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2016 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1898935

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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:SOLENOID/ACTUATOR filed June 1, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1898935 (ODI reference 11524849) concerns a 2016 FORD F-150 and was filed on June 1, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 30, 2023. The vehicle had 89,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine:solenoid/actuator, 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 engine and engine cooling:engine:solenoid/actuator 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 2016 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2016 FORD F-150
Component
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:SOLENOID/ACTUATOR
State
Ohio
Mileage
89,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 75 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed, and vehicle started losing motive power. The contact veered over to the side of the roadway. On several occasions, the vehicle stalled while driving at various speeds. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the variable valve timing solenoid needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 89,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1898935
ODI Number 11524849
Date Filed June 1, 2023
Failure Date May 30, 2023
VIN 1FTEW1EF2GF

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.