2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, SIZE P275/65R/18 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,900.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WITH THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER ENGAGED, THE DEFROST WARNING INDICATOR WAS INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE DEFROSTER OFF AND BACK ON, AND THE DEFROST WARNING INDICATOR WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND THE WIRING INSIDE THE WINDOW WAS MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DEFROST WIRING SHORTED OUT WHICH CAUSED THE WINDOW TO SHATTER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 09/10/15*LJ

DRIVING AT 70 MPH AND TRIED TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL TO TAKE VEHICLE OFF CRUISE CONTROL. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS SO FIRM THAT I COULDN'T PUSH IT, ALMOST LIKE THE BRAKES WERE FROZEN. VERY SCARY SITUATION ON SNOWY ROADS AND 70 MPH. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN IT WAS COLD. SINCE THEN THE BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. NOW WHEN I START THE VEHICLE, I HAVE TO WAIT SEVERAL SECONDS FOR VACUUM TO BUILD UP BEFORE THE PEDAL SOFTENS UP. THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP BEHIND THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLAMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND PROBLEM STILL EXIST.

AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD LIKE THERE WAS NO POWER ASSIST. IT ONLY HAPPENED PERIODICALLY AND I ASSUMED MY BRAKES WERE GETTING OLD. BRAKES WERE REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED AT TIMES. IT IS NOW HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ELECTRIC VACUUM PUMP INVESTIGATION AND IT SOUNDS LIKE EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. HAVE NOT HAD IT CHECKED OUT PROFESSIONALLY. I LOOKED AT IT AND IT APPEARS THERE IS CORROSION HAPPENING INSIDE THE PLASTIC BODY. DATES AND MILEAGE NOTED APPROXIMATE AS I DID NOT DOCUMENT IT.

ENGINE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ENGINE STARTED SHAKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND WAS VERY WET. AFTER PULLING OFF TURNED OF ENGINE FOR APPROX 15 MINUTES. STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS.

OCCASIONALLY, UPON INITIAL STARTUP OF VEHICLE, THE POWER BRAKES WOULD FAIL TO ENGAGE, RESULTING IN EXTREME FORCE BEING NECESSARY ON BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOWLY BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP OVER SEVERAL FEET. THIS HAS RESULTED IN NEAR - HITS OF OTHER VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY, BASKETBALL POLE, CAMPER, AND HOUSE. FORTUNATELY NO IMPACTS WERE RECORDED, BUT A MAJOR RISK NONETHELESS. THIS PHENOMENON DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING, AND DID NOT HAPPEN 100% OF THE TIME DURING STARTUPS, BUT WHEN IT DID IT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE A MAJOR HAZARD.

NO BRAKING WHILE BACKING OUT OF GARAGE. HEARD ABS MOTOR ENGAGE WHILE PUSHING ON BRAKE PEDAL. TOOK THREE 'PUMPS' ON PEDAL FOR NORMAL BRAKING TO RETURN. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED BRAKE VACUUM PUMP ASSEMBLY UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM HAS RETURNED AS OF 06-24-2015.

24,991MI: MISFIRE WHEN ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER REPORTED NO PROBLEM FOUND, NO CODES & MADE NO REPAIRS. 29,440MI: MISFIRE WHEN ACCELERATING & GOING UP & DOWN HILLS SPECIFICALLY WHEN IN 4,5, 6 GEAR DURING BOTH FLAT & INCLINED HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS WAS WHILE PULLING AN 8000LB TRAILER. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER FOUND MISFIRE IN #1 & 4 AND REPLACED COILS & PLUGS IN #1 & #4 ONLY. TEST DRIVE STILL SHOWED MISFIRE, THEN REPLACED TURBO BOOST PRESSURE SENSOR. I WAS TOLD THAT MOISTURE HAD DAMAGED THE PLUGS & SENSOR. 35,214MI: MISFIRE WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP, DURING NORMAL ACCELERATION AND GOING UP HILLS.NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER REPLACED THE DRIVERS SIDE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BECAUSE IT WAS WARPED. 37,164MI: MISFIRE WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP, DURING NORMAL ACCELERATION & GOING UP HILLS. I SAW THIS IN ACCELERATION CONDITIONS FROM 10-60MPH WITHOUT TOWING A TRAILER. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DEALER REPORTED NO PROBLEM FOUND, NO CODES & MADE NO REPAIRS. 38,577MI: REPEATED SEVERE MISFIRES WHILE GOING UP MODERATE INCLINES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON (FIRST TIME THIS EVER HAPPENED) & I HAD A REDUCTION IN POWER, COULD NOT GET OUT OF 3RD GEAR & MY SPEED DROPPED FROM 65MPH TO 50MPH. AFTER REPAIR HAD MODERATE MISFIRES DURING MAJOR INCLINES WHILE TOWING A TRAILER BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. 39,000MI: WHILE TOWING A TRAILER, EXPERIENCED SERIES OF MODERATE TO SEVERE MISFIRES IN WAVES BE OK FOR AN HOUR & THEN GO INTO A SERIES OF MISFIRES FOR 3-10 MINUTES. SOME WERE ON HILLS, SOME WERE ON FLAT HIGHWAY DRIVING. I HAD 5 OCCURRENCES WHERE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DURING THIS DRIVE. 3 OF THESE WERE DURING A HILL CLIMB WHERE I HAD A POWER REDUCTION & LOST SPEED. VEHICLE STAYED IN 3RD GEAR. WHEN I WOULD GET A SERIES OF SEVERE MISFIRES, MISFIRES WERE SO SEVERE (WITHOUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON), THAT I COULD HEAR & FEEL THE TURBO KICK OFF & ON..

NOISY ELECTRONIC VACUUM PUMP ISSUE. AT APROX 45,000 MILES I NOTICED A NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE FIRST TIME IT WOULD NOT MAKE THE NOISE. THE SECOND TIME IT MADE THE NOISE IT MADE THE NOISE. I WAS ADVISED I NEEDED A NEW VACUUM PUMP. I WAS ALSO ADVISED IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY BECAUSE MY TRUCK WAS OVER 3 YEARS OLD AND OVER 36000 MILES. HOWEVER WHILE RESEARCHING THIS MATTER I FIND THERE HAS BEEN AND ISSUE WITH THE VACUUM PUMP ON SEVERAL FORD VEHICLES. I BELIEVE SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE CARE OF ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ISSUE. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. MY COST OF REPAIR IS $724.27

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR MY SON IN DECEMBER 2012. WE TOOK A TRIP TO ALABAMA ON THE SATURDAY FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE. THE TRUCK HAD PROBLEMS STALLING, MISFIRIING, AND NOT BRAKING IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 TIMES. IT IS IN THE SHOP AGAIN TODAY FOR THE MISFIRING/STALLING. THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD MY SON THAT HIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN THE SHOP TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WE STILL HAVE ALL THE SERVICE PAPERWORK TO DISPEL THAT REMARK, THIS VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 24,000 MILES ON IT. THE FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRES IN DECEMBER AND HAS STILL NOT BEEN FIXED. IT DOES NOT JUST STALL IN RAINY OR VERY HUMID CONDITIONS AS STATED BY FORD IN THEIR RESPONSE TO THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION. THEY HAVE REPLACED SPARK PLUGS TWICE, UPDATED SOFTWARE, PUT A HEAT SHIELD IN FRONT OF THE INTER-COOLER. NONE OF THESE THINGS HAVE WORKED. THE SHIELD IN FRONT OF THE INTER-COOLER DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE INTER-COOLER BY NOT ALLOWING IT TO COOL AS INTENDED. IT RAISES THE TEMPERATURE IN THE INTERCOOLER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE LESS CONDENSATION. MY SON BELIEVES THE INTER-COOLER HAS A DESIGN FLAW. HE THINKS THAT THE AIR RETURN FROM THE INTER-COOLER TO THE ENGINE BEING ON THE BOTTOM ALLOWS MORE CONDENSATION TO BE SUCKED BACK INTO THE ENGINE. IF IT WERE ON THE TOP, MORE OF THE CONDENSATION WOULD STAY IN THE BOTTOM AND NOT RETURNED BACK TO THE ENGINE. THERE IS AN AFTER MARKET FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE AND I BELIEVE FORD MOTOR COMPANY DOES NOT WANT TO SPEND THE KIND OF MONEY THAT IT WILL TAKE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM CORRECTLY. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY UNDER ANY CONDITIONS. IF IT DOES NOT, IT IS FLAWED. I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO PURCHASE THE REPLACEMENT INTER-COOLER OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. I'VE INCLUDED ALL THIS INFORMATION IN THE EVENT THAT IT HELPS OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.