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2004 Ford F-250 electrical system problems

38 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2004 Ford F-250, which is 19% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
38 19% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
124,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2004 Ford F-250 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 124,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 7 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 124,000 miles
Based on 27 complaints that include mileage. 37% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles7
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 27 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 124,000 miles, and 37% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

The driver was parking the vehicle and without warning the vehicle caught fire from the engine. The fire department was called out to extinguished the fire. The driver sustained injuries to both legs and was transported by ambulance to the hospital. The vehicle was towed and totaled by the insurance company. Please provide additional information.

January 2005 FireInjury

Dt: the vehicle was taken to repair shop 8 times for stalling. Each time the dealer did something and it continued to stall. They replaced the processor, wiring harness, and a number of other things. This started oct 12,2004.

Reported at 4,200 miles, October 2004

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