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Ford F-53 by model year

261 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Ford F-53 across 27 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Ford F-53 0 33 65 1990: 3 '90 1991: 2 1992: 3 '92 1995: 6 1996: 2 '96 1997: 3 1998: 1 '98 1999: 18 2000: 3 '00 2001: 6 2011: 9 '11 2012: 1 2013: 10 '13 2014: 26 2016: 18 '16 2017: 6 2018: 14 '18 2020: 61 2021: 22 '21 2022: 9 2023: 8 '23 2024: 4 2025: 3 '25
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
19903
19912
19923
19956
19962
19973
19981
199918
20003
20016
20119
20121
201310
201426
201618
20176
201814
202061
202122
20229
20238
20244
20253

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2026 2
2025 3 3
2024 4 1
2023 8 1
2022 9 2
2021 22 2
2020 61 Suspension (30%) 2
2018 14 1
2017 6 1
2016 18 1
2014 26 Body & structure (27%) 1
2013 10 1
2012 1 1
2011 9 1
2002 1
2001 6 1
2000 3 1
1999 18 2
1998 1 1
1997 3 2
1996 2 2
1995 6 2
1994 1
1993 1
1992 3 1
1991 2 1
1990 3 1