1999 Ford F Series problems
NHTSA has received 44 complaints about the 1999 Ford F Series, and 30% of them involve engine. Next are fuel system (18%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 44 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 35 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 35 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 100,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 89,000 miles (13 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Ford F Series with enough data (15 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.
August 24 my f150 truck caught fire nearly killing me and destroying my house. I notified ford they said they would get back to me when they did the letter states that I owned a windstar van and there was nothing they could do for me because the windstar has no investigations..I do not a windstar they had the correct VIN number and this did DOT get reported to you in the investigations truck is 100% loss and I need correct compensation for my loss.
1999 ford f-150 caught fire and burt to the ground in a parking lot. Fire started under the engine compartmant stated by a witness. The vehicle was sitting about 2 hours before it caught fire. Found numerous recall articles on the web about a switch catching fire.
I had just got off work and was leaving the parking area and blew out the number 4 sparkplug on the right side head. I shut off the my truck and parked it. I called a friend that lives close for a ride home. The next morning I drove back to the plant and took my truck to the local ford dealership. They said that I should replace the head or install a helicoil and also replace the spark plug and coil pack. So I had them install the helicoil and replace the damaged parts.
Blew out sparkplugs and broke bracket on the side of coil packs. Don't like paying $85 a pop for ford's poor design. Plus the healy coils or maybe that's the motive. This happened three different times.
Driver side rear tire suffered tread separation after apx 1 hour around 70 MPH. Tire pressure was checked / inflated to max cold prior to departure. Air temperature was in the low 80s. I am providing this information in case you track such incidents. No response is required. Cooper discoverer h/t 255/70 r16 DOT upcu c5u 2808.