2017 FORD EXPEDITION — Complaint #1861650
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS:BULBS filed December 27, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1861650 (ODI reference 11499041) concerns a 2017 FORD EXPEDITION and was filed on December 27, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 14, 2022. The report was geocoded to Wisconsin based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:tail lights:bulbs, 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 exterior lighting:tail lights:bulbs 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 EXPEDITION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that an independent mechanic informed her that the third brake light bulbs had burned out. Upon attempting to replace the brake light bulbs, the independent mechanic was unable to open the module due to the bulbs melting inside the housing. The independent mechanic informed the contact that the failure could have potentially led to a fire and referred the contact to the manufacturer for assistance. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline. The failure mileage was unknown.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1861650 |
| ODI Number | 11499041 |
| Date Filed | December 27, 2022 |
| Failure Date | November 14, 2022 |
| VIN | 1FMJU1JT4HE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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