2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, SNOW HAS ENTERED THE DRIVER CABIN THROUGH THE DASH VENTILATION SYSTEM AND BLOWN SNOW INTO THE CAB AND CAUSED MOISTURE TO FREEZE TO THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT AND SIDE WINDOWS. THE ICE FORMS IN A FEW SECONDS AND MOSTLY BLOCK FORWARD VISIBILITY AND VIEW OF THE SIDE MIRRORS. THE VEHICLE COOLANT GAUGE IS SHOWING THE TRUCK IS WARMED AND HOT AIR IS BLOWING FROM DEFROST VENTS BUT NOT CAPABLE TO MELT OR CLEAR ICE OR IMPROVE VISIBILITY, EVEN AFTER 20 MINUTES. I HAVE TO SCRAPE THE ICE WITH MY HAND TO CREATE A PEEP HOLE SO I CAN SEE. ON ONE OCCASION WHEN THE EVENT HAPPENED, THE STREETS AND LANDSCAPE WERE BLANKETED WITH WHITE SNOW AND ICE AND IT BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO FOLLOW THE ROAD AND SAFELY EXIT. I WAS SCARED I WAS GOING TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER CAR OR DRIVE/SLIDE OFF THE ROAD. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED MY TRUCK AND FOUND THE VENTILATION TO BE CLEAN (NO SNOW OR ICE BUILD UP) AND THE INTAKE SCREEN TO BE PROPERLY PLACED. PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. *TR

SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE WEATHER WAS NICE ABOUT 60 DEGREES AND CLEAR SKIES. THERE WERE NOT ANY CARS IN THE SAME VICINITY AS MY TRUCK. NOTHING HIT THE GLASS, IT JUST SHATTERED OUT OF NOWHERE.THE SOUND WAS EXTREMELY LOUD AND THE GLASS WAS PUSHED OUTWARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH LANES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND ENGAGED INTO LIMP MODE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND ONCE RESTARTED, IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. *TR

F150 ECO BOOST 2012 WILL NOT RUN RIGHT WHEN ITS DAMP OR RAINING IT SHUTTERS AND MISSES WHILE DRIVING IT FORD HAS WORKED ON IT OVER AND OVER AND IT STILL HAS THE SAME ISSUES IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY DON'T CARE. THEY TELL U WHEN U BUY IT THAT IT GET 22MPG BUT IT REALLY GET 12 TO 14 MPG THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST TRUCK I HAVE EVER OWNED. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T FIXED OR ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG WITH NO ONE VERY CLOSE TO ME AND I HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND THEN SOME AIR WHISTLING. MY SUNROOF SHATTERED. WHEN I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED, IT HAD AN UPWARD BUBBLE IN THE MIDDLE. NOTHING HIT THE TRUCK AND I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES WHEN IT HAPPENED. THEN THE GLASS STARTED TO MAKE PELLETS AND FLY OFF. WE TOOK IT TO FORD AND IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXISTING WARRANTY (CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE). HAS THIS HAPPENED TO OTHERS? IS THIS A DEFECT? THANK YOU. *TR

NOTICED ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT THE REAR DEFROST LIGHT STOPPED COMING ON WHEN I PUSHED THE BUTTON. HAD A CO-WORKER ASK ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ONE OF MY REAR WINDOWS , SAYING THAT ONE OF THE 3 WAS NOTICEABLY DARKER THAN THE OTHER 2. THE NEXT DAY, THAT WINDOW BLEW OUT INTO THE BED OF MY TRUCK. OUTSIDE TEMP ABOUT 20 DEGREES, TRUCK HAD BEEN DRIVEN SO IT WAS WARM. GOT BACK INTO THE TRUCK TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, THE WINDOW BLEW OUT. TALKED TO MY SALESMAN, HE SAID THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIS NEIGHBORS TRUCK THE WEEK BEFORE, ALSO SAME THING WITH REAR DEFROST LIGHT NOT WORKING ALL OF THE SUDDEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND IT ALSO BEGAN TO JERK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND REPROGRAMMED THE MAIN COMPUTER; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

SINCE NEW MY FUEL MILEAGE HAS BEEN DECLINING AND I WAS EXPERIENCING A SHUDDER, WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CEL). DEALER PERFORMED A TSB AND REPLACED THE CHARGED AIR COOLER AND REPROGRAMMED THE PCM. THIS LEFT ME WITH WORSE MILEAGE AND A NOTICEABLE LOSS OF POWER. THIS PROGRESSED UNTIL 1-19-14 WHERE I LOST ENGINE POWER AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUDDER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING CAR. WHEN I FLOORED IT, THE TRANS SHIFTED DOWN TO 2ND, AND THE ENGINE SHOOK AND THE TRUCK SLOWED. ONCE I LEFT MY FOOT OFF THE GAS, AND COASTED FOR 30 SECONDS, IT RETURNED TO NORMAL, UNLESS I FLOORED IT AGAIN. NO CEL WAS OBSERVED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER. THEY REPLACED ALL 6 SPARK PLUGS DUE TO FOULING. I THINK THERE IS WATER INGESTION ISSUE AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE PLUGS TO FOUL. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF I HAD BEEN IN FRONT A FAST MOVING VEHICLE, I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND GOTTEN REAR ENDED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY F150 2012 ECOBOOST ON AN ONRAMP GETTING ON TO THE FREEWAY. IT WAS RAINING, WET AND ABOUT 50 DEGREES. I ACCELERATED FROM ABOUT 35 TO 65 MPH TO CHANGE LANES AND GET IN LINE WITH TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING. THERE WAS ABOUT A MILE STRETCH WHERE THE VEHICLES POWER WAS COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE. WHEN I LET MY FOOT OFF THE GAS THE TRUCK WOULD STOP SHAKING. THIS WAS VERY SCARY AS CARS WERE BEARING DOWN ON ME FROM BEHIND AND I HAD TO GET OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE INCASE I NEEDED TO COME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE THEN SEEMED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY AND I DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES STRAIGHT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. *TR

1ST TIME HAPPENED WHEN TRYING TO PASS A BIG TRUCK, PICK UP LOST ENGINE POWER DURING ACCELERATION THAT I BARELY MADE IT, OPPOSITE TRAFFIC COMING, VEHICLE LOST ALL CHANCES TO MADE ON TIME I WAS AFRAID NOT TO PASS ON TIME THIS IS A HAZARD ISSUE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I HAD TO STOP AND SHUT DOWN VEHICLE BECAUSE I HAD A ENGINE CHECK MASSAGE AT THE MAIN SCREEN OF DASHBOARD WITH THE WRENCH CHARACTER IMAGE, AFTER I RESTART VEHICLE EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. 2ND TIME HAPPEN WHEN MADE TRIP TO TEXAS ON DECEMBER 2013, WHEN TRYING TO ENTER FREEWAY I HAD TO SPEED UP AND SUDDENLY PICK UP AGAIN LOST POWER AND START SHAKING I COULD NO GAIN ANY MORE SPEED OVER 50-55 MPH I ALMOST GOT REAR END IT BY A CAR ON THE BACK THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE HIGH SPEED STREAM. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON, ;LATER STARTED TO DRIVE OK. WHEN I CAME BACK TO HOME TOWN I TOOK VEHICLE TO CHECK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT AUTOZONE AND RETRIEVE THE P0430 CODE. I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER BECAUSE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. THEY CHECK VEHICLE AND RETRIEVE THE SAME CODE , THEY REPLACED ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. I WAS RESEARCHING ON FORUMS AND THEY COMMONLY HAVE TO REPLACE NOT ONLY CAT BUT HAVE TO CHANGE INTERCOOLER, CHANGE PLUGS AND RE-FLASH ECU AND OR PLACE A DEFLECTION PLATE ON CURRENT INTERCOOLER BUT HOME TOWN DEALER ONLY REPLACE CAT, I DON'T THINK THIS WILL FIX ISSUE. PLEASE PUSH FORD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, FOR EXPERIENCE THIS NEEDS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A RECALL BECAUSE SAFETY ISSUE IS INVOLVED WHEN YOU LOST POWER WHEN IS NEED IT. THE ACTUAL INTERCOOLER ON PRE 2013 IS NOT GOOD BECAUSE TENDS TO ACCUMULATE CONDENSATION AND THIS IS SUCKED UNDER BOOST CONDITION AND PROBABLY CAUSING MULTIPLE MISFIRES THAT LEADS TO UNEXPECTED POWER LOST AND VEHICLE SHAKING. MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT THIS F150 NEW ON 2012 ECOOBOST ENGINE RE GREAT BUT THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR