NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Ford F-150 Recalls
The 2009 Ford F-150 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 1, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Ford F-150. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 324
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Ford F-150, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2009 Ford F-150
Structure: body: door
- Campaign
- 11V049000
- Reported
- February 1, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 280,946
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2009 Ford F-150
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V150000
- Reported
- May 5, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,735
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- only the 2009 Ford F-150
2009 Ford F-150 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 324 owner complaints about the 2009 Ford F-150, the newest on July 8, 2026. Of these, 28 describe a crash (9%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Ford F-150, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (17%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the engine (13%).
None of the 2009 Ford F-150's 2 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2009 Ford F-150 owners gave the mileage (289 complaints), the median was 50,800 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control54
- Electrical System46
- Engine42
- Structure34
- Power Train33
- Steering29
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 40 | |
| 2011 | 23 | |
| 2012 | 34 | |
| 2013 | 22 | |
| 2014 | 32 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 26 | |
| 2018 | 19 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2009 Ford F-150 peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 40. 37% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Ford F-150 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Ford F-150 year in the same window: 19th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 324 complaints about the 2009 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 2009 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted