NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Ford F-350 Recalls
The 2006 Ford F-350 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 13, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Ford F-350. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 145
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
On a 2006 Ford F-350, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2006 Ford F-350
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 11V352000
- Reported
- July 13, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,715
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2005, 2007 F-350, 7 other models
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 05T022000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, air
- Campaign
- 06E087000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007 F-350, 1 other model
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2005, 2007 F-350, 7 other models
2006 Ford F-350 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 145 owner complaints about the 2006 Ford F-350, the newest on November 19, 2025. Of these, 11 describe a crash (8%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2006 Ford F-350, the component group named most often is the steering (35%), followed by the suspension (34%) and the engine and engine cooling (14%).
None of the 2006 Ford F-350's 4 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2006 Ford F-350 owners gave the mileage (131 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering51
- Suspension50
- Engine And Engine Cooling21
- Engine12
- Fuel System, Diesel11
- Fuel System, Gasoline10
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 20 | |
| 2010 | 16 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Ford F-350 peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 21. 27% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Ford F-350 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ford F-350 year in the same window: 7th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 145 complaints about the 2006 Ford F-350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-350 by model year
Other 2006 Ford models
Newest record on this page: November 19, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted