2019 FORD F-250 — Complaint #1945728
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SEAT HEATER:WIRING HARNESS filed November 27, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1945728 (ODI reference 11556950) concerns a 2019 FORD F-250 and was filed on November 27, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 25, 2023. The vehicle had 93,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:seat heater:wiring harness, 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 electrical system:seat heater:wiring harness 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 F-250 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-250. The contact stated while driving 40â45 MPH, the front passengerâs side seat started to smoke. The driver was able to pull over. The contact noticed that the heated seat module was melting at the wiring harness. The contact stated that the wiring harness was burned at the plug. The P/N: GU5T-14B663-AA. The TPMS, low-windshield fluid, and oil change warning lights were illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the repairs was at his expense. The failure mileage was approximately 93,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1945728 |
| ODI Number | 11556950 |
| Date Filed | November 27, 2023 |
| Failure Date | November 25, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FT7W2B64KE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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