2021 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1800406
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT:FILTER/SCREEN filed March 9, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1800406 (ODI reference 11455817) concerns a 2021 FORD F-150 and was filed on March 9, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 5, 2021. The vehicle had 1,200 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:automatic transmission:fluid/lubricant:filter/screen, 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:automatic transmission:fluid/lubricant:filter/screen 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 2021 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the transmission suddenly downshifted into first gear, and the contact almost lost control of the vehicle. The contact pulled over and turned off and restarted the vehicle. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic and the vehicle was diagnosed with a cracked oil pan. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 1,200.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1800406 |
| ODI Number | 11455817 |
| Date Filed | March 9, 2022 |
| Failure Date | November 5, 2021 |
| VIN | 1FTEW1E88MF |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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