2020 FORD F-250 SD — Complaint #2161486
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL filed December 30, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2161486 (ODI reference 11707750) concerns a 2020 FORD F-250 SD and was filed on December 30, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 22, 2025. The vehicle had 120,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Louisiana 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 SD 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 SD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-250 SD. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed, however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The vehicle lost motive power and the engine seized. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to restart, and a Police Officer assisted the contact in moving the vehicle to the shoulder of the road. The contact stated that the failure occurred while driving on a busy highway, which could have caused someone to be seriously injured. The contact stated that the incident was significantly scary, and the Police Officer arrived after 21 minutes. The contact stated that there were no warning lights illuminated prior to the failure. The contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated after the failure occurred. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the fuel pump had failed, causing metal intrusion in the entire fuel system. The contact was informed that the fuel
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2161486 |
| ODI Number | 11707750 |
| Date Filed | December 30, 2025 |
| Failure Date | November 22, 2025 |
| VIN | 1FT8W2BT5LE |
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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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