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2018 Ford F-150 body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 193 complaints for the 2018 Ford F-150, 7% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
193 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
10,000 miles 114 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 3
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2018 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 10,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 81 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 20 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 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: 10,000 miles
Based on 114 complaints that include mileage. 98% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles81
20k to 40k miles20
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 114 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles, and 98% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 fires, 5 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.

February 2019 CrashFireInjury

The vehicle is stationary and when the passenger door is unlocked with the key fob the tailgate fails down. When the driver exits the vehicle the tailgate falls down. By falls down I mean the tailgate on the pickup is closed and in the vertical position and the only way to open the tailgate is with the key fob. The tailgate fob is depressed and the tailgate opens (falls down) automatically.

Reported at 34 miles, April 2018

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