Other electrical problem on the 2010 Ford F-150
15 fires 15 of the 111 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other electrical problem gets reported
Owners of the 2010 Ford F-150 report other electrical problem at a median of 59,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 31,000 miles and a quarter after 85,000 miles, from 103 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 85,000 miles. It is the 2nd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 8,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 132,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 124,559 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
30% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,600 miles | 30,915 miles | 59,000 miles | 84,750 miles | 132,159 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 15 a fire is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $250–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 30 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2020, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 1999 at 120,000 miles.
By volume the 2013 carries the most reports, with 220; the 2010 has 111. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Ford motor co changed their universal garage door from homelink to car2u. Which does not work as the owners guide states. The owners guide has two safety warning not to program inside the garage. I was told to disregard that warning. The only way the control can be programmed is the truck has to be inside the garage. I think it should work like the guide says or reprint the guide. *tr
I bought 2010 ford f-150 on 4/12/10 and it had only 9 miles on it. On 8/28/2010 around 9:30pm my car caught on fire while it was parked for a while. The fire started under the hood. 911 was called and until firefighters arrived me and my neighbor put down they fire by ourselves. Next day, on sunday, we tow car to folsom lake ford dealership but service department was closed. On monday, 8/30/10 me and my wife went to dealership to find out what they going to do. Service advisor told us that it is looks like manufacture defect. He told us that he contacted via e-mail ford company and they suppose to reply between 48 hours with instruction what to do or send an inspector and he can't help us with anything until he gets instructions from ford. We asked for loaner car but they refused, suggesting us to contact our insurance company and have them to take care of this problem, what we did. When 48 hours past we contacted dealership again to find out if they have got any instructions from ford. Service advisor told us that ford didn't reply and gave us a phone # of ford consumer relationship department and try to find out by ourselves…
While parked, parking lots and tail lights stay on despite switch position, then when truck put in drive, radio goes out... Then wipers fail to work, illuminated odometer flashes along with 4WD indicator light and interior dome light. Dealer claims water in gem panel???? Internet search shows hundreds of similar with more dangerous results, such as being locked in car when power locks fail or wipers fail during rainstorms. Ford issued spec. Msg to dealer #15773 and knows of problem for years, but hasn't notified owners to fix before damage occurs to fuses and a major repair is needed. They claim warranty period is over, but leaks occurred during warranty period but problems didn't manifest until after warranty period. *tr
Also reported on the 2010 Ford F-150
Other visibility problem
Other engine problem
Other powertrain problem
Other body or interior problem
Tail light, brake light or signal failure
Fuel pump failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 111 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other electrical problem happen on the 2010 Ford F-150?
Across 103 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 59,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 31,000 miles and a quarter after 85,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other electrical problem on the 2010 Ford F-150?
111 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.8 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed