NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Ford F-150 Recalls
The 2004 Ford F-150 has 16 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 29, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Ford F-150. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 16
- Owner complaints
- 2,029
- Crashes reported
- 75
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
40 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Ford F-150, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
16 recalls on the 2004 Ford F-150
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting
- Campaign
- 11V385000
- Reported
- July 29, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,100,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 F-150, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 11V107000
- Reported
- February 23, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,325,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 F-150, 1 other model
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 07V336000
- Reported
- August 3, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,600,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003 F-150, 7 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting
- Campaign
- 04V443000
- Reported
- September 13, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,689
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2004 Ford F-150
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 04V200000
- Reported
- April 26, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 371
- Same campaign
- only the 2004 Ford F-150
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2005–2006 F-150, 17 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E052000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 F-150, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 F-150, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E060000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2005–2006 F-150, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2005–2006 F-150, 19 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2007 F-150, 7 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 07E075000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007 F-150
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 07E080000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007 F-150
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 07E089000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007 F-150
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2006 F-150, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2007 F-150, 46 other models
2004 Ford F-150 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 2,029 owner complaints about the 2004 Ford F-150, the newest on September 16, 2026. Of these, 75 describe a crash (4%) and 40 a fire; owners reported 74 injuries and 6 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Ford F-150, the component group named most often is the visibility (41%), followed by the power train (11%) and the engine and engine cooling (8%).
None of the 2004 Ford F-150's 16 recalls concerns the visibility.
Where 2004 Ford F-150 owners gave the mileage (1,748 complaints), the median was 61,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility841
- Power Train232
- Engine And Engine Cooling167
- Suspension118
- Structure104
- Electrical System99
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 169 | |
| 2005 | 164 | |
| 2006 | 69 | |
| 2007 | 70 | |
| 2008 | 143 | |
| 2009 | 345 | |
| 2010 | 455 | |
| 2011 | 199 | |
| 2012 | 80 | |
| 2013 | 51 | |
| 2014 | 64 | |
| 2015 | 43 | |
| 2016 | 44 | |
| 2017 | 38 | |
| 2018 | 31 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2004 Ford F-150 peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 455. 23% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Ford F-150 drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Ford F-150 year in the same window: 7th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 2,029 complaints about the 2004 Ford F-150 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-150 by model year
Other 2004 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted