2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WENT TO ACCELERATE TO PASS SEMI PULLED BESIDE HIM. ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING TRUCK LOST POWER AND BEGAN SHAKING HAD TO HIT BRAKES AS CAR APPROACHED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION ALMOST HAD HEAD ON COLLISION. MADE IT TO REAR OF SEMI AND PULLED OVER JUST I TIME TO AVOID ACCIDENT. *TR

ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE BY ACCELERATING QUICKLY. MY VEHICLE INITIALLY ACCELERATED AND THEN VIOLENTLY SHOOK AND STOPPED ACCELERATING WHILE ALONGSIDE THE VEHICLE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS. I WAS STUCK NEXT TO THE VEHICLE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS AND ALMOST STRUCK BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND THEN WENT OFF AFTER ABOUT 2 MILES. EVERYDAY SINCE, THE ENGINE LIGHT IS LIT SOLID AT ALL TIMES. TAKING VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TOMORROW MORNING TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY. AFTER READING COMPLAINTS ON-LINE RELATED TO THE SAME ISSUE, SEEMS AS THOUGH I WILL NOT BE HAPPY ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO TELL ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COILS AND PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

I HAVE A 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOST, WHEN ACCELERATING IN RAINY CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND BEGINS TO VIBRATE. THE PROBLEM DOESN'T CORRECT ITSELF UNTIL THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY THE 10TH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND HAD BOTH TSB'S PERFORMED THE ONLY FIX MY VEHICLE HAS NOT RECEIVED IS THE NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MOST RECENT TIME OCCURRED SINCE THE NEWEST TSB WAS PERFORMED. *TR

I HAVE A 2012 FORD F150 XLT CREWCAB. WAS DRIVING AND AS I APPROACHED MY TURN, I SLOWED DOWN AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY RUMBLESTRIP. I PULLED OFF AND MY TRUCK FELT LIKE IT DROPPED DOWN IN THE BACK SO I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHEN I INSPECTED IT, THE TIRE WAS GONE ON THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND ALL I SAW WAS THE BRAKES AND LUG NUTS THAT LOOKED SHEARED OFF. THE TIRE WAS LAYING OVER A LITTLE WAYS ON A GRASSY HILL. THERE WAS NO SHIMMING TO THE TRUCK PRIOR TO THE TIRE FLYING OFF. THE TRUCK WAS DRIVING SMOOTHLY LIKE ALWAYS. DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME THE TIRES HAVE HAD ANYTHING DONE TO THEM WERE 2 MONTHS AGO. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT MIGHT BE A LUG NUT ISSUE THAT FORD MAY NEED TO INVESTIGATE. LUCKILY I WAS NOT GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. WHAT HAPPENED SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE RECALL THEY HAD ON THE 2011 FUSIONS. *TR

2012 F150 3.5 ECOBOOST, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS THE TRUCK SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY AND TEMPORARILY LOSES POWER. THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. WHILE TRAVELING FROM A 40 MPH ZONE INTO A 55 MPH ZONE WITH CLOSELY FOLLOWING TRAFFIC THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHUDDER AS DESCRIBED, THEN LOST POWER COMPLETELY CAUSING ME TO COAST TO A STOP. WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS NEARLY STRUCK FROM BEHIND, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUT AND REMAINED IDLING VERY ROUGHLY. I SHUT THE IGNITION OFF, WAITED A FEW MOMENTS AND RE-STARTED THE ENGINE, THEN CONTINUED HOME. I AM BECOMING VERY CONCERNED THAT THESE EVENTS MAY CAUSE A CRASH AND SOMEONE COULD BE INJURED OR KILLED. I'M MAKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY DEALER FOR SERVICE BUT AFTER READING MANY FORUMS, I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT THE PROBLEM WILL BE RESOLVED. *TR

ECOBOOST ENGINE: 7/06/13 FIRST TIME AFTER DRIVING 90 MILES ON I-10, PULLED OFF IN REST AREA. WHEN GETTING BACK ON THE INTERSTATE, WENT TO ACCELERATE TO MATCH TRAFFIC AND ENGINE FELL ON IT'S NOSE, FELT LIKE A STALL THEN BUCKED, MISFIRED , LOST ALL POWER. WHEN LIFTING OFF ACCELERATOR ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL. ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, ENGINE LOST POWER AGAIN. IT FELT LIKE EITHER BAD GAS OR IGNITION FAILURE. WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK UP TO SPEED USING CRUISE CONTROL. WITH A LIGHT ACCELERATOR TOUCH, WAS ABLE TO MAKE IN HOME FROM PENSACOLA TO WINTER HAVEN, FL. FILLED UP WITH DIFFERENT FUEL AND PROBLEM SEEMED TO GO AWAY, SO I DID NOT TAKE IT TO DEALER. SECOND OCCURRENCE 11/16/13 WHILE HEADING TO PENSACOLA AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL HOURS (70-75MPH), WHEN PASSING A SEMI GOING UPHILL ON I-10, FASTER TRAFFIC WAS APPROACHING FROM BEHIND, SO I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO GET AROUND THE SEMI TO CLEAR THE LEFT LANE . ENGINE FELL ON IT'S NOSE ONCE AGAIN, STALLED, MISFIRED, SHOOK AND LOST POWER. THE TRAFFIC WAS UPON US IN SECONDS. I WAS ABLE TO GET TRUCK BACK UP TO SPEED BY GENTLY USING CRUISE. THIS TIME TOOK TRUCK BACK TO DEALER. THEY INSTALLED A "SHIELD OR PARTITION" IN THE CHARGE-AIR AND DID A REPROGRAM. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 14,800. DEALER DID NOT SEEM CONFIDENT THAT THIS WAS THE FIX. WE WILL SEE. *TR

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING A VEHICLE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST ENGINE ACCELERATION, PICK UP BEGAN TO VIBRATE, PULLED OVER AND CALLED SERVICE CENTER, WAS TOLD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART VEHICLE, PROCEEDED TO DESTINATION! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BUT REPLACED THE FUSE BOX, ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED. ADDITIONALLY THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOME LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE LIGHT BULB WAS REPLACED BUT THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ILLUMINATION WAS DIM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

I HAVE A 2012 FORD F-150 WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. WHILE SLOWLY ACCELERATING AT HIGHER SPEEDS (GENERALLY AROUND 50 TO 70 MPH), THE ENGINE MISSES TERRIBLY ON MULTIPLE CYLINDERS AND THE TRUCK JERKS AND LUNGES VIOLENTLY ALL WHILE LOSING POWER AND SPEED. IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY, BUT MOST OFTEN WHEN SLOWLY ACCELERATING TO MAINTAIN SPEED UP A HILL OR PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE LOSS OF POWER IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WHILE PASSING OTHER VEHICLES ON A HIGHWAY. *TR