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2016 Ford F-250 SD electrical system problems

26 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2016 Ford F-250 SD, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
26 6% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-250 sd. While the vehicle was parked at home, the contact noticed dark gray smoke billowing out the windows of the vehicle. The contact opened the driver side door and noticed the seats were on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire and noticed wires in the seat. The fire department unhooked the vehicle battery, but was unaware of what caused the fire. The vehicle was towed to a local collision lot. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not repaired.

Reported at 18,000 miles, April 2017 Fire

I bought a new f250 sd 6.7l in 2016. It has 53,000m on it. Jan 2019 reductant heater failed, ford would not pay for it. Fortunately my ext warranty did after $100 deductable. Feb 2019 my truck while driving on city streets it gave the dash warning : chiming sound, no oil pressure, high temp, service advance trac, air bag, battery, and after stopping nothing was overheating, and oil was at proper level it would not turn over. It locked the starting system out.

Reported at 53,500 miles, February 2019

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