2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,900.

I WAS DRIVING TO THE EASTERN SHORE IN THE RAIN. WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT WHEN I TRIED TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD THE TRUCK SHUDDERED AND LOST ALL POWER. IT DID IT TWO MORE TIMES THAT NIGHT AND THEN IT DID IT AGAIN LEAVING THE TOLL BOOTH ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL TWO DAYS LATER. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TRIED TO FIX IT BUT LAST WEEK WHEN IT RAIN I DROVE TO LANGLEY AFB AND IT DID IT AGAIN. CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID TO BE PATIENT AND FORD WILL GET BACK TO ME WHEN THEY COME UP WITH A FIX. HOW CAN I TRUST THIS TRUCK WHEN IT RAINS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS THING AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT UNLESS YOU MAKE THEM. I ALMOST GOT RAN INTO ON THE BRIDGE WITH ALL THE VEHICLE MERGING BACK INTO TRAFFIC. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 60MPH AND WHEN I WENT TO PASS A TRUCK, AS I ACCELERATED AND GOT ALONG SIDE THE TRUCK, MY ENGINE LOST POWER SO I COULD NOT PASS. I WAS LEFT IN A VERY VULNERABLE POSITION ALONGSIDE THE TRUCK AND HAD TO BRAKE TO DECELERATE AND TUCK BACK IN BEHIND THE TRUCK. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, TEMPERATURE ABOUT 60 DEGREES, AND LUCKILY NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BUT THERE WAS A VEHICLE BEHIND ME (AND LUCKILY THAT DRIVE SAW MY BRAKE LIGHTS, BACKED OFF AND ALLOWED ME TO TUCK BACK IN BEHIND THE TRUCK). AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE RESULTED. AFTER GETTING BACK BEHIND THE TRUCK MY VEHICLE STILL HAD POWER BUT HAD A SHUDDER IN THE DRIVETRAIN WHILE UNDER LOAD (LIKE UPHILL, OR DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BUT NOT WHILE COASTING). I HAVE NOT TRIED FULL THROTTLE ACCELERATION AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SPARINGLY. CALLED THE FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN. WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMEONE TURNED OFF THE KEY, NO POWER BUT AT LEAST PARTIAL POWER WAS REGAINED AFTER I LET OFF THE THROTTLE. THE ENGINE IS THE 3.5 LITER ECOBOOST. *TR

MY 2012 FORD F150 WITH ECO-BOOST ENGINE STALLS AND SHAKES UPON FAST ACCELERATION. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY ON RAINY DAMP DAYS BUT HAS HAPPENED DURING NIGHT DRIVING ALSO. ONCE THIS HAPPENS THE TRUCKS LOOSES ALL POWER AND I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY, TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART. HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS WITH NO RESULTS OF CORRECTION. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND NEED HELP TO GET FORD TO CORRECT PROBLEM OR ALLOW TRADE FOR TRADE ON A NEW TRUCK WITHOUT THE ECO-BOOST ENGINE. *TR

I ONLY JUST LEARNED OF YOUR INVESTIGATION SO MY MEMORY ON EXACT DATES AND MILEAGE MAY BE OFF BY A FEW WEEKS. I DID TAKE MY TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALER TO REPORT MY INCIDENT SO THEY SHOULD SHOULD HAVE A RECORD OF THIS AND THE WORK THEY PERFORMED (BAIERL FORD, ZELIENOPLE, PA 16063). MY 2012 F150 WITH THE 3.5L ECOBOOST WAS ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME. I WAS PASSING A COAL TRUCK UPHILL ON A 10% GRADE. I WAS NOT TOWING, NOR DID I HAVE A LOAD IN THE BED. HE WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. I EASED OUT AND GOT ALONG SIDE RUNNING NOW AT ABOUT 50-55, THEN 'PUNCHED' THE THROTTLE TO COMPLETE THE PASS. THAT DID NOT TURN OUT WELL. THE ENGINE CUT OUT EXACTLY LIKE A REVERSE LIMITER ON AN ATV AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I BARELY WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PASS, AND WAS 'PUSHED' UP THE HILL BY THE COAL TRUCK, ENGINE RUNNING IN THAT CUT-OUT MODE ALL THE WAY. GOT OVER THE TOP AND IT CONTINUED TO RUN LIKE THIS DOWN THE OTHER SIDE. AFTER ABOUT 6 MILES, IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT. TOOK IT TO MY DEALER NOT TOO LONG AFTER. THEY INSTALLED SOMETHING - SINCE IT WAS WARRANTY WORK I WASN'T GIVEN THE PAPERWORK AND SIMPLY DON'T RECALL WHAT THEY DID. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A TSB ON THE PROBLEM THOUGH. I HAVE NOT HAD A REPEAT IN THE 6 MONTHS SINCE, ALTHOUGH I DO DRIVE DIFFERENTLY NOW, HAVING EXPERIENCED THAT EPISODE. THAT EVENT SEVERELY COMPROMISED MY CONFIDENCE IN THIS ENGINE. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN VERY ADVERSE TO PASSING ON TWO LANE ROADS AND HAVE DELAYED TOWING SEVERAL TIMES FOR FEAR THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN POTENTIALLY CREATING A DEADLY SITUATION. *TR

RAINING OUT, WENT TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. MY TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND SHUDDERED LIKE IT WAS GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRUCK COULDN'T DO MORE THAT 40 MPH. HAD TO KEEP A LEVEL HEAD TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION AND GET BACK BEHIND VEHICLE I ATTEMPTED TO PASS. VERY SCARY. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME YOU GAVE IT HARD THROTTLE THROUGHOUT THE TRIP. THIS IS AN ECOBOOST F150 WITH THE TWIN TURBO V6 ENGINE. *TR

WE WERE RETURNING FROM ARKANSAS IN OUR F150 WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE IN RAIN/HEAVY MIST. WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND WHEN I WENT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE THE TRUCK JUST SHOOK AND WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 1.5 HOURS LATER IN THE SAME CONDITIONS, TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING BEYOND 3/8 THROTTLE. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE WHEN WE WERE IN THE RAIN (COMING FROM ARKANSAS) WITH THE EXACT SAME CONDITIONS (YEAR AGO). I HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AS FROM READING SEVERAL PLACES THERE ISN'T A TRUE FIX AT THIS POINT. SOME PEOPLE ARE DRILLING HOLES IN THEIR INTERCOOLERS TRYING TO DRAIN THE WATER THAT APPEARS TO BE THE ISSUE. *TR

I HAD READ ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT THOUGHT I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES THAT DIDN'T HAVE A ISSUE. HOWEVER AT ABOUT 11,500 MILES DRIVING IN A RAINY HUMID DAY ON THE HIGHWAY I GOT IN A SPOT WHERE I HAD A RIG GOING ABOUT 30MPH AND I WAS DOING ABOUT 60MPH HAVING MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO PASS SAFELY BEFORE THE OTHER RIG COMING UP IN THE PASSING LANE I DECIDED TO GO AROUND.. AS SOON AS I PUSHED THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND GOT IN THE PASSING LANE THE TRUCK LOST POWER,,, SHUDDERED BADLY AND I ALMOST COULDN'T GET AROUND THE RIG THAT WAS ONLY DOING 30! AFTER GETTING BY I DECIDED TO TRY TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND AGAIN I WAS SUCCESSFUL BUT NOT WITHOUT THE ANXIETY ON THINKING THE RIG COMING UP WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME TO GET OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT PUSHING ME OFF. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO KNOWN ACCIDENTS BUT AGAIN IF THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR AN ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS PASSING ON A FOGGY NIGHT AND THE PERSON COMING UP ON YOU AT 70 NEVER SAW THE F150 ECOBOOST SITTING IN THE PASSING LANE DOING 45 TRYING TO GET IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PASSING AT THE TOP OF A HILL WITH NOWHERE TO PULL OFF TO THE RIGHT AS GOING DOWN THE HILL WITH A 70 MPH TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER DOING HIS BEST TO SHUT DOWN HIS RIG TRYING TO AVOID A JACK KNIFE DUE TO A F150 ECOBOOST DOING 40 MPH WITH NO WHERE TO PULL OFF! SO ANY OF YOU THAT THINK THIS ISN'T A BIG PROBLEM WAITING TO HAPPEN THEN I SUGGEST ONE THING.... HOPE,,, PRAY,,,, THAT YOU NEVER COME UP ON A ECOBOOST PASSING A RIG AND FIND YOURSELF BETWEEN A F150 LOSING 30 MPH AND TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD, THEN YOU,, FOLLOWED BY A RIG DOING 70 MPH ON YOUR BUMPER IN THE PASSING LANE!!! *TR

IT FIRST STARTED WHEN I MERGED ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND IT LOST ALL POWER AND MISFIRED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED TO PARTS. KNOW MY TRUCK HAS A MISS IN THE ENGINE TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND THE FIRST DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD AFTERMARKET TIRES ON IT AND THE ENGINE WAS TO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF MY TRUCK. SO I ASKED TO TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER AND THEY CHARGED ME $95 TO SAY IT WAS THE AFTERMARKET GRILLE GUARD THAT IS ON MY TRUCK. NOTHING SHOWS ON THE COMPUTER BUT THEY ALL FEEL THE MISS THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 13000 MILES ON IT AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT LONG DISTANCE. I AM STATIONED IN GERMANY AND MY PARENTS HAVE MY TRUCK SO I AM LISTING THERE INFORMATION BELOW. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING TO ENTER HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE LURCHED AND LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY.I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT SEEMED TO RUN FINE FOR A TIME. LATER WHILE UNDER A LOAD IT WOULD MISS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN THIS HEAVY TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ORDERED PARTS, BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO CONFIDENT OF BEING ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.. *TR