Total Complaints
3 filings
FORD PICKUP · model year
3 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1991FORDPICKUP carries 3 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.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1991 PICKUP is steering: steering wheel/handle bar with 1 filings, followed by engine and engine cooling:exhaust system (1) and service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc (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.
NHTSA currently has 5 investigation files overlapping the 1991 PICKUP. 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
3 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | 1 |
STEERING WHEEL HAS A LOT OF PLAY, AND NO CONTROL. STEERING SHAFT IS GONE. FRONT BRAKES HAVE DISINTERGRATED. REAR END MAKES HESITATION NOISE WHEN GAS PEDAL IS APPLIED. EXHAUST SYSTEM FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE PROBLEMS REPAIRED. ONCE FOUND NO PROBLEMS. 2ND TIME INFORMED CONSUMERPROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH USED VEHICLES. *AK
STEERING WHEEL HAS A LOT OF PLAY, AND NO CONTROL. STEERING SHAFT IS GONE. FRONT BRAKES HAVE DISINTERGRATED. REAR END MAKES HESITATION NOISE WHEN GAS PEDAL IS APPLIED. EXHAUST SYSTEM FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE PROBLEMS REPAIRED. ONCE FOUND NO PROBLEMS. 2ND TIME INFORMED CONSUMERPROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH USED VEHICLES. *AK
STEERING WHEEL HAS A LOT OF PLAY, AND NO CONTROL. STEERING SHAFT IS GONE. FRONT BRAKES HAVE DISINTERGRATED. REAR END MAKES HESITATION NOISE WHEN GAS PEDAL IS APPLIED. EXHAUST SYSTEM FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE PROBLEMS REPAIRED. ONCE FOUND NO PROBLEMS. 2ND TIME INFORMED CONSUMERPROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH USED VEHICLES. *AK
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.