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2023 Horton Ford F-550 problems

NHTSA lists 1 complaints for the 2023 Horton Ford F-550, 1 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 1 complaints mention an injury, with 5 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-10.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as HORTON FORD F-550.

At a glance

Complaints
1
With crash
1
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
1
Injuries
5
Deaths
0
Recalls
1
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
34
Investigations
0
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
0

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
SystemComplaintsShare of this vehicle's complaints
AIR BAGS1100.0%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags

These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.

Failure modes
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
restraint or airbag1100.0%0.94
Severities
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
high1100.0%0.90

Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 1 tagged complaints of 1 complaints (100.0%).

Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.

Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.

Recalls

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1 recalls.

24V120000

Date: 2024-02-19. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC.

Defect: Halcore Group, Inc. (Halcore) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Horton emergency vehicles built on Ford F450, F550, and F600 chassis. The left rear steel brake line can contact the strut mount when the rear suspension is lowered, damaging the brake line.

Consequence: A damaged line can leak brake fluid, causing a loss of brakes and increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Dealers will replace and secure the brake line as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 17, 2024. Owners may contact Halcore customer service at 1-800-447-0343.

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

0 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount

Notes on this record

  • Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
  • System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
  • Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
  • A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model labelComplaints
FORD F-5501

Same model, other years

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Other Horton models, 2023

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