2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

WE WERE DRIVING ON I5 SOUTH IN CALIFORNIA WITH OUR CRUISE CONTROL SET FOR 70 MPH. WE WERE COMING INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC SO HIT THE BUTTON TO END CRUISE. IT DIDN'T WORK SO MY HUSBAND HIT THE BRAKE AND IT DIDN'T DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. IF MY HUSBAND WOULD PRESS THE BRAKE, IT WOULD SLOW DOWN BUT WHEN HE TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, IT WOULD ACCELERATE UP TO 90 MPH. THERE WERE BIG TRUCKS ALL AROUND US AND OTHER VEHICLES AND WE COULDN'T MAKE IT TO AN OFF RAMP FOR 5 MILES. WHEN WE DID, MY HUSBAND SLOWED THE TRUCK ENOUGH TO PUT IT IN PARK BUT THE ENGINE REVVED SUPER HIGH AND WE SHUT IT OFF. WE TURNED IT BACK ON A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE WE TOOK OFF TO FINISH OUR TRIP. WE DID NOT USE THE CRUISE CONTROL AGAIN FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. WE TOOK OUR FORD TO THE DEALER THAT MONDAY AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. MY QUESTION WAS WHAT IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN OR SOMEBODY DIES AND HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER AND SAID HE WOULD CONTACT FORD. *TR

FORD F150 2012 ECOBOOST EXT CAB 4X4 XLT AFTER DRIVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND STOPPING AT A REST AREA I BEGAN TO REENTER THE INTERSTATE. AS I ACCELERATED ON THE ONRAMP TRAFFIC WAS MODERATE SO I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR EVEN HARDER. THE TRUCK WAS IN 5TH GEAR AND DOWNSHIFTED TO 4TH. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHUTTER AND LOOSE POWER. AT THIS POINT I PANICKED AND PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR EVEN HARDER. THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR AT WHICH POINT IT LOST ALL POWER. ALL THAT I COULD DO WAS LET OUT AT THIS POINT AND HOPE TO REGAIN POWER. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC HAD MOVED OVER BY THE TIME I HAD MADE IT TO THE END OF THE ONRAMP AT WHICH POINT THE TRUCK HAD A CLEAR AND DEFINITIVE MISS AND VERY LITTLE POWER. THE TRUCK SLOWLY ACCELERATED UP TO 60 MPH AND CONTINUED TO MISS FOR ANOTHER QUARTER MILE. AFTER ARRIVING AT MY PARENTS HOME 5 HOURS LATER WITHOUT ANOTHER INCIDENT OF FULL LOSS OF POWER I DROPPED MY WIFE OFF TO GET HER CAR. AS I PULLED OUT THE DRIVEWAY ONLY MINUTES LATER I PUNCHED THE ACCELERATOR TO SEE IF THE TRUCK WOULD DO IT AGAIN. THE TRUCK FELL ON ITS FACE. I COULD HAVE GOT OUT AND RAN FASTER. ONCE AGAIN IS MISSED FOR A QUARTER MILE AND CLEARED UP. TODAY, I HAD TO MAKE A QUICK TRIP INTO TOWN TO PICK UP SOMETHING FOR MY WIFE. AGAIN I PUNCHED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRUCK FELL ON ITS FACE AND HAD NO POWER. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON EVER SINCE. THANKFULLY I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS OF YET. THESE TRUCKS NEED TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED!!! *TR

TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE AND LOSE ACCELERATION WHILE MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 60MPH. SAME ISSUE OCCURRED ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER WHILE ACCELERATING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO MAKE AN AGGRESSIVE MOVE AS NOT TO REAR END MY TRUCK. APPROXIMATELY 65MPH. *TR

ON ACCELERATION RAMP ON INTERSTATE 75 ATTEMPTING TO GET UP TO SPEED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOSE ALL POWER FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC ONTO SHOULDER TO AVOID ACCIDENT. EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE REGAINED POWER. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES DURING THE SAME TRIP ON JULY 30 AND AUG 5. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING THEN ACCELERATING THE TURBO DROPS OUT A SEVERE LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED.

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX. 50 MPH BEHIND A SLOW VEHICLE AND PULLED IN THE ONCOMING LANE TO PASS WHEN THE TRUCK SEEM TO MISS FIRE. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I HAD BRAKE HARD TO PULL BACK IN BEHIND THE SLOW VEHICLE. IT DID THIS FOR ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS AND CLEARED UP. IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. 2012 F150 ECOBOOST *TR

IT IS A NEW TRUCK 2012 WITH ABOUT 650 MILES WHEN PURCHASED. THE FIRST COLD START THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND HAD A SLIGHT MISS. TOLD DEALER SAID NOT TO WORRY THEY COULD FIX IT. WENT TO KY ON WAY BACK RAN INTO A DOWN POUR OF RAIN. THE TRUCK AT ABOUT 40MPH STARTED TO SHAKE AND QUIVER LIKE IT WAS GOING TO QUIT .GOT TO THE SIDE OF ROAD TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT FROM OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES THEY CANT FIX IT.I HOPE THAT NO ONE GETS HURT FROM THIS ENGINE FAILURE.THE TRUCK NOW HAS 4160 MILES, IT STILL IDLES ROUGH AND HAS MISS. THE DEALER CHECKED IT OUT AND STILL CAN'T FIND THE CAUSE. *TR

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE OR HARD ACCELERATING FROM A STANDING STOP VEHICLE SHAKES AND STALLS, STAYS IN SECOND GEAR AND HAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE, IN WET OR DRY CONDITIONS, SOMETIMES COMPLETELY DYING. ON ONE OCCASION VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED WHILE ENTERING EXPRESSWAY CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO RUN OFF ROAD, HITTING A SIGN AND DIRT BANK TO AVOID APPROACHING SEMI TRUCK. ENGINE OIL IS DILUTED WITH GAS, HAS BURNING SMELL IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WE ARE AFRAID OF ENGINE EXPLOSION AND FIRE, BURNING SMELL IS SO BAD. FORD HAS ATTEMPTED SEVERAL FIXES, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES, NOW THERE IS A GRINDING GRUNT WHEN GOING INTO REVERSE. *TR

2012 FORD F150 STX "AUTO LAMPS" CAN NOT BE TURNED ON BY DEALERSHIPS, IF THEY WERE NOT FACTORY INSTALLED, EVEN THOUGH FACTORY WIRING AND PROPER PARTS, EXISTS. "LIGHTS ON WITH WIPERS", WHICH IS AN AVAILABLE OPTION WITH THE AUTO LAMP FEATURE, IS REQUIRED BY PENNSYLVANIA LAW, WHO MUST CONSIDER IT A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I'VE HAD PROBLEMS SINCE THE FIRST MONTH OF PURCHASE, FIRST TIME IT STALLED PULLING OUT OF A STOP SIGN WITH MY KIDS IN THE TRUCK, SCARED US TO DEATH. SECOND TIME, MY WIFE AND I WERE ON THE INTERSTATE GOING ON VACATION DRIVING AT NIGHT IN A STEADY RAIN, TRUCK BEGIN TO SHUDDER AND STALLED OUT, HAD TO PULL OVER ABOUT 5 TIMES DURING A 5 HOUR TRIP AND SIT UNTIL IT WOULD CRANK AND RUN AGAIN. WHEN I RETURNED I TOOK INTO FORD, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS, TRUCK KEPT DOING THE SAME IN A RAIN SO I TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND AFTER THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME THEY SAID THERE IS A DEFECT AND FORD HAS A NEW PART COMING OUT IN OCTOBER OF 2012, ENDED UP GETTING THE PART INSTALLED IN DECEMBER 2012. TRUCK IS DOING THE SAME THING, JUST STALLED ON ME IN BRANSON, MISSOURI, I CALLED DEALER AND CORPORATE FORD AND GET NOWHERE. I HAVE A COMPLAINT FILE NUMBER WITH FORD CORPORATE ON THIS PROBLEM BUT NO WILL HELP ME OR OFFER ME A NEW TRUCK WITHOUT ECOBOOST. VERY FRUSTRATING TO BUY A BRAND NEW $57K TRUCK AND FIND OUT IT DOES NOT RUN WELL IN THE RAIN AND FORD NEW OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO ME IN APRIL 2012. NOW I FIND OUT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT STARTED IN LOUISIANA AND OHIO FOR THE ECO BOOST TRUCKS. DONT REALLY WANT TO GO THIS ROUTE BUT FORD AND AUTONATION-COOK WHITEHEAD FORD DEALER HAS GIVEN ME NO CHOICE. WE NEED TO ALL PUBLICLY LET OUR DEALERS KNOW BY BEING ON THE NEWS OR OTHER MEANS SO FORD WILL STOP SELLING THESE VEHICLES. ITS NOT RIGHT TO TREAT US THIS WAY. *TR