1994 FORD F-150 — Complaint #328026
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NHTSA Complaint about PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL filed January 4, 2002
NHTSA complaint #328026 (ODI reference 8001543) concerns a 1994 FORD F-150 and was filed on January 4, 2002. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as parking brake:conventional, 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 parking brake:conventional 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 1994 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
VEHICLE IS PARKED ON AN INCLINE AND EMERGENCY BRAKE ACTIVATED. THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE MADE BY THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE BEGINS TO MOVE DOWNHILL. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 94V1690001, AND HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 328026 |
| ODI Number | 8001543 |
| Date Filed | January 4, 2002 |
| VIN | 2FTDF15Y4RC |
Similar PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL Complaints for 1994 FORD F-150
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSES IT TO ROLL FREELY. SECONDLY, THE BUMPER IS ABNORMALLY LOOSE AND RATTLES. AS
EMERGENCY BRAKE PARKING PAWL WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED UP WITH SELF ADJUSTING RACHET CAUSING IT TO FAIL AND THE VEHICLE TO ROLL. NLM
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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