2015 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1875941
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) filed February 24, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1875941 (ODI reference 11508967) concerns a 2015 FORD F-150 and was filed on February 24, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 18, 2023. The vehicle had 127,500 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Wisconsin based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm), 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 power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm) 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 2015 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving approximately 30-35 MPH, the vehicle downshifted and the RPMâs increased without the vehicle accelerating. The contact then stated that the transmission inadvertently downshifted to 5th gear. The powertrain malfunction warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and produced DTC codes: P061A, P0720, P0722. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was transferred to the NHTSA Hotline and provided a case number. The failure mileage was approximately 127,500.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1875941 |
| ODI Number | 11508967 |
| Date Filed | February 24, 2023 |
| Failure Date | February 18, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FTEW1EF9FF |
Similar POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) Complaints for 2015 FORD F-150
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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