This model year has 54 processed complaint reports; POWER TRAIN is the most frequently classified system at 70.4% of reports.
Federal telemetry verified ● Model-year dossier
2017 FORD F-150
Complaint-pattern analysis from publicly available NHTSA safety records.
2.8Reliability score / 10
System health index
Reliability telemetry
A normalized signal from documented incident volume and NHTSA crash or fire report flags.
Documented incidents54
Reports with crash / fire flags2
Flagged-report share3.70%
Primary reported systemPOWER TRAIN
Crash and fire flags identify how a complaint was recorded by NHTSA. They do not establish that a reported component caused the event.
Data-based buyer guidance
Research carefully
Review the underlying reports, recall status, and service history before making a vehicle-specific decision.
Available adjacent years span 54–69 reports. It has fewer reports than 2016 and 2018.
Before you buy
- Check open recalls using the vehicle identification number (VIN).
- Review the linked NHTSA reports for symptoms that match the vehicle you are considering.
- Ask for maintenance records and arrange an independent pre-purchase inspection.
This is a statistical research aid, not a mechanical diagnosis, failure prediction, or recommendation to buy or avoid a vehicle.
Component analysis
Most frequently reported systems.
POWER TRAIN38 documented reports
70.4%ELECTRICAL SYSTEM8 documented reports
14.8%VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL7 documented reports
13.0%ENGINE6 documented reports
11.1%SERVICE BRAKES4 documented reports
7.4%OTHER / UNSPECIFIED4 documented reports
7.4%FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM2 documented reports
3.7%STEERING2 documented reports
3.7%HYDRAULIC2 documented reports
3.7%AIR BAGS1 documented reports
1.9%Show all 14 reported components
ENGINE / ENGINE COOLING1 documented reports
1.9%SUSPENSION1 documented reports
1.9%STRUCTURE1 documented reports
1.9%WHEELS1 documented reports
1.9%What the data says
POWER TRAIN is the most frequently classified component, appearing in 70.4% of complaint reports in this dataset. This 2017 FORD F-150 has 54 complaint reports in the records we have processed. One report can be classified under more than one component, so component shares do not add up to 100%.
Compare model years
These nearby model years have 2016: 69 reports · 2018: 67 reports. Complaint totals are not failure rates and should be read with vehicle age, sales volume, and reporting patterns in mind.