2006 FORD F-350 — Complaint #1920260
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:BOOM/CRANE/LADDER filed August 18, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1920260 (ODI reference 11539396) concerns a 2006 FORD F-350 and was filed on August 18, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 6, 2023. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:mechanical:boom/crane/ladder, 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-350 cohort independently describe similar equipment:mechanical:boom/crane/ladder 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 2006 FORD F-350 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
While performing a lift of a 520-pound load in a boom position rated for 575 pounds, the crane abruptly failed due to a faulty weld and dropped the load approximately 18 inches, causing minor injuries to the crane operator. There was no sign of trouble before the failure. The failed weld was a circumferential weld between the support pillar and the bearing mount. This was concealed inside the base of the boom assembly and this part arrived already assembled. The skirt that extends from the boom assembly over the bearing mount caught on the pillar and stopped the boom from falling off the pillar entirely. The weld had a full bead but no penetration around most of its circumference. After painting this would have been hard to inspect visually even with the appropriate portion disassembled. Other reviews posted on Amazon.com, where the crane was purchased, show the same kind of deficient welding. The problem was reported to Amazon through a customer service representative and through t
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1920260 |
| ODI Number | 11539396 |
| Date Filed | August 18, 2023 |
| Failure Date | August 6, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FDWF36P76E |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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