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Owner complaints · Back Over Prevention · every model year

Ford F-150 backup camera and parking sensor problems, 2016–2026

58 of the 10,822 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Ford F-150 2016–2026 name the backup camera and parking sensors (NHTSA’s “Back Over Prevention” heading — the backup camera and rear parking sensors). The loudest year: 2019 (58). Filed under the same heading across these years: 5 recall campaigns, 1 NHTSA investigation. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate, none a repair cost, and none a verdict on one car.

58 complaints, 11 model years 1% of everything filed about the F-150 typically at 56k miles

Ford F-150 backup camera and parking sensor problems by model year

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

One row per model year on file, newest first. A year marked in depth has its own page: the complaints, the owners’ words and every document under this heading for that year.

Model yearComplaints naming the backup camera and parking sensorsShare of the year’sTypically atOn file under the heading
20260———the year →
20250———the year →
20240——1 recallthe year →
20230——18 TSBs · 2 recallsthe year →
20220——25 TSBs · 2 recallsthe year →
20210—35k43 TSBs · 2 recallsthe year →
20200——2 recalls · 1 investigationthe year →
2019 in depth584%61k2 recallsthe record →
20180———the year →
20170———the year →
20160—70k—the year →

Two things the counts carry that are not the car: how many of each year were sold, and how long each has been on the road — an older year out-counts a newer one before anything is wrong with it. The share column is the honest comparison across years: what part of that year’s complaints named the backup camera and parking sensors. Nothing here is a rate.

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When the backup camera and parking sensor complaints were filed, and at what mileage

Source: NHTSA complaint database
58complaints name the backup camera and parking sensors, all years

Filed per calendar year, every model year together: 2021: 1 · 2022: 7 · 2023: 20 · 2024: 10 · 2025: 16 · 2026: 4

56kmiles, typically

Across the model years, half of the 96 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the backup camera and parking sensor problem between 30,000 and 85,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.

In owners’ own words

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the backup camera and parking sensors, from the model years with the most to say. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the rearview camera image was intermittently distorted while reversing. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring increasingly and the rearview camera image had been distorted for three consecutive days.
Back Over Prevention at 19,900 miles Apr 17, 2023 NHTSA owner report
The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the reverse camera displayed a hazy and obscured view while the vehicle is in reverse. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the camera needed to be replaced; however, the vehicle was not repaired.
Back Over Prevention at 34,000 miles Mar 30, 2023 NHTSA owner report

What is on file about the backup camera and parking sensors, across the years

Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

Recall campaigns filed under this heading, any model year

NHTSA investigation

Other systems with a record on the Ford F-150

Source: the same files

Every system, every model year: Ford F-150 problems by year →

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Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communications

Which Ford F-150 years have the most backup camera and parking sensor complaints?

2019, 58. Raw counts, and an older year has had longer to collect them; by share of each year's own complaints the loudest is the 2019 (4%).

Is there a recall for the backup camera and parking sensors on the Ford F-150?

Yes — 5 campaigns are filed under this heading across these model years: 26V489000 (2023), 25V442000 (2020), 25V315000 (2024), 22V252000 (2019). A recall is matched by VIN, and applies to specific years; check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

When do backup camera and parking sensor problems show up on the Ford F-150?

Owners who gave an odometer reading reported it at a median of 56,000 miles across the model years; half of them between 30,000 and 85,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.

What does NHTSA's "Back Over Prevention" heading cover?

The backup camera and rear parking sensors. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.