Ford E-150 · model year

2016 Ford E-150

11 NHTSA complaints, and 1 recall campaign listed for this cohort. A VIN lookup is required to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.

NHTSA overall rating

Not crash-tested

New Car Assessment Program

Complaints
11
Recalls
1

The verdict

The 2016 Ford E-150 posts below-average complaint volume among its own model-year siblings.

Top 26%
fewest complaints, own model years
1
recall campaign

The 2016FordE-150 carries 11 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.

The most frequently selected component label in reports for the 2016 E-150 is service brakes with 3 filings, followed by steering (2) and unknown or other (2). Complaint categories reflect owner reports and intake categorization; they do not establish a defect pattern or cause. This cohort has 1 NHTSA recall campaign listed below. Enter a VIN in NHTSA's official recall lookup to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.

NHTSA currently has 179 investigation files overlapping the 2016 E-150, and 6 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should read the complaint-by-year trend as report volume, not a causal diagnosis. Use the related-complaint feed and the official recall lookup when researching a specific vehicle.

11
Complaints
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
F
PlainCars Safety Score
0/100
2016 Ford E-150

PlainCars' own composite of NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings and rollover-risk assessment, each dimension normalized against the federal scale or the full national model-year corpus. Not an official NHTSA figure, and not a substitute for a specific vehicle's VIN-level recall check.

NHTSA Overall Rating N/A
Not rated
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program overall crash-test rating.
Front Crash N/A
Not rated
Frontal barrier crash-test rating.
Side Crash N/A
Not rated
Side barrier and pole crash-test rating.
Rollover Resistance N/A
Not rated
Static stability factor + dynamic rollover test rating.
Rollover Risk N/A
Not reported
NHTSA single-vehicle rollover probability, dynamic test.

Total Complaints

11 filings

Crashes Reported

0 reports

Source

NHTSA ODI

Federal complaints database

Complaints vs. fleet median (215)

At or below the fleet median complaint volume.

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SERVICE BRAKES3
STEERING2
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2
SEATS1
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1
EXTERIOR LIGHTING1

Recalls (1)

19V27100003/04/2019

EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

Mobility Specialists, Inc. (Mobility Specialists) is recalling certain 2014-2017 Ford E-150 and Transit vans modified to be equipped with Ricon S-Series and K-Series wheel chair lifts. The wheelchair lift positioning input cam may fail while the lift is in use, allowing the platform to travel highe

Recent Complaints

20171117EXTERIOR LIGHTING

THIS IS A GENERAL COMPLAINT AGAINST ALL NEW BLUE AND BRIGHTER HEADLIGHTS. THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW F 150 AND SIMILAR BIG PICK UP TRUCKS WHEN ONE IS BEHIND YOU, THEY ARE HIGHER THAN YOUR CAR AND IT IS LIKE SHINING A SPOTLIGHT IN YOUR CAR. WILL TEMPORALITY BLIND YOU. WHEN ONE COMES AT YOU EVEN WITH LOW BEAMS THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A AGE ISSUE. BUT FOUND OUT LAST WEEK AT EYE DOCTOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE COMPLAINING WAS ALMOST IN ROAD RAGE OVER A LARGE PICKUP TRUCK THAT FOLLOWED ME ON MY BUMPER WITH THOSE BRIGHT, BRIGHT BLUE HEADLIGHTS. . WERE THEY EVEN STUDIED BEFORE THE WERE APPROVED FOR USE. A CAR WAS AT AN INTERSECTION NEXT TO ME WITH A BLUE LIGHT TRUCK BEHIND HER. HER CAR WAS LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. SHE HAD TO TURN HER REAR VIEW DOWNWARD TO BLOCK THE GLARE. DO NOT EVEN LOOK IN REAR VIEW MIRROR, WHICH MAGNIFYS THE LIGHTS AND MAKES THEM WORSE. IF YOU ARE AT AN INTERSECTION FACING ONE OF THESE CARS OR TRUCKS WITH NEW HEADLI

Mileage: 160,000

20170605SERVICE BRAKES

1. VEHICLE CLUNK AND LURCH FORWARD RIGHT BEFORE IT REACHES COMPLETE STOP. 2. WITH FULLY ALIGNED WHEELS, THE STEERING WHEEL CAN NOT BE CENTERED WHEN GOING STRAIGHT. VEHICLE WANDERS ON PERFECTLY LEVELED ROAD.

Mileage: 2,000

20170605STEERING

1. VEHICLE CLUNK AND LURCH FORWARD RIGHT BEFORE IT REACHES COMPLETE STOP. 2. WITH FULLY ALIGNED WHEELS, THE STEERING WHEEL CAN NOT BE CENTERED WHEN GOING STRAIGHT. VEHICLE WANDERS ON PERFECTLY LEVELED ROAD.

Mileage: 2,000

20170101ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

THE ELECTRONICS ON THE DASH RESET, CAUSING THE RADIO TO MALFUNCTION AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES WITH DATE, TIME AND RADIO PROGRAMS, DIMMING CONTROLS, AND UNKNOWN OTHER ISSUES. THE DEALER RESETS, BUT I HAVE TOO KEEP RETURNING FOR CORRECTIONS. THIS MUST BE COMPLETED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS IS NOT CORRECT AS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT OTHER COMPONENTS ARE AFFECTED. BY THIS. THE DEALER SAYS THE DASHBOARD SYSTEMS MAY NEED TO BE EXCHANGED. WHY?

Mileage: 85

20170101UNKNOWN OR OTHER

THE ELECTRONICS ON THE DASH RESET, CAUSING THE RADIO TO MALFUNCTION AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES WITH DATE, TIME AND RADIO PROGRAMS, DIMMING CONTROLS, AND UNKNOWN OTHER ISSUES. THE DEALER RESETS, BUT I HAVE TOO KEEP RETURNING FOR CORRECTIONS. THIS MUST BE COMPLETED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS IS NOT CORRECT AS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT OTHER COMPONENTS ARE AFFECTED. BY THIS. THE DEALER SAYS THE DASHBOARD SYSTEMS MAY NEED TO BE EXCHANGED. WHY?

Mileage: 85

20161213SERVICE BRAKES

DRIVING ON SANTA FE BLVD IN DENVER CO. WAS COMING TO A RED LIGHT, PRESSED THE BRAKES AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR, SWERVED INTO NEXT LANE WITH CARS FURTHER AWAY, AND AVOIDED A CRASH AS THE LIGHT CHANGED.. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA AND I AM LUCKY TO NOT HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT INVOLVING SEVERAL CARS.. LAWSUIT APPROPRIATE ! *TR

Mileage: 11,000

20161011SERVICE BRAKES

INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKES FEEL "SPONGY". CAR SLOWED SLIGHTLY, HOWEVER PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO THE FLOOR, WITH NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IN BRAKING.

Mileage: 4,400

20160914UNKNOWN OR OTHER

I PURCHASED MY TRUCK JUNE 18TH 2016. AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS THE RADIO STARTED GOING OFF FOR PERIODS OF TIME. THE RADIO WORK PROBABLY HALF OF THE TIME. I FINALLY HAD TIME TO BRING IT IN AND FORD TELLS ME THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS YET. A RADIO IS A EVERY DAY PART OF A TRUCK AND IS EXPECTED TO WORK. UNDER AN IMPLIED WARRANTY IT SHOULD WORK. THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY IS IMPLIED, UNLESS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED BY NAME, OR THE SALE IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE PHRASE "AS IS" OR "WITH ALL FAULTS." TO BE "MERCHANTABLE", THE GOODS MUST REASONABLY CONFORM TO AN ORDINARY BUYER'S EXPECTATIONS, I.E., THEY ARE WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE. THIS IS NOT HAPPENING AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL HAVE A FIX.

20160430FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

MY 2016 F150 COMPANY VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED TO A CRAWL, AND I HAD TO TOW IT TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAYS THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY (ETB) NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PROBLEM IS THE THERE WERE DOZENS OF OTHER VEHICLES IN THE DEALERSHIP WITH SAME PROBLEM, AND THE PART IS IN BACK ORDER. THIS IS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE!! IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST 2 WEEKS TO GET THE PART ACCORDING TO THE DEALER....WOW!! I READ ONLINE THAT BACK IN 2012 SIMILAR PROBLEMS WERE INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA, AND FORD "AGREED" TO REPLACE THE PART ON 1.6MM VEHICLES, AND DECLARED THE PROBLEM SOLVED!! I THINK THE PROBLEM IS FAR FROM SOLVED IF IT IS HAPPENING TO DOZENS OF NEW VEHICLES IN ONE DEALERSHIP!! IMAGINE THE PROBLEM WHOLE COUNTRY WIDE AND/OR WORLD WIDE. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT EVEN CALLED A RECALL IN 2012! MY COMPANY NOW HAS TO RENT A VEHICLE UNTIL A REPLACEMENT PART IS SHIPPED. THEY SAY 2 WEEKS, PROBABLY MORE TIME SINCE IT IS THEIR ESTIMATE!! THIS ISSUE HAS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

Mileage: 6,700

20160411STEERING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD E-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE ENTIRE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 6,500

20160411SEATS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD E-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE ENTIRE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 6,500

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many complaints does the 2016 Ford E-150 have?
The 2016 Ford E-150 has 11 NHTSA complaints, 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 deaths reported.
Are there any recalls for the 2016 Ford E-150?
Yes, the 2016 Ford E-150 has 1 recall(s). The most common affected component is EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Recalls are issued by NHTSA and manufacturers must provide a free remedy.
What are the most common problems with the 2016 Ford E-150?
The most-complained component for the 2016 Ford E-150 is SERVICE BRAKES with 3 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include STEERING and UNKNOWN OR OTHER.
Is the 2016 Ford E-150 safe to buy?
Review the complaint history, crash and fire reports, safety ratings, and recall status on this page to make an informed decision. No NHTSA crash test rating is available for this model year. Compare with other model years using the links above.
Where does this data come from?
All complaint, recall, and safety rating data is sourced from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Complaints are filed by vehicle owners through NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation.

Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.

Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. This year-specific record is rendered from NHTSA ODI, recall, and NCAP rows for the 2016 Ford E-150; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.