2020 FORD F-450 — Complaint #1749885
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL FILTER filed May 31, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1749885 (ODI reference 11419124) concerns a 2020 FORD F-450 and was filed on May 31, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 31, 2021. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, other:fuel filter, 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-450 cohort independently describe similar fuel system, other:fuel filter 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 2020 FORD F-450 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Kept smelling faint diesel fuel odor would come and go while driving for 11,000 miles, never saw a leak, then became worse and saw drops on driveway size of a dime. Found a steady drip of fuel only while running from fuel filter under hood above valve cover, replaced filter and leak stopped. Closer look found heavy stains from fuel leak on top of engine. Has been that way since new. Leak now fixed. This could be a fire hazard. Glad I found it.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1749885 |
| ODI Number | 11419124 |
| Date Filed | May 31, 2021 |
| Failure Date | May 31, 2021 |
| VIN | 1FT8W4DT0LE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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