NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ford E-450 Recalls
The 2016 Ford E-450 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 29, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Ford E-450. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 17
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2016 Ford E-450, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2016 Ford E-450
Equipment
- Campaign
- 19V401000
- Reported
- May 29, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 22
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006, 2009–2010, 2014 E-450, 3 other models
Fuel system, other
- Campaign
- 17V269000
- Reported
- April 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Ford E-450
Electrical system: integrated trailer brake control
- Campaign
- 16V046000
- Reported
- January 28, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 75
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Electrical system: integrated trailer brake control
- Campaign
- 15V710000
- Reported
- October 27, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 65
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2016 Ford E-450 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 17 owner complaints about the 2016 Ford E-450, the newest on December 29, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (12%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Ford E-450, the component group named most often is the structure (35%), followed by the tires (12%) and the electrical system (6%).
2 of the 2016 Ford E-450's 4 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2016 Ford E-450 owners gave the mileage (10 complaints), the median was 4,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure6
- Unknown Or Other3
- Tires2
- Electrical System1
- Engine1
- Equipment1
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ford E-450 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 5. 82% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Ford E-450 drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Ford E-450 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Ford E-450 years.
The 17 complaints about the 2016 Ford E-450 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford E-450 by model year
Other 2016 Ford models
Newest record on this page: December 29, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted