Complaint volume
954 consumer-submitted complaints are matched to this model year. Treat the count as a research signal, then read the actual summaries for repeated symptoms.
Complaint records
2019 Ford F-150 Complaints
954 consumer-submitted complaints on record for the 2019 Ford F-150, grouped by component category.
954 Total complaints
14 Crash reports
5 Fire reports
10 Injury reports
Complaint data reflects consumer-submitted reports. A complaint is not proof
of a defect, recall, or manufacturer fault. Enriched severity fields come
from official bulk records when the complaint can be matched by ODI number.
Buyer interpretation
How to use these complaints before buying
Complaint records are most useful when they turn into inspection points, seller questions, and comparison checks against nearby model years.
Pattern to inspect
The most common categories are power train, engine, unknown or other. Use those categories as a test-drive checklist instead of judging the vehicle from the total count alone.
Severity flags
Enriched records include 14 crash reports, 5 fire reports, 10 injury reports, and 0 fatality reports. These fields come from complaint records and should be read in context.
Mileage clue
Mileage is available on 370 complaints, with an average reported failure mileage of 59,605 miles. Compare that with the mileage on the listing.
Questions to ask the seller
- Have you had any problems related to power train, engine, unknown or other?
- Can I see recent maintenance and repair records?
- Has the vehicle ever been towed, involved in a crash, or repaired for the same issue twice?
- Can we also check the recall record for this 2019 Ford F-150?
Used-car checklist
Use these complaints before the test drive.
Build a buyer checklist to turn these issues into questions and inspection points.
2019 Ford F-150
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How severe are the 2019 Ford F-150 complaints?
14 Crash
5 Fire
10 Injury
0 Fatality
23 Towed
9 Medical attention
What are the most common 2019 Ford F-150 complaint categories?
POWER TRAIN 365
ENGINE 139
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 54
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 41
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 38
BACK OVER PREVENTION 21
STRUCTURE 19
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 12
AIR BAGS 11
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION 10
954 total complaints on record
Latest complaints
| Date | Component | Summary | Severity | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The truck rolls down my driveway while in park if the parking brake isn't applied. Has been repeated has not been inspected. Almost hit one of my children and went into the road. It is available for inspection. No warnings. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | VISIBILITY,BACK OVER PREVENTION | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the rear-view camera unintendedly activated, causing the display to become inoperable. The contact also stated that the rear-view camera occasionally failed to work properly, increasing the risk of a crash. The contact stated that the crash prevention system alerted the contact of an imminent crash however, there were no vehicles nearby. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the local dealer. The contact related the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V575000 (Visibility, Back Over Prevention); however, neither the VIN nor the vehicle was not included. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated that the vehicle jerked abnormally. In addition, the contact stated that the instrument panel blinked off and on and the engine seized. The contact allowed the vehicle to stay stationary for approximately 30 minutes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with transmission failure. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 160,000 |
| Jun 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | The engine has a bad rattle on every first start (or cold start). There are a ton of posts about this issue, and it sounds like it's a bad cam phaser that's prevalent on all F-150s built between 2017 and 2020. If there are so many trucks affected, then why isn't there a recall in place from Ford? It looks like Ford had some type of extended warranty issued through Jan 2023, but then that stopped. Here is more information on the issue: Ford is aware of the Cam Phaser problems and has issued a technical several bulletin to address the complaints and provide warranty repairs. According the Ford Cam Phaser Technical Service Bulletin Program 21N03 (TSB): “In some of the affected vehicles, an undesirable noise may develop from the cam phasers in the 3.5L GTDI engine. This noise might occur as a rattle when starting the engine after the vehicle was turned off for an extended period of time or as a knocking noise when the engine is idling after it is warmed up” In addition, the Ford Cam Phaser TSB has established a program which extends the warranty coverage of the engine cam phasers until January 1, 2023. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Air conditioner loses cold air flow; suspects that the evaporator continuously freezes. Unable to defog windows causing loss of visibility while driving. Also, causes heat stress/ exhaustion from lack of cold air produced by vehicle. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle vibrated while accelerating and while parking. Additionally, the transmission experienced rough shifting into gear. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who determined that the cam phaser and CDF drum needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 121,500. | Crash: No Fire: No | 121,500 |
| Jun 2024 | POWER TRAIN | There is a delay in shift engagement in our 2019 Ford F150. When we took it to our mechanic they gave us a code that showed up on the vehicle and said to take it to the dealer along with a packet to give to the dealer when we drop it off. The packet that they gave us includes 9 different ford models for multiple years that are having the same issue. The date of issue was found August 14, 2023. This is almost a year of having a known issue that can cause your transmission to stop working and ford has not issued a recall. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jun 2024 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle experienced a loss of motive power. The service engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed that the cam phasers needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, out of pocket. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 62,618. | Crash: No Fire: No | 62,618 |
| Jun 2024 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The check engine warning light was illuminated. In addition, the vehicle was violently shaking. The contact stopped the vehicle, and the vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed with timing failure and cam phaser failure. The contact was informed that the cam phasers needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000. | Crash: No Fire: No Towed | 68,000 |
| May 2024 | ENGINE | On start up vehicle engine rattles until oil pressure builds up. Happens every time vehicle is started. I know that this is a problem with other f150s as well. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | POWER TRAIN | On my way home from work on 5/29 while driving on the freeway my 2019 Ford F150 with 79k miles on it began to shift weird and feel like the transmission was slipping. I got off on my exit and stopped at the stop light at which point my truck shuddered and shut off flashing an "Auto Stop/Start, put the vehicle in park and restart engine" warning. The light turned green and I restarted the engine and it shuddered and died again with the same warning. I restarted the engine and it seemed to work. I decided to drive the last 1 miler to my house. The next morning I took the truck to the Ford dealership. On my way the truck was hard downshifting, knocking, and then went into limp mode in the middle of an intersection. I pulled over and restarted the engine. I was able to get it into gear and drive to the dealership. On the way the truck downshifted from 6th gear to 1st gear on its own at 40mph. I was on the freeway when this happened. I was able to keep driving and the truck shifted into 10th gear. after a few seconds it then downshifted from 10th gear to 1st gear. I placed it in neutral to avoid getting rear ended or destroying the truck. I barely made it to the dealership. The dealership informed me 2 days later that the transmission was blown. They found chunks of metal in the transmission fluid and the following codes were displayed: P0767, P2535/P2703. No warning lights came on until the 10th to 1st downshift right before I made it to the dealership. This was a highly unsafe series of events that resulted in a destroyed transmission and a significant scare on my part while driving. Just blessed that no one rear ended me. The 10r80 transmissions have a TSB out on them but have no safety recall. This is not an anomaly. These same issues have been happening since 2019. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated the transmission was erroneously shifting gears. The transmission warning light was illuminated. The local dealer was contacted, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired due to the cost. The contact stated the vehicle previously received a transmission flush and tuned up however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 80,000 |
| May 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE | Passenger Side Cowl Seal Failure. The passenger side cowl seal fails. When this happens water can enter the vehicle and pour into the BCM (Body Control Module). Once water enters the BCM, it creates corrosion and will needs to be replaced along with the reprograming of all the keys. This is available upon request. My safety and the safety of others is put at risk because when water enters the BCM it causes the computer to short out. When this happens the horn will start beeping and the lights start flashing. This also sets off the vehicles security system. This happens when the vehicle is parked and turned off and when the vehicle is in motion. This puts people at risk because their security system will go off and will make owners think that their vehicle is being vandalized. While the vehicle is in motion the risk is that the horn is on and the lights are flashing making other motorists distracted and potentially causing accidents. The problem has been confirmed and reproduced by the dealer. The vehicle has been inspected by the dealer and an new seal needs to be installed. There were no warnings until the issue started creating a very scary driving experience in which the horn was on and the lights were flashing. the only way to make it stop was to disconnect the battery rendering the vehicle unfit for the road | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ENGINE | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the vehicle made an abnormal rattling sound. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the variable camshaft timing (VCT), the timing chain, and tensioners had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 103,500. | Crash: No Fire: No | 103,500 |
| May 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The component in question was the transmission. It will take a month to get a new transmission installed. It is available for inspection and I have documentation from the shop. I was traveling in the center lane on I5 in heavy rain when the truck began to shift hard. After a few hard shifts I lost consistency with applying the throttle. The throttle would not respond and the truck would not accelerate. The traffic behind me (it was 5pm rush hour) was honking and swerving around me including semis. I was attempting to get over as soon as possible but with the loss of consistent acceleration and hard shifting with quick loss of power made the safe exit off the freeway a dangerous situation. Not every car could see I was in the center lane with my flashers on due to the rain and semi behind me. So when I would attempt to get over traffic that was cutting around in the slow lane would go flying by me and some expressed frustrations. The truck was brought into a shop and the issue presented on their first drive. The codes that were thrown and the hard shifting with loss of power caused them to determine it was the transmission. The shop has experience this situation with the transmission a few times in the last month they explained. The also showed me the burnt transmission fluid a d all the TSBs associated with the issue. The first warning light did not present itself until I was taking the truck to the shop. A symbol of a wrench that I had never seen before. Dash board notified me to "see owners manual". The truck was left running upon delivery so the shop could see the warning. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle intermittently downshifted to first gear without warning. The contact stated that the failure persisted for a moment before the vehicle resumed normal operation. The vehicle had been taken to a dealer however, the cause for the failure could not be duplicated or determined. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | POWER TRAIN | While towing a motorcycle, the wrench light came on. The transmission over revved and slipped out of gear shifting from 1-3 and 7-8. It continued to slip in and out of gear while driving. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | I have had numerous issues with the transmission on this truck. The truck has been to dealerships ever since I bought it for transmission issues. New issue occurred this week while going 75mph and continually as I decreased speed down to 60mph. While driving at the high rate of speed the transmission would go from gear 10 straight to 1, causing the RPMs to spike and Redline once. This occurred 5 times during my drive within about 15 minutes until I was able to stop and leave the truck. No leaks of any transmission fluid was found and truck has had all of its annual inspections and work done according to Ford maintenance timelines and all work on truck has been done at Ford dealerships. I have complained to many dealerships about my transmission. One of the times the gear shifted to from 10 to 1 for a few seconds and then straight back to 10 after the RPMs spiking was recorded on video. | Crash: No Fire: No | 113,120 |
| May 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the wrench warning light illuminated. There was smoke coming from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed and determined that the transmission needed to be replaced. The mechanic located a crack in the transmission and noticed that there was transmission fluid leaking from the vehicle. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 100,000 |
| May 2024 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact became aware that there was a part dragging underneath the vehicle. The contact stated upon inspecting underneath the vehicle, he noticed that the front oil pan covers located underneath the vehicle had ripped and detached at the bolts. The contact stated that he purchased the oil pan covers from the dealer and replaced the parts himself; however, the failure recurred. The contact stated that the parts were replaced a second time; however, the failure recurred 6-months later. The dealer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the manufacturer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 40,095. | Crash: No Fire: No | 40,095 |
| May 2024 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that when the vehicle started, there was a rattling noise coming from the engine. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle made a ticking sound while idling. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced a power surge. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was restarted; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed with cam phaser failure. The contact was informed that the cam phasers needed to be replaced. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and instructed the contact to call the NHSTA Hotline for further assistance The failure mileage was 77,600. | Crash: No Fire: No | 77,600 |
| May 2024 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where DTC code: P0420-00 was retrieved. The contact was informed that the catalytic converter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 78,507. | Crash: No Fire: No | 78,507 |
| May 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The transmission ten gear automatic. Won't go into fourth gear at at all keeps jumping when. Trying to go into first second and third then jumps four. Also on highway it will shut off all together or will start speeding up very dangerous. On side streets it's dies out even more unexpectedly trying to short gears. Already had it in once for problem with the front differential didn't switch gears and never got receipt and think did something to hubs like four thousand dollar fix. Now I serviced it for.seats they took it on took week to get part in and right tool to fix truck seat it stood with them a week before I called to see what deal.was I've seen problems with this ten gear transmission already and this will be second time trying to fix these trucks are junk. First problem I had the lights would go out in middle of the night while driving. Then lights Wont go off stay on killing battery already in second battery but to fix the transmission problem u half to use speed control just to keep it from shutting off or accelerated of speed. But with this being second time they better fix it if they don't they don't follow the extended warra.ty and want a payout for the full worth of the truck. It's aife threatening thing with this transmission. Plus had already like ten other recalls onnoy already it's a new truck I wouldn't buy one. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2024 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted after two attempts after each failure. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the vehicle needed to be updated. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred approximately six months later. The vehicle was then taken to the same dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 50,000 |
| May 2024 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, there was an abnormally loud scratchy sound coming from the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact researched and determined that the failure could be linked to the cam phasers. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 126,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 126,000 |