2017 FORD F-250 — Complaint #2089799
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM filed May 7, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2089799 (ODI reference 11659437) concerns a 2017 FORD F-250 and was filed on May 7, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 1, 2023. The vehicle had 50,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:body control module/bcm, 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-250 cohort independently describe similar electrical system:body control module/bcm 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 owns a 2017 Ford F-250. The contact stated that rainwater was leaking from the passengerâs side windshield seal into the cabin of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the windshield seal was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The contact stated that the body control module was previously replaced due to water intrusion caused by the faulty windshield seal. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The local dealer was not contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 50,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2089799 |
| ODI Number | 11659437 |
| Date Filed | May 7, 2025 |
| Failure Date | November 1, 2023 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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