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Ford F-Series 2014

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

0.32 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 244 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1816 ever. 95% lower bound 0.28.

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.

Power Train 442 complaints

downshifted	134	30%
lead	82	18%
frame	79	18%
lead frame	73	16%
speedometer	51	12%
unexpectedly downshifted	42	9%

Service Brakes 355 complaints

low brake	71	20%
reservoir	55	15%
brake master	53	15%
empty	45	13%
cylinder brake	37	10%
fluid reservoir	36	10%

Steering 289 complaints

truck	115	40%
wobble	90	31%
death	83	29%
death wobble	75	26%
shaking	48	17%
bump	47	16%

When it breaks

19% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 65,000 miles, from 1173 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

3 investigations covering this model year, 3 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 234 complaints about this component over roughly 110 months before an investigation opened.

Master Cylinder External Leak

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:

10565735 · 10575590 · 10577920 · 10587818 · 10597795 · 10604548

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.