2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, MOTOR LOST ALL POWER AND BEGAN SHAKING. CODE CAME UP AS ENGINE MISFIRE. BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP SAID KNOWN ISSUE, THEY INSPECTED DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SINCE THAT DATE HAS OCCURRED 4-5 MORE TIMES DURING WET WEATHER ANYTIME ACCELERATING (PASSING VEHICLES, ON RAMPS).

NOTICEABLE LAG DURING ACCELERATION. MOST NOTEWORTHY INCIDENT INVOLVED PASSING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, ENGINE BOGGED DOWN AND CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL. HAVE NOTICED THIS A FEW TIMES SINCE AS WELL. WE ARE IN MONSOON SEASON, HAVE HAD RAIN AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL HUMIDITY. HAVE ALSO NOTICED WHAT FEELS LIKE DELAYED AND HARD TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. FUEL CONSUMPTION/MILEAGE SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED. (WAS GETTING 17-23MPG WHEN TRUCK WAS FIRST PURCHASED IN MARCH 21013, AM NOW AVERAGING 13-15MPG). HAVE ALSO NOTICED VIBRATION/SHUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN, AND DURING DOWNSHIFTING. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN SHOP AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ON 8/26/13. FORD IS PERFORMING A COLD-SOAK(?) THE CODE THAT THEY PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE WAS INDICATIVE OF A MISFIRE BUT THEY CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THE MISFIRE AT THIS TIME. *TT

I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES. IT SEEMED TO START IN OCTOBER 2012. I WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AND PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL DOWN QUICKLY AND IT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD ANY FASTER. I I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET ANY SPEED. IT SEEMS THAT WHEN I PUSH DOWN THE PEDAL VERY SLOWLY, IT WILL GO FASTER. BUT WHEN I NEED THE RESPONSE TO BE VERY QUICKLY, IT DOES NOT RESPOND. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WHEN I PULL MY CAMPER. IT WILL BE PERFORMING THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WILL NEED TO PUSH DOWN THE PEDAL TO GET POWER UP A HILL AND AGAIN, THERE IS NO POWER. I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE TO PULL MY CAMPER. IT DOES NOT PERFORM THE WAY IT WAS TOUTED IN THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS. *TT

MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING ON I81 NORTH BOUND. I ATTEMPTED TO PASS THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND WHEN I ACCELERATED (I PUSHED IT TO THE FLOOR) THE ENGINE DIED. THERE WAS AN INSTANT WHERE I THOUGHT THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS GOING TO CRASH INTO THE REAR END OF MY TRUCK. DURING THE FAILURE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF AND IT TOOK AT LEAST 1 MINUTE FOR THE ENGINE TO RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION... I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AGAIN... I CALL RISING SUN FORD DEALERSHIP IN MARYLAND WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WILL HAVE IT THERE THIS WEDNESDAY FOR THEM TO CHECK OUT... THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE DOING EXACTLY AS I DESCRIBED... WHY DO THEY NOT HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO WARN ME OF THIS ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE BEFORE I BOUGHT IT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER VEHICLES OUT THERE WHERE THE OWNERS ARE CLUELESS OF THIS POTENTIAL ISSUE THAT CAN PUT THEIR LIFE AT RISK??? *TR

WHEN RETURNING FROM CULLOWEE, NC, I WAS ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP OF I-40 EAST. AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO INCREASE TO HIGHWAY SPEED. THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE NEVER GAINED SPEED UNTIL I LET OF THE ACCELERATOR COMPLETELY AND SLOWLY APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN. THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE AND THE RESULTING DANGEROUS MERGE INTO TRAFFIC TERRIFIED MY WIFE, CHILD AND GRANDCHILD. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING ON AN ON-RAMP TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON I-90, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATED VERY HARD, THE ENGINE THEN LOST POWER, CAUSING ELECTRIC TO SHUT DOWN, AND UNCONTROLLED DECELERATION TO OCCUR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. ONCE I RELEASED THE PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL, AND PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THE POWER RETURNED AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED AGAIN. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE PROBLEM AND WAS REPLACED. NOTIFIED FORD REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT CONCERNS THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, HE RESPONDED THAT THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY, AND NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE DESPITE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND APPARENTLY THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS NOT UPDATED AS REQUIRED. AFTER THE UPDATE, IT WORKED FINE. IN DECEMBER 2012, SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OCCURRED AND THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED IT WAS THE COIL IN ENGINE 4 AS THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 60 MPH. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO ABOUT 80% OF TRAVEL. THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY HAD AN ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. I TOTALLY RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN APPLY ABOUT 10% AND THE ENGINE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE ENGINE CONTINUED ON AS NORMAL - GIVEN TRAFFIC CONDITIONS I DID NOT ATTEMPT A SECOND HARD ACCELERATOR APPLICATION. IT WAS RAINING AND HAD BEEN RAINING ABOUT AN HOUR WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I CALL FORD AND WAS GIVEN A TSB REPAIR CODE. IT IS FORD TSB 13-8-1 - AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE THIS TSB WAS 12-10-19 AND 12-6-4. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY I DID ACCELERATE IN THE SAME FASHION AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED PROPERLY - IT WAS NOT RAINING WHEN I DID THIS. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING AT 65MPH AND WENT TO PASS AND AT ACCELERATION THE TRUCK STALLED AND ALMOST DIED. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY A SEMI I HAD TO PULL OFF ON SHOULDER TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN ACCELERATE AGAIN. MY TRUCK HAS THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND HOPE THEY CAN RECALL AND FIX PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT 6/28/13, WHEN ACCELERATING TO GET ONTO A HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING SOMEWHERE BEFORE 60 AND LOST ALL POWER. THE SPEEDOMETER PEGGED AT 60 AND THE RPMS JUMPED TO REDLINE, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER BEING PRODUCED. THE VEHICLE TOOK AT NOSE DIVE AND WOULD NOT ALLOW FUEL TO THE ENGINE UNTIL THE RPMS SETTLED TO IDLE AND I WAS ABLE TO FEATHER THE GAS PEDAL IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE ENGINE. THE SECOND INCIDENT 8/9/13, WHEN GOING TO PASS SOMEONE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON I-95 THE VEHICLE FELL FLAT AGAIN, SAME SCENARIO, THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SAME ACTIONS AS ABOVE, WITH FEATHERING THE GAS PEDAL AND ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE ENGINE. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE INTERCOOLER WAS REPLACED AT 7600 MILES. THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS IN BOTH SCENARIOS, THESE EVENTS COULD'VE BEEN CATASTROPHIC BOTH BEING ON HEAVILY TRAVELED HIGHWAYS. AT 500 MILES I HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND ONE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT RESPOND WHILE ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO "LIMP HOME MODE" AND THE DISPLAY INDICATED THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY. *TR