2017 FORD F-250 — Complaint #1821411
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:LINKAGES filed June 24, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1821411 (ODI reference 11470834) concerns a 2017 FORD F-250 and was filed on June 24, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 1, 2017. The vehicle had 1,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:linkages, 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-250 cohort independently describe similar steering:linkages 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 2017 FORD F-250 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH on uneven surface, the vehicle failed to remain in the lane. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer and the vehicle was diagnosed with steering linkage damper failure. The steering linkage damper was replaced four times; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 1,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1821411 |
| ODI Number | 11470834 |
| Date Filed | June 24, 2022 |
| Failure Date | August 1, 2017 |
| VIN | 1FT7W2B61HE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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