2004 Ford F-150 Recalls, Complaints & Specs

5 safety recalls list the 2004 Ford F-150, and owners have filed 2,029 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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5 safety recalls for the 2004 Ford F-150

Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.

1. Mounting (fuel system)

   NHTSA 11V385000 Reported July 29, 2011 1,100,000 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Ford is recalling certain 1997 through 2003 model year ford f-150, 2004 model year ford f-150 heritage, 1997 through 1999 model year f-250 less than 8,500 lbs. Gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr), and 2002 and 2003 lincoln blackwood vehicles manufactured from june 20, 1995, through august 4, 2004, originally sold, or currently registered…

   Remedy: Ford will notify owners and instruct them to take their vehicles to a ford or lincoln dealer to have the fuel tank straps replaced with straps that have increased corrosion protection. Early in this campaign, if…

2. Inflator module (air bags)

   NHTSA 11V107000 Reported February 23, 2011 1,325,000 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Ford is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 f-150 pick up trucks as well as certain model year 2006 lincoln mark lt vehicles. If the clockspring jumper wire comes in contact with the driver side frontal air bag lower horn plate, the wire insulation may become chafed, creating a potential for a short circuit. If this occurs the air…

   Remedy: Ford will notify owners and instruct them to take their vehicles to a ford or lincoln/mercury dealer to have a new clockspring jumper wire installed that incorporates a protective mesh cover. Repairs will be performed…

3. Vehicle speed control

   NHTSA 07V336000 Reported August 3, 2007 3,600,000 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   On certain pickup trucks, passenger vehicles, sport utility vehicles, and motor homes chassis, the speed control deactivation switch may, under certain conditions, leak internally and then overheat, smoke, or burn.

   Remedy: Dealers will install a fused wiring harness. Owners of the passenger cars included in this campaign will be instructed to return their vehicles to their dealers to have the speed control deactivation switch…

4. Mounting (fuel system)

   NHTSA 04V443000 Reported September 13, 2004 1,689 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   On certain trucks equipped with 4.2l, 4.6l and 5.4l gasoline engines, the fuel tank may have a depression at the seam between the top and bottom halves of the tank. If a depression is large enough, fuel may permeate the fuel tank wall resulting in a fuel odor, illumination, of the "service engine soon" indicator light, or a fuel leak.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel tank. The recall began september 17, 2004. Owners should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.

5. Tank assembly (fuel system)

   NHTSA 04V200000 Reported April 26, 2004 371 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Certain pickup trucks may have a fuel tank with localized depressions in the fuel tank wall at the seam between top and bottom halves of the tank. If a depression is large enough, fuel may permeate the fuel tank wall resulting in a fuel odor, or the "service engine soon" indicator light in the instrument cluster may illuminate.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel tank on these vehicles. Owner notification began on may 6, 2004. Owners should contact ford at 1-800-248-0186.

2,029 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 2004 Ford F-150 have filed 2,029 complaints with NHTSA; 75 describe a crash and 40 describe a fire. Reports cite 74 injuries and 6 deaths. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 64,380 miles. Complaints peaked in 2010 with 455 filed that year.

Most-reported components

• Visibility: power window devices and controls615
• Visibility205
• Engine and engine cooling109
• Engine92
• Power train88
• Electrical system87
• Suspension81
• Unknown or other81

What owners are reporting

“Vehicle was in an accident with major front and damage and none of the airbags deployed”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, September 16, 2026 · Air bags

“The contact owns a 2004 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the seatbelt pretensioners for all seats failed, and the frontal airbags for the driver seat and front passenger seat were inoperable. The s”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, July 9, 2026 · Seat belts

Fuel economy and specs

EPA ratings for the 2004 Ford F150 (F150 CNG, F150 Dual-fuel 2WD (CNG), F150 Dual-fuel 2WD (LPG), F150 Dual-fuel 4WD (CNG), …). Ranges cover every tested configuration.

Compare Ford F-150 model years

Recall and complaint counts for every Ford F-150 model year in NHTSA's database.

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Other Ford models

• Explorer34,566 complaints
• Escape27,430 complaints
• Fusion22,405 complaints
• Focus22,096 complaints
• Taurus18,159 complaints
• Windstar14,158 complaints
• Edge14,065 complaints
• Expedition9,359 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.