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1996 Ford F100 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.
2
Latest Jan 14, 2002
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.
1
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.
0
Reports on file since Jun 23, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Ford F100. 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 1–2 of 2

Electrical
Filed Jan 14, 2002
Fire reported

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO DISTINGUISH FIRE. FIREMAN INDICATED POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FIRE.*AK *YD

NHTSA ID
8002153
Incident
Oct 20, 2001
Engine
Filed Jun 23, 1999

EXPERIENCING ON-GOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYING ON; VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON TWO OCCASION TO DEALER SHOP AND INFORMED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY THING AND EVERY THING WOULD BE ALRIGHT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND LEARND THAT THE SENOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AT COST OF $90.00 BUT ENGINE CHECK LIGTH WENT OUT. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER.

NHTSA ID
840870
Incident
May 23, 1999

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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