2014 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1877020
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR filed March 1, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1877020 (ODI reference 11509709) concerns a 2014 FORD F-150 and was filed on March 1, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 25, 2023. The vehicle had 87,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Tennessee based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:antilock:wheel speed sensor, 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: 1, 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 service brakes, air:antilock:wheel speed sensor 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 2014 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 at 80 MPH, the vehicle downshifted to first gear and decelerated to 20 MPH, causing the front seat passengerâs head to strike the dashboard. No medical attention was required. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and then drove the vehicle back to the residence. The contact stated that a certified mechanic arrived at the residence to diagnose the vehicle. The contact was informed that the output shaft sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1877020 |
| ODI Number | 11509709 |
| Date Filed | March 1, 2023 |
| Failure Date | February 25, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FTFW1ET5EK |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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