2015 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1885460
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR filed April 5, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1885460 (ODI reference 11515528) concerns a 2015 FORD F-150 and was filed on April 5, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 4, 2023. The vehicle had 70,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kentucky based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear, 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 suspension:rear 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 2015 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, he heard an abnormal sound coming from the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the rear driverâs and passengerâs side wheel bearings failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the VIN was not included in a recall. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000. The contact stated that after taking the vehicle in for repairs, it was found that it was the front differential bearings that was the problem.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1885460 |
| ODI Number | 11515528 |
| Date Filed | April 5, 2023 |
| Failure Date | April 4, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FTEW1EF7FK |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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