2000 Ford F Super Duty Recalls, Complaints & Specs

3 safety recalls list the 2000 Ford F Super Duty, and owners have filed 63 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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3 safety recalls for the 2000 Ford F Super Duty

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

1. Switch (exterior lighting)

   NHTSA 00V254000 Reported September 6, 2000 12,850 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: motor home chassis. These vehicles may have a mis-routed wire harness that attaches to the brake pedal position switch. The wire could rub on the steering column, resulting in a short circuit and a blown fuse, causing a loss of stop lamp function.

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, repair the wire harness to the brake pedal switch. Owner notification began september 25, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service…

2. Pedals and linkages (service brakes)

   NHTSA 00V170000 Reported June 19, 2000 8,100 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: f-super duty stripped motor home chassis because they may have a missing or partially installed brake pedal to master cylinder pushrod retaining clip.

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect the retaining clip installation. Missing or partially installed clips will be properly installed. In addition, dealers will also inspect vehicles for lower than intended wheel lug nut torque;…

3. Vehicle speed control

   NHTSA 99V265000 Reported September 20, 1999 10,537 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: super duty trucks and chassis-cabs equipped with 5.4l manual transmission powertrains. The accelerator cable core wire can wear the cable conduit end fitting due to a fifteen degree angle it makes with the conduit at the throttle body end. This could also lead to wear or separation of strands of the core wire, which…

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the accelerator cable and throttle body.

63 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 2000 Ford F Super Duty have filed 63 complaints with NHTSA; 4 describe a crash. Reports cite 5 injuries and 0 deaths. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 89,233 miles. Complaints peaked in 2001 with 18 filed that year.

Most-reported components

• Steering: hydraulic power assist system7
• Tires7
• Engine and engine cooling: engine6
• Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip5
• Tires: sidewall5
• Engine4
• Engine and engine cooling: gasoline4
• Engine and engine cooling: diesel3

What owners are reporting

“Hood flew up and Brakes locked up when I tried to stop causing me to slide sideways unable to control it and flipped four times and the air bags never came out and truck was totaled.”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, August 10, 2025 · Air bags

“Travelling along alcan highway in remote canada. We had tread seperation blowout on the driver side front that damaged the f350 dually. Tire size was 285/75/16 with around 20,000 miles on them. Tire w”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, November 14, 2017 · Tires

Compare Ford F Super Duty model years

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

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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.