1994 FORD F-150 — Complaint #719825
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NHTSA Complaint about PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL filed May 13, 2009
NHTSA complaint #719825 (ODI reference 10268605) concerns a 1994 FORD F-150 and was filed on May 13, 2009. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 13, 1995. The vehicle had 20,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. 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
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 A RESULT, THE BUMPER COULD SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. THIRDLY, THE SEAT BACK RECLINES SUDDENLY. LASTLY, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONSISTENTLY ILLUMINATES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE LIGHT INDICATES A FAILURE WITHIN THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 93V184000, 94V018000, 94V169001, AND 96E010000. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,009. UPDATED 6/2/09 *CN UPDATED 06/04/09.*JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 719825 |
| ODI Number | 10268605 |
| Date Filed | May 13, 2009 |
| Failure Date | June 13, 1995 |
| VIN | 2FTDF15Y4RC |
Similar PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL Complaints for 1994 FORD F-150
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 WA
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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