Free. Instant. No signup. Pulls recalls and complaints for your exact vehicle.
Couldn't find that VIN. Check the digits and try again.
60 owner complaints and 1 active recall campaign on file. Here's the breakdown — what's serious, what's noise, what a working mechanic would actually do about it.
Solid reliability overall. Common issues are concentrated in a few systems.
Buyable on the data — keep up the usual maintenance and inspect normally.
Our read of the federal NHTSA complaint and recall record for this exact year and model — not a substitute for a pre-purchase inspection. How we score.
Brake booster feed line came off at intake . I had no power brakes just a hard brake pedal when I was stopping to pull on to the highway. Had to push pedal real hard to stop. I feel it should have been in recall #08s05 that I read was in 2008 .
Pronounced and severe shimmy and oscillation in the steering wheel when traveling over small bumps or dips in the roadway and on uneven driving surfaces. Ford dealer confirmed the problem and replaced a tracking bar and the steering damper. These repairs helped but did not…
Electronic throttle control (drive by wire) fails intermittently. Engine goes to idle with absolutely no response to the throttle pedal while driving. Pedal assembly has been replaced twice and the PCM once. Vehicle has less than 1500 miles. *nm
While getting into my 2007 Ford f250 four door pickup my foot slipped off of the nurf bar, projected itself into the large space between the nerf bar and the vehicle body. Then, being off balance I fell down and my leg was broken right in two. *tr
Drag to your current mileage. Numbers are derived from this vehicle's complaint history.
Brake failure can occur, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
Mostly yes. With a reliability score of 7.8 out of 10 based on 60 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the 2007 Ford F-250 is generally a sound vehicle. The areas to watch are listed in the top problem section above — most are budget items, not deal-breakers.
On the NHTSA data, the 2007 Ford F-250 does not need avoiding. Buyable on the data — keep up the usual maintenance and inspect normally. The record behind that call: No systemic severe-failure pattern in the complaint record; Reliability score 7.8/10 — above the segment average; 1 recall campaign on file. This is our read of the federal complaint and recall data — not a substitute for a pre-purchase inspection.
Based on NHTSA records, the most-reported issue is steering, with 23 complaints filed. Typical failure occurs around 67,147 miles. Average repair cost runs about $700 at an independent shop.
The steering is one of the costlier repair items. Average repair cost runs about $700 at an independent shop. Typical failure occurs around 67,147 miles. Catching early warning signs can sometimes extend life by 20–30,000 miles.
Paste your VIN into the decoder at the top of this page. We pull live from NHTSA, so you'll see exactly which campaigns apply to your vehicle and whether the dealer has logged the fix. Recall repairs are always free regardless of mileage or warranty status.
Math is straightforward: a quality service contract runs $1,800–3,500 over 3 years. With 60 complaints on file and the costliest repair averaging $700, one major failure more than pays for it. The catch is reading the contract — many providers exclude wear items and require pre-authorization, so cheaper plans are not always better value.