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1993 FORD F-150 — Complaint #495463

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION:LINES AND FITTINGS filed September 10, 2004

NHTSA complaint #495463 (ODI reference 10091825) concerns a 1993 FORD F-150 and was filed on September 10, 2004. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 18, 2004. The vehicle had 70,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Wisconsin based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:springs:air suspension:lines and fittings, 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 suspension:front:springs:air suspension:lines and fittings 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 1993 FORD F-150 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
1993 FORD F-150
Component
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION:LINES AND FITTINGS
State
Wisconsin
Mileage
70,000 mi

Complaint Description

MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE BED OF TRUCK WAS LAYING ON THE SPRINGS WHEN INSPECTING THE TRUCK FOR AN EXHAUST PROBLEM. THE BRACKET RUSTED BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN. THERE WAS A DEPRESSION IN THE HANGER THAT HELD WATER. THE 2 HANGERS AND SHACKLES WERE REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FLAW. . THIS VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED UNDER THE LW MACHINE PRODUCTS. *AK

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 495463
ODI Number 10091825
Date Filed September 10, 2004
Failure Date August 18, 2004
VIN 1FTDF15N3PL

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.