2021 FORD F-150 HYBRID — Complaint #1868903
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NHTSA Complaint about LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH PLATE filed January 28, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1868903 (ODI reference 11504157) concerns a 2021 FORD F-150 HYBRID and was filed on January 28, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 17, 2023. The report was geocoded to Colorado based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch plate, 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 HYBRID cohort independently describe similar latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch plate 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 HYBRID shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The drivers door lock sticks in the cold, so it will occasionally lock me into or out of my vehicle. I feel this is a safety issue, because I may not be able to exit my vehicle quickly in an emergency situation. It also may not lock leaving the vehicle vulnerable to theft.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1868903 |
| ODI Number | 11504157 |
| Date Filed | January 28, 2023 |
| Failure Date | January 17, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FTFW1ED9MF |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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