diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts b/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts
index 8df4c7c292..c98de00651 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ class TypeWrapper implements Symbol {
 
 class SymbolWrapper implements Symbol {
   private _tsType: ts.Type;
+  private _members: SymbolTable;
 
   constructor(private symbol: ts.Symbol, private context: TypeContext) {}
 
@@ -825,7 +826,18 @@ class SymbolWrapper implements Symbol {
 
   get definition(): Definition { return definitionFromTsSymbol(this.symbol); }
 
-  members(): SymbolTable { return new SymbolTableWrapper(this.symbol.members, this.context); }
+  members(): SymbolTable {
+    if (!this._members) {
+      if ((this.symbol.flags & (ts.SymbolFlags.Class | ts.SymbolFlags.Interface)) != 0) {
+        const declaredType = this.context.checker.getDeclaredTypeOfSymbol(this.symbol);
+        const typeWrapper = new TypeWrapper(declaredType, this.context);
+        this._members = typeWrapper.members();
+      } else {
+        this._members = new SymbolTableWrapper(this.symbol.members, this.context);
+      }
+    }
+    return this._members;
+  }
 
   signatures(): Signature[] { return signaturesOf(this.tsType, this.context); }
 
@@ -1044,7 +1056,7 @@ class PipeSymbol implements Symbol {
   }
 
   private findTransformMethodType(classSymbol: ts.Symbol): ts.Type {
-    const transform = classSymbol.members['transform'];
+    const transform = classSymbol.members && classSymbol.members['transform'];
     if (transform) {
       return this.context.checker.getTypeOfSymbolAtLocation(transform, this.context.node);
     }
diff --git a/packages/language-service/test/diagnostics_spec.ts b/packages/language-service/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
index 7a4dc1147f..28b11f7976 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,36 @@ describe('diagnostics', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    // Issue #15460
+    it('should be able to find members defined on an ancestor type', () => {
+      const app_component = `
+        import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+        import { NgForm } from '@angular/common';
+
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'example-app',
+          template: \`
+             <form #f="ngForm" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit(f)" novalidate>
+              <input name="first" ngModel required #first="ngModel">
+              <input name="last" ngModel>
+              <button>Submit</button>
+            </form>
+            <p>First name value: {{ first.value }}</p>
+            <p>First name valid: {{ first.valid }}</p>
+            <p>Form value: {{ f.value | json }}</p>
+            <p>Form valid: {{ f.valid }}</p>
+         \`,
+        })
+        export class AppComponent {
+          onSubmit(form: NgForm) {}
+        }
+      `;
+      const fileName = '/app/app.component.ts';
+      mockHost.override(fileName, app_component);
+      const diagnostic = ngService.getDiagnostics(fileName);
+      expect(diagnostic).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
     function addCode(code: string, cb: (fileName: string, content?: string) => void) {
       const fileName = '/app/app.component.ts';
       const originalContent = mockHost.getFileContent(fileName);