2014 FORD F-150 Complaints

SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING IN THE MORNING AT 8AM AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. NOTHING HIT THE SUNROOF, NO OVER PASSES WERE ANYWHERE NEAR AND NOBODY IN THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CLOSES VEHICLE WAS MORE THAN 500FT AWAY. HERD LOUD EXPLOSION LIKE SOUND SCARED ME TO WHERE I JERKED THE WHEEL AND NOTHING IMMEDIATELY VISIBLE UNTIL I SLIGHTLY OPENED THE SUNROOF COVER AND NOTICED THE SUNROOF WAS SHATTERED. ALL WINDOWS WERE UP AND A/C WAS UP. TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE 70'S AND SUNNY. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS WOULD SHATTER BUT IT SHATTERED ALMOST RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

2014 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST - AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH VEHICLE WILL SHIFT INTO 1ST CAUSING THE REAR TIRES TO LOCK UP. WILL THEN SHIFT BACK TO 5TH OR 6TH AND DRIVE NORMAL. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO WARNING BEFORE IT HAPPENS. ALSO WILL SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 5TH WHEN PULLING OUT AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. WILL HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN VEHICLE OFF, THEN RESTART. SOMETIMES IT WILL LOSE ALL GAUGES WHEN DOING THIS AND THROW A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL GO OUT AS SOON AS RESTARTED. AGAIN, NO WARNING AHEAD OF TIME WHEN IT DOES THIS. SEEMS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED IN EARLIER MODEL FORD F-150S. HAVE SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH FORD DEALER.

LOSS OF POWER STEERING- IN MARCH 2018 THIS STARTED HAPPENING, TO DATE IT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I WAS PULLING OUT OF GROCERY STORE, MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE " SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" "HILL DECENT CONTROL FAULT" CAME ON MY SCREEN, I WAS IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, SECOND TIME I WAS TURNING INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOSS THE ABILITY TO TURN MY WHEEL, 3RD TIME WAS GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY AND AT AN ONRAMP, THIS TIME I WAS HEADED INTO A HIGHWAY PERPENDICULAR AND CARS WERE COMING AT ME 70+ MPH. THEN MY SON AND I WERE TURNING ONTO A HIGHWAY WHEN I LOST CONTROL OF STEERING AND LOCKED UP MY BRAKES TO KEEP FROM HITTING A SEMI- THEY HAD TO LOCK THEIR BRAKES UP AND SWERVE TO KEEP FROM HITTING US. THEN TODAY I GOT IT BACK, AND MADE IT 1 MILE DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE AGAIN I WAS GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY AND I COULD NOT TURN MY WHEEL, AN EMBANKMENT KEPT ME FROM GOING PERPENDICULAR ONTO THE HIGHWAY AGAIN. POLICE CAME AND HELPED ME GET BACK OVER AND BLOCKED CARS FROM HITTING ME . EACH TIME I HAVE TAKEN MY TRUCK TO MATTHEWS FORD TO BE FIXED, EACH TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS FIXED, I AM NOT COMPLAINING ON THEM AS I FEEL THEY HAVE GENUINELY DONE WHAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD FIX IT. THE STAFF HAS BEEN MORE THAN ACCOMMODATING CONSIDERING I WAS SHAKING, CRYING AND CUSSING. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS STATED TAY CANNOT HELP ME AS MY RUCK WAS NOT IN THE 2014 F150 RECALL #14S09. IT WAS JUST A MONTH SHY OF IT. I HAVE HAD NO RETURN CALLS FROM MANAGEMENT AS PROMISED ( FROM FORD) I WAS TOLD MY CASE WOULD BE EXPEDITED DUE TO POSSIBLE DEATH/INJURY AND I WOULD HEAR FROM MANAGER WITHIN 24 HOURS, AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED. PLEASE HELP! ATTACHED ARE ALL THE SERVICE REPORTS MINUS THE ONE TODAY.

2014 FORD F150 SPLIT/POWERED/HEATED REAR WINDOW POPPED AND CRACKED WHEN USING THE DEFROSTER CAUSING THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW PANE TO SHATTER (SPIDER WEB). THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THE WINDOW POPPED.

THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED FOR THE SECOND TIME, IN DRIVEWAY AFTER STARTING CAR WITH REMOTE STARTER. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN DECEMBER 2016, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN A RELATIVES DRIVEWAY HEATING UP, AFTER BEING STARTED WITH THE REMOTE STARTER.

WHEN WE HAD OUR TIRES ROTATED ALL 24 LUG NUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE OVERLY TIGHT THEY WERE CHROME COVERED LUG NUTS AND DURING REMOVAL THEY WERE DAMAGED. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE NEWER TRUCKS. THEY EXPAND AND CONTRACT WHICH MAKE THEM IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE WITHOUT DAMAGING. THEY COST 7.59 EACH AND ALL 24 HAD TO BE REPLACED. EACH TIME WE HAVE OUR TIRES ROTATED WE WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE LUG NUTS. DUE TO THIS ISSUE. WE SPOKE WITH OTHER REPAIR SHOPS AND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY (ON AN INCLINE), SHIFTED THE GEAR TO PARK, AND REMOVED THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT WENT INSIDE THE RESIDENCE TO RETRIEVE A WHEELCHAIR FOR THE PASSENGER. AS THE CONTACT WAS TRANSFERRING THE PASSENGER TO THE WHEELCHAIR WITH THE PASSENGER DOOR OPEN, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL AWAY IN REVERSE. AS THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING AWAY, THE PASSENGER IN THE WHEELCHAIR WAS DRAGGED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND INTO THE STREET. POLICE REPORT NUMBER: 17-24021 WAS FILED. THE PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL WITH SCRATCHES AND SCRAPES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (LEGACY FORD IN ROSENBERG TEXAS, 833-811-8141), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE AND HAD NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS WHILE IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,477. *TT CONTACT STATES THERE IS A RECALL FOR 150 FORD TRUCK CLIP THAT LOCKS GEAR SHIFT CABLE TO TRANSMISSION. *TT

REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING. DASH BUTTON DOES NOT ILLUMINATE NOR DOES THAT BUTTON ON THE TOUCHSCREEN

REAR DRIVERS SIDE PANEL WWINDSHIELD SHATTERED . TURNED ON REAR WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER AND AFTER A MINUTE OR SO HEARD A LARGE BANG. WAS DRIVING TO WORK. STRAIGHT. TEMP WA IN THE LOW TWENTIES. GOT SNOW AND ICE IN LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING ABILITY BECAME VERY DIFFICULT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (TOM'S FORD IN KEYPORT, NEW JERSEY) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.