2020 FORD F-250 — Complaint #2154439
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL filed December 5, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2154439 (ODI reference 11703198) concerns a 2020 FORD F-250 and was filed on December 5, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 8, 2025. The vehicle had 144,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Nebraska based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, diesel, 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 fuel system, diesel 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 2020 FORD F-250 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V957000 (Fuel System, Diesel); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact stated that soon after starting the vehicle, the vehicle shut off without warning. The contact made several attempts to restart the vehicle, but the vehicle failed to start. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to the dealer where a diagnostic test was performed. The diagnostic test determined that the high-pressure fuel pump had failed and destroyed the entire fuel system. In addition, the contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V686000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part for the recall repair was unavailable. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was no longer covered under warranty. The contact inquired about th
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2154439 |
| ODI Number | 11703198 |
| Date Filed | December 5, 2025 |
| Failure Date | October 8, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FT7W2BT1LE |
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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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