2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

I WAS ON A HIGHWAY GOING 65 MPH, THE CONDITIONS WERE DRIZZLE/VERY HUMID, ROUGHLY 90 DEGREES OUTSIDE. THERE WAS A SLOW CAR IN FRONT OF ME SO I GOT IN THE ON COMING TRAFFICS LANE TO PASS THE CAR, BUT WHEN I STOMPED ON THE GAS PEDAL THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. MY TRUCK WOULDN'T ACCELERATE SO I PUSHED IT A FEW MORE TIMES AND STILL NOTHING. THERE WAS A CAR COMING AND I ALMOST GOT HIT HEAD ON BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT AND PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN BADLY INJURED HAD I NOT GOTTEN BACK IN MY LANE JUST BEFORE THE CAR PASSED. THE ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER ABOUT 20 SECONDS AND I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND FINALLY GET AROUND THE CAR. THIS IS ONLY 1 OF THE 5 TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE, ITS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES, AND TWICE WHEN I'VE LOANED THE TRUCK TO MY FATHER. IT ONLY HAPPENS IN HUMID OR RAINY CONDITIONS AND I'M GUESSING HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE INTERCOOLER. BUT I'M NOT AN AUTO GUY SO I WOULDN'T KNOW. I CALLED FORD CORPORATE AND THEY SAID GO TO THE DEALER, THE DEALER DIDN'T SEE ANY CODES THAT WERE THROWN DURING THESE INCIDENTS SO THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. IT WAS [XXX], AND FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND HELP US WHO HAVE DEFECTED ECOBOOST ENGINES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ENGINE LOST POWER AT 55 MILES AN HOUR PULLING A LIGHT TRAILER MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MINUTES, SMOKE STARTED TO APPEAR UNDER AND AROUND THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHICH RAPIDLY CONVERTED TO FLAMES. IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND PARKED THE CAR. OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. I HAD AN ABC FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH I USED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. *TR

LOSS OF POWER DURING ACCELERATION. ENTIRE TRUCK VIBRATING. WAS IN THE PASSING LANE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND BOGGED DOWN. VIBRATION STOPPED WHEN LETTING OFF GAS PEDAL. STARTED RIGHT BACK AS SOON AS I TRIED TO SPEED UP AGAIN. AFTER A FEW TIMES IT WENT AWAY. *TR

LEAVING SO CAL ON I-15 IN DRY CONDITIONS CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 70. WHILE CLIMBING THE CAHON PASS THE TRUCK FELT LIKE THE ENGINE DIED. THE CRUISE CONTROL SHUT OFF AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND WENT INTO THE LIMP HOME MODE. IT WAS EARLY AND TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN I CAME TO A STOP THE CK ENGINE LIGHT, A WRENCH SYMBOL ALONG WITH THE STABILITY CONTROL SYMBOL WERE ALL ILLUMINATED. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF, GOT OUT AND DID A VEHICLE WALK AROUND NOTHING OBVIOUS ON THE OUTSIDE SO I POPPED THE HOOD CHECKED THE FLUIDS, BELTS ETC. AND EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK STARTED IT AND ALL THE LIGHTS HAD CLEARED. DROVE THE REMAINING 300 MILES HOME WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND HAD IT CHECKED, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG FRIDAY 22 NOV 2013 WIFE AND I HEADED BACK TO SO CAL IT WAS RAINING FOR THE FIRST 200 MILES THEN CLEARED UP. I SET THE CRUISE AT 75 AND LESS THAN 50 MILES LATER THE TRUCK DID THE SAME THING, SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS AND DASH SYMBOLS, I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AT THE TIME SO IT WASN'T A PROBLEM GETTING IN THE EMERGENCY LANE. STOPPED THE TRUCK SHUT IT DOWN AND RAN THE SAME CHECKS THAT I'D DONE PREVIOUSLY, SAME RESULT SYMBOLS CLEARED AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE. 100 MILES LATER IT DID IT AGAIN IN VICTORVILLE CA. THIS TIME I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE AND ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. WORKED MY WAY TO THE RIGHT LANE AND LUCKILY THERE WAS AND EXIT. FOUND A PLACE TO STOP AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, DIDN'T BOTHER TO CHECK ANYTHING JUST LEFT IT OFF FOR ABOUT A MINUTE THEN STARTED IT AND IT RAN FINE ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. FOUND A FORD DEALER AND TRIED TO GET THEM TO CHECK IT OUT FOR ME, BUT THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T GET TO IT FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WIFE AND I DECIDED WE WOULD TURN AROUND AND HEAD FOR HOME, NO FURTHER PROBLEMS ON THE TRIP HOME. *TR

I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER IN MY 2012 FORD F150 SUPER CREW WITH ECOBOOST ENGINE.. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON 11-22-13 AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS, I WAS UNABLE TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES THAT WERE RUNNING BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. EACH TIME I TRIED TO ACCELERATE PAST IN THE PASSING LANE THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND IT WAS AS THOUGH I HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL. AS SOON AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE TRUCK WOULD RUN AGAIN. THE 3RD TIME THIS HAPPENED A SEMI TRUCK WAS BARRELING UP BEHIND ME AND THERE WAS A SEMI ON THE SIDE OF ME, I NOTICED THE SEMI BESIDE ME MOVING INTO MY LANE AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO GET CLEAR AND THE SEMI BEHIND ME ALMOST RAN ME DOWN AS MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I HAD TO PULL OVER. THIS TIME I HAD TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART IT FOR THE VEHICLE TO RUN RIGHT AGAIN. AFTER THE 3RD TIME MY TRUCK WENT FROM GETTING 18 MPG TO 12.3 MPG AND RAN ROUGH AS THOUGH IT WAS CUTTING OUT. THE WEATHER WAS RAINY AND THE VEHICLES AHEAD OF ME WERE THROWING UP QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER THE NEXT DAY 11-23-13 AND THEY KEPT THE TRUCK FOR REPAIRS. I AM CONCERNED AS I AND MY WIFE COULD HAVE VERY EASILY BEEN KILLED OF MAIMED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THIS ENGINE FAILURE. IF THIS HAPPENS TO SOME FAMILY, THEY COULD HAVE A FATAL ACCIDENT AND I DON'T WANT THAT ON MY CONSCIENCE. IF THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO FIX THESE TRUCKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR

I WAS ON A TRIP FROM OKLAHOMA TO FLORIDA. I STOPPED FOR GAS IN LOUISIANA. WHEN I GOT ON TO THE ON RAMP TO RETURN TO THE INTERSTATE I FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL TO GET IN FRONT OF A SEMI TRUCK, AND IT LOST ALL POWER ALMOST BEING HIT BY SEMI TRUCK. AFTER MY TRIP I TOOK MY PICKUP TRUCK TO MY FORD DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT.THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. ME AND MY WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THE SEMI TRUCK DID NOT HAVE ROOM TO MOVE OVER TO MISS US. *TR

ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS APART WHILE IN HARD ACCELERATION ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ON AN INTERSTATE ON-RAMP, VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY AND LOSE POWER. IN FIRST INSTANCE, I WAS ABLE TO MERGE IN THE LEFT LANE AND LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. AS VEHICLE COASTED, THE SHUDDER SUBSIDED AND WITHIN 1 MINUTE STOPPED ALL TOGETHER. IN THE SECOND INSTANCE, WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO MERGE AND I WAS FORCED TO COAST ALONG THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD UNTIL THE SHUDDER SUBSIDED AND POWER WAS RESUMED. IN NEITHER SITUATION, DID THE VEHICLE GO INTO SAFE MODE OR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEAR. VEHICLE SIMPLY RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

I LIVE IN LAKE GENEVA, WI. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN THE RAIN AND HAD A TRUCK PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I WAS GOING 70 MPH. I WAS UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN, SO I HIT THE GAS PEDAL. THE TRUCK STALLED COMPLETELY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT FELT THE TRUCK MISSED THE DOWN SHIFT AND NEVER WENT BACK INTO GEAR. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AROUND 630 PM. WAS JUST SCARY AS I HAD A SEMI BEHIND ME AND ANOTHER VEHICLE TO MY RIGHT THAT I WAS TRYING TO AVOID. THE TRUCK IS A 2012 F150 LARIAT WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP IN A RIGHT HAND TURN, THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND MISFIRE. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS F-150 OFF ROAD 4X4 WITH ECOBOOST SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW. AFTER THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THE FIX WAS A DEFLECTOR PLATE INSTALLED FOR THE TWIN TURBO. THEY DID NOT REPLACED THE CAC (CHARGE AIR COOLER). I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD MOST DEFINITELY FIX THE ISSUE. CLEARLY, THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE SINCE I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE YESTERDAY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I WAS TURNING ONTO VERY BUSY M59 IN HOWELL. I TURNED IN FRONT OF A SEMI. THANK GOODNESS I HAD ENOUGH ROOM SINCE I HAD NO ACCELERATION AFTER THE TURN. HAD I NOT GIVEN MYSELF ENOUGH ROOM AND CHANCED IT, THE SEMI MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SLOW DOWN IN TIME. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FORD SHOULD DISCONTINUE MAKING THE ECOBOOST ENGINE UNTIL THEY GET IT RIGHT. *TR