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2004 FORD F-150 — Complaint #1990272

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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:COIL:SPARK PLUGS filed May 9, 2024

NHTSA complaint #1990272 (ODI reference 11587841) concerns a 2004 FORD F-150 and was filed on May 9, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 2, 2024. The vehicle had 364,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition:coil:spark plugs, 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 electrical system:ignition:coil:spark plugs 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 2004 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2004 FORD F-150
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:COIL:SPARK PLUGS
State
Pennsylvania
Mileage
364,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2004 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle made an abnormal popping sound and then lost motive power. The contact was able to drive to the residence. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who determined that the spark plug had blown out of the cylinder and determined that the spark plug needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 364,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1990272
ODI Number 11587841
Date Filed May 9, 2024
Failure Date May 2, 2024

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.