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Ford F-450 Super Duty
3 NHTSA complaints and 6 safety recalls across model years 2010–2011.
- Complaints
- 3
- Recalls
- 6
- Model years
- 2
The verdict
The Ford F-450 Super Duty pairs top-quartile complaint standing with 6 recalls (above-average).
- Top 16%
- fewest complaints, US models
- 6
- recall campaigns
Ford F-450 Super Duty vs. all tracked models
Total NHTSA ODI complaints across models with substantive safety data
3 Among the lowest lower than 82% of 3,088 models
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Source NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation · August 2026
The FordF-450 Super Duty appears in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database with 3 consumer safety complaints and 6 recall campaigns across 2 model years (2010–2011). That averages roughly 2 complaints per model year. Report counts can differ between model years for many reasons; this dataset does not establish the cause of a difference.
Complaint volume on a nameplate alone is not a reliability verdict: a long-running bestseller can accumulate more filings than a low-volume niche model because more vehicles are on the road. The table below shows report counts and published NHTSA crash-test ratings side by side for each model year.
NHTSA has 179 investigation files tied to this model, with 6 currently open. Investigation records, complaint reports, and recall campaigns each provide different context. Use the official NHTSA VIN lookup and the underlying notices to research a specific vehicle; PlainCars does not infer a vehicle-risk or pricing conclusion from these records.
Complaints by Year
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NHTSA Investigations 6 Open
Timing Belt Failure
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illuminated
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
Collisions Involving Ford BlueCruise
Seat Belt Retractor Pretensioner Inadvertent Deployment
Loss of Motive Power
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Data sources
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. Ford F-450 Super Duty totals are aggregated from the linked NHTSA model-year rows; 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.