2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

FIRST OF ALL I HAVE A PICKUP WITH A RECONSTRUCTED TITLE. UPON ENTERING HIGHWAY AND STARTING TO ACCELERATE, I HAD TO STOP IMMEDIATELY FOR STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. MY PEDAL WAS REAL HARD AND IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE MY NORMAL PEDAL. I WASN'T SURE I WOULD STOP, BUT IT DID JUST IN TIME. IT IS THE HARDEST I HAVE EVER APPLIED A BRAKE PEDAL IN MY 44 PLUS YEARS DRIVING AND NOT ONE TIRE LOCKED UP OR ANY PULSATION ON PEDAL. FORD HAS SENT ME A LETTER WITH CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM "15N05". VACUUM PUMP FAILURE. WHICH APPLIES TO WHAT HAPPEN TO ME. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A WARRANTY ISSUE THAT BRANDED TITLES ARE NOT COVERED, NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH WOULD COVER A BRANDED TITLE. HOW CAN BRAKES NOT BE SAFETY? FORD HAS CHANGED THIS BRAKE SYSTEM AFTER ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS. JUST BECAUSE IT ONLY INVOLVES A COUPLE OF YEARS, FORD SHOULD MAKE THIS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT EXTENDED WARRANTY TO KEEP THE NHTSA FROM FORCING THEIR HAND.

I WAS GOING DOWN 105, TO GET FROM CONROE TO PORTER, WHEN I CHANGED LANES TO GET NEAR AN EXIT TO GO THROUGH BACK ROADS THE TRUCK ALL OF A SUDDEN SHOT DOWN TO 42 OR 43, CAUSING SOMEONE BEHIND ME TO TRY TO AVOID HITTING ME, HE AVOIDED MOST OF THE TRUCK BUT HIT MY BUMPER ON THE RIGHT SIDE PUSHING IT INTO THE BED A LITTLE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I SLAMMED ON THE BREAKS CAUSING THE BELTS TO TIGHTEN UP. HE GOT OUT TO HELP ME AND WE GOT MY TRUCK TOWED, HE ASSUMED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION LOCKING UP. ONCE BACK IN HOUSTON I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS FINE AND IT WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT.

STARTED MY TRUCK AROUND 9 PM AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE, HAD TO BACK DOWN A LONG STRAIGHT PARKING LOT, SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH. CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE AND PULLED OUT ONTO A MAIN ROAD, HIT THE MERGE TURN SIGNAL AND HEARD NOTHING. I DIDDNT THINK MUCH OF IT, THOUGHT I DIDDNT HIT THE TURN SIGNAL ARM HARD ENOUGH. TURNING ONTO MAIN ROAD AND HIT TURN SIGNAL AGAIN, NO SOUND. LOOKED AT DASHBOARD, EVERYTHING IS OFF, NO BACK LIGHTING AND NO GAUGE MOVEMENT/LIGHTS AT ALL. EXTERIOR LIGHTS WORK BUT NOT REVERSE LIGHTS, TURN TRUCK ON AND OFF 3X WITH NO RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. 4TH TRY FINALLY REBOOTS THE COMPUTER AND HAS RUN FINE SINCE THEN

VEHICLE IS DISPLAYING "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" ERROR MESSAGE WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED SHARPLY LEFT OR RIGHT. WHEN THE ERROR MESSAGE COMES ON, THE TURN SIGNALS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE DRIVER MUST HOLD THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH TO ACTIVATE TURN SIGNALS ANYTIME NEEDING TO CHANGE LANES OR TURN OFF ROADWAY. VEHICLE ERROR HAS BEEN CHECKED BY SERVICING DEALER AND AN UPDATE WAS PERFORMED TO ABS MODULE TO ATTEMPT TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT EXPLAINED THAT A POSSIBLE NEED TO REPLACE THE POWER RACK AND PINION TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID THAT THE POWER RACK AND PINION IS GOING TO FAIL AND CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, OR THE TURN SIGNALS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL TO FIX THIS FAILING PART IN THE 2012 F150 MODEL LINE.

STARTED THE TRUCK TO WARM UP, AS TEMPETURE WAS 17 DEG. F.. WENT INSIDE TO LOCK UP HOUSE AND WHEN I CAME OUT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF DOORS. UPON OPENING, THE CAB WAS FILLED WITH BLACK SMOKE AND THERE WAS A FLAMING MASS ON PASSINGER SIDE FLOOR ON A FLOOR MAT I HAD PURCHASED FOR TRUCK. I PULLED MAT OUT WITH MELTING PILE OF PLASTIC AND PUT FIRE OUT WITH SNOW ON GROUND. HAD TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOMEONE TO PICK US UP AND GET HOME BECAUSE I HAD MY 8YR. OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WITH ME AND SHE HAD TO ATTEND SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY AND WE WERE 275 MILES FROM OUR HOME. THIS HAPPENED APRIL 3RD 2016 IN MILLPORT, PA. 16748 AND MY RESIDENCE IS IVYLAND, PA. 18974. RENTED A CAR AT HOME 4/4/16 AND GOT ION TOUCH WITH FORD DEALERSHIP IN COUDERSPORT, PA. 16915, KIGHTLINGER MOTORS. TRUCK WASTO BE READY 4/13 AND I WAS GOING TO RETURN RENTAL CAR TO MANSFIELD, PA. LOCATION AND HAD A RIDE TO COUDERSPORT TO PICK UP TRUCK. RECEIVED A CALL THURSDAY 4/14 THAT TRUCK WOULDN'T BE READY UNTIL POSSIBLY 4/20/16. THE VEHICLE WAS STANTIONARY WARMING UP WITH FAN ON LOW WHEN FIRE STARTED AND HAD BEEN WARMING UP (NO PUN INTENDED) LESS THAN 5 MINUTES AS WE WERE READY TO LEAVE. TRUCK IS A COMPANY VEHICLE.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A SQUEALING NOISE EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE. THE STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE DEALER INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I REMOTE STARTED MY F-150 SUPERCREW IN THE MORNING, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 22 DEGREES F OUTSIDE. I DROVE TO THE CORNER STORE (0.1 MILES AWAY) TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT. I TURNED MY TRUCK OFF, WENT IN, THEN STARTED MY TRUCK BACK UP TO HEAD TO THE GAS STATION (0.2 MILES AWAY) & FUELED UP. I TURNED MY TRUCK BACK ON AND HIT THE REAR DEFROST BUTTON TO CLEAR SOME ICE ON THE REAR WINDOW. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 3-4 MINUTES (ROUGHLY 3 MILES), WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD "POP". I NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. IT WAS THE WINDOW PANE LOCATED BEHIND THE DRIVER SEAT. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THE WINDOW AND WOULD'VE BEEN EXTREMELY UNLIKELY SINCE I WAS DRIVING. MUST BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE (A SHORT, A SURGE, OR SOMETHING). MY TRUCK IS OUT OF THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY WINDOW, BUT HAS JUST UNDER 22,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT PAY A PENNY TO REPLACE MY WINDOW. I CALLED THE FORD CUSTOMER CARE LINE AND THEY STAND BEHIND THE DEALER DECISION TO NOT PAY ANYTHING FOR IT. THIS IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES. I'VE SEARCHED THIS SITE AND SEEN THE SAME PROBLEMS ON 2010 - 2015 MODELS OF THE F-150. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED WHAT-SO-EVER BY FORD. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I GET THIS WINDOW REPLACED AND USE THE DEFROSTER, ONLY TO HAVE MY NEW WINDOW SHATTER AS WELL? I GUESS I HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT ONE TOO. MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER WORKED FOR FORD. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN LONG TIME FORD CUSTOMERS. THIS IS MY THIRD FORD VEHICLE. THAT TREND HAS JUST ENDED. CONSIDERING A TRADE IN TO CHEVY OR DODGE.

FOR 8-12 MONTHS EVERY TIME I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT THE SYSTEM EMITTED A LOUD SQUEAK LIKE A PNEUMATIC P[INCH. I MENTIONED THIS AT MY LAST TWO OIL CHANGES WITH NO RESPONSE.. IT PROCEEDED TO GET WORSE MAKING THE SAME NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL FULLY EITHER DIRECTION AND BECAME STIFF TO TURN WHILE DRIVING.. I FINALLY SHOWED THE SERVICE AGENT THE ISSUE AND HE HAD NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE?? THE POWER STEERING ACTUALLY GAVE OUT RIGHT THERE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE "PS MODULE, GEAR ASY-STEERING, CORE AND FIXED A WATER PUMP LEAK THAT WAS UNDETECTABLE (NOTHING LEAKING AS FAR AS I COULD TELL). $4K REPAIR BILL AND THE TRUCK WAS AT 67K MILES. REDICULOUS

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.