Ford E-150 owners have reported a total of 722 problems for their cars built in the 22 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Ford E-150. The 1997 Ford E-150 cars have the most problems reported (104 problems).
The following chart shows the 26 most common problems for Ford E-150 cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (110 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's service brakes, hydraulic (92 problems).
It would not be fair to compare the Ford E-150 of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across E-150 model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.
PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,
where P = total problems reported during the life of a Ford E-150 model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).
The results are shown in Table 3.
Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Ford E-150 is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.
| Model Year | Problems Reported |
|---|---|
| 2021 E-150 | |
| 2016 E-150 | |
| 2015 E-150 | |
| 2014 E-150 | |
| 2012 E-150 | |
| 2011 E-150 | |
| 2010 E-150 | |
| 2006 E-150 | |
| 2005 E-150 | |
| 2004 E-150 | |
| 2003 E-150 | |
| 2002 E-150 | |
| 2001 E-150 | |
| 2000 E-150 | |
| 1999 E-150 | |
| 1998 E-150 | |
| 1997 E-150 | |
| 1996 E-150 |