2022 FORD EXPEDITION — Complaint #1921797
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:TV/RADIO/SPEAKERS filed August 23, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1921797 (ODI reference 11540428) concerns a 2022 FORD EXPEDITION and was filed on August 23, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 29, 2022. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:appliance:tv/radio/speakers, 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 EXPEDITION cohort independently describe similar equipment:appliance:tv/radio/speakers 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 2022 FORD EXPEDITION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
On start-up, vehicle had an ear-piercing noise coming through all speakers. All of the dashboard screens were black, buttons were not responsive, but the vehicle would still move. Even after getting the vehicle to turn off, the sound persisted. I had to manually disconnect the battery to get it to stop. I have video of the incident if helpful. Ford service had no idea how to handle.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1921797 |
| ODI Number | 11540428 |
| Date Filed | August 23, 2023 |
| Failure Date | December 29, 2022 |
| VIN | 1FMJK1KT6NE |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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