2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

CPSC:I11490309A. 2012 FORD F-150. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED THE ROTORS WERE PRONE TO WEARING AND WARPING PREMATURELY CAUSING A REDUCTION IN BRAKING DISTANCE. THE DEALER FOUND THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS PITTED AND CORRODED ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE FELT A PULSATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. *JB

HAVE HAD THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW ORIGINALLY BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A KNOCK / POP/ RATTLE FELT AND HEARD THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL ONLY IN THE COLDER WEATHER , THEY REPLACED THE STEERING RACK . ALL WAS FINE UNTIL THE WARMER WEATHER HIT IN NEW ENGLAND AND 3000 MILES LATER IT CAME BACK . TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THE MECHANIC FELT THE KNOCK/POP/RATTLE AGAIN . THEY REPLACED THE RACK AGAIN .. ALL WAS FINE FOR ABOUT 3-5000 MILES AND ONCE THE REALLY HOT WEATHER HIT IT HAS COME BACK AGAIN AND DOES IT IN ALL TEMPERATURES . SO THAT IS 3 STEERING RACKS AT 3 DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES DOING THE SAME THING AND FORD HAD THE NERVE TO SAY ITS A "NORMAL " CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE . THATS IMPOSSIBLE SEEING THAT EACH STEERING RACK PERFORMS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES . ILL ALSO ADD THAT THE FEELING OF THE STEERING TIGHTENS AND LOOSENS WITH TEMPERATURE CHANGE AND WHEN ITS WINDY THE TRUCK IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY . THERE IS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT . I ALSO FIND IT FUNNY HOW THE NEW 2014 F150S HAVE HAD A RECALL ON THE STEERING ALSO. *TR

WHILE PARKED AND WARMING UP, HEATER FAN MOTOR SEIZED UP, CONTINUED TO GENERATE HEAT AND IGNITED RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE INTERIOR BURN AND TOTAL LOSS FIRE. *TR

HEAR A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION/REAR OF TRUCK AS TRUCK ACCELERATES, UPON DECELERATION AFTER AND BEFORE DOWN-SHIFTING, AND WHEN CRUISING AT A CONSTANT SPEED WHEN TRANSMISSION 'CATCHES' TO MAINTAIN SPEED. RESEARCHED AND FOUND TSB 13-6-4; TRUCK WAS MADE BETWEEN DATES AND DESCRIBES NOISE ACCURATELY - SPOKE TO FORD SERVICE CENTER AND TRUCK FITS WITHIN MANUFACTURER DATES OF TSB, BUT NOT SPECIFIC ENGINE, JUST TRANSMISSION. TOLD ISSUE WASN'T "RECALL WORTHY" BECAUSE IT ISN'T A 'SAFETY' ISSUE, BUT IF MY TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS WILL BE A 'SAFETY ISSUE'.

ON DECEMBER 19, 2014 AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, TURN SIGNAL AND POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2012 FORD F150. THIS IS AFTER THE ADVANCE TRACTION WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALER. THE FORD DEALER UPDATED AND REPROGRAMED THE ABS MODULE. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE BACK ON DECEMBER 22 THE POWER STEERING, TURN SIGNAL, AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PROBLEM REOCCURRED AS IT WAS NOT REPAIRED CORRECTLY. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER ON DECEMBER 22. THIS TIME THEY FOUND A FAULTY PSCM (POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE) THAT WAS LOSING COMMUNICATION ONCE HOT. THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY AND APPLICABLE HARDWARE. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAD 42,704 MILES WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED.

DURING HARD ACCELERATION AFTER NORMAL DRIVING VEHICLE SPUTTERS/MISFIRES HEAVILY, NO RECALL OR ADJUSTMENT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FROM FORD. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AND IS KEEPING ME FROM PULLING ANY TYPE OF PAYLOAD BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED THIS WILL OCCUR. I NOW HAVE 41,000 MILES ON VEHICLE AND IT STILL DOES IT, FORCED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK ONLY UNDER SOFT ACCELERATION. *TR

THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WHEN I WAS MERGING ONTO TWO LANES OF A INTERSTATE FROM A TWO LANE ON RAMP. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE ON RAMP AND HAD A VEHICLE ON MY RIGHT AND TWO SEMIS IN THE INTERSTATE LANES. I HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD ABOUT 45 MINUTES IN A LIGHT RAIN THE WHOLE TIME. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO GET OUT OF THE WEDGE AND GET ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND THE ENGINE BEGAN EXTREME SPUTTERING AND DECELERATING. I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID BEING SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE VEHICLE ON MY RIGHT AND THE TWO SEMIS. I HAVE SEEN FORD'S REPORT STATING IT ONLY LASTS FOR SECONDS AND THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE. THAT IS INCORRECT, DUE TO THE EXTREME SPUTTERING, MY VEHICLE HAD TO DECELERATE AND IT DID NOT CLEAR UP FOR A LEAST 2 TO 3 MILES. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NHTSA HAS DROPPED THE CASE. I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT THIS WAS A VERY NEAR MISS FOR BOTH THE NHTSA AND FORD WITH 3 PEOPLE IN VEHICLE. I ALSO SEE THAT FOR HAS TOLD THE NHTSA THAT THEY HAVE REPAIRED ALL THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. REALLY. I JUST GOT MIND FIXED TODAY AND THAT WAS AFTER IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED YESTERDAY BUT THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T PUT THE BOTTOM SHIELD ON BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE PUT ON MY VEHICLE. I THINK THE NHTSA HAS PUT ITSELF IN A BAD POSITION BY SIDING ON THIS ISSUE WITH FORD. *TR

3.5L ECOBOOST F150 BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND FAIL TO ACCELERATE WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO KEEP IT FROM CONTINUING TO SHUDDER. THIS HAS HAPPEN REPEATEDLY ON AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS! DEALERSHIP SAYS IT SHOW NO CODES FOR MISFIRES??? *TR

THIS IS THE 2ND (AND 3RD, 4TH, 5TH) INSTANCE OF A PROBLEM I ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN ODI 10659481. AGAIN, AFTER TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE FOR A FEW HOURS IN VERY LIGHT RAIN, THE ENGINE FAILED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC FROM AN ON-RAMP. THIS CREATED A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION, WITH TRAFFIC BEARING DOWN ON US FROM BEHIND AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH AND STEADY TRAFFIC ALSO IN THE LEFT LANES. UNLIKE THE EARLIER OCCURRENCE ON OCT 28, THE TRUCK DID NOT SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT (CEL) DID NOT FLASH. HOWEVER, THE TRUCK WAS NOTICEABLY VIBRATING AND VERY SLOW TO ACCELERATE TO HIGHWAY SPEED. BECAUSE FORD HAD DECLINED TO MAKE REPAIRS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT DUE TO ODB CODES REPORTEDLY NOT BEING PRESENT, I HAD PURCHASED MY OWN ODB-II SCAN TOOL. INDEED, NO CODES WERE LOGGED FOR THIS INCIDENT EITHER. ON DEC 28 I TRAVELED 550 ADDITIONAL MILES ON INTERSTATE IN STEADY RAIN. I TESTED THE ENGINE 3 SEPARATE TIMES BY ATTEMPTING SUSTAINED HARD ACCELERATION. EACH TIME THE TRUCK SHOOK AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY, THE CEL FINALLY ILLUMINATED STEADY AND MISFIRE CODES WERE LOGGED P0304, P0305 AND P0306. IN SUMMARY, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS F-150 ECOBOOST ENGINE FAILURE FIVE TIMES, BUT ODB CODES WERE NOT LOGGED ON THE FIRST TWO WHEN ATTEMPTING REAL-WORLD CRITICAL MANEUVERS. THE CODES WERE ONLY LOGGED DURING INTENTIONAL TESTING FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. I AM CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS THE SAFETY DEFECT AS DESCRIBED IN FORD TSB 13-8-1 "3.5L GTDI - INTERMITTENT STUMBLE/MISFIRE ON ACCELERATION FROM HIGHWAY CRUISE IN HUMID OR DAMP CONDITIONS". IT IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING THAT EVIDENCE OF THIS DEFECT IS NOT ALWAYS LOGGED BY THE VEHICLE COMPUTER AND CUSTOMERS ARE THEREFORE BEING DENIED THE PRESCRIBED REPAIRS. IT IS ALSO CONCERNING THAT FUEL MILEAGE HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY IMPAIRED (ABOUT 3 MPG HIGHWAY) SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. *TR

AFTER PULLING IN TO MY DRIVEWAY, ONE OF THE REAR WINDOWS ON MY F-150 SHATTERED. WHILE I WAS DRIVING, I HAD THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER ON. THE WINDOW SHATTERED SHORTLY AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND CLOSED THE DOOR. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I HAVE COME TO FIND THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON ISSUE ON F-150 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH THE REAR DEFROSTER SYSTEM AND 3-PIECE SLIDING WINDOW. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO KOONS FORD OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND AND WAS TOLD THAT WHILE IT IS A FAIRLY COMMON ISSUE, FORD WOULD LIKELY NOT COVER THE REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY, AS THEY HADN'T IN THE PAST. I WAS QUOTED $694 FOR A REPLACEMENT. LUCKILY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, LIKE IT HAS FOR MANY OTHER PEOPLE. *TR