2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKES BECAME HARD AND FAILED TO RESPOND, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A TREE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE SHUDDERED AND THE CEL CAME ON WHICH PUT MY TRUCK INTO LIMP MODE. SINCE, UNDER ANY LOAD THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND GOES INTO LIMP MODE WHEN THERE IS ANY LOAD PUT ON THE ENGINE. *TR

THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER AND MISSING AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE GAS MILEAGE HAD DECREASED OVER THE LAST FEW TIMES DRIVING. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. NOT FLASHING JUST ILLUMINATED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP THE SAME DAY AS THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND VAPOR VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN IF THESE 2012 ECOBOOST MOTORS ARE LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTED AND MOMENTS LATER, THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR WINDOW NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS TRUCK WILL ABRUPTLY DIE LOSING STEERING AND BRAKES AND HAS TO BE PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND RESTARTED. NORMALLY HAPPENS WHILE PULLING RV TRAILER HAS NOT HAPPENED RUNNING EMPTY. AFTER RESTART WILL NORMALLY RUN SEVERAL MILES BEFORE RECURRENCE. IT ALWAYS REFLECTS "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" AND SHOWS A WRENCH AT THE READ OUT. HOWEVER, WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER THERE WAS NO ENGINE CODE SO THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE AT RISK OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT EVERYTIME WE PULL THE TRAILER. THIS HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES. DEALER HAS ADVISED ME TO KEEP DRIVING TILL NEXT TIME IT OCCURS AND TO SOMEHOW TRY TO RESTART WITHOUT ERASING "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" READ OUT. I THING FOR OUR SAFETY THERE IS A LOT OF JEOPARDY IN THIS.

ECOBOOST ENGINE SPUTTERS AND LOSES POWER WHEN PASSING. ENGINE STARTS RUNNING ROUGH AND LOSES ALL POWER. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS. *TR

VERY COLD MORNING, 3/4/2012, VEHICLE STARTED BY REMOTE AT 5:30AM. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER STARTING, I WENT OUT, OPENED BOTH DRIVER SIDE DOORS, PUT MY GEAR IN THE BACK SEAT, CLOSED THE REAR DOOR, GOT IN THE DRIVER SEAT , CLOSED THE DOOR, PUT SEAT BELT ON, FOOT ON THE BRAKE, MOVED CONSOLE SHIFT LEVER TO R, WHEN A VERY LOUD BANG OCCURRED. IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN. I LOOKED AROUND BUT DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A WINDOW, BUT COULD NOT TELL WITH SALT SPRAY ON WINDOWS AND DARKNESS. I DROVE ROUGHLY 12 MILES, PICKED UP A CO-WORKER WHO GOT IN AND ASKED IMMEDIATELY WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR REAR WINDOW? I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER A SHORT TIME LATER AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT. I COULD NOT DO THAT UNTIL SATURDAY 3/8/14. WHEN THE DEALER CHECKED IT OUT, THEY SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT FORD AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE 8-10 DAYS FOR A DETERMINATION. THEY SEEMED TO BE UNAWARE OF A LARGER PROBLEM THAN JUST MY WINDOW. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE WEB, I FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT UNCOMMON IN THIS MODEL AND YEAR. ON MONDAY 3/10/14 AFTER WORK, I GOT IN MY TRUCK, ONLY TO HAVE MOST OF THE GLASS FALL OUT WHEN I CLOSED MY DOOR. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF THE DEALER HAD TAPED THE GLASS , I THOUGHT IT WAS LAMINATED. BECAUSE I NOW HAD A BIG HOLE IN WINDOW, I STOPPED AT A GLASS COMPANY, TO SEE HOW SOON THEY COULD REPLACE IT, WITH RAIN AND SNOW PREDICTED FOR MIDWEEK. WHEN THEY CALLED TO CHECK AVAILABILITY, THEY WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE NONE AVAILABLE, THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM W/ THE DRIVER'S SIDE BLOWING OUT. I BELIEVE THAT FORD HAS KNOWN THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AS EVIDENCED BY WEB BLOGS DOCUMENTING THE PROBLEM AND FORD'S DELAY OR DENIAL IN TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEMS. SOME COMPLAINTS HAVE STATED THAT CHILDREN WERE IN THE REAR SEAT AT THE TIME OF THE IMPLOSION. I WOULD THINK THAT ANYONE EXPOSED TO THE NOISE THAT IT MAKES COULD BE SUBJECT TO HEARING LOSS. RECALL ? *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO 4 LANE BYWAY VEH. LOST ALL POWER STARTED ENG MISS. THROTTLE HAD NO EFFECT, COASTED ALONG IN EMERGENCY LANE FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS. VEH STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHILE STILL MISSING FOR ABOUT 5 MORE SECONDS. 3/4 FUEL TANK. PS WAS A AUTO TECH. FOR 28 YEARS WITH U.S.P.S. *TR

TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD. GOT UP TO 55 TO 60 MPH LOST POWER TRANSMISSION STARED JERKING. POWER CAUGHT BACK UP AND LUNGED FORWARD. AT TIMES THE ENGINE STALLS AND CATCHES BACK UP. AT TIMES WHEN YOU PUT IT IN GEAR IT FEELS LIKE THE POWER TRAIN IS BUMPING AS THOUGH YOUR GETTING STUCK ARE HIT FROM BEHIND. *TR

FORD F150, 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE- WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN, VEHICLE HESITATED AND MISFIRED, WITH AN ASSOCIATED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SOME OCCASIONS AND NOT ON OTHERS. SEEMED TO HAPPEN AFTER CRUISING AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND CONTINUED TO SLOW TO 50MPH. HAD TO EASE ON THE THROTTLE TO SLOWLY ACCELERATED AFTER THE CONDITION CLEARED. VEHICLE IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR UPDATES, 3 FOR CHANGES TO THE INTERCOOLER AND THE LAST WAS FOR A CHANGE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *TR