2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED ACCESS FUEL FLOODED THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER REGARDING THE ACCELERATION AND THE ENGINE FUEL. THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,700. JO

LOSS OF POWER WITH VEHICLE VIBRATION WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. TRUCK HAS THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. AFTER THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I ATTEMPTED ANOTHER AGGRESSIVE ACCELERATION TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHICH IT DID. ONE INSTANCE THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS OCCURRED DURING A RAINY DAY. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THIS AGGRESSIVELY SINCE BUYING THE TRUCK. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. I.E. PASSING ON A TWO LANE ROAD. I RESEARCH ONLINE TO DISCOVER THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. I CALLED THE DEALER TO MAKE APPOINTMENT; THE SERVICE MANAGER TOOK MY VIN BUT STATED NOTHING SHOWED UP IN THE COMPUTER FOR ANY ISSUES WITH MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL.

PROBLEM WITH ENGINE LOSING POWER AND DETONATION IN CYLINDERS DURING ACCELERATION. FIRST REPORTED PROBLEM OF ENGINE SHUTTER WITHIN WEEKS OF PURCHASE. ENGINE HAS NEVER OPERATED CORRECTLY. I HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND THEY KNOW THAT THE CAC IS THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSE TO REPLACE IT. THE LAST INCIDENT ON SEP. 20 2013 HAPPENED WHEN ENTERING HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK COMPLETELY LOST POWER AND MY FAMILY AND I WERE ALMOST HIT MY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD TO "LIMP" OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS THE TRUCK WOULD NOT OPERATE. THIS ECO-BOOST ISSUE IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED.

I HAVE AN 2012 F-150 WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT IT MY WIFE AND I WERE GOING TO TRY AND MERGE INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC, WHEN I WENT ACCELERATE TO TRAFFIC SPEED THE ENGINE JUST FELL ON IT'S FACE , I LET OFF AND TRIED IT AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE OTHER DRIVERS HAD SENSE ENOUGH TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LANE OR WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE. I CALLED THE FORD DEALER AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BUT TO BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT . I TOOK IT IN AND AFTER 7 HOURS THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG , I ASKED IF THEY SEARCHED FOR RECALLS ON SOFTWARE OR SOMETHING ELSE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING FROM FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM . THIS WAS ONLY A MONTH OR SO AGO, SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE MY FORD DEALER DID NOT LOOK TOO HARD FOR THE BULLETINS THAT FORD SENT TO DEALERS, THIS CHAPS MY BUTT!

I PURCHASED MY F-150 ECOBOOST, ON JULY 28, 2012. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING IT, I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE. OFTEN WHEN IT RAINS, THE TRUCK WILL NOT START OR WHEN IT DOES START, IT REFUSES TO GO OR WHEN IT IS GOING, IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PASS A SLOW VEHICLE, THERE IS NO POWER. THE ENGINE BOGGS DOWN, TO AN IDLE. THE TRUCK HAS LEFT ME STRANDED NUMEROUS TIMES. I TOOK MY FAMILY ON A TRIP TO MIAMI, FLORIDA, DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. ON THE OPEN ROAD THE MOTOR QUIT. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP IT INTO A FORD DEALER, WHO HAD TO PERFORM EXTENSIVE ENGINE REPAIRS IN ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK RUNNING AGAIN. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT BACK TO TENNESSEE, AFTER 3 WEEKS OF REPAIRS, IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES, I TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THERE IS NO POWER. IT IS DANGEROUS, PARTICULAR WHEN TRAVELING ON 2 LANE COUNTRY ROADS WITH HILLS. OFTEN, WHEN I PARK AND EXIT THE TRUCK, THERE IS A STRONG ODOR OF GAS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. ON 2 OCCASIONS, THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAS COME UNATTACHED FROM THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK. THIS MORNING, I WENT TO TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD/FELT THUMPING AND THE SEAT FELL BACK, I WAS NEARLY LAYING ON MY BACK, WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SCARY, WHEN IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE FORD CUSTOMER CARE REPRESENTATIVE WAS VERY FLIPPED AND SEEMED TO BE MORE CONCERNED WITH ENSURING THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS OF THE WARRANTY THAN THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS INSULTED AND HUMILIATED, FOR SUGGESTING THEY PROVIDE ME WITH SOMETHING TO DRIVE WHILE THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT TOOK 3 WEEKS TO FIX. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE TO DRIVE. TO DATE THE BEST FUEL MILEAGE I HAVE GOTTEN IS 13.2 MILES PER GALLON. *TR

THIS COMPLAINT PERTAINS TO THE 3.5 LITER ECOBOOST ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THERE WERE FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC AT THIS LOCATION. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AROUND A SLOWER VEHICLE, THE ENGINE SHUTTERED AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I HAD TO DRIVE ONTO THE BERM, NEARLY CAUSING A CRASH. THE ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY TRIP FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO NORTH CAROLINA. THIS ENGINE SHUTTER OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES DURING MY RETURN TO PA. THE LAST TIME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ACTIVATED. THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON A BUSY MULTIPLE LANE HIGHWAY IS AN EXTREME HAZARD AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS VEHICLE CRASH. IT IS TIME FOR FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS KNOWN ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD AT AROUND 50 MPH, I STARTED TO PASS THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND MY TRUCK LOST POWER. I COULDN'T COMPLETE THE PASS AND NEARLY WAS HIT HEAD ON BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET BACK INTO THE LANE I CAME FROM. WHEN I HIT THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED TO 40 MPH. AFTER LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND HITTING IT AGAIN STILL NOTHING 40 WAS AS FAST AS IT WOULD GO. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A PULL OFF SPOT AND TRIED TAKING OFF AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS NORMAL. THERE WERE NO ENGINE LIGHTS OF ANY KIND THAT ILLUMINATED DURING THIS TIME. THIS OCCURED AT APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES. IT CURRENTLY HAS 20,768 MILES ON IT AND HAS DONE IT 2 MORE TIMES. BOTH TIMES THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS. I GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND FOUND MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO SEEN WHERE THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE FIX FROM FORD. I TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND TOLD THEM MY ISSUE, I JUST PICKED IT UP AND THEY ADVISED ME THEY DID NOTHING TO IT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO ACT UP, AND THERE WAS NO STORED ENGINE CODES. THE DEALER SAID I BET IT ONLY HAPPENS TO YOU HUH, IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. THEY TOTALLY BLEW IT OFF AND WANTED THE TRUCK AND ME OUT OF THERE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IS A HUGE INCONVIENIENCE TO HAVE TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER ALL THE TIME FOR SOMETHING THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY FIXED. FOR AS MUCH AS FORD IS CHARGING FOR THESE TRUCKS THEY COULD AT LEAST TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE CREATED. OF COURSE IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE TECHS TO DUPLICATE WHEN IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AT VARIOUS MILEAGES.

I PUT MY TRUCK INTO DRIVE AND IT HESITATES, JUMPS BACK AND FOURTH BEING REAL SLUGGISH. THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS IS TO FLOOR THE GAS AND LET IT PUSH THROUGH FOR ABOUT FIVE TO TEN SECONDS AND THEN IT IS DONE. WHICH IS HARD TO DO WHEN IT IS TIME TO TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL AND I AM IN A SCHOOL ZONE. THIS IS VERY INTERMITTENT, BUT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. IF I LET THE CAR REMAIN OFF FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES THEN THE CYCLE CAN CONTINUE. SOMETIMES IT STARTS UP AND DRIVES FINE. I NOTICE IT IS MORE AND MORE PREVALENT AS THE MILES CLIMB UP. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING AND IS STILL DOING THIS. SINCE AROUND 20000 MILES THE TRUCK HESITATES ON THE ROAD AFTER DRIVING FOR SOMETIME. SO NOW IT HAPPENS WHENEVER IT WANTS TO. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT, JUST DOESN'T ADMIT TO OR TRY TO FIX. MY BEST FRIEND HAD TO TRADE HIS TRUCK IN BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PROBLEM JUST LIKE THE ACCELERATION OF THE TOYOTAS. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS SPORADICALLY BUT IT IS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS JUMPING WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR SPEEDING UP. I WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL, IT IS JUST THE COMPUTER GETTING USED TO MY DRIVING. I DON'T MAKE A HABIT OF MAKING MY TRUCK HESITATE AT ALL. SO THIS IS A DUMB RESPONSE THAT ONCE AGAIN, MANY PEOPLE ONLINE GET THE SAME ANSWER. I AM NEARING MY 36000 MARK. SO I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT TO COST ME OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO FIX BECAUSE THE FORD HOUSE WILL JUST SAY NOTHING IS WRONG AND NOT FIX IT. SO MY QUESTION IS ARE TRANSMISSIONS REALLY THIS CHEAP AND WE JUST MOVE ON AND ACCEPT THAT CRAFTSMANSHIP IN AMERICA OR DO WE MAKE FORD FIX THEIR ISSUE. I HAVE PURCHASED MANY VEHICLES THROUGHOUT MY 39 YEARS IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR ACT LIKE THIS ON SUCH A WIDE SCALE WITH NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT. PLEASE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. *JB

UPON ACCELERATION, BETWEEN 15-25 MPH, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO STUMBLE AND LOST POWER. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME. IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES SINCE WITH THE LATEST OCCURRENCE ON SEPT. 3, 2013. THE VEHICLE MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY 18XXX. THE PROBLEM NORMALLY OCCURS COMING OFF OF IDLE AND ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC. IT HAS OCCURRED, HOWEVER, ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE A SLOWER DRIVER. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 65-70 DURING THAT INSTANCE. AT NO TIME DID ANY FAULT LIGHTS ILLUMINATE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF LIGHTLY PRESSING THE THROTTLE, IT SEEM TO CLEAR UP. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MOSTLY WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY OR HUMID WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. *JB