2012 Ford F-350 SD problems
NHTSA has received 50 complaints about the 2012 Ford F-350 SD, and 24% of them involve engine. Next are suspension (20%) and steering (18%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 50 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 34,000 miles 45 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 | 24 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 45 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 34,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 35,000 miles (12 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 91% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2012 ranks 21st most-complained-about out of 24 model years of the Ford F-350 SD with enough data (42 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 9 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.
On 11/3/14, at our operation, we had a collision involving our employee as he was backing up our 2012 f350 when his foot got caught under the brake pedal, causing him to back into a door on a building. It appears due to the design and spacing of the pedals that it is possible to get your foot stuck under the brake pedal as you pivot from the accelerator to the brake pedal.
While driving an alarm sounded and the driver display stated " stop safely now" and lost all throttle response. When the vehicle stopped, the engine shut off and it would not crank or restart. It had to be towed from a busy intersection. The fault turned out to be a failed egt exhaust temperature sensor. It was not even a engine component. It is programming alone that prevented moving the truck to a safe location. What if this was a railroad grade crossing? Or had kids in the truck?
This is probably about the 30th time my ford f-350 has had a death wobble. This time I was driving on highway 69 between prescott valley and prescott when it started. It was shaking so bad that I almost lost control and hit the median. The other vehicles must have noticed the vehicle shaking because all of the traffic around me backed way off. Once again I reported it to ford and took it in right away.
I am experiencing wobble and shaking from the front end after any variation of the road, turning without any bumps in the road, turning with bumps is worse, straight line wobble after slight bumps etc. It is getting increasingly worse and is cupping the front tires considerably, ( when I took it to a ford dealership for rotation I was told that they recommend that I purchase a new set of tires instead of rotation for a dually) I have had the tires rotated anyway.