Ford F-450 SD · model year

2009 Ford F-450 SD

5 NHTSA complaints, and 5 recall campaigns 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
5
Recalls
5

The verdict

The 2009 Ford F-450 SD posts below-average complaint volume among its own model-year siblings.

Top 41%
fewest complaints, own model years
5
recall campaigns

The 2009FordF-450 SD carries 5 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 2009 F-450 SD is engine and engine cooling with 1 filings, followed by tires (1) and engine (1). Complaint categories reflect owner reports and intake categorization; they do not establish a defect pattern or cause. This cohort has 5 NHTSA recall campaigns 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 2009 F-450 SD, 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.

5
Complaints
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
F
PlainCars Safety Score
0/100
2009 Ford F-450 SD

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

5 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
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1
TIRES1
ENGINE1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1
POWER TRAIN1

Recalls (5)

14V36000023/06/2014

EQUIPMENT

Palfleet Truck Equipment Company, LLC (Palfleet) is recalling certain model year 2009-2013 Ford F-350, F-450, and F-550 super duty vehicles modified by Palfleet and equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the PTO pressure switch onto a

14V32800013/06/2014

EQUIPMENT

Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. will notify owners and dealers to inspect the Muncie PTO pressure switch to determine if it is from the range of defective switches and if required, remove the pressure switch assembly and put a plug in the port where the PTO switch had been installed. This switch was nev

14V32700012/06/2014

EQUIPMENT

Stahl is recalling certain model year 2009-2014 Ford F-350 Super Duty, F-450 Super Duty, and F-550 Super Duty vehicles modified by Stahl and equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil may leak from the PTO pressure switch onto a thermal blanket coverin

14V07000011/02/2014

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Monroe Truck Equipment (Monroe) is recalling certain model year 2006, 2008 and 2009 Chevrolet C7500 vehicles, 2005-2006 Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles, and 2009 Ford F-350, and F-450 vehicles, equipped with Sure Power-brand battery equalizers or DC-DC converters containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka

14V38200010/06/2014

EQUIPMENT

Somerset Welding & Steel, doing business as J&J Truck equipment (J&J), is recalling certain model year 2009-2013 Ford F-350, F-450, and F-550 Super Duty chassis with 6.8L gasoline engines modified by J&J to be equipped with certain Muncie Power Products PTO Assemblies. In the affected vehicles, oil

Recent Complaints

20150106ENGINE

MY 2009 FORD F-450 TRUCK CURRENTLY IS AT MY LOCAL DEALER WHICH IS KERRY FORD IN CINCINNATI WITH A BAD MOTOR AND BAD REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE MOTOR HAS ONE FAILED LIFTER AND 2 FAILED ROCKER ARMS. THE REAR END HAS A BAD PINION BEARING WHICH SENT METAL THROUGH THE DIFFERENTIAL WHICH DESTROYED THE GEARS. THE MOTOR IS A 6.4 LITER POWERSTROKE DIESEL AND THE REAR END IS A DANA 110. THE MOTOR ISSUES ARE COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO BOTH FORD REPAIR FACILITIES AS WELL AS FORD CORPORATE OFFICES. THE REAR END IS ALSO A KNOWN ISSUE BOTH WHICH CAN BE CONFIRMED BY ANY POWERSTROKE CERTIFIED MECHANIC. THE MOTOR ISSUE WAS CONFIRMED BY 2 SEPERATE SHOPS TO WHICH I WAS SUGGESTED BY MY REPAIR FACILITY AND MECHANIC TO CONTACT FORD CORPORATE FOR A "GOODWILL POLICY" TO COVER THIS ISSUE EVEN THOUGH IT IS CURRENTLY PAST THE WRITTEN WARRANTY DUE TO THE FACT FORD HAS COVERED NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES BECAUSE OF THIS INHERENT ISSUE. THE REGIONAL FORD REP DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE TO THIS ISSUE WHEN EVEN THE DEALER HAS SAID ITS C

Mileage: 134,000

20150106UNKNOWN OR OTHER

MY 2009 FORD F-450 TRUCK CURRENTLY IS AT MY LOCAL DEALER WHICH IS KERRY FORD IN CINCINNATI WITH A BAD MOTOR AND BAD REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE MOTOR HAS ONE FAILED LIFTER AND 2 FAILED ROCKER ARMS. THE REAR END HAS A BAD PINION BEARING WHICH SENT METAL THROUGH THE DIFFERENTIAL WHICH DESTROYED THE GEARS. THE MOTOR IS A 6.4 LITER POWERSTROKE DIESEL AND THE REAR END IS A DANA 110. THE MOTOR ISSUES ARE COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO BOTH FORD REPAIR FACILITIES AS WELL AS FORD CORPORATE OFFICES. THE REAR END IS ALSO A KNOWN ISSUE BOTH WHICH CAN BE CONFIRMED BY ANY POWERSTROKE CERTIFIED MECHANIC. THE MOTOR ISSUE WAS CONFIRMED BY 2 SEPERATE SHOPS TO WHICH I WAS SUGGESTED BY MY REPAIR FACILITY AND MECHANIC TO CONTACT FORD CORPORATE FOR A "GOODWILL POLICY" TO COVER THIS ISSUE EVEN THOUGH IT IS CURRENTLY PAST THE WRITTEN WARRANTY DUE TO THE FACT FORD HAS COVERED NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES BECAUSE OF THIS INHERENT ISSUE. THE REGIONAL FORD REP DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE TO THIS ISSUE WHEN EVEN THE DEALER HAS SAID ITS C

Mileage: 134,000

20150106POWER TRAIN

MY 2009 FORD F-450 TRUCK CURRENTLY IS AT MY LOCAL DEALER WHICH IS KERRY FORD IN CINCINNATI WITH A BAD MOTOR AND BAD REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE MOTOR HAS ONE FAILED LIFTER AND 2 FAILED ROCKER ARMS. THE REAR END HAS A BAD PINION BEARING WHICH SENT METAL THROUGH THE DIFFERENTIAL WHICH DESTROYED THE GEARS. THE MOTOR IS A 6.4 LITER POWERSTROKE DIESEL AND THE REAR END IS A DANA 110. THE MOTOR ISSUES ARE COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO BOTH FORD REPAIR FACILITIES AS WELL AS FORD CORPORATE OFFICES. THE REAR END IS ALSO A KNOWN ISSUE BOTH WHICH CAN BE CONFIRMED BY ANY POWERSTROKE CERTIFIED MECHANIC. THE MOTOR ISSUE WAS CONFIRMED BY 2 SEPERATE SHOPS TO WHICH I WAS SUGGESTED BY MY REPAIR FACILITY AND MECHANIC TO CONTACT FORD CORPORATE FOR A "GOODWILL POLICY" TO COVER THIS ISSUE EVEN THOUGH IT IS CURRENTLY PAST THE WRITTEN WARRANTY DUE TO THE FACT FORD HAS COVERED NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES BECAUSE OF THIS INHERENT ISSUE. THE REGIONAL FORD REP DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE TO THIS ISSUE WHEN EVEN THE DEALER HAS SAID ITS C

Mileage: 134,000

20140416TIRES

BOUGHT MY MOTOR HOME IN JUNE 2009 WITH MICHELIN TIRES SIZE LT 225/75R16 115/R/LRE LTX MS. SINCE NEW, MY TIRES HAVE BEEN CRACKING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES MORE AND MORE. I ONLY HAVE LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON THESE TIRES AND IT IS KEPT IN AN ENCLOSED GARAGE SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE TIRES BLOWING OUT, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY LOOK, BUT AS I SAID, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE MILEAGE ON THESE TIRES AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO THE TOP OF THE LINE TIRES. PLEASE, REPLY. THANK YOU. ..UPDATED 04-16-14 *BF

Mileage: 3,000

20111114ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD F-450 SD DIESEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EXHAUST FUMES WERE BEING EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR REPAIRS A TOTAL OF THIRTY-FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT TWO OF THE EXHAUST PIPES WERE LEAKING, THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS FRACTURED AND SUDS WERE COMING THROUGH THE FIREWALL INTO THE CAB. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Mileage: 500

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many complaints does the 2009 Ford F-450 SD have?
The 2009 Ford F-450 SD has 5 NHTSA complaints, 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 deaths reported.
Are there any recalls for the 2009 Ford F-450 SD?
Yes, the 2009 Ford F-450 SD has 5 recall(s). The most common affected component is EQUIPMENT. Recalls are issued by NHTSA and manufacturers must provide a free remedy.
What are the most common problems with the 2009 Ford F-450 SD?
The most-complained component for the 2009 Ford F-450 SD is ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING with 1 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include TIRES and ENGINE.
Is the 2009 Ford F-450 SD 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 2009 Ford F-450 SD; 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.