2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. AFTER MOVING OVER AND ACCELERATING - THE TRUCK BUCKLED AND STALLED! I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY AN 18 WHEELER AT 65 MPH! THIS WAS VERY CLOSE TO BEING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING MULTIPLE VEHICLES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AS FORD DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THIS VEHICLE HAS A 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND IT ALSO SHUDDERS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH A HARD CLUNKING SOUND DURING GEAR CHANGES. THANK YOU. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING FROM KENTUCKY TO ALABAMA IN DRIVING RAIN MY ENTIRE TRIP, TRUCK BEGINS TO MISFIRE AND LOSE POWER IN ALABAMA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW. AFTER LETTING UP ON ACCELERATOR, TRUCK ENGINE STOPPED MISSING, BUT UNDER STRAIN AND ON HILLS IT AGAIN BEGAN TO MISS FIRE AND ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AGAIN. BECAUSE OF POWER LOSS AND ENGINE BUCKING, I FOUND A FORD DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY FOR REPAIRS. THEY REPLACED THE INTERCOOLER AND REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER IN THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK DID STOP MISFIRING, BUT SEEMED TO DRIVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED DOWN AND STILL SEEMED TO MISS SOME DURING THE REST OF MY WET TRIP TO FLORIDA. TRUCK SEEMS TO DRIVE GREAT IN THE CITY UNDER DRY OR WET CONDITIONS NOW. * IT APPEARS THE ISSUE IS ONLY WITH EXTENDED TRAVEL IN VERY WET CONDITIONS. *TR

ON VACATION TO GA FROM MD IN JULY OF 2012, DURING A HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND LOST POWER SEVERAL TIMES TRAVELING ON I-95 TOWING A BOAT. DRIVING ABOUT 65-70 MPH STOPPED AT THE FORD DEALER ON RT. 1 IN FREDERICKSBURG VA AND THEY DID A TEMPORARY FIX, A PIECE OF CARDBOARD WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT THE MOISTURE FROM CAUSING PROBLEMSONLY TO BE TOLD TO GO BACK TO OUR DEALER FOR THE PART ONCE IT COMES IN ALL BACK ORDERED. WE HAVE SINCE CONTACTED SHEEHY AND GOT NOWHERE NEVER GOT A CALL EITHER THAT THE PART WAS IN. TRUCK GETS THE WORST GAS MILEAGE AND OVER THE RAIN WE HAD STARTED TO STALL OUT AGAIN. NEVER CALLED AND NEVER FIXED.NOW WITH THE RAIN AGAIN AND THE HEAT IT IS DOING IT AGAIN..... *TR

I SWITCHED LANES TO PASS A TRUCK AND THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE LANE SO I STEPPED ON THE THROTTLE TO THE FLOOR AND IT HESITATED THEN STARTED TO DIE. THEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE ALONG WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT CONTINUED TO SPUTTER AND SHAKE FOR A MILE OR SO THEN IT STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE PROBLEM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL LIT AND MY AFTERMARKET STEREO CAN PULL THE CHECK ENGINE CODES AND THEY WERE P0300 P0304 P0306 P0306. IT WAS ABOUT 75 OUTSIDE AND THE ROAD WAS DRY. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE TRUCK NOW HAS 26,300 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND TURBO CHARGER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

ON TRIP FROM LOUISVILLE KY. TO ATLANTA, GA IN THE RAIN, TRUCK DISPLAYED THE SHUDDERING STALL CAUSED BY CONDENSATION IN THE CHARGED AIR COOLER WHICH GETS INGESTED INTO ENGINE CAUSING MOTOR TO GO INTO LIMP MODE, TRUCK HAS HAD TWO OF THE THREE TSB'S PERFORMED AS THIS IS THE SEVENTH INCIDENT OF THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE NEW. WHEN TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY AT RISK FROM REAR END COLLISION. *TR

SINCE I PURCHASED MY TRUCK THERE HAS BEEN SEVEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHERE I HAVE ACCELERATED TO ENTER AN INTERSTATE OR PASS A VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK IN AND THEY HAVE REPLACED PARTS AND SAID IT WAS REPAIRED. THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSTATE IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA WHERE BARRIERS WERE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERSTATE. I ACCELERATED TO ENTER THE INTERSTATE AND THERE WERE CARS AND A SEMI APPROACHING WHERE I ENTERED. I ACCELERATED TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK STALLED AND WOULD NOT TAKE FUEL. THE APPROACHING SEMI COULD NOT STOP IN TIME AND HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS ME. HE MISSED HITTING ME BY INCHES AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. WITH THE BARRIERS IN PLACE I COULD NOT GET OFF THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE TRUCK STALLED. I HAVE THE ECO-BOOST ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THEY ARE TELLING ME THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT IS CAUSING THE FAILURE. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED MULTIPLE INJURIES OR DEATHS HAD THE SEMI NOT BEEN ABLE TO AVOID HITTING ME OR THE OTHER CARS. I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE INNER COOLER FOR THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,800. *TR

WE HAD THE SCARE OF OUR LIVES ALONG WITH OUR PASSENGERS. WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 F150 ON A TRIP BACK FROM CHARLESTON, WV TO OHIO ON INTERSTATE 77. THE TRUCK HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM. WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 75 MILES AN HOUR AND I ACCELERATED TO PASS SLOWER TRAFFIC IN THE RIGHT LANE. AS I ENTERED THE PASSING LANE THE TRUCK LOST POWER. LUCKILY, I'M AN EXCELLENT DRIVER AND WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY MOVE BACK TO THE RIGHT LANE BEFORE A LARGE SUV REAR ENDED US. I THEN TRIED TO ACCELERATE SINCE OUR SPEED HAD DROPPED TO ABOUT 50 MPH. THE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY UNTIL I LET OFF OF THE GAS. THE AC TURNED OFF WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN TO GET UP TO THE LEGAL SPEED OF 70 MPH. THE TRUCK AGAIN SHOOK VIOLENTLY. AFTER ABOUT TWO MILES THE F150 STARTED TO ACT SOME WHAT NORMAL AGAIN. WE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS IN THE REMAINING 150 MILES OF OUR TRIP. FOR THE MOST PART, THE TRIP TO CHARLESTON, WV FROM OHIO WAS WET. THE TRIP BACK WAS MOSTLY DRY WITH TEMPS IN THE LOW 80'S AND HUMID. I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAMAGE THIS CAUSED TO OUR TRUCK. I'M VERY UPSET WITH THESE AND OUR 2013 ESCAPE PROBLEMS. THE TRUCK IS PARKED FOR NOW, TO DANGEROUS THE DRIVE IN WET/HUMID CONDITIONS. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT READY TO HAPPEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS HAULING A TRAILER. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DETECT A DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SENT THE MANUFACTURER A LETTER DETAILING THE STALLING ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 8/27/13 *CN