2021 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1814859
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS filed May 26, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1814859 (ODI reference 11466221) concerns a 2021 FORD F-150 and was filed on May 26, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 26, 2022. The vehicle had 8,000 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 structure:body:hood:hinge and attachments, 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 structure:body:hood:hinge and attachments 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 approximately 70 MPH, the hood was vibrating. The contact pulled over safely and noticed that the hood bolts were loose and one was missing. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer who diagnosed the failure with missing latches and bolts. The dealer repaired the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 8,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1814859 |
| ODI Number | 11466221 |
| Date Filed | May 26, 2022 |
| Failure Date | May 26, 2022 |
| VIN | 1FTFW1E8XMK |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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