2021 FORD E-450 — Complaint #1812098
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST filed May 11, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1812098 (ODI reference 11464223) concerns a 2021 FORD E-450 and was filed on May 11, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 7, 2022. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:power assist, 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 E-450 cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:power assist 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 E-450 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Regarding the recall #22S08 Hydroboost or Hydromax power steering pressure line. We took our Motorhome in to have the recall addressed and for service before a planned camping trip. Apparantly the recall was worded "to inspect OR replace" and our vehicle was only inspected. On our ruined Mother's Day vacation, we were driving highway speeds at a downgrade coming into Nevada and lost all power steering which took our motorhome and trailer we were pulling off of the highway and dangerously close to falling off the highway and tumbling down a hill. We went to exit at the next offramp to look at the power steering issue and found that we also had no brakes. By downshifting, we were able to stop safely. There were no warning lights or signals, and no warning signs what so ever. The motorhome is currently being looked at and hopefully repaired at a Rush Truck Center in Las Vegas. Ford Motor Company and the original dealership have been notified. Our main concern is the word "OR" in the recal
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1812098 |
| ODI Number | 11464223 |
| Date Filed | May 11, 2022 |
| Failure Date | May 7, 2022 |
| VIN | 1FDXE4FN8MD |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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