2021 FORD F-150 — Complaint #2119346
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS:BULBS filed August 11, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2119346 (ODI reference 11679830) concerns a 2021 FORD F-150 and was filed on August 11, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 1, 2025. The vehicle had 49,000 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:headlights:daytime running lights:bulbs, 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:headlights:daytime running lights:bulbs 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-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vertical daytime running lights on the driverâs and passengerâs side failed to operate as needed. Upon investigation, the contact discovered that the headlight module needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and the contact was informed that the repair would be an out-of-pocket expense to replace the headlight module because the failure was not covered under recall or warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 49,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2119346 |
| ODI Number | 11679830 |
| Date Filed | August 11, 2025 |
| Failure Date | July 1, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FTFW1ED7MF |
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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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