2005 FORD F-150

1 safety recall campaign, 3 defect investigations, 1,364 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints1,364
Complaints citing a crash66
Complaints citing a fire42

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

11V1070002011-02-23

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

THE DRIVER SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG COULD INADVERTENTLY DEPLOY INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL IF OCCURRING WHILE IN MOTION.

What owners report most

  • 181VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
  • 117ENGINE
  • 77ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
  • 69AIR BAGS
  • 69VISIBILITY
  • 65ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 63POWER TRAIN
  • 54STRUCTURE:BODY

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Two 2005 FORD F-150s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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