2019 FORD F-150 — Complaint #2062145
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS filed February 3, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2062145 (ODI reference 11640295) concerns a 2019 FORD F-150 and was filed on February 3, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 13, 2025. The vehicle had 134,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Mississippi based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:tail lights, 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-150 cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:tail lights 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-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2019 Ford F-150. The contact stated that there was water inside the driver's side rear taillight, causing a malfunction of the rear brake lights. The contact stated that the brake lights were flickering. Additionally, the heater, radio, and the defroster were inoperable. The front windows also failed to roll down as needed. The air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who determined that the taillight module had malfunctioned due to the water. The contact called the local dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and filed a claim. The failure mileage was approximately 134,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2062145 |
| ODI Number | 11640295 |
| Date Filed | February 3, 2025 |
| Failure Date | January 13, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FTEW1E48KK |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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