This model year has 67 processed complaint reports; POWER TRAIN is the most frequently classified system at 76.1% of reports.
Federal telemetry verified ● Model-year dossier
2018 FORD F-150
Complaint-pattern analysis from publicly available NHTSA safety records.
2.0Reliability score / 10
System health index
Reliability telemetry
A normalized signal from documented incident volume and NHTSA crash or fire report flags.
Documented incidents67
Reports with crash / fire flags0
Flagged-report share0.00%
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 48–67 reports. This year has more reports than 2017 and 2019.
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 TRAIN51 documented reports
76.1%ENGINE10 documented reports
14.9%ELECTRICAL SYSTEM4 documented reports
6.0%OTHER / UNSPECIFIED4 documented reports
6.0%SERVICE BRAKES4 documented reports
6.0%STRUCTURE2 documented reports
3.0%EXTERIOR LIGHTING2 documented reports
3.0%HYDRAULIC2 documented reports
3.0%VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL2 documented reports
3.0%LANE DEPARTURE1 documented reports
1.5%Show all 14 reported components
WHEELS1 documented reports
1.5%FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE1 documented reports
1.5%AIR BAGS1 documented reports
1.5%ENGINE / ENGINE COOLING1 documented reports
1.5%What the data says
POWER TRAIN is the most frequently classified component, appearing in 76.1% of complaint reports in this dataset. This 2018 FORD F-150 has 67 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 2017: 54 reports · 2019: 48 reports. Complaint totals are not failure rates and should be read with vehicle age, sales volume, and reporting patterns in mind.