2017 FORD F-250 — Complaint #2062407
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE filed February 3, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2062407 (ODI reference 11640489) concerns a 2017 FORD F-250 and was filed on February 3, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 27, 2025. The vehicle had 55,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to West Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe, 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 engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe 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 2017 FORD F-250 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact's husband owns a 2017 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while her husband was performing an oil change on the vehicle, an abnormal knocking sound started coming from the engine. There was no warning light illuminated. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to a dealer where the vehicle was diagnosed with a defective intake manifold. The contact was then provided an estimate for the repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the warranty on the vehicle had expired. The contact was then referred to the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2062407 |
| ODI Number | 11640489 |
| Date Filed | February 3, 2025 |
| Failure Date | January 27, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FT7W2B64HE |
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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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