2017 FORD F-150 — Complaint #2178520
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING filed February 19, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2178520 (ODI reference 11719100) concerns a 2017 FORD F-150 and was filed on February 19, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 19, 2024. The vehicle had 65,208 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Idaho based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling, 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 engine and engine cooling 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-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-150. The contact had previously received notification of Customer Satisfaction Program: 21N03 (Engine Cam Phaser Replacement), and the vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the contact was informed that no repair was needed. The contact stated that a year and a half later, the vehicle made an abnormal ticking sound while idling and while driving at various speeds. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the starter was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with cam phaser failure. The contact related the failure to the Customer Satisfaction Program: 21N03 (Engine Cam Phaser Replacement). The dealer replaced the cam phasers, the timing chain, the gaskets, the water pump, and other unknown parts. The vehicle was repaired at the owner's expense. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was no longer cov
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2178520 |
| ODI Number | 11719100 |
| Date Filed | February 19, 2026 |
| Failure Date | August 19, 2024 |
| VIN | 1FTEW1EG4HK |
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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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