2016 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1787395
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SHIFT PATTERN INDICATOR filed January 10, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1787395 (ODI reference 11446845) concerns a 2016 FORD F-150 and was filed on January 10, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 1, 2021. The vehicle had 87,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:manual transmission:shift pattern indicator, 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-150 cohort independently describe similar power train:manual transmission:shift pattern indicator 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 2016 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated the gear shift indicator light turned off intermittently and would not be able to shift gears. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer and had the sunroof track replaced; however, the repair did not resolve the failure. The contact called Cavalier Ford Greenbrier Sales (1515 S Military Hwy, Chesapeake, VA 23320: (757) 424-1111) and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 87,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1787395 |
| ODI Number | 11446845 |
| Date Filed | January 10, 2022 |
| Failure Date | December 1, 2021 |
| VIN | 1FTEW1EF4GK |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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