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1985 Ford E-150 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 2, 1999
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 16, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Ford E-150. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 2, 1999

WINSTON (COOPER) (V9HLWBE) TIRES DELAMINATED ON SIX TIRES, ONE INCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO VAN REAR CORNER PANEL. MJS

NHTSA ID
548347
Incident
Oct 4, 1995
Fuel system
Filed Apr 7, 1998

CARBURETOR STALLS CONTINUOUSLY AND WILL NOT RUN IN COLD WEATHER.

NHTSA ID
533676
Interior & seats
Filed Dec 16, 1996

DRIVER GOT INTO VEHICLE & SAT DOWN, DRIVER'S SEAT BACK JUST GAVE WAY, BENT TOWARDS THE REAR, AN "L" SHAPE METAL ON BACK OF SEAT BENT & WAS OUT OF PLACE, OWNER WILL NOT TOUCH IT. *AK

NHTSA ID
806385
Incident
Nov 5, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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