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2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty

Heavy-duty pickup
0 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26

Safety Signal

79 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record

RecallsNHTSA campaigns 3

Complaints6 crash · 5 fire · 6 injured reported 290

Crash ratingNHTSA overall 4★

2027 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

The 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty is a pickup truck; vehicles over 8,500 lb GVWR are not certified for fuel economy by the EPA, so this page is built from NHTSA's recall, complaint and investigation records. NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of C. Owners have filed 290 complaints, most often about the steering. NHTSA crash-tested it at 4 stars overall.

2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty

Specs & fuel economy

Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov

No EPA fuel-economy record: the EPA does not certify vehicles over 8,500 lb GVWR. Recall, complaint and investigation data below come from NHTSA.

Specifications filed with NHTSA

Source: NHTSA vPIC

Dimensions Exterior

Body style	Pickup
GVWR class	Class 2H: 9,001 - 10,000 lb (4,082 - 4,536 kg)

Engine Basics

Cylinders	8
Displacement	6.7 L
Engine configuration	V-Shaped

Engine Output

Horsepower

440 hp

Fuel Economy

Fuel	Diesel

Transmission

Drivetrain

4x2

Filed by the manufacturer with NHTSA under the federal vehicle-identification rule and decoded from the VIN pattern — not a manufacturer press kit, so it describes one configuration rather than every trim (seen: Super Duty - Single Rear Wheel). Figures for the trim you are looking at may differ.

Dimensions & weight

Source: Transport Canada

Length	223.6–258.7 in
Width (body, without mirrors)	79.9 in
Height	76.8–79.9 in
Wheelbase	137.8–172.8 in
Track, front	68.5 in
Track, rear	67.3 in
Curb weight	5,941–6,942 lb

Measured by Transport Canada for its Canadian Vehicle Specifications database, which covers the North American versions of each model — here 10 configurations: SD P/U Cab L/Box, SD P/U Cab L/Box 4X4, SD P/U Cab S/Box, SD P/U Cab S/Box 4X4, SD P/U Crew Cab L/Box, SD P/U Crew Cab L/Box 4X4 …. Where a range is shown, those versions differ. Width is the body without mirrors, which is why it can read narrower than a brochure figure. Before we used it we checked it against the US manufacturer press kits we hold (27 Sep 2026): wheelbase agreed within 1% on every vehicle we could compare, length on 98%, and the curb weight fell inside the manufacturer's range on 96%. Source dataset. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Licence.

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Recalls (3)

Source: NHTSA recall database

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Back Over Prevention

25S89

1,456,417 vehicles 15% reported repaired

Problem Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2015-2019 Lincoln MKC, Mustang, F-350 SD, F-250 SD, F-450 SD, 2015-2017 Lincoln Navigator, Expedition, 2015-2018 Edge, Transit Connect, 2016-2019 F-550 SD, Transit, 2017-2019 Econoline, and 2019 Ranger vehicles. The rearview camera may display a distorted, inverted, or blank image when the vehicle is in reverse. Risk A rearview camera that displays an inverted, distorted, or blank image can reduce the driver’s view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash. Fix Dealers will inspect and replace the rearview camera as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 13, 2026. Ford owners will receive letters in phases, beginning January 2026 and June 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 25S89. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 25V270. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning September 8, 202

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF

NHTSA campaign 25V572000 reported Sep 3, 2025 Ford Motor Company the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Air Bags

22S35

310,203 vehicles 49% reported repaired

Problem Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2016 Super Duty F-250, F-350, F-450, and F-550 vehicles. Dust may accumulate in the steering wheel clock spring, causing a disconnection in the electrical connection resulting in the driver's air bag not deploying as intended. Risk A disconnected driver's air bag can result in it not deploying, as intended, during a crash, increasing the risk of injury. Fix Dealers will replace the steering wheel clock spring, free of charge. Remedy parts are expected to become available in the 3rd Quarter of 2023. An interim notification letter informing owners of the safety risk was mailed on July 6, 2022. Owner notification letters were mailed July 10, 2023. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 22S35.

Filed with NHTSAOwner letter PDF

NHTSA campaign 22V337000 reported May 13, 2022 Ford Motor Company the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Tires

16S17

2,288 vehicles 84% reported repaired built Apr 5, 2016 – Apr 11, 2016

Problem Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2016 Ford F-250, F-350, F-450, and F-550 trucks manufactured April 5, 2016, to April 11, 2016. The tires installed during assembly of the affected vehicles may have sustained damage to the inner sidewall, possibly resulting in a loss of air or a tire rupture. Risk A rapid loss of air or a tire rupture while the vehicle is being driven may cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash. Fix Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the tires for damage and replace them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on May 23, 2016. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 16S17.

Filed with NHTSAOwner letter PDF

NHTSA campaign 16V246000 reported Apr 26, 2016 Ford Motor Company the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.

NHTSA defect investigations

Fuel System, Other:Fuel Filter — Sogefi Secondary Diesel Fuel Filter Leak open

The Office of Defect Investigations (ODI) has received 27 complaints alleging diesel fuel leaks due to a fracture in the secondary fuel filter housing in model year (MY) 2015-2021 Ford Motor Company (Ford) F-250, 350, 450, and 550 Super Duty vehicles equipped with 6.7L diesel engines. Of these complaints, 12 describe an engine compartment fire. The proximity of the secondary fuel filter to high heat sources creates a potential for autoignition thermal events and fires. ODI has contacted the vehicle manufacturer, Ford, and the filter manufacturer, Allevard Sogefi USA (Sogefi), and learned that the low-pressure fuel system is capable of a maximum operating pressure of 8.5 Bar, while the second

Opened May 9, 2024 · action PE24014 · the investigation’s page →

Whether any of this applies to one specific F-250 Super Duty

A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2016 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. Ford publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.

NHTSA VIN check →Ford’s own VIN lookup →

Hear about a recall before the letter does

The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database

290complaints filed

6 involved a crash · 5 a fire · 6 injuries · 0 deaths reported

Filed per year: 2016: 7 · 2017: 10 · 2018: 10 · 2019: 19 · 2020: 39 · 2021: 29 · 2022: 47 · 2023: 59 · 2024: 33 · 2025: 23 · 2026: 14

Most-cited components

Steering 118

Suspension 112

Unspecified 37

Air Bags 35

Engine 34

Fuel/Propulsion System 28

In owners' own words

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.

Had 2 sets of these tires installed under warranty due to excessive vibration at highway speeds caused by separation of the tread plies within the tire

Wheels at 100 miles Nov 17, 2018 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11152128

My truck, with 41,000 miles , is suffering whats being referred to online as the " death wobble ". The symptoms began at around 21,000 miles and it has grown steadily worse.

Steering at 41,000 miles Oct 20, 2018 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11141552

Vehicle has a hopping that occurs at speeds of 40-80 MPH, have tried several remedies, none of which work. Hopping sensation is so severe that I would be worried to put children in the back seat of the vehicle. Manufacturer is aware of the problem, has a TSB in an attempt to remedy the problem.

Engine Aug 29, 2018 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11123364

While traveling on a highway, pulling a 5th wheel RV, the vehicle's sunroof exploded outwards. When we safely stopped, the remaining glass was bowed outwards from the vehicle.. The sunroof was fully closed at the time, and nothing struck anywhere on the vehicle. We were traveling at approximately 75 MPH

Visibility/Wiper at 42,000 miles Aug 13, 2018 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11119530

I totaled my 2016 Ford F-250. I slammed into a dodge ram at about 45mph. My F-250 broke the suspension, steering, bent the frame, crumpled the engine compartment and broke the brakes. My airbags did not deploy

Air Bags at 46,000 miles Apr 24, 2018 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11089790

Sunroof exploded at 0530 in the morning the truck is only 9 months old and the sunroof has never been opened dealer saying Ford does not cover under bumper to bumper nor under the extensive extended warranty we purchased

Structure at 23,000 miles Jul 5, 2017 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11003006

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Reported by Ford itself: 17 death-or-injury claims on this model year in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21): 1 killed, 19 injured, as claimed, not verified. Every F-250 Super Duty model year, by year and system → Dated and by system, they are exhibit F of the defect dossier.

When owners reported it

Reported at 67k

miles, typically

Half the 129 owner reports with an odometer reading on file fall between 42,000 and 111,000 miles. That is when problems get reported, which is not the same as when they start — and not a failure rate, because nobody knows how many of these cars never had a problem at all.

under 10k 10

10k–20k 6

20k–30k 6

30k–40k 8

40k–50k 15

50k–60k 14

60k–70k 7

70k–80k 11

80k–90k 8

90k–100k 5

100k–150k 25

150k + 14

Median mileage by component

Component	Reports	Median miles	Vs same age
Steering	43	80,000	1.67×
Suspension	37	56,500	1.66×
Engine	23	71,000	1.15×
Fuel/Propulsion System	17	67,000	1.43×

Vs same age is this model year’s median for the system divided by the median of every 2016-model-year complaint about the same system, all makes: under 1× means owners of this car reported it at lower mileage. Here, owners reported later: steering (1.67×), suspension (1.66×). Which systems go early across the whole fleet: the component study.

Odometer readings as filed by owners with NHTSA. Readings under 100 or over 400,000 miles are dropped as data entry rather than history, and a component needs at least 12 readings before a median is shown for it.

Crash ratings

Source: NHTSA NCAP

Configuration	Overall	Frontal	Side	Rollover	Rollover risk
PU/CC 4x2	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	19%
PU/CC 4x4	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★☆☆	24%
PU/EC 4x2	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	19%
PU/EC 4x4	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★★	★★★☆☆	24%
PU/RC 4x2	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	19%
PU/RC 4x4	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★★	★★★☆☆	24%

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program.

Service bulletins & campaigns

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Communicationsfiled with NHTSA 124

Most recentmanufacturer date 2026-08-18

Kindsas classified by NHTSA 122 service bulletins, 2 others

Most often about: Engine, Electrical System, Power Train, Equipment, Fuel/Propulsion System.

SSM 55098 Service bulletin
2026-08-18 · Engine
Some 2013-2016 Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L diesel engine and 2015-2019 Transit vehicles equipped with a 3.2L diesel engine may not pass a state smog test due to the exhaust gas system (EGS) monitor that will not run after completing the exhaust gas sensor drive cycle located within Section 2 of the Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnostics (PC/ED) Manual > Drive Cycles. This may be due
25N15 S1 Other
2026-04-20 · Electrical System
Customer Satisfaction Program 25N15 - Supplement #1 Certain 2015-2019 Model Year Multiple Vehicle Lines Rear View Camera Inspection For One-Time Replacement
SSM 54690 Service bulletin
2026-03-26 · Engine
Some 2013-2016 Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L diesel engine and 2015-2019 Transit vehicles equipped with a 3.2L diesel engine may not pass a state smog test due to the exhaust gas system (EGS) monitor that will not run after completing the Exhaust Gas Sensor drive cycle located within Section 2 of the Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnostics (PC/ED) Manual > Drive Cycles. This may be due
SSM 54601 Service bulletin
2026-02-24 · Electrical System
Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with wired keyless entry keypad systems and accessory wireless keyless entry keypad systems may or may not come with a wallet card containing the master code. Unlike the integrated wired keypad, the accessory wireless keypad master code cannot be retrieved from the vehicle using a diagnostic scan tool or from the label printed on the body control module (BCM). Th
TSB 25-2570 Service bulletin
2025-11-26 · Electrical System
This article supersedes TSB 24-2165 to update the TSB Service Procedure. Some vehicles listed in the Model statement above may exhibit various SYNC performance related concerns including but not limited to: Display operation concerns Navigation inoperative Voice recognition concerns Phone connection issues Dropped phone connections Applink related performance Travel Link not present
24L05 Other
2025-08-23 · Engine
Certain 2011-2022 Model Year Super Duty Vehicles Equipped with 6.7L Engine - Emission Control Information Label Update for Qualified Vehicles
SSM 53040 Service bulletin
2024-10-10 · Unknown Or Other
While performing a transmission repair on some 2012-2024 Ford and Lincoln vehicles, a transmission seal kit may be on backorder due to supply chain interruptions.
SSM 52476 Service bulletin
2024-04-24 · Equipment
All accessory stick-on keyless entry keypads come with a wallet card containing the master code. If the accessory keypad was factory installed, this card will be placed in the glove box and should be handed to the vehicles owner during initial delivery. Unlike the integrated (wired) factory keypad, the accessory keypad master code cannot be retrieved from the vehicle using a diagnostic scan tool.

A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.

Diagnostic trouble codes on file

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints

Codes documented against this model year in the federal record. A code appearing here does not mean this vehicle will set it — it means the code is part of this nameplate-year's documented history.

Code	What it means	Most often filed under	Where it appears
P2002 P2002 on Ford →	The diesel particulate filter is not trapping soot to standard.	Engine	5 bulletins · 3 owner reports
P2201 P2201 on Ford →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Equipment	7 bulletins
P246C P246C on Ford →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Electrical System · Battery →	4 bulletins
P264F P264F on Ford →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Power Train	4 bulletins
P0170 P0170 on Ford →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Engine	2 bulletins · 1 owner report
P218F	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Engine	3 bulletins
P2459 P2459 on Ford →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Power Train	3 bulletins
P2463 P2463 on Ford →	Soot has built up in the diesel particulate filter beyond the allowed limit.	Power Train	3 bulletins
P025A P025A on Ford →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Power Train	2 bulletins
P025B P025B on Ford →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Power Train	2 bulletins
P02CC	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Electrical System · Battery →	2 bulletins
P02CE	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Electrical System · Battery →	2 bulletins

Generic codes (the second character is 0 or 2) mean the same thing on every vehicle sold in the United States. Manufacturer-specific codes (1 or 3) mean whatever the automaker assigned, and no honest source can define them for you — which is why the ones here carry the evidence instead of a definition. A code is a link when enough separate federal documents name it across the catalogue to be worth a page of its own; the rest are listed here, where the vehicle is the context that makes them mean something.

At the New York inspection station

Source: New York State DMV

New York inspections 0%

failed emissions

616 initial inspections of 604 vehicles.

Measure	The 2016 F-250 Super Duty	Every 2016 vehicle	Behind it
Failed the emissions check	0%	4.2%	496
Failed the safety inspection	1.6%	2.2%	616
Air-bag warning lamp stayed lit	0.16%	0.27%	616
Miles driven a year	11,478	10,028	odometer at inspection
Average odometer	117,904	103,109	odometer at inspection

New York’s emissions test on these model years is an on-board diagnostics check: it fails a car whose check-engine light is on or whose self-tests have not finished. First inspections only, so a car that failed and came back is counted once; private and special plates, not taxis, livery or commercial plates. A rate appears only where at least 200 inspections stand behind it. “Every 2016 vehicle” is every 2016 model-year car, SUV and pickup inspected in the same window, all makes. This is the state’s record of test results, not a reliability score by itself. Source: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Vehicle Inspections (data.ny.gov, Open NY terms).

F-250 Super Duty by model year

all years, side by side →

Year Safety Recalls Complaints

2027 A^* 0 0 2026 D 7 9 2025 F 8 17 Do not drive 2024 C 4 40 2023 F 16 43 2022 F 17 126 2021 F 12 167 2020 F 14 267 2019 F 11 1,165 2018 F 9 399 2017 F 14 1,155 2016 this page C 3 290

Common questions about the 2016 F-250 Super Duty

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Does the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 3 recall campaigns for the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty. The most serious on file is 25V572000, covering Back Over Prevention. 1 of them was filed with no repair available at the time — NHTSA's file records what the manufacturer had in hand on the filing date, not what exists today. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty?

NHTSA gave the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4 stars overall in its New Car Assessment Program tests — 4-star frontal crash, 5-star side crash, 4-star rollover. WhichTrim also grades it C (79/100) on its recall record, which is a different question from crash protection.

What are the dimensions of the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty?

Transport Canada measured it at 223.6–258.7 in long, 79.9 in wide (body, without mirrors), 76.8–79.9 in tall, on a 137.8–172.8 in wheelbase. Curb weight: 5,941–6,942 lb depending on configuration. Those are its measurements of the North American versions; every figure is in the table above.

What do owners complain about on the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty?

Owners have filed 290 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty, most often about steering, suspension, unspecified. Of those, 6 involved a crash, 5 a fire, 6 reported injuries. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.

Are there service bulletins for the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty?

The manufacturer has filed 124 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty, most often covering engine, electrical system, power train. The most recent is dated 2026-08-18. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.

How does the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty do at state inspection?

In New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty failed the emissions check on 0% of first inspections — lower than the 4.2% for every 2016 model-year vehicle inspected; and the safety inspection on 1.6% (every 2016 vehicle: 2.2%). The figures are New York State DMV’s own inspection records, first inspections only, and the table above sets each one against every vehicle of the same model year.

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.

Data	Held	Source	What it covers — or what empty means
Fuel economy & configurations	none	EPA certification records	The EPA does not certify vehicles rated over 8,500 lb GVWR, so heavy-duty nameplates have no entry at all.
Emission certificates	none	EPA emission certificates	The EPA published no certificate we could match to a configuration on this page.
Recalls	3	NHTSA recall campaigns	A complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags.
Owner complaints	290	NHTSA complaint database	Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold.
Crash ratings	6 tested	NHTSA NCAP	Only the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them.
Service bulletins	124	NHTSA manufacturer communications	Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall.
Investigations	1	NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation	Open and closed defect investigations, with the agency's own narrative.
Driver-assist crash reports	none	NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01	No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like.
Specifications filed with NHTSA	8 fields	NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns	What the manufacturer filed under the federal VIN rule — a configuration, not the full trim ladder.
Measured dimensions	7 fields	Transport Canada, Canadian Vehicle Specifications	Length, width, height, wheelbase, track and curb weight, measured on the North American versions.
Trims, pricing & equipment	none	Manufacturer press kit	We have not transcribed a press kit for this model year yet. This is our gap, not the manufacturer's — the one row here where an empty cell means we are behind.

Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly.

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2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty

Specs & fuel economy

Specifications filed with NHTSA

Dimensions Exterior

Engine Basics

Engine Output

Fuel Economy

Transmission

Dimensions & weight

Factory warranty running out?

Recalls (3)

Back Over Prevention

Air Bags

Tires

NHTSA defect investigations

Whether any of this applies to one specific F-250 Super Duty

Hear about a recall before the letter does

Parts & accessories for the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty

Owner complaints

Most-cited components

In owners' own words

When owners reported it

miles, typically

Median mileage by component

Crash ratings

Service bulletins & campaigns

Diagnostic trouble codes on file

At the New York inspection station

failed emissions

F-250 Super Duty by model year

Common questions about the 2016 F-250 Super Duty

Does the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty have any recalls?

How safe is the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty?

What are the dimensions of the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty?

What do owners complain about on the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty?

Are there service bulletins for the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty?

How does the 2016 Ford F-250 Super Duty do at state inspection?

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Where to go next

Sources & method