an issue with the intensity of the daylight running lights on certain f150 trucks. Without informing the customer the reprogramming of the body control module also now activates the parking lights whenever the daylight running lights are activated. In california, vehicle code section 24800 prohibits the activation of the parking lights in conjunction with the daylight running lights while driving.

Reported at 24,500 miles, October 2020

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Lighting problems in other years

Lighting problems across all Ford models