1999 FORD F-250 — Complaint #190808
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION:LINES AND FITTINGS filed December 30, 1999
NHTSA complaint #190808 (ODI reference 853223) concerns a 1999 FORD F-250 and was filed on December 30, 1999. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 11, 1998. The report was geocoded to Wyoming based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:springs:air suspension:lines and fittings, 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-250 cohort independently describe similar suspension:front:springs:air suspension:lines and fittings 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 1999 FORD F-250 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD SLUSH ACCUMULATES IN THE FRONT FILTER AIR BOX, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO DIE / FAIL. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE AIR BOX IF THE TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK *YC
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 190808 |
| ODI Number | 853223 |
| Date Filed | December 30, 1999 |
| Failure Date | November 11, 1998 |
| VIN | 1FTNX21F7XE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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