P0016 on Ford vehicles
30 owner complaints filed with NHTSA about Ford vehicles mention P0016 (Crankshaft Position - Camshaft Position Correlation Bank 1 Sensor A) - across 6 models. Below is where it shows up, by model and year.
Can you drive with it? Minimize driving until diagnosed - if the timing chain has jumped, continued running can escalate to valve damage on interference engines.
Symptoms, likely causes in order and realistic repair costs are on the main P0016 page - they do not differ much by brand. This page shows what is specific to Ford: which models and years actually report it.
Ford models reporting P0016
The number next to each year is how many NHTSA complaints for that car mention P0016. Owners rarely quote trouble codes when complaining, so real occurrence is many times higher - use these numbers to compare years, not as totals.
What Ford owners report
“Error code p0016 came up and I started investigating and found coolant intrusion which was a known defect during manufacturing by ford. I was driving normally when the vehicle accelerated really slowly after a stop which could have caused a traffic accident if it happened while in traffic”2018 Ford Escape · Sep 2026
P0016 on other makes
Makes with enough NHTSA reports of P0016 for their own page.
Counts are NHTSA owner complaints whose text mentions P0016 - owner-reported and unverified. Always confirm with a diagnosis of your specific vehicle.