2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

PRESSED GAS TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE AND IT BOGGED AND HAD A MAJOR LOSS OF POWER. IT WAS RAINING OUT AND IT FELT AS THE TRUCK SUCKED SOME WATER INTO THE ENGINE, RESEARCH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS THE CAC, OR INTERCOOLER. *TR

I PULLED OUT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY IN A PASSING ZONE AS ACCELERATING MY F150 LOSS POWER AND BEGAN SHAKING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK INTO MY LANE BEFORE THE ONCOMING CAR HIT ME HEAD ON. MY F150 CONTINUED TO SHAKE A LOSE POWER, AFTER A FEW MOMENTS OF THIS IT REGAINED POWER AND THE SHAKING HALTED. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS REMAINED ON SINCE THIS.I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO MY DEALER TO CHECK THIS OUT AND WAS TOLD IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTERCOOLER AND THEY WOULD ORDER PARTS TO REPAIR. AS OF TODAY (FEB, 20TH 2013) I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH FORD CUSTOMER CARE AND WAS INFORMED THE SUPPOSED PARTS ARE ON A BACK ORDER. THE LOSS OF POWER AND SHAKING HAS HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES SINCE, ALSO MY REMOTE START DOES NOT WORK DUE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON. MY FUEL MILEAGE HAS DROPPED FROM 18.7 TO 14 MPG. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO LOSE POWER. *TR

IT WAS A FOGGY, MOIST DAY AND WHEN I ACCELERATED TO GET AROUND A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE! MY TRUCK LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR 15 SECONDS, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, MY TRUCK WENT INTO LIMPMODE. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME AND I WAS NOT INJURED OR INVOLVED IN A CRASH!!! *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON LA 3033 WHEN SHE BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THE STEERING RESPONSE WAS ERRATIC AND SLOW, PULLING A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT AND HARD TO TURN IN CORNERS. THIS STARTED ABOUT 3 MILES BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG BUT CONTINUED AHEAD. SHE REACHED A RIGHT HAND CURVE ON A LOCAL LAKE LEVEE AND NOTICED IT STILL HARD TO TURN BUT MADE IT OKAY. THE NEXT CURVE WAS A LEFT HANDER AND WHEN SHE STATED INTO IT THE STEERING REFUSED TO RESPOND. THERE ARE HARDLY ANY SHOULDERS ON THIS HIGHWAY AND SHE WENT STRAIGHT DOWN THE LEVEE EMBANKMENT AND HIT A TREE AND INTO THE WATER. THE TRUCK IS BADLY DAMAGED BUT SHE AND THE TWO GRANDCHILDREN ARE OKAY. I AM PUTTTING THIS ON THIS SITE BECAUSE I KNOW FORD IS GOING TO DENY ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. NOW I'M WONDERING IF IT MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN TO US OR SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4,090.

2012 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE GEAR MOVED FROM PARK TO REVERSE TWICE, SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER 2012. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT CAUSED APPROXIMATELY $5800 DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, PLUS DAMAGE TO LANDSCAPING PROPERTY OF A BUSINESS. THE CONSUMER STATED HE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND LEFT IT RUNNING. WHEN HE WENT AROUND THE TRUCK, HE SAW THE TRUCK STARTING TO MOVE IN REVERSE. HE RAN AROUND TO THE TRUCK, OPENED THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND TRIED TO CLIMB INTO THE TRUCK, TO STOP IT, BUT WAS KNOCKED DOWN TO HIS KNEES AND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR JAMB ON THE TRUCK. HE WAS DRAGGED TO HIS KNEES FOR SEVERAL FEET, BEFORE HE DECIDED TO LET GO DOWN AND ROLLED AWAY FROM THE TRUCK. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED IN REVERSE FOR APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET BEFORE RUNNING UP OVER A CURB AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT OVER TWO TREES, SOME SMALL BUSHES AND DESTROYING 30 ' OF VINYL FENCE BEFORE COMING TO A REST. ON OCTOBER 1, 2012, THE CONSUMER BACKED THE TRUCK INTO HIS DRIVEWAY, PLACED IT IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, AND LEFT IT RUNNING WITH THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPEN, WHEN SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVE BACKWARDS. HE TRIED TO GET IN THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT, BUT WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED BACK FOR ABOUT 25 FEET HITTING A LANDSCAPING BOULDER BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. *JB

ACCELERATING FROM FREEWAY ON RAMP AT ABOUT 25 MPH, SLOWLY PUSHING PEDAL DOWN TRUCK TACHOMETER GAUGE SPEED UP TO BETWEEN 5500 RPM AND 7000 RPM. HOWEVER TRUCK DID NOT MOVE. TRANSMISSION ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THIS LASTED 4 OR 5 SECONDS; THEN ENGINE STARTED MISSING AND RUNNING ROUGH. ALL THE TIME VEHICLE HAD SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. I NARROWLY AVOIDED BEING REARENDED BY PULLING OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THIS HAPPEN ON I-20 NEAR THE REST AREA WEST BOUND IN MONAHANS TEXAS. WEATHER WAS CLEAR, AND TEMP ABOUT 42 DEGREES. HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES SINCE THEN. FUEL WAS FROM NATIONAL VENDOR AND SAME BRAND I NORMALLY USE. DEALER IS OBLIVIOUS TO THIS AND WHAT TO DO. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, BEGAN TO PASS A SEMI TRUCK. ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER AND THEN POWER LOSS. HAD TO MAKE SUDDEN BRAKE TO AVOID HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ONCOMING CAR. ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND FORD HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE FIX TO THE PROBLEM. HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS A MOISTURE PROBLEM IN THE TURBO COOLERS. THEY DO NOT HAVE PARTS TO FIX AND DO NOT HAVE A FIX DATE. THEY TOLD ME TO KEEP DRIVING THE TRUCK BUT I AM AFRAID THAT THE MOTOR WILL CUT OUT AND CAUSE A CRASH THAT COULD BE FATAL. THE DEALERSHIP WONT GIVE ME ANOTHER TRUCK TO DRIVE IN THE MEAN TIME. I DO NOT HAVE EXTRA VEHICLES TO LEAVE IT PARKED UNTIL THEY FIND A FIX. I AM FEARFUL OF DRIVING THE TRUCK AS IT IS AND FORD CANT FIX IT. *TR

WHILE PASSING A VEHICLE MY FORD F150 BEGAN TO SHUDDER DRAMATICALLY, LOST POWER IMMEDIATELY, CAUSING ME TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME. THIS COULD HAVE DEFINITELY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE INTERCOOLER FOR TURBO ON THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. A REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN ORDERED BUT FORD STATES, THAT DUE TO THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CALLS FOR THIS PART, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 3 MONTHS TO REPLACE THE PART. THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, AS THEY TOLD ME THIS COULD OCCUR AGAIN. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING ON OTHER ECO BOOST ENGINES. *TR

THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT I AM NOT SURE TO LIST THIS UNDER ENGINE OR STEERING EITHER WAY I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME SHAKING AND SHUDDERING THAT I WAS BEFORE. FORD FIXED THE SO CALLED INTERCOOLER PROBLEM BUT NOW IT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SHAKING. IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN I FIRST START OUT DRIVING IN THE MORNING THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER WHILE DRIVING AT SOW SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 45 MPH IT EVEN DID THIS YESTERDAY AT 5 MPH. IF YOU RESEARCH THIS COMPLAINT THERE ARE 1000S F COMPLAINTS ONLINE ESPECIALLY ON THE FORD F150 FORUM. ALSO MY GAS MILEAGE IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AT 13 TO 14 MPG AND THAT'S ON 45 AND 55 MPH ROADS IN THE COUNTRY. THE SHAKING OCCURS VIOLENTLY MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN TO 35 MPH. *TR