1998 Ford F Series problems
NHTSA has received 32 complaints about the 1998 Ford F Series, and 19% of them involve engine. Next are fuel system (12%) and tires (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 32 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 85,000 miles 25 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 25 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 85,000 miles.
None of these complaints report a crash, fire, injury or death. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 100% 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 1998 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Ford F Series with enough data (8 complaints in that window).
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.
Accelerator sticks when the vehicle is first started in cold weather. Ford was contacted and is aware of the problem, but cannot remedy the problem. Problem still exists. Provide further information.
I currently have a 1998 ford f150 4.2l engine that has 65000 miles and am experiencing head gasket failure. Ford moco stats there is no tsp's or recalls reguarding this. I pulled the owners notification 98b33 off your web site. My engine build date is nov 1997 at the essex plant. I am in the army and am stationed in germany. The dealership here quoted me 2500.00 for the estimate. At this time they will not honor the u.s. Esp purchased from the original dealer. I am currently trying to get this resolved.
The anti- theft alarm goes off for no reason at all hours for no reason. Rogers ford hchecked it & couldn't get it to go off. I told them they couldn't make it go off. It does it whenever. It's been going on for two years now & it's a real pain in the neck. I see I am not the only one to complain about this. But there are probably thousands who have not sent in a complaint to you. I've emailed ford motor company about it & never got a reply.
Ford has a known problem with the windshield allowing water to leak into the cab,over time it has corrupted the wiring,making electrical devices fail to having a dead short that causes power to dash to continue after key is removed,this is a fire hazard at best, to the fact the windshield wipers can fail at any time.ther are many tsb's concerning this problem 99133 98246 976011 98913 to name a few.this also crosses over to several models and years and in canada there is a recall for some of the f series ford truck…