Mar 26, 2018Transmission & drivetrainEngine
BLOWN MOTOR. BAD LIFTERS AND VALVES. EXHAUST TEMPERATURE SENSOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. NO WARRANTY, I HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE ENGINE AT MY COST OF $15,000
NHTSA ODI 11081176
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What 9 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Ford F-450
These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
All (9)Crash / fire / injury (2)Engine (3)Steering (2)Electrical system (1)Engine & cooling (1)Fuel system (1)Transmission & drivetrain (1)Wheels (1)
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Working with the data? Download all 9 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026
How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2011 Ford F-450 verdict →