2011 FORD F-550 — Complaint #1027535
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NHTSA Complaint about PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE filed December 18, 2013
NHTSA complaint #1027535 (ODI reference 10556709) concerns a 2011 FORD F-550 and was filed on December 18, 2013. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 16, 2012. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as parking brake:driveline, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD F-550 cohort independently describe similar parking brake:driveline failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2011 FORD F-550 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
THIS COMPLAINT IS A FOLLOW-UP TO YOUR REF# 521328. IT CONCERNS AN UN-DELIVERED EMERGENCY VEHICLE THAT PLASTISCOL COMPOSITES, THAT IS BEING PAID WITH FEMA FUNDS UNDER A FEDERAL GRANT AND IS TRYING TO FORCE A VIBRATING DRIVE LINE PROBLEM VEHICLE TO OTHER COMPANIES WITHOUT TELLING THEM. THE VEHICLE IS NOW OVER 930 DAYS LATE, DUE TO POORLY ENGINEERING THE DRIVE LINE AFTER INSTALLING A PTO IN THE DRIVE LINE TO POWER THE REAR MOUNTED PUMP. ON NUMEROUS OCCASION, PLASTISOL WORKERS BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO BE INSPECTED FOR ACCEPTANCE, BUT ON EACH OCCASION, NUMEROUS DEFECTS WERE NOTED INCLUDING COLD WELDS, LOOSE PARTS POOR ASSEMBLY. AND THE MOST SERIOUS, WAS THE DRIVE LINE VIBRATION THAT BEGAN AT 40 MPH AND BECAME WORSE. PLASTISOL WORKERS ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE NO ENGINEER ASSISTING THEM TO RESOLVED THE PROBLEM AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE IS EQUIVALENT TO NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN # 10V092000. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO INVESTIGATE THIS VEHICLE AND DETERMINE IF THE DRIVE LINE VIBRATI
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1027535 |
| ODI Number | 10556709 |
| Date Filed | December 18, 2013 |
| Failure Date | May 16, 2012 |
| VIN | 1FD0W5HT4BE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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