2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

WHILE I WAS WARMING MY F 150 IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR DEPARTURE TO WORK, I HEARD VERY VERY LOUD THUMP SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR WINDOW. ASSUMING MAYBE I OPENED MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR TO FAR AND WIDE UPON GETTING IN, THAT MAY HAVE MADE THE THUMP SOUND. BUT AS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, AND PROCEEDED A HALF MILE DOWN THE STREET, I NOTICE TINY SMALL SPIDER FRAGMENTS ON THE RIGHT END OF THE 3 PANEL REAR WINDOW. I FIRST ASSUMED IT WAS MIST DROPPING FROM THE WINDOW BUT ALL THE OTHER WINDOWS ON THE TRUCK WERE DRY & CLEAR. SO I PULLED OVER TO GET OUT TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT WAS TRULY CRACKED AND DAMAGED. AND YES INDEED!!! IT WAS THE REAR RIGHT SIDE PANEL WINDOW DAMAGED. I REMEMBERED THE VERY LOUD THUMP SOUND THAT OCCURRED FIVE MINUTES AGO AND SAW THAT MY DEFROST WAS LIGHT FLICKING AND NOW I REALIZE THAT THE REAR DEFROST MUST HAVE A DEFECT, BECAUSE I NEVER EXPERIENCE THIS EVER BEFORE ON ANY OTHER VEHICLES I OWNED AND CONSIDERING I ONLY HAVE LESS THAN 37000 MILES THERE MUST BE A MAJOR DEFECT WITH THE F150 REAR PANEL WINDOWS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE FORD F-150 PLEASE CONTACT ME BECAUSE THIS IS UNSAFE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE SMALL CHILDREN, OR ANY PASSENGERS SITTING IN THE REAR. I'M JUST THANKFUL THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE REAR. THE COST TO REPAIR IS EXTREMELY COSTLY CONSIDERING THAT THE ENTIRE REAR PANEL WINDOW HAS TO BE REPLACE, THIS ISN'T FAIR TO THE CONSUMERS.

WHEN DRIVING IN HUMID OR WHEN MOISTURE IS PRESENT SUCH AS RAIN OR MIST THE ENGINE SHUDDER, SHAKES, MISSES AND EVEN SHUTS DOWN WHEN QUICKLY ACCELERATING. I HAVE HAD THE ENGINE COMPLETELY LOOSE POWER WHEN MERGING ONTO FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ONCE WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SAID THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED REPLACED. OF COURSE I DIDN'T DRIVE IN HUMID OR RAINING ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS AGAIN UNTIL THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AT LEAST 4 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW. ALMOST CRASHED TWICE WHEN PASSING OR MERGING WHEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE DATE ENTERED BELOW WAS THE LAST TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. FIRST TIME WAS MARCH 2013 WHEN VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 16,000 MILES.

I STARTED MY 2012 F-150 AND ACTIVATED THE FRONT AND REAR DEFROSTERS. WHILE IDLING IN A DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP, LOOKED AROUND AND REALIZED MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDSHIELD PANEL HAD SHATTERED SPIDER WEB STYLE. LUCKILY I TURNED OFF THE DEFROSTER IN TIME AND WAS ABLE TO DUCT TAPE THE BROKEN WINDOW. UNFORTUNATELY, TINY SPLINTERS OF GLASS WERE ALREADY ON MY REAR PASSENGER SEAT, AND I GOT SOME IN MY HANDS FROM TAPING IT UP. THANK GOD NOBODY WAS SITTING IN THAT SEAT. TEMPERATURE WAS LOW 40S, I WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF A SLIGHT FROST.

UPON HARD ACCELARATION THE ENGINE WILL BEGIN TO SHUDDER, VIBRATE, AND MISFIRE. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS RAINING. *JS

I TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON MY TRUCK, SWITCH LIGHT BLINKED SEVERAL TIMES,AND THEN STAYED ON, A FEW MINUTES LATER A LOUD EXPLOSION FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE HAPPENED, SOUNDED LIKE A GUN WENT OFF INSIDE CAB! REAR ,RIGHT SIDE GLASS PANEL WAS SHATTERED. THANK GOD NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS IN THE LANE NEXT TO ME! I SWERVED OUT OF REACTION THINKING SOMEONE HAD SHOT A GUN AT ME. I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY,NIGHTTIME, AND OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 31 DEGREES. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,415.

20,484 MILES ON TRUCK. 10/18/15 RPM'S INCREASE BUT DOESNT SHIFT INTO NEXT GEAR. 10/19/15 ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER FOUND NO CODE, SENT BACK TO ME. 11/17&11/22 DRIVER SEAT LOST MEMORY. 11/28/15 RPM REVED WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED RPM'S WERE STILL INCREASING. 12/2 BROUGHT TO DEALER NO CODE ON DIAGNOSIS, SENT OUT AGAIN WITHOUT TROUBLESHOOTING 20,900 MILES ON TRUCK. 12/8/15 RPM'S REVED DIDNT GO INTO GEAR. 12/8/15 1HR AFTER PRIOR FAILURE, TRIED TO LEAVE DRIVEWAY AND 2 ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE DRIVE IT WOULDNT MOVE PUT TRUCK IN REVERSE THEN PROCEEDED TO PUT IN DRIVE, STUCK IN 1ST GEAR FOR 2 BLKS. 12/10/15 MY 5YR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER AND I DROVE 4 BLOCKS BEFORE TRUCK SHIFTED TO 2ND GEAR. 12/11/15 TRUCK DID NOT SEEM TO BE RUNNING RIGHT HEARD A CLUNK UPON LEAVING PRK LOT GOT ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND TRUCK FAILED TO SHIFT, WRENCH ON DASHED SHOWED AND WENT AWAY, DASH INFO HAD LINES ACROSS INSTEAD OF MPG AND AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, DEALER WAS ON MY WAY, THIS TIME CODE SHOWED AND WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I ENDED UP DRIVING THIS VEHICLE 500 MILES IWITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILING HERE AND THERE UNTIL A CODE SHOWED. THIS CAUSED A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION TO ALL ON THE ROAD AND MUCH UNNEEDED STRESS. I AM VERY CONCERNED WHAT OTHER COMPONENTS HAVE PREMATURE WEAR DUE TO CONTINUING TO DRIVE MY TRUCK IN THIS CONDITION. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED VSC FROM DEALER BUT UNSURE WHAT IT COVERS SO FORD WILL NOT OFFER EXTENDED WARRENTY, ONLY OFFERING OIL CHANGES. I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO GO THROUGH THIS SAME DANGEROUS SITUATION. PLEASE ACT ON THIS BEFORE DEATHS START OCCURING. AFTER READING UP ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER, THE SYMTOMS MY TRUCK EXPERIENCED WERE EXACT ALONG WITH THE TRUCK INCREASING RPM'S ALTHOUGH BRAKE WAS APPLIED. INSTINCT IS YOU DONT CONTINUE DRIVING A VECHILE THAT DOESNT SHIFT EVEN DUE TO LIKELYHOOD OF OTHER COMPONENTS FAILING AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN TRAFFIC.

TAKATA RECALL. I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2012 F150 FX4. WHILE DRIVING ON A SECONDARY HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55MPH I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. UPON IMMEDIATE INSPECTION I FOUND THE REAR WINDOW BEHIND THE DRIVER HAD SHATTERED INTO A THOUSAND PIECES.

EACH MORNING, WHEN I PULL THE TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE BRAKES SOMETIMES DO NOT WORK. SOMETIMES, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THE TRUCK. I HEARD IT MIGHT BE A VACUUM ISSUE, BUT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, SUMMER WINTER, ETC. TRUCK WAS STATIONARY TO BEGIN WITH. THE BRAKES SOMETIMES MAKE A LOUD NOISE, AS WELL. IT'S HAPPENED EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT, LAST YEAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED AND SHATTERED WHILE THE DEFROSTER WAS ACTIVATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROSTER PREVIOUSLY FUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,900.