2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF THIS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THE NET. IT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A "TRANSMISSION BUMP". THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS & CAUSES A BUMP, OR A PUSH. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED TO ME, I THOUGHT SOMEONE REAR ENDED ME! IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN WHILE YOU'RE AT A DEAD STOP. THE TRUCK ACTUALLY LURCHES FORWARD. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS "NORMAL" FOR THE 6 SPD. TRANSMISSION IN MY FORD. NO TSB HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FROM FORD TO FIX THIS!!! *TR

THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH ABOUT 400 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I BEGAN NOTICING A LOOSE/NIBBLE FEELING IN THE STEERING WHEEL ESPECIALLY OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, WHICH IS 90 PERCENT OF MICHIGAN ROADS. WHEN TEMPERATURES GET HOTTER THE PROBLEM IS MORE SEVERE. I HAVE HAD 4 POWER STEERING RACK AND PINIONS (EPAS) REPLACED AND EACH TIME IT FIXES THE PROBLEM BUT FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS AND THEN IT REAPPEARS. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE ENTIRE STEERING SHAFTS REPLACED AND THIS DID NOTHING. THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME MUCH MORE SEVERE AS TIME HAS GONE BY. I AM NOW EXPERIENCING THE VEHICLE PULLING AND JUMPING WHILE GOING OVER UNEVEN SURFACES IN THE ROAD. THERE ARE OVER 1000 PEOPLE WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON OTHER PUBLIC WEBSITES. I CAN NOW SLIGHTLY MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH WHILE THE VEHICLE IS OFF AND YOU CAN FEEL LOOSENESS/NIBBLE IN STEERING AND ALSO A VERY LOUD KNOCKING OF PARTS COMING FROM THE RACK AND PINION (EPAS). PARTS BANGING AGAINST EACH OTHER IS NOT NORMAL! EVERYTIME I PUT MY 6 AND 10 YEAR OLD KIDS IN MY TRUCK I FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY ALONG WITH MY OWN. FORD MOTOR COMPANY DOESN'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE AN ISSUE. I HAVE HEARD FROM TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM FORD THAT DURING PRODUCTION OF THESE VEHICLES IT WAS KNOWN THAT A NUMBER OF DEFECTIVE RACK AND PINIONS (EPAS) WERE INSTALLED DURING THE ASSEMBLY. I HAVE ALSO RAN INTO A PERSON THAT OVERSEES THE QUALITY DEPARTMENT (WON'T MENTION WHERE) BUT TOLD ME THAT FORD IS HAVING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH THEIR STEERING AND TOLD ME TO HAVE THEM REPLACE THE EPAS SYSTEM WHICH I HAVE ALREADY HAD DONE 4 TIMES. I GUESS ITS GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE DYING BEFORE FORD WILL TAKE ACTION AND FIX THEIR PROBLEMS. ITS VERY UNFORTUNATE BUT IS THE REASON WHY I AM REPORTING THIS. MY NEXT STOP IS THE LOCAL NEWS TO SHARE MY STORY! *TR

2012 F150 ECOBOOST. WAS CRUISING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60-65 CLOSING IN ON A SLOWER MOVING BUS. PULLED OUT TO PASS AND GAVE IT MORE THROTTLE THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WITH THROTTLE TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES AND PULL BACK BEHIND THE BUS TO AVOID A COLLISION. AFTER RECOVERING THE MOTOR SEEMED TO RECOVER AND ALLOWED FOR ACCELERATION AGAIN. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US. NEITHER TIME DID THE COMPUTER REGISTER A FAULT CODE OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK IT FOR THE ISSUE, FORD SERVICE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING AS NO CODE WAS FOUND AND UNABLE TO RECREATE IN TEST DRIVE. AT THAT TIME TSB 12-6-4 WAS OUT PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE. AFTER THE SECOND TIME,AGAIN THERE WAS NO CODE OR RECREATION BUT A NEW TSB 12-10-19 SUPERSEDED THE PREVIOUS TSB AND ALLOWED FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT FORD IS AWARE OF AND COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT ALL 2011-2012 F150 ECOBOOST MOTORS AND SOME EARLY 2013 MODELS. THE CHARGE AIR COOLER AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IS CREATING CONDENSATION THAT CAUSES THESE POWER LOSS EVENTS. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS IN TSB 12-10-19, IF SUCCESSFUL, SHOULD BE APPLIED TO ALL F150 ECOBOOST VEHICLES BUILT WITH THE OLDER INTERCOOLER DESIGN. *TR

2012 F150 ECOBOOST. CONSUMER STATES SHUTTERING, LOSS OF HORSEPOWER AND ELECTRICAL PANEL WENT BLANK *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION, THERE WAS STEAM COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE NEXT MORNING, AS THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING TO THE DEALER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE INNER COOLER WAS FILLED WITH WATER AND WAS PUSHING WATER THROUGH THE ENGINE. THE WATER WAS CREATED BY THE ENGINE AND ITS COMPONENTS. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM AT THE CURRENT TIME. UPDATED 02/11/13

2012 FORD F150 WITH ECOBOOST - DRIVING BACK TO NY FROM MAINE - HIT RAIN IN VERMONT - TRIED TO PASS A VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY - TRUCK LOST POWER - BOGGED DOWN - STUTTERING ALONG. HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER TO SLOW LANE TO AVOID HAVING ACCIDENT WITH VEHICLES COMING UP FROM BEHIND - VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MY DAUGHTER HAS THE SAME TRUCK SHE HAD SAME PROBLEM IN JULY. IN RESEARCHING ONLINE HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE ECOBOOST. DEALER WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ANY ISSUES WITH THIS ENGINE. MY DAUGHTER FOUND ON FORD FORUMS AND THIS SITE THAT FORD ISSUED THE TSB 12-6-4 THAT IS SUPPOSE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER PLACED THE SHIELD ON THE INTERCOOLER AND RESET THE COMPUTER - TIME WILL TELL IF THIS WILL WORK BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

2012 FORD F150 WITH ECOBOOST MILEAGE 2,500 - DRIVING FOR APPROX. 2HRS ON HIGHWAY - RAINING OFF/ON THROUGHOUT DRIVE - WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS A VEHICLE GOING UPHILL THE F150 LOST POWER AND BOGGED DOWN - STUTTERING ALONG - HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER TO SLOW LANE - TO AVOID POSSIBLE ACCIDENT WITH TRAFFIC THAT WAS APPROACHING IN FAST LANE. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO STUTTER ALONG AT VARIOUS TIMES AFTER THE 3 HR TRIP. NO PROBLEMS SINCE BUT TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN USED MUCH (3,600 MILES NOW). SAW ON OTHER FORUMS AND THIS SITE THAT OTHER F150'S WITH ECOBOOST ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER - THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ECOBOOST. I SHOWED THEM THE PRINTOUT FROM THIS SITE HIGHLIGHTING THE TSB 12-6-4, WHICH THEY ARE GOING TO DO. MY FATHER PURCHASED THE SAME TRUCK AND HE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HIM THIS SEPTEMBER. HOPE THIS WORKS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

WAS DRIVING AT 60MPH, ACCELERATED A LITTLE AND VEHICLE SHUDDERED/HESITATED AND DIDN'T ACCELERATE, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED, THEN BECAME SOLID. TOOK TO FORD DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD A CALIBRATION UPDATE FIXED THE PROBLEM. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED 3 DAYS LATER. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP, IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR 3 DAYS AND THEY STATE "ARE WAITING FOR FORD TO ADVISE THEM ON WHAT TO DO NEXT." THIS IS A 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOST LARIAT 4X4 SUPERCREW WITH ONLY 5,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS A STICKER OF NEARLY $50,000. I WOULD EXPECT NO PROBLEMS OR AT LEAST A TIMELY SOLUTION. EITHER WAY, MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE OR NEEDING TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRUCK FAILING TO DO SO IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED AND WHENEVER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ECO BOOST CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE SEAT RAIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE ECO BOOST WAS WORKING EXTREMELY WELL. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60.

HAD CRUISE CONTROL SET ON 59MPH......CAME UPON SLOW MOVING VEHICLES AND HIT ACCELERATOR TO PASS REACHING 80MPH....MADE PASS.....TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR TO SLOW DOWN, NOTHING HAPPENED WITH VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY AT 80MPH....HIT BRAKE....NO REACTION STILL 80MPH...HOT THE CRUISE OFF BUTTON ON STEERING WHEEL, STILL NO REACTION.....HAD TO PHYSICALLY FORCE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN TO A STOP, HOWEVER ENGINE REMAINED AT HIGH THROTTLE UNTIL I COULD TURN IGNITION OFF.......WAITED A FEW MINUTES...TURNED VEHICLE BACK ON AND VEHICLE ACTED NORMALLY....TESTED CRUISE CONTROL A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE MAKING IT HOME...NO PROBLEMS....THIS WAS AND COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION HAD THERE BEEN TRAFFIC ON THIS HIGHWAY...THANK GOD IT WAS AROUND 11 PM.....BRAND NEW TRUCK...HAD FOR TWO WEEKS.......REPORTING TO FORD SERVICE TOMM MORN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH IN RAIN WEATHER, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER BECAUSE IT HAD ENGAGED INTO LIMP MODE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN SPEED ONCE HE DROVE AWAY FROM THE SHOULDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER IT RAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE ENGINE AND THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BECOME DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 768. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.