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Ford F-Series 2019

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.25 per 1,000

1.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 1126 complaints filed in the first three years, of 3009 ever. 95% lower bound 1.17.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.52	269
2009	0.23	107
2010	0.45	210
2011	0.80	445
2012	0.81	500
2013	0.53	373
2014	0.32	244
2015	0.57	438
2016	0.70	557
2017	1.29	1106
2018	0.96	869
2019	1.25	1126
2020	0.36	304
2021	0.77	585
2022	0.89	612
2023	0.73	512

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Steering 1075 complaints

wobble	604	56%
death	561	52%
death wobble	528	49%
shaking	460	43%
violently	445	41%
shaking violently	109	10%

Suspension 921 complaints

truck	534	58%
wobble	505	55%
death	479	52%
death wobble	441	48%
shaking	399	43%
violently	383	42%

Power Train 801 complaints

truck	296	37%
shifting	260	32%
shifts	106	13%
speed transmission	92	11%
cdf	66	8%
drum	58	7%

When it breaks

57% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 25,750 miles, from 1324 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

4 investigations covering this model year, 2 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 60 complaints about this component over roughly 43 months before an investigation opened.

Windshield trim molding Item detachment

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

11133250 · 11152129 · 11160684 · 11161975 · 11162374 · 11162306

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.