2012 FORD F-150 Engine Problems

i dropped my ford truck off for a recall that was done only three months ago and it had an extended warranty (Recall campaign number 19S07/19V075 sudden downshift powertrian control module programming) with it but it didnt fix the problem. when i picked up my truck after them keeping it for two weeks and telling me they had no loaners, they tried to say nothing was wrong with my truck and tried to charge me a $169 diagnostic fee and never even fixed the recalled downshifting transmission problem. But when I am driving it will just downshift almost causing the truck to jerk rapidly to a complete stop. This has almost caused an accident and ford wouldn’t even try to fix it and because I refused to pay for a service I did not request they told me to never come back. My appointment was made online and clearly stated the info about the recall repair not being done right on July 12th 2025. So now I don’t know how to rectify this transmission problem

Driving along I-94, 2012 F150 downshifted immediately from 5 gear to 1 gear. There was no previous issues and no warning lights and codes. Caused significant drive issues and had to pull immediately to side of busy highway. Caused immediately backup and believed to have caused back up accident. After taking to dealership was told it was my Molded Lead Frame. Which had been under an extended warranty BUT since my vehicle is older than 10 years and over 150,000 it is not under warranty. Ford knows about the issued due to the extended warranty issued. However, that warranty still is not effective in taking a MAJOR defect off the roads.

- What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? IGNITION SWITCH, TRACTION CONTROL, ABS, STEERING ANGLE SENSOR, STEERING ANGLE MODULE, MISFIRE CYLINDER 3, TPMS SENSOR LIGHT WITH NO TPMS FAILURES, SHIFTER WILL NOT MOVE WITHOUT FORCE OR HAVING TO TRY AND ENGAUGE THAT GEAR MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR AND BLINKERS IN-OP. "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" WARNING ON DISPLAY. - How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? VEHICLE NO START, LOSS OF TRACTION CONTROL, LOSS OF ABS SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR ON FIRST TRY AND INTERMITTENT DIRECTIONAL FUNCTION. - Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? PROBLEMS CAN BE EASLIY REPRODUCED - ISSUES PRODUCE MIL/ DTC EVEN AFTER CODES HAVE BEEN CLEARED INTERMITTENTLY. OPERATION OF DIRECTIONALS VARIES ON EACH START UP. Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? YES, MULTIPLE ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS - Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? YES. MIL'S INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO: B10F1:14-0A, P0303:00AF, P0316:00-2F, C1963-20, U0428-F0, B1B48:01-8A, U0401:68-08, C1B00:62-0B, U0428:20, C1278:20 AND B1596:20. DASH WARNINGS DISPLAYED: "SERVICE ADVANCED TRAC", "TIRE PRESSURE LOW", "CHECK 4X4", TRACTION CONTROL DASH LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED, TPMS LIGHT FLASHES AND STAYS ILLUMINATED, TRUCK MUST ROLL TO ENGAGE PARKING GEAR, BRAKE LIGHT WILL STAY INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED, ROUGH IDLE, VEHICLE WILL NO START INTERMITTENTLY, INTERMITTENT LOSS OF TRACTION CONTROL, INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ABS, INTERMITTENT LOSS OF DIRECTIONALS, KEY FOB AND DOOR LOCK SWITCH WILL INTERMITTENTLY NOT TRIGGER OR TRIGGER LOCKING MECHANISM. THE DOORS WILL OPEN BUT ECU/PCM THINKS THE VEHICLE IS LOCKED BUT DOORS OPEN AND TRIGGERS ALARM. LOCK BUTTON ON FOB AND DOOR LOCK SWITCH WILL NOT OPERATE.

Wrench icon came on, truck wouldn’t shift out of first gear, speedometer and mileage stopped working. Lead Frame recall according to my mechanic, $2,000 fix out of pocket. Truck only has 140,000 miles but is a 2012 so Ford says I’m outside of the free recall replacement. Had no problems at all until over 135,000 miles, ridiculous that this is paid out of pocket when issues don’t arise until after the approved date

When I was driving on the highway I was going about 65 mph in 6th gear and then without warning my 2012 Ford f150 3.5 truck shifted all the way down to 1st gear which almost caused me to wreck on the highway and other cars to almost slam into me. Now when I try to drive the truck it keeps throwing a wrench and the wrench blinks and my truck will not shift hardly at all between the gears. After I have researched this issue I see that there has been 4 recalls and a few CSP notices for the make and modle of my truck. The recall numbers are #19V075000, 12V190000, 16V248000, 12V198000 and the CSP campaign number is #16N02 regarding the lead frame issue that causes the extreme downshift. I contact the ford dealership to try and get this fixed and they said there is nothing they can do to help me.

Transmission Repairs, Molded Lead Frame Components Due to sudden downshift symptoms from sixth speed, gear to fist speed gear while drive higher speeds and low speeds. $1,421.00 Repairs completed 9/10/2025, at [XXX] , [XXX] , [XXX] . [XXX] , [XXX] , [XXX] , knowingly sold this said vehicle as Certified Pre-OWNED 8/27/2025. Now additional concerns, issues have been discovered with said vehicle Monday, September 22, 2025, AM, 1. Oil burning odor inside the passenger compartment. Vacuum Pump Gasket Failure, allowing oil to drip onto the exhaust manifold hot engine parts, components. Valve Cover Gasket Leaks. Safety consideration, due to symptoms, this vehicle is UNSAFE to operate, drive. Technical bulletins TSB’s were stated as issued from Ford Motor Company Engineering Service Operations, Ford Customer Service Division, Mr. [XXX] , Director, Ford Motor Company, [XXX] , [XXX] . Symptoms include Fuel Dilution PCV System TSB 15-00003, addresses fuel odor inside the passenger cabin on EcoBoost engines, this 3.5 L V6 (DOHC) Turbocharged Twin, PCV Valve Calibrations to reduce the fuel dilution in the engine oil. Oil leaks from the valve cover gaskets and turbo seals especially when accelerating and stopping said vehicle. Creating the oil dripping onto hot engine parts, components, causing the strong burnt oil smell within inside the passenger compartment while driving said vehicle. Intercooler condensation, 2011-2012 EcoBoost 3.5L V6 engine experiences intercooler condensation leading to above symptoms and causing stumbling while driving, operating said vehicle and misfiring, which also creates is accompanied by odors within passenger compartment. Safe Concern, vehicle can cause, catch fire due to oil, fuel leak, seapage into related component areas, while driving, operating. Your serious attention please and the costs asso INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

While driving, wrench light comes on dash and I lose ability to accelerate. Have to turn truck off and on again to clear this problem but then it will continue to come back. Unsafe as it downshifts to first gear while driving. Doing research online, this is a common problem with Ford F150 and you issued campaign 19N01 in 2019 - Transmission Molded Leadframe Extended coverage. Problem is, this just started happening to my vehicle, and it looks like this extended warranty would have expired in 2022 or 2023. I purchased the truck used in 2020, but never knew about this. And since I wasn’t having these issues till a few weeks ago, I would not have been covered. I am writing as there are numerous other drivers having this same issue now after the warranty expired, and are having to pay $1500-$4000 out of pocket to fix a known issue. This seems like it should be a recall fixed free of charge, no matter when it starts happening. Just because it happens now vs before 2022-2023 does not make the issue any less serious. This can still cause accidents. Is there any solution to having this covered by Ford? Can the campaign be extended or just be turned into a repair recall?

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the cam phasers and timing chain had failed, causing engine failure. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the VIN was not covered under a recall or warranty. The manufacturer referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 67,000.

Mileage: 67,000

The cam phasers are in need of changing. Ford has acknowledged they are aware of the problems with the 3.5 Ecoboost engine but will not take responsibility and repair them. I definitely can not pay for this type of tepair

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the timing chain and valve had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 151,000.

Mileage: 151,000

Engine coolant over temperature condition. Cylinder head overtemperature condition. Engine air filter restriction pending. Ceased running boards/ rusted. Broken suspensions and bad tie rods. Bluetooth doesn’t connect sometimes. Engine or turbo making loud noises when accelerated.

2012 f150 3. 5L Ecoboost engine. Had the all too well known rattle at start up because of failed to ing components/timing chain stretched. Repair cost me 5k dollars and failed AGAIN after only 4000 miles. Got code for timing being over-retarded. Took to dealer that initially did the job. Were supposed to repair at no cost to me, in my opinion anyway. Then they send me a video and tell me something else with the timing was the issue. When I called back to confirm, the story changed again that they never replaced the current failed part in the first place. All these engines have the same problem spanning numerous years and not my truck is being held hostage because they want another 15,000 from me for a new engine! 20,000 for a remanufactured engine is crazy! Please help owners and investigate this issue with Ford Ecoboost engines!

ECM automatically downshifts to fifth or third gear. The picture uploaded is a picture while driving on interstate.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 40-50 MPH, the vehicle hesitated and jerked. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal, but the vehicle hesitated and lost motive power. The transmission slipped and downshifted to first gear. The contact was able to move over to the side of the road. The wrench warning light and the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact turned off the vehicle and waited for a while. The vehicle was restarted and returned to normal functionality; however, the vehicle failed to get up to speed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the lead frame needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle had been taken to the dealer weeks prior the failure for service. The contact was provided with the manufacturer's recall number: 19N01 and an unknown update was performed on the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHSTA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 175,000.

Mileage: 175,000

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated when the vehicle started, there was an abnormal rattling sound coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with failed variable camshaft timing (VCT) cam phasers. The contact was informed that the VCT cam phasers and the timing chain needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The contact was advised to contact the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 74,000.

Mileage: 74,000

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated while depressing the accelerator pedal, there was an abnormally loud sound coming from the engine. An independent mechanic was contacted. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the air conditioner had seized, and the pulley from the engine was damaged and had detached from the engine. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

This truck is a safety hazard! The waterpump had to be replaced due to overheating, plus numerous other engine issues. it only has 137,000 miles on it But the REAL safety hazard is the power steering goes out at random times. and when this happens the dash goes blank. This has happened 4 times and each time we were lucky it was not on a busy highway, and close to home. The mechanic did everything he knew to do, and when we got it back....It did it again!!! Now, supposedly it is fixed, and we drove it home with no issues.....but...again, they are random, and I am scared to drive the truck. Will it take someone getting killed for this recall to happen? I have seen numerous post about this happening to others. I live on a winding back road, and if the power steering went out, I dont think it would end well. We are thinking of selling it, but I cant in my heart sell it to someone knowing these issues, and if we trade at a dealership, they will find numerous problems and never give us what it is worth, even though these problems are not from neglect

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle downshifted with the check engine, transmission, and the air bag warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was restarted; however, the failure recurred. The contact also noticed the vehicle had gone into LIMP Mode after the vehicle was restarted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the lead frame failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHSTA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 187,000.

Mileage: 187,000

Driving down the road at 60 mph and heard a boom pulled over and seen oil coming out of motor and a pulley was broken off of the timing housing of the motor putting a hole in motor where pulley used to be. (Did some research ford 2011-2012 do not have supports on engine housing where pulley mounts but the newer 5.0 motors do have the supports to stop motor from breaking where pulley mounts I will include photos below the new supplied replacement part has supports) This has happened to multiple people

Driving at approximately 40-50 mph and it suddenly downshifted to 2nd gear, stopping the truck. This was the first time this happened. Recall 19s07 was performed on 05/03/2019 that supposedly fixed and prevented this from happening.

Transmission lead frame module needs replacement. Truck will not shift properly and the wrench light illuminated on dash; I took it for an assessment and it was determined that the lead frame module was bad. I found a safety recall for the lead frame module for my truck for which I never received any correspondence about and would like to have it investigated.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated that upon attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start as intended, prompting the contact to attempt to jump-start the vehicle, but the vehicle failed to start. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the power train control module. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure reoccurred. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer, who then diagnosed an additional failure with the engine. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, a case was opened, and the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 168,000.

Mileage: 168,000

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while his son was driving at an undisclosed speed, he heard an abnormal sound emanating from the engine compartment. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to Customer Satisfaction Program: 19N01 (Lead frame Extended Coverage). The manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 137,000.

Mileage: 137,000

At 76,000 miles my Turbo’s started leaking engine coolant. From what I am told the rubber seal failed on the lines from the radiator to the turbos. The repair parts are cheap but the labor is intensive (7.5 hrs). To get to the turbos in 7.5 hrs the cab has to be lifted off the chassis. Without lifting it takes longer. In the end I spent over $2000 to fix some pieces of rubber. I consider this a design flaw that is costing the consumer big money. I am [XXX] old. This is the only car I ever owned that had engine trouble at 76,000 miles. I am soured on Ford at this time. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Ecoboost engine shut down on highway in rush hour traffic. Had my truck in the shop after 9526.00 in repairs and new engine it happened again this week. 1 year later. My truck was under 2 warranty extensions . And was in the Ford dealership at those times. I mentioned to service manager that it seems that possible could be the problem. Now I'm stuck with this mess . And it took 18 months for them to fix/ not fix it. Ford dealership

hello i purchased my truck in april 2020.since this purchase this past year i've been on the highway and all of the sudden truck drops down from 65mph to 20mph. no injurys in these three separate instances. I will file this claim and visit closest dealer.

highway traveling, transmission dropped into lowest gear from 65mph. no injury of myself or others in the vehicle. no accident occurred as result. I have not taken the issue up with the manufacturer or scheduled inspection. no other representatives police, insurance were contacted. no warning lights on dash when this happened two separate times since owning the vehicle in 2021.

Attempted to merge onto a highway and car stayed in first and not allowing for proper acceleration. Ended up not being included under a current recall. Replace the lead frame connector in the transmission.

Cylinder 2 had a stored code for misfire and oil and coolant mixture leaking from block. With the F150 raised up on the lift I removed the lower splash shields and continued inspection. Oil was found predominantly on passenger side with a mixture of oil and coolant leaking out drivers side. Using my lab scope I was able to locate the damage in the block. A large crack split down in a Y pattern. This split is located on cylinder #2 location. I would say #2 connecting rod has impacted block due to internal failure.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was being serviced for an oil change. The contact stated that the dealer observed condensation in the coolant reservoir and diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 158,000.

Mileage: 158,000

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated that after starting the engine, a rattling noise was present coming from the engine compartment and the vehicle would not properly accelerate. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the engine cam phasers and engine timing system needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

Truck has jumped time and or timing chain stretched will driving truck geared down and was like it went into limp mode I turn the truck off and back on it straightened out enough to get it home dealer said it was the timing chain after running scans on it

Mileage: 176,763

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to respond and went into LIMP Mode. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact veered to the side of the road. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle several times; however, the failure persisted. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to exceed 30 MPH. The contact was able to drive to the residence. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the timing chain had failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 145,000.

Mileage: 145,000

Turbo booster are causing the wastegate to be stuck in the open position and then causing the gas pedal to accelerate on its own.

The problem with this vehicle is the body control module has gone out. It controls everything from the safety functions to back up cameras and engine function and starting. My truck first, lost its back up camera within the first year of purchase, then the driver side, turn signals, stopped working, the battery drains overnight, and the latest issue is that the truck will turn off while driving down the road. Three months ago, the engine cut off and all systems locked up while I was driving 45 mph in town. There are no issues with any other system in the truck. Mechanics have tested everything and state. It is only the body control module. I am unable to purchase a body control module from Ford and my mechanic, the Ford mechanics, the Ford distributor for this region, nor Carmax, where I bought the car can get the part because Ford says that all of their shelf held parts for this vehicle type are defective. They state is a known issue and there is no date for resolution at all. The date on the shelf hold is zero month zero day zero year meaning no date. The body control module in this series of Ford F1 50s is a “known issue” to Ford. Due to their semi conductor manufacturer contract that has lapsed for this older technology, they state that the 4000 vehicle’s that currently require this part are not they’re greatest concern. They stated that there is an indefinite “shelf hold” on this part due to their only being less than 50 of them available for anyone to purchase. Those parts that are being held are also suspect of defect. Since I have only owned this vehicle for two years and it is under the extended warranty, I purchased with it having only 19,000 miles on it that I have put on it, it seems that they should at least allow me to buy one of the shelf, held pieces to replace mine. Please help the 4000 of us. Please encourage them to do what’s right for all of us. I still owe $17k on a non-running vehicle Carmax or Ford wont buy back.

3.5L ecoboost timing chain failure at only 58,000 miles (code P0016 possible turbo problems TBD Front suspension springs are broken. All of these are common threads on many forums. Ford should be held accountable even though mine is 10 years old, the mileage is the issue. FWIW, they completely redesigned the engine a few years later, but never notified anyone to watch out for these common problems or offer a recall

Illuminated wrench light followed by malfunctioning speedometer, cruise control, & turn signal cancellation. Delayed and no gear shifting including an unexpected transmission downshift to 1st gear occurring at 40 mph: rear wheels locked up, engine revved to redline, had to put hazard flashers on and shut engine down in heavy moving traffic. Finally Check Engine/Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL); later reading P0720 code.

Timing chains stretch, cam phasers fail , timing chain tensioners fail . This resulting in engine failure, ford charges $5000 for timing chain phasers and tensioners

The safety recall for my 2012 Ford F-150 that was to fix a sudden downshift on the truck did not work. From what I have read; the root cause for this random downshifting is identified by as this: a defective bulk head connector. When trans fluid leaks past the bulk head sealing rings it can disrupt the transmission's output speed sensor signal. When this happens the ECM automatically downshifts to second or first gear. to fix this issue Ford released a TSB that was comprised of a software update designed to prevent the ECM from automatically downshifting when the loss of signal occurs (I don't know what other conditions have to occur simultaneously). This fix is less labor intensive (thus cheaper) than replacing the actual bulk head connector assembly. Ford has released a revised part number for the bulkhead connector as well. The sudden downshift which has always been prevalent on this truck continues to happen, it’s a safety concern that is going to cost me a lot of money to fix that they should be fixing instead of programming a software update that is a temporary fix.

The issue that is wrong with this vehicle matches a previous recall that Ford has put out for the same year, make, model. However, this vehicle was excluded from the recall. The recall is 19S07 for the other vehicles. This recall needs to be extended to more than just the 1.2 million vehicles that were recalled. This issue is common in this vehicle, even in ones that were not included in the call. This is a Ford issue, not a customer/owner issue. It caused my vehicle to lose control of the speedometer, it dropped to zero. It caused my vehicle to get stuck in a gear and not be able to move out of it. This causes a safety issue for not only myself but other vehicles around. It can cause car accidents due to the sudden jerking and decrease in speed. I have had this issue diagnosed by a Ford dealer AND independent transmission shop. The issue gives no warning and pops up randomly. People’s lives are at risk. EXTEND THE RECALL!!!!!

Our truck suddenly went into "limp-mode," for no reason. When we turned the truck off and back on, it was fine.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the contact attempted to accelerate however, the vehicle failed to respond. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled over and turned off and restarted the vehicle. The vehicle drove normally however, the check engine warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where an unknown calibration was performed however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle was out of warranty. The contact was referred to the NHTSA for assistance. The failure mileage was 139,501.

Mileage: 139,501

Brake Failure: The brake Vacuum Boost pump is failing which causes a loss of power assist brakes. This is a massive safety issue and can cause serious accidents. Oddly Fors no longer manufactures the Bracket to be able to replace the pump and there is no aftermarket alternative. My Dealer tells me their notes from ford say obtains from aftermarket but I have scoured the internet and nobody makes the bracket. IT's a terrible design and a huge safety issue that should be recalled completely . Ford watts to charge over $900 to fix it but cant even get the parts as described above. Transmission Lead Rail: Recently had the Transmission Lead rail fail whcih casued sudden downshiting at highway speeds and the shift indicator to not illuinate. THis again is a massive safetey issue that Ford issued sevral TSB on but never recalled. This almost got me killed on thehighway a few times. They charged me over $1500 to replace the LEAD rail when again this defcetive design and craftsmenship that is a massive safetey issue and should be fully recalled. Engine Stutter: My truck has almost always stuttered anytime you wne tover hal throtle, There are sveral TSB on this but FORD has not stepped up and taken care o fht eissue via recall. Apprnetly moisture build up in the inercooler and gets sucked into the intake due to poor design. Timing Chain Stretch: I now have Timing chain stretch, this also seems ot be quite common due to poor design. Rear Door Failure: I can no longer open my rear half door due to failure of internal plastic door components. You can research any o fhtese issues and find that htey are very common pronlems in F150 and other Ford vehicles due to their negligence in design and engineering and some are huge safetey issues that FORD has somehow been alloweed to ignore or issue insufficinet TSB instead of Recall.

My 2012 Ford F-150 has 98000 miles on it right now. Right about when it reached 90000 miles on it, it started having this loud rattling sound during startups, coming from the engine compartment. Everywhere I looked, it stated it was a “timing chain” issue. I took it to 2 separate Ford dealerships, each numerous times, and neither would fix the issue, apparently because the issue did happened at the dealership. Note, the truck was still on the warranty at the time. Now, 8000 miles later, the issue has gotten worse. The noise is getting louder and last for almost 3-5 seconds. I don’t know what to do. I don’t feel I have to put out of my pocket to fix this problem.

I began to hear timing chain rattle upon cold start up around 100000miles. I had the motor replaced at 122,000miles and both turbos per dealer and extended warranty recommendation. Now after strictly following oil change intervals over the last 28,000miles I am in the same boat. I have horrible chain rattle upon cold engine crank on a new motor.

Wrench light comes on and down shifts without warning. Very scary when on the highway at 70mph

Throttle body - Truck stalls, reduced power

Vehicle shut off while driving approx 30 mph making a slight right hand turn. Thus losing all throttle, power steering and power brakes. Vehicle error message is low oil pressure but oil level is checked out to be good. Based on online research the culprit is an overheated fuel pump fuse and a very common issue.

When driving, vehicle will drop from 50 mph to 0, causing a sudden stop. Vehicle then will struggle to get out of first gear, and whine. Vehicle will not move in the speedometer, and will not shift past first gear.

After starting the vehicle and putting it into drive, the vehicle would not shift out of 1st gear. RPS revved nearly to red-line and even when I removed my foot from the gas pedal, the revs remained high. Even when underway, the speedometer registered 0 MPH and the odometer was showing only dashes "-------------". After a short time, the wrench symbol appeared on the display and the airbag warning icon was illuminated. I pulled over and turned the truck off and back on and it operated normally. No error codes were stored and my service shop will not work on it since it is not happening all the time. On a different occasion about a week ago, I was driving up a residential street incline and the truck was not shifting from 2nd gear. I pressed the accelerator more and all of sudden the truck shifted extremely rough jerking myself and my passenger unsafely. After this the truck stuck in gear, displayed the wrench symbol and illuminated the air bag warning icon. This looks to be highly related to Ford Safety Recall 19S07 but my truck is not covered by this recall.

IN JUNE OF 2018 I PURCHASED MY 2012 F150 5.0 WITH 16,250 MILES. I NOW HAVE 40,650. BACK IN OCT OF 2020 I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRUCKS ENGINE SPUTTERING, CHUGGING, ETC.. WHEN ACCELERATING IN DAY TO DAY TO TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE WOULD RUN VERY ROUGH WHILE I SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WAITING FOR THE TRUCK TO "WORK THROUGH IT" OR COMPLETELY DIE. I'D WAIT A FEW MINUTES, START IT BACK UP AND BE ON MY WAY. I CAN BE SITTING AT A LIGHT, IT TURNS GREEN AND I TAKE OFF AND IT'LL ACT UP OR EVEN WHEN I'M TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD A CAR IN FRONT OF ME SLOWS DOWN TO TURN AND AFTER THEY TURN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND IT ACTS UP. IT THROWS NO CODES BUT I'M A SITTING DUCK OUT THERE WHEN THIS HAPPENS DUE TO THE EXTREME QUICK LOSS OF POWER. IN MOST CASES OF THIS HAPPENING I USUALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC CAUSING UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR ALL. ITS VERY RANDOM AND UNPREDICTABLE EVIDENT BY IT OCCURRING SEVERAL TIMES IN A WEEK OR NOT AT ALL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. AS SOON AS THIS ISSUE BEGAN I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED BY MY MECHANIC BUT IT STILL CONTINUED. MY MECHANIC EVEN KEPT MY TRUCK TO DRIVE AROUND AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING TWO SPERATE WEEKS TO "RE-ENACT" THE ISSUE, BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED. WITHIN A DAY OR TWO OF GETTING IT BACK FROM HIM IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I'VE BEEN TO FORD AND IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN'T THROW A CODE THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU, "BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO FOR YOU JUST LET THEM KNOW". THIS IS A HASSLE, UNSAFE SITUATION THAT I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW WITH NO ONE ABLE TO GIVE ME ANY ANSWERS TO FIX THIS. YES, I'VE SEEN AND HEARD THE LIST OF EVERYTHING IT COULD POSSIBLE BE FROM BUMPER TO BUMPER. I NEED A RESOLUTION BECAUSE I'VE EXTINGUISHED ALL OTHER AVENUES.

Mileage: 40,000

MANIFOLD LEAK, CHIRPING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING.

Mileage: 5,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150 THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DARKENED DURING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT MOVED ONTO THE ROAD SHOULDER, SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND OPENED THE DOOR TO RESET THE COMPUTER. THE CONTACT THEN UNLOCKED THE DOOR, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT PERFORMED A SELF DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON THE VEHICLE AND RETRIEVED DTC CODES: P0722, P1500, T0720 WHICH CONFIRMED A LOSS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SPEED SENSOR WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DON RICH FORD COMPANY INC (221 E MONTGOMERY ST, VILLA RICA, GA 30180, (770) 459-5132) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER DECLINED TO RE-FLASH THE COMPUTER AS REQUESTED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000.*DT*JB

Mileage: 139,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HILL ON A MAIN STREET WITH MY KIDS WHEN MY F150 2012 SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID REAR ENDING ME ALSO. I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR AND MAKE MY WAY TO MY HOUSE. I TOLD MY WIFE WHAT HAPPENED AND SHE MENTIONED THAT SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED TO HER. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL TO SOLVE THE ISSUE AND COULD FIX IT IN APPROXIMATELY SIX DAYS. AFTER PICKING THE TRUCK UP THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED ON THE DRIVE HOME. IT DROPPED INTO FIRST GEAR FROM 3RD OR 4TH AND ALMOST LOCKED UP THE TIRES ON A BUSY ROAD. I WAS EXTREMELY UPSET WITH FORD FOR RETURNING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE STATING THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM WITHOUT TESTING IT TO BE SURE AND PUTTING MY FAMILY IN DANGER. I CALLED THEM BACK AND THEY SAID THAT WAS THE ONLY FIX ON THE RECALL. I HOPE FORD IS NOT GETTING OFF THAT EASY BY DOING A SOFTWARE FIX WHEN OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM IS BIGGER. THEY MUST BE HELD TO A SAFE STANDARD AND ACCOUNTABLE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF NOT ONLY THEIR CUSTOMERS BUT OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROADS. THE FACT THAT THE MECHANICS ARE NOW TELLING ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THEY KNOW THE FIX BUT WANT US THE CONSUMERS TO PAY TO FIX THEIR WIDE SPREAD ISSUES IS FRUSTRATING AND SCARY IMAGING HOW MANY PEOPLE WONT BE ABLE TO OR WANT TO FIX THE ISSUE AND SELL THE VEHICLES PASSING THE SAFETY HAZARD ON.

Mileage: 107,000

THE 2011-2013 FORD F-150 ECO BOOST IS KNOWN TO HAVE TIMING CHAIN STRETCH ISSUES CAUSING POSSIBLE TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. 25 MONTHS AGO WE SPENT $3,700 HAVING CAMS AND PHASERS AND ALL CHAINS REPAIRED BY A FORD CERTIFIED DEALER WITH FORD MOTOR CRAFT PARTS. LESS THAN 1 MONTH FOLLOWING THE WARRANTY OF THE WORK THE SECONDARY TIMING CHAIN HAS FAILED LEAVING THE VEHICLE USEABLE WHILE MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER $3,700 REPAIR PLUS A TOW AND INCONVENIENCE FOR A KNOWN AND REPEATED PROBLEM AND FORD WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THESE ISSUES.

Mileage: 229,000

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN AS SOON AS I GOT OUT MY TRUCK SUDDENLY LOCKED UP AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE SERVICE LIGHT AND ALSO THE WRENCH LIGHT AND AS I WAS DRIVING MY SPEEDOMETER WOULDN'T GO PAST 0 BUT WOULD STILL ACCELERATE. THIS WAS HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING ABOUT 15MPH.

Mileage: 121,780

MY TRUCK WAS 10,000 MILES OUT OF ITS EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN ON COLD START UP THE ENGINE WOULD RATTLE ON STARTUP. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER IN MY AREA AND WAS TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN AND CAM PHASERS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER HAD MY TRUCK FOR 2 MONTHS. WITH PARTS ON BACK ORDER. WITH THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE I HAD DONE THE TOTAL BILL WAS 3,085.51. THE TRUCK WAS REGULARLY SERVICED EVERY 5,000 MILES BY A FORD DEALER. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS NOT LACK OF MAINTENANCE IT WAS AN ENGINEERING FLAW FROM THE MANUFACTURER. DUE TO THIS I FEEL LIKE I SHOULDN'T BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.

Mileage: 60,364

I COMPLETED RECALL... SOFTWARE PROBLEM WHICH CAUSES TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND CAUSE WRECK

Mileage: 177,400

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS WARP AND IN TURN BREAK OFF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUD AT THE REAR OF THE MANIFOLD MAKING A VERY LARGE EXHAUST LEAK AT THE BLOCK WHERE IT MEETS THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD THIS HAPPENED UNDER NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION ON HIGHWAYS

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED AT VEHICLE START-UP. THE CONTACT SPARKED FUSES 7 AND 8 TOGETHER TO RESTART AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CONTACTED SELLERS-SEXTON PRE-OWNED TRUCKS AND IMPORTS (509 VFW MEMORIAL DR, ST ROBERT, MO 65584, (573) 336-4060) WHO RELOCATED THE FUSE LINES FOR THE FUEL PUMP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

TIMING CHAIN AND PHASERS FAILURE AT 71K MILES. BASED ON QUICK INTERNET SEARCH THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT FORD REFUSES TO REPAIR AFTER WARRANTY DESPITE BEING DESIGN FLAW

Mileage: 71,000

TRUCK WAS GOING 75 DOWN 127 DOWNSHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR WOULD NOT GO OUT OF SECOND GEAR VERY DANGEROUS LOCAL FORD WOULD NOT REPAIR THERE ARE 2 SAFETY FIELD SERVICE ACTIONS OUT ON THIS TRUCK NUMBER 15N05 ELECTRIC VACUUM PUMP AND NUMBER 19N01 TRANSMISSION MOLDED LEAD FRAME EXTENDED COVERAGE FOR UP TO 150,00 ACCORDING TO A LETTER BY NHTSA I HAVE RECIEVED AFTER PURCHASING THE TRUCK

Mileage: 137,389

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT WOODY FOLSOM FORD (1633 GOLDEN ISLES W, BAXLEY, GA 31513) FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE RADIATOR HOSE WAS LEAKING. THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53,000.

Mileage: 53,000

TIMING CHAIR RATTLE AND ENGINE MISFIRES DUE TO STRETCH IN TIMING CHAIN. ENGINE GOES IN LUMP MODE AND LOOSES POWER.

Mileage: 85,000

TRANSMISSION SHIFT JERK OR HESITATION WHEN HITTING THE GAS FOR SOME REASON. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAVE 41,000 MILES. NOT SURE WHY IT'S DOING IT.

STARTED TO STUMBLE UPON ACCELERATION. DIAGNOSED WITH TIMING CHAIN NEEDS REPLACEMENT BOTH TURBOCHARGERS NEED REPLACED. TRUCK IS A 2012 F 150 WITH LESS THAN 89000 MILES. OIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHANGED WITHIN RECOMMENDED INTERVALS.THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEMS FOR THIS MOTOR, FORD ISSUED A TSB ON TIMING CHAIN STRETCH. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURE PART FAILURE, AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.

Mileage: 88,000

TIMING CHAIN BROKE

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH IN FOG, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PASS A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE VEHICLE HESITATED, FAILED TO ACCELERATE, AND DECELERATED TO 60 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, THE RPMS FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 2000-4000, AND THE GEAR SHIFTED FROM FOURTH TO SIXTH GEAR. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

Mileage: 51,000

I AM THE THIRD OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. WE PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH AROUND 114,000 MILES. WITHIN A WEEK AND A HALF, THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING WHILE DRIVING/ENGINE RUNNING. UPON FURTHER REVIEW, THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACED. DUE TO THE FACT WE DO NOT KNOW PREVIOUS OWNER(S), UNSURE IF IT WAS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE OR A MANUFACTURER ISSUES. MECHANIC COULD NOT BE DEFINITIVE.

Mileage: 117,000

LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON AND TRUCK SHUTS DOWN, LOW OIL PRESSURE SENSOR REPLACED BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST, VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN 2 MONTHS

Mileage: 65,000

I TOOK MY 2012 F-150 TO BYERS FORD IN DELAWARE,OH. THEY WERE TO PERFORM THE 19S07 RECALL. THEY SAID THEY DID IT. AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP I NOTICED IMMEDIATELY THAT THE TRUCK SHIFTS VERY QUICKLY INTO FIRST AND THE BRAKES FELT DIFFERENT. THEN SINCE I HAVE PUT 4 BOTTLES OF COOLANT IN IT IN LESS THAN 3 MONTHS. OVERHEATING FREQUENTLY AFTER ONLY 15-20 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THEN THE BREAKS DON'T WORK HALF THE TIME AND THE LIGHT COMES ON SERVICE BRAKES, I HAVE THEM CHECKED BY FORD THEY SAY NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. NOW THE TRUCK SHAKES, OVERHEATING FREQUENTLY, BRAKES WORK PART OF THE TIME, WHERE IS THE COOLANT GOING? NO LIQUIDS ON THE GROUND UNDER THE TRUCK BUT IT SMELLS BURNT AND WET IN THE TAILPIPE. NOW BYERS FORD IS SAYING THAT IT IS JUST DUE TO 2 MORE RECALLS, ONE BEING THE VACUUM PUMP AND THE OTHER IS THE TRANSMISSION MODULE, BUT THEY SAY IT SHOULD BE OKAY TO DRIVE, THEY CAN'T GET ME A RENTAL CAR AND THEY CAN'T GET ME IN UNTIL OCTOBER 9TH BUT THEY SAY TO JUST KEEP DRIVING IT WITH MY BREAKS BARELY WORKING HALF THE TIME BECAUSE OF THE VACUUM PUMP AND IT OVERHEATING ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT, HAVING TO FILL IT UP WITH COOLANT, LOSS OF POWER, SLUGGISH, MANY RANDOM COMPUTER ISSUES IT SEEMS BUT THEY SAY TO DRIVE IT? MY ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION BOTH OVERHEAT AND MAJOR IS I HAVE NO BREAKS HALF THE TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE OR WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT AND ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES THAT THE FIRST RECALL CREATED. THE TRUCK HAD NO PROBLEMS BEFORE THE RECALL AND NOW A BIG MESS THAT IS ABOUT TO BLOW UP THAT NOW HAS 2 MORE ADDITIONAL RECALLS BECAUSE OF THE FIRST ONE.

Mileage: 105,000

UPON COLD STARTUP MY TRUCK MAKES A TERRIBLE RATTLING NOISE FOR 2-5 SECONDS. THEIR IS A CURRENT TSB OUT TO FIX THIS ISSUE FROM FORD TO REPLACE PRIMARY CHAIN AND ALL 4 PHASERS. THIS ONLY GETS FIXED UNDER NEW VEHICLE LIMITED WARRANTY, WHICH MY TRUCK IS OUT OF. FORD ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT UNWILLING TO ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THIS ISSUE FOR THE MANY PEOPLE IT IS AFFECTING.

Mileage: 61,000

VACUUM PUMP RUNS EXCESSIVELY AND IS NOISY. THIS IS ALREADY A KNOWN CONDITION TO FOMOCO. THEY ADVISE MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER COVERED U DER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION EXTENDED SERVICE BULLETIN. HTTPS://FORD.OEMDTC.COM/1760/15N05-ELECTRIC-VACUUM-PUMP-EXTENDED-COVERAGE-2011-2012-FORD-F-150 FORD REFERENCE # CAS-24279039-D5H0K6

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE BRAKES SEIZED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CLASSIC FORD GALVESTON (7700 BROADWAY ST, GALVESTON, TX 77554, (409) 744-5711) WHERE THE OIL LEVEL WAS CHECKED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS FINE AND THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

Mileage: 142,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO FIRST WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ALMOST CAUSING MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE SUDDEN DOWN SHIFT OVER SPUN THE MOTOR, RESULTING IN A LOWER ENGINE KNOCK WHICH A CERTIFIED FORD TECHNICIAN BELIEVES IS THE RESULT OF A BEARING FAILURE. EVEN THOUGH THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED A CYLINDER LEAKAGE TEST IN WHICH NO INDICATION OF VALVE INTERFERENCE WAS IDENTIFIED, THE FORD ENGINEER HE WAS DEALING WITH SAID HE HAD SEEN THIS ISSUE BEFORE! THIS IS THE SAME RECALL ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSED MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS! THERE ARE DOZENS OF BLOG POSTS WHERE THIS ISSUE HAS CAUSED, AT THE VERY LEAST, MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIPS AND IN RARE CASES (NOT INCLUDING MINE), ENGINE FAILURE. I HAVE CALCULATED THE ENGINES RPM'S USING THE FORMULA: AXLE RATIO X VEHICLE SPEED X TRANSMISSION RATIO X 336.13) / TIRE DIAMETER = ENGINE SPEED. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE ENGINE'S RPM'S WERE AT AN ESTIMATED 9,074 RPM'S [(3.55 X 60MPH X 4.17 X 336.13)/32.9]. THE TACHOMETER ONLY GOES TO 7,000 RPM'S! THERE ARE TWO RECALLS (19N01 AND 19S07) THAT CAN CAUSE INTERMITTENT SHIFTING INTO FIRST. THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT, I WENT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T GET ME IN FOR RECALL FIXES BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO "TAKE CARE OF THEIR PAYING CUSTOMERS FIRST." I HAVE TALKED WITH FOUR DIFFERENT FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES, THE ANSWER HAS BEEN THE SAME; "THERE IS NOTHING FORD MOTOR COMPANY CAN DO FOR YOU AT THIS TIME." I FEEL FORD HAS BEEN VERY NEGLECTFUL IN TAKING RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS ISSUE, NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT THE COUNTLESS OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 152,000

SECONDARY TIMING CHAIN LINK CAME APART SOON AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN 2015 AT 66,000 MILES MY WARRANTY PAID FOR IT. NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. 2 TIME CHAIN LINKS FALL APART. FORD IS NOT PAYING FOR THIS BECAUSE MY WARRANTY WAS UP 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT IS NOT A PRE CERTIFIED TRUCK, MILES ARE 120,066 MILES. 2 TIMING CHAIN LINKS BREAK IN 4 YEARS???????? THE TECHNICIANS AT SANTA MARIA FORD SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. FORD IS DENYING TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR!!!!!!!

Mileage: 120,066

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING OVER 70 MPH. THE CONTACT HEARD A BEEP SOUND AND THE LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE ROAD SHOULDER, RESTART THE ENGINE, AND DRIVE TO DAVID WILSON'S VILLA FORD (2550 NORTH TUSTIN STREET, ORANGE, CA 92865, (714)-509-5615). THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT LOCATED FAILURE CODE: 27 (FUEL PUMP). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FUSE WAS LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT CAUSED THE FUSE TO OVERHEAT. THE DEALER RELOCATED THE FUEL PUMP FUSE TO ANOTHER AREA THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE THE FUEL PUMP FUSE TO OVERHEAT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

Mileage: 94,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 25 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO MOVE THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT CONTINUED TO DECELERATE. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAC HAIK FORD (515 I-35E, DESOTO, TX 75115, (972) 223-8050) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN UPDATE NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,264.

Mileage: 98,264

ON AT LEAST 6 OCCASIONS, TRUCK MISFIRES AND SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN UNDER LOAD OR ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. PULL OFF ROAD OR LET OFF OF ACCELERATOR AND ENGINE RESUMES NORMAL OPERATION. HAPPENED ONCE PULLING EMPTY TRAILER, HAPPENED 4 TIMES MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE. HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES PASSING / ACCELERATING ON INTERSTATE. FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS WHEN TRUCK SHAKES VIOLENTLY ON INTERSTATE. ROADS WERE WET OR RAINY CONDITIONS IN LAST 5 INCIDENTS. 2012 F150 FX4 WITH ONLY 87000 MILES. NO ACCIDENTS. TRUCK MAINTAINED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

Mileage: 87,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V075000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WILLIAM MIZELL FORD (LOCATED AT 330 US-25, WAYNESBORO, GA 30830, (706) 554-2114) WHERE THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. AS SOON AS THE CONTACT LEFT THE DEALER, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO JUMP WHEN DOWNSHIFTING, AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND TEST DRIVEN, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD NEED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR A WHILE FOR IT TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

Mileage: 91,000

TSB 15-0131 TIMING CHAIN STRETCHES AND MAKES A LOUD RATTLE UPON STARTING AND EVENTUALLY LEADS TO LOSS OF POWER AND ENGINE DAMAGE. THE KNOWN CAUSE OF THIS IS ALL THE PHASERS,THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST PHASERS. THIS IS MY MAIN CONCERN. EVERYONE I KNOW WHO OWNS THIS VEHICLE HAS THIS PROBLEM. THE OTHER COMPLAINT IS THAT I GET 14 MPG.

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER AN UNKNOWN NHTSA CAMPAIGN AT JANELL FORD OF HANOVER (2000 WASHINGTON ST, HANOVER, MA 02339 (781) 982-4500) AND ALSO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW VACUUM PUMP INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED 3 YEARS AGO, HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000. *BF *JB

Mileage: 113,400

I WAS DRIVING ON SR 71 NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO IN THE RAIN WHEN I CHANGED LANES AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE ENGINE JUST STARTED SHAKING AND MY ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. I MANAGED TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER SITTING A FEW MINUTES I TRIED TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER A 3RD ATTEMPT THE TRUCK FINALLY GOT UP TO SPEED AND I MADE IT HOME. MY ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. I BEGAN TO READ FORUMS ON THE FORD F150 FX4 AND DISCOVERED MANY MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH MOISTURE AND THE INTERCOOLER SYSTEM.. I COULD'VE DIED TODAY. THIS NEEDS TO BE MADE RIGHT BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. (XXXX) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 87,145

ENGINE KILLS WON'T START DUE TO FUSE #27 BLOWN

Mileage: 85,000

WHEN STARTING TRUCK WHEN HASN'T BEEN DRIVEN FOR SEVERAL HOURS ENGINE MAKES A LOUD GROWLING NOISE FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS BEFORE SOUNDING NORMAL. IT HAD DONE IT OCCASIONALLY BEFORE 02/2019 BUT NOW DOES IT DAILY. SOME RESEARCH ON OTHER FORUMS THAT IT IS THE TENSIONER ON THE TIMING BELT. TRUCK WITH THIS LOW MILEAGE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE ISSUES. ANY INPUT?

Mileage: 97,000

A TICKING/KNOCKING NOISE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF ENGINE. TOOK TO FORD DEALER WITH 52,905 MILES ON 7/12/16 AND STATED FUEL INJECTOR NOISE. TOOK TO SAME FORD DEALER ON 11/7/18 FOR SAME NOISE, ONLY LOUDER, AND DEALER DETECTED NO UNUSUAL NOISE. TOOK TO DIFFERENT DEALER A 3RD TIME ON 3/27/19 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND STATED "NOISE FOUND TO BE NORMAL CHARACTERISTICS" AND WAS GIVEN A COPY OF "SPECIAL SERVICE MESSAGE 47787 WHICH ADDRESSED A "TICK TAP AND/OR TYPEWRITER NOISE AT IDLE" ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF FORD WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURES WARRANTY AND THE SOUND IS ONLY GETTING WORSE WHICH IS WHY I KEEP TAKING IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THE SOUND IS NOT HEARD WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED, ONLY WHEN IT STARTS TO WARM UP AND IS QUITE LOUD AT AN IDLE. IF THIS ENGINE WERE TO BLOW UP GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY AND/OR FATAL CRASH.

Mileage: 52,905

I BOUGHT IT WITH @ 10,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT [XXX] WITH IT FROM DAY ONE. FIRST OFF I PUT TWO NEW FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS ALL THE WAY AROUND AND BOTH IDLER PULLEYS WERE SQUEALING SO I REPLACED THEM . THEN AT @ 19,000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH CVJ HALF SHAFTS . NOW AT 45,000 MILES THEY ARE BOTH SHOT AGAIN THE CVJ HALF SHAFTS ARE . ON THE FIRST OF JANUARY THIS YEAR I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING GOOD SUDDENLY IT BEGAN TO CUT OUT AND THE POWER FELL OFF ON ITS FACE. I PURCHASED AN OBD11 CODE READER TO TRY AND DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. IT TELLS ME THAT RANDOM MISFIRE DETECTED AND THAT CYLINDERS 5 6 7 8 ARE MISFIRING . LET ME JUST SAY THAT 4 MONTHS LATER AFTER GOING THRU EVERYTHING FROM THE PLUGS WIRES INJECTORS AND REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP MODULE ASSEMBLY IT IS STILL NOT RUNNING AND I'M AT MY END OF TRYING TO GET THE PEICE OF $*** RUNNING. THERE IS NO WAY IN [XXX] AT 45,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THAT I SHOULD BE HAVING ALL THE [XXX] WITH THE VEHICLE. I LIVE IN NEW MEXICO AND WE DO HAVE A LEMON LAW HERE. I AM BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT SURE THAT THIS TRUCK IS A [XXX] LEMON. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Mileage: 45,000

TRUCK CURRENTLY HAS A RECALL ON IT DUE TO IT GOING INTO FIRST GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY. TOOK TRUCK TO CLOSEST DEALERSHIP TWO WEEKS AGO AND HAD THE RECALL SERVICE COMPLETED. WAS TOLD TO EXPECT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO BE ON FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS. WHEN IT STAYED ON A WEEK I CALLED THEM BACK TO DISCUSS THE LIGHT STILL BEING ON. RESCHEDULED A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT FOR APRIL 12. ON APRIL 5 AND APRIL 7 THE TRUCK HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX. GOING APPROX 50MPH WHEN THE TRUCK WENT INTO FIRST GEAR WITH WHEEL HOP AND SOME FISH TAILING. WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL BASICALLY GO TO ALL ZERO'S AND IT TAKES THE TRUCK BEING TURNED OFF FOR THE COMPUTER TO RESET AND ALLOW TRUCK TO DRIVE NORMALLY. JUST WANTED TO DOCUMENT HERE SINCE TRUCK GOES BACK TO DEALERSHIP TOMORROW.

Mileage: 163,000

MY TIMING CHAIN ON MY F1 50 WAS STRETCHED AND I PAID OVER $8000 TO HAVE IT FIXED AND HERE IT IS NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER AND IT IS STRETCHED AGAIN. WITH ALL OF THE SUPPOSEDLY NEW AND UPDATED PARTS FORD OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT VEHICLES WE BUY BECAUSE THEY CLEARLY DON'T WANT US TO BUY THEIRS SINCE I DON'T WANT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THE RIGHT WAY!

Mileage: 82,254

DRIVING VEHICLE AT APPROX 65MPH, ENGINE LOST POWER, ENGINE WRENCH LIGHT, ILLUMINATED, OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, ENGINE SHIFTED TO 'LIMP MODE'. NO ACCELERATION. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. WAITED 2 MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. TOOK TO CERTIFIED FORD DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. ISSUE OCCURRED TWICE MORE WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY.

Mileage: 132,000

I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM BY WAY OF "ON RAMP". WENT TO ACCELERATE TO HIGHWAY SPEED (65 MPH) AND MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHUTTER AND LOOSE POWER. I HAD TO STAY ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO AVOID GETTING HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK. IT EVENTUALLY BEGAN TO RUN NORMAL.

Mileage: 115,000

THERE IS A TICK/KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH MY ENGINE IT SOUNDS LIKE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS FROM A DEALER ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND I'M VERY FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I AM WORKING HARD TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON THIS TRUCK AND NOW I PROBABLY HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE??? IT HAS 123,000 MILES

Mileage: 123,000

TURBOS. WHILE IN MOTION WITH ACCELERATION THE TURBO CHIRPS LIKE A BIRD.

Mileage: 90,150

2012 FORD KING RANCH 3.5 ECOBOOST F150 SUDDENLY DOWN SHIFTS DURING ACCELERATION. IT IS LABORED WHEN ACCELERATING, IT GETS TO THE 6TH GEAR THEN SUDDENLY DOWN SHIFTS.THIS HAPPENS WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ON TO THE HIGHWAY AND ALSO WHEN COMING FROM A COMPLETE STOP AFTER SITTING AT A LIGHT, THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO 75 MPH TOO. IT SEEMS LIKE IT LOSES POWER.

Mileage: 150,000

I HAVE A CERTIFIED PRE OWNED FORD F150 2012 LARIAT 4WD SUPER CREW 3.5L ECOBOOST, AND I AM HAVING METAL TAPPING NOISE IN THE TOP FRONT OF THE ENGINE ON COLD START UP !!! I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NO TROUBLE CODE SET ! AND SAID NO ISSUE PRESENT, MY TRUCK HAS ONLY 70,000 MILES AND I CANT GET FORD TO VERIFY ENGINE PROBLEM !

Mileage: 59,184

THESE TRUCKS HAVE NOW HAD 3 DIFFERENT TSB'S ON THEM FOR CAM PHASERS AND THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHING. WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL? TSB'S I AM REFERRING TO ARE: TSB 16-0027, TSB 15-0131, AND TSB 14-0194. THIS IS COMPLETELY OUT OF HAND. THE FIX DOES ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE IMPROVED PARTS, BUT THESE VEHICLES HAVE FAILED AND FORD IS EITHER REPLACING THE ENGINE OR ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK IN THE TSB. IF A CUSTOMER IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY MUST PAY FOR THE WORK. THIS IS NOT WHAT FORD IS SUPPOSE TO BE ABOUT AND IS A DISSERVICE TO THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMER BASE. I HAVE A 2012 F-150 3.5L ECOBOOST AND I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN UNLESS THEY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. IT IS A SIMILAR ISSUE TO THE 3V 5.4L WITH PHASERS AND THE TIMING CHAIN, WHICH KILLED MY 2004 F-150, SO I HAVE BEEN EFFECTED BY THESE ISSUES TWICE NOW, DIRECTLY.

Mileage: 132,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED, THE RPMS SEIZED, AND THE REAR WHEELS SLID. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND WAITED. UPON BEING RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE PERFORMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO L.B. SMITH FORD LINCOLN (1100 MARKET ST, LEMOYNE, PA 17043, (717) 761-6700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A VALVE AND SOLENOID BODY NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,995. *TT

Mileage: 55,995

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH HEADING TO TOWN ON A MAIN ACCESS ROAD. I LOST ALL POWER, ACCLERATION, BUT COULD STILL STEER TO A STOP. NOT THE BATTERY IT READS 12.3 AND HAVE POWER TO MY MAIN FUSE BOXES, DOME LIGHTS, BUT NOTHING ON THE DASH AND WILL NOT START. I HOOKED UP AN OBDM AND IT ONLY SHOWS CYLINDER 5 MISFIRE WHICH I HAVE ALSO CHANGED THE PLUGS COIL PACKS AND ALSO STILL HAS NOT YET FIXED THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 118,000

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AN OIL CHANGE, MY TRUCK BEGAN MAKING INSANELY LOUD GRINDING NOISES. I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE FROM KNOXVILLE TO CHATTANOOGA AND BARELY MADE IT TO CLEVELAND. MY TRUCK STALLED, STARTED BACK UP AND I COASTED INTO A PARKING LOT. IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 50. I THEN FOUND A MASSIVE PUDDLE OF OIL UNDERNEATH WHERE I PARKED. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO JIFFY LUBE.

Mileage: 137,000

CODE P0016 TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. CAUSING CAR TO LOSE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS HAPPENED ON EXPRESSWAY WHEN I WAS TURNING INTO A LANE TO PASS A SEMI IN MY LANE. I HAD NO POWER TO GET GOING IN THE PASSING LANE AND ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED.ALSO CAUSES TRUCK TO JUMP WHEN FULLY STOPPED AND FOOT ON BREAK. THIS IS A ON GOING PROBLEM.

Mileage: 65,000

VEHICLE BACKFIRED AND STARTED SHUTTERING UPON ACCELERATION...CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON REPLACED IGNITION COIL 6. 1000 MILES LATER, SAME SITUATION CYLINDER 1&2...REPLACED THOSE COILS AND REPLACED SPARK PLUGS. SHUTTERING LESSONED, STILL BACKFIRED ON UPON STRONG ACCELERATION. DEFINITELY A SAFETY CONCERN. THE BACKFIRE DOES NOT TRIGGER THE ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON...FROM THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, THIS SEAMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ECO BOOST

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LACKED ENGINE POWER WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND A P0016 ERROR CODE, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE TIMING BELT WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT VISITED THE DEALER (MEDFORD MOTORS, INC, 105 WISCONSIN AVE, MEDFORD, WI 54451, (715) 748-3700) AND THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST OVER $3,000 WITHOUT A RECALL AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND CONFIRMED WHAT THE DEALER STATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED LOSS OF POWER.*JB

Mileage: 77,000

2012 F-150 HAS AN ECO BOOST 3.5 L MOTOR THAT MISFIRES IN DAMP/WET/RAINY/COOL WEATHER. MOTOR GOES INTO A MISFIRE MODE WITH NO POWER TO DRIVE OR ACCELERATE TRUCK. BEFORE THE MILEAGE WARRANTY WAS UP, TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO FORD FOR THEIR "FIX". HOWEVER, THE ISSUE HAS REMAINED FROM 2012 TO CURRENT YEAR, 2018, AND WITHOUT FORD FIXING THIS PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE FOR THE INDEFINITE FUTURE OF THESE MOTORS FROM FORD. CANNOT TRUST TRUCK TO PERFORM WHEN NEEDED AND A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN DRIVING, TOWING OR ACCELERATING WHEN THIS OCCURRS.

Mileage: 20,000

ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET. 85,XXX MILES ON VEHICLE. I PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW. ENGINE THREW A ROD. OIL SPILLED ALL OVER ROADWAY. RESEARCH CONDUCTED SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE DUE TO INTERCOOLERS OR TIMING CHAIN ISSUES. HAD THERE BEEN ANOTHER VEHICLE BEHIND ME, THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH DUE TO VEHICLE LOSING POWER WITH NO WARNING.

Mileage: 85,500

I HAVE A 2012 F150 IT KEEP LOCKING UP ON THE ROAD. FORD SAY MOISTURE IS GETTING IN THE ENGINE. THE TRUCK SUDDENLY STOP ON THE ROAD I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT ATLEAST 10 TIMES. SUBURBAN FORD DEALERSHIP IS BLAMING ME. I HAVE FOUND 330 PAGES OF COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. BUT YET KNOWBODY IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. I AM REQUESTING THE GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE I HAVE BEEN NARROWLY MISS BY A SEMI TRUCK MY FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. IF THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT THINK THIS VEHICLES LOCKING UP ON THE ROAD IS OF CONCERN I DONT KNOW WHAT IS. THE TRUCK SENDS CODES FOR #1 #3 #5 CYLINDERS HAVE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THEN I HAVE HAD THE ENGINE VAPOR LOCK UP, BECAUSE THE INDUCTION IS NOT ALLOWING WATER IN THE MOTOR. HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPENT THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY ON THIS TRUCK AND HAVE HAD MAJOR ISSUES. WHO IS PROTECTING THE PUBLIC WE LOOK TO GOVERNMENT TO HELP. THIS VEHICLE HAS BIG ISSUES PLEASE HELP. ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS ARE WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN, SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. FORD TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE IT WHEN IT RAINS OR WHEN THE HUMIDITY IS HIGH. $65000.00 FOR A TRUCK AND I CAN'T DRIVE IT WHEN IT RAINS.

Mileage: 500

MY 2012 FORD F-150 IS HAVING SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN FOR TSB'S AND SAFETY RECALLS. UPON CONTACTING FORD MOTOR COMPANY, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE THE SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER THAT MATCHED WITH THEIR CASES. MY VEHICLE FITS THE RECALL DESCRIPTIONS WITH MAKE, MODEL, YEAR, AND EVEN MANUFACTURING LOCATION AND HAS THE EXACT ISSUES THAT THESE RECALLS ARE ABOUT. THE FIRST RECALL IS FORD RECALL 16S19 : UNEXPECTED TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFT THIS WILL CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFT MULTIPLE GEARS. WHEN IT SHIFTS DOWN IT ALSO CAUSES THE REAR TIRES ARE LOCK UP AND I HAVE LOST CONTROL MOMENTARILY TRYING TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS ALSO CAUSES WEAR AND TEAR ON THE DRIVETRAIN. SHIFTING THE MOTOR FROM 5TH GEAR TO 1ST IMMEDIATELY SENDS THE MOTOR INTO A DANGEROUS RPM RANGE CAUSING DAMAGE. THE SECOND RECALL IS FORD TSB 13-6-8: THIS CAUSES ME TO LOSE ALL INDICATION ON MY GAUGES EXCEPT FOR RPM' S. I LOSE INDICATION ON MY CURRENT SPEED RANDOMLY AND ALSO ON ALL OF MY CRITICAL ENGINE TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES. THIS ALSO LOCKS THE TRANSMISSION INTO 5TH GEAR, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SLOW DOWN PROPERLY AND ACCELERATE FROM A STOP OR SLOW SPEED. THESE TWO ISSUES COMBINE MAKES THE VEHICLE A DANGER TO DRIVE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE ANYMORE TAKING THIS VEHICLE ANYWHERE AND CANNOT TRUST IT. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY BOTH LOCALLY AND AT ITS HEADQUARTERS. THEIR REPLY IS THAT THEY HAVE TO FIX IT. I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT THE NHTSA FOR FURTHER HELP FROM A FRIEND WHO ENCOUNTERED SIMILAR ISSUES WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE DRIVING VECHICLE SUDDENINGLY LOST POWER, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 7700 MILES. VERY DANGEROUS AS THIS HAS HAPPENED IN HEAVEY TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TRUCK HAS THE ECBOOSTENGINE. ## VIN PASSED ## 2012 FORD F150 ##

Mileage: 101,000

VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 45000 MILES. HAS ERRATIC LOSS OF POWER WHILE ACCELERATING. EVIDENCE OF WATER IN THE AIR INTAKE. RESEARCH IS SHOWING THAT THE ECOBOOST ENGINE IS COLLECTING MORE WATER IN THE INTERCOOLER THAN THE ENGINE CAN CONSUME. PROBLEMS INCREASES IN SOUTHERN HUMID STATES. THIS IS PROBLEM CAUSED BY FAULTY ENGINEERING IN THE 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE AND COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS DUE TO UNPREDICTABLE LOSS IN POWER. LOSS OF POWER IS FELT WHILE DRIVING ON CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING.

Mileage: 45,000

WE HAVE A FORD F-150 AND IT IS LOSING POWER AS YOU TRAVEL DOWN THE ROAD. WE HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTART IT. WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP AT LEAST TWICE WITH NO SUCCESS IN FINDING THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE HAD SENSORS REPLACED AND THE INTERCOOLER DRAINED TWICE. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE AS YOUR TRAVELING IT WILL LOOSE POWER AND IT'S HARD TO GET OFF THE ROAD SOMETIMES AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT.

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE MISFIRED AND STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE COILS. BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN CALLED WOODHOUSE FORD AT 402-574-2759 (LOCATED AT 3633 N 72ND ST, OMAHA, NE 68134), BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 154,000.

Mileage: 154,000

MY 2012 FORD F150 XLT SUPERCREW ECOBOOST HAS ABOUT 85000 MILES AND ABRUPTLY WENT FROM ABOUT 30-40MPH TO ABOUT 0MPH A FEW TIMES NOW WHILE DRIVING. ONCE TIME WAS VERY SCARY ON A CONGESTED ROAD. AFTER THIS HAPPENED, ITS LIKE MY TRANSMISSION MISFIRES AND MISSES GEARS ALL OF THE TIME. THERE IS NOW A VACUUM NOISE ALSO COMING OUT IF THE ENGINE AND IT DOESN'T RUN RIGHT. I BROUGHT IT TO FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I PROBABLY WASN'T CHANGING THE OIL PROPERLY (I HAD CHANGED MY OIL EVERY 3000-5000 MILES REGULARLY.), BUT NOW THEY SAID I MESSED UP THE TIMING CHAIN AND PHASERS AND THEY HAD TO BE CHANGED FOR A PRICE OF ABOUT 4000 DOLLARS. I HAVE OWNED OTHER FORDS NOT ECOBOOSTS AND THEY ALL RAN FINE. I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND I AM SURE THIS IS AN ENGINEERING FLAW ON THE PART OF FORD. I ACTUALLY READ THAT THE NHTSA DID RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC. THERE ARE TONS OF FORUMS THAT HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THEM AND BELIEVE THAT FORD SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND DO A RECALL OR FIX THE PROBLEM. I KNOW ITS A BIG PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR TO THE AMERICAN CONSUMER TO HAVE TO SHELL OUT THAT KIND OF MONEY ON A BAD DESIGN FLAW ON APART OF FORD THAT ALMOST GOT ME INTO AN ACCIDENT BAD ONE TIME AND WHEN MY KIDS AND I HAVE TO GO TO AN ERUPT STOP. I DON'T TOW ANYTHING AND DRIVE THE TRUCK LIKE A CAR. THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.

Mileage: 5

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VACUUM PUMP INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED GORDIE BOUCHER FORD OF KENOSHA (8301 75TH ST, KENOSHA, WI 53142, (262) 697-0700), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VACUUM PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE CONTACT POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE, HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CROSSROAD FORD OF WAKE FOREST, INC. (10101 CAPITAL BLVD, WAKE FOREST, NC 27587, (877) 331-8117), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND FILED A CASE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,983.

Mileage: 137,983

EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS. DESIGN FLAW OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ON THE F-150 ECOBOOST CAUSING MANIFOLD BOLTS TO SNAP/SHEER, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE MANIFOLDS TO WARP. THIS IS CAUSING NOISE, AND POSSIBLY EXHAUST GASES TO ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. FORD IS OFFERING A FIX UNDER PROGRAM CODE: 17M05 FOR THE F450/F550, BUT IS EXCLUDING THE OTHER "F SERIES" TRUCKS WHICH SUFFER FROM THE SAME/SIMILAR ISSUE. THE ISSUE WAS NOTICED IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN ENGINE MISFIRE BEGAN OCCURRING (WHICH IS ALSO A KNOWN ISSUE). THE DEALERSHIP HAS QUOTED $1,400 TO REPLACE THE MANIFOLDS AND STUDS.

Mileage: 96,000

TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED DUE TO POOR DESIGN. MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND DURING COLD START. CAM SENSOR IS TRIGGERING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

Mileage: 95,000

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK WOULD JUMP GEARS AFTER A FEW MOMENTS IT WOULD SMOOTH OUT RESEARCH THE ISSUE FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR TRUCKS WITH T HE SAME ISSUE BUT WAS TOLD MY VIN # WASN'T COVERED. THE LEAS FRAME WAS THE ISSUE ADDRESSED AFTER THIS 900.00 REPAIR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED CODES SUGGESTED TURBO AND TUNE WAS NEEDED THESE SITUATIONS WAS NOT HAPPENING PRIOR TO THE PREVIOUS MENTION REPAIR.

Mileage: 111,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHUTTER AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO MECHANIC SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THIRD CYLINDER COIL PACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED BEACH FORD AT 843-839-8168 (855 JASON BLVD #1, MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29577) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WOULD BE A DIAGNOSTIC FEE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED IN FIFTH GEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE CHECK ENGINE AND SEAT BELT WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, THE SPEEDOMETER BECAME INOPERABLE, AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WASHBURN FORD LINCOLN (1819 OK-14, ALVA, OK 73717, (580) 327-1296), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE SERVICE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SUBURBAN FORD OF STERLING HEIGHTS (40333 VAN DYKE AVE, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48313) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT MOISTURE WAS PRESENT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

Mileage: 68,000

I AM UNSURE IF IT IS A DOWN SHIFT OR WHAT, BUT MY TRUCK SHAKES AND IS VERY SCARY. I HAVE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN POWER LOSE AND A FAILURE TO ACCELERATE.

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST ELECTRICAL POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS STRETCHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. KOONS FORD (6970 SECURITY BLVD, BALTIMORE, MD 21244, (410) 298-3800) WAS CONTACTED FOR A SECOND OPINION ON THE ORIGINAL DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

Mileage: 65,000

THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE IT WOULD OCCASIONALLY HAVE THE SHUTTERING AND POWER LOSS EFFECT TILL IT WENT 5000 PASSED MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEN ENGINE IMPLODED. SO THEY JUST BLOW IT OFF AS A COMMON ISSUE BUT NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY 10000 FOR A NEW ENGINE FOR A PROBLEM THEY ALWAYS KNEW ABOUT.

Mileage: 132,000

THE TIMING CHAIN IN THE ENGINE GETS PREMATURELY STRETCHED AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT SO TIMING CHAIN FAILURE DOES NOT OCCUR. I HAD THE CHAIN REPLACED IN JAN 2017 COMPLETELY AND THE ISSUE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETELY RESOLVED. 1 YEAR LATER THE SAME ISSUE IS BACK AND THE CHAIN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. IT IS A LOUD RATTLING NOISE THAT OCCURS ON START UP AND CAN CAUSE COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS CAN BE FOUND ABOUT THIS WELL KNOWN ISSUE. FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. THE EARLY MODEL 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINES ARE CAUSING THE STRETCHING OF THE TIMING CHAIN AND A RECALL NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON THEM TO ENSURE CUSTOMER SAFETY

Mileage: 100,000

MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF SHUDDER/JERKING ON 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE; EXACT SYMPTOMS AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA ID#10051923, 10052207, 10053407, 10052790, 10052788, 10058096, AND 10058115. ALL OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN CLOSED WITH FORD ISSUING TSB'S, BUT DEALERS CLAIM IGNORANCE, IGNORE COPIES OF THE TSBS AND REFUSE TO PERFORM REPAIRS UNDER DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AS FAILURE TO ACCELERATE ENTERING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY HAS ALMOST COST ME TWO COLLISIONS. APPARENTLY NHTSA IS AS USEFUL ON COMPLAINTS/INVESTIGATIONS AS FCC IS ON DO NOT CALL LIST COMPLAINTS. OPENED A CASE WITH FORD, RESPONSE IS THEY CANNOT FORCE DEALERS TO PERFORM TSBS UNDER WARRANTY. ALL THREE OCCURRENCES OF THIS PROBLEM WERE AFTER DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO HOURS IN DAMP CONDITIONS UNDER HARD ACCELERATION; TWO WERE WHEN RE-ENTERING HIGHWAY FROM LEFT LANE SERVICE AREAS IN NJ AND MD. AFTER 1ST TWO TIMES A DEALER IN MD REPLACED TWO IGNITION COILS AT MY EXPENSE CLAIMING COILS WERE NOT COVERED BY DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY. MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS 1/1/18, LOCAL DEALER IN NH IGNORED FORD TSB 12-10-19 WHEN GIVEN A COPY AND SAID "THESE TRUCKS JUST BURN COILS AND SPARK PLUGS". I WAS CHARGED A DIAGNOSTIC FEE AGAIN AND NOTHING WAS REPLACED/FIXED AS I REFUSED TO PAY APPROX. $600 TO REPLACE DRIVETRAIN PARTS.

Mileage: 32,210

COLD STARTS CREATE RATTLE IN ENGINE AREA. FORD TSB 16-0027 COVERS THIS PROBLEM BUT THE DEALER, DICK WITHAM FORD IN WATERLOO, IOWA CONTINUES TO PLAY GAMES WITH COVERING THIS ISSUE. TRUCK HAS BEEN IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR OTHER ISSUES, SOME COVERED, AND I ASKED IF THERE WERE BULLETINS ABOUT LAG IN ACCELERATION OR OTHER THINGS THAT MAY CAUSE THIS. THEY TOLD ME MULTIPLE TIMES, NO, JUST A COMPUTER REPROGRAM THAT I ALREADY HAD COMPLETED. NOW MY TRUCK IS MAKING NOISE AND BY ALL REPORTS ON THE WEB, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. FORD KNEW ABOUT THIS GOING BACK TO AUGUST 19, 2015 (SEE TSB 15-0131) YET NEVER TOLD ME OR LOOKED AT MY TRUCK TO SEE IF THAT WAS CAUSING MY ISSUE. NOW WITH MY TRUCK JUST OVER 5 YEAR OLD BUT STILL WELL UNDER THE WARRANTY FOR MILES, IT MAY NOT BE COVERED. HOWEVER, THE NEW TSB CLEARLY STATES DEALER CODING 6C525 AND CONDITION CODE 42, IT IS UNDER WARRANTY VIA THE EMISSIONS. THIS IS MY 5TH NEW FORD TRUCK OVER THE YEARS, I WILL NOT OWN ANOTHER. WITH THE PRICE WE PAY FOR BRAND NEW CARS AND TRUCKS THE MANUFACTURER MUST BE HELD TO WHAT THEY PROMISE THE CONSUMER. THIS IS A TIMING CHAIN STRETCH ISSUE CAUSED BY POOR DESIGN AND THE VARIABLE CAMSHAFT TIMING (VCT) UNITS LEAKING CAUSING TIMING CHAIN DAMAGE. FORD'S FAULT, NOT MINE.

Mileage: 47,939

MY TRUCK DOES TWO THINGS, BOTH WITH THE TRANSMISSION. 1RST THIS IS RANDOM AND HAPPENS AT ANY UNSUSPECTING TIME AND AT ALL SPEEDS. THE TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE (KILLING ALL POWER) STARTS TO CLUNK IN AND OUT OF GEARS TO THE POINT IT LOCKED UP THE TIRES ONCE GOING 55 MPH FOR A SECOND AS THIS IS HAPPENING MY MPH NEEDLE GOES TO 0, ALSO THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS RANDOM AS WELL. THE TRUCK DISPLAYS THE AIRBAG LIGHT WHILE DRIVING ALONG, THE TRANSMISSION WILL GET STUCK IN THIRD AND WON'T SHIFT, SOME TIMES IT GETS STUCK IN FIRST AND NEVER MAKE IT UP TO 6TH GEAR IT WILL EVENTUALLY SHIFT THROUGH THE GEARS AS THIS IS HAPPENING THE MILES, AVG FUEL DISPLAY GOES TO ALL BLANKS. BOTH VERY UNSAFE AND VERY SCARY, AS I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. I WILL NOT PUT MY DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE UNTIL I FEEL IT'S SAVE TO DO SO.

Mileage: 103,000

WE PURCHASED OUR F-150 ON OR ABOUT 1/2/2018 WITH NO KNOWN PROBLEMS, THE NEXT DAY IT DIDN'T WANT TO START AND SEVERAL ENGINE CODES SHOWED UP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY CLEARED, RESET PROGRAM AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY MORE ISSUES, BUT SAID THEIR IS A RECALL ON ENGINE COOLANT AND THEY ORDERED PART. THE NEXT DAY THE CODES APPEARED AND WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE TRUCK TO LEARN OUR DRIVING HABITS AND THE CODES WOULD DISAPPEAR. WE LEFT AND THE NEXT DAY THE TRUCK DIDN'T WANT TO START AGAIN AND WE ARE CURRENTLY DRIVING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME ISSUES. 1/9/2018

Mileage: 113,000

WATER PUMP FAILURE AT MERE 76,000 MILES. VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINED PER FACTORY MANUAL. LOCATION, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NON-DESERT. LARGE PUDDLE OF COOLANT AFTER 20 MILE DRIVE ONE DAY. NO OTHER WARNING SIGNS. DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP DIAGNOSIS SAYS HOSE LEAKS AND FAILED WATER PUMP.

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AND LOST POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR IMMEDIATELY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR DIMMED BRIEFLY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE NEAREST FORD DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT SINCE THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED, HE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LARRY H. MILLER FORD LAKEWOOD, 11595 W 6TH AVE, LAKEWOOD, CO 80215, (720) 643-1545) AND REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADDED AN AIR DEFLECTOR PER TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: 13-08-01. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,251.

Mileage: 51,251

MY 2012 FORD F-150 3.5 L ECO BOOST, ON START UP IN THE MORNING THE ENGINE MAKES A LOUD CHATTER IN THE UPPER FRONT OF THE MOTOR, I PURCHASED THE TRUCK 2 MOUNTH'S AGO IT HAD 54000 MILES ON IT, PURCHASED AS CERTIFIED PRE OWNED.

Mileage: 59,000

AT 70K MILES, MY TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO HAVE IT REPLACED COSTING $3200. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY FORD AND THERE IS AN OFFICIAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS DANGEROUS AND CAUSED SERIOUS ACCELERATION ISSUES WHILE DRIVING ALMOST CAUSING A WRECK AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE UP HILL.

Mileage: 70,000

WHILE DRIVING, I NOTICED THAT I WAS HAVING TO PUSH ON THE ACCELERATOR HARDER TO GET POWER. I CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND WAITED FOR AN OPENING TO TURN LEFT AT THE INTERSECTION. WHEN I STARTED TO TURN LEFT, THE TRUCK STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND THEN THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT REVVED UP BUT THERE WAS NO POWER OR SPEED INCREASE AND A SIMPLY COASTED OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE LEFT WAS COMING UP OVER A HILL AND I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP BEFORE HITTING ME. THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO PICK UP SPEED DOWN HILL, BUT LOST SPEED QUICKLY GOING UP HILL. I COULD SEE THIS BEING A DANGEROUS ISSUE WHEN CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION OR TRYING TO PASS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED. THE TRUCK HAD ONLY 74000 MILES.

Mileage: 74,000

LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING, DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR DOES NOT POWER THE VEHICLE, SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE NOT WORKING. ONCE ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE SAFELY TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TURNED OFF AND BACK ON, VEHICLE RESPONDS AS EXPECTED. HAPPENED TWICE ALREADY, ON 8/24/2017 AND 8/29/2017.

Mileage: 9

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED SEVERE REDUCED ENGINE POWER DURING A ACCELERATION FOR AN ATTEMPTED PASS. AN ISSUE FORD WAS AWARE WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THE DEFLECTOR PLATE DUE TO DESIGN FLAW! NO ALERT TO THE OWNERS THAT IT WAS A POTENTIAL CONCERN, BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A CHECK - NO WORD AT ALL! IF THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THEIR TURBO DESIGN LEADING TO COMPOUNDING PREMATURE FAILURE, WHY WOULDN'T THEY LET THE OWNERS KNOW" THE DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM ME OF THE ISSUE IF THAT WAS THEIR INTENTION AS I VISIT REGULARLY

Mileage: 63,000

I HAVE A 2012 FORD F 150 WITH 66,800 MILES ON IT AND HAVE CHANGED ONE OF THE TURBOS . ABOUT MAY OF 2017 I NOTICED A SHUTTER AND SHAKING OF THE ENGINE, THEN LOSE OF POWER, FAILURE TO ACCELERATE ON HILLS, THE VEHICLE WOULD DOWN SHIFT FOR NO REASON OR YOU HAD TO PUT THE GAS PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR TO EVEN MOVE THEN IT WOULD KICK IN AND CAUSE THE WHEELS TO SPIN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS TOLD THAT ONE OF THE TURBOS NEEDED REPLACED AT A COST OF $1800, WELL I HAD IT REPLACED AT MY OWN PERSONNEL GARAGE AND AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE 5 MILES IT HAD ALL THE SAME ISSUES. I CALLED THE FORD HOT LINE 3 TIMES ASKING WHAT THEY WILL DO TO FIX MY TRUCK, I WAS TOLD THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 60000 MILES, I EXPLAINED THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED DOING THIS AND I DID NOT HAUL ANYTHING AND ONLY DROVE IT ABOUT 12000 MILES A YEAR, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TRYING TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT LOSSES POWER THEN ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. FORD TOLD ME THERE WERE SOME RECALLS ON THE 3.5 L ECO-BOOST ENGINE BUT NOT ON MY TRUCK. I HAVE BEEN A FORD MAN FOR OVER 40 YEARS, I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW IN 2012 AND FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING BUT CHARGE ME MORE MONEY, I DO NOT BEAT MY TRUCK I BABY IT, I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLES, THIS IS NOT MY FAULT IT IS POOR ENGINE DESIGNEE AND FORD SHOULD FIX THIS FOR ME BECAUSE AS I SAID IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME AND ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD WITH THIS ENGINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE MISFIRED AND THE STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

WHEN I START THE TRUCK THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK STALLS AND LOOSES POWER AND THE TOOL SIGN COMES ON IN READ OUT WINDOW. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND RESTART IT. THIS HAPPENS EVERY 100 YARDS OR SO. I UNDER STAND THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 2012 F150 FORD TRUCKS. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE WANT HAVE A RECALL. I UNDERSTAND THEY NEED TO ADD A DEFLECTOR SHIELD UNDER THE MOTOR. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS WHEN A VEHICLE LOOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.

Mileage: 24,010

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUTTERED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED. THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND FLICKERED OCCASIONALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (CROSSROADS FORD IN PRINCE GEORGE, VIRGINIA) WHO STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED OIL DRIPPING FROM THE ENGINE. THE LOW PRESSURE OIL WARNING INDICATOR ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (SHEEHY FORD IN ASHLAND, VIRGINIA) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN FOUND PIECES OF METAL FROM THE ENGINE AND DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED PER THE CONTACT'S ORDER, PENDING A DISCUSSION WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000.

Mileage: 15,000

ENGINE RATTLE UPON STARTUP, 3.5L ECO BOOST ENGINE. USUALLY ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS SAT FOR SOME TIME.

Mileage: 30,000

3.5 ECOBOOST ENGINE 75,000 MILES, ENGINE NOISE ON STARTUP AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REGISTERING A P0016 CRANKSHAFT/CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, AND GOES INTO "LIMP MODE" WITH LOSS OF POWER AND POOR ACCELERATION. DEALERSHIP STATES THIS IS A RECOGNIZED ISSUE WITH THE TIMING CHAIN AND TSB 14-0194 ADDRESSES THE ISSUE. DEALERSHIP STATES THIS IS A $ 1,500- $ 2,000 REPAIR AND IS NOT COVERED BY FORD. TIMING CHAINS SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN SHOCK ABSORBERS.

Mileage: 75,000

THE TRUCK WILL AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFT BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING. IT IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE THAT IS A PART OF RECALL 16V248000 BUT OUR SPECIFIC VIN ISN'T A PART OF IT AT THIS TIME. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AS AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 45 IT DOWNSHIFTS.

Mileage: 81,000

NOTICED SMALL AMOUNT OF COOLANT ON THE GROUND. STARTED TO NOTICE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS LARGER AMOUNTS OF COOLANT AFTER DRIVING. TOOK TRUCK INTO DEALER AND THE WATER PUMP HAD ALREADY GONE BAD. WAS UNDER WARRANTY SO IT WAS REPLACED FOR FREE.

Mileage: 49,546

ECOBOOST ENGINE IN THIS MODEL IS KNOWN TO HAVE FUNCTIONING PROBLEMS WHEN IT WARMS UP AND YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE TRUCK WILL START TO LOSE POWER AND ALMOST FEEL LIKE IT WILL STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD AND WELL DESCRIBED ON MANY AUTO FORUMS ON THE WEB. I TOOK MY TRUCK IN AND THEY ARE CHARGING ME FOR A "FIX". THIS IS A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WHICH FORD EVEN HAS AS AN INTERNAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN CHARGED BY ANY OTHER AUTO COMPANY WHEN THEY COME OUT WITH A SERVICE BULLETIN EXCEPT FOR THIS COMPANY. MORE IMPORTANTLY I HAD TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS ON THE WEB ABOUT THIS TO THE SERVICE TECH AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP--LIKE A PATIENT EXPLAINING TO HIS SURGEON WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND HOW TO OPERATE ON HIM TO FIX IT---VERY ODD AND CONCERNING. EITHER WAY, IT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY---AND MAYBE IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. MY SON PRIMARILY DRIVES THIS VEHICLE AND HAS BEEN MENTIONING IT TO ME FOR MONTHS. I PASSED IT OFF AS BAD GAS OR THE WAY HE WAS DRIVING. WE HAD TAKEN IT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY RECOMMENDED WE TAKE IT TO THE DEALER .

Mileage: 80,000

MY 2012 F150 ECOBOOST 3.5 STUDDERS SEVERELY, HESITATES, AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN TRYING TO PASS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER HAS BULLETINS ADDRESSING THIS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD MULTIPLE REPAIRS THAT NOW ARE NOT UNDER WARRANTY INCLUDING CAC COOLER DEFLECTOR, SPARK PLUGS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, CAM PHASERS, TIMING BELT, AND MANY OTHERS. THE TRUCK STARTED THIS PROBLEM AND MAY NOW REQUIRE THE TURBOS BE REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MOTOR AND FORD IS WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE COVERED BY FORD.

Mileage: 40,000

WHEN STARTING MY 2012 F150 I TURN THE KEY AND THERE IS A DELAY AND THEN IT STARTS DON'T THINK THAT IS RIGHT I GET 15.6 MILES PER GAL ON MY 3.5 ECO-BOOST AND KICKING IN THE PASSING GEAR I LOOSE POWER AND ENG. LIGHT COMES ON 3 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPEN ALL TIMES I PULL OVER AND SHUT TRUCK OFF AND RESTART LIGHT GOES OUT.

Mileage: 96,000

ALREADY HAD TIMING BELT REPLACED AT 84,000 MILES. NOW AT 85,600 MILES I WAS ON RAMP MERGING ONTO HWY. WHEN A BLINKING ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, LOSS OF POWER, AND TRUCK SHOOK LIKE CRAZY. I FELT LIKE IT WAS A POLTERGEIST. TOOK NEXT EXIT OFF AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND TRUCK ACTED NORMALLY AGAIN. DAMP CONDITIONS. NOT LIKING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ AND CERTAINLY NOT LIKING THE SPORATIC UNKNOWN. I THINK I'LL BE TRADING THIS $50,000 LARIAT IN FOR SOMETHING ELSE. FORD NEEDS TO REACT, THAT WAS A SCARY SITUATION ON THE FREEWAY WITH TRUCKS BEARING DOWN ON ME.

Mileage: 85,600

THE SES, SERVICE ENGINE SOON, LIGHT CAME ON. I NOTICED MY TRUCK LACKING POWER AND TAKING LONGER TO SHIFT GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING. IT BECOME LESS OF A SMOOTH SHIFT AND MORE JERKY. WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ~70 MPH, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT HOLD 6TH GEAR. IT WOULD DROP TO 5TH AND 4TH GEAR, UNTIL I GAVE IT MORE GAS. IT WOULD REACH 3500 RPM'S AT TIMES BEFORE SHIFTING WHICH WAS NOT NORMAL. I ALSO NOTICED STARTING IN THE FALL OF 2016 A SHORT LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE AT COLD START. AFTER RESEARCHING THESE ISSUES, THIS LED ME TO TSB 14-0194, CODE P0016, DEALING WITH THE 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY LOCAL DEALER AND THIS WAS THE ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER OF LESS THAN 5 YEARS AND WAS AT 75,500 MILES, OUT OF THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. I JUST HAD THE REPAIR DONE, COSTING ME $3600. THE REPAIR INCLUDED PARTS LISTED IN TSB 14-0194 AS WELL AS TIMING BELTS, ADDITIONAL GASKETS, SEALS, GUIDES, TENSIONER, CAM, SPROCKET, GEAR CRANKSHAFT, AMONG OTHERS. I QUESTION HOW THIS KNOWN ISSUE OF TIMING CHAIN STRETCH WITH THE TSB IS NOT A RECALL. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN ACCELERATING ON TO A FREEWAY. IT CAN ALSO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BY SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTING WHILE DRIVING. I AM GLAD MY TRUCK IS FIXED, HOWEVER DID NOT LIKE THE PRICE TAG. I FEAR THAT THIS KNOWN ISSUE WILL LEAD TO A DEATHLY ACCIDENT AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET. I HOPE THIS POST HELPS MAKE A CHANGE, SAVING CONSUMERS A COSTLY REPAIR AND EVEN SOMEONES LIFE FROM A FUTURE ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 75,000

AFTER MY FORD F150 WITH THE ECO-BOOST ENGINE IS OUT IN THE RAIN, WHEN I ACCELERATE ON THE ROAD THE TRUCK SPUTTERS AND SHAKES AND THERE IS A LOSE OF POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW.

I HAVE A 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOST. RECENTLY MY FAMILY WAS OUT OF TOWN TRYING TO MAKE OUR WAY HOME WHEN MY TRUCK SHUTTERS AND LOST POWER FOR A MINUTE, FOLLOWED BY A BLINKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THEN A SOLID CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I TOOK IT INTO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS AND COIL PACKS, AND IT WOULD COST OVER $500. I WAS AMAZED BY THIS CONSIDERING THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS RECOMMENDED BY FORD TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS AT 100,000 MILES. TO ADD TO MY AMAZEMENT, MY FAIRLY EXPENSIVE EXTENDED WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER THIS, NOT EVEN THE COIL PACK REPLACEMENT, WHICH TO ME SEEMS LIKE A WARRANTY ISSUE CONSIDERING THEY WENT BAD SO EARLY INTO THE ENGINES LIFE. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE TRUCKS AND HAVE READ EXTENSIVELY ON THE ISSUE. HOW IS THIS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED?

Mileage: 55,000

DURING MEDIUM TO HEAVY ACCELERATION, THE ENGINE STARTS SHUDDERING AND VIBRATING ..IF YOU LET OFF THE GAS, IT CALMS DOWN A LITTLE BUT STILL RUNS ROUGH UNTIL YOU COME TO A STOP. THEN AT IDLE, IT SEEMS TO CORRECT ITSELF. IF YOU CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THE VIBRATION, IT SHAKES AND SHUDDERS MORE VIOLENTLY AND DOESN'T QUIT UNTIL YOU COME TO A STOP. IT APPEARS FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB FOR THIS ISSUE BUT WILL ONLY COVER THE COST IF IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

Mileage: 69,500

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED SEVERE REDUCED ENGINE POWER DURING A HARD ACCELERATION FOR AN ATTEMPTED PASS. UPON COMPLETION OF A DIAGNOSTIC, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A MISFIRE IN CYLINDERS 1-3. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED US THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND RESULTS WERE HALLMARK FOR A KNOWN CONDITION RELATED TO MOISTURE ACCUMULATION IN THE CHARGE AIR COOLER (CAC) FOR TURBOCHARGERS IN 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINES OF MY MODEL YEAR. THE VEHICLE HAD JUST OVER 54K MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT (TYPICAL MILEAGE FOR THE PROBLEM TO MANIFEST). THE VEHICLE WAS MAINTENANCED ONE WEEK AFTER THE INCIDENT AT THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT NEW FROM. THE DEALERSHIP CITED THE CAUSE OF THE MISFIRE AS BAD COIL PACKS - 4 OF THEM AT THE TIME OF ARRIVAL. COIL PACKS TYPICALLY HAVE A LIFESPAN OF 100-150K MILES BEFORE FAILURE. HOWEVER, 4 OF THEM WENT BAD (3 SIMULTANEOUSLY) IN A VEHICLE WITH <55K MILES ON IT. LITERATURE POSTED ABOUT OTHERS/SIMILAR SITUATIONS READ THE SAME - BAD COIL PACKS, DUE TO INGESTION OF WATER INTO THE TURBO. AN ISSUE FORD WAS AWARE WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THE DEFLECTOR PLATE DUE TO DESIGN FLAW! NO ALERT TO THE OWNERS THAT IT WAS A POTENTIAL CONCERN, BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A CHECK - NO WORD AT ALL! IF THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THEIR TURBO DESIGN LEADING TO COMPOUNDING PREMATURE FAILURE, WHY WOULDN'T THEY LET THE OWNERS KNOW? THE DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM ME OF THE ISSUE IF THAT WAS THEIR INTENTION AS I VISIT REGULARLY. THE CALL CENTER REP SAID THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL US ANYTHING UNLESS THERE IS A RECALL. SO BASICALLY THEY MANUFACTURE DANGEROUS/PROBLEMATIC VEHICLES UNTIL NHTSA SLAPS THEIR HAND ABOUT IT!? I SURELY HOPE EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS ISSUE IS REPORTING IT TO NHTSA BUT I DOUBT THEY KNOW IT IS AN OPTION AND FORD IS PROFITING FROM HAVING ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AT THEIR DEALERSHIPS. *TR

Mileage: 54,200

IN WARM WEATHER THE TRUCK SUDDENLY SHAKES AND DOWNSHIFTS TO FIRST GEAR NO MATTER WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING. THE SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING, A WRENCH IS DISPLAYED ON DASH SOMETIMES. THE SPEED AFTER DOING THIS DOES NOT EXCEED 20-25 MPH. IF WE CAN SAFELY GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURN TRUCK OFF AND RESTART IT EVERYTHING RESETS. THIS HAPPENS ATLEAST ONCE DAILY, SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE DAILY. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN TRUCK IS IN MOTION. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT SPEED AS IT HAS HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND ON ONE OCCASION WHEN I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT. THE LAST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED TODAY, BUT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE IT DOES HAPPEN LESS, MAYBE ONCE WEEKLY INSTEAD OF MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARM OUTSIDE.

Mileage: 68,000

UNDER ACELERATION IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN DAMP WEATHER CONDITIONS, TRUCK ENGINE MISFIRED AND TOTALLY STALLED-OUT CAUSING MAJOR TRAFFIC JAM. HAS HAPPENED TWICE. ENGINE ACTED AS IF THERE WAS WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. ... HAS MISFIRED SEVERAL TIMES IN DAMP OR WET HIGHWAY CONDITIONS.

Mileage: 61,000

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED FROM A DEALERSHIP WITH 95,000 MILES. AT 115,000 MILES THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A RATTLING SOUND AT STARTUP AND WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC NOTED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TMING CHAIN AND FORD HAD ISSUED TSB 14-0194. HE ADVISED IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY A FORD DEALER. THE FORD DEALER INSPECTED AND AGREED WITH THE DIAGNOSIS, PRIMARY TIMING CHAIN WEAR, AND PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE OF $2,200 FOR THE REPAIRS. SHOCKED BY THE NEED FOR A MAJOR ENGINE REPAIR AT THIS MILEAGE, A COMPLAINT WAS ISSUED TO FORD CORP. THEY RESPONDED THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP OFFERING NOTHING. THE DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE CONSULTANT NOTED THE VEHICLES SERVICE RECORDS INDICATE THE TIMING CHAIN HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. FURTHER RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A COMMON AND RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL YEAR. I EXPECT A RECALL TO BE ISSUED.

Mileage: 1

THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE FIRST TIME I WAS ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND WENT FROM 25 TO 2 MPH W/O ANY OTHER TRAFFIC. THE SECOND TIME IT WAS ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND WE WENT FROM 45 TO 2 MPH WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND US. THE DEALER SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF A BAD SENSOR. THIS IS APPARENTLY A KNOWN ISSUE ON 2015/2016 MODEL YEARS, BUT NOT ON 2012'S. THE DEALER SAID IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM AND FORD HAS RECALLED NEWER TRUCKS BECAUSE OF IT.

Mileage: 71,100

IN HEAVY RAIN CONDITIONS AFTER DRIVING FOR 2 HOURS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HERE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, THE TRUCK ECOBOOST TURBO STALLED AND LOST POWER DURING AN ACCELERATION ONTO A FREEWAY ON RAMP. INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND PARTIAL LIMP MODE OCCURRED. DEALER MISDIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A LOOSE CONNECTION WHEN IN FACT IT WAS THE KNOWN STALL/SHUDDER ISSUE THAT MULTIPLE ECOBOOST MOTORS ON F150S ARE EXPERIENCING IN RAINY DAMP CONDITIONS. SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU ARE TRYING TO PASS ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AND YOU LOSE POWER WHILE TRYING TO PASS.

Mileage: 15,352

IN HEAVY RAIN CONDITIONS AFTER DRIVING FOR 2 HOURS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON THE I-5 THE TRUCK ECOBOOST TURBO STALLED AND LOST POWER DURING A PASSING SITUATION OF A LARGE 18 WHEELER. I WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH, AND ATTEMPTED A PASS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PASS DUE TO POWER LOSS, SHUDDER, AND LIMP MODE. INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND PARTIAL LIMP MODE OCCURRED. THIS IS THE KNOWN STALL/SHUDDER ISSUE THAT MULTIPLE ECOBOOST MOTORS ON F150S ARE EXPERIENCING IN RAINY DAMP CONDITIONS. SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU ARE TRYING TO PASS ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AND YOU LOSE POWER WHILE TRYING TO PASS A LOGGING TRUCK AND SOMEONE FOLLOWS YOU AND YOU GET ONLY HALF WAY. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK. DEALER DID A TSB THAT INVOLVED REPROGRAMMING THE PCM AND REMOVING A DEFLECTOR SHIELD. THIS FIX SEEMS LIKE A BAND AID, AND FORD SHOULD BE DOING A COMPLETE REDESIGN OF THE TURBO COOLER INTAKE.

Mileage: 51,853

ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4/2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 PM I WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON HIGHWAY 401 IN MY 2012 FORD PICK UP (VIN1FTFX1CFOCFC04553) TOWING A BOAT WHEN MY TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO SAFELY GET MY VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND THIS WAS ONLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT LANE AT THE TIME. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I WAS AND TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO START THE TRUCK AND DRIVE UP THE ROAD TO AN OFF RAMP TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY BUT THE TRUCK WOULD ONLY START AND IMMEDIATELY STALL. APPARENTLY, A VERY TINY SPIDER HAD BEEN PULLED INTO THE MASS AIR SENSOR AND THIS SOMEHOW KILLED MY TRUCK AND ALMOST ME.HOW DOES FORD ALLOW A SENSOR LIKE THIS TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN A VEHICLE AND WHAT IS OR HAS FORD DONE ABOUT SUCH A OBVIOUS DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE HERE THAT CAN CLEARLY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH?

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE, THE VEHICLE HAD A STRONG HESITATION, AND STALLED MORE THAN TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND REPAIR SHOP MORE THAN ONCE FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

LOSS OF POWER UNDER HARD ACCELERATION, UNDIAGNOSED MISFIRE AT ALL SPEEDS. THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR IN DRY AND WET CONDITIONS. THE TRUCK LOST POWER ON THE INTERSTATE TWICE AND I HAD TO PULL OVER AND SHUT IT DOWN THEN RESTART TO CONTINUE (AROUND 20K MILES). THIS OCCURRED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SEL ACTIVATED. AS MILEAGE HAD INCREASED, MISFIRE ARE WORSENING EVEN AFTER WATER IS REMOVED FROM AIR COOLER AND SPARK PLUGS REPLACED. MY TRUCK WAS AT A DEALER FOR 3 DAYS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. NORMALLY CHANGING THE PLUGS AND CLEANING OUT THE AIR COOLER FIXES THE PROBLEMS FOR A WHILE UNTIL NOW. I HAVE EVEN REPLACED A COIL BECAUSE IT IS THROWING A CODE FOR #1 CYLINDER NOT FIRING. THE NEW COIL MADE NO DIFFERENCE. THE VEHICLE HAS 133,000 MILES AND IS ALMOST NOT DRIVABLE IT HAS GOTTEN SO BAD. I HAVE SUBMITTED MY COMPLAINT TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AS WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 40 MPH AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO RETURN TO NORMAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST 30 TIMES WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TWICE TO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS AND ONE TIME TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,919.

Mileage: 137,919

TRUCK LOOSES POWER UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. I HAVE HAD IT IN TWO OTHER TIMES WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS HAD CRACKED. I HAVE IT SCHEDULED TO GO BACK IN LATER THIS WEEK AGAIN. I'M GUESSING THE PLUGS CRACKED AGAIN. I'VE BEEN GIVEN NO ANSWERS AS TO WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOOKED AND FOUND THAT THE CABLES CONNECTED TO THE BATTERY WERE BURNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY CAUSED EXCESSIVE BATTERY CORROSION AND ATE THROUGH THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE. THE VEHICLE'S MOTOR ALSO FAILED. THE MOTOR, BATTERY, AND BATTERY CABLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE POWER TRAIN WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY; HOWEVER, THE OTHER REPAIRS WERE NOT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

Mileage: 82,000

MY F150 IS CONSTANTLY EXPERIENCING THE EXACT DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION THAT SAFETY RECALL 16S19 DESCRIBES. FORD IS NOT PROVIDING ANY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND CURRENTLY DOES NOT KNOW WHEN A SOLUTION WILL BE AVAILABLE. MY TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE ISSUES SHIFTING TO THE NEXT GEAR, REV UP WAY FARTHER THAN NECESSARY TO SHIFT AND THEN STALL. I HAVE TO TURN OFF MY TRUCK AND TURN IT BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES TO GET RID OF THE ISSUE JUST TO GET ME TO MY DESTINATION. THIS OCCURS ON 50% OF MY DRIVES AROUND THE CITY. I WILL NOT DARE TAKE IT FURTHER THAN 10 MILES IN FEAR THAT I MIGHT BE STRANDED AND FORCED TO PAY FOR TOWING. FORD HAS ALSO TOLD ME I MUST PROVE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE TO EVEN APPLY FOR A RENTAL. MY LOCAL FORD SERVICE IS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG BESIDES THE EXACT ISSUE I'M DESCRIBING. IT'S A PANDORA'S BOX, BUILT TO PUT THE CONSUMER IN THE WORST POSITION RISKING INJURY OR DEATH DRIVING A FAULTY VEHICLE OR PAYING THE BILL FOR A RENTAL.

Mileage: 72,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT OIL DRIPPING UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DIAGNOSING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

Mileage: 64,000

FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE, WE HAVE GOTTEN A SERVICE CODE OF P0019, AND DURING THE TIME OF THE ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON, WE EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOSS OF POWER, TO THE POINT HAD TO PULL OFF OF THE SIDE ROAD, AFTER A FEW MINUTES, RESTARTED VEHICLE, IT WAS ABLE TO RESUME. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAID NO PROBLEM, BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. NOW, FAST FORWARD ANOTHER TWO YEARS, AND 80,000 MILES, WITH NO MORE WARRANTY, SAME ISSUE HAS HAPPENED, MAJOR LOSS OF POWER WHILE ACCELERATING AND CAUSING THE ENTIRE TRUCK TO VIBRATE, THIS TIME, ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND CODE P0018 AND P0019, BACK TO THE FORD DEALER, THEY MADE ME CHANGE THE TURBO SENSORS, CHARGED ME $900 AND STILL THE PROBLEM EXISTS. NOW THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE CAM SHAFTS AND TIMING CHAIN GUIDES, CHARGE ME ANOTHER $2,400, AND WILL NOT GUARANTEE THE ISSUE WILL BE RESOLVED. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING GOING ON HERE THAT AN ENGINE CANNOT LAST MORE THAN 85,000 BEFORE NEEDING MAJOR ENGINE WORK. NOW I FIND THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AS IT RELATES TO THE ECOBOOST ENGINE, AND FORD IS UNWILLING TO STAND BEHIND THEIR POOR QUALITY PRODUCT AND THAT BUILT FORD TOUGH MEANS ONLY DURING THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. AMAZING THAT A $40,000 VEHICLE, CAN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO 100,000 MILES.

Mileage: 85,000

2012 F-150 ECOBOOST WITH 55K MILES. SEVER LOSS OF POWER AND MISSING DURING IDLE AND ACCELERATION. THE ISSUE STARTED AT 15K MILES AND AFTER A LOT OF PUSHING, FORD INSTALLED THE DEFLECTOR SHIELD FOR WATER. THAT SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR HEAVY RAIN, BUT THE MISSING, LACK OF POWER, AND POOR MILEAGE HAS PERSISTED AND IS GETTING WORSE. THE ISSUE HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK, STATIONARY IN DRIVE, AND WHILE UNDER POWER. IT IS REALLY BAD WHEN IT IS UNDER HEAVY POWER. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN IT COMES TO MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AND LOOSING POWER ALL OF THE SUDDEN. IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN IT IS HOT AND/OR HOT AND HUMID OUT.

Mileage: 15,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER DURING ACCELERATION AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,350.

Mileage: 52,350

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE MISFIRED AND THE RPMS INCREASED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CHARGE AIR COOLER AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PARTIALLY REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

Mileage: 25,000

F150 2012 IN TRAFFIC ENGINE DIES GOES INTO THE LIMP HOME MODE WHICH IS UNDER 5 MPH ENGINE WILL RESTART BUT YOU HAVE TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP PUT IN PARK AND START AND YOUR GOOD TO GO UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND IT WILL. NOT AT ALL SAFE DOES IT ON THE FREEWAY OR CITY DRIVING NO WARNING JUST DIES.HAD TO DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS BEFORE IT WAS DISCOVERED IT WAS A BAD THROTTLE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE

Mileage: 29,000

THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER AND BEGIN TO SHUDDER. COLD STARTS IT WILL SHUDDER AND RPM WILL BOUNCE FROM 400 TO 1100. WILL LOSE POWER IN TURNS AND WHILE STOPPED. DEALER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE 3 TIMES AND CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM.

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND CAUSED THE SPEED TO REDUCE TO LESS THAN 20 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,300.

Mileage: 56,300

I HAVE A 2012 WITH 78000 MILES. I AM EXPERIENCING THE VERY COMMON TSB15-0131. A FEW MONTHS BACK I STARTED TO HEAR A RATTLE AT SOME ENGINE STARTS BUT NOW IT IS OCCURRING DAILY. I ONLY STARTED TO RESEARCH THE NOISE RECENTLY AND CAME ACROSS A LOT OF OTHERS ON THE WEB FORUMS. I DROPPED IT OFF AT A LOCAL DEALER. THE GUY MADE IT SOUND LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING NEW OR NEVER HEARD OF. LONG STORY SHORT, THEY HAD THE TRUCK 4 DAYS AND CLAIMED THEY HEARD NO RATTLE WHEN STARTING. AFTER GETTING MY TRUCK BACK FROM THE LOCAL DEALER I HAVE HEARD THE NOISE EVERY MORNING WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE. I VIDEO RECORD MY ENGINE AT START UP AND PLAN TO FROM NOW ON. I CALLED MY PURCHASING DEALER TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. THEY WERE GOING TO CHECK AND LET ME KNOW. I HEARD BACK AND THEY SAY SINCE I AM OUT OF WARRANTY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY SAID I HAVE TO CONTACT FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO GO FURTHER AND GAVE ME THE PHONE NUMBER. I CONTACTED THEM WHO SAID THE SAME THING..SORRY NO MORE WARRANTY. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS JUST PAST BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A PREVALENT ISSUE WITH THE 3.5 ECOBOOST ENGINES. I PAID OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO UPGRADE TO THIS ENGINE AFTER SEEING AND HEARING ADVERTISEMENTS ABOUT ITS BENEFITS AND DURABILITY. NOW, WHEN IT HAS A PROBLEM BY NO FAULT OF MINE, I AM TOLD THAT IT WILL NOT BE TAKEN CARE OF. THIS WAS MY FIRST FORD AND WILL BE MY LAST.

Mileage: 78,000

WHEN ON CRUISE CONTROL GOING 60-70 MPH, AND YOU PULL OUT TO PASS AND STEP ON THE GAS, THE ECOBOOST "HESITATES" AND WILL NOT GAIN SPEED, BUT LOOSE SPEED. I CAN ONLY STOP THIS BY DOWNSHIFTING, THEN REENGAGING THE GAS. THIS CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS.

Mileage: 60,000

F-150 WITH ECOBOOST ENGINE FAILS WITH HARD ACCELERATION IN WET CONDITIONS. FORDS FIX IS TO INSTALL A NEW PART DUE TO A DESIGN DEFECT THAT ALLOWS WATER TO BE INGESTED RESULTING IN SPARK PLUG FAILURE. ON 4/17/2016 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ON HIGHWAY 57 THE ENGINE FAILED TO POWER UP AND "BOGGING" DOWN. THIS FORCED ME ON TO THE SHOULDER IN ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A 18 WHEELER.

Mileage: 71,000

WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 20 MILES PER HOUR THE ENGINE WILL MAKE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO FORD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM UNTIL TODAY. THEY TOLD ME THE REAR TRANSMISSION MOUNT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. MY LAST SERVICE VISIT THEY FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE 4WD VACUUM SEALS THAT THEY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS ISSUE AND FIXED THAT PROBLEM. I THOUGHT WOULD RESOLVE MY ISSUES BUT IT DID NOT. I AM NOT CONFIDENT THAT FIXING THE REAR TRANSMISSION MOUNT IS GOING TO RESOLVE THE VEHICLE PROBLEMS. I RECENTLY HAD THE ISSUE FOUND IN #PE13018 RESOLVED BY THE DEALERSHIP.

Mileage: 43,000

VEHICLE FUEL PUMP SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING DUE TO FUEL PUMP FUSE (LOCATION #27) BURNING UP IN FUSE BOX. AFTER MY VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING SEVERAL TIMES, LAST ON THE HIGHWAY, WITH A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OTHER SAFETY CONCERNS, I FOUND FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB (TSB 15-0137) WITH A WORK AROUND FUSE RELOCATION. THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY AS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO FORD, BUT NOT THE CONSUMER, PUTTING DRIVERS AT RISK. THE FUSE AT ISSUE, LOCATION #27, LITERALLY MELTED AND BURNED UP IN THE SOCKET.

Mileage: 72,000

I TOOK DELIVERY OF THIS TRUCK IN MARCH OF 2012. THE TRUCK HAS HAD DOCUMENTED ONGOING SERIOUS DRIVABILITY, SAFETY AND RELIABILITY ISSUES SINCE OCTOBER OF 2013. THE ISSUE OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN RELATES TO ONGOING MISFIRE, BACK FIRE, AND ENGINE STALL. THIS CONDITION HAS OCCURRED AT LOW SPEED, HIGHWAY SPEED, AND WHILE TOWING. THE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER AND SUBSEQUENT SURGING EFFECTS CAUSED BY THIS CONDITION RENDERS THE TRUCK HAZARDOUS TO ME, MY FAMILY, AND OTHER MOTORISTS. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY REPORTED TO AND SERVICED BY FORD. I HAVE ALSO PERSONALLY FILED COMPLAINTS AND CONCERN WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY. SEE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE CASE NUMBER 8603638. THE MISFIRE, BACK FIRE, AND ENGINE STALL IS THE CURRENT ONGOING ISSUE BUT YOU WILL ALSO SEE IN THE SERVICE HISTORY THIS VEHICLE HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED TRACTION CONTROL, DRIVE SHAFT, STEERING SYSTEM, AND SENSOR/ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURES DATING BACK TO MAY OF 2012. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE ECO BOOST ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN IN MY TRUCK. THIS KNOWN ISSUE WAS RESPONDED TO BY TECH SERVICE BULLETIN 13-2-14. HOWEVER, THE MITIGATION MEASURES OF THAT BULLETIN AND OTHER SUBSEQUENT SERVICE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR MY TRUCK HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. FURTHER, THE SERVICE BULLETIN DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE OF A TRUCK TRAVELING PUBLIC ROADS AND EXPERIENCING SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. FINALLY, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE IGNITION/ENGINE PROBLEMS MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HAS CAUSED PREMATURE FAILURE TO OTHER COMPONENTS TO MY DRIVE TRAIN. THIS INCLUDES FOULED SPARK PLUGS, DAMAGED COILS, AND LIKELY ACCELERATED END OF LIFE TO OTHER EMISSION CONTROLS AND MECHANICAL COMPONENTS TO THE ENGINE DUE TO THE MISFIRE AND WATER ENTERING THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER.

Mileage: 20,000

FOR TWO YEARS THE REAR SLIDER AND DEFROST HASN'T WORKED. WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO CHATTER.

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STEAM APPEARED ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A VAPOR LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE ENGINE COOLANT HAD TO BE REPLACED EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WIDE PIPE WAS TOO NARROW AND NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WIDER PIPE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED FOR OTHER FORD VEHICLES. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

Mileage: 74,000

ECOBOOST, ALMOST 5 SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN A YEAR. IN JAN, MY WIFE, 3 CHILDREN & I WERE ON I-85 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN MY TRUCK STALLED. WE WENT FROM 65 MPH TO 20 & NO POWER. AN 18 WHEELER WAS BARRELING DOWN ON US & HAD TO MAKE AN AGGRESSIVE MOVE WITH HIS BRAKES LOCKED TO MISS US & THE OTHER CARS. I PULLED THE CAR THROUGH 4 LANES OF 65 MPH TRAFFIC, DOING 15-20 MPH & TURNED THE TRUCK OFF TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN. NEXT, I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN MY TRUCK STALLED OUT 3 TIMES BEFORE THE TRUCK WOULD FINALLY GO. OVER THE NEXT MONTH MY TRUCK STALLED AT LEAST 10 MORE TIMES. IN APRIL, FORD TOLD ME THAT THE ECOBOOST HAD A PROBLEM & THEY PERFORMED TSB 13-8-1, REPROGRAMED PCM & INSTALLED DEFLECTOR. I HAVEN'T NOTICE ANY POWER LOSS, BUT LOST 2 MPG FROM MY NORMAL DRIVING HABITS. IN JUNE, I MERGED INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC & MY TRUCK STALLED. 65 MPH TO IDLE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW I AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY & TURNED THE TRUCK OFF TO GET IT GOING. MY TRUCK STALLED 5 MORE TIMES BEFORE TAKING IT BACK TO FORD. IN AUGUST, MY TRUCK STALLED AT AN INTERSECTION 4 TIMES. I COMPLETELY BLOCKED TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 10 MINS. I GOT ON THE HWY & WENT 8 MILES. MY TRUCK STALLED 14 TIMES' VERY DANGEROUS. EVERY TIME I GOT THE TRUCK UP TO SPEED, IT WOULD STALL & I WOULD HAVE TO PULL IT OVER & TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTART IT. IN AUG I TOOK MY TRUCK TO FORD & THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. 2 MONTHS LATER IT WAS STALLING AGAIN. FORD TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MISFIRING & THAT THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE THE PLUG BOOTS, SPARK PLUGS & THE FUEL FILTER. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE NEXT STEP THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO. SO NOW I'M PAYING FORD TO TEST DIFFERENT THINGS & HOPE THAT SOMETHING WORKS. YESTERDAY I PULLED OUT ONTO A BUSY STREET & MY TRUCK STALLED. I WAS ALMOST T-BONED. I AM DRIVING A TIME BOMB. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS TRUCK I AM RISKING MY LIFE & EVERYONE AROUND ME.

Mileage: 48,250

WHEN DRIVING IN HUMID OR WHEN MOISTURE IS PRESENT SUCH AS RAIN OR MIST THE ENGINE SHUDDER, SHAKES, MISSES AND EVEN SHUTS DOWN WHEN QUICKLY ACCELERATING. I HAVE HAD THE ENGINE COMPLETELY LOOSE POWER WHEN MERGING ONTO FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ONCE WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SAID THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED REPLACED. OF COURSE I DIDN'T DRIVE IN HUMID OR RAINING ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS AGAIN UNTIL THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AT LEAST 4 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW. ALMOST CRASHED TWICE WHEN PASSING OR MERGING WHEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE DATE ENTERED BELOW WAS THE LAST TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. FIRST TIME WAS MARCH 2013 WHEN VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 16,000 MILES.

Mileage: 56,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,415.

Mileage: 43,415

RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE FORD ECO BOOST ENGINE IN MY 2012 F150. WHEN ACCELERATING THE ENGINE LOSES POWER AND BEGINS TO VIBRATE. UNABLE TO GAIN SPEED. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BECAUSE MY TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND BLEND WITH TRAFFIC WHILE MERGING OFF OF AN EXIT ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE LAST TIME THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. WHEN EVALUATED AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT SEVERAL CYLINDERS MISFIRED AND DAMAGED THE TURBO. THE REPAIRS WERE CLOSE TO $1000, TWO WEEKS LATER THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. REPAIRS ARE PENDING NOW. I RESEARCHED THE ECO BOOST ENGINE ON THE INTERNET AFTER EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEMS. THERE WERE NUMEROUS PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. 'SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I WAS LUCKY.

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS CRUISING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN THE TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE HAD SHUT OFF. THE RPM WAS FINE, HOWEVER ON THE SPEEDOMETER IT KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN (MY MPH WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE), AND IT FELT LIKE SOME ONE WAS PUMPING THE BRAKES (LIGHTLY). I TRIED ACCELERATING BUT ALL IT DID WAS MAKE A SCREECHING SOUND. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO PREVENT CARS FROM REAR ENDING ME AND PLACED IN PARK. I NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON AT THIS POINT AND PULLED BACK OUT ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. A FEW DAYS LATER, I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP WHICH THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTICS AND FOUND NO ISSUES. ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING AS I WAS EXITING I35.

Mileage: 52,000

AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MINUTES, I PARKED MY TRUCK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. AFTER RETURNING TO MY VEHICLE AND PULLING AWAY, MY TRUCK WOULD BARELY ACCELERATE. I GAVE IT MORE GAS AND A LARGE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON MY DASH AND SOON DISAPPEARED. ONCE IT WAS GONE, MY SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T FUNCTION, THE MILEAGE WAS GONE AND THE AIR BAG DISCONNECT WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT TO MY DEALERSHIP 10 MILES AWAY SO THEY COULD ATTEMPT TO REGISTER A CODE ON THEIR COMPUTER AS I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS TRUCK BUCKING/SURGING WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAYS SPEEDS FOR 8 MONTHS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED FOR A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE ISSUES, I NOTICED THAT THE SIGNALS WERE NOT TURN OFF AUTOMATICALLY AND HAD TO BE DEACTIVATED MANUALLY DURING TURNS. AFTER THE TECHNICIAN TOOK TECHNICAL INFORMATION MY VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND ON AND EVERYTHING RETURNED TO NORMAL. AS I MENTIONED THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE AND THEY ARE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. I SEE NO RECALLS FROM FORD ON THIS ECOBOOST ENGINE.

Mileage: 69,800

THE OTHER DAY MY TRUCK WOULD NOT START WHEN LEAVING WORK AT NIGHT. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK OVER BUT NOT START. FORD LET ME KNOW IT WAS A FUSE AND SOME COMPONENTS THAT HAD MELTED, THAT IT WOULD NEED A SPECIAL PART TO BE ORDERED IN SINCE FORD HAS STATED THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT MUST BE LOCATED TO A DIFFERENT AREA OF THE VEHICLE FOR SAFETY REASONS (FIRE HAZARD). I AM SHOCKED THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL ABOUT THIS NOR IS IT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY (I HAVE AN EXTENDED BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY).

Mileage: 42,000

I PURCHASED A NEW 2012 FORD F150 PLATINUM 4X4 ECOBOOST TRUCK IN JUNE 2012. AROUND 2014, I EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND MAJOR SHAKING OR SHUDDERING WHEN I WENT TO PASS A VEHICLE IN THE HIGHWAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A MISFIRE ISSUE AND CALLED THE FORD DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM. THEY ASKED AT THE TIME IF IT WAS CONSISTENT AND I SAID IT WAS NOT. THEY ADVISED THAT I SHOULD JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AND THAT I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN IF IT CONTINUED. I HAVE ALSO DONE A GOOD NUMBER OF ALL MAINTENANCE RELATED CHECK UPS AND SERVICES WITH THE FORD DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM. IT HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES OVER A 1 YEAR PERIOD. I CHANGED THE SPARK PLUGS AS I THOUGHT IT WAS A MISFIRE BUT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. THE LAST EPISODE NEARLY RESULTED IN A COLLISION. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP NEAR MY HOME AND THEY TESTED IT. COMPUTER READING SAYS IT IS A P04300 - BAD INNER COOLER. FIX IS $1700 PER DEALER (NEW INNER COOLER, NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER, NEW BOOTS, NEW PLUGS AND ADDING A SHIELD) BUT THAT SINCE I AM NOW AT 88K, EMISSION WARRANTY ENDED AT 80K AND I HAVE NO FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM FORD. I ADVISED I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT AN EMISSIONS WARRANTY AND THAT THIS IS NOT MY DRIVING OR MILEAGE ISSUE AND THAT FORD ACKNOWLEDGES THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE CHARGE AIR COOLER AND HAD A REDESIGN. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND IF FORD RECOGNIZES THIS AS THEIR DESIGN FLAW AND IS NOW HAPPENING TO MY FORD VEHICLE, I NEED THEM TO HELP ACCEPT THIS AS A WARRANTABLE ITEM AND ACCEPT THE REPAIR FROM THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE ASSIST. KINDEST REGARDS.

Mileage: 60,000

I WENT TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK STARTED TO MISS AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. IT STARTED TO LOSE SPEED AND CAUSED A BACK UP OF CARS BEHIND ME. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT CLEARED UP AND DIDN'T DO IT AGAIN. I BELIEVE THE BUILD UP OF WATER IN THE INTERCOOLER TO BE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT'S A POOR DESIGN BY FORD AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

Mileage: 40,550

BRAKES APPLIED TO STOP, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, VEHICLE INCREASED, BRAKES COULDN'T WORK HAD TO TURN KEY OF TO STOP ENGINE.

Mileage: 2,200

2012 ECOBOAST ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY SHUTS DOWN WHEN I BEGIN TO ACCELLERATE M I BEGIN TO ACCELLERATE INTO MY LANE OR ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC --- OR NO TRAFFIC. . MY SPEED RAPIDLY DECREASES DURING THIS 2 TO 5 SECOND "DELAY" AND HAS RESULTED IN MANY NEAR MISSES WHEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IS WHEN STUCK IN HEAVY STOP & GO TRAFFIC, WHEN I MUST QUICKLY ADJUST BETWEEN THE GAS AND BRAKE TO PREVENT A CRASH. IN THIS HEAVY TRAFFIC SCENERIO, THE ENGINE WILL BEGIN TO " BACKFIRE" AND BRINGS ME TO A STOP IN THIS TRAFFIC --- AND THEN SUDDENLY "CATCHES ON" AND BRINGS ME TO A PANIC BRAKING OPTION. I'VE TAKEN THIS ISSUE TO MY FORD DEALERS OVER THE PAST 7 MONTHS, AND THEY HAVE NO SOLUTION --- ALTHOUGH ALL ARE AWARE OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS SUCH AS MINE --- THEY EVEN HAVE A NAME FOR IT --- "LIMB MODE AND OR TURBO LAG." NHTSA HAS MANY SIMILAR SCENERIOS IN ITS CURRETN "COMPLAINT" LOG BUT NO INFO REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE COMPLAINTS. THIS CONDITION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COULD RESULT IN INJURIES OR DEATHS.

Mileage: 20,000

VEHICLE IS A FORD F150 2012 ECOBOOST V6 3.5L. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN IN HIGH HUMIDITY AND FOG WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON FOR A TIME PERIOD OF AROUND 4 HOURS WITHOUT SPOOLING THE TURBO CHARGERS. UPON TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, AND BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AT CURRENT SPEED BUT WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN GAS WAS PRESSED TO PICK UP SPEED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID ILLUMINATE. THIS ISSUE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE ISSUE OF CONDENSATION/WATER IN THE CHARGE AIR COOLER CAUSING THE CYLINDERS TO MISFIRE AND VEHICLE GOING INTO LIMP MODE. THERE WAS NO ISSUE WHEN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WERE OPTIMAL. THIS HAPPENED AFTER THE FORD DEALERSHIP MADE THE RECOMMENDED FORD BULLETIN REPAIRS. THIS ISSUE HAS THE POTENTIAL OF CAUSING A FATALITY.

Mileage: 18,950

VEHICLE IS A FORD F150 2012 ECOBOOST V6 3.5L. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN IN RAIN WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON FOR A TIME PERIOD OF AROUND 3 HOURS WITHOUT SPOOLING THE TURBO CHARGERS. UPON TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, AND BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THIS ACTION NEARLY CAUSED A HEAD ON COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AT CURRENT SPEED BUT WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN GAS WAS PRESSED TO PICK UP SPEED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SAME TRIP CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. THIS ISSUE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE ISSUE OF CONDENSATION/WATER IN THE CHARGE AIR COOLER CAUSING THE CYLINDERS TO MISFIRE AND VEHICLE GOING INTO LIMP MODE. THERE WAS NO ISSUE WHEN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WERE OPTIMAL. AGAIN, THIS ISSUE NEARLY CAUSED A HEAD ON COLLISION AS I TRIED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE IN AN AREA WHICH ALLOWED PASSING IN MY LANE. FORD RE-FLASHED THE THE ECU AND ADDED A DEFLECTOR SHIELD TO THE TOP OF THE CHARGE AIR COOLER AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 17,000

JULY 6 LOST POWER TO TRUCK ENGINE AT 60 MPH WHEN GOING TO PASS IN HARD ACCELERATION SITUATION. TRUCK ENGINE SHUTTERED FOR OVER 3 MINS UNTIL I COULD GET IT STABILIZED AROUND 2000 RPMS IN A LOWER GEAR/SPEED. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF TWO SIMILAR SITUATION ON THE SAME DAY WITH THE TRUCK AND THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY ANY ACCELERATION OVER 3500 RPMS CAUSED A LOSS OF POWER. WE LIMPED THE VEHICLE HOME THAT DAY. NEXT DAY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF UNTIL WE COULD GET TRUCK INTO OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR SERVICE ON 7-13. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RESEARCHED VIA INFO ON THIS SITE TO NO CONCLUSION. I CAN SAY IF YOU DROVE THIS VEHICLE AND SIMULATED THIS ISSUE YOU WOULD SEE THE MAJOR ISSUE THIS CAUSES AND POTENTIAL RISK OF ACCIDENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH ACCELERATION. SPECIFICALLY HEAVY TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. THE ISSUE CAUSED SPARK PLUG DAMAGE, CATALYTIC CONVERTER DAMAGE AND THE DEALER PERFORMED THE TSB (4TH ISSUED BY FORD) TO ATTEMPT TO FIX THE ISSUE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, CAUSES SAFETY ISSUES AND SHOULD BE RECALLED TO PERMANENTLY FIX NOT TRY TO PATCH WITH FOUR DIFFERENT TSB. FIX THIS CORRECTLY BEFORE ACCIDENTS OCCUR THAT CAUSE DEATHS. UPDATED 9/25/15 *LN UPDATED 3/23/2016*JS UPDATED 11/27/2017*CN

Mileage: 70,000

ENGINE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ENGINE STARTED SHAKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND WAS VERY WET. AFTER PULLING OFF TURNED OF ENGINE FOR APPROX 15 MINUTES. STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 53,000

24,991MI: MISFIRE WHEN ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER REPORTED NO PROBLEM FOUND, NO CODES & MADE NO REPAIRS. 29,440MI: MISFIRE WHEN ACCELERATING & GOING UP & DOWN HILLS SPECIFICALLY WHEN IN 4,5, 6 GEAR DURING BOTH FLAT & INCLINED HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS WAS WHILE PULLING AN 8000LB TRAILER. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER FOUND MISFIRE IN #1 & 4 AND REPLACED COILS & PLUGS IN #1 & #4 ONLY. TEST DRIVE STILL SHOWED MISFIRE, THEN REPLACED TURBO BOOST PRESSURE SENSOR. I WAS TOLD THAT MOISTURE HAD DAMAGED THE PLUGS & SENSOR. 35,214MI: MISFIRE WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP, DURING NORMAL ACCELERATION AND GOING UP HILLS.NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER REPLACED THE DRIVERS SIDE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BECAUSE IT WAS WARPED. 37,164MI: MISFIRE WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP, DURING NORMAL ACCELERATION & GOING UP HILLS. I SAW THIS IN ACCELERATION CONDITIONS FROM 10-60MPH WITHOUT TOWING A TRAILER. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER REPORTED NO PROBLEM FOUND, NO CODES & MADE NO REPAIRS. 38,577MI: REPEATED SEVERE MISFIRES WHILE GOING UP MODERATE INCLINES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON (FIRST TIME THIS EVER HAPPENED) & I HAD A REDUCTION IN POWER, COULD NOT GET OUT OF 3RD GEAR & MY SPEED DROPPED FROM 65MPH TO 50MPH. AFTER REPAIR HAD MODERATE MISFIRES DURING MAJOR INCLINES WHILE TOWING A TRAILER BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. 39,000MI: WHILE TOWING A TRAILER, EXPERIENCED SERIES OF MODERATE TO SEVERE MISFIRES IN WAVES BE OK FOR AN HOUR & THEN GO INTO A SERIES OF MISFIRES FOR 3-10 MINUTES. SOME WERE ON HILLS, SOME WERE ON FLAT HIGHWAY DRIVING. I HAD 5 OCCURRENCES WHERE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DURING THIS DRIVE. 3 OF THESE WERE DURING A HILL CLIMB WHERE I HAD A POWER REDUCTION & LOST SPEED. VEHICLE STAYED IN 3RD GEAR. WHEN I WOULD GET A SERIES OF SEVERE MISFIRES, MISFIRES WERE SO SEVERE (WITHOUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON), THAT I COULD HEAR & FEEL THE TURBO KICK OFF & ON..

Mileage: 24,991

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR MY SON IN DECEMBER 2012. WE TOOK A TRIP TO ALABAMA ON THE SATURDAY FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE. THE TRUCK HAD PROBLEMS STALLING, MISFIRIING, AND NOT BRAKING IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 TIMES. IT IS IN THE SHOP AGAIN TODAY FOR THE MISFIRING/STALLING. THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD MY SON THAT HIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN THE SHOP TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WE STILL HAVE ALL THE SERVICE PAPERWORK TO DISPEL THAT REMARK, THIS VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 24,000 MILES ON IT. THE FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRES IN DECEMBER AND HAS STILL NOT BEEN FIXED. IT DOES NOT JUST STALL IN RAINY OR VERY HUMID CONDITIONS AS STATED BY FORD IN THEIR RESPONSE TO THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION. THEY HAVE REPLACED SPARK PLUGS TWICE, UPDATED SOFTWARE, PUT A HEAT SHIELD IN FRONT OF THE INTER-COOLER. NONE OF THESE THINGS HAVE WORKED. THE SHIELD IN FRONT OF THE INTER-COOLER DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE INTER-COOLER BY NOT ALLOWING IT TO COOL AS INTENDED. IT RAISES THE TEMPERATURE IN THE INTERCOOLER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE LESS CONDENSATION. MY SON BELIEVES THE INTER-COOLER HAS A DESIGN FLAW. HE THINKS THAT THE AIR RETURN FROM THE INTER-COOLER TO THE ENGINE BEING ON THE BOTTOM ALLOWS MORE CONDENSATION TO BE SUCKED BACK INTO THE ENGINE. IF IT WERE ON THE TOP, MORE OF THE CONDENSATION WOULD STAY IN THE BOTTOM AND NOT RETURNED BACK TO THE ENGINE. THERE IS AN AFTER MARKET FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE AND I BELIEVE FORD MOTOR COMPANY DOES NOT WANT TO SPEND THE KIND OF MONEY THAT IT WILL TAKE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM CORRECTLY. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY UNDER ANY CONDITIONS. IF IT DOES NOT, IT IS FLAWED. I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO PURCHASE THE REPLACEMENT INTER-COOLER OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. I'VE INCLUDED ALL THIS INFORMATION IN THE EVENT THAT IT HELPS OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

Mileage: 200

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE TRUCK WILL ONLY MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE PEDAL IS FULLY DEPRESSED. WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING THE TRUCK BARELY MOVES THEN IT WILL CATCH AND LUNGE FORWARD AT BREAK-NECK SPEED. THIS SAME THING HAPPENS AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, WILL BE ACCELERATING NORMALLY WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE RPM AND SPEED GAUGES COMPLETELY DROP THE ENGINE LOSSES ALL POWER AND IF THE PEDAL IS CONTINUED TO BE PRESSED THE TRUCK WILL LUNGE FORWARD, AGAIN AT BREAK-NECK SPEED. IN A 10 MILE TRIP IT CAN HAPPEN 3 OR 4 TIMES. TODAY WE HAD A NEW EXPERIENCE WHERE WHEN DECELERATING TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE MOTOR BEGAN REVVING TO REDLINE ALL WHILE ONLY THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. ON GREEN LIGHT THE ACCELERATION AGAIN WAS LIMITED TO FULL PETAL AND A LIMP TILL BURST MODE. THESE EVENTS ALL SCARE THE FAMILY TO THE POINT OF NOT RIDING IN THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 54,398

I PURCHASED THIS 2012 FORD F-150 BRAND NEW!!! I AM A DIE HARD FORD FAN, AND HAVE NEVER BOUGHT SOMETHING NEW, SO AFTER MANY OLD PREOWNED FORD TRUCKS, I BOUGHT A NEW F-150. UNDER BOTH THE 36,000 MILES AND 3 YEAR BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, IT WOULD RATTLE, SHAKE, AND TICK A LOT, A WHOLE LOT! IT WOULD ALSO MAKE A LOUD RATTLING NOISE DURING A COLD START, OR BETWEEN 1800-2000 RPM. AFTER DOING MY HOMEWORK, THIS 3.5 LITER ENGINE (ECOBOOST) HAS TIMING CHAIN ISSUES AND THE TIMING CHAIN HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR PRE-MATURE STRETCH. I FOUND 4 OTHER TESTIMONIALS OF THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. IT GETS BETTER, THE OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALSO TOLD THE SAME THING AFTER BRINGING IT TO THEIR FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY SAID "FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT IT WOULD NOT AFFECT LONG TERM OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE, AND FORD DEEMS IT ACCEPTABLE; NO REPAIR NECESSARY".........WOW!!!!!! AFTER SPENDING ALMOST 40K ON MY FIRST NEW TRUCK. I THEN WENT TO CALL FORD COOPERATE WHERE I CLIMBED UP THE LADDER OF 3 DIFFERENT MANAGERS, EACH OF HIGHER RANKING, AND THE WROTE THE HIGHEST CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICIAL A LETTER, ONLY TO BE TOLD NO, NOTHING COULD BE DONE.

Mileage: 26,354

2012 F150, 5.0 V8 3 YEARS OFF LOT WHEN JULY 4TH GETS HERE IN 2015. 33000 MILES AND 4 OF THE SPARK PLUGS ARE SHOT, FORD TECH SAID GAPS ARE OFF. FROM FACTORY. O2 SENSOR ALSO SHOT. WORKING ON IT NOW, BETTER BE COVERED UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER, BECAUSE $1100.00 DOLLARS IS A LOT TO PUT INTO PRACTICALLY A BRAND NEW TRUCK.

Mileage: 33,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND JERK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS EVENTUALLY INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO REPAIR FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

Mileage: 58,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE COIL AND THE SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

Mileage: 47,000

STUMBLE/MISFIRE INTERMITTENTLY ON ACCELERATION FROM HIGHWAY CRUISING SPEED DURING SLIGHT ACCELERATION IN WARMER WEATHER. HAVE HAD IT TO LOCAL DEALER 2X FOR TSB REPAIRS, WITH NO LUCK. CALLED ANOTHER LOCAL DEALER TO SEE IF THEY HAVE HAD ANY LUCK FIXING THE PROBLEM AND SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONSISTENT LUCK IN REPAIRING THE PROBLEM, EITHER...

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE ENGINE MISFIRED AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED BEFORE THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE THAT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PLUGS NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND REPLACED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE DEALER ONLY CLEARED THE CODES AND DID NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. WHILE IN REVERSE, THE SERVICE ADVANCE TRACK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE. A MECHANIC TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY STEERING NUT IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

Mileage: 32,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE ROAD, THE ENGINE ON MY TRUCK STARTED SPUTTERING, THEN LOST SPEED AND POWER VERY RAPIDLY. AT THAT POINT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THE TRUCK ALMOST STALLED. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND AVOID OTHER DRIVERS. HAD AN ONCOMING CAR BEEN TOO CLOSE, OR HAD I NOT HAD A PARKING LOT TO PULL INTO, THERE WAS A STRONG POSSIBILITY I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO A LESSER DEGREE IN THE PAST, BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT I EXPERIENCED ABOVE, NOR DID THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EVER START BLINKING. AT THE TIME I PASSED THIS OFF AS BEING BAD GAS, MY TIRES SLIPPING OR SOME OTHER ISSUE AND THOUGHT NO MORE OF IT. AT THIS POINT I DON'T WANT OTHERS TO GET PUT INTO THE SAME SITUATION, WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOMEONE GETTING HURT. BECAUSE REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO TRUCKS OF THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, MODEL AND ENGINE I FELT COMPELLED TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

Mileage: 94,450

WHEN THERE WAS SNOW AND ICE ON THE HIGHWAYS I PUT MY TRUCK IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND WHEN TURNED BACK INTO 2 WHEEL DRIVE I BEGAN TO NOTICE A GRINDING AND VIBRATION NOISE THAT OCCURRED WHEN TURNING. THEN COUPLE WEEKS LATER THE NOISE STARTED WHEN BACKING OUT CAUSING TRUCK TO SHAKE AND LOSE POWER TO BARELY BACK OUT. THIS NOISE CONTINUED AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE. WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND LOOKED OVER. UPDATES WERE MADE AS WELL AS OIL CHANGE BUT DAYS LATER NOISE CAME BACK. SINCE 2/12/15 MY TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUR TIMES AND HAS PERFORMED RECOMMENDATIONS BY FORD BUT DAYS LATER NOISE COMES BACK. THE LAST TIME MY TRUCK WAS IN I WAS TOLD BY THE OWNER AND SERVICE MANAGER MY TRUCK IS NOT FIXABLE AS THEY WERE INFORMED OTHER 2012 F150'S ARE HAVING SAME ISSUES AND AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING DONE. SINCE THIS MY TRUCK IS SHAKING MORE BACKING UP, JERKING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AS IF LOSING POWER THAN WILL GAIN POWER AND JOLT FORWARD, I HEAR THIS GRINDING NOISE ALL THE TIME WHEN DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS FROM 30-60 MPH, TURNS, AND BACKING UP. THE OTHER ISSUE IS WHEN TRUCK GETS TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER IT DOES NOT SHIFT DOWN UNLESS I LET UP ON PEDAL AND THEN PUSH IT AGAIN. I AM FEELING UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AS TWICE NOW I HAVE HEARD A POPPING NOISE WHILE DRIVING WITH THIS NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO FORD AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING FOR ME. I WANT TO GET RID OF THIS TRUCK AS I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT LIKE THIS. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

MARCH 1 AT APPROX... 8AM I WAS COMING OUT OF A 30MPH ZONE ON THE TURNPIKE. AS I ACCELERATED TO HIGHWAY SPEED THE TRUCK STARTED SHUTTERING BAD AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.... AND PUT THE TRUCK IN A DEAD ZONE.... IT WAS STILL RUNNING BUT POWER WAS NOT THERE!!! I PUT ON MY FLASHERS AND SAFELY MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER.. THE SEMI DIRECTLY BEHIND ME MISSED ME BY INCHES. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

MULTIPLE OCCASIONS GO TO STEP ON THE GAS AND THE TRUCK JUST DOESN'T ACCELERATE, FEELS LIKE A MISFIRE OR ALMOST ABOUT TO STALL, THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP AT A LIGHT AND LIGHT TURNS GREEN, HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN ROLLING IN TRAFFIC OR TRYING TO GET ONTO HIGHWAY AT THE ON RAMP. ANOTHER TIME DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, STEPPED ON GAS AND TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD AS IF SOMEONE HIT ME FROM BEHIND AND RPM KEPT ACCELERATING EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT STEPPING ON THE GAS. HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO DEALER AND THEY CLAIM THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I BELIEVE THESE ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I'M EXPECTING THE TRUCK TO MOVE SO I CAN GO ALONG WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND IT JUST HANGS ON ME PUTTING ME IN A BAD SITUATION OR IT LAUNCHES FORWARD MAKING ME MOMENTARILY JERK THE WHEEL AND LOSE CONTROL. POSSIBLE KNOWN ISSUE? (HTTP://WWW.USATODAY.COM/STORY/MONEY/CARS/2013/05/28/FORD-F150-ECOBOOST-GOVERNMENT-PROBE/2367197/) THANKS *TR

Mileage: 17,000

UPDATED - NHTSA ID NUMBER 1005220-7, FORD F150 2012 3.5 WITH TURBO ACCELERATION FAILURE: ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: 5 DEGREES, ROADS WERE DRY, NO PRECIPITATION IN THE PAST 72 HOURS. DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOP, THE TURBO CHARGERS KICKED IN AND THE VEHICLE QUICKLY WENT INTO A MISS-FIRE CONDITION, (THE VEHICLE ENGINE FAULT LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING) CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO QUICKLY LOOSE POWER. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OFF OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ALLOWED TO IDLE FOR A FEW MOMENTS. THE ENGINE LIGHT STOPPED BLINKING AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE AGAIN DRIVEN WITHOUT ISSUE (SLOW ACCELERATION WAS USED FOR THE BALANCE OF THE TRAVEL THAT DAY). ISSUE AGAIN OCCURRED OFF AND ON AND BECAME A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A TOLL ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR WHEN THE VEHICLE AGAIN LOST POWER. WAS FORTUNATE TO CLOSE TO AN OFF RAMP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE AGAIN ALLOWED TO IDLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE CONTINUING TRIP. VEHICLE WAS DROPPED OFF WITH FORD DEALERSHIP. NO ODB CODES ARE IN THE MEMORY; FAIR OAKS FORD IS INDICATING THAT THE VEHICLE REQUIRES A TUNE-UP AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $600.00. WHY AM I PAYING FOR THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT!!! *TR

Mileage: 58,000

NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10052207, FORD F150 2012 3.5 WITH TURBO ACCELERATION FAILURE: ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: 5 DEGREES, ROADS WERE DRY, NO PRECIPITATION IN THE PAST 72 HOURS. DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOP, THE TURBO CHARGES KICKED IN AND THE VEHICLE QUICKLY WENT INTO A MIS-FIRE CONDITION, (THE VEHICLE ENGINE FAULT LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING) CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO QUICKLY LOOSE POWER. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OFF OF THE MAIN THEREFORE INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ALLOWED TO IDLE FOR A FEW MOMENTS. THE ENGINE LIGHT STOPPED BLINKING AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE AGAIN DRIVEN WITHOUT ISSUE (SLOW ACCELERATION WAS USED FOR THE BALANCE OF THE TRAVEL THAT DAY). ISSUE AGAIN OCCURRED OFF AN ON AND BECAME A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A TOLL ROAD DURING RUSH HOURM WHEN THE VEHICLE AGAIN LOST POWER. WAS FORTUNATE TO CLOSE TO AN OFF RAMP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE AGAIN ALLOWED TO IDLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE CONTINUING TRIP. VEHICLE WAS DROPPED OFF WITH FORD DEALERSHIP. NO ODB CODES ARE IN THE MEMORY, FORD IS INDICATING THAT THE VEHICLE REQUIRES A TUNE-UP AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $600.00. WHY AM I PAYING FOR THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT!!! *TR

Mileage: 58,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

Mileage: 50,000

AT PASSING SPEEDS OR DURING ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND START FLASHING. IT ONLY DOES THIS WHEN ACCELERATED AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS. AFTER NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OF THIS HAPPENING THE LIGHT HAS CONTINUOUSLY STAYED ON AND NOW IT WON'T GO OFF.

Mileage: 13,000

ENGINE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY A BIG WRENCH CAME UP ON THE SCREEN WHERE THE MPG AND STUFF ARE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED DUE TO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 33,568

DRIVING AT 5 MPH RAINING OUT AND ENGINE SHUT OFF FOR ABOUT 10 SEC. NOW ENGINE HESITATION WHEN PASSING OR JUST TAKING OFF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHICH LOCATED SEVERAL CODES; HOWEVER, THE CODES DID NOT RELATE TO THE STALLING FAILURE. THE DEALER CHECKED THE ENGINE OIL FOR OIL SLUDGE, BUT THE ENGINE OIL WAS NORMAL AND THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

Mileage: 8,000

2012 F150 ECOBOOST ENGINE.LOSS OF POWER AND TRUCK SHUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING AT HIGHWAY SPEED FROM POSSIBLE MISFIRING. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALSO, BUT TURNED OFF SOON AFTER EVENT. TOOK TO DEALER TO CHECK, DEALER SAID TO CHANGE SPARK PLUGS AND BOOTS. DEALER DID NOT MENTION PREVIOUS OR CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

I WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY (I-95) WAITING OUT A HEAVY RAINSTORM. UPON PULLING BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY, MY TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, LOST POWER, SHOOK AND ALMOST STALLED OUT..I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW. THE FIRST TIME WAS JAN -14 UNDER THE SAME LOCATION AND CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

AFTER DRIVING IN RAINING CONDITIONS FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS, I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN I ACCELERATED, MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY. BECAUSE OF THIS, I NEARLY CAUSE A MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENT DO TO MY INABILITY TO CONTROL MY TRUCKS RAPIDLY REDUCING SPEED. THE SAME ISSUE OR TYPE OF ISSUE OCCURRED IN LATE AUGUST OF 2013 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. UPON ACCELERATION ATTEMPT, THE ENGINE REDUCED POWER, FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. A FORD DEALERSHIP COMPLETED TSB-13-8-1, HOWEVER, IT WAS RELUCTANTLY DONE AS NO CODE WOULD VERIFY A PROBLEM. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, WHO ONCE I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING, TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE TSB-13-8-1 PERFORMED. I MENTIONED IT HAD BEEN PERFORMED AND WAS TOLD THAT UNLESS A CODE COULD VERIFY A PROBLEM, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM, WITH MANY OCCURRENCES. THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED IF SOMEONE DOESN'T CORRECT THE ISSUE. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE "CREATED" BY A MECHANIC TO, IT ONLY HAPPENS IN REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS. IS THERE SOMETHING SOMEONE CAN DO TO MAKE FORD RESEARCH, IDENTIFY AND CORRECT THIS ISSUE BEFORE EVEN ONE DEATH? *TR

Mileage: 37,000

DURING HARD ACCELERATION AFTER NORMAL DRIVING VEHICLE SPUTTERS/MISFIRES HEAVILY, NO RECALL OR ADJUSTMENT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FROM FORD. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AND IS KEEPING ME FROM PULLING ANY TYPE OF PAYLOAD BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED THIS WILL OCCUR. I NOW HAVE 41,000 MILES ON VEHICLE AND IT STILL DOES IT, FORCED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK ONLY UNDER SOFT ACCELERATION. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

3.5L ECOBOOST F150 BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND FAIL TO ACCELERATE WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO KEEP IT FROM CONTINUING TO SHUDDER. THIS HAS HAPPEN REPEATEDLY ON AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS! DEALERSHIP SAYS IT SHOW NO CODES FOR MISFIRES??? *TR

Mileage: 59,000

THIS IS THE 2ND (AND 3RD, 4TH, 5TH) INSTANCE OF A PROBLEM I ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN ODI 10659481. AGAIN, AFTER TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE FOR A FEW HOURS IN VERY LIGHT RAIN, THE ENGINE FAILED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC FROM AN ON-RAMP. THIS CREATED A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION, WITH TRAFFIC BEARING DOWN ON US FROM BEHIND AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH AND STEADY TRAFFIC ALSO IN THE LEFT LANES. UNLIKE THE EARLIER OCCURRENCE ON OCT 28, THE TRUCK DID NOT SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT (CEL) DID NOT FLASH. HOWEVER, THE TRUCK WAS NOTICEABLY VIBRATING AND VERY SLOW TO ACCELERATE TO HIGHWAY SPEED. BECAUSE FORD HAD DECLINED TO MAKE REPAIRS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT DUE TO ODB CODES REPORTEDLY NOT BEING PRESENT, I HAD PURCHASED MY OWN ODB-II SCAN TOOL. INDEED, NO CODES WERE LOGGED FOR THIS INCIDENT EITHER. ON DEC 28 I TRAVELED 550 ADDITIONAL MILES ON INTERSTATE IN STEADY RAIN. I TESTED THE ENGINE 3 SEPARATE TIMES BY ATTEMPTING SUSTAINED HARD ACCELERATION. EACH TIME THE TRUCK SHOOK AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY, THE CEL FINALLY ILLUMINATED STEADY AND MISFIRE CODES WERE LOGGED P0304, P0305 AND P0306. IN SUMMARY, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS F-150 ECOBOOST ENGINE FAILURE FIVE TIMES, BUT ODB CODES WERE NOT LOGGED ON THE FIRST TWO WHEN ATTEMPTING REAL-WORLD CRITICAL MANEUVERS. THE CODES WERE ONLY LOGGED DURING INTENTIONAL TESTING FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. I AM CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS THE SAFETY DEFECT AS DESCRIBED IN FORD TSB 13-8-1 "3.5L GTDI - INTERMITTENT STUMBLE/MISFIRE ON ACCELERATION FROM HIGHWAY CRUISE IN HUMID OR DAMP CONDITIONS". IT IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING THAT EVIDENCE OF THIS DEFECT IS NOT ALWAYS LOGGED BY THE VEHICLE COMPUTER AND CUSTOMERS ARE THEREFORE BEING DENIED THE PRESCRIBED REPAIRS. IT IS ALSO CONCERNING THAT FUEL MILEAGE HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY IMPAIRED (ABOUT 3 MPG HIGHWAY) SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. *TR

Mileage: 42,342

THERE WAS A MISFIRE AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THIS HAPPENED 5 TIMES BEFORE THE COMPUTER SHOWED THERE WAS AN ISSUE. ON THE THIRD TIME I HAD FORD INSTALL THE DEFLECTOR TO KEEP WATER AWAY FROM THE TURBO CHARGERS. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED THE COMPUTER FINALLY SHOWED A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AUTO ZONE TO HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE IT. THE COMPUTER WAS SHOWING MISFIRES IN 3 CYLINDERS. WHEN I GOT THE VEHICLE TO FORD IT WAS ONLY SHOWING ONE CYLINDER HAVING HAD A MISFIRE. BASED ON THIS, AND THE FACT THAT THE COMPUTER DIDN'T REGISTER THE PREVIOUS MISFIRES. I FEEL THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THE COMPUTER IN MY VEHICLE. FORD REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I KNOW THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS, BUT THE MISFIRES HAVE HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS NOT RAINING OR HUMID, IN FACT THE FIRST MISFIRE HAPPENED ON A DRY DAY. ALSO, I HAVE HAD THE REPAIRS MADE BASED ON MOISTURE CAUSING THE ISSUE AND STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

Mileage: 6,000

I WAS WITH MY FAMILY ON THE WAY TO CHURCH. I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS IN POWER AND WAS UNABLE TO RESUME ACCELERATION. THE HIGHWAY ALSO HAS A MODERATE INCLINE IN SLOPE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DRAMATICALLY. WE WERE ALMOST REAR-ENDED FROM THE CAR HEADING IN THE SAME DIRECTION WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE AWAY. LUCKILY THE CAR THAT WAS APPROACHING FROM BEHIND WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN FAST ENOUGH CONSIDERING WE HAD A 1 YEAR AND 4 YEAR OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT THEY COULD OFFER TO CHECK THE PROBLEM WAS ON WEDNESDAY 10/10/2014. THIS IS OVER 3 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT SO I BEGAN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE. I DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS AND IT SEEMS FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND IS EVEN ATTEMPTING TO MODIFY THE AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM AND RE FLASH THE PCM. WITH ISSUES LIKE THE MILLIONS OF VEHICLES BEING RECALLED FOR AIRBAGS THAT HAVE LED TO SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH, FAR BEYOND THE MANUFACTURE ORIGINALLY BECOMING AWARE OF THE ISSUES. HOW LONG IS THE ISSUE REGARDING THE 2011-2013 FORD F150 ECOBOOST GOING TO REMAIN SHOVED UNDER THE RUG? HOW MANY LIVES HAVE TO BE LOST BEFORE FORD TAKES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PUTTING THE PUBLIC AT RISK. IN THEIR REPORT TO THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE (ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE), IT IS MORE THAN OBVIOUS THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A DEFECT IN THE 2012 FORD F150 AND THE ECOBOOST ENGINES WITHIN THE TRUCKS. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY THEY ARE NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR RISKING THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE. ALSO, WHY IS THE NHTSA ALLOWING FORD TO SHRUG THIS OFF AND CLOSE THIS INVESTIGATION? THERE IS A CLEAR DEFECT PRESENT THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF LEADING TO LOSS OF LIFE. IS THIS NOT PURE NEGLIGENCE? *TR

Mileage: 40,001

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND STARTED SHAKING BEFORE STALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 43,000

I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 6 HOURS WITH INTERMITTENT RAIN, ABOUT 3.5 HOURS SINCE LAST STOP, 1/2 TANK OF GAS REMAINING. LOCATION WAS I-65 NORTH NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN, KY, 11:15 PM, WITH MIST, WET ROAD AND SPRAY. WEATHER RECORDS INDICATE 50 DEGREES AND FALLING, LIGHT RAIN, 84% HUMIDITY. I HAD THE F-150 IN 4WD-AUTO MODE DUE TO THE ROAD CONDITIONS. FOR SEVERAL MILES ANOTHER CAR HAD BEEN CONTINUALLY STAYING IN MY BLIND SPOT IN THE LANE IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT, DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR WITH GRADUAL REDUCTIONS/INCREASES IN MY SPEED. MY GENERAL CRUISING SPEED WAS ABOUT 70 MPH. I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE APPROACHING A VERY SLOW-MOVING TRACTOR TRAILER, SO I ACCELERATED MODERATELY-HARD TO MOVE AHEAD OF THE CAR TO MY LEFT AND WAS CHANGING INTO THAT LANE WHEN THE F-150 STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND LOST SPEED. MY WIFE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD COLLIDED WITH SOMETHING IN THE ROAD. I QUICKLY VEERED BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND BRAKED HARD, NARROWLY AVOIDING AN ACTUAL COLLISION. I SUSPECTED WE HAD SOME TYPE OF ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, BUT WHILE COASTING THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING SMOOTHLY. I SWITCHED FROM 4WD-AUTO TO 2WD AND TRIED TO GENTLY ACCELERATE AGAIN, BUT THE F-150 STARTED SHAKING AGAIN AND THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD, AND BY THE TIME I CAME TO A STOP THE LIGHT HAD STOPPED FLASHING. I CHECKED ALL AROUND AND UNDER THE VEHICLE, UNDER HOOD, GAUGES, ETC. WITH NO FURTHER SIGN OF A PROBLEM. I STOPPED AND STARTED THE ENGINE, THEN DROVE AWAY AND THE F-150 PERFORMED NORMALLY FOR REMAINDER OF TRIP TO LOUISVILLE, KY. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE F-150 TO A LOCAL DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED THE "CLASSIC SCENARIO" FOR CONDENSATION IN THE CHARGE-AIR COOLER, CAUSING ENGINE MISFIRES. THE F-150 IS GETTING VERY POOR GAS MILEAGE EVER SINCE. HOME DEALER HAS DECLINED SERVICE BECAUSE OBD CODES ARE NO LONGER PRESENT. ENGINE: 3.5L GTDI (ECOBOOST). *TR

Mileage: 37,974

WHEN TRYING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE ( GOING 45 IN A 55) I TRIED TO PASS. WHEN I MOVED INTO OTHER LANE AND GASSED TRUCK I LOST POWER AND STARTED JERKING. I HAD TO LET UP COMPLETELY OFF THE GAS AND FALL BACK BEHIND THE CAR THAT I WAS PASSING. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THERE WERE OTHER CARS BEHIND ME THAT HAD ALSO STARTED TO PASS AS WELL AS ONCOMING CARS UP AHEAD (A SAFE DISTANCE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO PASS OF COURSE). THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE SINCE MANY OF THE SAME STORIES CAME UP WHEN SEARCHING THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS. *TR

UNDER NON-TOW SITUATIONS TRUCK WILL SHUDDER/MISFIRE DURING HARD ACCELERATION. ACCELERATION DOES NOT HAVE TO BE WOT. WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE HOT AND SUNNY OR CLOUDY, RAINING AND HUMID. TRUCK DID NOT START DOING THIS UNTIL 60,000 + MILES. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

WAS PREPARING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHUDDER AND BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN..LEAVING ME HUNG OUT IN TRAFFIC.I BACKED OFF OF THE GAS AND IT BEGAN TO RUN CORRECTLY.THIS WAS A SCARY INCIDENT. TRUCK HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES BUT I AM VERY CAREFUL WHEN I TRY TO PASS. FORD SAYS THEY HAVE A FIX BUT I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT I DID NOT DESIGN OR SELL THIS TRUCK FORD DID THEY SHOULD CORRECT. *TR

Mileage: 25,600

WHEN YOU PRESS THE THROTTLE PEDAL TO PASS THE VEHICLE HAS A SLIGHT ACCELERATION AND THEN SHAKES, SHUDDERS AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. I NEED TO COAST FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS BEFORE THE SYSTEM RECOVERS AND THE TRUCK ACCELERATES. THIS HAPPENS ALL SUMMER LONG PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME I NEED TO PASS. MY FORD DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE APPLIED THE SERVICE BULLETINS BUT THAT DOES NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IN YOUR INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER IT IS STATED THAT FORD SAYS YOU CAN STILL ACCELERATE I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE WITH MY TRUCK. I SHOULD NOTE THAT MOST OF THE TIME I AM PULLING AN 18' FISHING BOAT THAT WEIGHTS ABOUT 3000 LBS. ON AT LEAST SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NOW WHILE ON VACATION I HAVE BEEN IN A LONG STRING OF TRAFFIC BEHIND EITHER MOTOR HOMES OR LOGGING TRUCKS THAT COULD NOT GO HIGHWAY SPEED, I PULL OUT TO PASS THEM STEP ON THE GAS, IT SHAKES, SHUDDERS AND THERE I SIT IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE, MEANWHILE THE STRING OF VEHICLES BEHIND ME HAVE CLOSED THE GAP, I CANNOT PULL BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND I CANNOT ACCELERATE TO GET IN FRONT OF THEM. I END UP JUST SLOWLY MOVING BACK TO THE RIGHT HOPING THE OTHER VEHICLES WILL BACK OFF AND MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, THEN COMES THE BLASTING OF THEIR HORNS AND SHAKING OF THEIR FISTS WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY PASS ME. I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE. FORD SPECIFICALLY MARKETS THIS ECOBOOST ENGINE BASED ON IT'S TORQUE FOR TOWING TO PEOPLE THAT NEED A TRUCK FOR TOWING BUT YOU CANNOT USE ANY OF THAT TORQUE ALL SUMMER LONG AND I AM PULLING A BOAT THAT IS ONLY AT ONE THIRD OF THE TOWING CAPACITY. *TR

Mileage: 8,000

WHILE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ACCELERATING, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND LOSE POWER. I TOOK IT IN TO THE SHOP AFTERWARDS AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE ALL SPARK PLUGS AND 1 IGNITION COIL. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS, I FOUND OUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ON SEVERAL 2011 - 2013 MODEL ECO BOOST. PLEASE FORCE A RECALL, AS I DO NOT FEEL I NEED TO PAY FOR SOMETHING FORD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

FOR THE FOURTH TIME, MY 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOSTED ENGINE STALLED OR SHUTTERED WHEN HAULING A LOAD (TRAILER OR HEAVY BED LOAD) IN A HIGH HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT. I WAS PULLING A U-HAUL TRAILER BEHIND MY TRUCK AND IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY. WHEN I PUNCHED THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE, THE ENGINE STALLED, SPUTTERED, AND NEARLY SHUT DOWN. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, THEN TURNED OFF ONCE THE ENGINE HAD CLEARED WHAT FELT LIKE CONDENSATION, AND RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATING MODE. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN (FOR THE 4TH TIME), THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE OF AWARE OF A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE INTERCOOLER ON 2011-2013 TURBOCHARGED VEHICLES, BUT SINCE THEY COULD NOT VERIFY THE DEFECT "CODE," FORD WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE SERVICE FIX. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AS THE SERVICE BULLETIN THAT FORD ISSUED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AS WELL. FRUSTRATED! *TR

Mileage: 48,963

USING TRUCK TO PULL APPROX. 5000 LB TRAVEL TRAILER FOR CAMPING. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 45 MINS SINCE LAST STOP, 15 MIN BATHROOM BREAK. WEATHER WAS DRIZZLE RAIN THAT HAD BEEN CONTINUOUS FOR LAST 2 HOURS OF TRIP TIME AND THERE WAS STANDING WATER ON ROADWAY. I WAS IN A 65 MPH LOCATION, FLAT ROADWAY, AND CAME UPON A SMALL CAR DOING LESS THAN 60 MPH ON THE TURNIGAN ARM AREA OF THE SEWARD HIGHWAY (2 LANE-OPPOSING TRAFFIC). IT WAS CLEAR AND I BEGAN TO PASS. AS I CLEARED THE VEHICLE I NOTICED A LARGE CLASS A RV HAD FOLLOWED ME TO PASS THE CAR. I CONTINUED AT 65-70 MPH TO FINISH PASSING AND MY TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING AND LOSING POWER AND SPEED, NO LIGHTS OR PROBLEMS SHOWN ON DASH. THE RV THAT FOLLOWED ME WAS ON MY REAR END AND TRYING TO FIT BACK INTO THE LANE WITHOUT RUNNING THE SMALL VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AS OPPOSING TRAFFIC APPROACHED. I COULD DO NOTHING BUT SIGNAL AND PULL OFF ON TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. AS I STOPPED AND PUT TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND REVVED THE ENGINE IT APPEARED FINE. I WAITED FOR A CLEARING IN TRAFFIC AND PULLED BACK IN AND ACCELERATED WITH NO PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM CORRECTED THAT QUICKLY WITH OUT ME SHUTTING IT OFF. THE TRUCK HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR THE REST OF A 250 MILE TRIP. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE ENDED UP VERY BAD AND IT SHOOK MY WIFE UP EMOTIONALLY. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ONE MORE TIME ON THE RETURN TRIP ON 9/13/14. SIMILAR WEATHER, BUT NOT QUITE AS WET. THIS TIME WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPENED I WAS IN A PASSING LANE AND HAD A SLIGHT INCLINE AND A SEMI WAS DROPPING DOWN IN SPEED AND I WENT TO PASS ACCELERATING FROM 55 TO ABOUT 65 MPH, MOVING INTO THE PASSING LANE. AS I ACCELERATED THE TRUCK HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. THIS TIME THE SITUATION WAS NOT AS DIRE AS I RECOGNIZED IT, SIGNALED, MOVED BACK INTO THE SLOW LANE AND THEN SHOULDER. OTHER THAN UPSETTING OTHER MOTORISTS AS I SLOWED DOWN NO ENDANGERMENT TO LIFE OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 11,900

WHILE DRIVING ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN WITH MY 11 YEAR OLD SON, I WENT TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE IN MY 2012 F150 ECOBOOST AND WHEN I ACCELERATED QUICKLY THE ENGINE JUST LOST ALL POWER AND TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES AND QUICKLY RETURN BEHIND THE SLOW MOVING CAR. QUITE FRIGHTENED, I DIDN'T ACCELERATE THE REST OF THE TRIP NORTH. WHILE RETURNING LABOR DAY, DAY, AND ON A FOUR LANE EXPRESSWAY I AGAIN TESTED THE ACCELERATION TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER STAYED ON. BEING 400 MILES AWAY FROM HOME, I DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY VERY CAREFULLY. AFTER GETTING HOME AND BEFORE CALLING THE DEALER SERVICE TO SCHEDULE A SERVICE VISIT, I DID SOME SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET TO FIND THIS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH F150 ECOBOOST ENGINES. DOING SOME MORE SEARCHING I FOUND THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE "NHTSA CLOSES FORD-150 ECOBOOST ACCELERATION PROBE" BY [XXX] ON APRIL 14TH 2014, DETROIT NEWS. I WAS APPALLED THAT YOU WOULD CLOSE AN INVESTIGATION WHEN THE REASON TO ACCELERATE, COULD BE TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE, AND TO LOSE POWER DURING THIS MOVE COULD BE DEADLY! SINCE I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK, I HAVE MADE COUNTLESS PASSES ON SLOW MOVING VEHICLES ON TWO LANE HIGHWAYS AND FELT VERY SAFE TO COMPLETE THAT LEGAL MOVE UNTIL SATURDAY, WHEN, IF I DIDN'T TAKE A DRASTIC MEASURE TO BRAKE AND TURN BACK INTO MY LANE, MORE THAN LIKELY I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO WRITE THIS LETTER TO YOU AND MORE IMPORTANT, MY SON MAY HAVE NOT BEEN HERE EITHER. I QUESTION WHY YOU MADE THE DETERMINATION TO FIRST, CLOSE THE PROBE, AND SECOND, NOT DEMAND THAT FORD TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THAT IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. I WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE AND HOPE NOT TO HAVE TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION FOR YOU TO RESOLVE THIS OVERSIGHT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 17,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 F150 ECOBOOST AT 55MPH I HAD TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. 75DEGREES OUTSIDE WITH LIGHT RAIN. THE MOTOR STUMBLED AND LOST POWER. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT APPEARED. I LET OF THE ACCELERATOR AND TRUCK REGAINED POWER. TO SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND COMPUTER SHOWED 3 CYLINDER MISFIRES. THIS HAPPENS CONSTANTLY AND FORD REFUSES TO COME WITH A SOLUTION. IS IT GOING TO TAKE A FATALITY BEFORE SOMEONE CARE? *TR

Mileage: 65,285

WHILE TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE SPEED OF APPROX. 70 MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE GOING UP A SLIGHT HILL. THERE WAS A SHUDDER AND THEN THE VEHICLE LOST ENGINE SPEED. I WENT FROM 70 MPH TO 55 MPH WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN ANY SPEED, I WAS NOT APPLYING THE BRAKES. I COULD NOT COMPLETE THE PASS AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IF I TRIED TO MAINTAIN SPEED OR ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY, WAKING UP MY FAMILY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND JUST FLASHED. I PULLED FROM THE DRIVING LANE AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE DRIVE, HAD TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF MY ACCELERATION. IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME THE NEXT MORNING, AGAIN PASSING; SHUDDER AND THEN AN INABILITY TO MAINTAIN SPEED OR INCREASE IT. I PULLED OVER THIS TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I WILL BE TAKING IT TO A DEALER THIS WEEK. I WAS TRAVELING FOR APPROX. TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE FIRST EVENT. IT WAS RAINING DURING THE FIRST EVENT, THE SECOND EVENT IT WAS PARTLY CLOUDY. *TR

Mileage: 65,760

ON THIS DATE (8-2-14) AT APPROX 0400 HRS(4AM) WHILE DRIVING IN WET RAINY CONDITIONS AND AIR TEMP APPROX 75 I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR A FEW HOURS AND MADE A STOP. UPON GETTING BACK INTO TRUCK AND ATTEMPTING TO MERGE BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY MY TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH 3.5 ECOBOOST LOST ALL POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. DURING THIS TIME THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE WHILE LOSING ACCELERATION. THIS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD AND WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER THEY SAID NO RECORD IN THE COMPUTER SO THEY COULD NOT DO ANY REPAIRS. THIS HAPPENED ONE YEAR EARLIER (PREVIOUS AUGUST) WHEN ON VACATION AND FORD FOUND IT WAS THE CHARGE AIR COOLER (INTERCOOLER) AND BOLTED ON AN AIR DEFLECTOR WHICH OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WORK. FORD SOLD ME THIS VEHICLE KNOWING THERE WAS ISSUES WITH THIS SYSTEM AND FAILED (DID NOT) TELL ME ABOUT IT UNTIL THE ISSUE OCCURRED AND AT THAT POINT I LEARNED ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET PRIOR TO FORD EMPLOYEES TELLING ME. THIS PROBLEM WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AT SOME POINT. THE VERY FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED TO ME AUGUST 2013 I WAS MERGING WHILE PULLING A SMALL CARGO TRAILER AND UPON THE VEHICLE LOOSING ALL POWER A SEMI ALMOST REAR ENDED ME WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. POWER SEEMS TO COME BACK AFTER ABOUT LIMPING TRUCK FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/8 TH OF A MILE. FORD KNOWINGLY SOLD A TRUCK WITH FAULTY EQUIPMENT THAT WILL CAUSE INJURIES AND/OR FATALITIES AND DOES NOT APPEAR AS THOUGH THEY CARE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 19,500

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55MPH, UP A SLIGHT INCLINE ON THE HIGHWAY, I PULLED OUT TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR I HAD NO ENGINE POWER AND THE F150, LARIAT, ECO BOOST BEGAN TO SLOW. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND FLASHED. I LET OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN PRESSED IT DOWN AGAIN. THIS TIME I HAD POWER. I PULLED BACK INTO THE LANE AND EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE IN WORKING ORDER. *TR

Mileage: 36,000

WHILE TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE DURING WET WEATHER , MY VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE ENGINE POWER AT A CRITICAL MOMENT DURING PASSING. FORD DEALER COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. LOSS OF POWER HAPPENED MORE THAN ONE TIME WHILE PASSING. AFTER ABOUT ONE YEAR OF SERVICE I TRADED VEHICLE OFF....NOT LIKING THE PASSING PERFORMANCE DURING WET WEATHER. THEN FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY F150 ECOBOOST ENGINES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE.[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 8,000

WHILE PASSING, MY VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND STARTS TO SPUTTER. THIS HAS HAPPEN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND ON THE LATEST OCCASION THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON. I HAVE THE 3.6 L ECOBOOST ENGINE IN THE VEHICLE. I HAVE TURNED THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS, BUT WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO ORDER A COOLER TO INSTALL ON THE TURBO CHARGER. BOTTOM LINE NO PARTS ARE BROKE, BUT IT NOW REQUIRES ADDITIONAL PARTS. I DO NOT SEE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE DURING WET CONDITIONS MY 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOST STARTED TO STUMBLE AND LOOSE POWER DRASTICALLY WHILE PULLING A TRAILER. THE TRUCK WOULD ONLY DO 30 MPH AS IT SHOOK AND STUMBLED DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THIS POWER LOSS MADE IT REALLY DANGEROUS TO GET OFF THE ROAD SAFELY WITHOUT OTHER CARS AND TRUCKS BEING AFFECTED. THE ONLY WAY TO RESET THE TRUCK WAS TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME DURING WET RAINY CONDITIONS. THIS ISSUE REALLY CONCERNS ME FROM THE SAFETY OF MY WELL BEING AND OTHER FELLOW DRIVERS. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION IN FIXING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE F150 ECOBOOST TRUCKS. *TR

Mileage: 28,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

Mileage: 72,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

Mileage: 20,000

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS A HORRIBLE SHUDDER OCCURS. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AT 78000 MILES, MY WARRANTY RUNS OUT AT 80000. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS "NORMAL FOR 157 INCH WHEELBASE TRUCKS" IS THERE ANY HELP AVAILABLE FOR THIS? THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *JS

Mileage: 65,000

THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH THE ECOBOOST 3.5L ENGINE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE ONTO A HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SPORADICALLY AND UNPREDICTABLY LOSES POWER, SEEMS TO HAVE TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS AND SHUDDERS SEVERELY. BECAUSE THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY, IT POSES A DEFINITE SAFETY RISK OF BEING STRUCK IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATION OR STALLING WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY COULD RESULT IN A CRASH THAT COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

Mileage: 16,000

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AFTER ACCELERATING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY SHUDDERED AND THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT POWER LOSS. SO MUCH SO, IT WAS DANGEROUS TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED ACTING LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I TOOK IT INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHO 'RESOLVED' THE ISSUE. 1.5 YEARS LAYER, THE SAME EXACT THING STARTED OCCURRING AGAIN (18JUL2014). AGAIN, IT WAS UNSAFE FOR ME TO PULL OVER AFTER SUCH A CONSIDERABLE POWER LOSS. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

ENGINE SHUTTERS, LOSS OF POWER, ENGINE MISFIRES. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THIS PROBLEM HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND TRUCK STALLED. COULD NOT STEER. COULD NOT ACCELERATE. WARNING LIGHT POPPED UP SAID LOW OIL PRESSURE. WAS NOT ON A HILL. RAN VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT THROUGH FORD SYNC SERVICE AND EVERYTHING CAME BACK OK. WILL CALL DEALERSHIP NEXT. HAD MY DAUGHTER WITH ME AND IT SCARED ME TO DEATH. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

DOING 45 ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, PULL OUT TO PASS, HAD NO ACCELERATION AT ALL. I WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE PASSING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I THOUGHT PERHAPS I GOT BAD GASOLINE. THE SECOND INCIDENT, A FEW MONTHS LATER, WENT JUST ABOUT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. RECENTLY, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ON TO A HIGHWAY I PUT THE PEDAL DOWN, THE VEHICLE SEEMED LIKE IT WAS MISSING VERY BADLY AND IT STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WOULD NOT STOP FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, EVEN WHEN I SLOWED DOWN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE RIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT'S STILL THERE. *JS

Mileage: 12,000

WAS TRAVELING UP THE ROADWAY ON 6/1/14 IN OUR 2010 F-150 XLT AND WENT TO MAKE A TURN INTO AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS RENDERED USELESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER, STEERING CAPABILITY, AND BRAKING WAS DIMINISHED TREMENDOUSLY. WE WERE STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION WITH CROSS TRAFFIC APPROACHING AT 55MPH. WITH LITTLE TIME DUE TO ONCOMING VEHICLES, WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART THE ENGINE AND PROCEED, BEFORE ONCOMING VEHICLES APPROACHED US IN THE INTERSECTION. NOT VERY SAFE BEING THAT MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN THE TRUCK. FORD HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THE VAPOR CANISTER PURGE VALVE AND ITS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE BEING THAT THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN REDUCING SPEED (SUCH AS TURNING INTO INTERSECTIONS WITH OTHER ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING AT YOU). THERE IS NO RECALL IN LIEU OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION THEY ARE CAUSING. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CANISTER CAUSES A TREMENDOUS VACUUM ON THE FUEL TANK, SO MUCH THAT IT DAMAGES INTERNAL COMPONENTS AND HAS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT IS AFFECTING THE STABILITY OF THE ACTUAL TANK ITSELF. WHEN YOU GO TO FUEL THE VEHICLE, THERE IS SO MUCH OF A VACUUM THAT YOU HEAR IT RELEASE THE PRESSURE WHEN INSERTING THE NOZZLE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER FUELING, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO THEIR VEHICLE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROADWAY AND BEING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *JS

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING HEAVY RAIN AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. HOWEVER, HE ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK WHEN IT RAINED IN ORDER TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

Mileage: 6,000

2012 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE TRIED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE, HE FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK OFF THE MAIN INTERSTATE AND INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HE LET THE TRUCK SIT IN THE OFF POSITION FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AND THEN HE RE-STARTED THE TRUCK. AT THAT POINT, HE WAS SLOWLY ABLE TO ACCELERATE WHILE IN THE EMERGENCY LANE, TO A SPEED THAT ALLOWED HIM TO RE-ENTER THE INTERSTATE. ALL ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY FAILED AND IT WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE GRADUALLY AT SLOWER THEN NORMAL SPEEDS. HE CONTINUED HIS TRIP WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT ON AND AT HIS FIRST OPPORTUNITY HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE CONSUMER SAYING THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK PERFORMED WELL FOR THE NEXT YEAR WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS, THERE WERE NO OCCASIONS WHERE QUICK ACCELERATION WAS REQUIRED. IN OCTOBER 2013, HE MADE ANOTHER TRIP, AND THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED. THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2013. THE DEALER STATED THEY MADE A DIFFERENT REPAIR AND THEY RETURNED THE TRUCK TO THE CONSUMER. THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AGAIN IN APRIL 2014. THE DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE, FOR TWO WEEKS, STATING THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM. *JB

I EXPERIENCED THE EXACT PROBLEM YOU'VE ALREADY CLOSED A CASE FOR. SEE LINK BELOW. I NARROWLY ESCAPED A BAD ACCIDENT. I THINK YOU NEED TO REOPEN THE CASE AND FORCE FORD TO DESIGN A REAL FIX (NOT A SHIELD THAT DISABLES THE CHARGE AIR COOLER). YOU ALSO NEED TO FORCE A RECALL BEFORE THE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN AND LAWSUITS START. HTTP://WWW.AUTOBLOG.COM/2013/05/28/FORD-F-150-ECOBOOST-IN-NHTSA-PROBE-FOR-ACCELERATION-ISSUE/. *TR

Mileage: 15,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY AS THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT A PART IN THE INNER COOLER NEEDED TO BE ALTERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

Mileage: 63,000

I WAS MERGING ONTO AN INTERSTATE, ACCELERATING FROM 20 MPH TO 65 MPH TO BLEND IN WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPIT, SPUTTER AND SHAKE AND BOGGED DOWN AND WOULDN'T EXCEED 50MPH. WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER COMING I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO ABORT MY MERGE AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I THEN WAITED FOR ALL TRAFFIC TO SUBSIDE BEFORE I MADE ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO PULL ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO FORD. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK IN FOR MANY ISSUES(SLOW SPEED SHUDDER, HIGH SPEED SHUDDER, EMERGENCY BRAKE ISSUES, WARPED ROTORS, ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS, TIRE ISSUES, ACCELERATION HESITATIONS, ROUGH IDLE, FAILED BRAKE PUMP, AND MORE WITH LESS THAN 30, 000 MILES) ALL OF WHICH FORD STATES ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE! THIS IS MY FAMILY VEHICLE THAT I TRANSPORT MY 3 CHILDREN AND THEIR FRIENDS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR FORD TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE WITH THESE TRUCKS?! DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE........ LIKE WITH CHEVY!!!!! FORD IS COVERING UP THE ISSUES THEY HAVE WITH THE #1 SELLING TRUCK IN AMERICA. IT IS A SHAME THAT PEOPLE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE ON THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE WITH THEIR F150 BECAUSE FORD COVERS UP THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO SOLVE THEM. THEY TOLD US IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TRUCK..........REALLY!!!!!!! . *TR

Mileage: 20,000

MY TWO CHILDREN AND I WERE DRIVING UP HWY 75 NORTH FROM MACON WHEN WE ACCELERATED TO THE NEXT LANE. THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70 SO WE WERE JUST GOING TO PASS IN AT A NORMAL RATE WHEN THE ENGINE JUST QUITS AND THE WHOLE CAR STARTS TO SHUDDER. NOW I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN AT 19,000 MILES AND TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS ONLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. WENT IN TODAY BEFORE I READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS 3.5 ECO BOOST ENGINE AND THE SIMILAR PROBLEMS I EXPERIENCED. IT WAS RAINING ON WHEN WE HAD THIS HAPPEN BUT IT OCCURRED BEFORE WITH NO RAIN. AS THE TRUCK STOPPED AND SHUDDERED WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DID NOT GET HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE ARE SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA. SURPRISED TODAY WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW OF THE PROBLEMS OR HAVE EVER HEARD OF IT. ????? SO BASED ON WHAT I HAVE READ I CALLED BACK ONLY TO FIND OUT THEY HAVE HAD ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

THE ENGINE STARTED MISFIRING AND POWER LOSS. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

MY 2012 TRUCK HAS THE 3.5L ECO-BOOST ENGINE AND IT HAS SHUT ITSELF DOWN (GONE INTO LIMP MODE) AT LEAST 12 TIMES. THIS MORNING (4-17-14) IT JUST HAPPENED THREE TIMES WITHIN A 45 MIN WINDOW. THE TEMP OUTSIDE WAS 50 DEGREES F AND NOT RAINING. NORMALLY THIS VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE DURING A TURN OR AFTER A STOP, BUT IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED AT NORMAL DRIVING SPEEDS (45-50MPH). THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE AND I AM NO LONGER COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THIS ISSUE HAS ALMOST CREATE THREE SEPARATE ACCIDENTS.

Mileage: 18,800

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY FROM ST LOUIS TO MEMPHIS IN RIGHT HAND LANE. ACCELERATED TO PASS SLOWER TRAFFIC WHEN TRUCK BEGIN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, LURCHING FORWARD AND BACK. ALL THE WHILE LOSING SPEED AND MADE ME FEARFUL TO ATTEMPT TO TRY TO PASS OR MERGE. THIS CONTINUED ALL THE WAY BACK TO MEMPHIS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM TO THE SERVICE TECH. WHEN I PICKED THE TRUCK UP THE SERVICE TICKET SAID "COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SINCE THEN THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL OCCUR. IT COULD BE RAIN OR SHINE AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PATTERN. IT IS NOW A WEEKLY/DAILY OCCURRENCE. IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE ANYWHERE EXCEPT SIDE STREETS AND I AVOID THE INTERSTATE HWY. THE PROBLEM IS SO BAD AND THE VEHICLE SHAKES SO VIOLENTLY I WAS LOOKING IN THE MIRROR TO SEE WHAT I HAD RAN OVER. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT MY FORD DEALER DENIES EXISTS! *TR

Mileage: 25,000

ENGINE SHUDDER/VIBRATION AFTER ACCELERATING. LOSS OF LIGHTS, DASH INSTRUMENTS, RADIO OUT. VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES BEFORE. TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE FOR REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 26,000

I OWN A 2012 F150 PLATINUM TRUCK WITH AN ECOBOOST ENGINE. WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK NEW. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS TRYING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING CAR. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO OVERDRIVE AND BEGAN TO SHAKE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND WAITED A MOMENT. WHEN I RESTARTED THE TRUCK I DROVE TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. IT DID THIS AGAIN TWICE ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THAT THE WIRING WAS AT FAULT AND REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART. THEN AT 34,470 IT OCCURRED AGAIN. WE WERE ON A HIGHWAY ABOUT TO PASS SOMEONE WHEN THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE ENGINE SLOWED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED THAT WE USE A HIGHER OCTANE FUEL AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED EIGHT ADDITIONAL TIMES. THEN AT 82,200 MILES WE WERE TRAVELING UP HILL AND HEARD A LOUD BOOM. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND FOUND OUT THAT A CONNECTING ROD HAD BROKEN CAUSING TWO HOLES IN THE ENGINE. WE HAD TO HAVE THE ENTIRE ENGINE ASSEMBLY REPLACED ALONG WITH TWO NEW TURBOS. FORD WOULD NOT COVER BECAUSE THE ENGINE HAD 82,200 MILES AND THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY ENDED AT 60,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 11,212

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE SHUDDERED AND THE CEL CAME ON WHICH PUT MY TRUCK INTO LIMP MODE. SINCE, UNDER ANY LOAD THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND GOES INTO LIMP MODE WHEN THERE IS ANY LOAD PUT ON THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

ECOBOOST ENGINE SPUTTERS AND LOSES POWER WHEN PASSING. ENGINE STARTS RUNNING ROUGH AND LOSES ALL POWER. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

WHEN ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO 4 LANE BYWAY VEH. LOST ALL POWER STARTED ENG MISS. THROTTLE HAD NO EFFECT, COASTED ALONG IN EMERGENCY LANE FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS. VEH STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHILE STILL MISSING FOR ABOUT 5 MORE SECONDS. 3/4 FUEL TANK. PS WAS A AUTO TECH. FOR 28 YEARS WITH U.S.P.S. *TR

Mileage: 30,567

TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD. GOT UP TO 55 TO 60 MPH LOST POWER TRANSMISSION STARED JERKING. POWER CAUGHT BACK UP AND LUNGED FORWARD. AT TIMES THE ENGINE STALLS AND CATCHES BACK UP. AT TIMES WHEN YOU PUT IT IN GEAR IT FEELS LIKE THE POWER TRAIN IS BUMPING AS THOUGH YOUR GETTING STUCK ARE HIT FROM BEHIND. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

FORD F150, 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE- WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN, VEHICLE HESITATED AND MISFIRED, WITH AN ASSOCIATED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SOME OCCASIONS AND NOT ON OTHERS. SEEMED TO HAPPEN AFTER CRUISING AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND CONTINUED TO SLOW TO 50MPH. HAD TO EASE ON THE THROTTLE TO SLOWLY ACCELERATED AFTER THE CONDITION CLEARED. VEHICLE IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR UPDATES, 3 FOR CHANGES TO THE INTERCOOLER AND THE LAST WAS FOR A CHANGE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *TR

Mileage: 34,920

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH LANES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND ENGAGED INTO LIMP MODE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND ONCE RESTARTED, IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. *TR

Mileage: 7,000

SINCE NEW MY FUEL MILEAGE HAS BEEN DECLINING AND I WAS EXPERIENCING A SHUDDER, WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CEL). DEALER PERFORMED A TSB AND REPLACED THE CHARGED AIR COOLER AND REPROGRAMMED THE PCM. THIS LEFT ME WITH WORSE MILEAGE AND A NOTICEABLE LOSS OF POWER. THIS PROGRESSED UNTIL 1-19-14 WHERE I LOST ENGINE POWER AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUDDER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING CAR. WHEN I FLOORED IT, THE TRANS SHIFTED DOWN TO 2ND, AND THE ENGINE SHOOK AND THE TRUCK SLOWED. ONCE I LEFT MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, AND COASTED FOR 30 SECONDS, IT RETURNED TO NORMAL, UNLESS I FLOORED IT AGAIN. NO CEL WAS OBSERVED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER. THEY REPLACED ALL 6 SPARK PLUGS DUE TO FOULING. I THINK THERE IS WATER INGESTION ISSUE AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE PLUGS TO FOUL. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF I HAD BEEN IN FRONT A FAST MOVING VEHICLE, I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND GOTTEN REAR ENDED. *TR

Mileage: 37,151

I WAS DRIVING MY F150 2012 ECOBOOST ON AN ONRAMP GETTING ON TO THE FREEWAY. IT WAS RAINING, WET AND ABOUT 50 DEGREES. I ACCELERATED FROM ABOUT 35 TO 65 MPH TO CHANGE LANES AND GET IN LINE WITH TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING. THERE WAS ABOUT A MILE STRETCH WHERE THE VEHICLES POWER WAS COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE. WHEN I LET MY FOOT OFF THE GAS THE TRUCK WOULD STOP SHAKING. THIS WAS VERY SCARY AS CARS WERE BEARING DOWN ON ME FROM BEHIND AND I HAD TO GET OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE INCASE I NEEDED TO COME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE THEN SEEMED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY AND I DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES STRAIGHT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 25,100

1ST TIME HAPPENED WHEN TRYING TO PASS A BIG TRUCK, PICK UP LOST ENGINE POWER DURING ACCELERATION THAT I BARELY MADE IT, OPPOSITE TRAFFIC COMING, VEHICLE LOST ALL CHANCES TO MADE ON TIME I WAS AFRAID NOT TO PASS ON TIME THIS IS A HAZARD ISSUE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I HAD TO STOP AND SHUT DOWN VEHICLE BECAUSE I HAD A ENGINE CHECK MASSAGE AT THE MAIN SCREEN OF DASHBOARD WITH THE WRENCH CHARACTER IMAGE, AFTER I RESTART VEHICLE EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. 2ND TIME HAPPEN WHEN MADE TRIP TO TEXAS ON DECEMBER 2013, WHEN TRYING TO ENTER FREEWAY I HAD TO SPEED UP AND SUDDENLY PICK UP AGAIN LOST POWER AND START SHAKING I COULD NO GAIN ANY MORE SPEED OVER 50-55 MPH I ALMOST GOT REAR END IT BY A CAR ON THE BACK THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE HIGH SPEED STREAM. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON, ;LATER STARTED TO DRIVE OK. WHEN I CAME BACK TO HOME TOWN I TOOK VEHICLE TO CHECK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT AUTOZONE AND RETRIEVE THE P0430 CODE. I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER BECAUSE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. THEY CHECK VEHICLE AND RETRIEVE THE SAME CODE , THEY REPLACED ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. I WAS RESEARCHING ON FORUMS AND THEY COMMONLY HAVE TO REPLACE NOT ONLY CAT BUT HAVE TO CHANGE INTERCOOLER, CHANGE PLUGS AND RE-FLASH ECU AND OR PLACE A DEFLECTION PLATE ON CURRENT INTERCOOLER BUT HOME TOWN DEALER ONLY REPLACE CAT, I DON'T THINK THIS WILL FIX ISSUE. PLEASE PUSH FORD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, FOR EXPERIENCE THIS NEEDS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A RECALL BECAUSE SAFETY ISSUE IS INVOLVED WHEN YOU LOST POWER WHEN IS NEED IT. THE ACTUAL INTERCOOLER ON PRE 2013 IS NOT GOOD BECAUSE TENDS TO ACCUMULATE CONDENSATION AND THIS IS SUCKED UNDER BOOST CONDITION AND PROBABLY CAUSING MULTIPLE MISFIRES THAT LEADS TO UNEXPECTED POWER LOST AND VEHICLE SHAKING. MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT THIS F150 NEW ON 2012 ECOOBOST ENGINE RE GREAT BUT THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

Mileage: 19,000

WHEN PASSING AND INCREASING SPEED, VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED BUT COULD HAVE CAUSED A HEAD ON OR OTHER ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 14,522

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TURBO FOR THE ENGINE HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED FOURS DAYS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,847.

Mileage: 17,847

HAVING RECURRING ISSUES WITH FORD ECOBOOST ENGINE ON MY 2012 F-150. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE RELATED ISSUES: 3/13/13- ENGINE LIGHT ON, SHUTTERING, SHAKING, AND WON'T GO OVER 70 ON HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP FOUND NO ISSUES. 3/29/13- ENGINE LIGHT ON, SHUTTERING, SHAKING, AND WON'T GO OVER 70 ON HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED ISSUE AS BAD CAC INTERCOOLER AND REPLACED PER TSB 130303C. 7/9/13- ENGINE LIGHT AND MISFIRE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION SLAMMING FORWARD AS IF BEING REAR-ENDED. DEALERSHIP COIL #2 AND SPARK PLUG. NOT ABLE TO VERIFY THE TRANSMISSION SLAMMING?? ISSUE. 10/30/13-FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. STILL EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT CAC INTERCOOLER SYMPTOMS AND TRANSMISSION SLAMMING. 1/3/14- ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT THE NEW CAC INTERCOOLER HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED WITHOUT DEFLECTOR SHIELD. ALSO REPAIRED TRANSMISSION ISSUE. 1/18/13- ENGINE LIGHT ON. REPLACED CATALYTIC CONVERTER BANK. 1/27/14- CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH NEW INFORMATION. FORD FORWARDED THIS INFORMATION TO THE REGIONAL DEALERSHIP MANAGER. 2/2/14- STILL HAVING CAC INTERCOOLER ISSUES DURING SNOW STORM. 2/4/14- FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE CLOSED CLAIM. NEVER CONTACTED BY ANY DEALERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING MY CONCERNS. I FEEL THAT I AM GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM FORD ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER. I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE TAKING THE ISSUES WITH THESE F150 TRUCKS SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. NO PERMANENT FIX FOR THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FOUND, AT LEAST NOT WITH MY TRUCK. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR VEHICLE TO ONE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CANNOT IDENTIFY A TRANSMISSION ISSUE, BUT ANOTHER ONE CAN. FURTHERMORE, IT CONCERNS ME THAT THIS INTERCOOLER PROBLEM CAN CREATE A SAFETY ISSUE ON THE ROADWAY, YET, THE DEALERSHIP MAKES A REPAIR WITHOUT INSTALLING ALL OF THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS. *TR

Mileage: 33,180

JAN 24 2014 . MORNING 6:00 AM. MY TRUCK STALLED ON THE ELGIN OHARE EXPRESSWAY. I WAS CRUISING 65 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRANS OR ENGINE STARTED TO STALL. I NOTICED THE INDICATOR ON THE DASH GO FROM 6 GEAR TO 2ND. GEAR, MY SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO 40 THEN 20 MPH. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, SLOWLY CRUISED. THEN I PUT MY FOOT BACK ON THE GAS AND DROVE TO WORK AT 45 MPH. CALLED THE FORD DEALER MADE AN APPOINTMENT. DROVE IT THERE AFTER WORK . LEFT IT THERE FOR TWO DAYS. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE INCIDENT. THEY REFORMATTED MY DIGITAL READOUT ON THE DASHBOARD. DELETED THE NUMBERS INDICATING THE GEAR MY TRANSMISSION WAS IN. THEREFORE THEY DID NOTHING BUT COVER THEIR[XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 30,301

I WAS TRAVELING ON A 4-LANE, 65MPH HIGHWAY WHEN I FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL. THE TRUCK FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD HAVE. INSTEAD, IT ACTED AS IF IT WAS COASTING. THERE WAS NO POWER FOR SEVERAL SECONDS EVEN WHEN I MOVED THE GAS PEDAL TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS. WHEN THE TRUCK FINALLY SEEMED TO RESUME POWER, IT STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE SHOCKED PASSENGER AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, THEN I CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WERE PARTS STREWN ON THE ROAD BEHIND ME. SUDDENLY, IT SMOOTHED OUT AND THERE WERE NO MORE ISSUES ON THAT TRIP. I HAD BEEN DRIVING THAT TRUCK FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS WITH VARIOUS FORMS OF PRECIPITATION AT THE TIME. THIS WAS DECEMBER 21, 2013. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS ON DECEMBER 28, 2013. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY AND DRY. I HAD BEEN DRIVING ABOUT 50 MINUTES. I FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN TO OVERTAKE A VEHICLE AND WAS BARELY ABLE TO OVERTAKE DUE TO NO POWER. AGAIN, I WORKED THE THROTTLE TO NO AVAIL. THE TRUCK FINALLY RECOVERED BUT STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AGAIN. AS BEFORE, IT SMOOTHED OUT. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS SHOWING NO CODES AND THAT THEIR TECHS COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE SYMPTOMS I HAD MENTIONED. I CHECKED ON NHTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND THIS ISSUE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE SERVICE BULLETINS. MY THEORY IS THAT THERE IS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMING PROBLEM SPECIFIC TO THIS DIRECT-INJECTION, TURBO GASOLINE ENGINE. I PLAN ON TRADING FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN ECOBOOST ENGINE, AS THIS PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 38,300

I WAS TRAVELLING ON A 4-LANE, 65MPH HIGHWAY WHEN I FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL. THE TRUCK FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD HAVE. INSTEAD, IT ACTED AS IF IT WAS COASTING. THERE WAS NO POWER FOR SEVERAL SECONDS EVEN WHEN I MOVED THE GAS PEDAL TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS. WHEN THE TRUCK FINALLY SEEMED TO RESUME POWER, IT STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE SHOCKED PASSENGER AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, THEN I CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WERE PARTS STREWN ON THE ROAD BEHIND ME. SUDDENLY, IT SMOOTHED OUT AND THERE WERE NO MORE ISSUES ON THAT TRIP. I HAD BEEN DRIVING THAT TRUCK FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS WITH VARIOUS FORMS OF PRECIPITATION AT THE TIME. THIS WAS DECEMBER 21, 2013. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS ON DECEMBER 28, 2013. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY AND DRY. I HAD BEEN DRIVING ABOUT 50 MINUTES. I FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN TO OVERTAKE A VEHICLE AND WAS BARELY ABLE TO OVERTAKE DUE TO NO POWER. AGAIN, I WORKED THE THROTTLE TO NO AVAIL. THE TRUCK FINALLY RECOVERED BUT STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AGAIN. AS BEFORE, IT SMOOTHED OUT. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS SHOWING NO CODES AND THAT THEIR TECHS COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE SYMPTOMS I HAD MENTIONED. I CHECKED ON NHTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND THIS ISSUE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE SERVICE BULLETINS. MY THEORY IS THAT THERE IS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMING PROBLEM SPECIFIC TO THIS DIRECT-INJECTION, TURBO GASOLINE ENGINE. I PLAN ON TRADING FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN ECOBOOST ENGINE, AS THIS PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 38,500

UPON HITTING THE GAS TO CROSS TRAFFIC I HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. I HAD TO LET OFF AND HIT THE GAS A COUPLE OF TIMES IN ORDER TO GET THE TRUCK MOVING. THIS UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I HAVE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE A MONTH SINCE BUYING IT AS A CERTIFIED VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT APPARENTLY IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE ADJUSTMENT AND NEW PARTS. I HAVE NOTICED THROUGH SOME RESEARCH THAT I AM NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THE POSTS ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM FIXED BUT END UP PAST THE WARRANTY MARK BEFORE FORD IS ABLE TO MAKE IT RIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 46,340

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WENT TO ACCELERATE TO PASS SEMI PULLED BESIDE HIM. ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING TRUCK LOST POWER AND BEGAN SHAKING HAD TO HIT BRAKES AS CAR APPROACHED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION ALMOST HAD HEAD ON COLLISION. MADE IT TO REAR OF SEMI AND PULLED OVER JUST I TIME TO AVOID ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 16,000

ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE BY ACCELERATING QUICKLY. MY VEHICLE INITIALLY ACCELERATED AND THEN VIOLENTLY SHOOK AND STOPPED ACCELERATING WHILE ALONGSIDE THE VEHICLE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS. I WAS STUCK NEXT TO THE VEHICLE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS AND ALMOST STRUCK BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND THEN WENT OFF AFTER ABOUT 2 MILES. EVERYDAY SINCE, THE ENGINE LIGHT IS LIT SOLID AT ALL TIMES. TAKING VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TOMORROW MORNING TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY. AFTER READING COMPLAINTS ON-LINE RELATED TO THE SAME ISSUE, SEEMS AS THOUGH I WILL NOT BE HAPPY ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO TELL ME. *TR

Mileage: 20,574

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COILS AND PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

Mileage: 36,000

I HAVE A 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOST, WHEN ACCELERATING IN RAINY CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND BEGINS TO VIBRATE. THE PROBLEM DOESN'T CORRECT ITSELF UNTIL THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY THE 10TH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND HAD BOTH TSB'S PERFORMED THE ONLY FIX MY VEHICLE HAS NOT RECEIVED IS THE NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MOST RECENT TIME OCCURRED SINCE THE NEWEST TSB WAS PERFORMED. *TR

Mileage: 16,800

ECOBOOST ENGINE: 7/06/13 FIRST TIME AFTER DRIVING 90 MILES ON I-10, PULLED OFF IN REST AREA. WHEN GETTING BACK ON THE INTERSTATE, WENT TO ACCELERATE TO MATCH TRAFFIC AND ENGINE FELL ON IT'S NOSE, FELT LIKE A STALL THEN BUCKED, MISFIRED , LOST ALL POWER. WHEN LIFTING OFF ACCELERATOR ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL. ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, ENGINE LOST POWER AGAIN. IT FELT LIKE EITHER BAD GAS OR IGNITION FAILURE. WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK UP TO SPEED USING CRUISE CONTROL. WITH A LIGHT ACCELERATOR TOUCH, WAS ABLE TO MAKE IN HOME FROM PENSACOLA TO WINTER HAVEN, FL. FILLED UP WITH DIFFERENT FUEL AND PROBLEM SEEMED TO GO AWAY, SO I DID NOT TAKE IT TO DEALER. SECOND OCCURRENCE 11/16/13 WHILE HEADING TO PENSACOLA AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL HOURS (70-75MPH), WHEN PASSING A SEMI GOING UPHILL ON I-10, FASTER TRAFFIC WAS APPROACHING FROM BEHIND, SO I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO GET AROUND THE SEMI TO CLEAR THE LEFT LANE . ENGINE FELL ON IT'S NOSE ONCE AGAIN, STALLED, MISFIRED, SHOOK AND LOST POWER. THE TRAFFIC WAS UPON US IN SECONDS. I WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK BACK UP TO SPEED BY GENTLY USING CRUISE. THIS TIME TOOK TRUCK BACK TO DEALER. THEY INSTALLED A "SHIELD OR PARTITION" IN THE CHARGE-AIR AND DID A REPROGRAM. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 14,800. DEALER DID NOT SEEM CONFIDENT THAT THIS WAS THE FIX. WE WILL SEE. *TR

Mileage: 11,500

I HAVE A 2012 FORD F-150 WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. WHILE SLOWLY ACCELERATING AT HIGHER SPEEDS (GENERALLY AROUND 50 TO 70 MPH), THE ENGINE MISSES TERRIBLY ON MULTIPLE CYLINDERS AND THE TRUCK JERKS AND LUNGES VIOLENTLY ALL WHILE LOSING POWER AND SPEED. IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY, BUT MOST OFTEN WHEN SLOWLY ACCELERATING TO MAINTAIN SPEED UP A HILL OR PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE LOSS OF POWER IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WHILE PASSING OTHER VEHICLES ON A HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

I WAS ON A HIGHWAY GOING 65 MPH, THE CONDITIONS WERE DRIZZLE/VERY HUMID, ROUGHLY 90 DEGREES OUTSIDE. THERE WAS A SLOW CAR IN FRONT OF ME SO I GOT IN THE ON COMING TRAFFICS LANE TO PASS THE CAR, BUT WHEN I STOMPED ON THE GAS PEDAL THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. MY TRUCK WOULDN'T ACCELERATE SO I PUSHED IT A FEW MORE TIMES AND STILL NOTHING. THERE WAS A CAR COMING AND I ALMOST GOT HIT HEAD ON BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT AND PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN BADLY INJURED HAD I NOT GOTTEN BACK IN MY LANE JUST BEFORE THE CAR PASSED. THE ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER ABOUT 20 SECONDS AND I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND FINALLY GET AROUND THE CAR. THIS IS ONLY 1 OF THE 5 TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE, ITS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES, AND TWICE WHEN I'VE LOANED THE TRUCK TO MY FATHER. IT ONLY HAPPENS IN HUMID OR RAINY CONDITIONS AND I'M GUESSING HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE INTERCOOLER. BUT I'M NOT AN AUTO GUY SO I WOULDN'T KNOW. I CALLED FORD CORPORATE AND THEY SAID GO TO THE DEALER, THE DEALER DIDN'T SEE ANY CODES THAT WERE THROWN DURING THESE INCIDENTS SO THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. IT WAS [XXX], AND FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND HELP US WHO HAVE DEFECTED ECOBOOST ENGINES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 44,000

ENGINE LOST POWER AT 55 MILES AN HOUR PULLING A LIGHT TRAILER MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 50,223

LOSS OF POWER DURING ACCELERATION. ENTIRE TRUCK VIBRATING. WAS IN THE PASSING LANE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND BOGGED DOWN. VIBRATION STOPPED WHEN LETTING OFF GAS PEDAL. STARTED RIGHT BACK AS SOON AS I TRIED TO SPEED UP AGAIN. AFTER A FEW TIMES IT WENT AWAY. *TR

Mileage: 36,000

LEAVING SO CAL ON I-15 IN DRY CONDITIONS CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 70. WHILE CLIMBING THE CAHON PASS THE TRUCK FELT LIKE THE ENGINE DIED. THE CRUISE CONTROL SHUT OFF AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND WENT INTO THE LIMP HOME MODE. IT WAS EARLY AND TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN I CAME TO A STOP THE CK ENGINE LIGHT, A WRENCH SYMBOL ALONG WITH THE STABILITY CONTROL SYMBOL WERE ALL ILLUMINATED. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF, GOT OUT AND DID A VEHICLE WALK AROUND NOTHING OBVIOUS ON THE OUTSIDE SO I POPPED THE HOOD CHECKED THE FLUIDS, BELTS ETC. AND EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK STARTED IT AND ALL THE LIGHTS HAD CLEARED. DROVE THE REMAINING 300 MILES HOME WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND HAD IT CHECKED, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG FRIDAY 22 NOV 2013 WIFE AND I HEADED BACK TO SO CAL IT WAS RAINING FOR THE FIRST 200 MILES THEN CLEARED UP. I SET THE CRUISE AT 75 AND LESS THAN 50 MILES LATER THE TRUCK DID THE SAME THING, SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS AND DASH SYMBOLS, I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AT THE TIME SO IT WASN'T A PROBLEM GETTING IN THE EMERGENCY LANE. STOPPED THE TRUCK SHUT IT DOWN AND RAN THE SAME CHECKS THAT I'D DONE PREVIOUSLY, SAME RESULT SYMBOLS CLEARED AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE. 100 MILES LATER IT DID IT AGAIN IN VICTORVILLE CA. THIS TIME I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE AND ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. WORKED MY WAY TO THE RIGHT LANE AND LUCKILY THERE WAS AND EXIT. FOUND A PLACE TO STOP AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, DIDN'T BOTHER TO CHECK ANYTHING JUST LEFT IT OFF FOR ABOUT A MINUTE THEN STARTED IT AND IT RAN FINE ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. FOUND A FORD DEALER AND TRIED TO GET THEM TO CHECK IT OUT FOR ME, BUT THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T GET TO IT FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WIFE AND I DECIDED WE WOULD TURN AROUND AND HEAD FOR HOME, NO FURTHER PROBLEMS ON THE TRIP HOME. *TR

Mileage: 9,654

I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER IN MY 2012 FORD F150 SUPER CREW WITH ECOBOOST ENGINE.. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON 11-22-13 AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS, I WAS UNABLE TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES THAT WERE RUNNING BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. EACH TIME I TRIED TO ACCELERATE PAST IN THE PASSING LANE THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND IT WAS AS THOUGH I HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL. AS SOON AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE TRUCK WOULD RUN AGAIN. THE 3RD TIME THIS HAPPENED A SEMI TRUCK WAS BARRELING UP BEHIND ME AND THERE WAS A SEMI ON THE SIDE OF ME, I NOTICED THE SEMI BESIDE ME MOVING INTO MY LANE AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO GET CLEAR AND THE SEMI BEHIND ME ALMOST RAN ME DOWN AS MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I HAD TO PULL OVER. THIS TIME I HAD TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART IT FOR THE VEHICLE TO RUN RIGHT AGAIN. AFTER THE 3RD TIME MY TRUCK WENT FROM GETTING 18 MPG TO 12.3 MPG AND RAN ROUGH AS THOUGH IT WAS CUTTING OUT. THE WEATHER WAS RAINY AND THE VEHICLES AHEAD OF ME WERE THROWING UP QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER THE NEXT DAY 11-23-13 AND THEY KEPT THE TRUCK FOR REPAIRS. I AM CONCERNED AS I AND MY WIFE COULD HAVE VERY EASILY BEEN KILLED OF MAIMED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THIS ENGINE FAILURE. IF THIS HAPPENS TO SOME FAMILY, THEY COULD HAVE A FATAL ACCIDENT AND I DON'T WANT THAT ON MY CONSCIENCE. IF THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO FIX THESE TRUCKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR

Mileage: 27,302

I WAS ON A TRIP FROM OKLAHOMA TO FLORIDA. I STOPPED FOR GAS IN LOUISIANA. WHEN I GOT ON TO THE ON RAMP TO RETURN TO THE INTERSTATE I FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL TO GET IN FRONT OF A SEMI TRUCK, AND IT LOST ALL POWER ALMOST BEING HIT BY SEMI TRUCK. AFTER MY TRIP I TOOK MY PICKUP TRUCK TO MY FORD DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. ME AND MY WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THE SEMI TRUCK DID NOT HAVE ROOM TO MOVE OVER TO MISS US. *TR

Mileage: 12,500

ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS APART WHILE IN HARD ACCELERATION ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ON AN INTERSTATE ON-RAMP, VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY AND LOSE POWER. IN FIRST INSTANCE, I WAS ABLE TO MERGE IN THE LEFT LANE AND LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. AS VEHICLE COASTED, THE SHUDDER SUBSIDED AND WITHIN 1 MINUTE STOPPED ALL TOGETHER. IN THE SECOND INSTANCE, WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO MERGE AND I WAS FORCED TO COAST ALONG THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD UNTIL THE SHUDDER SUBSIDED AND POWER WAS RESUMED. IN NEITHER SITUATION, DID THE VEHICLE GO INTO SAFE MODE OR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEAR. VEHICLE SIMPLY RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP IN A RIGHT HAND TURN, THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND MISFIRE. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS F-150 OFF ROAD 4X4 WITH ECOBOOST SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW. AFTER THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THE FIX WAS A DEFLECTOR PLATE INSTALLED FOR THE TWIN TURBO. THEY DID NOT REPLACED THE CAC (CHARGE AIR COOLER). I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD MOST DEFINITELY FIX THE ISSUE. CLEARLY, THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE SINCE I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE YESTERDAY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I WAS TURNING ONTO VERY BUSY M59 IN HOWELL. I TURNED IN FRONT OF A SEMI. THANK GOODNESS I HAD ENOUGH ROOM SINCE I HAD NO ACCELERATION AFTER THE TURN. HAD I NOT GIVEN MYSELF ENOUGH ROOM AND CHANCED IT, THE SEMI MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SLOW DOWN IN TIME. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FORD SHOULD DISCONTINUE MAKING THE ECOBOOST ENGINE UNTIL THEY GET IT RIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 15,400

I LIVE IN LAKE GENEVA, WI. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN THE RAIN AND HAD A TRUCK PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I WAS GOING 70 MPH. I WAS UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN, SO I HIT THE GAS PEDAL. THE TRUCK STALLED COMPLETELY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT FELT THE TRUCK MISSED THE DOWN SHIFT AND NEVER WENT BACK INTO GEAR. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AROUND 630 PM. WAS JUST SCARY AS I HAD A SEMI BEHIND ME AND ANOTHER VEHICLE TO MY RIGHT THAT I WAS TRYING TO AVOID. THE TRUCK IS A 2012 F150 LARIAT WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 7,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,900.

Mileage: 14,900

WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 60MPH AND WHEN I WENT TO PASS A TRUCK, AS I ACCELERATED AND GOT ALONG SIDE THE TRUCK, MY ENGINE LOST POWER SO I COULD NOT PASS. I WAS LEFT IN A VERY VULNERABLE POSITION ALONGSIDE THE TRUCK AND HAD TO BRAKE TO DECELERATE AND TUCK BACK IN BEHIND THE TRUCK. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, TEMPERATURE ABOUT 60 DEGREES, AND LUCKILY NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BUT THERE WAS A VEHICLE BEHIND ME (AND LUCKILY THAT DRIVE SAW MY BRAKE LIGHTS, BACKED OFF AND ALLOWED ME TO TUCK BACK IN BEHIND THE TRUCK). AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE RESULTED. AFTER GETTING BACK BEHIND THE TRUCK MY VEHICLE STILL HAD POWER BUT HAD A SHUDDER IN THE DRIVETRAIN WHILE UNDER LOAD (LIKE UPHILL, OR DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BUT NOT WHILE COASTING). I HAVE NOT TRIED FULL THROTTLE ACCELERATION AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SPARINGLY. CALLED THE FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN. WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMEONE TURNED OFF THE KEY, NO POWER BUT AT LEAST PARTIAL POWER WAS REGAINED AFTER I LET OFF THE THROTTLE. THE ENGINE IS THE 3.5 LITER ECOBOOST. *TR

Mileage: 39,600

I ONLY JUST LEARNED OF YOUR INVESTIGATION SO MY MEMORY ON EXACT DATES AND MILEAGE MAY BE OFF BY A FEW WEEKS. I DID TAKE MY TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER TO REPORT MY INCIDENT SO THEY SHOULD SHOULD HAVE A RECORD OF THIS AND THE WORK THEY PERFORMED (BAIERL FORD, ZELIENOPLE, PA 16063). MY 2012 F150 WITH THE 3.5L ECOBOOST WAS ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME. I WAS PASSING A COAL TRUCK UPHILL ON A 10% GRADE. I WAS NOT TOWING, NOR DID I HAVE A LOAD IN THE BED. HE WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. I EASED OUT AND GOT ALONG SIDE RUNNING NOW AT ABOUT 50-55, THEN 'PUNCHED' THE THROTTLE TO COMPLETE THE PASS. THAT DID NOT TURN OUT WELL. THE ENGINE CUT OUT EXACTLY LIKE A REVERSE LIMITER ON AN ATV AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I BARELY WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PASS, AND WAS 'PUSHED' UP THE HILL BY THE COAL TRUCK, ENGINE RUNNING IN THAT CUT-OUT MODE ALL THE WAY. GOT OVER THE TOP AND IT CONTINUED TO RUN LIKE THIS DOWN THE OTHER SIDE. AFTER ABOUT 6 MILES, IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT. TOOK IT TO MY DEALER NOT TOO LONG AFTER. THEY INSTALLED SOMETHING - SINCE IT WAS WARRANTY WORK I WASN'T GIVEN THE PAPERWORK AND SIMPLY DON'T RECALL WHAT THEY DID. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A TSB ON THE PROBLEM THOUGH. I HAVE NOT HAD A REPEAT IN THE 6 MONTHS SINCE, ALTHOUGH I DO DRIVE DIFFERENTLY NOW, HAVING EXPERIENCED THAT EPISODE. THAT EVENT SEVERELY COMPROMISED MY CONFIDENCE IN THIS ENGINE. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN VERY ADVERSE TO PASSING ON TWO LANE ROADS AND HAVE DELAYED TOWING SEVERAL TIMES FOR FEAR THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN POTENTIALLY CREATING A DEADLY SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 14,600

MY 2012 FORD F150 WITH ECO-BOOST ENGINE STALLS AND SHAKES UPON FAST ACCELERATION. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY ON RAINY DAMP DAYS BUT HAS HAPPENED DURING NIGHT DRIVING ALSO. ONCE THIS HAPPENS THE TRUCKS LOOSES ALL POWER AND I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY, TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART. HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS WITH NO RESULTS OF CORRECTION. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND NEED HELP TO GET FORD TO CORRECT PROBLEM OR ALLOW TRADE FOR TRADE ON A NEW TRUCK WITHOUT THE ECO-BOOST ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 15,236

RAINING OUT, WENT TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. MY TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND SHUDDERED LIKE IT WAS GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRUCK COULDN'T DO MORE THAT 40 MPH. HAD TO KEEP A LEVEL HEAD TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION AND GET BACK BEHIND VEHICLE I ATTEMPTED TO PASS. VERY SCARY. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME YOU GAVE IT HARD THROTTLE THROUGHOUT THE TRIP. THIS IS AN ECOBOOST F150 WITH THE TWIN TURBO V6 ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 17,000

I HAD READ ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT THOUGHT I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES THAT DIDN'T HAVE A ISSUE. HOWEVER AT ABOUT 11,500 MILES DRIVING IN A RAINY HUMID DAY ON THE HIGHWAY I GOT IN A SPOT WHERE I HAD A RIG GOING ABOUT 30MPH AND I WAS DOING ABOUT 60MPH HAVING MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO PASS SAFELY BEFORE THE OTHER RIG COMING UP IN THE PASSING LANE I DECIDED TO GO AROUND.. AS SOON AS I PUSHED THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND GOT IN THE PASSING LANE THE TRUCK LOST POWER,,, SHUDDERED BADLY AND I ALMOST COULDN'T GET AROUND THE RIG THAT WAS ONLY DOING 30! AFTER GETTING BY I DECIDED TO TRY TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND AGAIN I WAS SUCCESSFUL BUT NOT WITHOUT THE ANXIETY ON THINKING THE RIG COMING UP WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME TO GET OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT PUSHING ME OFF. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO KNOWN ACCIDENTS BUT AGAIN IF THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR AN ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS PASSING ON A FOGGY NIGHT AND THE PERSON COMING UP ON YOU AT 70 NEVER SAW THE F150 ECOBOOST SITTING IN THE PASSING LANE DOING 45 TRYING TO GET IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PASSING AT THE TOP OF A HILL WITH NOWHERE TO PULL OFF TO THE RIGHT AS GOING DOWN THE HILL WITH A 70 MPH TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER DOING HIS BEST TO SHUT DOWN HIS RIG TRYING TO AVOID A JACK KNIFE DUE TO A F150 ECOBOOST DOING 40 MPH WITH NO WHERE TO PULL OFF! SO ANY OF YOU THAT THINK THIS ISN'T A BIG PROBLEM WAITING TO HAPPEN THEN I SUGGEST ONE THING.... HOPE,,, PRAY,,,, THAT YOU NEVER COME UP ON A ECOBOOST PASSING A RIG AND FIND YOURSELF BETWEEN A F150 LOSING 30 MPH AND TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD, THEN YOU,, FOLLOWED BY A RIG DOING 70 MPH ON YOUR BUMPER IN THE PASSING LANE!!! *TR

Mileage: 11,500

WE WERE RETURNING FROM ARKANSAS IN OUR F150 WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE IN RAIN/HEAVY MIST. WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND WHEN I WENT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE THE TRUCK JUST SHOOK AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 1.5 HOURS LATER IN THE SAME CONDITIONS, TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING BEYOND 3/8 THROTTLE. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE WHEN WE WERE IN THE RAIN (COMING FROM ARKANSAS) WITH THE EXACT SAME CONDITIONS (YEAR AGO). I HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AS FROM READING SEVERAL PLACES THERE ISN'T A TRUE FIX AT THIS POINT. SOME PEOPLE ARE DRILLING HOLES IN THEIR INTERCOOLERS TRYING TO DRAIN THE WATER THAT APPEARS TO BE THE ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 17,100

IT FIRST STARTED WHEN I MERGED ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND IT LOST ALL POWER AND MISFIRED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED TO PARTS. KNOW MY TRUCK HAS A MISS IN THE ENGINE TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND THE FIRST DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD AFTERMARKET TIRES ON IT AND THE ENGINE WAS TO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF MY TRUCK. SO I ASKED TO TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER AND THEY CHARGED ME $95 TO SAY IT WAS THE AFTERMARKET GRILLE GUARD THAT IS ON MY TRUCK. NOTHING SHOWS ON THE COMPUTER BUT THEY ALL FEEL THE MISS THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 13000 MILES ON IT AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT LONG DISTANCE. I AM STATIONED IN GERMANY AND MY PARENTS HAVE MY TRUCK SO I AM LISTING THERE INFORMATION BELOW. *TR

Mileage: 7,487

WHILE ACCELERATING TO ENTER HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE LURCHED AND LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY.I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT SEEMED TO RUN FINE FOR A TIME. LATER WHILE UNDER A LOAD IT WOULD MISS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN THIS HEAVY TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ORDERED PARTS, BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO CONFIDENT OF BEING ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, USUALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED, WET/HUMID CONDITIONS, UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM PERFORM THE WORK OUTLINED IN A TECH BULLETIN FROM FORD BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. JUST YESTERDAY (10/6/13 AT ABOUT 12:25PM APPROX 65 DEGREES F) DRIVING IN LIGHT RAIN ON I-96 NEAR GRAND RAPIDS, MI I ACCELERATED HARD FROM ABOUT 65MPH TO PASS ON THE FREEWAY AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

THIS TRUCK CONTINUES TO HAVE HESITATION AND ALMOST STALLS DURING HARD ACCELERATION. I HAVE RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THE REPAIR, WHICH IS KNOW BY FORD, UNLESS THERE IS A "CODE". THEY MAINTAIN THIS CONDITION WILL NOT OCCUR WITHOUT THE CODE BEING PRESENT WHICH I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN IS NOT TRUE. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BEFORE IT IS OVER. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND THEY WILL NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR WITHOUT THE "CODE" BEING PRESENT. THIS IS DANGEROUS, FORD UNDERSTANDS THE PROBLEM AND HOW TO FIX IT BUT WILL NOT WITHOUT THE CODE BEING PRESENT, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS PRESENT WHEN IT OCCURS. GO FORD! *TR

Mileage: 50

TRAVELING WITH MY WIFE FROM LITTLE ROCK TO HOUSTON ON A RAINY / HUMID DAY WITH THE TEMPERATURE AT ABOUT 80-85 DEGREES, I ACCELERATED QUICKLY TO PASS ON A 4-LANE HIGHWAY. THE TRUCK BEGAN SHUDDERING VIOLENTLY AND WE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. AFTER SLOWING DOWN AND PULLING OFF AND RESTARTING THE TRUCK IT SEEMED TO RUN FINE. THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES DURING THE TRIP. THE SECOND TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, BUT ENDED UP GOING OFF. THE THIRD TIME THE LIGHT FLASHED AND STAYED ON. AFTER GETTING BACK TO HOUSTON I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND THEY "REPROGRAMMED THE CAC" AND INSTALLED A NEW "AIR DAM DEFLECTOR PLATE." I JUST GOT THE VEHICLE BACK SO I DO NOT YET KNOW IF THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM PERMANENTLY, HOWEVER, I HAVE SEARCHED NUMEROUS BLOGS AND WEBSITES AND DISCOVERED THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINES. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT FORD HAS NOT OFFERED ANY KIND OF RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POWER LOSS (AND EXACTLY AT A CRITICAL TIME WHEN POWER IS NEEDED) WERE FRIGHTENING AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. HAD I BEEN PASSING ON A TWO-LANE ROAD INSTEAD OF A 4-LANE HIGHWAY, WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HEAD-ON COLLISION, A SECOND CAR REAR-ENDING MY VEHICLE, OR A LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO THE SHUDDERING AND INSTABILITY AT HIGH SPEEDS. I DID CONTACT FORD REGARDING THIS AND WAS BASICALLY TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL AND THEY JUST RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE. IT IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND DON'T 1) RECALL THE VEHICLES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM AND, 2) LET THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE - FOR THOSE PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE. IT IS DECEPTIVE AND IRRESPONSIBLE. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ON INTERSTATE 85 IN MAJOR TRAFFIC THE ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY HAD A SHARP REDUCTIONS IN ENGINE POWER DURING ACCELERATION. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN THE LAST MONTH. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

ON 2 SEPT 2013, IN FLORIDA, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A TWO LANE ROAD INTO THE MEDIAN AND MERGE INTO TRAFFIC GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO SPUTTER AND HAD LOSS OF POWER THAT BARELY ALLOWED ME TO CROSS BEFORE TRAFFIC ARRIVED. THE ROUGH RUNNING CONTINUED AFTER I ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT A 1/4 MILE BEFORE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO EXIT. IT STARTED RUNNING CORRECT SHORTLY AFTER THAT. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND AROUND MID 80'S, MILEAGE WAS AROUND 9500, SPEED WAS 0-50 MPH. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 27 SEPT 2013, IN MISSOURI, AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS TRAFFIC ON I-70. THE VEHICLE AGAIN STARTED TO SPUTTER WITH DRAMATIC LOSS OF POWER THAT DIDN'T ALLOW IT TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC SPEEDS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND I CONTINUED TO THE NEXT EXIT. I PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THE ENGINE LIGHT BECAME STEADY AND REMAINED ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 900 MILE TRIP. IT IS BEING TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE. THE WEATHER WAS RAINY AND IN THE 60'S. MILEAGE WAS AROUND 11000 AND SPEED WAS AROUND 65-70 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 9,500

THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHILE TRYING TO PASS A TRUCK ON THE TWO LANE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A HUGE LOSS IN POWER AND COULDN'T COMPLETE PASSING THE TRUCK. EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN WHILE STILL SHAKING AND BUCKING TO GET BACK BEHIND THE TRUCK THAT I WAS TRYING TO PASS. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING AND LOSS OF POWER HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES EVEN AFTER THE MANY TRIPS TO THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT'S. NONE OF THE BANDAGES HAVE WORKED THAT FORD HAS ATTEMPTED. THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE TO NOT FEEL SAFE IN A 4X4 TRUCK NOR WILL MY WIFE RIDE IN IT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE SCARING HER LAST TIME SHE RODE IN THE TRUCK. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS OR HAS RAINED RECENTLY OR IS HUMID WHICH WOULD BE EVERY DAY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. *JS

Mileage: 3,000

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED ACCESS FUEL FLOODED THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER REGARDING THE ACCELERATION AND THE ENGINE FUEL. THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,700. JO

Mileage: 8,700

PROBLEM WITH ENGINE LOSING POWER AND DETONATION IN CYLINDERS DURING ACCELERATION. FIRST REPORTED PROBLEM OF ENGINE SHUTTER WITHIN WEEKS OF PURCHASE. ENGINE HAS NEVER OPERATED CORRECTLY. I HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND THEY KNOW THAT THE CAC IS THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSE TO REPLACE IT. THE LAST INCIDENT ON SEP. 20 2013 HAPPENED WHEN ENTERING HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK COMPLETELY LOST POWER AND MY FAMILY AND I WERE ALMOST HIT MY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD TO "LIMP" OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS THE TRUCK WOULD NOT OPERATE. THIS ECO-BOOST ISSUE IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED.

Mileage: 2,000

LOSS OF POWER WITH VEHICLE VIBRATION WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. TRUCK HAS THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. AFTER THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I ATTEMPTED ANOTHER AGGRESSIVE ACCELERATION TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHICH IT DID. ONE INSTANCE THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS OCCURRED DURING A RAINY DAY. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THIS AGGRESSIVELY SINCE BUYING THE TRUCK. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. I.E. PASSING ON A TWO LANE ROAD. I RESEARCH ONLINE TO DISCOVER THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. I CALLED THE DEALER TO MAKE APPOINTMENT; THE SERVICE MANAGER TOOK MY VIN BUT STATED NOTHING SHOWED UP IN THE COMPUTER FOR ANY ISSUES WITH MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL.

Mileage: 26,000

I HAVE AN 2012 F-150 WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT IT MY WIFE AND I WERE GOING TO TRY AND MERGE INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC, WHEN I WENT ACCELERATE TO TRAFFIC SPEED THE ENGINE JUST FELL ON IT'S FACE , I LET OFF AND TRIED IT AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE OTHER DRIVERS HAD SENSE ENOUGH TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LANE OR WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE. I CALLED THE FORD DEALER AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BUT TO BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT . I TOOK IT IN AND AFTER 7 HOURS THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG , I ASKED IF THEY SEARCHED FOR RECALLS ON SOFTWARE OR SOMETHING ELSE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING FROM FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM . THIS WAS ONLY A MONTH OR SO AGO, SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE MY FORD DEALER DID NOT LOOK TOO HARD FOR THE BULLETINS THAT FORD SENT TO DEALERS, THIS CHAPS MY BUTT!

Mileage: 3,000

LOSS OF POWER UNDER ACCELERATION 3.5 ECOBOOST SURGING LOSS OF TURBO. *JB

Mileage: 2,000

I PURCHASED MY F-150 ECOBOOST, ON JULY 28, 2012. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING IT, I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE. OFTEN WHEN IT RAINS, THE TRUCK WILL NOT START OR WHEN IT DOES START, IT REFUSES TO GO OR WHEN IT IS GOING, IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PASS A SLOW VEHICLE, THERE IS NO POWER. THE ENGINE BOGGS DOWN, TO AN IDLE. THE TRUCK HAS LEFT ME STRANDED NUMEROUS TIMES. I TOOK MY FAMILY ON A TRIP TO MIAMI, FLORIDA, DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. ON THE OPEN ROAD THE MOTOR QUIT. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP IT INTO A FORD DEALER, WHO HAD TO PERFORM EXTENSIVE ENGINE REPAIRS IN ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK RUNNING AGAIN. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT BACK TO TENNESSEE, AFTER 3 WEEKS OF REPAIRS, IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES, I TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THERE IS NO POWER. IT IS DANGEROUS, PARTICULAR WHEN TRAVELING ON 2 LANE COUNTRY ROADS WITH HILLS. OFTEN, WHEN I PARK AND EXIT THE TRUCK, THERE IS A STRONG ODOR OF GAS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. ON 2 OCCASIONS, THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAS COME UNATTACHED FROM THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK. THIS MORNING, I WENT TO TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD/FELT THUMPING AND THE SEAT FELL BACK, I WAS NEARLY LAYING ON MY BACK, WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SCARY, WHEN IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE FORD CUSTOMER CARE REPRESENTATIVE WAS VERY FLIPPED AND SEEMED TO BE MORE CONCERNED WITH ENSURING THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS OF THE WARRANTY THAN THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS INSULTED AND HUMILIATED, FOR SUGGESTING THEY PROVIDE ME WITH SOMETHING TO DRIVE WHILE THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT TOOK 3 WEEKS TO FIX. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE TO DRIVE. TO DATE THE BEST FUEL MILEAGE I HAVE GOTTEN IS 13.2 MILES PER GALLON. *TR

Mileage: 2,000

THIS COMPLAINT PERTAINS TO THE 3.5 LITER ECOBOOST ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THERE WERE FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC AT THIS LOCATION. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AROUND A SLOWER VEHICLE, THE ENGINE SHUTTERED AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I HAD TO DRIVE ONTO THE BERM, NEARLY CAUSING A CRASH. THE ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY TRIP FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO NORTH CAROLINA. THIS ENGINE SHUTTER OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES DURING MY RETURN TO PA. THE LAST TIME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ACTIVATED. THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON A BUSY MULTIPLE LANE HIGHWAY IS AN EXTREME HAZARD AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS VEHICLE CRASH. IT IS TIME FOR FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS KNOWN ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 8,100

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD AT AROUND 50 MPH, I STARTED TO PASS THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND MY TRUCK LOST POWER. I COULDN'T COMPLETE THE PASS AND NEARLY WAS HIT HEAD ON BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET BACK INTO THE LANE I CAME FROM. WHEN I HIT THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED TO 40 MPH. AFTER LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND HITTING IT AGAIN STILL NOTHING 40 WAS AS FAST AS IT WOULD GO. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A PULL OFF SPOT AND TRIED TAKING OFF AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS NORMAL. THERE WERE NO ENGINE LIGHTS OF ANY KIND THAT ILLUMINATED DURING THIS TIME. THIS OCCURED AT APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES. IT CURRENTLY HAS 20,768 MILES ON IT AND HAS DONE IT 2 MORE TIMES. BOTH TIMES THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS. I GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND FOUND MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO SEEN WHERE THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE FIX FROM FORD. I TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND TOLD THEM MY ISSUE, I JUST PICKED IT UP AND THEY ADVISED ME THEY DID NOTHING TO IT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO ACT UP, AND THERE WAS NO STORED ENGINE CODES. THE DEALER SAID I BET IT ONLY HAPPENS TO YOU HUH, IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. THEY TOTALLY BLEW IT OFF AND WANTED THE TRUCK AND ME OUT OF THERE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IS A HUGE INCONVIENIENCE TO HAVE TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER ALL THE TIME FOR SOMETHING THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY FIXED. FOR AS MUCH AS FORD IS CHARGING FOR THESE TRUCKS THEY COULD AT LEAST TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE CREATED. OF COURSE IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE TECHS TO DUPLICATE WHEN IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AT VARIOUS MILEAGES.

Mileage: 18,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MOSTLY WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY OR HUMID WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. *JB

Mileage: 10,000

UPON ACCELERATION, BETWEEN 15-25 MPH, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO STUMBLE AND LOST POWER. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME. IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES SINCE WITH THE LATEST OCCURRENCE ON SEPT. 3, 2013. THE VEHICLE MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY 18XXX. THE PROBLEM NORMALLY OCCURS COMING OFF OF IDLE AND ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC. IT HAS OCCURRED, HOWEVER, ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE A SLOWER DRIVER. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 65-70 DURING THAT INSTANCE. AT NO TIME DID ANY FAULT LIGHTS ILLUMINATE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF LIGHTLY PRESSING THE THROTTLE, IT SEEM TO CLEAR UP. *JB

Mileage: 15,000

ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, MOTOR LOST ALL POWER AND BEGAN SHAKING. CODE CAME UP AS ENGINE MISFIRE. BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP SAID KNOWN ISSUE, THEY INSPECTED DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SINCE THAT DATE HAS OCCURRED 4-5 MORE TIMES DURING WET WEATHER ANYTIME ACCELERATING (PASSING VEHICLES, ON RAMPS).

Mileage: 4,900

NOTICEABLE LAG DURING ACCELERATION. MOST NOTEWORTHY INCIDENT INVOLVED PASSING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, ENGINE BOGGED DOWN AND CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL. HAVE NOTICED THIS A FEW TIMES SINCE AS WELL. WE ARE IN MONSOON SEASON, HAVE HAD RAIN AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL HUMIDITY. HAVE ALSO NOTICED WHAT FEELS LIKE DELAYED AND HARD TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. FUEL CONSUMPTION/MILEAGE SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED. (WAS GETTING 17-23MPG WHEN TRUCK WAS FIRST PURCHASED IN MARCH 21013, AM NOW AVERAGING 13-15MPG). HAVE ALSO NOTICED VIBRATION/SHUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN, AND DURING DOWNSHIFTING. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN SHOP AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ON 8/26/13. FORD IS PERFORMING A COLD-SOAK(?) THE CODE THAT THEY PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE WAS INDICATIVE OF A MISFIRE BUT THEY CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THE MISFIRE AT THIS TIME. *TT

Mileage: 26,400

MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING ON I81 NORTH BOUND. I ATTEMPTED TO PASS THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND WHEN I ACCELERATED (I PUSHED IT TO THE FLOOR) THE ENGINE DIED. THERE WAS AN INSTANT WHERE I THOUGHT THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS GOING TO CRASH INTO THE REAR END OF MY TRUCK. DURING THE FAILURE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF AND IT TOOK AT LEAST 1 MINUTE FOR THE ENGINE TO RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION... I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AGAIN... I CALL RISING SUN FORD DEALERSHIP IN MARYLAND WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WILL HAVE IT THERE THIS WEDNESDAY FOR THEM TO CHECK OUT... THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE DOING EXACTLY AS I DESCRIBED... WHY DO THEY NOT HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO WARN ME OF THIS ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE BEFORE I BOUGHT IT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER VEHICLES OUT THERE WHERE THE OWNERS ARE CLUELESS OF THIS POTENTIAL ISSUE THAT CAN PUT THEIR LIFE AT RISK??? *TR

Mileage: 6,000

WHEN RETURNING FROM CULLOWEE, NC, I WAS ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP OF I-40 EAST. AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO INCREASE TO HIGHWAY SPEED. THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE NEVER GAINED SPEED UNTIL I LET OF THE ACCELERATOR COMPLETELY AND SLOWLY APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN. THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE AND THE RESULTING DANGEROUS MERGE INTO TRAFFIC TERRIFIED MY WIFE, CHILD AND GRANDCHILD. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

WHILE ACCELERATING ON AN ON-RAMP TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON I-90, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATED VERY HARD, THE ENGINE THEN LOST POWER, CAUSING ELECTRIC TO SHUT DOWN, AND UNCONTROLLED DECELERATION TO OCCUR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. ONCE I RELEASED THE PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL, AND PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THE POWER RETURNED AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED AGAIN. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE PROBLEM AND WAS REPLACED. NOTIFIED FORD REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT CONCERNS THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, HE RESPONDED THAT THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY, AND NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE DESPITE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND APPARENTLY THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS NOT UPDATED AS REQUIRED. AFTER THE UPDATE, IT WORKED FINE. IN DECEMBER 2012, SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OCCURRED AND THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED IT WAS THE COIL IN ENGINE 4 AS THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 5,955

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 60 MPH. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO ABOUT 80% OF TRAVEL. THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY HAD AN ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. I TOTALLY RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN APPLY ABOUT 10% AND THE ENGINE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE ENGINE CONTINUED ON AS NORMAL - GIVEN TRAFFIC CONDITIONS I DID NOT ATTEMPT A SECOND HARD ACCELERATOR APPLICATION. IT WAS RAINING AND HAD BEEN RAINING ABOUT AN HOUR WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I CALL FORD AND WAS GIVEN A TSB REPAIR CODE. IT IS FORD TSB 13-8-1 - AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE THIS TSB WAS 12-10-19 AND 12-6-4. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY I DID ACCELERATE IN THE SAME FASHION AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED PROPERLY - IT WAS NOT RAINING WHEN I DID THIS. *TR

Mileage: 17,600

THE FIRST INCIDENT 6/28/13, WHEN ACCELERATING TO GET ONTO A HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING SOMEWHERE BEFORE 60 AND LOST ALL POWER. THE SPEEDOMETER PEGGED AT 60 AND THE RPMS JUMPED TO REDLINE, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER BEING PRODUCED. THE VEHICLE TOOK AT NOSE DIVE AND WOULD NOT ALLOW FUEL TO THE ENGINE UNTIL THE RPMS SETTLED TO IDLE AND I WAS ABLE TO FEATHER THE GAS PEDAL IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE ENGINE. THE SECOND INCIDENT 8/9/13, WHEN GOING TO PASS SOMEONE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON I-95 THE VEHICLE FELL FLAT AGAIN, SAME SCENARIO, THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SAME ACTIONS AS ABOVE, WITH FEATHERING THE GAS PEDAL AND ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE ENGINE. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE INTERCOOLER WAS REPLACED AT 7600 MILES. THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS IN BOTH SCENARIOS, THESE EVENTS COULD'VE BEEN CATASTROPHIC BOTH BEING ON HEAVILY TRAVELED HIGHWAYS. AT 500 MILES I HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND ONE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 7,500

I WAS TRAVELING AT 65MPH AND WENT TO PASS AND AT ACCELERATION THE TRUCK STALLED AND ALMOST DIED. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY A SEMI I HAD TO PULL OFF ON SHOULDER TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN ACCELERATE AGAIN. MY TRUCK HAS THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND HOPE THEY CAN RECALL AND FIX PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

FORD F150 2012 ECOBOOST EXT CAB 4X4 XLT AFTER DRIVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND STOPPING AT A REST AREA I BEGAN TO REENTER THE INTERSTATE. AS I ACCELERATED ON THE ONRAMP TRAFFIC WAS MODERATE SO I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR EVEN HARDER. THE TRUCK WAS IN 5TH GEAR AND DOWNSHIFTED TO 4TH. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHUTTER AND LOOSE POWER. AT THIS POINT I PANICKED AND PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR EVEN HARDER. THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR AT WHICH POINT IT LOST ALL POWER. ALL THAT I COULD DO WAS LET OUT AT THIS POINT AND HOPE TO REGAIN POWER. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC HAD MOVED OVER BY THE TIME I HAD MADE IT TO THE END OF THE ONRAMP AT WHICH POINT THE TRUCK HAD A CLEAR AND DEFINITIVE MISS AND VERY LITTLE POWER. THE TRUCK SLOWLY ACCELERATED UP TO 60 MPH AND CONTINUED TO MISS FOR ANOTHER QUARTER MILE. AFTER ARRIVING AT MY PARENTS HOME 5 HOURS LATER WITHOUT ANOTHER INCIDENT OF FULL LOSS OF POWER I DROPPED MY WIFE OFF TO GET HER CAR. AS I PULLED OUT THE DRIVEWAY ONLY MINUTES LATER I PUNCHED THE ACCELERATOR TO SEE IF THE TRUCK WOULD DO IT AGAIN. THE TRUCK FELL ON ITS FACE. I COULD HAVE GOT OUT AND RAN FASTER. ONCE AGAIN IS MISSED FOR A QUARTER MILE AND CLEARED UP. TODAY, I HAD TO MAKE A QUICK TRIP INTO TOWN TO PICK UP SOMETHING FOR MY WIFE. AGAIN I PUNCHED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRUCK FELL ON ITS FACE AND HAD NO POWER. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON EVER SINCE. THANKFULLY I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS OF YET. THESE TRUCKS NEED TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED!!! *TR

Mileage: 9,750

ON ACCELERATION RAMP ON INTERSTATE 75 ATTEMPTING TO GET UP TO SPEED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOSE ALL POWER FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC ONTO SHOULDER TO AVOID ACCIDENT. EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE REGAINED POWER. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES DURING THE SAME TRIP ON JULY 30 AND AUG 5. *TR

Mileage: 19,500

WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING THEN ACCELERATING THE TURBO DROPS OUT A SEVERE LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED.

Mileage: 33,235

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX. 50 MPH BEHIND A SLOW VEHICLE AND PULLED IN THE ONCOMING LANE TO PASS WHEN THE TRUCK SEEM TO MISS FIRE. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I HAD BRAKE HARD TO PULL BACK IN BEHIND THE SLOW VEHICLE. IT DID THIS FOR ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS AND CLEARED UP. IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. 2012 F150 ECOBOOST *TR

Mileage: 12,000

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE OR HARD ACCELERATING FROM A STANDING STOP VEHICLE SHAKES AND STALLS, STAYS IN SECOND GEAR AND HAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE, IN WET OR DRY CONDITIONS, SOMETIMES COMPLETELY DYING. ON ONE OCCASION VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED WHILE ENTERING EXPRESSWAY CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO RUN OFF ROAD, HITTING A SIGN AND DIRT BANK TO AVOID APPROACHING SEMI TRUCK. ENGINE OIL IS DILUTED WITH GAS, HAS BURNING SMELL IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WE ARE AFRAID OF ENGINE EXPLOSION AND FIRE, BURNING SMELL IS SO BAD. FORD HAS ATTEMPTED SEVERAL FIXES, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES, NOW THERE IS A GRINDING GRUNT WHEN GOING INTO REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 8,199

IT IS A NEW TRUCK 2012 WITH ABOUT 650 MILES WHEN PURCHASED. THE FIRST COLD START THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND HAD A SLIGHT MISS. TOLD DEALER SAID NOT TO WORRY THEY COULD FIX IT. WENT TO KY ON WAY BACK RAN INTO A DOWN POUR OF RAIN. THE TRUCK AT ABOUT 40MPH STARTED TO SHAKE AND QUIVER LIKE IT WAS GOING TO QUIT .GOT TO THE SIDE OF ROAD TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT FROM OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES THEY CANT FIX IT.I HOPE THAT NO ONE GETS HURT FROM THIS ENGINE FAILURE.THE TRUCK NOW HAS 4160 MILES, IT STILL IDLES ROUGH AND HAS MISS. THE DEALER CHECKED IT OUT AND STILL CAN'T FIND THE CAUSE. *TR

Mileage: 1,050

I WAS GETTING ON THE FREEWAY ON SATURDAY EVENING AROUND 7:30PM AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE MY 2012 F-150 ECOBOOST TO MERGE AND THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. IT WAS VIBRATING SO BAD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND NOT TO MENTION I ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER PICKUP TRUCK BECAUSE I HAD LOST ALL POWER. I PAID ALOT OF MONEY FOR THIS TRUCK AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I PULLED OF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT IT DOWN FOR ABOUT 3-4 MIN AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT WAS FINE. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND MY WIFE WAS TERRIFIED AND SAID SHE WILL NOT GET BACK IN IT. *TR

Mileage: 11,922

ECOBOOST ENGINE HAS A TERRIBLE MISS AT IDLE AND BLOWS BLACK SMOKE AT START UP. FUEL MILEAGE IS ALSO BAD DUE TO RICH FUEL CONDITIONS. FORD HAS REPLACED MANY PARTS INCLUDING INJECTORS AND PLUGS THAT WERE CARBONED UP. NOW FORD REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL A NEW CALIBRATION PROGRAM IS RELEASED MID AUGUST 2013. THE TRUCK HAS SPENT A TOTAL OF 6 WEEKS IN THE SHOP AND IS ONLY 10 MONTHS OLD. BOTTOM LINE...FORD REFUSES TO HONOR THE WARRANTY. THEY CANT FIX IT AND THEY WONT BUY IT BACK. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

I'VE HAD PROBLEMS SINCE THE FIRST MONTH OF PURCHASE, FIRST TIME IT STALLED PULLING OUT OF A STOP SIGN WITH MY KIDS IN THE TRUCK, SCARED US TO DEATH. SECOND TIME, MY WIFE AND I WERE ON THE INTERSTATE GOING ON VACATION DRIVING AT NIGHT IN A STEADY RAIN, TRUCK BEGIN TO SHUDDER AND STALLED OUT, HAD TO PULL OVER ABOUT 5 TIMES DURING A 5 HOUR TRIP AND SIT UNTIL IT WOULD CRANK AND RUN AGAIN. WHEN I RETURNED I TOOK INTO FORD, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS, TRUCK KEPT DOING THE SAME IN A RAIN SO I TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND AFTER THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME THEY SAID THERE IS A DEFECT AND FORD HAS A NEW PART COMING OUT IN OCTOBER OF 2012, ENDED UP GETTING THE PART INSTALLED IN DECEMBER 2012. TRUCK IS DOING THE SAME THING, JUST STALLED ON ME IN BRANSON, MISSOURI, I CALLED DEALER AND CORPORATE FORD AND GET NOWHERE. I HAVE A COMPLAINT FILE NUMBER WITH FORD CORPORATE ON THIS PROBLEM BUT NO WILL HELP ME OR OFFER ME A NEW TRUCK WITHOUT ECOBOOST. VERY FRUSTRATING TO BUY A BRAND NEW $57K TRUCK AND FIND OUT IT DOES NOT RUN WELL IN THE RAIN AND FORD NEW OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO ME IN APRIL 2012. NOW I FIND OUT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT STARTED IN LOUISIANA AND OHIO FOR THE ECO BOOST TRUCKS. DONT REALLY WANT TO GO THIS ROUTE BUT FORD AND AUTONATION-COOK WHITEHEAD FORD DEALER HAS GIVEN ME NO CHOICE. WE NEED TO ALL PUBLICLY LET OUR DEALERS KNOW BY BEING ON THE NEWS OR OTHER MEANS SO FORD WILL STOP SELLING THESE VEHICLES. ITS NOT RIGHT TO TREAT US THIS WAY. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

WHILE UNDER ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, EXPLOSION, FIRE, LOST OIL PRESSURE, ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED IT AS INTERCOOLER COLLECTED CONDENSATION THAT GOT SUCKED INTO ENGINE INTAKE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO EXPLODE A HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. INTERCOOLER STILL HAD OVER A SIP OF WATER IN IT. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

ATTEMPTING TO PASS ON INTERSTATE, VEHICLE BOGGED DOWN UNTIL I TOOK MY FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR, AT THIS TIME MY SPEED HAD DECLINED FROM 65 MPH TO 50 MPH. DURING THE PAST 2 WEEKS THIS HAS OCCURRED OTHER TIMES. THIS HAS NEVER OCCURRED SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE BUT I AM CONCERNED. ONCE THING THAT I NOTICED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED ON RAINY DAYS. I WAS CALLED BY A FRIEND THAT BOUGHT A SIMILAR VEHICLE MAKE MODEL EQUIPMENT AND MOTOR AND MENTIONED THAT HE WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM MADE AWARE TO HIM BY A FRIEND THAT WORKS AS A FORD SERVICE MANAGER. I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL FORD DEALER. THEY SEEMED INDIFFERENT AS TO THIS BEING A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. I AM SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING, FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND MAKE THIS KNOWN TO OTHER OWNERS TO PREVENT SOMETHING BAD HAPPENING INVOLVING LIVES. *TR

Mileage: 18,000

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. AFTER MOVING OVER AND ACCELERATING - THE TRUCK BUCKLED AND STALLED! I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY AN 18 WHEELER AT 65 MPH! THIS WAS VERY CLOSE TO BEING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING MULTIPLE VEHICLES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AS FORD DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. NOT TO MENTION I TOOK IT IN FOR FORD TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND THEY REFUSED TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AS THE VEHICLE DID NOT SHOW A TROUBLE CODE. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE IS A TSB ON THIS VEHICLE BY FORD FOR THE REPAIR BUT FORD WON'T MAKE THE REPAIR. NOT TO MENTION SINCE THEN THE FUEL MILEAGE HAS DROPPED DRASTICALLY SINCE THE EVENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES NOW. I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT AN ACCIDENT WITH THIS ISSUE, NOT TO MENTION IT GOING OUT OF WARRANTY AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND THERE ARE LAWSUITS ALL OVER THE INTERNET FOR THIS SAME REASON. THIS IS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE AND IT LOSING POWER IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO TRACTOR TRAILERS NOT BEING ABLE TO SLOW DOWN IN TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENS ON THE INTERSTATE. WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER IT DROPS THE VEHICLE SPEED TO 40 MPH. NOT A SAFE SPEED FOR CONTESTED INTERSTATES. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN APRIL AND SPENT 40,000 DOLLARS ON A TRUCK THAT'S VERY UNSAFE BUT NOT EVEN DEPENDABLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS A 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND IT ALSO SHUDDERS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH A HARD CLUNKING SOUND DURING GEAR CHANGES. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 22,000

ON JULY 6, 2013, I WAS DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER ON THE HIGHWAY AND OCCASIONALLY NOTICED A MISS/SHUDDER OF THE ENGINE DURING THE DRIVE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED BEFORE AND HAD ADDRESSED, UNDER WARRANTY WITH MY FORD DEALER. I HAD SLOWED TO 30MPH DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THE NEED TO MERGE ONTO ANOTHER HIGHWAY WHEN I EXPERIENCED A VERY SEVERE AND FRIGHTENING ISSUE WITH MY F150. I WAS MERGING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON AN ON-RAMP AND NEEDED TO ACCELERATE HARD. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE REVVED BUT HAD NO POWER. THE TRUCK SHOOK SO BADLY THAT I COULD BARELY CONTROL IT AT 30 MPH. I LET OFF THE GAS AND TRIED AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT. BY NOW, I HAD TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ON THE FOURTH OR FIFTH ATTEMPT, THE ENGINE FINALLY CAME TO LIFE AND ACCELERATED WITH ENOUGH POWER TO GET ME ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE 3.5L ECOBOOST EQUIPPED F150S. ALTHOUGH FORD HAS ISSUED TSBS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, SEVERAL "FIXES" HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED ON MY TRUCK AND NONE HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED OR BOUGHT BACK AND REPLACED WITH SAFER, NON-DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 20,150

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INNER COOLER, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND DEFLECTOR SHIELDS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,800.

Mileage: 14,800

JUNE 5, DRIVING FROM FORT COLLINS, CO, TO BILLING, MT, GOING UP A HILL TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER, LOSS OF POWER, MISFIRING OF ENGINE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. NOT RAINING. JUNE 7, MILEAGE AT 22548, FORDS FIX: INSTALL NEW DEFLECTOR, NEW INTERCOOLER AND UPDATE PCM. JUNE 11, DRIVING FROM YELLOW STONE RIVER IN MT TO STEAMBOAT LAKE CO, GOING UP A HILL, MINOR MISFIRING OF ENGINE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, WENT OFF THE NEXT DAY. NOT RAINING. JUNE 15, FROM COLORADO SPRING, CO TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM, AFTER GETTING GAS, STARTED TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY (AFTER ~5 HOURS OF DRIVING), TURBO KICK ON, MASSIVE LOSS OF POWER (NO ACCELERATION AT ALL), HEAVY SHAKING OF TRUCK, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK OVER A MILE TO GET BACK UP TO HIGHWAY SPEED (55 MPH). GAS MILEAGE REDUCED BY 20%. NOT RAINING. 6/27, MILEAGE 24563, DEALER REPLACED ALL SPARK PLUGS, PLUGS BLACKENED ON PORCELAIN. TRUCK IS STILL MISFIRING AT RANDOM. GAS MILEAGE REDUCED. 7/1/2013, RETURN TO DEALER, RANDOM MISFIRING. DEALER PERFORMED NO FIXES OR UPDATES. 7/18, RETURN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION BY FORD FIELD ENGINEER. HAVE AN APPOINTMENT 7/23 TO REPLACE CATALYTIC CONVERTER (PER FIELD ENGINEER) WHICH MAY BE PLUGGED. I BELIEVE THAT PERMANENT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO THE ENGINE. HAVE COPIES OF ALL REPAIR ORDERS. *TR

Mileage: 22,548

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP SIGN TURNING RIGHT MY 2012 FORD F150 PLATINUM 4X4 ECOBOOST STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FOR A FEW SECONDS. I THOUGHT THE TRUCK SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 3 MONTHS AND IS GETTING MORE FREQUENT. *TR

Mileage: 9,500

WHILE TRAVELING FROM KENTUCKY TO ALABAMA IN DRIVING RAIN MY ENTIRE TRIP, TRUCK BEGINS TO MISFIRE AND LOSE POWER IN ALABAMA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW. AFTER LETTING UP ON ACCELERATOR, TRUCK ENGINE STOPPED MISSING, BUT UNDER STRAIN AND ON HILLS IT AGAIN BEGAN TO MISS FIRE AND ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AGAIN. BECAUSE OF POWER LOSS AND ENGINE BUCKING, I FOUND A FORD DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY FOR REPAIRS. THEY REPLACED THE INTERCOOLER AND REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER IN THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK DID STOP MISFIRING, BUT SEEMED TO DRIVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED DOWN AND STILL SEEMED TO MISS SOME DURING THE REST OF MY WET TRIP TO FLORIDA. TRUCK SEEMS TO DRIVE GREAT IN THE CITY UNDER DRY OR WET CONDITIONS NOW. * IT APPEARS THE ISSUE IS ONLY WITH EXTENDED TRAVEL IN VERY WET CONDITIONS. *TR

Mileage: 12,389

ON VACATION TO GA FROM MD IN JULY OF 2012, DURING A HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND LOST POWER SEVERAL TIMES TRAVELING ON I-95 TOWING A BOAT. DRIVING ABOUT 65-70 MPH STOPPED AT THE FORD DEALER ON RT. 1 IN FREDERICKSBURG VA AND THEY DID A TEMPORARY FIX, A PIECE OF CARDBOARD WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT THE MOISTURE FROM CAUSING PROBLEMSONLY TO BE TOLD TO GO BACK TO OUR DEALER FOR THE PART ONCE IT COMES IN ALL BACK ORDERED. WE HAVE SINCE CONTACTED SHEEHY AND GOT NOWHERE NEVER GOT A CALL EITHER THAT THE PART WAS IN. TRUCK GETS THE WORST GAS MILEAGE AND OVER THE RAIN WE HAD STARTED TO STALL OUT AGAIN. NEVER CALLED AND NEVER FIXED.NOW WITH THE RAIN AGAIN AND THE HEAT IT IS DOING IT AGAIN..... *TR

Mileage: 4,000

I SWITCHED LANES TO PASS A TRUCK AND THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE LANE SO I STEPPED ON THE THROTTLE TO THE FLOOR AND IT HESITATED THEN STARTED TO DIE. THEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE ALONG WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT CONTINUED TO SPUTTER AND SHAKE FOR A MILE OR SO THEN IT STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE PROBLEM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL LIT AND MY AFTERMARKET STEREO CAN PULL THE CHECK ENGINE CODES AND THEY WERE P0300 P0304 P0306 P0306. IT WAS ABOUT 75 OUTSIDE AND THE ROAD WAS DRY. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE TRUCK NOW HAS 26,300 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 10,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND TURBO CHARGER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

Mileage: 1,000

ON TRIP FROM LOUISVILLE KY. TO ATLANTA, GA IN THE RAIN, TRUCK DISPLAYED THE SHUDDERING STALL CAUSED BY CONDENSATION IN THE CHARGED AIR COOLER WHICH GETS INGESTED INTO ENGINE CAUSING MOTOR TO GO INTO LIMP MODE, TRUCK HAS HAD TWO OF THE THREE TSB'S PERFORMED AS THIS IS THE SEVENTH INCIDENT OF THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE NEW. WHEN TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY AT RISK FROM REAR END COLLISION. *TR

Mileage: 9,600

SINCE I PURCHASED MY TRUCK THERE HAS BEEN SEVEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHERE I HAVE ACCELERATED TO ENTER AN INTERSTATE OR PASS A VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK IN AND THEY HAVE REPLACED PARTS AND SAID IT WAS REPAIRED. THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSTATE IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA WHERE BARRIERS WERE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERSTATE. I ACCELERATED TO ENTER THE INTERSTATE AND THERE WERE CARS AND A SEMI APPROACHING WHERE I ENTERED. I ACCELERATED TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK STALLED AND WOULD NOT TAKE FUEL. THE APPROACHING SEMI COULD NOT STOP IN TIME AND HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS ME. HE MISSED HITTING ME BY INCHES AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. WITH THE BARRIERS IN PLACE I COULD NOT GET OFF THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE TRUCK STALLED. I HAVE THE ECO-BOOST ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THEY ARE TELLING ME THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT IS CAUSING THE FAILURE. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED MULTIPLE INJURIES OR DEATHS HAD THE SEMI NOT BEEN ABLE TO AVOID HITTING ME OR THE OTHER CARS. I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 38,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE INNER COOLER FOR THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,800. *TR

Mileage: 36,800

I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN THE OUTSIDE LANE ON I 95 (FLORIDA) DURING HEAVY RAIN, APPROACHING A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I CHANGED LANES AND ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND RAPIDLY DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TRAVELING IN RAINY CONDITIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR. SINCE I HAD COMMITTED TO MAKE THE OVERTAKING MANEUVER AND FOR THE FEW SECONDS I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND/OR PULL BACK INTO MY ORIGINAL LANE AS I WAS TRAVELING ADJACENT TO THE VEHICLE I WAS OVERTAKING, I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE FAST APPROACHING ME IN THE INSIDE (FAST/OVER TAKING) LANE. LUCKILY THE DRIVER WAS OBSERVANT ENOUGH TO RELEASE OF THE IMPENDING COLLISION A HEAD IF HE DID NOT TAKE EVASIVE ACTION AND SLOW DOWN. AFTER A FEW SECONDS I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK INTO OUTSIDE/SLOW LANE. THIS LOSS OF POWER AND MISFIRE CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 45 MINUTES, UP UNTIL I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND DROVE TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 6,100

I HAD THE TSB (FOR KNOWN SURGING ISSUE) PERFORMED ON MY TRUCK (2012 SUPER CREW 4X4) IN MAY AT 25K MILES. EVERYTHING SEEMED BETTER, UNTIL... THIS PAST SATURDAY, I LEFT THE HOUSE AT 5AM FOR A 7.5 HOUR/ 350 MILE DRIVE FROM HOME. IT WAS RAINING CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE FIRST TWO HOURS. SOMETIMES HARD RAIN, BUT IT DIDN'T STOP FOR THE FIRST 2 HOURS. I WAS DRIVING BACK COUNTRY ROADS WITH MOSTLY 55 MPH LIMITS AND ROLLING HILLS. GIVEN THE WEATHER, TYPE OF ROADS, TIME OF DAY, ETC. I DROVE GENTLY FOR THE TRIP, NEVER PUT MY FOOT IN IT. THEN, WHEN GOING UP A STEEPER HILL THAT REQUIRED MORE THROTTLE THAN THE OTHERS TO KEEP MY SPEED UP, THE TRUCK STARTED HESITATING. A LOT. MORE THAN IT EVER HAD BEFORE THE TSB. AND THEN, JUST AFTER THE HESITATION BEGAN, SOMETHING EXTRA OCCURRED THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED TO IT BEFORE. THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHUDDER. THIS SHUDDERING WAS AKIN TO DRIVING OVER ROAD SHOULDER RUMBLE STRIPS ON STEROIDS. AS SOON AS I LET OFF THE GAS, THE SHUDDERING STOPPED. I GENTLY PUSHED THE PEDAL, SHUDDERING WAS BACK AND JUST AS BAD. LET OFF AGAIN. IT STOPPED. PUSHED THE PEDAL AGAIN. IT CAME BACK. PUSHED THE THROTTLE ONCE MORE, AND IT HAD STOPPED. I SLOWLY PUSHED FURTHER ON THE THROTTLE AND IT DIDN'T DO IT ANY LONGER. BY THIS TIME I WAS DOWN TO ABOUT 35-40 MPH GOING UP THE HILL. SO I PUSHED DOWN THE PEDAL ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK KICKED DOWN AND ACCELERATED WITH ONLY SLIGHT MOMENTS OF HESITATION. NOT ONCE DID THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. . THUS, I HAD A TEXTBOOK CASE OF EXACTLY WHAT THE TSB WAS SUPPOSED TO SOLVE, BUT DIDN'T. *TR

Mileage: 27,800

MYSELF AND MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING ON A SHORT FOUR LANE ROAD WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. MY F150 ENGINE SHUDDERED, I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR, THE SHUDDER STOPPED. I THEN TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN AND NOTHING. IT WAS LIKE I WAS COASTING, I HAD NO POWER FROM THE ENGINE TO ACCELERATE. I CONTINUED TO TRY AND ACCELERATE BUT NOTHING. THIS LASTED FOR 15-20 SECONDS THEN IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY. THIS SAME TYPE OF LOST OF POWER HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE THEN. THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY, THE LAST TWO IT WAS NOT. I HAVE READ ABOUT THE ISSUES DOCUMENTED WITH THE F150 ECO BOOST ENGINE AND I AM SURE THIS IS THAT PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY I READ IT AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK!! *TR

Mileage: 13,980

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS HAULING A TRAILER. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DETECT A DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SENT THE MANUFACTURER A LETTER DETAILING THE STALLING ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 8/27/13 *CN

Mileage: 26,000

WHILE TRAVELING TO FLORIDA FROM TENNESSEE WE HAD STOPPED AT A GAS STATION. WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND ACCELERATING, THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY DUE TO MISFIRE INDICATED BY FLASHING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE MISS WAS SO BAD THAT I IMMEDIATELY HAD TO PULL OVER. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF TO CLEAR THE ON BOARD COMPUTER. THE TRUCK RAN FINE AFTERWARD, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. THIS WAS A BIT SCARY AS WE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT DUE TO THE RAPID LOSS OF POWER WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VERY RAINY. WE HAD DRIVEN THRU RAIN FOR ~7 HOURS OFF AND ON. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS YET TO FIX WITH CONDENSATION IN THE TURBO'S INTAKE ON THE V6 ECOBOOST ENGINES. I AM HEADED TO THE DEALER WHEN I GET BACK IN TOWN. *TR

Mileage: 33,100

MY 2012 FORD ECOBOOST WITH SHUTTER, STALL, AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY ON THE HIGHWAY AT DANGEROUS SPEEDS AND WET, MOIST, OR HUMID CONDITIONS. IT IS VERY UNSAFE AND REMAINS CONSISTENT EVEN AFTER FORDS "TSB" WITH REPLACING THE CAC. ENGINE THROWS MISFIRE CODES AS WELL IN CYLINDER 5. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

THIS WRITE UP IS FOR A 2012 FORD F-150 TRUCK WITH THE 3.5L ECOBOOST V-6 INSTALLED. JAN, 2013-WHILE DRIVING ON I-24E, I WAS PULLING OUT FROM THE REST STOP, JUST NORTH WEST OF EXIT 1. I WENT TO PASS A 18 WHEELER AND MY TRUCK CAME "UNGLUED". IT PRACTICALLY DIED IN THE PASSING LANE WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDDLE. IT SHUDDERED SO HARD; I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD BEFORE IT DIED. IT WAS MISSING AND SHUDDERING LIKE CRAZY. I PULLED OFF EXIT 1, SHUT THE TRUCK DOWN AND RESTARTED. IT RAN OK WITHOUT THAT SAME THING HAPPENING ON THE WAY HOME. I HAD A PRETTY DESCENT "MISS" IN 6TH GEAR, RUNNING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 75MPH. SOMETHING VERY STRANGE HAPPENED HERE. IT WAS THE FIRST ISSUE I'VE HAD WITH MY TRUCK. ALTHOUGH I'VE NOTICED RECENTLY THE MPG IS DOWN BY 2.0 MPG OR MORE FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS, AND THIS FROM REFUELING AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND THE SAME DRIVING STYLE. FORD APPLIED THE TSB TO REPROGRAM THE PCM/TCM TO LATEST LEVEL, INSTALLED A DEFLECTOR SHIELD ON THE INTERCOOLER AND POSSIBLY REPLACE THE DRIVERS SIDE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IF NEEDED. JULY, 2013- THIS WEEKEND WHILE DRIVING ON I-65N, I HAD THE SAME ISSUE HAPPEN. THE TRUCK NOW HAS 17,000 MILES ON IT. I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE BACK INTO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITS THIS ISSUE WHEN IT'S RAINY AND HAS BEEN DRIVEN IN THE RAIN FOR SEVERAL (50 OR MORE) MILES. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. THE VEHICLE GOES INTO SOME TYPE OF SAFE MODE AND WILL BARELY LIMP OFF THE ROAD. IF THIS ISSUE WERE TO OCCUR WHILE CROSSING A FOUR LANE HWY, AND SPUTTERED ONE COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR INJURE SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

Mileage: 12,000

FROM STOPLIGHT TO BEGIN APPROACH UP A LONG/LARGE BRIDGE TRUCK SHUTTERED VIOLENTLY, LOST POWER, DID NOT SHOW ANY CODES, SEEMED TO BE IN A "SAFE MODE" AS IT DID NOT STALL BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND LOST SPEED DESPITE THROTTLE TO FLOOR OR AT ANY POSITION TO REGAIN POWER. WEATHER WAS NICE, NOT RAINING OR OVERLY HUMID. *TR

Mileage: 9,785

HAVING ISSUES WITH THE ECOBOOST ACCELERATING UPON TAKE OFF OR GETTING ON TO ROAD WAYS NUMEROUS TIMES I HAVE COME CLOSE TO GETTING HIT BECAUSE OF NO POWER UPON ACCELERATING NOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING SINCE PURCHASE NEW WITH ONLY 116 MILES AND PURCHASE DATE 3-17-2013. THE DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION FOR THE VEHICLE TO HAVE LAG TIME BEFORE POWER.MY FEELING IS IF YOU ARE SITTING AT A LIGHT AND YOU GIVE THE VEHICLE GAS THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE SLOW AND THEN DO A SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND COULD CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY TO SOMEONE UNSAFE TRUCK. NOW I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH THE DRIVER WINDOW NOT GOING DOWN OR WHEN IT IS DOWN WILL NOT GO UP THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE FORD HAS SOME ISSUE AND THEY NEED TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR HURT BAD. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY MY TRUCK LOST ACCELERATION AT 60 MPH. I LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND EASED INTO IT. THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED SHUTTERING AND TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING EXTREMELY HARD. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO MAINTAIN SPEED. AT THE FIRST STOP LIGHT I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESET THE ECU. ONCE I TOOK OFF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. IT'S JUST SCARY KNOWING THAT I COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 21,734

DRIVING TURNPIKE AT 1:30AM WITH WET ROADS BUT NOT RAINING. CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED AT 75 MPH. APPROACHING A BRIDGE AND UPON STARTING TO CLIMB ON THE INCLINE I HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION HAD DISENGAGED THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED PULSATING ON AND OFF SO I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRUCK DID NOT REACT BUT SINCE I WAS GOING 75 IT TOOK ME OVER THE BRIDGE AND THEN I COASTED DOWN THE BRIDGE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND PLACED TRUCK IN PARK THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON. I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK AND WAITED ABOUT 1 MINUTE THEN I TURNED THE KEY BACK ON AND THE TRUCK STARTED UP WITH NO ENGINE LIGHT OR ANY SIGN OF PROBLEMS. I DROVE ALL THE WAY TO MIAMI WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO FORD OF HOMESTEAD AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT PULL A CODE OUT OF THE COMPUTER THAT SHOWED ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED. I LATER TOOK THE TRUCK AGAIN THIS TIME MAKING NOISES WHEN U ACCELERATED IT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHUDDERING AND AGAIN NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REPLICATE IT. AGAIN ON OR AROUND MARCH 2013 I TOOK THE TRUCK TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER AND TRIED TO REPLICATE THE SHUDDERING BETWEEN 3 OR 4 TH GEAR TO NO AVAIL. THE TRUCK THIS PAST WEEKEND ON THE SAME BRIDGE AGAIN WITH WET ROADS MADE THE SHUDDERING SOUND AND FEELING BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AND THE TRUCK UPON GETTING TO THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE CONTINUED WITHOUT HAVING TO BE TURNED OFF AND ON. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE BUT WHENEVER I GUESS THE TRUCK ACCELERATES TO GAIN SPEED TO GO OVER THE BRIDGE OR AFTER LEAVING A STOP OR RED LIGHT BETWEEN 3 OR 4 TH GEARS IT SHUDDERS AND WHEN THE BRIDGE COMES AROUND IT GOES TO A LOWER GEAR AND STARTS LOSING POWER. WHEN IT HAPPENS BETWEEN 3 OR 4TH GEARS IT IS WITH ME ACCELERATING. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TRUCK HAS A MEMORY IF YOU DRIVE IT HARD OR SOFTLY IT REMEMBERS THIS AND SHIFTS DIFFERENTLY. *TR

Mileage: 19,257

THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO A LOSS OF POWER WHILE PASSING IN RAINY CONDITIONS IN MY 2012 F-150 CREW CAB 4X4 3.5 V-6 ECO BOOST. AFTER DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS (25-35MPH) AND FAIRLY CONSTANT THROTTLE ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES, I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A VEHICLE STARTING AT 50 MPH. AS SOON AS I WAS ON BOOST I EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER FORCING ME TO TAKE VIOLENT EVASIVE MANEUVERS INCLUDING FULL BRAKING AND HITTING THE SHOULDER, TO BARELY AVOID A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. AS THE BED WAS EMPTY I ASSUMED THAT I SPUN THE TIRES ON THE VERY WET HIGHWAY AND HIT A REV-LIMITER AS IT FELT LIKE I LOST SEVERAL CYLINDERS. ONCE IT RETURNED TO 6TH GEAR AND ABOUT 1500 RPM THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY. SUBSEQUENTLY I HAVE ROLLED ON THE THROTTLE SLOWLY WHEN REQUIRING FULL POWER IN WET CONDITIONS. AFTER READING ABOUT THE OTHER SIMILAR ISSUES I REALIZED THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE TURBOCHARGING SYSTEM. WITH THIS IN MIND I NOW REGULARLY GO TO BOOST WHERE I DON'T NEED THE POWER TO REMOVE THE CONDENSATION FROM THE INTERCOOLER WHEN CONDITIONS ARE WET. *TR

Mileage: 600

WHILE TRAVELING FOR AN EXTENDED TIME IN RAIN, ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO PASS AND THE VEHICLE MISFIRED, SHUTTERED AND SHOOK TO THE POINT OF NEARLY LOSING CONTROL, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND ALMOST STOPPED, CAUSING A NEAR REAR END COLLISION. VEHICLE RECOVERED AND SEEMED TO RUN FINE FOR A WHILE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE INTERSTATE FROM A REST AREA, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. HAD TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD TO PREVENT GETTING REAR ENDED AGAIN. AT THIS POINT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MANUAL SAID TO GET TO A SERVICE AREA TO HAVE THE ENGINE CHECKED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED LATEST CAC AND DEFLECTOR ARE INSTALLED, SO THEY REPROGRAMMED THE PCM WITH THE LATEST UPDATES. LITERATURE GIVEN TO ME AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATES THERE IS NO CURE FOR THIS PROBLEM AT THE PRESENT TIME. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

WHEN DRIVING DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, I MOVED TO THE PASSING LANE TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR ON MY 2012 FORD F-150 (WITH ECOTECH MOTOR), MY TRUCK DID NOT ACCELERATE AND IT FELT AS IF MY TRUCK HAD LOST ALL POWER. THIS LOST ACCELERATION REQUIRED THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION AND ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING NUMEROUS VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 16,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND ONTO AN ENTRANCE RAMP, THERE WAS A RAPID REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THREE TIMES. A PART WAS INSTALLED ONTO THE ECO BOOSTER. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO ADVISED THAT ONLY NON LETHAL GASOLINE SHOULD BE USED IN THE FUEL TANK. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY OFFERED AN EXTENDED SERVICE WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

Mileage: 2,000

AFTER PURCHASING THIS 2012 F150 W/ECOBOOST V-6, I WANTED TO SEE HOW GOOD OF GAS MILEAGE I COULD GET OUT OF IT. I ALSO WANTED TO BREAK THE VEHICLE IN BEFORE ANY HARD ACCELERATIONS. WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, I WOULD GRADUALLY MAKE IT UP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I TREATED THE VEHICLE GINGERLY UNTIL I WANTED TO TEST THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS ECOBOOST ENGINE I HAD HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT. IT WAS A COLD JANUARY EVENING AND THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL WEATHER (NO RAIN OR SNOW). I HAD BEEN CRUISING AT CONSTANT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR. THE ROAD HAD NARROWED FROM A 4 LANE HIGHWAY TO A 2 LANE. I WAS STUCK BEHIND A VEHICLE TRAVELING JUST ABOVE 50 MPH. I REACHED A PASSING ZONE AND DECIDED TO TEST THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ENGINE/TRUCK. I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR AND THE ENGINE SPIT AND SPUTTERED. I DECIDED TO EASE OFF IMMEDIATELY FOR OUR SAFETY. NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED AS RESULT OF THIS ENGINE PROBLEM. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, I HAVE NOTICED THAT AT CRUISING SPEEDS, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ENGINE MISS AROUND 60 MPH WHILE GOING UP A SLIGHT GRADE. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT (ENGINE) DOES NOT START AS QUICKLY. THE KEY HAS TO BE HELD LONGER. THESE PROBLEMS ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE ENGINE AFTER THE VERY FIRST HARD ACCELERATION. *TR

Mileage: 825

WAS PASSING A LARGE TRUCK TOWING A MOBILE HOME UP A STEEP INCLINE, IT WAS RAINY AND WINDY AND I WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. MID WAY THROUGH THE PASS, MY TRUCK SUDDENLY DROPPED POWER ABOUT 15 MILES DOWN TO 45 MPH, I ALMOST THOUGHT THE ENGINE STALLED, AND THEN, AS I TRIED TO FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL, IT STARTED TO SHUDDER AND I JUST MANAGED TO MAKE THE PASS AS I CAME OVER THE HILL. THE SHUDDERING CONTINUED FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, AND AFTER TRAVELING DOWNHILL AND COASTING A BIT, THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY AND THERE WERE NO MORE INCIDENTS FOR THE REST OF THE 15 MILES I DROVE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT I WILL REPORT THAT AT ONE POINT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 8 DAYS 3 MONTHS PRIOR, AND WENT AWAY ON ITS OWN BEFORE I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO BRING IT TO A GARAGE, I HAD THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD JUST HAD A BAD BATCH OF GAS. *TR

Mileage: 12,496

IN DAMP CONDITIONS THE F-150 WITH THE ECO BOOST ENGINE HAS A SEVERE VIBRATION AND LOSS OF POWER PROBLEM WHEN THE TURBO CHARGERS ARE CALLED FOR. IN OTHERWORDS WHEN YOU STRONGLY ACCELERATE TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK DIES. *TR

Mileage: 18,000

LOSS OF POWER/ENGINE MISFIRES DURING HARD ACCELERATION ON MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013 PASSING A CAR AT COUNTRY RD SPEED OR LESS (WAS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STOP WHILE CAR IN FRONT OF ME TURNED) IN RAIN. ONCE I REACHED DESTINATION TRUCK SAT UNTIL MID DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 9 WHEN CONDITION RECURRED ON HILL CLIMB ACCELERATION IN DRY CONDITIONS. ENGINE MISFIRE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AT THAT TIME. AFTER PULLING OVER AND SHUTTING TRUCK OFF TO CHECK OWNERS MANUAL, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I STARTED TRUCK BACK UP AND HAS REMAINED ON BUT THE ISSUE HASN'T RECURRED. APPT AT FORD DEALER FOR SERVICE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 14 TO CHECK THE ENGINE LIGHT STATUS AND THIS ISSUE. ENGINE IS 3.5L V6 ECOBOOST. *TR

Mileage: 9,100

I WAS MERGING ON THE ON RAMP TO OBTAIN HIGHWAY SPEED I STEPPED ON THE GAS WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE REALLY BAD. I TRIED TO STEP ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE BUT THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE TO THE ENGINE AS THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO LOSE SPEED. EVERY TIME I TRIED TO STEP ON THE GAS THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE EVEN WORSE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SO I WOULD NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCE THIS SHUDDER IN THE TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 31,004

WHILE ACCELERATING THE ENGINE SHUDDERED AND THEN SHOOK HARD, POWER WAS LOST. IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS BEFORE IT POWERED UP AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED IN MARCH 2013 AND AGAIN ON JUNE 7. ALSO I HAVE NOTICED IT SHUDDER WHEN COMING TO A STOP. *TR

Mileage: 18,300

TURNED RIGHT AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE, WHEN I GOT UP TO ABOUT 45-50 MPH AND THE ECOBOOST WENT TO KICK IN, TRUCK DRAMATICALLY JERKED FORWARD AND THEN THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED TO SHUTTER AND SHAKE UNTIL THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO A POINT WHERE THE ECOBOOST TRANSITIONED OFF. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BUT THIS TIME MY WIFE EXPERIENCED IT TOO AND WE FEEL IT MAY BE A SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD IT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC OR ON A FREEWAY. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AT 50+ MPH WITHOUT HAVING TO SLOW DOWN TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 6,480

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A GOLF TOURNAMENT IN THE RAIN. I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PUT DROPS IN MY EYES. WHEN I STARTED BACK I PULLED OUT AND WHEN I GOT UP TO ABOUT 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING AND STARTED SHAKING VERY BADLY. I LET OFF THE GAS AND PUSHED BACK DOWN AGAIN SAME THING HAPPENED. IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS LOCKING UP, AFTER ABOUT 20-30 SECONDS (NOW WITH CARS ON MY BUMPER) IT SMOOTHED OUT. NO OTHER ISSUES ON THE REST OF THE TRIP. TOTAL TRIP WAS ABOUT AN HOUR. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

DRIVING IN THE RAIN. TRIED TO MERGE ON HIGHWAY. TRUCK STARTED MISSING AND BUCKING. I HAD THE TRUCK FLOORED AND IT WAS LOOSING SPEED. I HAD TO PULL OVER. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHILE ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY, I ACCELERATED TO PASS A SEMI TRUCK. AS I WAS ALONG SIDE THE TRUCK, MY VEHICLE DECELERATED AND BEGIN TO SHUDDER(FELT AS IF FRONT TIRES WENT FLAT). I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK BEHIND THE TRUCK AND OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE RECOVERED AND I CONTINUED MY TRIP. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS EVENT, FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK IN BEHIND THE TRUCK TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 2,930

I PURCHASED A NEW F150 ECOBOOST ON 6/13/2012. AT 4516 MLS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO A HIGHWAY WHILE TOWING A LARGE TRAILER IN HEAVY RAIN. THE TRUCK ACCELERATED TO APPROX 50MPH THEN LOST PWR SUDDENLY AND SLOWED TO 30MPH WHILE TRAFFIC WAS APPROACHING FROM THE REAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH AND THEN STAYED ON. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL TO THE SIDE WHILE THE TRUCK SLOWLY STARTED TO PICK UP SPEED AGAIN. LATER THE SAME DAY WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO MORE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC IT DID THE SAME THING. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS AND I HAVE NOT HAD THAT PROBLEM AGAIN. HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT TOWED IN THE SAME CONDITIONS SINCE THEN. ALSO, THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS TURNED ON THREE DIFFERENT TIME DUE TO WHAT THE DEALER SAYS IS A BAD TURBO INTAKE SENSOR WHICH THEY REPLACED EACH TIME. THE TRUCK HAS 18500MLS ON IT AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS SENSOR HAS FAILED APPROX EVERY 4000 MLS. ALL SERVICE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 4,516

I AM REPORTING A SECOND INCIDENT OF ENGINE FAILURE WHILE PASSING THAT HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY. WHILE PASSING A VEHICLE MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE/SHUDDER. I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND OVER TO THE SHOULDER. IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE FOR THE VEHICLE TO RECOVER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 2,900

PULLING AWAY FROM A SIDE STREET MAKING RIGHT TURN MERGING INTO FAST TRAFFIC IN AN ACCESS ROAD WITH CARS MERGING ONTO AND OFF OF THE FREEWAY... PULLED OUT SAFELY AND GAVE IT THE GAS TO MERGE SAFELY IN TO TRAFFIC AND TRUCK ENGINE STUTTERED AND NEARLY SHUT DOWN, LEAVING ME PULLED OUT OF THE SAFETY OF THE STREET BUT RIGHT INTO THE ROADWAY LACKING THE POWER TO GET OFF THE ROAD OR EVEN CONTROL THE TRUCK. THE ENGINE NEARLY SHUT DOWN AND WOULDN'T GO FOR A FEW HUNDRED FEET. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND EVENTUALLY I FEAR THAT IT WILL CAUSE A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. I DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ASSURE ME THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THAT ENGINE OR MY SPECIFIC TRUCK. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE TRUTH OR AN ACCEPTABLE APPROACH TO MY PURCHASE OF A BRAND NEW VEHICLE OR MY SAFETY. THEY COULD NOT SHOW ME A LIST OF ANYTHING THEY ACTUALLY DID TO CHECK IT OUT AND FORD WON'T HELP EITHER. *TR

Mileage: 2,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC STOP, THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF THE ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS CRASHED INTO FROM THE REAR. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED BUT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000. *TR

Mileage: 12,000

VEH LOSES POWER UPON ACCELERATION. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 16,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF THE ENGINE POWER. THE DRIVER DECELERATED WITH FORCE AND THEN MANEUVERED INTO THE NEXT LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT ENGINE POWER REDUCED SLIGHTLY SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS WHO WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 3,000

DURING ANY HARD ACCELERATION SUCH AS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, THE TRUCK STALLS AND GOES INTO A MODE OF MISSING AND ENGINE STALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK AND ONLY HAPPENS DURING A HARD ACCELERATION. I HAVE HAD A CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED AND THE TECH AT THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS KNOW DEFECT WITH THE DESIGN OF SOME KIND OF MOISTURE PUMP. HE SAID THAT FORD WOULD ONLY FIX IT WHEN YOU GOT TO THE FOURTH CONVERTER REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A HAZARD DURING MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 250

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND ENGAGED INTO SAFE LIMP MODE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE AS 13,000. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT 15 MILES. AT STOP SIGN, UPON ACCELERATION, ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUDDER GOING THROUGH GEARS. PULLED OVER, STOPPED ENGINE, STARTED AND BEGAN SHUDDERING AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ROCKWALL FORD, DEALER IN ROCKWALL TX.. FOUND LOOSE CONNECTION (NOT THE PROBLEM). SECOND INCIDENT: VEHICLE BEGAN MISFIRING AROUND HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AFTER READING FORUMS AND DOING RESEARCH, FOUND MOISTURE PROBLEMS WITH INTERCOOLER (CAC). ROCKWALL FORD DEALER REPLACED PER FORD PROCEDURE: REPLACE CAC AND INSTALLED DEFLECTOR SHIELD FOR MOISUTE AT 20,170 MILES. THIRD INCIDENT: VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SHUDDER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TOOK TO DIFFERENT FORD DEALER (RANDAL NOE IN TERRELL, TX). DEALER VERY HELPFUL AND FOUND TRUCK TO MISFIRE. FORD HOWEVER HAS NO RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM AND STILL HAVE NO TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 20,500

I HAVE ALL DOCUMENTATION OF MY ECOBOOST F-150 MISFIRING DURING ACCELERATION, INCLUDING A VIDEO. I ALSO HAVE THE FORD REPS NAME AND DATES OF CONVERSATION WITH FORD AND MY DEALERSHIP WHERE THE FORD REP "DOES NOT FEEL THIS ISSUE PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK..." EVEN THOUGH MY TRUCK FAILED TO ACCELERATE IN THE RAIN ENTERING A HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY MOVE TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID A WRECK. THIS IS ONE OF THREE INCIDENTS. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

WE EXPERIENCED BUCKING, SHUTTERING, LACK OF ACCELERATION WHEN EXITING ONE MAJOR HIGHWAY AND ENTERING ANOTHER. ALSO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID WE COULD STILL DRIVE TRUCK AFTER WE TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. (WE WERE ABOUT 200 MILES FROM HOME)THIS HAPPENED TWICE. AFTER THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY INSTALLED A CL3Z*19E672*A DEFLECTOR AND *W711281*S300 PIN. THE DEALER SAID THE REASON FOR THE PROBLEM WAS THE COMPUTER "LEARNS" THE DRIVING HABITS OF THE EVERYDAY DRIVER (WIFE). WHEN THE HUSBAND DROVE THE TRUCK THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED. DEALER SAID THEY RE-PROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, INSTALLED PARTS. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER WHEN HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK IT HAPPENED AGAIN. WE TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE IN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE BOGGED DOWN TO THE POINT OF HAVING TO PULL OVER. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THIS ISSUE, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THERE, AND HAS BEEN FOR A WEEK, WITH NO END IN SIGHT!!!. THE LAST TIME THE HESITATION HAPPENED VERY NEARLY RESULTED IN A MULTIPLE CAR PILE UP BEHIND ME AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO AN INTERSTATE RAMP. I SPOKE TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE 1-800-392-3673 REFERENCE NUMBER [XXX] AND SPOKE WITH "[XXX]" WHO DENIES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH EVERY SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE AT FORD DEALERSHIP AND HQ ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE F150 ECOBOOST. THEY ARE REFUSING TO CONSIDER THIS AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE VIRGINIA LEMON LAW, EVEN THOUGH IT QUALIFIES COMPLETELY. THE DEALER HAS NO IDEA HOW TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE, AND HAS ADMITTED SO. THEY CONTINUE TO MISLEAD ME AND PROLONG THE INEVITABLE. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR LIFELONG, AND LOYAL CUSTOMERS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 2,400

I PROCEEDED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON I-75 JUST NORTH OF CHATTANOOGA, TN. THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE VERY QUICKLY AS THE TRUCK LOST SPEED RAPIDLY. I HAD TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND THEN BACK ON TO GET POWER BACK. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO REPLACE A PART. IT HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER EVER SINCE AND THE TRUCK HAS REPEATED THIS PROBLEM APPROXIMATELY 5 MORE TIMES. THE SERVICE DEPT WAS KIND OF VAGUE ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY JUST KEPT TELLING ME IT WOULD NOT HURT THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 9,000

2012 FORD F150XL WITH 3.5L V6 ECOBOOST ENGINE. ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND AFTER SUCCESSFULLY MERGING, VEHICLE EXPECTANTLY LUNGED FORWARD WHILE FOOT WAS OFF GAS. ENGINE KEPT ACCELERATING FOR PERIOD OF 5 SECONDS REACHING 90MPH. I WAS HITTING THE BRAKE THE ENTIRE TIME WITH NO EFFECT UNTIL HEARD A DULL CLUNK OR POP SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL. AFTER THIS SOUND, THE ENGINE STOPPED ACCELERATING AND I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL. IF THERE WAS A MOTORCYCLE OR CAR IN FRONT OF ME I WOULD HAVE RUN THEM OVER. *TR

Mileage: 16,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150 ECO BOOST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE ACCELERATING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TWICE BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000. *TR

Mileage: 5

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK SINCE I BOUGHT IT..POWER LOSS AND RUNNING ROUGH...ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP 5 OR 6 TIMES NOW..THEY REPLACED 3 COILS,,3 SPARK PLUGS THAT WERE BURNED UP AND RECENTLY A TURBO COOLER..I TRIED TO GET THEM TO REPLACE ALL THE COILS BUT THEY SAID FORD WOULD NOT DO IT AND THERE WAS NO SERVICE ANOUNCEMENT....I HAVE SINCE SPENT 2500 ON A EXTENDED WARRANTY..TO ME THIS IS SOMETHING FORD SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT BUT DOESNT SEEM TO BE.. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 F-150 ECOBOOST DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE- SPED UP TO JUMP IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY, THE ENGINE TOTALLY BOGGED DOWN.... WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AT ALL... LUCKILY DIDN'T GET RAN OVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES SINCE. I HAVE TALKED TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND IT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM. *TR

Mileage: 12,000

WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE WITH TWO MOTORCYCLES IN THE BED OF THE TRUCKS, THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE. HAVE SINCE SEEN THIS REFERRED TO AS THE SHUDDER THAT SOMETIMES PRECEDES THE LIMP MODE WHICH RESULTS IN POWER FAILURE. AFTER CHANGING LANES AND MONITORING TIRES ON NEARBY VEHICLES IN MOTION WE CONFIRMED IT WAS NOT THE ROAD. I HAVE SINCE EXPERIENCED IT AGAIN BUT CANNOT RECREATE THE BEHAVIOR ON DEMAND AND IT SEEMS TO BE ONLY ON LONG TRIPS WITH A LOAD IN THE TRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 70MPH I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE HARD TO ALLOW ANOTHER VEHICLE TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON SOUTHBOUND I-75. MY VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN AND BEGAN TO SHUDDER. I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND COASTED UNTIL THE SHUDDER STOPPED. THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AS IF I HAD TWO FLAT FRONT TIRES. THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND I COMPLETED MY TRIP WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 10,335

PULLED OUT TO PASS AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND STARTED TO SHAKE AND SHUTTER COULD NOT COMPLETE PASS VEHICLE STALLED HAD TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD BUT RESTARTED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. MY DEALER SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. DEALER TOOK CODE FROM TRUCK IT SHOWED A MISS FIRE CYLINDER 6 LIGHT IS OFF NOW. I THINK IT IS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

Mileage: 9,200

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 F 150 WITH UNDER 5000 MILES ON IT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS I WENT TO PASS A TRUCK AND PUT THE ACCELERATOR DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE TRUCK DOWN SHIFTED AND THE RPM'S WENT UP. WHEN THIS ACCRUED THE TRUCK FEEL FLAT ON ITS FACE. THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION WHAT'S SO EVER AND THE TRUCK SEEMED TO MISS. I HELD IT TO THE FLOOR FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS WITH NO CHANGE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 5,700

I HAD BEEN DRIVING IN HARD RAIN FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS PULLING A 8000LB TRAVEL TRAILER. ON A 3 LANE INTERSTATE I PULLED OUT TO PASS A SLOW VEHICLE IN THE RH LANE. WE WERE GOING UP A SLIGHT HILL. IT STARTED TO SHAKE, LOST POWER, AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 30 MPH. I WAS THEN IN THE CENTER LANE GOING TOO SLOW FOR THE TRAFFIC WITH TRUCKS PASSING ME BLOWING THEIR HORNS ON BOTH SIDES AND THE ROAD SLOP FROM THEM MAKING IT HARD TO SEE. I STOPPED IN A REST AREA AND CALLED THE FORD HELP LINE WHO OFFERED NO ADVICE OTHER THAN TO CALL A LOCAL DEALER. I AM FROM MI. AND THIS HAPPENED IN TN. NORMALLY ON A HILL LIKE THIS IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO 65MPH WITH NO EFFORT. THE ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 850', TEMP 45 DEG, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR CODES, WAS IN THE TOW HAUL MODE, AS I GOT TO THE RH SIDE AGAIN IT STARTED TO GET BETTER, TOOK ABOUT 2 MINUTES. I WAS AMAZED I DIDN'T GET REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK. IT WAS A REALLY SCARY SITUATION AND MY WIFE IS STILL HESITANT ABOUT PULLING A TRAILER WITH IT. WHEN I GOT HOME I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER AND THEY CHECKED A LOT OF THINGS AND DID SOME OF THE TSB'S FOR THIS PROBLEM AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. THEY THEN PUT A FLIGHT RECORDER ON IT FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND GOT NO CODES. NOW ALL I KNOW IS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT WILL EVER BE TAKEN CARE OF. THEY ARE VERY CLOSED MOUTH ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET SOME IDEA IF THEY ARE WORKING ON IT OR IF I'M STUCK WITH IT. IT'S A REALLY NICE TRUCK IF IT DOESN'T KILL US. *TR

Mileage: 11,500

EXPERIENCED WITH MY NEW 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOST. WHILE TRYING TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE TO PASS ANOTHER SLOW VEHICLE, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY ALMOST CREATING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER PULLING TO SIDE OF THE ROAD TO ALLOW OTHER VEHICLES TO PASS VEHICLE SEEMED TO IDLE CORRECTLY. UPON TRYING TO RESUME TRAVEL VEHICLE MISSED AND SHOOK OFF AND ON FOR THE NEXT 5 MILE OR SO. DURING THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING BUT WAS NOT IN A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER AND STOP. AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES AT AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT AWAY AND ENGINE SEEMED TO RUN CORRECTLY. THEN SLOWLY RESUMED 55 MPH TRAVEL WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN BUT NOT AS BAD AND DIDN'T LAST AS LONG. *TR

Mileage: 6,824

FORD F150 CREW CAB - LARIAT - V6 ECOBOOST ENGINE. PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN NOT TOWING, NOT ENGAGED IN 4X4 MODE AND OCCURS RANDOMLY IN WET, DAMP AND DRY CONDITIONS. DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (60) ON A 70 MPH HIGHWAY, TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO PASS SEMI TRUCK AND TRUCK SHUDDERED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. SPEED DROPPED DRAMATICALLY AND WE WERE ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND. ONLY METHOD OF GETTING TRUCK MOVING WAS TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND LET THE TRUCK SIT, TURNED OFF FOR 2 - 3 MINUTES. IT TOOK 5 OR 6 OF THESE STOPS TO GET TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP, WHERE A TSB WAS REFERRED TO AND IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT WE CONTINUE ON OUR VACATION AND STOP IN TALLAHASSEE TO HAVE A LARGER DEALERSHIP TAKE A LOOK. THE TALLAHASSEE CREW UPDATED THE COMPUTER AND PROVIDED A REPORT FOR BILL CURRIE FORD IN TAMPA, TO INSTALL A SHIELD OF SOME SORT ONCE WE RETURNED, AS THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART IN STOCK. BILL CURRIE SERVICE REPORTED THAT THE SHIELD WAS ALREADY IN PLACE WHEN REPORTED A FEW DAYS LATER. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO BILL CURRIE FORD A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FINAL TIME TO HAVE A FORD TECH DO THE WORK. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. OVERALL THE TRUCK IS LESS THAN IT WAS ADVERTISED. I GOT 18.7MPG WITH MY PREVIOUS 6.2L F150 AND I HAVE YET TO GET MORE THAN 17.8 ON THE ECOBOOST. AROUND TOWN I ALSO GET MUCH LOWER MILEAGE (11.7MPG AS OPPOSED TO 14.9 WITH THE 6.2L ENGINE. THE SHUDDER/LOSS OF POWER OCCURS RANDOMLY AND HAS RESULTED IN NEAR CRASHES AT LEAST 5 TIMES IN THE MONTHS SINCE WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK, ALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 405

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,400. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A BRIEF LOSS OF POWER WITHOUT WARNING, THEN RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

Mileage: 2,000

NEEDED TO ACCELERATE AND WHEN THROTTLE WAS APPLIED THE ENGINE SHUTTERED AND LOST ALL POWER UNTIL I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED TRUCK. THEN RAN FINE. IT HAS DONE THIS THREE TIMES UNDER SAME TYPE OF CONDITIONS. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 21,561

TRUCK STUMBLES AND STUTTERS AT 62 MPH AND AROUND 1400 RPM WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED CAC AND UPGRADED SOFTWARE, THIS HELPED THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I REPORTED BACK TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE CONTINUED PROBLEM AND THERE RESPONSE WAS THAT I WAS FEELING TURBO LAG AND FORD CORP DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A FIX, CHECK BACK IN A FEW MONTHS. *TR

Mileage: 9,000

AFTER DRIVING ALL DAY IN THE RAIN, I WENT UP A FREEWAY ON-RAMP ACCELERATING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. ENGINE STARTED SHAKING BADLY, AND LOST ALMOST ALL POWER. I MOVED TO THE RIGHT SAFETY LANE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. AFTER ABOUT ONE MINUTE THE ENGINE REGAINED POWER, STOPPED SHAKING, AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE NORMALLY. I WENT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY F150 ECOBOOST OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE, AND DOES NOT OFFER A RECALL OR STANDARD FIX. SO I JUST AVOID HARD ACCELERATION ON RAINY DAYS AND HAVE NOT HAD THE ISSUE AGAIN. IT IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THOUGH. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING,... THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DEALERSHIP (JOE MACHENS FORD) DENIES ANY PROBLEM WITH TRUCK. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO MY SON [XXX]2012 F-150 AND HE HAS BEEN TOLD THERE'S NOTHING WRONG ALSO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 1,835

IN A LIGHT RAIN I TRIED TO PASS A TRUCK BUT WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS THE ENGINE STALLED. I WAS LUCKY TO GET BACK IN MY DRIVING LANE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES, THREE WHILE ATTEMPTING A PASS. I AM NOW RELUCTANT TO ATTEMPT A PASS. *TR

Mileage: 300

INCIDENT 1. WEATHER: CLOUDY WITH SOME SNOW AROUND 20 DEGREES.WHEN ACCELERATING ON TO INTERSTATE 70 IN E. ILLINOIS THE ENGINE STUMBLED AND LOSS POWER. THE ON RAMP HAD AN UPHILL GRADE AND WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT 35-40 MPH, IT LOST ALL POWER AND SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS STRUGGLING TO GET FUEL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN PARK. I TRIED TO REV THE ENGINE IN PARK BUT IT WOULD JUST STUMBLE. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN RESTARTED IT AND IT AND IT SEEMED TO WORK AS EXPECTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE MARCH 4TH WITH THE LAST TIME BEING ON MAY 9TH. INCIDENT 2. WEATHER: PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE 30'S., MARCH 7TH, SAME CONDITIONS AS ABOVE ENGINE STUMBLED AND LOSS POWER ACCELERATING ON TO INTERSTATE 376 IN W. PA INCIDENT 3. WEATHER: NIGHTTIME, IN THE 60'S. GOING AROUND 30 MPH FLAT ROAD, SPEED CHANGED TO 55 MPH TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO THE POSTED SPEED AND AGAIN THE ENGINE STUMBLED AND LOSS POWER. THIS TIME THE DASHBOARD LIT UP WITH A BUNCH OF CODES (DIDN'T WRITE THEM DOWN) AGAIN TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND WAITING A FEW MINUTES SEEMED TO CLEAR THE CONDITION. *NOTE* DUE TO A HEAVY WORK SCHEDULE AND NEEDING MY VEHICLE I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GET MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT YET. *TR

Mileage: 16,000

PULLING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ACCELERATING THE TRUCK SEEMS TO HESITATE WHEN YOU NEED THE POWER. THIS PARTICULAR DAY WAS HUMID BUT IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES IN CLEAR WEATHER. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

ENGINE STALLED DURING HARD ACCELERATION. IT HAD BEEN SITTING IDLING TO WARM UP ON A COLD MORNING. WHEN PULLING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND ACCELERATING TO MOVE INTO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE STUTTERED AND STALLED. HAD TO PULL OVER OUT OF TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 12,000

INTERMITTENT STUMBLE/MISFIRE ON ACCELERATION FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ENGINE FEELS LIKE IT IS IN LIMP MODE, THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOWER CAR, THE TRUCK LOST 50% OF ITS POWER. IT BEGAN TO MISS FIRE, AND ACT LIKE IT HAD BAD GAS OR SOMETHING. I ALSO STARTED TO NOTICE THAT IF YOU TURN A CORNER ON WET PAVEMENT AND YOU LOSE TRACTION, THE TRUCK MADE THE SAME GURGLING SOUND WITH POWER LOSS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT I GET VERY BAD GAS MILEAGE AVERAGING 12 MPG ON THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND THEY REPROGRAMMED IT. I THINK ALL THIS DID WAS CUT BACK THE POWER TO HELP PREVENT DETONATION OR MISS FIRES. AFTER THIS THE TRUCK WAS A COMPLETE DOG. BAD MILEAGE AND NO POWER. I RECENTLY SENT THE TRUCK BACK AND THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS WITH THE INTERCOOLER. IT ISN'T 100% FIXED BUT IT IS BETTER. MILEAGE PICKED UP TO 15 MPG BUT NOWHERE NEAR WHAT THEY CLAIM. POWER IS BETTER BUT STILL NOT GOOD. VERY DISAPPOINTED OVERALL. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, VEHICLE WILL GO INTO "LIMP" MODE. POWER REDUCES ON VEHICLE AND WILL NOT ALLOW TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES DURING A TRIP ESPECIALLY IN HUMID AND COLD CONDITIONS. THE SCARIEST SITUATION HAS BEEN WHILE TOWING A TRAILER. TRUCK WENT INTO THE REDUCED POWER LIMP MODE AND WAS ALMOST RUN INTO BY A SEMI TRUCK. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES WITH ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR. THEY HAVE REPLACED A FEW ENGINE SENSORS THAT THEY CLAIM WERE CAUSING ISSUES, BUT THE TRUCK STILL HAD ISSUE DURING COLDER WEATHER. *TR

Mileage: 17,706

UPON ENTERING THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO A HIGHWAY THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AROUND 35 MPH. ALL ATTEMPTS TO INCREASE ACCELERATION WERE FUTILE AND THE ENGINE WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY INPUT. AFTER 30 SECONDS OF UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE I TURNED ON MY HAZARD SIGNAL AND BEGAN TO MOVE TOWARD THE SHOULDER TO AVOID CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE VEHICLE THEN SUDDENLY BEGAN TO RESPOND AND ACCELERATED NORMALLY BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 16,100

TRAVELING AT 60 + / - MPH AND ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. ENGINE LOST POWER ON ACCELERATION AND SEEMED TO SPUTTER. THIS IS STRANGE AS THE GAS WAS NOT "PUNCHED" OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL PASSING ACCELERATION. INITIALLY I THOUGHT I MAY BE OUT OF GAS OR SOMETHING BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. I HAVE NOTED POWER LOSS TWO OTHER TIMES BUT DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT AS THE ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL ONCE I BACKED OFF THE GAS. THE ONE DIFFERENCE THIS TIME IS THE ENGINE MADE A VERY ROUGH VIBRATION WHICH CAUSED OTHERS IN THE TRUCK TO ASK IF I WAS HAVING ENGINE TROUBLE. *TR

Mileage: 21,300

AS I WENT TO PASS SLOW MOVING VEHICLES IN A BRAND NEW F-150 ECOBOOST WITH 4,000 MILES ON IT COMPLETELY LOST POWER TWICE WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS. ONCE I WAS SLOWED TO ABOUT 15 MPH ON A BUSY STREET IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL AND THE ACCELERATOR STARTING WORKING AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. UNABLE TO COMPLETE PASSING MANEUVER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

Mileage: 5,280

WHILE DRIVING DURING A LIGHT RAIN, I STARTED TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. WHEN I ACCELERATED TO PASS, THE ENGINE STALLED TO IDLE SPEED, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO ABORT THE PASS AND PULL BACK IN BEHIND THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 500

I HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO SEPARATE OCCURRENCES WHERE THE TRUCK WOULD VIOLENTLY LOSE POWER DURING ACCELERATION DURING RAINSTORMS. THE FIRST TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED BUT WENT AWAY. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY THE TRACTION CONTROL, SINCE NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LOGGED IN THE SYSTEM. THE SECOND TIME WAS APRIL 24TH, 2013, AND THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 11,000 MILES. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH AND PASSING TWO 18 WHEELERS ON THE INTERSTATE DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND STUTTER AND HAD NO POWER. I HAD TO SWERVE BETWEEN THE SEMIS AND COAST TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER TO NARROWLY AVOID A POTENTIALLY FATAL CRASH DUE TO THE LOSS IN POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON THIS TIME, SO WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER I SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT THE TURBO INTERCOOLER ISSUES THAT THE ECOBOOSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE. AFTER CHECKING MY TRUCK OUT, THEY INDICATED THAT MY PROBLEM WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERRCOOLER CONDENSATION ISSUE, BUT THAT MY TRUCK WAS BUILT WITH THE NEWER UPDATED INTERCOOLER AND THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. NOW I AM THE DISAPPOINTED OWNER OF A NEW TRUCK THAT I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IN THE RAIN BECAUSE MY FAMILY MIGHT BE KILLED OR INJURED IN IT. THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AND ALWAYS SERVICED AT PREMIER FORD IN COLUMBUS, MS. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

I WAS ABOUT TO ENTER HIGHWAY FROM RAMP, TRIED TO ACCELERATE ENGINE STARTED MISSING, LOSS OF POWER HAD TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TRY AGAIN, WAS ALMOST HIT FROM REAR. CONDITIONS, RAIN. *TR

Mileage: 16,125

V6 ECOBOOST MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING IN HEAVY RAIN ON I65 IN BIRMINGHAM, AL. I PULLED INTO THE FAR LEFT LANE TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES. WHEN I ACCELERATED THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND RAPIDLY LOSE SPEED AND POWER. SEVERAL VEHICLES INCLUDING A SEMI HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE SECOND TIME WAS ON MY RETURN TRIP HOME. WE WERE TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE ROAD IN FOGGY CONDITIONS. WE CAME TO AN AREA WHEN THE ROAD SPLIT SO YOU COULD PASS SLOWER VEHICLES. I, ALONG WITH A CAR FOLLOWING, WENT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE WHICH HAD MOVED TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I WAS ALONGSIDE THE SLOWER VEHICLE MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND LOSE SPEED. I HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE BRAKING ACTION TO FALL IN BEHIND THE VEHICLE TO MY RIGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM. THE VEHICLE FOLLOWING ME ALSO HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID HITTING ME. AND THE CAR TO MY RIGHT. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER WHEN I RETURNED HOME. THEY REPLACED THE CAC, INSTALLED A PLASTIC SHIELD, REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, AND REPLACED A DEFECTIVE CAT AS WAS THE RECOMMENDED REPAIR ACCORDING TO THE ISSUED TSB. ON APRIL 18TH I WAS TRAVELING ON HWY41 IN THE RAIN.TWICE ON MY TRIP THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND LOSE SPEED WHEN PASSING SLOWER VEHICLES. THE APPLIED TSB DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AT THE REQUEST OF FORD CUSTOMER CARE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND AN ISSUE. THE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED THE SECOND CAT WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE BUT HAS INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AT THIS TIME. THEY OFFERED TO SEND ME A BUY BACK OFFER WITHIN TEN DAYS AND AFTER TWENTY DAYS AND SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TODAY THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO BUY BACK MY TRUCK. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE ISSUE UNTIL THEY (IF) COME UP WITH A FIX. I AM UNWILLING TO PUT MY FAMILY AT RISK. *TR

Mileage: 8,000

LOSING POWER, VEHICLE SHAKE , CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. JE DEMEURE AU QUEBEC, JE PARLE FRANCAIS. SI VOUS AVEZ D AUTRE INFO A ME DEMANDER, N HESITER PAS. *TR

Mileage: 6,000

DRIVING IN RAINING CONDITIONS, WHEN ACCELERATING I WOULD LOOSE POWER WHEN THE TURBO CHARGERS KICKED IN. IT WAS AS IF THE TURBO CHARGERS WERE PICKING UP THE MOISTURE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MISFIRE AND WOULD LOOSE ALL POWER FOR ACCELERATION. EVEN AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED, THIS ACCELERATION PROBLEM STAYED WITH THE VEHICLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. THE NEXT MORNING, STILL HAD SAME PROBLEM BUT AS THE TEMPERATURE WENT UP AND HUMIDITY DECREASED THE PROBLEM GOT LESS SEVERE AND BY THE END OF THE SECOND DAY THE ACCELERATION HAD RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN I WAS PASSING A SEMI TRAILER, I TRIED TO PULL OUT AROUND IN PASSING ZONE ON A SINGLE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, WHEN THE ENGINE DIDN'T RESPOND I HAD TO BREAK AND FALL BACK BEING THE SEMI. LUCKILY, THIS OCCURRED AS I PULLED OUT TO PASS THE SEMI, IF IT HAD HAPPENED AFTER I ALONG SIDE OF THE SEMI, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY TO ACCELERATE TO PASS THE SEMI OR RETURN TO MY SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC ARRIVED. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DURING RAINING CONDITIONS AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 8,131

I WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON I-10 IN FLORIDA FROM AN ENTRANCE RAMP. I WAS GOING 55 MPH WHEN I HAD TO ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. UPON ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SHAKE CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO BRAKE REALLY HARD AND MOVE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD SO THAT I WOULDN'T COLLIDE WITH TRAFFIC ALREADY MOVING AT 70 MPH IN THE LANE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE. THIS IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL INCIDENCES IN WHICH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER UNDER ACCELERATION. *TR

Mileage: 6,000

STRAIGHTENING OUR VEHICLE IN PARKING PLACE AT HOME DEPOT. SLOWLY (~2MPH) GOING FORWARD WITH FOOT ON BRAKE WHEN ENGINE SUDDENLY SPEED UP. MASHED DOWN HARD ON BRAKE WHILE SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. TIRES OR CLUTCH SCREAMING SO LOUD IT DREW A GROUP OF YARDMEN UNLOADING A TRUCK NEARBY. SHORTLY AFTER GETTING IT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ENGINE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. TOOK TO FORD DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND WILL BE EVALUATED AFTER THE HOLIDAY. SEVERAL TIMES IN THE WEEK PRIOR TO INCIDENT I NOTICED SOME SLIGHT "STUTTERING" OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD TO PARK IN DRIVEWAY, ALSO NOTICED FOR THE PAST 1 TO 1.5 MONTHS THERE HAS BEEN A 2+ MILE PER GALLON DECREASE IN FUEL MILEAGE RUNNING OVER THE SAME ROUTES. *TR

Mileage: 5,190

MULTIPLE ACCELERATION ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND/OR WHEN ACCELERATING ABRUPTLY. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED CONDENSATION FROM THE EXHAUST WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. *TR

Mileage: 23,000

MY WIFE AND I WERE COMING HOME GOING ABOUT 55 MPH AND I WENT TO PASS A SLOWER CAR. AS I PULLED ON THE PASSING LANE AND WENT TO PASS THE ENGINE START TO CUT OUT THE MORE I PUSHED ON THE ACCELATOR THE SLOWER THE TRUCK WENT. IT HAS DONE THIS TWO MORE TIME. I'M FIXING TO TAKE TO FORD IN A FEW WEEKS. THIS COULD BE A SAFETY PROBLEM THE TRUCK HAS THE 3.5 ECO ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 12,500

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING IN MAINE ON VACATION HAULING A 3600 LB 14 FOOT CAMPER. IT WAS EARLY EVENING AND RAINING, I WAS IN A FLAT AREA COMING INTO A STEEP HILL SO I ACCELERATED HARD AND THE ENGINE STAGGERED HARD. IT WAS LIKE A HAMMERING FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND A TOTAL LOSS OF ACCELERATION. I THOUGHT I HAD ACTUALLY BROKEN THE ENGINE SOME HOW. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE HAMMERING STOPPED AND THE TRUCK RETURNED TO NORMAL. WHEN I TALKED TO MY FORD TECH ABOUT IT HE SAID IT WAS BAD GAS. THE ENGINE SINCE THEN HAS HAD A TICKING SOUND THAT THE TECH SAYS IS THE FUEL INJECTORS WORKING, I'M NOT SO SURE SINCE IT DID NOT MAKE THAT SOUND BEFORE THE ABOVE DESCRIBED INCIDENT. IT HAS NOT RECURRED, BUT I HAVE BEEN CAREFUL NOT TO EXPOSE THE VEHICLE TO HARD ACCELERATION AGAIN, BUT THAT HARDLY SEEMS TO BE AN APPROPRIATE SOLUTION. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ECOBOOST CHAMBER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,000. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER WHILE TOWING A BOAT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE GEAR MANUALLY AND REGAIN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED, WHICH WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE DEALER ALSO TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MOISTURE PENETRATED THE ECO-BOOST AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE ACCELERATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,300.

Mileage: 28,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY, BEHIND A SEMI TRUCK, WITH SEVERAL CARS BEHIND ME. WE CAME TO A PASSING ZONE AND I BEGAN TO PASS THE SEMI TRUCK. I MOVED TO THE ONCOMING LANE AND ACCELERATED, BUT THE TRUCK LOST POWER. I BEGAN SLOWING DOWN IN THE ON COMING LANE, BUT COULDN'T RETURN TO THE RIGHT LANE BECAUSE THE VEHICLES THAT WERE BEHIND ME WERE PASSING ME IN THE RIGHT LANE AND I HAD A VEHICLE DIRECTLY BEHIND ME THAT WAS FOLLOWED ME TO PASS THE SEMI TRUCK. I LOCKED OUT 5TH AND 6TH GEARS ON THE TRANSMISSION TO GAIN SOME RPM BUT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY. I MOVED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ON COMING LANE AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. I SAT ON THE SHOULDER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND CHECKED UNDER IT FOR FLUIDS. THERE WERE NO FLUIDS UNDER THE VEHICLE. ALL THE GAUGES READ NORMAL. I DID ALL THIS ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ONCOMING LANE FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS WAS NOT A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN. I STARTED THE VEHICLE, PUT IT IN GEAR TO SEE IF IT WOULD MOVE, IT DID. I HAD FULL POWER AND GOT BACK INTO TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE. NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. SEVERAL MILES LATER I LOST ENGINE POWER AGAIN, AND AGAIN GOT THE VIOLENT SHUDDER, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. GOING TO SEE THE DEALER TODAY. THIS IS BAD! THE FIRST INCIDENT COULD HAVE CAUSED A HUGE ACCIDENT. MOVING ONTO THAT LEFT SHOULDER PROVED TO BE A GOOD MOVE, BUT I WAS AT PUCKER FACTOR 10 FOR A FEW SECONDS. *TR

Mileage: 13,300

TRUCK HAS 3.5L ECOBOOST V6 ENGINE. 18 MAY 2013. WAS TRAVELING ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. PULLING A 3000 LB UTILITY TRAILER. HAD BEEN DRIVING IN LIGHT RAIN FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR. SPEED LIMIT WAS 55. I WAS FOLLOWING A CAR THAT WAS GOING ABOUT 45 MPH. WHEN I GOT TO A SLIGHT UPHILL GRADE THERE WAS A PASSING LANE AVAILABLE AND CLEAR OF OTHER VEHICLES. I PULLED TO THE LEFT LANE TO PASS THE SLOWER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR ABOUT 3/4 DOWN TO ATTEMPT A DOWNSHIFT OF GEARS. THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY BEGAN VIBRATING/SHUDDERING AND LOST ALMOST ALL POWER. I PULLED BACK TO THE RIGHT LANE AND HELD LIGHT PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR AND WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ABOUT 20 MPH SPEED. I HELD THE THROTTLE STEADY AND AFTER ABOUT TWO MINUTES THE ENGINE REGAINED FULL POWER AND I PROCEEDED ON MY TRIP. *TR

Mileage: 3,900

VEHICLE SINCE BRAND NEW HAS A STUTTERING/STALLING ISSUE AT 55MPH AND THE DEW POINT IS HIGH. ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE ACCELERATING FROM 55MPH AND THE TRUCK EITHER STUTTERS OR STALLS. THIS ALMOST CAUSED A HEAD-ON COLLISION. I AM SCARED TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC OR PASS ANYONE DUE TO THE INHERENT ISSUE. FORD DID REPLACE A INTERCOOLER/CAC FOLLOWING TSB 12-10-19. THIS HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. WE. I RETURNED THE TRUCK STILL BROKE. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME HE HAS THE SAME TRUCK AND THAT IT IS AN INHERENT ENGINE PROBLEM FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED BUT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. I AM WORRIED EVERYDAY I MIGHT DIE DRIVING MY TRUCK AND EVEN MORE UPSET THAT I PAY MONTHLY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS BROKE. *TR

Mileage: 100

ON MONDAY DECEMBER 11, MY WIFE AND I LEFT ON A TRIP TO INDIANA WITH APPROXIMATELY 10,400 MILES ON THE TRUCK. AFTER A STOP, AT THE BOWLING GREEN, KY., REST STOP, I PROCEEDED TO RETURN TO TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 65. AFTER DETERMINING I COULD SAFELY ACCELERATE IN FRONT OF TWO SEMI-TRAILER TRUCKS, I ENTERED THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND WENT TO FULL THROTTLE. INSTEAD OF ACCELERATING, THE ENGINE WENT INTO A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. AMID THE BLOWING OF AIR HORNS AND MY WIFE'S SCREAMS I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO AVOID A COLLISION BY YANKING THE TRUCK ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE ENGINE DID NOT STOP RUNNING, BUT APPEARED (TO ME) TO BE TOTALLY FLOODED. THE ENGINE RAN ON ?? (NUMBER OF) CYLINDERS FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE BEFORE RETURNING TO RUNNING ON ALL CYLINDERS. I DO NOT THINK THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT BELIEVED ME WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE TRUCK. I HAVE BEEN A MECHANIC AND AN ENGINEER FOR A LOT OF YEARS, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THIS TIME AND IT CAME VERY CLOSE TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND/ OR INJURY TO MY WIFE AND ME. THIS WAS A VERY CLOSE ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE AND IT PRACTICALLY DESTROYED OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE TRUCK. WHILE STILL ON OUR TRIP, WE MADE THE DECISION TO FORGO THE HASSLE OF TRYING TO PERSUADE THE SERVICE DEPT. THERE WAS A PROBLEM, AND GET A DIFFERENT BRAND OF NEW TRUCK. I HAVE TAKEN THE HIGH FINANCIAL LOSS OF TRADING FOR ANOTHER NEW TRUCK. I AM NOT TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FORD HAS MANY ENHANCEMENTS AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TRIED HARDER TO GET THE APPROPRIATE SERVICE ACTION. BUT WOULD IT HAVE BEEN WORTH THE RISK OF ANOTHER ENGINE INCIDENT, NO I DO NOT THINK SO. THIS WAS THE SECOND AND MOST SERIOUS INCIDENT AND AFTER FORD SERVICE HAD PRONOUNCED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE. I SOLD THE TRUCK WITH 11,399 MILES ON THE SPEEDOMETER. *TR

Mileage: 10,400

I WAS DRIVING AT 60MPH IN A FOGGY RAIN WHEN I BEGAN UP A HILL. I MOVED TO THE LEFT LANE AS THE TWO CARS IN FRONT OF ME WERE SLOWING WHEN MY ENGINE STUTTERED AND I LOST POWER CAUSING ME TO DRASTICALLY SLOW DOWN. A SERVICE REQUIRED MESSAGE FLASHED ON MY DISPLAY AND A ADVANCTRAC SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP I HAD VERY LIMITED POWER AND THE VEHICLE WAS GEAR HUNTING. ONCE POWERED OF AND POWERED BACK ON THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. *TR

Mileage: 5,890

3.5-LITER V6 ECOBOOST ENGINE SHUDDER, SHAKE AND THEN RAPIDLY LOSE POWER WHILE I'M ACCELERATING. ADVERTISED GAS MILEAGE OF 22 IS IMPOSSIBLE; MORE LIKE 16 HIGHWAY AND 14.4 IN CITY. I HAD THE ENGINE CHECKED AT FORD DEALERSHIP BUT NO PROBLEMS FOUND! *TR

Mileage: 1,500

WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM 50 UP TO THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 70 ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10, THE ECOBOOST ENGINE IN MY TRUCK STALLED AND STARTED TO MISFIRE AND SHUTTER SO SEVERELY CAUSING MY SPEED TO DECREASE THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PREVENT FROM GETTING RUN OVER. *TR

Mileage: 2,300

FORD'S ECOBOOST ENGINE V6 3.5L CUT POWER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ON TO HIGHWAY AT 55MPH. SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATIONS ENSUED. VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE IF THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC BEHIND PERSON DRIVING. TRUCK STILL HAS LESS THAN 15K MILES, HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 2X ALREADY IN ATTEMPTS TO RECTIFY THE ISSUE, AND STILL HAS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

ON MY WAY HOME LAST OCTOBER AFTER PICKING UP MY NEW F-150 AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS A CAR ON THE INTERSTATE. IT WAS ON A HILL AND WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS TO TRY AND PASS THE CAR THE TRUCK SHUTTERED AND SLOWED DOWN LOSING POWER AND SPEED. THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT WAS THAT IT "BOGGED" DOWN. THERE WAS NO ENGINE LIGHT. HOWEVER, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG, BUT I FIGURED I WOULD HAVE IT CHECKED OUT WHEN I CAME IN TO GET THE RUNNING BOARDS INSTALLED. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, HOWEVER, AN INCIDENT OCCURRED THAT WAS A BIT MORE DANGEROUS. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOWER CAR ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY (NO HILL) WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I PUSHED DOWN ON THE GAS TO SPEED UP TO PASS--THE TRUCK SIMPLY BOGGED DOWN--LOSING POWER AND SPEED. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT THERE HAS BEEN REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE AND FORD WAS WORKING ON A FIX. BUT SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING FROM THE COMPANY. I HAVE AVOIDED THE PROBLEM BY NOT ACCELERATING THE ENGINE RAPIDLY BUT THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT FIX. THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE ESPECIALLY IN RAINY CONDITIONS. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 200

LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, MORE FREQUENTLY AS TIME GOES ON, AND WHEN TRUCK HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. WHEN FIRST BOUGHT VEHICLE, THERE WAS A SHUDDER AND A SHAKE EXTREMELY NOTICEABLE AT 45 MPH. THE TRUCK WAS BROUGHT INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND CHECKED FOR A DEFLECTOR PLATE. THE DEFLECTOR PLATE WAS INSTALLED, SO A NEW INTERCOOLER WAS ORDERED AND A LONG WAIT WITH THIS TROUBLESOME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE NEW INTERCOOLER ARRIVED AND WAS PUT IN, BUT THE SAME PROBLEMS PERSIST. THE SHUDDER AND SHAKE IS NOW MORE NOTICEABLE AT 35MPH BUT IS STILL THERE AND NOTICEABLE AS EVER. THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT FORD HAS A NEW SERVICE BULLETIN OUT, BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A FIX. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE, AND I HOPE THAT WITH ALL THE DRIVING I DO, I DON'T GET A LOSS OF POWER WHEN I NEED IT RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE FATALITY. *TR

Mileage: 360

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE I TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO GET UP ENOUGH SPEED. THE VEHICLE STARTED SHUDDERING VIOLENTLY AND LOST ALL POWER, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR A FEW MINUTES. FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES ANY ATTEMPT AT ACCELERATION RESULTED IN MORE SHUDDERING FROM THE ENGINE. THIS ALSO HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS BEFORE AT THE EXACT SAME POINT ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE THE ECOBOOST ENGINE IN MY VEHICLE. *TR

FIRSTLY, WHILE DRIVING ALONG A 3 MILE STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD I PULL OUT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. MY TRUCK ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN TO WHAT FORD DESCRIBES AS "LIMP HOME MODE" MID-PASS AND I HAD TO DECELERATE QUICKLY AND GET BACK IN TO MY LANE BEFORE A HEAD ON COLLISION OCCURRED. THERE WERE VEHICLES IN THE LANE THAT I HAD TO CUTOFF TO GET TO SAFETY.I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE THEN RE-START IT BEFORE THE CONDITION CLEARED UP. THIS SAME SCENARIO HAPPENED AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2012. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING ALONG WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 62 MPH WHEN FOR NO REASON THE VEHICLE WENT IN TO "LIMP HOME MODE" AGAIN. I HAD TO PULL OVER ONCE AGAIN AND STOP/START THE ENGINE. I WAS IN A FAIR AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION HAD THERE NOT BEEN A CONVENIENT PULLOUT IN THE AREA. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SECONDLY, THE ENGINE MAKE A POPPING SOUND WHILE I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP (AGAIN THE DEALERSHIP CAN FIND NOTHING) THIRDLY, THE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM RANDOMLY CYCLES SOME UNKNOWN SOLENOID DURING USE WHICH THE DEALER CANNOT REPRODUCE. THIS IS A BRAND NEW ECOBOOST ENGINE, WHICH I LOVE BUT WHICH I FEEL IS VERY UNSAFE AND I CAN GET NO RESOLUTION FROM FORD. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

WELL I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK A BRAND NEW 2012 FORD F-150 XLT SUPER CREW W/ 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE. THE TRUCK HAD 104 MILES WHEN I BOUGHT IT. AFTER A WEEK I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THE TRUCK SHUDDER'S WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A DEAD STOP AND IT ALSO SHUDDERS WHEN I COME TO A FULL STOP. FOR ABOUT A WEEK EVERY SINGLE DAY AND TIME I WOULD START AND STOP THE TRUCK WOULD SHUDDER. I THOUGHT THIS WAS BECAUSE THE ENGINE JUST NEEDED TO BREAK IN. WELL I AM GOING ON THE 4TH WEEK OF OWNING THIS TRUCK AND IT STILL OCCURS. THE SHUDDER THAT IS. THE SHUDDER ALSO OCCURS NOW WHEN I HAVE A COLD ENGINE START AND I PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE IT STARTS TO SHUDDER. I DO FEEL AS THE DRIVER IT HAS EFFECTED THE PERFORMANCE OF MY TRUCK. 854

Mileage: 150

THE TRUCK HAS A SHUTTER WHEN ACCELERATING. IT HAS A HESITATION ALL THE TIME IN THE ENGINE. IF I AM GOING UP A HILL AND RUNNING THE SPEED LIMIT, IT HAS A MAJOR HESITATION BEFORE IT WILL SHIFT GEARS TO GET ON UP THE HILL. THE GAS MILEAGE IS NOT AS GOOD AS IT CLAIMS TO BE EITHER. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

I HAD SLOWED DOWN TO EXIT OFF THE FREEWAY TO GET ON ANOTHER FREEWAY. WHEN I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR, THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHUTTER, SHAKE, AND LOSE POWER. I TOOK MY FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND LET THE TRUCK COAST A SHORT DISTANCE. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, THE TRUCK SEEMED FINE. IT DID THIS TWICE ON THE SAME DAY. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE TRUCK WAS FINE. I HAVE AN ECO-BOOST V-6 ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, I HEARD A POP AND 'DING' SOUND BEFORE LOSING ALL ELECTRICAL ITEMS - DASH BOARD, HEAD LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, ETC., BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL OPERATING. I THEN FELT A GRINDING NOISE AND IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE HIGHWAY SAFELY TO PARK AT A GAS STATION. I TURNED OFF AND REMOVED THE KEY BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. I WAS ONLY A FEW MILES FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP. I INSERTED THE KEY, TURNED IT TO THE ON POSITION AND TRIED TO PUT THE TRUCK INTO GEAR WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. THE TRANSMISSION BRAKE RELEASE WOULD NOT WORK. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHO SCHEDULED A TOW TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAD TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THEY ADVISED THAT I SHOULD PULL THE FUEL PUMP RELAY FUSE WHICH DID STOP THE ENGINE. TO DATE, FORD DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 4,700

MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE AT 50 MPH I ACCELERATED HARD TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATION NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND US. VIOLENT SHUDDERING OF ENTIRE VEHICLE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED AND THEN REMAINED ON. AFTER NEARLY A MINUTE OF FEATHERING THE ACCELERATOR, THE PROBLEM SUBSIDED AND ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WAS REGAINED. THIS HAD ALREADY HAPPENED ONCE ON THE SAME DRIVE AND A COUPLE IF TIMES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. I DROPPED THE TRUCK OFF AT THE DEALER THIS AM AFTER DRIVING IT FOR TWO DAYS WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL WITH AN UPDATE IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT WHEN 7PM ROLLED AROUND AND I HAD NOT YET HEARD FROM THEM I CALLED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT INTERCOOLER AND TO CALL BACK IN THE MORNING AND SPEAK WITH THE SERVICE ADVISOR. SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON - NOT TO MENTION DANGEROUS - PROBLEM FOR FORD NOT TO BE PUBLICLY DEALING WITH IT, OR AT LEAST BEING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT ISSUING A RECALL FOR. HOPEFULLY NO ONE GETS HURT BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS ACKNOWLEDGED & FIXED. *TR

Mileage: 13,500

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON 3/16/13 AS A DEMO MODEL WITH 6300 MILES ON IT. MADE A LEFT TURN AND ACCELERATED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON 3/19/13 WHEN THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER RESULTING IN PEOPLE HAVING TO HIT THEIR BRAKES AND HONK AT US TO AVOID HITTING US. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO BOG DOWN AS THE ACCELERATOR WAS PUSHED. I LET THE VEHICLE COAST TO ALMOST A STOP BEFORE THE SYMPTOMS WENT AWAY AND COULD DRIVE AS NORMAL. I LOOKED UP SYMPTOMS ON INTERNET AND FOUND MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SAME SYMPTOMS WITH THIS NEW ECO-BOOST ENGINE BY FORD IN THEIR TRUCKS. IT SEEMS THAT THE INTERCOOLER CAN COLLECT CONDENSATION IN HUMID OR RAINY ENVIRONMENTS AND HAVE THAT WATER FORCED TO THE ENGINE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED HARD CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUDDER AND LOSE POWER. FORD HAS APPARENTLY IDENTIFIED THIS PROBLEM AND ISSUED A TBS SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTING THE CHARGED AIR COOLER BE REPLACED WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED ONE FOR MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 F-150'S WITH THE 3.5L V6 ECO-BOOST ENGINE IF A CUSTOMER COMPLAINS OF THE ABOVE SYMPTOMS AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS SOLUTION HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS ONE COULD LOSE POWER AS MANY HAVE REPORTED, TOWING HEAVY LOADS, ON THE HIGHWAY PASSING AND OTHER SITUATIONS THAT A LOSS OF POWER COULD LEAD TO A FATAL ACCIDENT. THE "NEWLY DESIGNED" CHARGED AIR COOLER HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR MONTHS AND PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD TO "DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES CAREFULLY" IF THEIR DEALER DOESN'T PROVIDE A RENTAL OR VEHICLE TO DRIVE WHILE AWAITING REPAIR. MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP ON 3/21/13 AND HAS BEEN SITTING THEIR AWAITING THE PART AS I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 6,300

FULL THROTTLE PASSING. SEVERE ENGINE MISS. LOSS OF POWER. COULD NOT COMPLETE PASS. HAD TO PULL BACK IN LINE. SEAMS TO BE PROBLEM ON ECOBOOST V6 ENGINES. COLD CLIMATE HUMIDITY. POSSIBLE FIX SERVICE BULLETIN PARTS B O INTERMITTENT CANT PREDICT WHEN POWER LOSS WILL HAPPEN

Mileage: 6,500

WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS ANOTHER CAR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOOSES POWER. AFTER ACCELERATING RAPIDLY TO GET ON THE FREEWAY AND RELEASING THE GAS PEDAL, THE CAR CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE. FORD SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR INTERCOOLERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN ON BACKORDER FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND FORD TELLS ME TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE MY CAR WHILE I WAIT MORE MONTHS UNTIL THE PARTS ARE READY. *TR ## VIN FAILED ##

Mileage: 7,000

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND TRYING TO PASS, VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND LOST POWER. ALSO WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC VEHICLE WHEN LOSE POWER AND ENGINE SHAKES. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONA ND HAS REMAINED ON. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN DAILY. FORD ECOBOOST SYSTEM HAS A PROBLEM, DEALERSHIP SAYS FORD IS AWARE BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHEN PARTS TO REPAIR MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. SAYS TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE. I AM CONCERNED A MAJOR ACCIDENT IS WAITING TO HAPPEN. THIS SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING FORD WAS AWARE OF WHEN SOLD THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 19,234

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (COLD WINTER MORNING), WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, STARTED TO CLIMB HILL, ENGINE BEGAN TO THROTTLE UP, THEN THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, ENGINE LOST POWER. SHUT OFF CRUISE CONTROL AND COASTED ONTO SHOULDER. WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY ENGAGE THROTTLE AND CONTINUE, BUT ANY INCREASE IN THROTTLE ABOVE "GENTLE" WOULD BRING ON THE SHUDDER AND POWER LOSS. ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED AND STAYED LIT FOR NEXT 20 MINUTES. EXPERIENCED SIMILAR SCENARIO LATER THE SAME DAY. TOOK TO DEALER. DEALER INDICATED CHARGED AIR COOLER WORKS "TOO WELL". COOLS AIR SO MUCH THAT CONDENSATION FORMS AND CAUSES THE ISSUE. DEALER INDICATED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED ON THE PROBLEM. NEED NEW CAC AND SHIELD. TWO WEEKS (+/-) BEFORE PARTS ARRIVED. DEALER COMPLETED TSB 12-10-19 , ACCORDING TO THE WORK ORDER: REPLACED CAC COOLER ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLED NEW AIR DEFLECTOR SHIELD, REPROGRAMMED PCM. DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. SAME PROBLEM ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALER. DROVE IT FOR ONE WEEK ASSUMING MOISTURE MAY NEED TIME TO "CLEAR UP". PROBLEM STILL EXISTED FOR 7 DAYS. ANY MILD TO STRONG THROTTLE INPUT WOULD BRING ON SHUDDER. ONE WEEK AFTER "FIXED" WITH NEW CAC, I TRIED TO MERGE ONTO HIGHWAY, AT 60-70 % THROTTLE, VIOLENT SHUDDER OCCURRED AND ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. AGAIN, COASTED ON SHOULDER UNTIL TRUCK WOULD RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUT WITHOUT SHUDDERING AND POWER LOSS. LUCKILY, TRAFFIC WAS "LIGHT" AT THE TIME. COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS INCIDENT. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS NOT GONE OFF FOR 3 DAYS. NOW ANY THROTTLE INPUT BEYOND "GENTLE" BRINGS ON THE SHUDDER. CONTACTED DEALER, GOING BACK IN. TRUCK HAS ECO BOOST V6. *TR

Mileage: 15,000

TRAVELING WEST ON I-20 IN TX FOR SEVERAL HOURS THROUGH RAIN/MIST/FOGGY CONDITIONS. EXITED THE HIGHWAY FOR FUEL. UPON REENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO SPEED, TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND DID NOT RESPOND TO INPUTS FROM THE THROTTLE. I WAS ABLE TO SPEED UP TO ABOUT 45MPH BEFORE THE ENGINE PROBLEM DEVELOPED. LUCKILY I HAD A SHOULDER TO PULL OVER ON AS I HAD ENTERED THE INTERSTATE AHEAD OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER COMBO WHO WAS DOING THE SPEED LIMIT AND APPROACHING MY REAR BUMPER VERY QUICKLY. AFTER THE ENGINE BEGAN MISFIRING AT ABOUT 45 MPH, I COULD NOT INCREASE SPEED, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BEGAN FLASHING UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER, THEN REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE TRUCK WAS RESTARTED 5 TIMES ON THE SHOULDER. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

V6 ECOBOOST ENGINE WENT INTO LIMP HOME MODE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS. UNEXPECTED FAILURE OF ENGINE CAUSED LOSS OF POWER AND WOULD NOT TRAVEL FASTER THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR. UNEXPECTED SITUATION OCCURRENCE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 MPH. FORD DEALERSHIP HAS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON PROBLEM BUT FORD DOES NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE TO FIX WITH BACKORDER OF PARTS PROJECTED TO BE 2 MONTHS. FORD DEALER INDICATED PROBLEM OCCURS BECAUSE MOISTURE BUILDS UP IN AIR INTAKE COWL AND WHEN TURBO INTERCOOLER SENSES THE MOISTURE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM REQUIRING A BETTER RESPONSE BY FORD MOTOR CO. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

IT WAS A FOGGY, MOIST DAY AND WHEN I ACCELERATED TO GET AROUND A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE! MY TRUCK LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR 15 SECONDS, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, MY TRUCK WENT INTO LIMPMODE. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME AND I WAS NOT INJURED OR INVOLVED IN A CRASH!!! *TR

Mileage: 13,132

I PULLED OUT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY IN A PASSING ZONE AS ACCELERATING MY F150 LOSS POWER AND BEGAN SHAKING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK INTO MY LANE BEFORE THE ONCOMING CAR HIT ME HEAD ON. MY F150 CONTINUED TO SHAKE A LOSE POWER, AFTER A FEW MOMENTS OF THIS IT REGAINED POWER AND THE SHAKING HALTED. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS REMAINED ON SINCE THIS.I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO MY DEALER TO CHECK THIS OUT AND WAS TOLD IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTERCOOLER AND THEY WOULD ORDER PARTS TO REPAIR. AS OF TODAY (FEB, 20TH 2013) I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH FORD CUSTOMER CARE AND WAS INFORMED THE SUPPOSED PARTS ARE ON A BACK ORDER. THE LOSS OF POWER AND SHAKING HAS HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES SINCE, ALSO MY REMOTE START DOES NOT WORK DUE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON. MY FUEL MILEAGE HAS DROPPED FROM 18.7 TO 14 MPG. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO LOSE POWER. *TR

Mileage: 8,000

PRESSED GAS TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE AND IT BOGGED AND HAD A MAJOR LOSS OF POWER. IT WAS RAINING OUT AND IT FELT AS THE TRUCK SUCKED SOME WATER INTO THE ENGINE, RESEARCH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS THE CAC, OR INTERCOOLER. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4,090.

Mileage: 4,000

ACCELERATING FROM FREEWAY ON RAMP AT ABOUT 25 MPH, SLOWLY PUSHING PEDAL DOWN TRUCK TACHOMETER GAUGE SPEED UP TO BETWEEN 5500 RPM AND 7000 RPM. HOWEVER TRUCK DID NOT MOVE. TRANSMISSION ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THIS LASTED 4 OR 5 SECONDS; THEN ENGINE STARTED MISSING AND RUNNING ROUGH. ALL THE TIME VEHICLE HAD SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. I NARROWLY AVOIDED BEING REARENDED BY PULLING OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAPPEN ON I-20 NEAR THE REST AREA WEST BOUND IN MONAHANS TEXAS. WEATHER WAS CLEAR, AND TEMP ABOUT 42 DEGREES. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES SINCE THEN. FUEL WAS FROM NATIONAL VENDOR AND SAME BRAND I NORMALLY USE. DEALER IS OBLIVIOUS TO THIS AND WHAT TO DO. *TR

Mileage: 6,201

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, BEGAN TO PASS A SEMI TRUCK. ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER AND THEN POWER LOSS. HAD TO MAKE SUDDEN BRAKE TO AVOID HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ONCOMING CAR. ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND FORD HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE FIX TO THE PROBLEM. HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS A MOISTURE PROBLEM IN THE TURBO COOLERS. THEY DO NOT HAVE PARTS TO FIX AND DO NOT HAVE A FIX DATE. THEY TOLD ME TO KEEP DRIVING THE TRUCK BUT I AM AFRAID THAT THE MOTOR WILL CUT OUT AND CAUSE A CRASH THAT COULD BE FATAL. THE DEALERSHIP WONT GIVE ME ANOTHER TRUCK TO DRIVE IN THE MEAN TIME. I DO NOT HAVE EXTRA VEHICLES TO LEAVE IT PARKED UNTIL THEY FIND A FIX. I AM FEARFUL OF DRIVING THE TRUCK AS IT IS AND FORD CANT FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 17,000

WHILE PASSING A VEHICLE MY FORD F150 BEGAN TO SHUDDER DRAMATICALLY, LOST POWER IMMEDIATELY, CAUSING ME TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME. THIS COULD HAVE DEFINITELY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE INTERCOOLER FOR TURBO ON THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. A REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN ORDERED BUT FORD STATES, THAT DUE TO THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CALLS FOR THIS PART, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 3 MONTHS TO REPLACE THE PART. THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, AS THEY TOLD ME THIS COULD OCCUR AGAIN. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING ON OTHER ECO BOOST ENGINES. *TR

Mileage: 800

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT I AM NOT SURE TO LIST THIS UNDER ENGINE OR STEERING EITHER WAY I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME SHAKING AND SHUDDERING THAT I WAS BEFORE. FORD FIXED THE SO CALLED INTERCOOLER PROBLEM BUT NOW IT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SHAKING. IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN I FIRST START OUT DRIVING IN THE MORNING THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER WHILE DRIVING AT SOW SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 45 MPH IT EVEN DID THIS YESTERDAY AT 5 MPH. IF YOU RESEARCH THIS COMPLAINT THERE ARE 1000S F COMPLAINTS ONLINE ESPECIALLY ON THE FORD F150 FORUM. ALSO MY GAS MILEAGE IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AT 13 TO 14 MPG AND THAT'S ON 45 AND 55 MPH ROADS IN THE COUNTRY. THE SHAKING OCCURS VIOLENTLY MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN TO 35 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 14,890

UPON RECEIVING VEHICLE FROM DEALERSHIP IN JULY 2012, ECOBOOST HESITATES, THEN IT TAKES OFF AND GOES FASTER THAN YOU WANT THE VEHICLE TO.THIS HAPPENED MANY TIMES TO PASS VEHICLES OR SPEED UP TO ENTER HIGHWAY FROM ON RAMP. AFTER STARTING AND LETTING SIT FOR MORE THAN 10 MIN., PUTTING IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, VEHICLE RUNS AT HIGH RPM & TAKES OFF ON ITS OWN.UPON STOPPING AT LIGHT/ STOP SIGN, VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD.UPON TRYING OUT ECOBOOST ON VEHICLE ONE NIGHT, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE FROM ECOBOOST, PRESSED BRAKES,& WOULDN'T STOP, ENDED UP TAKING DOWN A PARTIAL FENCE AND ENDING UP IN A DITCH.TRUCK WOULDN'T GET OUT OF DITCH, EVERY TIME YOU PRESSED ON GAS TO TRY TO GET OUT,EVEN IN 4X4, ECOBOOST KICKS IN & SPINS WHEELS.TRUCK TOWED AND DAMAGE FIXED AT DEALERSHIP BOUGHT FROM.THEY REPAIRED TRUCK PER MY AUTO INSURANCE COVERAGE, BUT WHEN ASKED TO CHECK BRAKES,ECOBOOST, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY ERRORS PER COMPUTER AND ENGINE IS PERFORMING CORRECTLY. BUT, ENGINE IS NOT AS WE HAVE GONE BACK WITH TRUCK MANY TIMES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND GET THE SAME ANSWERS.A COMPUTER IS ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT HUMANS PUT INTO IT.THERE IS AN AFTERMARKET COMPUTER CHIP AVAILABLE AT EXPENSE OF TRUCK OWNER THAT WILL CORRECT THE HESITATION WHEN GOING INTO ECOBOOST, BUT NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM OF THE TRUCK DISENGAGING IMMEDIATELY FROM ECOBOOST WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED. FORD SHOULD HAVE PUT COMPUTER CHIP IN ENGINE BEFORE SELLING THE VEHICLE AND MAKING SURE THE ECOBOOST DISENGAGES IMMEDIATELY UPON BRAKING. ALSO, EXHAUST FUMES ENTER THE CAB WHEN YOU PUT HEAT, DEFROST, A/C ON. THE RECIRCULATE BUTTON HAS TO BE ON ALL THE TIME TO KEEP VEHICLE EXHAUST OUT OF THE CAB INTERIOR. BUT, THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND AN ANSWER FOR THIS PROBLEM EITHER. FORD DEALERSHIP OR FORD DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONCERNED W/ THESE PROBLEM.READ ON-LINE THAT MANY F150 ECOBOOST TRUCKS BUILT FROM 2/2012 TO 5/2012 HAVE PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 400

WHILE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY FROM THE RAMP I PULLED INTO THE FIRST LANE AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE. THE TRUCK STARTED TO MISS AND BUCK AND WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED CAUSING ME TO PULL OFF THE ROADWAY. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTED IT. THE TRUCK WILL ONLY RUN IF YOU ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY. ANY ATTEMPT TO GAIN SPEED IS MET WITH THE SAME RESPONSE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE THEY CLEARED THE CODES AND INFORMED ME FORD WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WATER IN THE INTERCOOLER. AT THIS TIME THEY HAVE NO PARTS TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AND TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS IT IS. MY FEAR IS SOMEONE COULD GET KILLED. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. IF FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM AND CAN'T FIX IT WOULDN'T THEY BE RESPONSIBLE. *TR

Mileage: 14,500

ON A 500 MILE TRIP FROM VA TO NYC DURING RAINY WEATHER, ENGINE STALLED UPON ACCELERATION ON 6 OCCASIONS. REPRODUCIBLE AFTER DRIVING AT CONSTANT SPEED FOR AN HOUR, OR SO, AND THEN ACCELERATING TO PASS A VEHICLE OR ENTER A FREEWAY. ABSOLUTELY SCARY AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I HAD SEVERAL SUCH INCIDENCES FROM DAY 1 OF OWNERSHIP AND I ALREADY FILED A SIMILAR REPORT IN JULY 2012 (#10465748). NEVER HAPPENS DURING DRY WEATHER. FORD APPLIED THE DEFLECTOR SHIELD AND REPROGRAMMING, WHICH DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT ALL, BUT NOTICEABLY REDUCED THE ENGINE POWER, LEADING TO SHUDDER IN 6TH GEAR WHEN GOING UPHILL AT 60 MPH (APPARENTLY DUE TO A LACK OF ENOUGH TORQUE; SHUDDER DISAPPEARS WHEN SWITCHING DOWN TO 5TH GEAR). GAS MILEAGE IS DOWN TO 15-16 MPG AT CONSTANT SPEED OF 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY, FAR FROM THE ADVERTISED NUMBERS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DURING YESTERDAYS NIGHTMARE STALLING EVENTS AND THE TRUCK GOES BACK INTO THE SHOP SHORTLY. $55,000 TRUCK THAT CANNOT BE DRIVEN IN BAD WEATHER - AND EVERY FORD DEALER DECLINES HAVING "EVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM". SEEING ALL THE COMPLAINTS IN THIS DATABASE AND ON F150 FORUMS, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR FORD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM PUBLICLY AND COME UP WIT A FIX VIAL RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 8,800

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ENTERING THE FREEWAY DOING 55 I TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE PAST A SLOWER MOVING CAR AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE TRUCK LOST POWER. HAD I BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THIS WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY CAUSED A SERIOUS COLLISION AS I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 30 MPH ON THE FREEWAY BEFORE I COULD SLOWLY ACCELERATE BACK UP TO SPEED. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE OCTOBER ESPECIALLY AFTER RAIN OR EVEN IN THE MORNINGS WHEN IT HAS BEEN A HEAVY FROST OVERNIGHT. ALSO MY M.P.G IS DOWN TO 11 TO 13 M.P.G THIS IS HORRIBLE ESPECIALLY THIS DAY AND AGE IN VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY. I HAVE BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND OF COURSE THEY STATED THEY WERE UNAWARE OF A PROBLEM. I HAD TO SHOW THEM MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM THIS WEBSITE AND OFF THE FORD 150 FORUM. IT HAS BEEN 6 WEEKS AND THE PART STILL IS NOT IN FOR MY VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 10,250

TRAVELED FROM BENTON, LA TO LITTLE ROCK AR. WAS DRIVING DOWN TWO LANE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH IN THE RAIN. HAD TO COME TO STOP AS A VEHICLE WAS TURNING LEFT. UPON ACCELERATING VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 15 MPH. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND REMOVED KEY. RESTARTED ENGINE. VEHICLE WOULD ONLY RUN APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. DROVE TO NEXT TOWN ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY. STOPPED AT GAS STATION FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR. SINCE IT WAS LATE IN THE EVENING WE HAD TO CONTINUE TRAVELING. TRUCK THEN WOULD RUN ABOUT 70 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE, BUT ANY ACCELERATION WOULD CAUSE THE TRUCK TO HESITATE, SHAKE, AND LOOSE POWER. ONLY EXTREMELY EASY ACCELERATION WOULD WORK. NO DOWN SHIFTING POSSIBLE. TRUCK WAS DIAGNOSED AT CHENAL FORD IN LITTLE ROCK AR. FOUND TO HAVE WATER IN THE ENGINE FROM ENTERING THE TURBO CHARGER AIR INTAKE. WATER APPARENTLY ACCUMULATES IN THE TURBO CHARGER IN THE RAIN. IF HARD ACCELERATION OCCURS DURING THE RAIN, WATER IS PULLED TO THE ENGINE DAMAGING THE SPARK PLUGS AND COIL PACKS. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH FORD AS THE HAVE SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEALER IN LOUISIANA HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED A CORRECTION FROM FORD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE TURBO INTAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REDESIGNED FOR THE 2013 MODEL YEAR. FORD AT THIS TIME IS NOT OFFERING TO REPLACE THE AIR INTAKE. AS SUCH, I THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE IN THE RAIN. A CAR SHOULD NOT STALL WHEN ACCELERATING. *TR

Mileage: 8,500

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC PULLING A TRAILER I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE TRUCK DOWN SHIFTED BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE TRUCK WILL DROP INTO 3RD GEAR AND WILL NOT EXCEED 4000 RPM. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 OR 4 TIMES. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WITHOUT A TRAILER. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE TRUCK OFF TO GET IT TO GO. SOMETIMES I CAN JUST COME OFF THE PEDAL AND PRESS IT AGAIN TO CORRECT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER HAS REPROGRAMMED THE TRUCK SEVERAL TIMES AND REPLACED THE CONVERTERS TWICE. I HAVE ASKED FORD TO BUY BACK THE TRUCK BUT THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED YET. THE TRUCK IS GOING BACK INTO THE SHOP TOMORROW AND I AM CONSIDERING UTILIZING THE LEMON LAW. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

2012 F150 ECOBOOST. WAS CRUISING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60-65 CLOSING IN ON A SLOWER MOVING BUS. PULLED OUT TO PASS AND GAVE IT MORE THROTTLE THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WITH THROTTLE TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES AND PULL BACK BEHIND THE BUS TO AVOID A COLLISION. AFTER RECOVERING THE MOTOR SEEMED TO RECOVER AND ALLOWED FOR ACCELERATION AGAIN. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US. NEITHER TIME DID THE COMPUTER REGISTER A FAULT CODE OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK IT FOR THE ISSUE, FORD SERVICE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING AS NO CODE WAS FOUND AND UNABLE TO RECREATE IN TEST DRIVE. AT THAT TIME TSB 12-6-4 WAS OUT PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE. AFTER THE SECOND TIME,AGAIN THERE WAS NO CODE OR RECREATION BUT A NEW TSB 12-10-19 SUPERSEDED THE PREVIOUS TSB AND ALLOWED FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT FORD IS AWARE OF AND COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT ALL 2011-2012 F150 ECOBOOST MOTORS AND SOME EARLY 2013 MODELS. THE CHARGE AIR COOLER AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IS CREATING CONDENSATION THAT CAUSES THESE POWER LOSS EVENTS. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS IN TSB 12-10-19, IF SUCCESSFUL, SHOULD BE APPLIED TO ALL F150 ECOBOOST VEHICLES BUILT WITH THE OLDER INTERCOOLER DESIGN. *TR

Mileage: 13,100

2012 FORD F150 WITH ECOBOOST MILEAGE 2,500 - DRIVING FOR APPROX. 2HRS ON HIGHWAY - RAINING OFF/ON THROUGHOUT DRIVE - WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS A VEHICLE GOING UPHILL THE F150 LOST POWER AND BOGGED DOWN - STUTTERING ALONG - HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER TO SLOW LANE - TO AVOID POSSIBLE ACCIDENT WITH TRAFFIC THAT WAS APPROACHING IN FAST LANE. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO STUTTER ALONG AT VARIOUS TIMES AFTER THE 3 HR TRIP. NO PROBLEMS SINCE BUT TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN USED MUCH (3,600 MILES NOW). SAW ON OTHER FORUMS AND THIS SITE THAT OTHER F150'S WITH ECOBOOST ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER - THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ECOBOOST. I SHOWED THEM THE PRINTOUT FROM THIS SITE HIGHLIGHTING THE TSB 12-6-4, WHICH THEY ARE GOING TO DO. MY FATHER PURCHASED THE SAME TRUCK AND HE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HIM THIS SEPTEMBER. HOPE THIS WORKS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

2012 FORD F150 WITH ECOBOOST - DRIVING BACK TO NY FROM MAINE - HIT RAIN IN VERMONT - TRIED TO PASS A VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY - TRUCK LOST POWER - BOGGED DOWN - STUTTERING ALONG. HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER TO SLOW LANE TO AVOID HAVING ACCIDENT WITH VEHICLES COMING UP FROM BEHIND - VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MY DAUGHTER HAS THE SAME TRUCK SHE HAD SAME PROBLEM IN JULY. IN RESEARCHING ONLINE HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE ECOBOOST. DEALER WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ANY ISSUES WITH THIS ENGINE. MY DAUGHTER FOUND ON FORD FORUMS AND THIS SITE THAT FORD ISSUED THE TSB 12-6-4 THAT IS SUPPOSE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER PLACED THE SHIELD ON THE INTERCOOLER AND RESET THE COMPUTER - TIME WILL TELL IF THIS WILL WORK BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 3,800

WAS DRIVING AT 60MPH, ACCELERATED A LITTLE AND VEHICLE SHUDDERED/HESITATED AND DIDN'T ACCELERATE, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED, THEN BECAME SOLID. TOOK TO FORD DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD A CALIBRATION UPDATE FIXED THE PROBLEM. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED 3 DAYS LATER. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP, IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR 3 DAYS AND THEY STATE "ARE WAITING FOR FORD TO ADVISE THEM ON WHAT TO DO NEXT." THIS IS A 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOST LARIAT 4X4 SUPERCREW WITH ONLY 5,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS A STICKER OF NEARLY $50,000. I WOULD EXPECT NO PROBLEMS OR AT LEAST A TIMELY SOLUTION. EITHER WAY, MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE OR NEEDING TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRUCK FAILING TO DO SO IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED AND WHENEVER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ECO BOOST CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE SEAT RAIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE ECO BOOST WAS WORKING EXTREMELY WELL. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60.

Mileage: 60

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH IN RAIN WEATHER, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER BECAUSE IT HAD ENGAGED INTO LIMP MODE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN SPEED ONCE HE DROVE AWAY FROM THE SHOULDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER IT RAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE ENGINE AND THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BECOME DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 768. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 768

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE ABNORMALLY AND EXHIBITING NOISES JUST AS THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHOUT WARNING AND MOST OFTEN, AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE RAIN OR WHEN TRAVELING UPHILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY MOISTURE BUILD-UP IN THE INTERCOOLER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY ADDING A SHROUD OVER THE RADIATOR AND REPROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED PERMANENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF FAILURE AND NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,246.

Mileage: 7,000

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN OR FOG MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCELERATION CAUSES ENGINE TO MISS FIRE AND LOOSE POWER. SETS ENGINE MAINT LIGHT PO-300 RANDOM MISS FIRE. HAS ALSO DEGRESSED TO FLASHING ENGINE MAINT LIGHT WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW TRUCK TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEED. DEALER APPLIED TSB 12-6-4 INTERCOOLER SHROUD AND FLASH PROGRAM ECM. CONDITION STILL EXISTS AND IS DANGEROUS. FORD NEEDS TO MAKE THE FIX A TOP PRIORITY. *TR

Mileage: 300

PURCHASED TRUCK NEW APRIL 2012. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I TRIED TO ACCELERATE PAST A SLOWER VEHICLE. THE TRUCK WOULD HARDLY RUN, LOST POWER AND SPEED. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD ECOBOOST ENGINE. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT DO MY "HOMEWORK" ON THIS ENGINE PACKAGE. MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET. FORD MOTOR CO. KNOWS AND ADMITS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH CONDENSATION BUILD UP IN THE INTAKE TRACT OF THIS ENGINE. IT HAS BEEN APROBLEM FROM INTRODUCTION. THEY STILL HAVE NOT FOUND A "FIX" FOR THIS DEFECT. SO FAR THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 2 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS WORKED. THIS TRUCK IS DANGEROUS TO MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. IF IT IS RAINING WHILE DRIVING, IT WILL HARDLY RUN. IT IS UNSAFE TO OWN OR OPERATE. *TR

Mileage: 1,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE MISFIRED WITH A TEMPORARY LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE. THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION OCCURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON EIGHT SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE FAILURE. THE TURBO BOOST, CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND C02 SENSOR WERE REPLACED AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

Mileage: 1,000

AFTER USING CRUISE CONTROL FOR 1 HOUR ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH DURING HIGH HUMIDITY EARLY IN THE MORNING I TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THE MOTOR LOSES ALL POWER. I HAD TSB 12-6-4 APPLIED TO THE VEHICLE FRIDAY, THREE DAYS AGO, AND THOUGH IT MAY REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS SITUATION, IT DOES NOT OVERCOME WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE INTERCOOLER IN THIS ECOBOOST MOTOR. THIS FLAW ALLOWS FOR CONDENSATED WATER TO BE SUCKED INTO THE MOTOR AND CAUSING THE MISFIRE DURING HARD ACCELERATIONS AFTER LONG PERIODS OF USING CRUISE CONTROL IN HIGH HUMIDITY SITUATION. THE IMPACT OF LOSING POWER WILL BE A FATAL ACCIDENT FOR A CUSTOMER AT SOME POINT IN TIME IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 2,000

ON TWO OCCASIONS I WAS CRUISING IN HIGH HUMIDITY OR RAINY CONDITIONS FOR CLOSE TO 2 HOURS. UPON TRYING TO PASS THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. AFTER THE FIRST OCCASION I WENT TO A DEALER IN CANADA BECAUSE I WAS VACATIONING THERE, THEY PERFORMED TSB 12-6-4 AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. TODAY ON THE RETURN TRIP BACK TO THE USA THE PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN IN MAINE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE A SUDDEN LOSS IN POWER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT SINCE THIS EVENT ONLY SHOWS IT SELF AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS. SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE PROBLEM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERCOOLER CONDENSING WATER WHILE CRUISING AT SPEED AND THEN INGESTING THE WATER UPON ACCELERATION CAUSING THE MISFIRE AND LOST OF POWER. *TR

Mileage: 2,800

WHILE DRIVING A BRAND NEW 2012 FORD F-150 W/ 3.5L V6 ECO-BOOST I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO INTERSTATE WHILE TOWING A SMALL BOAT TRAILER WHEN I LOST TOWING POWER (RPM DROPPED INSTANTLY FROM ~4000 TO ~2000 RPM DESPITE HAVING ACCELERATOR DEPRESSED) AND THE ENTIRE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL I COMPLETELY LET OFF THE GAS FOR A FEW SECONDS. I THEN PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THINGS WERE BACK TO NORMAL. I COULD HAVE EASILY LOST CONTROL DURING THE RAPID DECELERATION HAD THE ROADS BEEN WET OR IF A BIG OLE 18-WHEELER HAD BEEN BEHIND ME THINGS COULD HAVE ENDED POORLY. *TR

Mileage: 800

BRAND-NEW CAR - 2 DAYS OLD. TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON I-81 AT NIGHT DURING LIGHT RAIN. ENGINE STALLED DURING ACCELERATION ATTEMPT WHILE MERGING FROM THE ON-RAMP ONTO RIGHT LANE OF INTERSTATE, FORCING 18-WHEELER TO BRAKE TO VOID CRUSHING ME. ENGINE RUMBLED WITH VERY LITTLE POWER GETTING TO THE WHEELS, AND RECOVERED TO NORMAL DRIVING MODE WITHIN ABOUT ONE MINUTE. SCARIEST DRIVING EVENT IN MY DECADES OF DRIVING. INTERNET RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 3.5L 6-CYLINDER ECOBOOST IN HUMID WEATHER, DUE TO CONDENSATION IN THE INTERCOOLER BEING SUCKED INTO THE ENGINE, WHEN ACCELERATING SHARPLY (SUCH AS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, LANE CHANGES, ETC., I.E., WHEN FULL ENGINE POWER IS REALLY NEEDED). THIS WILL LEAD TO FATALITIES EVENTUALLY, IF NOT FIXED, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO FIX AVAILABLE FROM FORD. *TR

Mileage: 350

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 FORD F150 4X4 WITH THE ECOBOOST MOTOR TO WORK ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY I EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING ISSUE: AFTER CRUISING FOR ABOUT 20 MILES AT 65MPG I ATTEMPTED A PASS OF SLOWER MOVING TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK ACCELERATED TO ABOUT 80MPH DURING THE PASS THEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND CREATED AN ENGINE BREAKING SITUATION. THE TRUCKS' SPEED DROPPED RAPIDLY FROM 80 TO 60MPH AND I HAD TO ABRUPTLY MOVE INTO THE SLOW LANE CUTTING OFF OTHER CARS TO AVOID BEING REAR ENDED. AS SOON AS THE POWER/SPEED LOSS OCCURRED THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO UNTIL I EVENTUALLY SLOWED TO ABOUT 50MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK HAS 5000 MILES PRESENTLY AND HAS BEEN BACK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR SOFTWARE UPDATES, A CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACEMENT, TO ADD AN AIR DEFLECTOR AND IT CONTINUES TO THROW CODES AND TURN ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I GOT IT BACK YESTERDAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN ON MY DRIVE HOME. ALSO MILEAGE SEEMS TO BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I TRY TO AVOID PASSING SITUATIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN FEAR THE VEHICLE WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

I WAS DRIVING IN A LIGHT RAIN WHEN I GENTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ENGINE STARTED VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY MAKING THE WHOLE TRUCK VIBRATE LIKE THE WHEELS WERE FALLING OFF. THE INCIDENT LASTED ABOUT 10 SECONDS BEFORE IT RETURNED TO ACTING NORMALLY. *TR

Mileage: 4,905