Reliability report · 2022 Ford F-150 · Updated July 2026 · ~$2,850/yr fuel · what it costs to keep →
Second-year 14th-gen: complaint volume drops about 40% from 2021, but the recall list stays long (22), including the EcoBoost intake-valve engine recall and a Park-gear rollaway recall on the 10-speed.
The 2022's most telling defect story is the parking-light flicker recall that Ford botched four times. Solid truck if — and only if — the recall paperwork is complete.
Evidence: 551 NHTSA complaints · 22 recall campaigns · 6 mechanic & forum sources
Canary status
Squawking
What that means: Complaints drop ~40% from 2021, but 22 recalls remain — including the engine-replacement campaign and a lighting defect Ford botched four times. Trust the printout, not the word "completed."
551
Federal complaints
22
Recalls
Tested variant: 2022 Ford F-150 Super Crew PU/CC 2WD (NHTSA VehicleId 16345)
Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) →Ranked by the cost of ignoring them. Every claim carries its source.
Same as 2021: broken intake valves can total the engine (recall 24V-635). Dealers run an engine cycle test and replace failing engines free. On any 2.7 or 3.0 truck, confirming this test happened is the single most valuable question you can ask.
This is a 2.7L & 3.0L EcoBoost problem. The 3.5L EcoBoost V6 and 5.0L V8 don’t share it.
Which engine is in the one you found? →Recall cycle test and remedy
$0
Missed and failed out of coverage
Engine replacement
Sources: NHTSA complaint and recall databases, 2022 F-150 · Mechanic channel transcripts and owner-group reports (14th-gen F-150)
A loose internal bolt can prevent Park from engaging even when the shifter says Park (recall 23V-070) — rollaway risk; the transmission is inspected and replaced free if affected. Power train remains the top complaint category. Test Park on a slope, carefully.
This problem spans 2017–2023 — the full 10-speed automatic (10R80) story →
$0
Recall remedy
The 10R80's documented hardware wear pattern — CDF clutch drum failure, with rebuilds commonly reported at 40,000–70,000 miles ($2,500 reman installed to $4,000+ rebuilds) — spans 2017–2023 builds, and Ford revised the drum in production around August 2022. That splits the 2022 model year: an early-build truck (check the door-jamb build date) likely carries the old drum; a late build likely has the updated part. Either way the defenses are the same: a Mercon ULV drain-and-fill every 30–60k despite the 'lifetime fluid' label (burnt, dark fluid is the walk-away tell), and if shift quality has merely drifted, a dealer reflash or FORScan adaptive reset before anyone sells you a rebuild.
This problem spans 2017–2023 — the full 10-speed automatic (10R80) story →
Sources: Mechanic channel transcripts and owner-group reports (14th-gen F-150)
$350
Fluid drain-and-fill / adaptive reset
$2,500–$4,000+
CDF drum failure / reman installed
Low-pressure fuel pump stalling risk (recall 25V-455); the fix was still 'under development' into 2026, and fuel system is the #2 complaint category — consistent with a real-world pattern, not paperwork noise. Ask whether the final remedy has now been performed.
$0
Recall remedy once available
22V-686 → 23V-802 → 24V-682 → 25V-515/517: four rounds of failed fixes for flickering parking lights. Individually trivial — but instructive. On this truck, verify that 'completed' recalls weren't completed under a superseded campaign whose fix was itself recalled.
$0
Recall remedy (latest campaign)
Driveshaft insulator contact (21V-986/22V-623), the rear axle hub on Max Tow packages (23V-896 — rollaway risk), a parking brake harness campaign (23V-509), and three trailer-brake software recalls (latest 26V-104, March 2026). If the truck tows, every one of these matters.
$0
Recall remedies
Ford recalled the same parking-light defect four times — that's why we double-check "completed."
Free fixes at any Ford dealer. Run the VIN — “completed” isn’t always completed.
The purchase price is what you negotiate. These are the numbers you live with afterward — each one sourced, none of them blended into a fake total.
Fuel
22 MPG combined (20 city / 26 highway) for the RWD, 2.7L turbo on the EPA federal fuel-economy test.
Source: FuelEconomy.gov (EPA) — EPA’s federal fuel-economy test, recomputed with current gas prices. EPA record 44865 (F150 Pickup 2WD).
Other builds EPA lists: 4WD, 2.7L turbo 20 MPG · 4WD, 3.5L turbo 18 MPG · 4WD, 5.0L 18 MPG · RWD, 5.0L 19 MPG.
$2,850/yr
at $4.15/gal · 15,000 mi/yr · 55/45 city/hwy · pulled Jul 12, 2026
Crash losses
Collision losses run about average here. Neither a red flag nor a discount at the insurer.
Source: HLDI — the insurance industry’s loss-data institute — HLDI collision losses, 2021–22 models, published April 2023 (report R-23). 100 = the all-vehicle average. Series read: Ford F-150 SuperCrew 4WD.
Other series: Ford F-150 hybrid crew 4WD 102 · Ford F-150 SuperCrew 99 · Ford F-150 SuperCab 4WD 79 · Ford F-150 SuperCab 89 · Ford F-150 4WD 115 · Ford F-150 116 · Ford F-150 hybrid crew 86 · Ford F-150 Lightning electric crew cab pickup 4WD 134, where 100 = average.
90 vs 100
10% below average
Theft
Stolen about 32% less often than the average vehicle. One less thing to price into coverage.
Source: HLDI — HLDI whole vehicle theft losses, 2022–24 models, published May 2025 (report WT-24). 100 = the all-vehicle average. Series read: Ford F-150 SuperCrew 4WD.
Other series: Ford F-150 hybrid crew 4WD 67 · Ford F-150 SuperCrew 87 · Ford F-150 Lightning electric crew cab pickup 4WD 41 · Ford F-150 SuperCab 4WD 32, where 100 = average.
68 vs 100
32% below average
Repair risk
What this specific year is known to need. Pulled from the issues above — the repairs owners actually report, at the costs they report them. Averages from other sites blend every year together; these are this year’s own numbers.
Source: this report — 01 Known issues.
The canary watches your VIN — new recalls and the mileage where known issues start.
Watch my VIN — freevincanary.com/ford/f-150/2022