2014 FORD EXPEDITION — Complaint #1787485
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NHTSA Complaint about CHILD SEAT:HARNESS:STRAP/WEBBING filed January 10, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1787485 (ODI reference 11446919) concerns a 2014 FORD EXPEDITION and was filed on January 10, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 1, 2021. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as child seat:harness:strap/webbing, 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 EXPEDITION cohort independently describe similar child seat:harness:strap/webbing 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 2014 FORD EXPEDITION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Ford Explorer equipped with a Graco Slimfit safety seat. The contact stated that the left harness strap was damaged and ripped in the middle. The contact mentioned that the safety seat was used only for 6 months and was not safe for the child. The manufacturer date was June 3, 2019. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was unknown.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1787485 |
| ODI Number | 11446919 |
| Date Filed | January 10, 2022 |
| Failure Date | December 1, 2021 |
| VIN | 1FMJK1H58EE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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