2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (70 MPH). ENGINE WENT INTO SAFE MODE. SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRED IN THE PAST (01/04/2013). REPAIR WAS PERFORMED UNDER TSB 13-8-1 AND PREVIOUSLY UNDER TSB12-10-19 (INCIDENT 01/04/2013). CORRECTIVE ACTION BOTH TIMES WAS TO INSTALL AIR DEFLECTOR PLATE AND REPLACE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOR BOTH OCCURRENCES. FORD SAYS THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS ON THE 6 CYLINDER ECOBOOST ENGINE AFTER DRIVING EXTENDED DISTANCES AT PROLONGED HIGHWAY SPEED. IF I HAD BEEN TOWING MY RV TRAILER AT EITHER TIME, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. MY ISSUE IS THAT TWO TSB'S HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY FORD FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE REQUIRED FIXES ARE IDENTICAL BUT NOT SURE IF THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE ANYMORE. I SUGGEST FORD ISSUE A RECALL FOR ALL ECOBOOST POWERED VEHICLES.

WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN THE VEHICLE MAKES A KIND OF MOANING SOUND. AT FIRST WE WERE TOLD IT MIGHT BE THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS GOING OUT BUT WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC STEERING GEAR WHICH WOULD COST US $1645 TO FIX. THIS IS A 2012 VEHICLE THAT GETS REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE, IS DRIVEN TO AND FROM WORK AND ON HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES. THERE'S NO REASON THIS SHOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED AFTER LESS THAN THREE YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT WITH THIS SYSTEM AND FORD IS RECALLING THEIR 2014 F150'S DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I THINK THEY NEED TO EXPAND THEIR RECALL TO INCLUDE 2012'S. *TR

ENGINE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY A BIG WRENCH CAME UP ON THE SCREEN WHERE THE MPG AND STUFF ARE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED DUE TO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. *TR

DRIVING AT 5 MPH RAINING OUT AND ENGINE SHUT OFF FOR ABOUT 10 SEC. NOW ENGINE HESITATION WHEN PASSING OR JUST TAKING OFF. *TR

DIFFERENTIAL LOCK ACTIVATES BY IT'S SELF. LIGHT COMES ON INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOWING REAR AXLE LOCKED. REAR AXLE LOCKS UP AT SPEEDS BELOW 20 MPH. IF STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR SIGN YOUR REAR WHEELS WILL DRAG AS IF THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED. IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. IF GOING OVER 20 MPH SOME TIMES THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MESSAGE CENTER LIGHTS UP AND SAYS YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN BELOW 20 MPH TO APPLY REAR DIFFERENTIAL LOCK. HAPPENS MOSTLY IN 2WD. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR OVER 6,000 MILES. CAN BE ON DRY PAVEMENT OR ROUGH SURFACE. HAVE NOTICED THAT THE 4WD MODE SWITCH ON DASH WILL SEEM LOOSE AND THE KNOB WILL PULL OUT IF YOU HIT A ROUGH ROAD SURFACE. I HAVE REPLACED THE MODE SWITCH AT MY EXPENSE (1) TIME AT MY EXPENSE P/N CL3Z-14B166-EA. DEALER AND FORD STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PROBLEM. THIS CAUSES VEHICLE TO LOOSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH OBD CIRCUIT AND SEVERAL OTHER MODULES. NOT ALLOWING SYSTEM TO DOWNLOAD CODES OR TO UPDATE PARAMETERS. *TR

2012 F150 ECOBOOST ENGINE.LOSS OF POWER AND TRUCK SHUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING AT HIGHWAY SPEED FROM POSSIBLE MISFIRING. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALSO, BUT TURNED OFF SOON AFTER EVENT. TOOK TO DEALER TO CHECK, DEALER SAID TO CHANGE SPARK PLUGS AND BOOTS. DEALER DID NOT MENTION PREVIOUS OR CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHICH LOCATED SEVERAL CODES; HOWEVER, THE CODES DID NOT RELATE TO THE STALLING FAILURE. THE DEALER CHECKED THE ENGINE OIL FOR OIL SLUDGE, BUT THE ENGINE OIL WAS NORMAL AND THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

I WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY (I-95) WAITING OUT A HEAVY RAINSTORM. UPON PULLING BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY, MY TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, LOST POWER, SHOOK AND ALMOST STALLED OUT..I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW. THE FIRST TIME WAS JAN -14 UNDER THE SAME LOCATION AND CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO APPROACH TRAFFIC ONTO THE INTERSTATE. I WAS APPROACHING HIGHWAY SPEEDS AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH AND LOSS POWER TO THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO SWERVE ONTO THE MEDIAN TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH AN 18 WHEELER. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME. *TR

AFTER DRIVING IN RAINING CONDITIONS FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS, I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN I ACCELERATED, MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY. BECAUSE OF THIS, I NEARLY CAUSE A MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENT DO TO MY INABILITY TO CONTROL MY TRUCKS RAPIDLY REDUCING SPEED. THE SAME ISSUE OR TYPE OF ISSUE OCCURRED IN LATE AUGUST OF 2013 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. UPON ACCELERATION ATTEMPT, THE ENGINE REDUCED POWER, FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. A FORD DEALERSHIP COMPLETED TSB-13-8-1, HOWEVER, IT WAS RELUCTANTLY DONE AS NO CODE WOULD VERIFY A PROBLEM. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, WHO ONCE I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING, TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE TSB-13-8-1 PERFORMED. I MENTIONED IT HAD BEEN PERFORMED AND WAS TOLD THAT UNLESS A CODE COULD VERIFY A PROBLEM, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM, WITH MANY OCCURRENCES. THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED IF SOMEONE DOESN'T CORRECT THE ISSUE. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE "CREATED" BY A MECHANIC TO, IT ONLY HAPPENS IN REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS. IS THERE SOMETHING SOMEONE CAN DO TO MAKE FORD RESEARCH, IDENTIFY AND CORRECT THIS ISSUE BEFORE EVEN ONE DEATH? *TR