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HAD VEHICLE 8 MONTHS. DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 PULLING MY CAMPER, "LOW FUEL PRESSURE" LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY. SAW SMOKE, THEN FIRE. GOT OUT OF TRUCK WITH MY DOG AND CALLED 911. REPORT ATTACHED.
HAD VEHICLE 8 MONTHS. DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 PULLING MY CAMPER, "LOW FUEL PRESSURE" LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY. SAW SMOKE, THEN FIRE. GOT OUT OF TRUCK WITH MY DOG AND CALLED 911. REPORT ATTACHED.
AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT 45-60 MILES PER HOUR AND WHILE IN 6TH GEAR (AUTOMATIC) AFTER THE "CLEANING EXHAUST FILTER" MESSAGE COMES ON WHEN IT CLEANS THE EXHAUST TWICE WITHIN A 100 MILES, THE ENGINE WILL SHAKE AND KNOCKING/SPIKING NOISE AFTER THE SECOND CLEANING. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND I AM UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN IT DOES IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOOSE WHEEL AND IT WILL JERKING BACKWARDS AND FORTH. FORD SEEMS UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS NO REMEDIATION ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS STARTED AROUND 8000 MILES THE TRUCK HAS 32,000 MILES NOW.
AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT 45-60 MILES PER HOUR AND WHILE IN 6TH GEAR (AUTOMATIC) AFTER THE "CLEANING EXHAUST FILTER" MESSAGE COMES ON WHEN IT CLEANS THE EXHAUST TWICE WITHIN A 100 MILES, THE ENGINE WILL SHAKE AND KNOCKING/SPIKING NOISE AFTER THE SECOND CLEANING. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND I AM UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN IT DOES IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOOSE WHEEL AND IT WILL JERKING BACKWARDS AND FORTH. FORD SEEMS UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS NO REMEDIATION ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS STARTED AROUND 8000 MILES THE TRUCK HAS 32,000 MILES NOW.
AT 40 TO 50 MPH THE TRUCK CAN EXPERIENCE LOSS OF POWER AND SEVERE "SHUDDERING" WE HAVE 2 2015'S THAT WE PURCHASED LAST SEPTEMBER AND BOTH ARE EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUE IT'S VERY SPORADIC SEEMS TO HAPPEN A FEW TIMES A WEEK. I'M CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY COMPANY AS WE CAN BE PULLING TRAILERS AND CAN NOT HAVE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WHEN ON BUSY ROADS. FORD KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE AS STATED IN TSB 16-0041, BUT THEY WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO CORRECT IT UNLESS THEIR TECHS SEE IT HAPPEN..I HAVE ALREADY HAD IT INTO THE SHOP AND THEY COULDN'T SEE THE PROBLEM. IF YOU LOOK ON THE INTERNET IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM ON QUITE A FEW 2015'S..HERE IS ONE FORUM OF MANY HTTP://WWW.FORD-TRUCKS.COM/FORUMS/1381159-FORD-RELEASES-TSB-15-0088-FOR-2015-ACTIVE-REGENERATION-JACKHAMMER-VALVES-ISSUE-33.HTML
AT 40 TO 50 MPH THE TRUCK CAN EXPERIENCE LOSS OF POWER AND SEVERE "SHUDDERING" WE HAVE 2 2015'S THAT WE PURCHASED LAST SEPTEMBER AND BOTH ARE EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUE IT'S VERY SPORADIC SEEMS TO HAPPEN A FEW TIMES A WEEK. I'M CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY COMPANY AS WE CAN BE PULLING TRAILERS AND CAN NOT HAVE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WHEN ON BUSY ROADS. FORD KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE AS STATED IN TSB 16-0041, BUT THEY WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO CORRECT IT UNLESS THEIR TECHS SEE IT HAPPEN..I HAVE ALREADY HAD IT INTO THE SHOP AND THEY COULDN'T SEE THE PROBLEM. IF YOU LOOK ON THE INTERNET IT APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM ON QUITE A FEW 2015'S..HERE IS ONE FORUM OF MANY HTTP://WWW.FORD-TRUCKS.COM/FORUMS/1381159-FORD-RELEASES-TSB-15-0088-FOR-2015-ACTIVE-REGENERATION-JACKHAMMER-VALVES-ISSUE-33.HTML
AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT 50-55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN "CLEANING EXHAUST FILTER" MESSAGE COMES ON, THE ENGINE WILL SHAKE AND KNOCK VIOLENTLY. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND AM UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN IT DOES IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE FOUR FLAT TIRES AND IT IS VERY VIOLENT. FORD SAID THIS IS NORMAL, I KNOW IT'S NOT. WE LIVE ON VERY NARROW AND WINDING ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS. I'M AFRAID THAT IF THIS HAPPENS ON SNOWY OR ICY ROADS CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WILL BE VERY HAD TO CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. THE DATE BELOW IS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, MILEAGE WAS 6,865. THIS FIRST HAPPENED AT ABOUT 4500 MILES. SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT ABOUT 400-600 MILES.
AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT 50-55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN "CLEANING EXHAUST FILTER" MESSAGE COMES ON, THE ENGINE WILL SHAKE AND KNOCK VIOLENTLY. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND AM UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN IT DOES IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE FOUR FLAT TIRES AND IT IS VERY VIOLENT. FORD SAID THIS IS NORMAL, I KNOW IT'S NOT. WE LIVE ON VERY NARROW AND WINDING ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS. I'M AFRAID THAT IF THIS HAPPENS ON SNOWY OR ICY ROADS CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WILL BE VERY HAD TO CONTROL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. THE DATE BELOW IS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, MILEAGE WAS 6,865. THIS FIRST HAPPENED AT ABOUT 4500 MILES. SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT ABOUT 400-600 MILES.
THE VEHICLE IS A 6.7 FORD POWER STROKE. DURING A PROCESS CALLED REGEN, WHERE IS CLEANS THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER, THE ENGINE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IT GOT WORSE OVERTIME, TO THE POINT IT STARTED DOING IT WILE I WAS MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE, PULLING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT (9000LB) ON A TRAILER. IT WAS DANGEROUS WITH THE LOSS OF POWER. I HAVE SINCE TRADED IT BACK TO DEALER AS FORD HAS SAID IT IS NORMAL OPERATION.
THE VEHICLE IS A 6.7 FORD POWER STROKE. DURING A PROCESS CALLED REGEN, WHERE IS CLEANS THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER, THE ENGINE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY. IT GOT WORSE OVERTIME, TO THE POINT IT STARTED DOING IT WILE I WAS MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE, PULLING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT (9000LB) ON A TRAILER. IT WAS DANGEROUS WITH THE LOSS OF POWER. I HAVE SINCE TRADED IT BACK TO DEALER AS FORD HAS SAID IT IS NORMAL OPERATION.
BOUGHT TRUCK BRAND NEW IN DECEMBER 2014. AT APPROX. 5,000 (STILL DURING THE DIESEL ENGINE BREAK IN PERIOD) WHILE DRIVING THRU AN INTERSECTION IN TRAFFIC THE TRUCK AND MOTOR STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING/BUCKING WITH THE MOTOR MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE- THE TRUCK THEN HAD A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER IN WHICH I WAS UNABLE TO SAFELY ACCELERATE. THE TRUCK THEN WENT TO THE DEALER IN WHICH I WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE TRUCK NOW BEEN IN AN OUT OF THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE THE PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING. FORD RELEASED A TSB STATING THAT ITS NORMAL FOR THEIR TRUCKS TO EXPERIENCE "ROUGH RUNNING" DURING THE EXHAUST REGEN CYCLE. THE EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH MY TRUCK HAVE NO CORRELATION TO THE REGEN CYCLE AND SEEM TO HAPPEN AT RANDOM TIMES. THE TRUCK HAS BECOME DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND PULL MY HORSES WITH AS THE SHAKING/BUCKING IS SO VIOLENT AND WITH A LOSS OF POWER AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ITS SCARY TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IN TRAFFIC.
BOUGHT TRUCK BRAND NEW IN DECEMBER 2014. AT APPROX. 5,000 (STILL DURING THE DIESEL ENGINE BREAK IN PERIOD) WHILE DRIVING THRU AN INTERSECTION IN TRAFFIC THE TRUCK AND MOTOR STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING/BUCKING WITH THE MOTOR MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE- THE TRUCK THEN HAD A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER IN WHICH I WAS UNABLE TO SAFELY ACCELERATE. THE TRUCK THEN WENT TO THE DEALER IN WHICH I WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE TRUCK NOW BEEN IN AN OUT OF THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE THE PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING. FORD RELEASED A TSB STATING THAT ITS NORMAL FOR THEIR TRUCKS TO EXPERIENCE "ROUGH RUNNING" DURING THE EXHAUST REGEN CYCLE. THE EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH MY TRUCK HAVE NO CORRELATION TO THE REGEN CYCLE AND SEEM TO HAPPEN AT RANDOM TIMES. THE TRUCK HAS BECOME DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND PULL MY HORSES WITH AS THE SHAKING/BUCKING IS SO VIOLENT AND WITH A LOSS OF POWER AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ITS SCARY TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IN TRAFFIC.