2016 Ford F-150 at 42,000 miles
You did not give a mileage, so this uses 42,000 — the median reported failure mileage for this model year, which is a rough stand-in for “a typical example of this car”. Put your real reading in the box below for an answer about your car.
At 42,000 miles on this car
At 42,000 miles on a 2016 Ford F-150, 32 of the failure modes other owners have reported already have their median report at or below your reading, and 12 more fall inside the window where they are usually reported. The heaviest of the ones already due is other body or interior problem.
Already past the median 32
Half of all reports of these failures came in at or below where your car is now.
- Other body or interior problem 20k
- Other electrical problem 38k
- Loss of braking 32k
- Master cylinder or brake booster failure 40k
- Other brake problem 25k
- Other fuel system problem 38k
- Other speed control problem 40k
- Door latch or handle failure 13k
- Cruise control failure 22k
- Liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure 42k
- Parking brake failure 10k
- No-start or intermittent start failure 39k
20 more.
You are in the window 12
Your reading falls inside the middle half of reports for these.
- Sunroof failure or glass breakage 44k
- Other visibility problem 47k
- Other steering problem 49k
- Other engine problem 50k
- Other driver assistance problem 50k
- Backup camera failure 51k
- Other wheel or tire problem 55k
- Oil leak 57k
- Misfire or rough idle 57k
- Alternator or charging system failure 64k
- Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure 70k
- Other powertrain problem 80k
Typically later 32
Reported further down the road than where you are.
- Seat belt or retractor failure 44k
- Wiring harness or short circuit 45k
- Window regulator or power window failure 47k
- Fuel pump failure 47k
- Wheel, stud or lug nut failure 48k
- Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure 50k
- Lane keep or steering assist fault 52k
- Wheel bearing or hub failure 52k
- Infotainment screen failure 53k
- Instrument cluster or gauge failure 56k
- Exhaust leak or fumes in the cabin 60k
- Timing chain, belt or tensioner failure 60k
20 more.
Timing unknown 15
Reported, but too few owners gave an odometer reading to place them.
- Head gasket failure 7×
- Water pump failure 5×
- Catalytic converter failure 4×
- Cooling fan failure 3×
- Tire blowout or tread separation 3×
- Headlight failure or clouding 3×
- Piston, ring or cylinder wall damage 1×
- Intake carbon buildup 1×
- Dual-clutch or clutch-pack failure 1×
- Transmission fluid leak 1×
- Airbag deployed without a crash 1×
- Blind spot monitor failure 1×
3 more.
Why the list is generic until you type a number
Every figure below is a comparison against your odometer, so with no reading given the page has to pick one: 42,000 miles, roughly what a 2016 car covers at 12,000 miles a year. A reading 30,000 miles either side of that moves failures between the columns, which is the difference between a useful list and a generic one.
Already inside the reported range
32 failure modes on the 2016 Ford F-150 have a median reported mileage at or below 42,000: other body or interior problem (median 20,000 miles, 202 reports), other electrical problem (median 37,500 miles, 123 reports), loss of braking (median 32,500 miles, 106 reports), master cylinder or brake booster failure (median 40,000 miles, 101 reports), other brake problem (median 25,000 miles, 100 reports) and other fuel system problem (median 37,500 miles, 69 reports).
These are the ones worth mentioning to a mechanic by name at the next service. Being past a median is not being overdue — it means the reports cluster below where you are now, so if the failure was going to be typical, it would already have happened.
The window you are in now
12 further modes are reported in a band that includes 42,000 miles: sunroof failure or glass breakage (26k to 75,000 miles), other visibility problem (28k to 62,500 miles), other steering problem (27k to 85,000 miles), other engine problem (23k to 80,000 miles), other driver assistance problem (19k to 75,000 miles) and backup camera failure (39k to 60,000 miles). These are the ones to watch on this car over the next few thousand miles.
A window here is the 25th to 75th percentile of reported mileages, so it holds the middle half of the reports and excludes the tails on both sides.
Still ahead of you
32 further modes sit above your reading, the nearest being seat belt or retractor failure at a median of 45,000 miles. On a car you intend to keep, these are the ones that decide whether it is worth keeping.
What this list is not
It is a reading of what owners of other 2016 Ford F-150s reported, and at what odometer reading they reported it. It is not a maintenance schedule, not a diagnosis, and not a prediction about this car: two identical cars with different service histories are not the same car.
Complaints are filed voluntarily, mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers, and a failure mode with few reports has a wide window even when the median looks precise. Modes with fewer than 8 dated reports are shown without percentiles for that reason.
Where 42,000 miles falls on the curve
The three columns above sort the failure modes one by one. This is the same evidence in aggregate: every dated report on this model year, stacked up in the order the odometer readings arrived. The dashed line marked you is where your car sits. How much of the line is to the left of that mark is how much of this model year's reported trouble is, on the evidence, already behind you.
About 46% of the dated reports on this model year had already been filed by 42,000 miles. That is the share of the problems that show up in this record, not of the problems this car will have. A further 10 reports came in above the top of the scale, which is why the line stops short of the top.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the mileages called out above
A steep early climb means a car whose reports cluster young, which is the pattern of a defect rather than of wear. A line that only gets going past six figures is the opposite. Neither shape says anything about the specific car in your driveway, and a curve built from a few dozen readings can be moved by one owner with a talkative afternoon.
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Questions this page answers
What should I expect at 42,000 miles on a 2016 Ford F-150?
32 of the failure modes owners have reported on the 2016 Ford F-150 have a median report at or below 42,000 miles, and 12 more fall inside the mileage window where they are usually reported. That is a watch list drawn from other owners, not a prediction about this car.
How to use the three columns. The left column is the list to hand a mechanic before you buy, and to check the service history for if you already own the car. The middle column is what to budget for this year. The right column is not a reprieve — it is a reminder that a used car has a bill schedule, and this is roughly where it falls. All of it is drawn from 2,571 owner complaints about this exact model year, not from a maintenance manual. How the percentiles are computed.
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