1999 Ford F-350 SD problems
NHTSA has received 169 complaints about the 1999 Ford F-350 SD, and 19% of them involve engine. Next are tires (16%) and brakes (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 169 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 128 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 17 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 17 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 25 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 9 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 128 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 100,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 102,000 miles (29 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 16 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 24 model years of the Ford F-350 SD with enough data (58 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
3 car pile up. Our truck was the 3rd vehicle. Impact speed 35 to 45 MPH. We have a 1 ton truck that had the frame bent and motor mount that broke. Repair damage est. To be $9,000. The air bags did not deploy.
I , being the owner with a passenger, of a f- 350 7.3 crew cab diesal 4x4 was in an accident after going over black ice on I-40 near flagstaff az. Resulting a roll over and taking out a 14 inch pine tree and landing on its passenger side when it was all said and done! The air bags in the pick- up did not deploy !
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford f350 super duty. While driving 65 MPH, the vehicle pulled to the right. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the front passenger side tire was flat and the rim was cracked. He felt that the cracked rim caused the failure. The dealer did not inspect the vehicle. Approximately one year later, the vehicle pulled to the left while driving 65 MPH. He inspected the vehicle and noticed the same failures, but on the driver side tire and rim.
Ford f-350 truck. Front aluminum wheel on passenger side of truck has now started to separate. I contacted this office on june 25, 2009 at 4:09 pm edt about the driverside front aluminum wheel separating odi # 10274954. I contacted ford and the local ford dealership ( hagerstown ford tim rowe) and they have done nothing.