2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

SEATS STOP WORKING THE TRUCK HAS 27,252 READING FORD FORUMS MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE EXPERENCED THIS AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS JUST RAN OUT. FORD WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $1,700.00 TO FIX THE SEAT HEATERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE POWER STEERING ABILITY WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST MONTH. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

ON 1/12/16 AT ABOUT 06T00 HRS., ON MY WAY TO WORK TRAVELLING ON MAIN STREET, THE RIGHT SECTION OF MY SLIDING REAR GLASS WINDOW SHATTERED. ( IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN GOING OFF). THE TEMP WAS AROUND 30F DEGREES AND ICE ON THE WINDOW. I ACTIVATED THE DEFROST AND WITHIN TEN MINUTES THE GLASS SHATTERED. I THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD JUST SHOT MY VEHICLE AND IT CAUSED TO SWERVE INTO THE ADJACENT LANE. HAD THEIR BEEN MANY VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAY AT THAT TIME I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I WENT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP IN DOTHAN, AL AND THEY SAID THAT MY VEHICLE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER VALID AND THAT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE PART. I HAD THE SAME SLIDING GLASS REAR WINDOW REPLACED IN 2013 FOR FAILING TO CLOSE AFTER OPENING. I HAVE SEARCHED ONLINE AND HAVE NOTICED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH FORD F150 YEAR MODELS 2010-2013.

I USED THE REMOTE START ON MY 2012 F150 PLATINUM ON A 20 DEGREE JANUARY MORNING. GOT IN DROVE TO WORK AND REALIZED WHEN I GOT OUT THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDING WINDOW WAS TOTALLY SHATTERED. NO EVIDENCE OF VANDALISM OR ANYTHING HITTING THE GLASS. SHATTERED TOTALLY EVEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDOW. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 2 MONTHS BUT UNDER MILEAGE WARRANTY BY 9,000 MILES. FORD DEALER TOLD ME NOTHING THEY CAN DO. CALLED FORD AND REGIONAL CUSTOMER CARE CALLED ME AND SAID IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 3 DAYS TO GET ME AN ANSWER. DECIDED TO FORGET THEM AND USE MY COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE JUST TO HAVE IT FIXED ASAP.

FOR TWO YEARS THE REAR SLIDER AND DEFROST HASN'T WORKED. WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO CHATTER.

VACUUM ASSIST PUMP IS FAILING AT 33000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND PUMP THAT HAS FAILED. . PUMP MAKES LOUD NOISE AND VEHICLE LOSES BRAKING ABILITY BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO STOP VEHICLE AND GREATLY EXTENDS STOPPING DISTANCE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 30MPH OR LESS THROUGH THE CITY I TRIED TO TURN ON THE REAR DEFROST BUT THE INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. I THOUGHT EITHER A FUSE OR CONTACT MIGHT BE THE ISSUE BUT AS A CONTINUED TO DRIVE A FEW MINUTES LATER THE REAR SIDELIGHT WINDOW SHATTERED WITH A LOUD BANG. BROKEN GLASS COULD HAVE INJURED MY SON SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT AND VISIBILITY IS NOW COMPROMISED. NOTHING STRUCK THE WINDOW, THIS WAS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION OF THE DEFROST AND OR SUBSTANDARD GLASS OR THE COMBINATION OF BOTH AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. SOME POSTS ON THE INTERNET HAVE REPORTED LARGE AMOUNTS OF THE GLASS ALMOST FALLING ONTO INFANTS IN REAR FACING CAR SEATS. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR SAFETY FOR PHYSICAL HARM TO PASSENGERS AND VISIBILITY SAFETY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STEAM APPEARED ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A VAPOR LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE ENGINE COOLANT HAD TO BE REPLACED EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WIDE PIPE WAS TOO NARROW AND NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WIDER PIPE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED FOR OTHER FORD VEHICLES. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

ECOBOOST, ALMOST 5 SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN A YEAR. IN JAN, MY WIFE, 3 CHILDREN & I WERE ON I-85 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN MY TRUCK STALLED. WE WENT FROM 65 MPH TO 20 & NO POWER. AN 18 WHEELER WAS BARRELING DOWN ON US & HAD TO MAKE AN AGGRESSIVE MOVE WITH HIS BRAKES LOCKED TO MISS US & THE OTHER CARS. I PULLED THE CAR THROUGH 4 LANES OF 65 MPH TRAFFIC, DOING 15-20 MPH & TURNED THE TRUCK OFF TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN. NEXT, I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN MY TRUCK STALLED OUT 3 TIMES BEFORE THE TRUCK WOULD FINALLY GO. OVER THE NEXT MONTH MY TRUCK STALLED AT LEAST 10 MORE TIMES. IN APRIL, FORD TOLD ME THAT THE ECOBOOST HAD A PROBLEM & THEY PERFORMED TSB 13-8-1, REPROGRAMED PCM & INSTALLED DEFLECTOR. I HAVEN'T NOTICE ANY POWER LOSS, BUT LOST 2 MPG FROM MY NORMAL DRIVING HABITS. IN JUNE, I MERGED INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC & MY TRUCK STALLED. 65 MPH TO IDLE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW I AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY & TURNED THE TRUCK OFF TO GET IT GOING. MY TRUCK STALLED 5 MORE TIMES BEFORE TAKING IT BACK TO FORD. IN AUGUST, MY TRUCK STALLED AT AN INTERSECTION 4 TIMES. I COMPLETELY BLOCKED TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 10 MINS. I GOT ON THE HWY & WENT 8 MILES. MY TRUCK STALLED 14 TIMES' VERY DANGEROUS. EVERY TIME I GOT THE TRUCK UP TO SPEED, IT WOULD STALL & I WOULD HAVE TO PULL IT OVER & TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTART IT. IN AUG I TOOK MY TRUCK TO FORD & THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. 2 MONTHS LATER IT WAS STALLING AGAIN. FORD TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MISFIRING & THAT THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE THE PLUG BOOTS, SPARK PLUGS & THE FUEL FILTER. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE NEXT STEP THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO. SO NOW I'M PAYING FORD TO TEST DIFFERENT THINGS & HOPE THAT SOMETHING WORKS. YESTERDAY I PULLED OUT ONTO A BUSY STREET & MY TRUCK STALLED. I WAS ALMOST T-BONED. I AM DRIVING A TIME BOMB. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS TRUCK I AM RISKING MY LIFE & EVERYONE AROUND ME.

JUST HAD MY 2012 F150 FX4 SUPER CREW APPEARANCE PACKAGE REAR WINDOW SHATTER. LAST NIGHT MY TRUCK IS SITTING ALL BY ITS SELF ON A FLAT SURFACE I HIT THE AUTOMATIC START AS I'M WALKING OUT TO MY TRUCK IT'S ABOUT 22 DEG F OUT I HEAR THIS LOUD POP DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS THEN IN THE MORNING I NOTICED MY RIGHT REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. HOPEFULLY FORD WILL COVER THIS IF NOT THERE'S A CHANCE MY AFTERMARKET WARRANTY WILL OR I WILL FILE A COLLISION CLAIM THROUGH MY INSURANCE. THE SEAMES TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND FORD SHOULD TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECT IT. I LOVE MY F150 HAVE HAD IT SINCE BRAND NEW IT'S BEEN GREAT UP UNTIL NOW BESIDES THE RADIO MODULAR NEED REPLACED WHEN IT WAS JUST OVER A YEAR OLD. WARRANTY TOOK CARE OF THAT NO PROBLEM.