2020 FORD F-250 — Complaint #1776012
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:COIL:HIGH TENSION/SPARK PLUG WIRES filed October 29, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1776012 (ODI reference 11438619) concerns a 2020 FORD F-250 and was filed on October 29, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 21, 2021. The vehicle had 9,200 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Wyoming based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition:coil:high tension/spark plug wires, 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-250 cohort independently describe similar electrical system:ignition:coil:high tension/spark plug wires 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-250 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the engine began to sputter and misfire with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the spark plug wires were faulty and needed to be replaced. The spark plug wires were replaced with the manufacturerâs OEM wires however, approximately three months later the failure recurred. The mechanic installed the new improved spark plug wires ordered from the manufacturer and the failure was remedied. The local dealer and the manufacturer were contacted and made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 9,200.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1776012 |
| ODI Number | 11438619 |
| Date Filed | October 29, 2021 |
| Failure Date | June 21, 2021 |
| VIN | 1FT7W2BNXLE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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