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FORD F-250 SD

2003 FORD F-250 SD

1 safety recall campaign, 5 defect investigations, 229 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations5
Owner complaints229
Complaints citing a crash6
Complaints citing a fire14

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

11V3520002011-07-13

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS

NON-FUNCTIONING LIGHTS COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What owners report most

  • 27ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
  • 21ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
  • 14ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
  • 12TIRES
  • 12POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
  • 9FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
  • 8STEERING
  • 6FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2003 FORD F-250 SDs 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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