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Ford F-Series 2010

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.45 per 1,000

0.6 times this nameplate’s own median · from 210 complaints filed in the first three years, of 999 ever. 95% lower bound 0.39.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.52	269
2009	0.23	107
2010	0.45	210
2011	0.80	445
2012	0.81	500
2013	0.53	373
2014	0.32	244
2015	0.57	438
2016	0.70	557
2017	1.29	1106
2018	0.96	869
2019	1.25	1126
2020	0.36	304
2021	0.77	585
2022	0.89	612
2023	0.73	512

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Electrical System 174 complaints

shattered	46	27%
rear window	42	24%
defroster	39	23%
glass	35	20%
rear defroster	28	16%
window shattered	23	13%

Power Train 132 complaints

truck	49	36%
first gear	16	12%
restarted	16	12%
locked	15	11%
downshifted	12	9%
wheels	12	9%

Engine 125 complaints

truck	49	39%
power steering	14	12%
manifold	12	10%
repaired approximate	10	8%

When it breaks

26% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 59,181 miles, from 862 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10301699 · 10303065 · 10304390 · 10308716 · 10308736 · 10320384

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.