Safety Score
73
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1988 Ford F150.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HESITANT TO START AND WOULD SPORADICALL… |
| 2010-12-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED WHEN SHE BEGAN TO SMELL GASOLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLE… |
| 2008-01-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 FORD F150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDERNEATH IT AND NOTICED FUEL … |
| 2005-05-23 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE FRAME IS CRACKED ON THE DRIVES' SIDE AROUND THE GEAR BOX AND IN ANOTHER AREA WHICH LEAVES IT VERY UNSTABLE. THE TI… |
| 2004-08-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION TO THE ON POSITION. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED. *AK |
| 2004-04-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | THROTTLE PEDAL STICKS WHEN PEDAL IS AT >80% THROTTLE POSITION. AFTER TRACING THE PROBLEM, I HAVE FOUND IT IS IN THE P… |
| 2003-09-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL FORD F-150, F-250 & F-350 TRUCKS FROM 1985 TO 1998 WITH DUAL FUEL TANKS. T… |
| 2003-07-25 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | WHILE SELF INSPECTING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE FRAME BROKE OFF FROM THE FRONT AND THE REAR. *AK |
| 2003-07-03 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | FORD COMPANY SOLD ME A DEFUNCT ENGINE, HAS 10,000 MILE ON THE ENGINE,THAT THAY SOLD ME. THAY WELL NOT STAN BEHINE IT. T… |
| 2003-05-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR FIRE ON 1988 FORD F150. *NLM |
| 2003-05-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | 2ND WIRE HARNESS FIRE ON THIS VEHICLE. 1ST WAS UNDER THE HOOD THE SECOND WAS UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS AT THE DEALE… |
| 2003-03-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | STEERING SHAFT LOST STEERING COMPLETELY. UPPER SHOCK BRACKETS ROTTED OUT AND SHOCKS PUT HOLE IN GAS TANK AND LOST ALL … |
| 2002-01-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS DUAL TANKS AND GAS IS COMING FROM FRONT TANK FILLING UP THE REAR TANK, AND CAUSING GAS TO SPRAY OUT OF GAS … |
| 2001-07-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | THIS IGNITION MODULE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING A PROBLEM IN FORD VEHICLES AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AS I JUST HAD TO PA… |
| 2001-07-08 | WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BECAME TO WOBBLE, AS THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING OVER THE LEFT REAR WHEEL CAME OFF THE VEHICLE S… |
| 2001-01-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAS TWO TANK ATTACHMENTS TO TRUCK, WHEN REAR TANK IS FULL OF GASOLINE, FRONT TANK WILL LEAK OUT GASOLINE ONTO… |
| 2000-12-28 | TIRES:SIDEWALL | No | 0 | GOING FROM A STOP TO ABOUT 5 MPH, FOUR THREE INCH RIPS APPEARED ON SIDEWALL AREA ON TREAD PART. TIRE WENT IMMEDIATELY F… |
| 2000-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | MODULE THAT FITS ON DISTRIBUTOR USUALLY STALLED WHEN ENGINE GOT TO NORMAL TEMPERATURE. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WHILE CO… |
| 2000-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | IF A PASSENGER PULLS ON THE SEATBELT TO ADJUST IT FOR COMFORT, IT DOESN'T RETRACT LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO AND THUS, COULD… |
| 1999-08-31 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | FRONT OF FRAME HAS DISINTEGRATED. THE FRAME WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIE… |
| 1999-08-17 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | THE ENTIRE FRONT PART OF THE FRAME UNDERNEATH IS RUSTING OUT. CONTACTED DEALER & MANUFACTURER & NOTHING CAN BE DONE. *… |
| 1999-07-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | THE REAR BRAKES WHEN APPLIED IN POOR TRACTION CONDITIONS, OR WHEN TOWING A TRAILER, LOCK UP. THEN THE ABS LETS THE REAR… |
| 1999-04-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | FRAME OF VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE, DUE TO LARGE CRACKS AND RUST IN SEVERAL PLACES. *YC |
| 1999-03-26 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, PLASTIC FUEL LINE COMING FROM THE FUEL FILTER TO THE FUEL INJECTORS, … |
| 1998-12-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | PICK-UP WAS DRIVEN LESS THAN 2 MILES THAT DAY PARKED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, THEN DRIVEN BACK HOME, AND PARKED IN FRONT OF M… |
| 1998-11-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES | No | 0 | DOUBLE TANK SHUT OFF VALVE FAILED TO OPERATE WHENEVER FUEL FILLED ONE TANK AND OVERFLOWED TO THE OTHER TANK. INSTEAD O… |
| 1998-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SECOND FORD PICKUP I HAVE SEEN WHER E THE REAR BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH. BOTH TIMES THE LINE RUSTED THROUG… |
| 1998-09-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE CONSUMER NOTICED HEAVY SMOKE COMING FROM THE CAR PART OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE,CAU… |
| 1998-06-11 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ON THEY WILL MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 1997-11-25 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES | No | 0 | FUEL TANK: PUMPS FLUID FROM ONE TANK TO ANOTHER , LEAKING THROUGH SELECTOR VALVE INTO OTHER TANK. *AK CONSUMER STAT… |
| 1997-10-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | RECALL 96V071000. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE 35 DAYS AFTER BEING SERVICED FOR THE RECALL. *AK RECALL WAS FOR THE IGNITI… |
| 1997-10-18 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | CONSUMER SAYS BEFORE SHE HAD THE ABS SYSTEM DISCONNECTED, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE ABS SYSTEM. VEHICLE WOULD… |
| 1997-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN AREA, DESTROYING THE V… |
| 1997-08-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | RECEIVED RECALL FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH AND HAD RECALL REPAIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 96. A YEAR LATER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON… |
| 1997-06-21 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT | No | 0 | THE YOKE THAT HOLDS THE DRIVE SHAFT RUSTED AND BROKE OFF AND DAMAGED THE SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK. |
| 1997-04-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. |
| 1997-03-26 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | POWER WINDOWS INOPERATIVE. |
| 1997-02-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | FRONT FRAME CRACKED, CAUSING NOISE. |
| 1997-01-20 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES | No | 0 | WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, GASOLINE WOULD OVERFLOW FROM REAR TANK TO FRONT TANK. FUEL IN FRONT TANK WOULD THEN OVERFLO… |
| 1996-12-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK:SELECTOR DEVICES | No | 0 | THE SELECTIVE VALVE WHEN IT FAILS WHEN IT PUMPS GAS FROM ONE TANK TO ANOTHER, CAUSING THE TANK TO WHICH ITS PUMPS THE … |
| 1996-11-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. |
| 1996-10-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | FAILURE ON THE FUEL TANK AND SENDING UNIT, WHEN TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE COUNTINES TO RUN. *AK |
| 1996-09-30 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BROADSIDED ARMOUR TRUCK, WHICH RAN STOP SIGN, TOTALED THE TRUCK, SEAT BELT BROKE AT BUCKLE, DRIV… |
| 1996-09-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | DEALERSHIP DID NOT CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM, THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE CONSUMER PAY FOR THE SERVICE THAT WAS PERFORMED … |
| 1996-09-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WA SPARKED, DRIVER GOT INTO VEHICLE AND STARTED IT, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN … |
| 1996-09-03 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTED/CRACKED. |
| 1996-08-27 | TIRES:SIDEWALL | No | 0 | TIRE BLEWOUT ON EXPRESSWAY. DEALER AGREE AND GAVE DISCOUNT ON NEW TIRE. NOTICED SIDE WALL WHERE TREAD AND SIDEWALL CO… |
| 1996-08-01 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | POWER WINDOWS MOTOR FAILED. |
| 1996-07-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD THE IGNITION SWITCH FIXED ON 7-29-96. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SWITH DID NOT WORK, AND FORD REFUSED TO FIX IT A… |
| 1996-07-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE. *DH |