2021 FORD F-250 — Complaint #2082798
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS filed April 14, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2082798 (ODI reference 11654530) concerns a 2021 FORD F-250 and was filed on April 14, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 10, 2025. The vehicle had 73,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kentucky based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:wiring:fuses and circuit breakers, 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:wiring:fuses and circuit breakers 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 2021 FORD F-250 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and idling, the vehicle shut off and failed to restart. There were no warning lights illuminated before the failure. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights illuminated after the failure. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the fuse box needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the vehicle was not communicating with the fuse box. Additionally, there was moisture in the fuse box. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline; however, no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 73,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2082798 |
| ODI Number | 11654530 |
| Date Filed | April 14, 2025 |
| Failure Date | April 10, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FT7W2B64ME |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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