2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

REAR DEFROSTER STOPPED FUNCTIONING. FORTUNATELY FOR ME THE REAR WINDOW DID NOT BLOW OUT AS HAS HAPPENED WITH OTHER F150'S AS LISTED IN "GLASSBYTES.COM". MANY SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE A GUN SHOT. THIS SITE ALSO HAS A SERVICE RECORD STATING THAT SOME F150'S REAR DEFROSTERS WILL NOT WORK FOR YEARS 2010 - 2013. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAID I WOULD NEED THE REAR WINDOW REPLACED. SINCE I WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR MILEAGE, BUT NOT FOR THE TIME, FORD SAID THEY WOULD COVER $600 OF THE APPROXIMATE $1200 COST. I TOLD THEM THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE MY REAR WINDOW COULD HAVE BLOWN OUT LIKE OTHERS HAVE. THERE IS A PICTURE ON THE INTERNET THAT SHOWS THE WINDOW TEMPERATURE AT 140 DEGREES ON ONE VEHICLE. FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO TURN OFF COMPLETELY AFTER USE. AT TIMES TURN ON BY THEMSELVES. BOTH PROBLEMS OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. ACT SIMILAR TO INTERMITTENT MODE, BUT TIMING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. ONLINE SEARCH FOR ISSUE REVEALED NUMEROUS OTHER VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM, MOST CAUSED BY THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE WIPERS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND REPLACED AT MY COST. DEALER NOTES INCLUDED "KNOWN ISSUE".

THERE WERE SEVERAL CODES OF SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND SEVERAL TIMES THAT A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW RACK AND STEERING MODULE.

WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED WITH A FOOT ON THE BRAKE, AND THEN PUT INTO GEAR, THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSES COMPLETELY AND THE ABS SYSTEM THEN KICKS IN TO ASSIST IN STOPPING. THE RESULT WAS THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM'S VACUUM PUMP, WHICH ALSO BLEW THE FUSE FOR IT. UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE DEALER REPLACED THE VACUUM PUMP, ALTHOUGH NOT THE FUSE WHICH CAUSED A SUBSEQUENT TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP AS THE PROBLEM DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.

I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A RAIN OR HUMIDITY PROBLEM WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINES. THIS HAS HAPPEN ON AND OFF FROM NEW AND NOW SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. WITH A FAMILY OF 6, I WILL BE REPLACING THIS VEHICLE AS SOON AS FINANCES ALLOW.

PUT TRUCK IN DRIVE WENT TO APPLY BRAKE PEDAL AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES, TRUCK KEPT ROLLING. VERY DANGEROUS, THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP, THANKFULLY I WASN'T GOING FAST WHEN THIS HAPPENED. INCIDENT HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE, WENT TO FORD GARAGE TO EVALUATE ISSUE, THEY CONCLUDED ELECTRIC VACUUM PUMP AT FAULT.

BRAKES APPLIED TO STOP, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, VEHICLE INCREASED, BRAKES COULDN'T WORK HAD TO TURN KEY OF TO STOP ENGINE.

LOSS OF BRAKE PEDAL WHEN PARKED AT COLD START. ABLE TO EVENTUALLY PUMP BRAKE PEDAL TO ACHIEVE VEHICLE BRAKING. PROBLEM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. REPORTED TO DEALER ON 10/28/2014 BUT NO PROBLEM FOUND. REPORTED TO DEALER AGAIN ON 8/19/2015 FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

WHEN I OVER STEERED THE VEHICLE TO THE LEFT IT MADE A SQUEALING SOUND AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THERE WAS A NOTIFICATION ON THE DASH DISPLAY SAYING "STEERING ASSIST FAULT" AND "SERVICE AUTOTRACK." I WAS TOLD IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE IS NO RECALL!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED. ALSO, THE COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING RACK AND COIL SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.