Total Complaints
1 filings
FORD F-250 SD · model year
1 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1991FORDF-250 SD carries 1 consumer safety complaint 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.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1991 F-250 SD is tires with 1 filings. Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 177 investigation files overlapping the 1991 F-250 SD, and 8 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page, a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| TIRES | 1 |
FORTUNATELY THE TIRE CAME APART WHILE LYING IN THE BACK OF MY PICK UP TRUCK. I WAS USING IT AS A WINTER TIME SPARE. THE TIRE WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME OF THE SEPARATION OF THE TIRE LAYERS. I HAVE 2 OF THEM AND ARE THE ONES I USE FOR SUMMER TIME DRIVING. TREAD IS ABOUT 50%. THE TIRE BURST FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE RIPPING AWAY THE TREAD AND LEAVING THE CENTER OF THE TIRE EXPOSED WITH THE CORDS EXPOSED AND INNER LAYER OF TIRE EXPOSED. I DO STILL HAVE THE TIRE AND WILL KEEP FOR A SHORT TIME IN CASE IT IS NEEDED FOR INSPECTION. I ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIRE.
Mileage: 130,000
Unintended Transmission Downshift and Rear Wheel Lock-up
Timing Belt Failure
Underbody shields detachment
B-Pillar Trim Detachment
Unintended Transmission Downshift and Rear Wheel Lock-up
Data as of 2025. 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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.