2014 FORD F-150 Complaints

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND THE PASSENGER SEAT IS OCCUPIED WITH AN ADULT PASSENGER WHO IS SEATED PROPERLY AND WEARING SEATBELT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF LIGHT OCCASIONALLY COMES ON AND WILL STAY ON FOR DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES SOMETIMES MINUTES OR AN ENTIRE TRIP BEFORE TURNING ITSELF BACK ON. WE HAVE BROUGHT THE ISSUE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND ON BOTH OCCASIONS WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY TESTED THE SYSTEM AND THAT IT IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WE HAVE ALSO HAD A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR WHERE THE TIRE WAS VISIBLY LOW, AND WHEN CHECKED WAS OVER 15 LBS LOW SOMETIMES 20 LBS BUT THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING NEVER CAME ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WITH THE SAME TIRE SENSOR AND EACH TIME WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS PURCHASED THROUGH AND EACH TIME WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THE SENSORS ARE WORKING PROPERLY. YET I HAVE HAD THE REAR TIRE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BE LOW 5 LBS AND THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS LOW. THE TIRE STATES 44LBS AS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR MAXIMUM INFLATION, THEY ARE THE PROPER TIRES FOR THE VEHICLE, AND 25 PERCENT WOULD BE AT LEAST 11 LBS LOW IS MY UNDERSTANDING. YET WHEN I ASKED IF THERE IS A CERTAIN LOSS OF PRESSURE THAT WE SHOULD BE INFORMED BY WE WERE TOLD NO THAT SOME TIRES MIGHT JUST SENSE IT SOONER THAN OTHER BUT THAT THEY WERE ALL WORKING PROPERLY. WE JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS AS WE HOPE THAT THESE SYSTEMS WILL FUNCTION PROPERLY IF THEY ARE NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

STEERING WHEEL SWITCH CONTROLS (CRUISE CONTROL, RADIO, BLUE TOOTH FUNCTIONS) BECOME ERRATIC AND SWITCH FUNCTIONS BECOME JUMBLED (IE. ACTIVATING THE RADIO VOLUME CONTROL SWITCH MAY CHANGE THE RADIO STATION OR INCREASE VEHICLE SPEED). PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, BUT DID OCCUR DURING A DEALER SERVICE VISIT. THE DEALER REPLACED SWITCH PACK, BUT PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I CONDUCTED MY OWN RESEARCH AND FOUND OTHER F150 OWNERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. SOME HAVE BEEN SOLVED WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STEERING COLUMN CLOCK SPRING. WITH THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF WHEN THIS ISSUE PRESENTS ITSELF I HAVE RESORTED TO NEVER USING THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE DUE TO THE RISK OF UNINTENDED SPEED CHANGES. WHILE THE REMAINING ISSUES ARE INCONVENIENT, I WOULD NOT CLASSIFY THEM AS DANGEROUS. THE CLOCK SPRING ISSUE APPEARS TO BE COMMON ENOUGH TO WARRANT A MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. FOR THOSE USING THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE ARE AT AN INCREASED RISK OF AN INADVERTENT ACTIVATION WHICH MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE DEATH. REFER TO THE FOLLOWING UTUBE LINK FOR A DEMONSTRATION OF THE ISSUE. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=C1OFG0-QOVI

PUT THE REAR DEFROSTER ON FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. STARTED TO DRIVE DOWN MY ROAD HEARD A POP SOUND. STOPPED LOOKED IN REAR, DRIVERS SIDE SECTION OF WINDOW WAS SHATTERED (SLIDER). THANK GOD MY GRANDCHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE BACK SEAT.

AFTER TURNING ON THE REAR DEFROSTER FOR ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES THE RIGHT REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. (IF LOOKING FROM BEHIND ITS THE FAR RIGHT OUT OF THE 3 PART WINDOW. ) ITURNED IT ON AND DROVE ON A STRAIGHT ROAD FOR 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE AT APROX 35 MPH. WE HEARD A LOUD POP/BANG AND LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND THE SHATTERED WINDOW. NO PUNCTURE MARK OR HOLE FROM ANY OBJECT HITTING IT. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO REVIEWS AND NEWS ARTICLES AS THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE DEFROSTER OVER HEATING. LUCKILY IT STAYED IN THE WINDOW SO WE DO NOT HAVE GLASS EVERY WHERE BUT IT COULD FLY OUT EVERY WHERE AT ANY SECOND. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN THE BACK.

LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE MOVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. POWER STEERING RETURNS AND FAILS OFF AND ON REPEATEDLY. VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT INCLUDE THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. STEERING ALSO FAILS ON CITY STREETS AND COMES OFF AND ON WITH NO DEFINED PATTERN. MUST BE MAN HANDLED TO BE STEERED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND WHILE IDLING, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

2014 F150 ECOBOOST LOST POWER BRAKE ASSIST AT 70 MPH. RECENTLY HAD MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED UNDER RECALL PROGRAM. DEALER CAN NOT FIND ANY ISSUE WITH BRAKES. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN TO LOSE ABILITY TO STOP TRUCK, NO ISSUE PRIOR TO RECALL REPLACEMENT. PEDAL BECAME HARD AND REQUIRED 2 FEET TO BRING TRUCK TO STOP. CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AND BRAKE IDIOT LIGHT. HAD TOWED TO DEALER. UNABLE TO FIND AN ISSUE.

TAKATA RECALL. STARTED VEHICLE WITH REMOTE START GOT IN THE VEHICLE STARTED DRIVING AND LOOKED AND SEEN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. LOOKED ON ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS SIMILAR ISSUES AND IT WAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE PANEL WINDOW SHATTERED. PRIOR TO THE ISSUE, THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

WHILE PULLING A TRAILER AFTER 100 MILE TRIP DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY, MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKES STOPPED WORKING . AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER IVE LEARNED THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR IS INFERIOR, CAUSING CAVITATION. IN OTHER WORDS THE FLUID OVER HEATS AND CAUSES PUMP FAILURE.