2013 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1940555
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:GEARS filed November 3, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1940555 (ODI reference 11553373) concerns a 2013 FORD F-150 and was filed on November 3, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 16, 2023. The vehicle had 166,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:manual transmission:internal:gears, 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. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
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 power train:manual transmission:internal:gears 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 2013 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at 55 MPH, there was an abnormally loud sound coming from underneath the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle jerked with the speed sensor and service engine warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the gear shifter was only operable in 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed with a failed lead frame sensor. The contact was informed that the lead frame sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that the vehicle was not covered under a previous recall due to the age of the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 166,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1940555 |
| ODI Number | 11553373 |
| Date Filed | November 3, 2023 |
| Failure Date | August 16, 2023 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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