Total Complaints
9 filings
FORD F-53 · model year
9 NHTSA complaints, and 1 active recall for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2011FORDF-53 carries 9 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 1 fire, 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 2011 F-53 is wheels with 3 filings, followed by power train:automatic transmission:gear position indication (prndl) (1) and equipment adaptive/mobility (1). 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. This model year has 1 active recall campaign, which means the manufacturer is obligated to remedy the covered defect at no charge for the life of the vehicle — the full NHTSA campaign numbers are listed below.
NHTSA currently has 177 investigation files overlapping the 2011 F-53, 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
9 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| WHEELS | 3 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | 1 |
| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY | 1 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 1 |
| TIRES | 1 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 F-53 AND F-59 STRIPPED CHASSIS VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2010 THROUGH JULY 1, 2011 AND CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 F-53 AND F-59 STRIPPED CHASSIS VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM MAY 10, 2011 THROUGH OCTOBER 25, 2011. THE PRNDL CABLE MAY BREAK AT THE A
TIRE BLOWOUT LEFT FRONT DRIVING ON HWY 60 EAST OF SPRINGFIELD MO
Mileage: 21,181
LEFT FRONT TIRE INSIDE WALL BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 EAST OF VAIL COLORADO. *TR
Mileage: 8,228
LEFT FRONT TIRE INSIDE WALL BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 EAST OF VAIL COLORADO. *TR
Mileage: 8,228
TIRE BLOWOUT INSIDE DUAL WHILE DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON I 15 SOUTH OF BUTTE MONTANA SAME MAKE AND BRAND FOR COMPLAINTS 10937260/10937257 SEE DOCS ATTACHED
Mileage: 23,774
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-53. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 55 MPH, THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE ABS SENSORS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE REPAIR PART. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.
Mileage: 24,000
VIOLATIONS OF RECALL LAWS! 49USC30120, 49USC30112, AND 30118. NORTH TRAIL RV IN FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA SOLD ME A "NEW" 2011 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER CLASSIC 30T WITH OPEN RECALLS, DATE OF PURCHASE 10/11/2013. ACCORDING TO FORD, THEY NOTIFIED FLEETWOOD OF THE RECALL 12S27, NHTSA 12V035000 IN FEB 2012, FLEETWOOD IGNORED THE "STOP SALE ORDER" AND ALL LETTERS FROM FORD, TO REMEDY THE RECALL. IN APRIL 2015 FOR AGAIN SENT A REMINDER LETTER TO COMPLY TO FLEETWOOD AND AT THIS TIME WE HAD ALREADY PURCHASED THE MOTORHOME, FLEETWOOD AGAIN DISCARDED THE REMAINDER TO COMPLY LETTER FROM FORD AS THEY NEVER FORWARDED THE LETTER TO US. NOW, WE HAVE A MOTORHOME WITH (3) OPEN RECALLS DATING BACK TO 2011 & 2012, CLEARLY BEFORE WE PURCHASED THE UNIT IN VIOLATION OF 49USC30120(I)1, WE JUST LEARNED OF ALL THE RECALLS VIOLATIONS WITH THIS UNIT TROUBLESHOOTING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT WAS AS A RESULT OF RECALL #110728FRV, 11V399000. THE MANUFACTURER, FLEETWOOD NEVER NOTIFIED THE DEALER THAT HAD THE RV IN THEIR LOT OF
SMELLED HOT OR BURNING PLASTIC AND DISCOVERED BURNED ELECTRICAL TRANSFER SWITCH. *TR
SMELLED HOT OR BURNING PLASTIC AND DISCOVERED BURNED ELECTRICAL TRANSFER SWITCH. *TR
2011 FORD MOTORHOME CHASSIS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 12S27 CONCERNING A MOTOR DEFECT *TGW THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE PART HAD TO BE ORDERED. TWO WEEKS WENT BY, WITH NO WORD FROM THE DEALER. WHEN THE CONSUMER CALLED THEM, HE WAS THEN INFORMED THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND THERE WAS NO ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL. AFTER TWO MONTHS OF NOT HEARING FROM THE DEALER, THE CONSUMER VISITED THEM WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THERE WERE 100 PARTS IN ANOTHER STATE, WHICH SHOULD ARRIVE BY MONDAY MAY 21, 2012. THE DEALER NEVER CALLED THE CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO VISIT ANOTHER DEALER. THAT DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THAT SINCE THE PART HAD ALREADY BEEN ORDERED AT THE PREVIOUS DEALER, THE WORK WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED THERE. AS OF JULY 23, 2012, THE DEALER HAS NOT CALLED THE CONSUMER.
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.