2013 FORD F-150 — Complaint #2115974
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION filed July 31, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2115974 (ODI reference 11677552) concerns a 2013 FORD F-150 and was filed on July 31, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 31, 2025. The vehicle had 211,580 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Missouri based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:automatic transmission, 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 power train:automatic transmission 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 2013 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle unintendedly downshifted from 6th to 1st gear. The battery and the powertrain warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the lead frame and speed sensor had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the same diagnosis was provided. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 211,580.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2115974 |
| ODI Number | 11677552 |
| Date Filed | July 31, 2025 |
| Failure Date | July 31, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FTFW1EF9DK |
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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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