2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

WAS PREPARING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHUDDER AND BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN..LEAVING ME HUNG OUT IN TRAFFIC.I BACKED OFF OF THE GAS AND IT BEGAN TO RUN CORRECTLY.THIS WAS A SCARY INCIDENT. TRUCK HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES BUT I AM VERY CAREFUL WHEN I TRY TO PASS. FORD SAYS THEY HAVE A FIX BUT I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT I DID NOT DESIGN OR SELL THIS TRUCK FORD DID THEY SHOULD CORRECT. *TR

AT A STOPLIGHT I ACTIVATED THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS I HEARD A SHARP LARGE CRACKING SOUND. UPON INVESTIGATION I FOUND THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED BUT STILL IN PLACE. NO SIGNS OF CHIPS FROM INSIDE VEHICLE OR OUTSIDE WERE SEEN BEFORE THE INCIDENT. AFTER GETTING BACK INSIDE THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS INOPERABLE. *TR

WHEN YOU PRESS THE THROTTLE PEDAL TO PASS THE VEHICLE HAS A SLIGHT ACCELERATION AND THEN SHAKES, SHUDDERS AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. I NEED TO COAST FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS BEFORE THE SYSTEM RECOVERS AND THE TRUCK ACCELERATES. THIS HAPPENS ALL SUMMER LONG PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME I NEED TO PASS. MY FORD DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE APPLIED THE SERVICE BULLETINS BUT THAT DOES NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IN YOUR INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER IT IS STATED THAT FORD SAYS YOU CAN STILL ACCELERATE I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE WITH MY TRUCK. I SHOULD NOTE THAT MOST OF THE TIME I AM PULLING AN 18' FISHING BOAT THAT WEIGHTS ABOUT 3000 LBS. ON AT LEAST SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NOW WHILE ON VACATION I HAVE BEEN IN A LONG STRING OF TRAFFIC BEHIND EITHER MOTOR HOMES OR LOGGING TRUCKS THAT COULD NOT GO HIGHWAY SPEED, I PULL OUT TO PASS THEM STEP ON THE GAS, IT SHAKES, SHUDDERS AND THERE I SIT IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE, MEANWHILE THE STRING OF VEHICLES BEHIND ME HAVE CLOSED THE GAP, I CANNOT PULL BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND I CANNOT ACCELERATE TO GET IN FRONT OF THEM. I END UP JUST SLOWLY MOVING BACK TO THE RIGHT HOPING THE OTHER VEHICLES WILL BACK OFF AND MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, THEN COMES THE BLASTING OF THEIR HORNS AND SHAKING OF THEIR FISTS WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY PASS ME. I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE. FORD SPECIFICALLY MARKETS THIS ECOBOOST ENGINE BASED ON IT'S TORQUE FOR TOWING TO PEOPLE THAT NEED A TRUCK FOR TOWING BUT YOU CANNOT USE ANY OF THAT TORQUE ALL SUMMER LONG AND I AM PULLING A BOAT THAT IS ONLY AT ONE THIRD OF THE TOWING CAPACITY. *TR

WHILE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ACCELERATING, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND LOSE POWER. I TOOK IT IN TO THE SHOP AFTERWARDS AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE ALL SPARK PLUGS AND 1 IGNITION COIL. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS, I FOUND OUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ON SEVERAL 2011 - 2013 MODEL ECO BOOST. PLEASE FORCE A RECALL, AS I DO NOT FEEL I NEED TO PAY FOR SOMETHING FORD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE INTERSTATE THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR GLASS (JUST MIRROR ITSELF WITH BLACK BACK SUPPORT) SLUMPED PARTIALLY DETACHING ITSELF FROM THE MIRROR ADJUSTMENT MOUNT MAKING IT UNUSABLE TO VIEW THE DRIVER SIDE SIDE REAR VIEW. *TR

EACH TIME WE TAKE OFF AND COME TO COMPLETE STOP WE FEEL, WHAT IS BEST CHARACTERIZED AS, A SLIGHT BUMP. VEHICLE JUMPS SLIGHTLY AT TAKE OFF AND AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT WAS BARELY NOTICEABLE AT 34,000 MILES BUT HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY WITH 41,604 MILES ON VEHICLE. WE CALLED DEALER WHOM SOLD US THE VEHICLE (LADE FORD IN FRANKSTON TEXAS). I BEGAN TO DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM AND IMMEDIATELY "[XXX]" DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM IN DETAIL AND STATED IS A PROBLEM WITH FORD F150S. HE ADDED THAT SPLINES WERE AT FAULT AND WERE PART OF THE POWER TRAIN BUT WERE NOT COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

FOR THE FOURTH TIME, MY 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOSTED ENGINE STALLED OR SHUTTERED WHEN HAULING A LOAD (TRAILER OR HEAVY BED LOAD) IN A HIGH HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT. I WAS PULLING A U-HAUL TRAILER BEHIND MY TRUCK AND IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY. WHEN I PUNCHED THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE, THE ENGINE STALLED, SPUTTERED, AND NEARLY SHUT DOWN. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, THEN TURNED OFF ONCE THE ENGINE HAD CLEARED WHAT FELT LIKE CONDENSATION, AND RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATING MODE. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN (FOR THE 4TH TIME), THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE OF AWARE OF A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE INTERCOOLER ON 2011-2013 TURBOCHARGED VEHICLES, BUT SINCE THEY COULD NOT VERIFY THE DEFECT "CODE," FORD WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE SERVICE FIX. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AS THE SERVICE BULLETIN THAT FORD ISSUED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AS WELL. FRUSTRATED! *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM VACATION WE HAD STOPPED AND WERE GETTING BACK ONTO HIGHWAY , IT HAD BEEN RAINING ALL THE WAY AND WHEN WERE MERGING BACK ONTO HIGHWAY I ACCELERATED QUICKLY THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING LOST POWER I LIFTED OFF ACCELERATOR UNTIL THE SHAKING HAD QUIT AND THEN EASED BACK IN AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DEALER SHOWED IT AS A MISFIRE. THE CURRENT FIX FOR THIS IS TO COVER THE FIRST 6 TO 8 INCHES OF THE INTERCOOLER. *TR..UPDATED 09-24-14 *BF

USING TRUCK TO PULL APPROX. 5000 LB TRAVEL TRAILER FOR CAMPING. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 45 MINS SINCE LAST STOP, 15 MIN BATHROOM BREAK. WEATHER WAS DRIZZLE RAIN THAT HAD BEEN CONTINUOUS FOR LAST 2 HOURS OF TRIP TIME AND THERE WAS STANDING WATER ON ROADWAY. I WAS IN A 65 MPH LOCATION, FLAT ROADWAY, AND CAME UPON A SMALL CAR DOING LESS THAN 60 MPH ON THE TURNIGAN ARM AREA OF THE SEWARD HIGHWAY (2 LANE-OPPOSING TRAFFIC). IT WAS CLEAR AND I BEGAN TO PASS. AS I CLEARED THE VEHICLE I NOTICED A LARGE CLASS A RV HAD FOLLOWED ME TO PASS THE CAR. I CONTINUED AT 65-70 MPH TO FINISH PASSING AND MY TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING AND LOSING POWER AND SPEED, NO LIGHTS OR PROBLEMS SHOWN ON DASH. THE RV THAT FOLLOWED ME WAS ON MY REAR END AND TRYING TO FIT BACK INTO THE LANE WITHOUT RUNNING THE SMALL VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AS OPPOSING TRAFFIC APPROACHED. I COULD DO NOTHING BUT SIGNAL AND PULL OFF ON TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. AS I STOPPED AND PUT TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND REVVED THE ENGINE IT APPEARED FINE. I WAITED FOR A CLEARING IN TRAFFIC AND PULLED BACK IN AND ACCELERATED WITH NO PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM CORRECTED THAT QUICKLY WITH OUT ME SHUTTING IT OFF. THE TRUCK HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR THE REST OF A 250 MILE TRIP. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE ENDED UP VERY BAD AND IT SHOOK MY WIFE UP EMOTIONALLY. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ONE MORE TIME ON THE RETURN TRIP ON 9/13/14. SIMILAR WEATHER, BUT NOT QUITE AS WET. THIS TIME WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPENED I WAS IN A PASSING LANE AND HAD A SLIGHT INCLINE AND A SEMI WAS DROPPING DOWN IN SPEED AND I WENT TO PASS ACCELERATING FROM 55 TO ABOUT 65 MPH, MOVING INTO THE PASSING LANE. AS I ACCELERATED THE TRUCK HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. THIS TIME THE SITUATION WAS NOT AS DIRE AS I RECOGNIZED IT, SIGNALED, MOVED BACK INTO THE SLOW LANE AND THEN SHOULDER. OTHER THAN UPSETTING OTHER MOTORISTS AS I SLOWED DOWN NO ENDANGERMENT TO LIFE OCCURRED. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, MY VEHICLE STARTING SHUTTERING AS I CHANGED LANES TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS I ACCELERATED, THE ENGINE LOST POWER, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SHUTTER UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. *TR