FORD POWER TRAIN Complaints

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE! VEHICLE: 2014 F150 FORD ECOBOOST 4WD WITH 46,000 MILES I DROVE FROM A PARKED POSITION APPROXIMATELY 100' TO A STOP SIGN WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD WITH NO BRAKING AND A WARNING APPEARED ON THE DASH THAT THE BRAKE FLUID IS LOW. I WENT PAST THE STOP SIGN AND THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND STOPPED USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ([XXX]) IN THE MAIL THE DAY THIS HAPPENED (7/18/2016). THE RECALL CAME OUT TWO MONTHS EARLIER BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST NOTIFICATION BY FORD. THE RECALL STATES THE BRAKE FAILURE MAY INVOLVE THE FRONT BRAKES AND NOT THE REAR BRAKES WHICH IS TOTALLY FALSE. IN MY CASE, BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE INSTANTLY NON-EXISTENT. ADDITIONALLY THE RECALL STATED THAT A LOW FLUID ALARM AND AUDIBLE SIGNAL WOULD NOTIFY DRIVER IF FLUID WAS LOW. THIS ALSO IS INCORRECT. FORD DEALERSHIPS SAY THEY HAVE NO DIRECTIVE TO PERFORM THE WORK AND NOT PARTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED SO THEIR HANDS ARE TIED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THEIR ESTIMATE IS THAT IT WILL TAKE ONE MONTH TO GET THE PARTS SO MY TRUCK WILL BE OUT OF COMMISSION BETWEEN ONE AND THREE MONTHS. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN FATAL IF IT HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC OR ON A HIGHWAY INSTEAD OF ON A LIGHTLY TRAVELED SIDE STREET WITH NO TRAFFIC. THIS REPORT MIGHT NOT BE IMPORTANT TO THE NHTSA SINCE NO DEATH OR DAMAGE WAS INVOLVED BUT IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SUCH. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WE WERE ADVISED BY OUR DEALER TO REPLACE ALL LUG NUTS ON OUR 2013 FORD ESCAPE FOR AN APPARENT MANUFACTURER'S DESIGN DEFECT. THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO POSSIBLE SEEPAGE OF SALT WATER INTO THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE LUG NUTS RESULTING IN EXPANSION OF THE EXTERNAL METAL COVERING. WE WERE SHOWN AN EXAMPLE OF A LUG NUT THAT HAD THIS EXACT PROBLEM .WE WERE TOLD THAT , IF THE EXPANSION OCCURS, IT WOULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE LUG NUT IN THE EVENT OF A FLAT TIRE. ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE TOLD THAT IF THE EXPANDED LUG NUT WERE TO BE REMOVED, IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO BE REPLACED ONTO THE WHEEL. FURTHER, WE WERE INFORMED THAT FORD HAS REPLACED THESE LUG NUTS UNDER THEIR TWO YEAR WARRANTEE PROGRAM, BUT FORD WOULD NOT REPLACE THEM UNDER A RECALL PROGRAM. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE BASED UPON THE FACT THAT CORROSION/FAILURE OF LUG NUTS COULD RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF A WHEEL DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. WE BELIEVE THAT FORD SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ISSUE A GENERAL RECALL IN ORDER TO REPLACE THESE ITEMS.

I HAVE A 2008 FORD EDGE. I HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP WITH MANY ISSUES UNTIL THE LAST ONE I EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR. MY USUAL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN WHEN ON AN INCLINE & TRYING TO GO FORWARD, THE CAR WILL GO BACKWARDS CAUSING YOU TO HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE GAS AT THE SAME TIME SO YOU WILL NOT HIT THE CAR BEHIND YOU. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL JERK FOR NO APPARENT REASON. BUT THE LAST PROBLEM THAT CAUSED ME TO PARK THE VEHICLE WAS WHEN IT JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO COAST TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE NOW. I CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE REPAIRS RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE A 2008 FORD EDGE, THERE IS A BLIND SPOT WITH NO VISION BLIND BY THE PANEL ON THE DRIVER SIDE, WHEN I'M MAKING A LEFT TURN YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE ROAD. I HIT THE CURB AND IT BLEW OUT MY BACK TIRE AND I HAD TO REPLACE MY RIM. THE RIGHT DRIVER SIDE WHERE THE WIND SHIELD AND RIGHT DRIVER SIDE DOOR MEETS IS NO VISION AT ALL. THIS IS A HAZARD FOR MAKING LEFT TURNS. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION HAS SPEED ISSUES, WHEN DRIVING ALONG AT THE SPEED OF 20 TO 30 MILES INTO TRAFFIC THE TRANSMISSION SPEEDS GIVES OUT. I HAD TO PULL OF THE ROAD SEVERAL TIMES.

THE TAC IS REVING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. I AM BEING TOLD ITS THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WILL COST ME 5,000.00 TO FIX IT.

THE DPS6 SELECT SHIFT TRANSMISSION IN MY 2014 FORD FIESTA SE EXHIBITS CONSTANT PROBLEMS. A LIST OF ISSUES INCLUDES RANDOM SHIFTING, CONSTANT NEUTRALIZATION OF THE TRANSMISSION, SHUDDERING AND LOSS OF POWER. THIS HAS PUT ME IN SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENT SITUATIONS AND FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT EVEN IF THEY "FIX" IT, THE PROBLEM WILL RETURN. I HAVE HAD 2 TCM RE PROGRAMMINGS, A NEW TCM INSTALLED AS WELL AS NEW CLUTCHES AND SEALS. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS AND IS GETTING WORSE.

WINDSTAR FORD 2002 TIRES THEY JUST KEEP GOING DOWN VERY QUICK NO HOLES HAD A BLOW OUT AN WRECKED INTO A TREE WITH THESE TIRES BAD TIRES ENDED UP SEAT BELT CUT MY NECK AN SEAT BELT CUT MY 1 YEAR OLDS TESTACLES

2007 FORD EDGE SEL AWD, TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, DROVE 25 TO 30 MILES HIGHWAY TO TOWN WITH 3 TO 4 STOP LIGHTS ACCELERATED FROM 3RD AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR AND ONLY WOULD GO 20 MPH HIGH REV AND NO MOVING, COULD HAVE CAUSED AND ACCIDENT ON A FASTER RD, DEALERSHIP CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG YET ESTIMATE OF OVER $700 RIGHT NOW WITH NOTHING FOUND WRONG CAR HAS AROUND 125,000 MILES SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN THAT WHEN PROPER MAINTENANCE AND NONE AGGRESSIVE DRIVING ARE DONE

2005 MERCURY MONTEREY HAD TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED BY FORD DEALER PER RECALL NOTICE IN 2013. BY LATE 2015 VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE GRADUALLY ACCELERATING FROM 40 TO 60 HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TRANSMISSION FELT AS THOUGH IT WOULD SLIP, UPON FIRMER ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELLERATE. CONDITION ADVANCED TO AFFECT THE VEHICLE AT LOWER SPEEDS. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (AGAIN). AFTER ONLY 20,000 MILES THE RECALLED TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. AFTER ARBITRATION WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, CONSUMER RELUCTANTLY PAID $1,203.00 TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER.

DRIVING 2006 FORD FREESTAR ON I20IN FTWORTH TX AT NIGHT IN RAIN WHEN TRANSMISSION GOES OUT WITH NO WARNING, LIKE IT IS NEUTRAL. LUCKY FOR MY FAMILY WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD A 04 FREESTAR, AND IT DID SAME THING, SO I KNEW IT WAS TORQUE CONVERTER. HAD A FRIEND COME PICK US UP, AND HAD VAN TOWED TO A SHOP. DON'T KNOW THE COST YET FOR TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACEMENT... WE GOT SCREWED ON THE 04 FREESTAR TORQUE CONVERTER RECALL BY FORD BECAUSE I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION BEFORE I KNEW ABOUT THE RECALL. FORD REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ANYTHING BECAUSE I HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN. NOW THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TORQUE CONVERTER GOING OUT IN OUR 06 FREESTAR, AND FORD DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 06 FREESTAR TORQUE CONVERTERS. IT'S THE SAME ONE AS IN MY 04 FREESTAR, FORD SHOULD INCLUDE 06/07 IN THE RECALL.