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Ford F-Series 2020

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

0.36 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 304 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1232 ever. 95% lower bound 0.32.

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 498 complaints

truck	187	38%
harsh	45	9%
speed transmission	43	9%
hotline	38	8%
cdf	37	8%
drum	33	7%

Engine 175 complaints

hotline	19	11%
consuming	14	8%
referred hotline	13	8%
restart engine	13	8%
start stop	13	8%
diesel	13	8%

Unknown Or Other 136 complaints

truck	65	48%
complete	12	9%
tailgate	10	8%
towing	10	8%
heavy	10	8%
slow	10	8%

When it breaks

40% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 45,000 miles, from 436 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Rearview Camera FMVSS 111 Noncompliance

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:

11306302 · 11325906 · 11326343 · 11326634 · 11326756 · 11327800

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.