2007 FORD EXPEDITION — Complaint #626844
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NHTSA Complaint about WHEELS:SPACE SAVER WHEEL filed June 11, 2007
NHTSA complaint #626844 (ODI reference 10192905) concerns a 2007 FORD EXPEDITION and was filed on June 11, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 9, 2007. The vehicle had 5,600 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as wheels:space saver wheel, 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 EXPEDITION cohort independently describe similar wheels:space saver wheel 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 2007 FORD EXPEDITION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARE TIRE WAS 17 INCHES AND THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE 18 INCHES. THE SPARE TIRE WAS PLACED ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO LEAN AND DRIVE DIFFERENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE STANDARD TIRE SIZE WAS 17 INCHES AND THE 18 INCH WHEELS WERE OPTIONAL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 5,600.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 626844 |
| ODI Number | 10192905 |
| Date Filed | June 11, 2007 |
| Failure Date | June 9, 2007 |
| VIN | 1FMFU18517L |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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