2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO A LOSS OF POWER WHILE PASSING IN RAINY CONDITIONS IN MY 2012 F-150 CREW CAB 4X4 3.5 V-6 ECO BOOST. AFTER DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS (25-35MPH) AND FAIRLY CONSTANT THROTTLE ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES, I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A VEHICLE STARTING AT 50 MPH. AS SOON AS I WAS ON BOOST I EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER FORCING ME TO TAKE VIOLENT EVASIVE MANEUVERS INCLUDING FULL BRAKING AND HITTING THE SHOULDER, TO BARELY AVOID A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. AS THE BED WAS EMPTY I ASSUMED THAT I SPUN THE TIRES ON THE VERY WET HIGHWAY AND HIT A REV-LIMITER AS IT FELT LIKE I LOST SEVERAL CYLINDERS. ONCE IT RETURNED TO 6TH GEAR AND ABOUT 1500 RPM THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY. SUBSEQUENTLY I HAVE ROLLED ON THE THROTTLE SLOWLY WHEN REQUIRING FULL POWER IN WET CONDITIONS. AFTER READING ABOUT THE OTHER SIMILAR ISSUES I REALIZED THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE TURBOCHARGING SYSTEM. WITH THIS IN MIND I NOW REGULARLY GO TO BOOST WHERE I DON'T NEED THE POWER TO REMOVE THE CONDENSATION FROM THE INTERCOOLER WHEN CONDITIONS ARE WET. *TR

DRIVING TURNPIKE AT 1:30AM WITH WET ROADS BUT NOT RAINING. CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED AT 75 MPH. APPROACHING A BRIDGE AND UPON STARTING TO CLIMB ON THE INCLINE I HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION HAD DISENGAGED THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED PULSATING ON AND OFF SO I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRUCK DID NOT REACT BUT SINCE I WAS GOING 75 IT TOOK ME OVER THE BRIDGE AND THEN I COASTED DOWN THE BRIDGE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND PLACED TRUCK IN PARK THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON. I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK AND WAITED ABOUT 1 MINUTE THEN I TURNED THE KEY BACK ON AND THE TRUCK STARTED UP WITH NO ENGINE LIGHT OR ANY SIGN OF PROBLEMS. I DROVE ALL THE WAY TO MIAMI WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO FORD OF HOMESTEAD AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT PULL A CODE OUT OF THE COMPUTER THAT SHOWED ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED. I LATER TOOK THE TRUCK AGAIN THIS TIME MAKING NOISES WHEN U ACCELERATED IT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHUDDERING AND AGAIN NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REPLICATE IT. AGAIN ON OR AROUND MARCH 2013 I TOOK THE TRUCK TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER AND TRIED TO REPLICATE THE SHUDDERING BETWEEN 3 OR 4 TH GEAR TO NO AVAIL. THE TRUCK THIS PAST WEEKEND ON THE SAME BRIDGE AGAIN WITH WET ROADS MADE THE SHUDDERING SOUND AND FEELING BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AND THE TRUCK UPON GETTING TO THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE CONTINUED WITHOUT HAVING TO BE TURNED OFF AND ON. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE BUT WHENEVER I GUESS THE TRUCK ACCELERATES TO GAIN SPEED TO GO OVER THE BRIDGE OR AFTER LEAVING A STOP OR RED LIGHT BETWEEN 3 OR 4 TH GEARS IT SHUDDERS AND WHEN THE BRIDGE COMES AROUND IT GOES TO A LOWER GEAR AND STARTS LOSING POWER. WHEN IT HAPPENS BETWEEN 3 OR 4TH GEARS IT IS WITH ME ACCELERATING. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TRUCK HAS A MEMORY IF YOU DRIVE IT HARD OR SOFTLY IT REMEMBERS THIS AND SHIFTS DIFFERENTLY. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING TO PASS, TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING,HAD LOSS OF POWER AND INCREASED RPM ON TACH TRUCK PRACTICALLY STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED. WILL BE CONTACTING DEALER. DEFINITELY COULD BE HAZARD-AS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SO I HOPE FORD TAKES NOTICE BEFORE PEOPLE DIE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING FOR AN EXTENDED TIME IN RAIN, ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO PASS AND THE VEHICLE MISFIRED, SHUTTERED AND SHOOK TO THE POINT OF NEARLY LOSING CONTROL, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND ALMOST STOPPED, CAUSING A NEAR REAR END COLLISION. VEHICLE RECOVERED AND SEEMED TO RUN FINE FOR A WHILE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE INTERSTATE FROM A REST AREA, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. HAD TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD TO PREVENT GETTING REAR ENDED AGAIN. AT THIS POINT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MANUAL SAID TO GET TO A SERVICE AREA TO HAVE THE ENGINE CHECKED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED LATEST CAC AND DEFLECTOR ARE INSTALLED, SO THEY REPROGRAMMED THE PCM WITH THE LATEST UPDATES. LITERATURE GIVEN TO ME AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATES THERE IS NO CURE FOR THIS PROBLEM AT THE PRESENT TIME. *TR

I OBTAINED THIS VEHICLE NOVEMBER 2012 FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY AFTER WINNING AN ARBITRATION CASE I FILED. REASON: THE FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM IN THE TRUCK IT REPLACED, A 2010 FORD, 150, 4X4, WAS TOTALLY INACCURATE AND UNDEPENDABLE. THE ARBITRATOR AGREED THAT IT WAS UNSAFE AND GRANTED US THE OPTION EITHER TO ACCEPT A NEW VEHICLE WITH SIMILAR FEATURES, OR A BUY-BACK. THROUGHOUT MONTHS OF PROCESSING AND SEVERAL VISITS TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR UNSUCCESSFUL REPAIR ATTEMPTS, FORD STEADFASTLY DENIED ANY ISSUES EXISTED--THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL MONITORING AND MEASURING SYSTEM WAS WORKING AS DESIGNED--DESPITE THE FACT THAT A DISINTERESTED THIRD PARTY EXPERT HIRED BY THE BBB TEST DROVE OUR TRUCK AND CONCLUDED IT WAS DEFECTIVE. FURTHERMORE, A GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WHEREIN SOME OWNERS ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF GAS OWING TO AN INACCURATE FUEL GAUGE READING. HERE IS A RECENT AND TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE PROBLEM: A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN I STARTED MY TRUCK, "MILES TO EMPTY" WAS 225. THE FUEL TANK SHOWED BETWEEN ONE-QUARTER AND ONE-HALF FULL. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER, "MILES TO EMPTY" READ 90, AND THE GAS GAUGE WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE EMPTY. I DON'T REALLY CARE MUCH ABOUT THE "MILES TO EMPTY" FEATURE BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED NOT TO TRUST IT; HOWEVER, WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWS A HALF TANK OF GAS REMAINING, THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER DROPS TO NEARLY EMPTY, I BECOME CONCERNED--PARTICULARLY WHEN DRIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE WE LIVE, AND IN SNOW CONDITIONS, THUS CREATING A SAFETY ISSUE. TO THIS DAY, FORD DENIES AN ISSUE EXISTS. *TR

WHEN DRIVING DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, I MOVED TO THE PASSING LANE TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR ON MY 2012 FORD F-150 (WITH ECOTECH MOTOR), MY TRUCK DID NOT ACCELERATE AND IT FELT AS IF MY TRUCK HAD LOST ALL POWER. THIS LOST ACCELERATION REQUIRED THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION AND ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING NUMEROUS VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND ONTO AN ENTRANCE RAMP, THERE WAS A RAPID REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THREE TIMES. A PART WAS INSTALLED ONTO THE ECO BOOSTER. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO ADVISED THAT ONLY NON LETHAL GASOLINE SHOULD BE USED IN THE FUEL TANK. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY OFFERED AN EXTENDED SERVICE WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

TRAVELING HWY 70 E BETWEEN SAINT AUGUSTINE PASS AND AGUIRRE SPRINGS TURNOFF, COMING FROM LAS CRUCES, NM. HAD JUST PULLED BACK INTO TRAFFIC AFTER SWITCHING FROM A 5'9'" DRIVER TO 4'9" DRIVER. THE SEAT MEMORIES WERE PROGRAMMED FOR BOTH DRIVERS, BUT DID NOT WORK. THE SHORT DRIVER ADJUSTED SEATS AND MIRRORS, NOTICED THAT THE ELECTRIC CONTROLS SEEMED TO BE SLUGGISH. AFTER PULLING BACK INTO TRAFFIC, THE SEAT WAS A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO STEERING WHEEL. DRIVER TRIED TO NUDGE SEAT BACK, BUT CONTROL DID NOT WORK. DRIVER TRIED TO ADJUST SEAT TO TILT BACKWARD, BUT THE SEAT MOVED ALL THE WAY BACK. WHEN TRYING TO BRING SEAT BACK UP, THE CONTROL STUCK IN THE TILT FORWARD POSITION AND FOLDED DRIVER IN SEAT TO WHERE DRIVER COULD NO LONGER SEE ABOVE THE DASH (40-45 DEGREE SHARP ANGLE OF SEAT) . PASSENGER NAVIGATED THE VEHICLE ONTO MEDIAN. DRIVER THEN PULLED CONTROL WITH BOTH HANDS, WHEN IT FINALLY CAME UNSTUCK. THE INJURY TO DRIVER WAS A SORE LOWER BACK LASTING SEVERAL DAYS AFTER EXPERIENCING GREAT PRESSURE FROM SEAT BACK ON LUMBAR REGION. (MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE OR LESS SEVERE WITH LARGER DRIVER) LOCAL FORD DEALER WILL SERVICE VEHICLE ON 20 JUNE 2013. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE; HOWEVER, HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,700. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, LITTLE TO NO UPHILL OR DOWNHILL GRADE, SPEED APPROXIMATELY 55, ATTEMPTED TO PASS A TRACTOR-TRAILER. PRESSED HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND STARTED THE PASS. HALFWAY THRU THE PASS, PASSING SPEED 65-70 MPH, MY TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I BACKED OFF THE ACCELERATOR, AND PULLED BACK IN BEHIND THE TRACTOR-TRAILER, THEN OFF TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, OPENED THE HOOD, EXPECTING TO SEE SOMETHING BAD. NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF ANYTHING WRONG. STARTED THE ENGINE, DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME, WITH NO OTHER MIS-HAPS. HOWEVER, THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TWICE MORE, THE MOST RECENT BEING JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, 6-10-13. EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, IT HAS BEEN DURING AN ATTEMPT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE, DURING A HARD ACCELERATION. I'M TYPICALLY A VERY CONSERVATIVE DRIVER, AND BOUGHT THIS TRUCK WITH THIS ENGINE FOR BOTH FUEL ECONOMY AND POWER TO PULL A TRAILER. ON THE FIRST AND THIRD OCCURRENCE, I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE, WITH TRAFFIC GOING THE SAME DIRECTION. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, I WAS ON A SLIGHT UPGRADE ON A 2-LANE ROAD, AND ATTEMPTED TO PASS A MUCH SLOWER VEHICLE. THERE WAS TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION, BUT THERE WAS AMPLE TIME AND DISTANCE TO MAKE A SAFE PASS, AS THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME WAS VERY SLOW. AGAIN, HALFWAY THRU THE PASSING ATTEMPT, I LOST POWER, AND HAD TO BACK BEHIND THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO MOVE OVER TO AVOID THE COLLISION. I HAVE TALKED TO MY DEALER ABOUT THIS, AND THEY WERE GOING TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE BEFORE SERVICING IT. HOWEVER, I RECENTLY SAW A REPORT ON THIS ISSUE ON THE LOCAL NEWS STATION, AND REALIZED THAT MY PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE. *TR