2015 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1891983
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR filed May 2, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1891983 (ODI reference 11520007) concerns a 2015 FORD F-150 and was filed on May 2, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 30, 2023. The vehicle had 2,280 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air, 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 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 approximately 60-70 mph downhill, the vehicle failed to stop. The contact depressed the brake pedal but it became hard and failed to stop the vehicle. The contact was swerving in traffic and came to a sudden halt in a rock pit. The ABS warning indicator light was illuminated. While looking under the hood, he noticed that the supply booster spring clamp was not in the correct location. The contact stated that he sustained injuries to his neck but no medical attention was provided. The vehicle was towed out of the rock pit by a relative. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 2,280.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1891983 |
| ODI Number | 11520007 |
| Date Filed | May 2, 2023 |
| Failure Date | April 30, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FTEW1CG3FK |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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