2014 FORD F-150 Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING TO SAN DIEGO - AS WE EXITED OFF THE FREEWAY THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO RELEASE. STEPPING ON THE BRAKE, TURNING OFF THE SWITCH DID NOT CHANGE THE STUCK CRUISE CONTROL. WE WERE GOING 70 MPH AS WE EXITED AND CONTINUED AT 70 FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE - THROUGH 1 STOP SIGN AND 3 STOP LIGHTS BEFORE WERE ABLE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE TO TURN THE KEY OFF AND LOOSE ALL CONTROL OF STEERING OF THE TRUCK. WE TURNED ONTO A SIDE STREET. TURNED OFF THE TRUCK 10-15 SECONDS - UPON TURNING THE TRUCK BACK ON IT WENT IMMEDIATELY TO 6000 RPM'S BURNING RUBBER ONLY REASON WE DID NOT SPEED OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN IS BECAUSE HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE. TURNED TRUCK OFF AGAIN WAITED 10 MINUTES - TURNED IT ON AGAIN - THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD FINALLY RELEASED. WE DROVE TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS 5 MILES. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK - WHEN WE RETURNED HOME WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK - THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND SAID TO BRING IT BACK IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN - WE MAY NOT BE ALIVE NEXT TIME TO BRING IT BACK! *TR

POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A 2014 FORD F150 RENTAL ABOUT 9 MONTHS AGO. *TR

VEHICLE EXHIBITS A SHUDDER/VIBRATION/SHAKE WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. PROBLEM IS MORE APPARENT WITH WEIGHT ON THE TRUCK. WITH APPROX. 400-500 LBS. OR MORE PROBLEM IS MOST APPARENT. AT 300 MILES, THE PROBLEM BECAME VERY NOTICEABLE. INFORMED DEALER, SET APPOINTMENT. VEHICLE HAD 800 MILES AT SERVICING, 2/23/2015. DEALER REMOVED REAR DRIVELINE AND DROVE THE TRUCK WITH JUST THE FRONT DRIVELINE AND SHUDDER DID NOT OCCUR. DEALER REPLACED ENTIRE REAR DRIVELINE AND PROBLEM PERSISTS. AFTER 8 DAYS AT THE DEALER SERVICE SHOP, CUSTOMER WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM IS NORMAL, ESPECIALLY WITH ANY TYPE OF LOAD. 400LB IS A LOAD???? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I ATTACH A TOW UNIT TO THIS VEHICLE? IS THIS SAFE? AFTER ACKNOWLEDGING A PROBLEM AND REPLACING THE DRIVELINE, DEALER NOW SAYS THIS IS NORMAL AND HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SHOCKS AND COMPUTER. BUT REST ASSURED THIS IS NORMAL. WAITING FOR FORD FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE TO INVESTIGATE. PROBLEM IS DISTURBING AND ONE HAS TO WONDER WHAT THE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THIS SHUDDER IS TO THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE DRIVELINE, ETC. I WAS TOLD NUMEROUS THINGS BY PEOPLE AT THE DEALER; SALESPERSON SAID IT WAS PROBABLY IN NEED OF A TRANSMISSION REFLASH, SHOP FOREMAN ORIGINALLY SAID MAYBE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH GREASE ON THE DRIVELINE SPLINES. NOW IT'S THE COMPUTER AND THE SHOCKS? I ASKED THE SERVICE MGR. WHY THEY REPLACED THE DRIVELINE IF ITS A NORMAL SITUATION. HE RESPONDED THAT THEY DIDN'T NOTICE THE WEIGHT (400-500LBS UNDER THE TONNEAU COVER) UNTIL AFTER THEY REPLACED THE DRIVELINE. ONE HAS TO WONDER ABOUT DEALER COMPETENCY WHEN THEY APPARENTLY KNOW A PROBLEMS EXIST WITH WEIGHT ON THE TRUCK, YET FAIL TO CHECK FOR WEIGHT ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO, IS THIS NOT SOME SORT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM? AS OF 3/2/2015, THE TRUCK IS STILL AT THE DEALER. I'VE SPENT LESS THAN ONE WEEK IN THE TRUCK AND OVER ONE WEEK IN A RAM 1500 RENTAL TRUCK. NO NEW CAR JOY HERE. *TR

THE REAR PASSENGER SEATS DO NOT LOCK IN PLACE WHEN IN THE LOWERED POSITION. THE OWNERS MANUAL CLEARLY STATES THAT THEY MUST LOCK WHEN LOWERED TO BE SAFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VACUUM VALVE WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200. UPDATED 04/06/15*LJ

DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND SUDDENLY AN ORANGE WRENCH SHOWS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE IS UNRESPONSIVE AND SHUTS DOWN INTO A SAFE MODE WHERE I HAVE NO POWER TO THE GAS PEDAL BUT IT STEERS AND DRIVES VERY SLOWLY. IT HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE FOR ONLY 7 MONTHS, IT'S A SCARY POSITION TO BE IN WHEN YOU'RE IN THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND SUDDENLY AREN'T. I'VE READ ON LINE REPORTS OF THIS INCIDENT ON SEVERAL FORD PRODUCTS. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP FOR SERVICE AND THEY HAVE NO REASON IT'S HAPPENING THEY INDICATED THAT SINCE IT'S AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO SOLVE IT.......NONSENSE. *TR

SLIDING REAR WINDOW ON 2014 FORD F-150 SHATTERED WITHOUT IMPACT. IT WAS PROBABLY COLD WEATHER OR FAULTY DEFROSTER. *TR

2014 F150 STEERING LOUD GRINDING PROBLEM, WILL MOVING SLOWLY FORWARD THREW A DRIVE THRU, I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE MAXIMUM RIGHT POSITION RATHER QUICKLY TO GO AROUND THE CORNER AND THERE WAS A LOUD GEAR GRINDING NOISE WHICH SOUNDED LIKE IT CAME FROM THE RIGHT FRONT JUST AS THE STEERING WHEEL HAD REACHED ITS MAXIMUM TURNING, THIS NOISE WAS LOUD AND SOUNDED LIKE A STARTER NOT CATCHING DURING A CRANK, IT GOES IN ON TUESDAY FOR SERVICE. I WAS ABLE TO REPEAT THE GRIND NOISE ONCE MORE ONLY TO THE RIGHT A MAX TURN WILL MOVING, I WILL SEE WHAT THEY SAY ON TUESDAY. *TR

I WENT TO TURN AROUND OFF OF A PAVED STREET. MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE FEEL INTO THE MUD. I TOLD MY WIFE WE ARE STUCK, THEN PUT MY TRUCK IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OFF ROAD MODE AND SPORT TRACK MODE ON THE DASH. I PULLED FORWARD ABOUT A FOOT OR SO AND WAS STOPPED BY SOMETHING, I THEN WENT BACKWARDS. I REPEATED THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE TIMES. MY DAUGHTER WAS HYSTERICAL FOR JUST BEING STUCK, I TURNED AND TOLD HER TO CALM DOWN, WHEN I TURNED BACK AROUND I SAW FIRE IN THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR, I TOLD MY FAMILY " IT'S ON FIRE, GET OUT". I OPENED MY DOOR TO GET OUR AND WAS ENGULFED BY FLAMES, I QUICKLY EXITED THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. I YELLED FOR MY DAUGHTER THREE TIMES, SHE HAD RAN A LONG WAY AWAY FROM THE TRUCK, BECAUSE SHE WAS FRIGHTENED. WHEN I HAD HER IN MY SIGHT I STARTED FILMING. SHE HAD EXITED OUT OVER THE TOP OF MY SON ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AS WELL. MY SON SAID HE HEARD A SPEWING NOISE WHILE I WAS TELLING MY 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO CALM DOWN. HE SLUNG MY DAUGHTER OUT WHEN HE SAW ME BECOME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I WAS OFF THE ROAD LESS THAN A MINUTE BEFORE I SAW THE FLAMES, I STARTED FILMING WELL WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF BEING OFF THE ROAD AND MY 2014, RUBY RED, SPECIAL EDITION ONE OF A KIND FORD F150, SVT RAPTOR WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. CAUSE OF FIRE IS UNDETERMINED. *TR

2014 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION NOISE WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. *SMD A FORD ENGINEER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, FORD MADE A CHANGE IN THE TRANSMISSION TAIL SHAFT, FROM ROLLER BEARINGS TO BALL BEARINGS. *JB