1991 Ford F Series (light)

Routine

Owners filed 9 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › axle assembly › axle shaft › seal. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000
Suspension › Front › Shock Absorber1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
000
Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000
Interior Lighting1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
010
Electrical System › Wiring1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Mar 6, 2016GA

UNIROYAL LIBERTATOR AT LT 2357515 TIRE SPLITING 2 INCHES FROM TOP WITH 17000 MILES UNIROYAL OFOUNDER 80 PERCENT OF REPLACEMENT COST THIS 3 SET I HAVE HAD DO THIS SINCE 2008 SHOULD RECALLED AND FREE

Interior Lighting
Filed Aug 22, 1996CA

DOME LIGHT FAILED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Mar 17, 1995VA

BRAKES WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. *SKD

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Mar 6, 1995NC

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS WHEN CHANGING GEARS. (F150). *SKD

Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft › Seal
Filed Feb 2, 1995TX

AXLE SEAL FAILURE, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING EFFICIENCY DUE TO SATURATION OF BRAKE LININGS. (F350) *AK

Electrical System › WiringFire
Filed Jan 24, 1995MO

WIRING HARNESS SHORTED OUT, CAUSING A FIRE. (F250) *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Jan 22, 199500

FRONT FUEL TANK DEVELOPED LEAK IN THE SEAM. (F150) *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Jan 12, 1995CA

ENGINE FIRE. (F150) *SKD

Suspension › Front › Shock Absorber
Filed Jan 5, 1995NE

FRONT SHOCKS FAILED. (F150) *SKD

9 of 9 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200213000Routine
200110010Routine
20003010Routine
19996010Routine
19981000Routine
199715020Routine
19962000Routine
19951000Routine
199416030Routine
199312000Routine
19929000Routine
1991 — this page9020Routine
19908000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.