2019 FORD EXPEDITION — Complaint #1936412
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER filed October 17, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1936412 (ODI reference 11550493) concerns a 2019 FORD EXPEDITION and was filed on October 17, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 13, 2023. The vehicle had 72,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Arizona based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:pretensioner, 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 seat belts:pretensioner 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 2019 FORD EXPEDITION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2019 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 75-80MPH, she heard a loud popping sound and noticed that the front driver's side seat belt had exploded. The contact stated that the front driverâs side seat belt failed to retract. The air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the seat belt pretensioner was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the contact was then informed by the dealer that the failure might occur with the other seat belts. The contact was concerned for her safety while operating the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 72,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1936412 |
| ODI Number | 11550493 |
| Date Filed | October 17, 2023 |
| Failure Date | October 13, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FMJU1HT9KE |
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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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