2011 FORD F-150 Complaints

2011 FORD F150 STARTER PROBLEMS. I'VE REPLACED STARTER ON THIS VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES AND STILL HAVE ISSUE'S. I TURN IGNITION AND ALL THAT HAPPENS IS A SCREECHING NOISE. AFTER A COUPLE TRIES IT STARTS. SECOND ISSUE IS SPEED CONTROL ISSUES. I WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. MY TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT AND HAD TO MANUALLY SHIFT GEARS.

MY TRUCK WAS REPROGRAMMED FOR THE SUDDEN TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFT ISSUE. IT IS STILL OCCURING. AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS TO FORD I WAS TOLD THE DMV WOULD ISSUE RECALL NOTICE. HOW CAN THEY IF FORD WON'T SEND THE CORRECT INFORMATION? THE DOWNSHIFT DELETE ALSO AFFECTS THE DOWNSHIFT WHEN IN TOW HAUL MODE, SO THAT IT WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT TO ASSIST IN BRAKING. I NEED MY TRUCK'S TRANSMISSION TO BE FIXED SO THAT IT WILL STOP DOWNSHIFTING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE . THIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 10:30PM GOING 55MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG THAT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD, THANKFULLY I DIDN'T. I PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG UNTIL I LOOKED AT THE BACK GLASS. THE BACK GLASS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. OUT OF NO WHERE. MIND YOU, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS PRIOR. I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THIS TRUCK FOR THIRTY DAYS YET AND THIS HAPPENED. I WAS ESPECIALLY WORRIED BECAUSE MY 4YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK SEAT, ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO THIS.

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE, IT DOES NOT SHIFT INTO 2ND OR 3RD. THIS HAPPENS ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

PROBLEM STARTED BEFORE 100,000 MILES. 2011 FORD F-150 CURRENTLY HAS 230,000 MILES AND THE ISSUE IS GETTING MORE SEVERE. THE STEERING IS "STICKY", THERE IS RESISTANCE WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. LETTING GO OF THE WHEEL THE VEHICLE REMAINS IN THE STUCK POSITION AND DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY RETURN TO A NEUTRAL STEER POSITION. WITH MINOR RESISTANCE YOU NEED TO GIVE THE WHEEL A LITTLE JERK OR TWO TO GET THE VEHICLE'S WHEELS TO UNLOCK AND RESPOND. LATELY THERE ARE INCREASED INCIDENCES WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL SEVERELY STICKS AND NEEDS A STRONG TUG TO UNLOCK. THE STRONG TUG CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO OVERCOMPENSATE WHEN THE STEERING BREAKS FREE REQUIRING A SECOND JERK OF THE WHEEL TO KEEP CONTROL. EARLY IN THE HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM THE STICKING WAS WORSE WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT, BUT NOW THE ISSUE IS MOST SEVERE WHEN TURNING RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE, BUT THE SITUATION MAY BE EXACERBATED IF BREAKING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. AT WORST IT'S DANGEROUS, AT THE LEAST IT MAKES FOR TENSE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM COMES AND GOES AND SEEMS RANDOM. A FEW DAYS AGO, FOR THE FIRST TIME A "SERVICE POWER STEERING" WARNING DISPLAYED. AT A FORD DEALER THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A "WEAK" BATTERY. THE CCA (COLD CRANKING AMPS) 850 BATTERY WAS ONLY OUTPUTTING A CCA OF 575, VOLTS OF 12.41. THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY, CLEARED ALL DIAGNOSTIC FAULT CODES, AND PRONOUNCED THE PROBLEM FIXED. SOON AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP AND STICKING RESUMED, NOTHING SEVER, BUT CLEARLY STILL STICKING. LATER I EXPERIENCED A SEVER STICKING INCIDENT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE GONE TO A DEALERSHIP FOR HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. A WHILE AGO A FORD SERVICE REP SUGGESTED BATTERY TERMINAL CORROSION COULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM. THE TERMINALS WERE CORRODED, I CLEANED THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL, REPLACED THE POSITIVE AND THE STEERING ISSUE NOTICEABLY IMPROVED BUT DID NOT TERMINATE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND OCCURRED MORE OFTEN OVER TIME. THE SERVICE EPAS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CONTACTED A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

"TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER SEQUENCE, STARTER INTERLOCK, AND TRANSMISSION BRAKING EFFECT" AND 108 LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE A TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR (TRS) THAT WAS CALIBRATED OUT OF SPECIFICATION FOR REVERSE GEAR.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM 6GEAR TO FIRST ALL BUY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP THE TIRES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR CAUSING THE TIRES TO LOCK-UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED WITH NO ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V075000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO DARLINGS FORD VOLKSWAGEN AUDI (403 HOGAN RD BANGOR, ME 044101) WHERE THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER OVERNIGHT FOR REPAIRS HOWEVER, A WEEK LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD BE OVER A $1,000. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE DIAGNOSES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS EMAILED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND FORD RECALL 19S07, THIS IS EVERYTHING THE TRUCK IS DOING, NO LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT. HOW CAN I GET A CASE NUMBER TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE FIXED