2015–2020 · Platform code P552
The generation that moved the F-150 to an aluminium-alloy body over a high-strength steel frame, cutting several hundred pounds. A 2018 facelift revised the engine line-up: the 3.5L V6 base engine became a 3.3L, the 10-speed automatic spread to everything above the base engine, and a 3.0L Power Stroke diesel joined for 2018-2020. The Raptor returned in 2017 with a high-output 3.5L EcoBoost in place of the previous V8.
By engine and transmission
5 engines · 6-speed automatic · 10-speed automatic
4 engines · 6-speed automatic
4 engines · 6-speed automatic
4 engines · 6-speed automatic · 10-speed automatic
5 engines · 6-speed automatic · 10-speed automatic
5 engines · 6-speed automatic · 10-speed automatic
Complaint and recall counts from NHTSA, retrieved 2026-08-11. A complaint count is not a failure rate — it scales with how many were sold and how much attention a problem drew.
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The alternator charges the battery while the engine runs and powers everything electrical. Both are consumable parts with a service life, and on a used car at least one of them has usually been replaced already — or is due.
The compressor is the pump in the air conditioning loop. When it seizes it can send metal debris through the whole system, which turns a component replacement into a system job.
Bushings, ball joints, link rods and strut mounts are rubber and grease components that wear continuously. They rarely fail suddenly; they get gradually noisier and vaguer, which is why a test drive on a rough road tells you more than one on smooth pavement.
A turbocharger runs at very high speed on an oil-fed bearing, driven by exhaust gas. Its condition is tied directly to the engine's oil history, which makes service records more informative here than on most components.
In a direct-injection engine the fuel is sprayed into the cylinder rather than at the intake valve. Nothing washes the back of that valve, so deposits from crankcase ventilation and exhaust gas recirculation accumulate there over time.