2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE POWERTRAIN MALFUNCTION INDICATOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT CALLED DAVE SINCLAIR LINCOLN ST. PETERS (4760 N SERVICE RD, ST PETERS, MO 63376) WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VIN. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN) WHICH HE LINKED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 188,000.

WHILE DRIVING (AT ANY SPEED AND FROM ANY GEAR) TRUCK FREQUENTLY, UNPREDICTABLY EXHIBITS FOLLOWING BEHAVIOR: - SPEEDOMETER NEED DROPS TO ZERO REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL SPEED. - TRUCK LOSES PROPER SHIFTING FUNCTIONALITY. EVENT HAS OCCURRED A DOZEN TIMES OR SO SINCE 12 DECEMBER 2020, USUALLY AT SPEEDS AND GEARING ABOVE THIRD. TYPICAL RESULT IS TRUCK WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT BELOW THIRD GEAR, BUT ON ONE OCCASION EVENT OCCURRED AT A STOP LIGHT, AND GEARING ABOVE FIRST WOULD NOT ENGAGE - ODOMETER, TRIP METER, GAS MILEAGE AND OTHER DIGITAL INFORMATION DISPLAYS NULL OUT TO DASHES INSTEAD OF SHOWING NUMBERS - A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARS ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE DIGITAL DISPLAY. SYMBOL SOMETIMES REMAINS FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT, AND SOMETIMES GOES AWAY. - SOMETIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS, SOMETIMES NOT - AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES IF I TURN THE TRUCK OFF, REMOVE THE KEY, AND THEN RE-START, THE TRUCK TEMPORARILY RETURNS TO NORMAL FUNCTION, WITH NO INDICATION EVENT OCCURRED (CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOT ON, ETC). TRUCK OPERATES NORMALLY UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN, OFTEN WITHIN MINUTES (OR EVEN MOMENTS) OF THE RESET, BUT SOMETIMES NOT AGAIN FOR THE DURATION OF A 20 OR 25 MINUTE TRIP. TRUCK IS NOT SAFE TO OPERATE IN THIS CONDITION AND I HAVE NOW STOPPED DRIVING IT. I HAVE BEEN STUCK AT A RED LIGHT ON A GRADE WITH A LOAD IN THE BED AND TRAFFIC BEHIND ME, UNABLE TO MOVE WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGES, BECAUSE FIRST AND SECOND GEAR WILL NOT ENGAGE, AND THIRD GEAR LACKS TORQUE TO GET MOVING. ONCE, AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE EVENT OCCURRED AND THE TRUCK WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR, CAUSING UNSAFE TRAFFIC CONDITION (FOR ME AND OTHERS) WHILE I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER SAFELY THROUGH TRAFFIC. IN ADDITION TO PHOTOS SUBMITTED HEREWITH, I HAVE VIDEO CLIPS SHOWING OCCURRENCE AT HIGHWAY AND AT SURFACE STREET SPEEDS. CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT THEM.

2012 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ILLUMINATED AIRBAG LIGHT. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS TO DRIVE EVEN THOUGH THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE MANUFACTURER PUT THAT INFORMATION INTO WRITING. THE CONSUMER ALSO REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED THE COST OF REPAIRS IN RELATION TO THE AIRBAG REPAIRS. *JS

IN JUNE OF 2018 I PURCHASED MY 2012 F150 5.0 WITH 16,250 MILES. I NOW HAVE 40,650. BACK IN OCT OF 2020 I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRUCKS ENGINE SPUTTERING, CHUGGING, ETC.. WHEN ACCELERATING IN DAY TO DAY TO TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE WOULD RUN VERY ROUGH WHILE I SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WAITING FOR THE TRUCK TO "WORK THROUGH IT" OR COMPLETELY DIE. I'D WAIT A FEW MINUTES, START IT BACK UP AND BE ON MY WAY. I CAN BE SITTING AT A LIGHT, IT TURNS GREEN AND I TAKE OFF AND IT'LL ACT UP OR EVEN WHEN I'M TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD A CAR IN FRONT OF ME SLOWS DOWN TO TURN AND AFTER THEY TURN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND IT ACTS UP. IT THROWS NO CODES BUT I'M A SITTING DUCK OUT THERE WHEN THIS HAPPENS DUE TO THE EXTREME QUICK LOSS OF POWER. IN MOST CASES OF THIS HAPPENING I USUALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC CAUSING UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR ALL. ITS VERY RANDOM AND UNPREDICTABLE EVIDENT BY IT OCCURRING SEVERAL TIMES IN A WEEK OR NOT AT ALL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. AS SOON AS THIS ISSUE BEGAN I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED BY MY MECHANIC BUT IT STILL CONTINUED. MY MECHANIC EVEN KEPT MY TRUCK TO DRIVE AROUND AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING TWO SPERATE WEEKS TO "RE-ENACT" THE ISSUE, BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED. WITHIN A DAY OR TWO OF GETTING IT BACK FROM HIM IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I'VE BEEN TO FORD AND IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN'T THROW A CODE THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU, "BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO FOR YOU JUST LET THEM KNOW". THIS IS A HASSLE, UNSAFE SITUATION THAT I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW WITH NO ONE ABLE TO GIVE ME ANY ANSWERS TO FIX THIS. YES, I'VE SEEN AND HEARD THE LIST OF EVERYTHING IT COULD POSSIBLE BE FROM BUMPER TO BUMPER. I NEED A RESOLUTION BECAUSE I'VE EXTINGUISHED ALL OTHER AVENUES.

#27 FUSE LOCATED UNDER HOOD CAN BURN AND SHUT FUEL PUMP DOWN. REQUIRES A FUSE RELOCATION KIT. FROM # 27 TO USING EMPTY #70 FUSE HOLDER. WHILE DRIVING OR AFTER SHUTTING CAR OFF IT WILL NOT RESTART. CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME. AS A RESULT I FIRST REPLACED FUEL PUMP DRIVER MODULE, MASTER RELAY TO FUEL PUMP ALSO FUEL PUMP BEFORE I RESOLVED ISSUE. BECAUSE IT'S A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, HE NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL WAS A LITTLE LOOSE, THE CONTACT STOP THE VEHICLE, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARKED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECOME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE CHECK, THE POWER STEERING LIGHT WAS OFF. THEN AN INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED WAS TO PRESS THE OK BUTTON, THE CONTACT PRESSED THE OK BUTTON. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE GUEST THE OK BUTTON WAS TO RESET. ONCE THE BUTTON WAS PRESSED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE GOT HIS POWER STEERING BACK. THE CONTACT HAD MENTION THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE CONTACT CALLED BLUE RIDGE NORTH GEORGIA FORD, 7525 APPALACHIAN HWY, MINERAL BLUFF, GA 30559, AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SCHEDULE AND APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ALSO INFORMED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL AND WILL HAD TO PAY A FEE FOR THE REPAIR AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

THE VEHICLE WILL JERK WHEN DOWN SHIFTING ON HIGHWAY. THE JERK FEELS LIKE A CAR ACCIDENT AS IF REAR ENDED WITH A LOUD CLUNK.

HAVING TROUBLE TO SHIFT TO 1ST GEAR AND THERES TIME THAT I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF CUASE IT WON'T GO TO 1ST GEAR THAT HAPPENS WHEN I STOP BEEN HAVIN THAT TROUBLE WITH THISE 2 THINGS MY TRUCK BARELY HAS 25,300 MILES ON IT HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR AND MY TRANSMISSION WENT FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR LOCKING UP MY WHEELS AND I SKIDDED AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL

AS I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK WENT CRAZY ON MY DASH EVERY ELECTRONIC READING WAS WACK OUT OF COMMISSION SPEED WENT TO ZERO ON MY ODOMETER AND FROM SIX SPEED TO 1 MY TRUCK WOULD NOT RUN ANY FASTER BUT MY RPM GUAGE WAS SKY HIGH UNTIL I REALIZED I HAD TO PUT MY TRUCK IN NEUTRAL TO PULL OVER TO TURN OFF MY TRUCK.