NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Ford F-250 Recalls
The 2001 Ford F-250 has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 1, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Ford F-250. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 220
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
24 fires
On a 2001 Ford F-250, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2001 Ford F-250
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 06V286000
- Reported
- August 1, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,200,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 F-250, 5 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 01V258000
- Reported
- August 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,083,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 F-250, 14 other models
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 01V227001
- Reported
- July 16, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,400,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 01V082000
- Reported
- March 12, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 268
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 F-250, 23 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E052000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 F-250, 1 other model
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004, 2007 F-250, 7 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 F-250, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 F-250, 46 other models
2001 Ford F-250 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 220 owner complaints about the 2001 Ford F-250, the newest on March 29, 2025. Of these, 16 describe a crash (7%) and 24 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Ford F-250, the component group named most often is the tires (22%), followed by the power train (13%) and the vehicle speed control (10%).
1 of the 2001 Ford F-250's 9 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2001 Ford F-250 owners gave the mileage (122 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires48
- Power Train28
- Vehicle Speed Control23
- Steering22
- Engine And Engine Cooling21
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic20
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 27 | |
| 2002 | 38 | |
| 2003 | 28 | |
| 2004 | 22 | |
| 2005 | 23 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Ford F-250 peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 38. 54% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Ford F-250 drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Ford F-250 year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 220 complaints about the 2001 Ford F-250 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-250 by model year
Other 2001 Ford models
Newest record on this page: March 29, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted