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Crash ratings
NHTSA's stars out of five, for each version it tested. Front crash stars only compare cars of about the same size and weight.
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Fuel economy
The EPA's estimates for each engine and transmission, and its own yearly fuel cost. Yours depends on how you drive and the shape the car is in.
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Every year of the F-250
Owner complaints for each model year, this one outlined. Pick a year to open it. The newest model years are not judged yet. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so we compare every year at the same age, not by these totals.
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Before you buy this one
Built from this year's numbers. Whatever the data says, the car in front of you is the one that counts.
Questions for the seller, test drive checks and price points
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Questions to ask the seller of a 2013 Ford F-250, built from this year's owner complaints and recalls. What to feel, hear and look at on the test drive, with boxes to tick at the car. Honest points to raise on price, from the records and never from guesses. Copy the questions to your phone in one tap.
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Type the asking price and your own offer for the 2013 Ford F-250, tick what you found, and get a polite message ready to text or email. Its reasons come from this year's owner complaints, recalls and crash ratings, and never from made up repair prices.
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True cost to own
The loan, fuel, insurance and upkeep, a month and over 5 years
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What it really costs to own
What the 2013 Ford F-250 costs a month and over 5 years: the loan and its interest, fuel worked out from the EPA's figures for the version you pick, and your own insurance, registration and upkeep. A cost a mile, a link that reopens your numbers, and the breakdown copied to your phone in one tap.
Whether the title is branded in that state and, where the state offers it, whether a lender still has a claim on the car (a lien), so it cannot be sold free and clear.
It will not name the owner. Each state asks its own way, and some only by mail. Ask to see the seller’s title too.
A history report such as Carfax or AutoCheck pulls in more of the car’s past than these checks can:
Crashes and damage reported by police, insurers or shops, even when it was fixed.
Service visits that shops reported, with the miles each time.
How many owners, for how long, and the states it was registered in.
Whether it was a rental, fleet or lease car, when that was reported.
It only knows what was reported to it. A clean report is not proof of a clean car. Ask the seller first: many dealers hand one over for free.
Red flags in a history
Salvage title
Usually an insurer called it a total loss. In most states it cannot be driven on the road until it is rebuilt and inspected.
Rebuilt title
A salvage car that was fixed and passed a state check. It can be fine, but it is worth less, can be harder to insure, and needs a careful inspection.
Flood damage
Water can ruin wiring and sensors months later. Be wary of a flood brand that vanished after a move to another state.
Lemon or maker buyback
The maker bought it back over a defect it could not fix. Ask what the defect was and how it was fixed.
Odometer rollback
A mileage reading lower than an earlier one, or a title marked not actual miles.
Many owners, fast
Three owners in two years can mean a problem each one passed along.
Gaps in the records
Years with no service or registration. Ask why: it may have sat, been off the road, or been rebuilt.
Title words and rules differ by state. Not legal advice.
Before you pay
Pre purchase inspection
Have a mechanic you choose, not the seller, put it on a lift and look it over before you pay.
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2013 Ford F-250: problems, recalls, verdict · WhipWorthy
16 Worthy, 8 Maybe, 6 Skip, 1 too new, 1 not judged, of 32 years on file
High mileage verdict: how this year holds up past 100,000 miles.
Odometer check
No one part has enough complaints that give a mileage to show where it usually fails, so there is nothing yet to hold a car's miles against.
No costly part has enough owner reported mileages to show where it most often fails on this year.
116 complaints; the part named most is the suspension
Unverified reports, not adjusted for sales. One complaint can name several parts, so shares add up past 100%. Filed Jan 25, 2013 to Jan 28, 2026. 21% name a part that is usually costly to fix.
Owners reported 3 crashes, 1 fire and 1 injury in these complaints.
Suspension53 · 46%
Steering40 · 34%
Engine18 · 16%Usually costly to fix
What one owner wrote about the suspension
The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced the death wobble. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 153,000.
Filed Nov 17, 2022NHTSA complaint 114940231 of 18 owner quotes
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15 more parts, and 17 more owner quotes
Every part owners name for the 2013 Ford F-250, with their own words about what went wrong. Usually costly to fix among them: Transmission and drivetrain, Body and frame.
Owner complaints per model year for the Ford F-250, with 2013 highlighted
Model year
Owner complaints
Verdict
1995
204
Worthy
1996
191
Worthy
1997
311
Worthy
1998
58
Worthy
1999
594
Skip
2000
360
Skip
2001
231
Maybe
2002
156
Worthy
2003
116
Worthy
2004
154
Maybe
2005
144
Maybe
2006
221
Maybe
2007
60
Maybe
2008
339
Skip
2009
77
Worthy
2010
113
Worthy
2011
370
Skip
2012
323
Maybe
2013
116
Worthy
2014
169
Worthy
2015
296
Worthy
2016
287
Worthy
2017
1155
Skip
2018
397
Maybe
2019
1150
Skip
2020
255
Maybe
2021
159
Worthy
2022
3
Not judged
2023
44
Worthy
2024
41
Worthy
2025
17
Worthy
2026
9
Too new
Year verdict
Worthy
0.5× a typical F-250 year
65 complaints in its first 8 years, the span every year is compared over (116 in all so far). A typical F-250 year had 120 by then.
Fewer owner complaints than a typical year. Still get it inspected.
Confidence:High
Counted from 65 complaints in its first 8 years, against about 120 in a typical F-250 year.
How this verdict was counted
Year verdict: Typical year: 120 complaints, the middle count of 6 nearby years, leaving out 2011 and 2017, which were high themselves. Each counted over its first 8 years from January 2012; this one had 65.
Not every car needs every fix. Run the VIN at NHTSA to see which are still open. Repairs are usually free at a dealer for the brand; ask before any work.
NHTSA has no recalls on file for the 2013 Ford F-250.
