2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

POWER STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE TRYING TO PARK AT WORK. NO WARNING AT ALL. FORD DOES NOT BACK THIS UP WITH A RECALL AS YET. COST 1772.29 TO REPAIR. HAD 93,217 MILES ON TRUCK.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000.

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS DOWN TO 1ST GEAR LOCKING REAR WHEELS AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID AND LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO AS TO HOW THE GAUGES RESPONDED.

ON DECEMBER 25TH EXITING HIGHWAY ENTERING GAS STATION AS I WAS LOOKING FOR A PARKING DRIVING AROUND GAS STATION WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE I NOTICE IT WAS NOT STOPPING AND THE BRAKE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I WAS ABLE TO CIRCLE GAS STATION PARKING LOT WHEN I HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND STARTED APPLY THE BRAKE AGAIN AFTER 25 30 FEET IT CAME TO A STOP. TOWED THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND WHEN THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE TRUCK IT DID NOT FAULT. RECEIVED THE TRUCK BACK DECEMBER 28TH AND DROVE ROUGHLY 70 MILES LATER WHEN THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 20 AND HAD TO REPEAT THE SAME PROCEDURE DURING THE GAS STATION BY PLACING TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND TURNING IGNITION OFF TOWED TRUCK TO NEW DEALERSHIP WONT RECEIVE THE DIAGNOSIS FOR BRAKE FAILURE TILL THE 2ND OF JANUARY 2017. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER WAS ACTIVATED AND THE REAR WINDOWS SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE REPAIRED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 02/14/17*LJ UPDATED 02/15/17.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES LATER, THE WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED UNTIL THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

DEALER IDENTIFIED FUSE #27 MELTED CAUSING STALLING AND POTENTIAL TO OVERHEAT CIRCUIT CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. NOT COVERED UNDER FORD CERTIFIED PRE OWNED WARRANTY FOR POWERTRAIN ETC. VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC AND FAILED TO RESTART UNTIL AFTER THIRD ATTEMPT..

THIS IS NOT A DEFECTIVE GLASS OR FRAME ISSUE. THIS IS STRICTLY AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE ON THE DEFROSTER. FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT IT, IT SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM, NOT JUST FREAK COINCIDENCE. IF MORE PEOPLE LIVED IN COLDER CLIMATES THERE WOULD BE MORE COMPLAINTS. FRIDAY DEC. 16, 2016, AROUND 8 PM. I STARTED MY FORD F150 AND TRIED TO TURN REAR DEFOGGER ON. HIGH THAT DAY WAS 32, LOW 22. AT THAT TIME OF DAY I WOULD EXPECT IT WAS CLOSER TO 22 THAN 32. THE INDICATOR LIGHT LIGHT FOR THE DEFROSTER FLASHED ON, THEN WENT OUT. I TRIED AGAIN, THIS TIME IT STAYED ON FOR 15 OR 20 SECS. I BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND WHEN SHIFTER FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD I NOTICED INDICATOR LIGHT WAS OFF AGAIN. I DROVE 50 TO 100 YARDS WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP. THE STREET IN MY SUBDIVISION ARE ASPHALT AND HAVE NO POTHOLES, IT WAS REPLACED LAST SUMMER. I THOUGHT I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING, AND REALIZED THE REAR WINDOW ON PASSENGER SIDE WAS SHATTERED. THE WINDOW WAS STILL IN FRAME, NO HOLES AND THERE WERE NO CHIPS. JUST A SHATTERED PIECE OF GLASS IN THE FRAME. NOTHING HIT THE WINDOW OR THERE WAS NO OTHER REASON THE WINDOW WOULD SHATTER, OTHER THAN THE REAR DEFROSTER HEATING THE WINDOW TO A POINT IT CRACKED. I TALKED WITH A SHOP ABOUT REPAIRING THE WINDOW, AND OWNER TOLD ME HIS SUPPLIER SAID THERE ARE ROUGHLY 500 OF THESE UNITS THAT GET REPLACED EVERY WEEK IN MICHIGAN ALONE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A FAR MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM BUT ONLY THOSE STATES THAT HAVE FREEZING TEMPS AND IT ONLY AFFECTS VEHICLES IN 2-3 MONTHS A YEAR.

NO BRAKES WHEN STARTING UP MY TRUCK, PLUS WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN, IT DID NOT STOP, AFTER THAT THE BRAKES STARTED TO WORK AGAIN, BUT EVERY TIME I START THE TRUCK UP IN MY GARAGE, AND BACK IT OUT THERE ARE NO BRAKE ,IT BEEN DOING THIS OCT TO NOW, IF I PUSH HARD ON THE BRAKE IT WILL SLOWLY STOP IT