2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

VACUUM PUMP RUNS EXCESSIVELY AND IS NOISY. THIS IS ALREADY A KNOWN CONDITION TO FOMOCO. THEY ADVISE MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER COVERED U DER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION EXTENDED SERVICE BULLETIN. HTTPS://FORD.OEMDTC.COM/1760/15N05-ELECTRIC-VACUUM-PUMP-EXTENDED-COVERAGE-2011-2012-FORD-F-150 FORD REFERENCE # CAS-24279039-D5H0K6

WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK WILL AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE GEARS AND THE SPEEDOMETER WILL GO TO ZERO. SOMETIMES IT WILL DROP INTO A LOW GEAR, SOMETIME IT WILL JUMP INTO AND HIGHER GEAR. ON TWO OCCASIONS NOW MY TRUCK HAS GOTTEN STUCK IN 5TH GEAR WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IT WONT DOWNSHIFT BELOW 3RD GEAR. BOTH TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED THE SPEEDOMETER SEEMS TO SHORT OUT AS WELL AND GOES TO ZERO. IF I TURN THE TRUCK OFF WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE TRANSMISSION RESETS AND ALL GEARS WORK UNTIL THE NEXT TIME IT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING. OVERALL THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED 4 TIMES OVER THE PAST MONTH. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A TRANSMISSION RELATED RECALL, THEY REPROGRAMED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ISSUES HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

2012 FORD F150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BRAKE SYSTEM RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES WERE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE BRAKES FAIL WHEN REVERSING. WHEN GOING FORWARD THE BRAKES HAVE VERY LITTLE POWER AND HAD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VACUUM BOOSTER. THE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND HAD A MAJOR GRINDING ISSUE. *JS

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED AND THE SERVICE ADVANCETRAC LIGHT CAME ON WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN AND TURNING LEFT. MANEUVERED THE CAR DOWN THE STREET AND COULDN'T NAVIGATE THE DRIVEWAY SO I BACKED UP AND THE POWER STEERING BEGAN WORKING BUT THE ADVANCETRAC LIGHT REMAINED ON. THIS LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE BUT WITH NO EFFECT TO THE STEERING ONLY THE BLINKERS, WHICH WOULD NOT STAY ON. DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND LIGHT AND PROBLEM WENT AWAY. SPOKE WITH THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM AND TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT IF THESE HAPPENS AGAIN. 114800 MILES.

I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY THROUGH A PARKING LOT AND A FAULT APPEARED IN THE DASH 'POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT' AND JUST LIKE THAT THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I STOPPED THE TRUCK AND REMOVED THE KEYS. THE SYSTEM REBOOTED AND WHEN I STARTED IT UP IT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WHEN I STOPPED TO GET GAS. UPON RESTART THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED. I REBOOTED IT, AND IT TOOK 3 REBOOTED THIS TIME TO GET THE STEERING BACK. I STOPPED ONE MORE TIME AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. SAME ISSUE, SAME TEMPORARY RESOLUTION. THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE 45 MINUTES. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUES I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS ON THE SAME MODEL. THAT'S A BIT MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE. GIVEN THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR THIS COSTS $1800 AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITHIN THE SAME SHORT TIME FRAME, THIS DESERVES INVESTIGATION.

TAKATA RECALL THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP IS BLOWING FUSES CAUSING THE BRAKES TO REQUIRE EXTREME PRESSURE TO STOP VEHICLE.

RACK & PINION I'VE GOT A 2012 FORD F-150 THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IT'S ONLY GOT 63K MILES ON IT. SO WHEN THE STEERING SYSTEM FAIL FAULT CODE POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN WE WERE SHOCKED. WE NEVER HAD ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. IT WAS FRIDAY AUGUST 23 2019 EVENING WE WE'RE JUST GOING TO GRAB SOME DINNER MY HUSBAND PULLED THE TRUCK BACK OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING THAT'S WHEN WE NOTICED THE SCREEN. WE RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT IT WAS VERY POSSIBLY THE RACK AND PINION BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING IS ELECTRICAL AND IT'S IN THE RACK AND PINION. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND PRAYED IT WASN'T WHAT WE THOUGHT. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS. SO HERE WE ARE $1846.00 LATER. I'M JUST GLAD MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING. IF IT HAD BEEN ME DRIVING IN TRAFFIC I DONT KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. ALL THE COMPLAINTS WE FOUND ALL OVER THE INTERNET WE HAD HOPED IT WAS A RECALL BUT NO SUCH LUCK. HOPE THIS HELPS ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM.GOOD LUCK

UPON STARTUP ENGINE MAKES A TERRIBLE RATTLE KNOCK NOISE , UPON INVESTIGATION WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND OR TENSIONERS AND CAM PHASERS MAY HAVE FAILED. THAT IS UNTIL THE OIL PRESSURE IS HIGH ENOUGH TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V075000 (POWER TRAIN). BUTLER COUNTY FORD (400 S MAIN ST, BUTLER, PA 16001, (724) 287-2766) PERFORMED THE RECALL REPAIR. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED AND SEVERAL UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS TO REPLACE THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD A RESTRUCTURED TITLE. THE CONTACT WONDERED WHY THE DEALER DID NOT INFORM HIM OF THE RESTRUCTURED TITLE DURING HIS INITIAL VISIT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,400.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE BRAKES SEIZED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CLASSIC FORD GALVESTON (7700 BROADWAY ST, GALVESTON, TX 77554, (409) 744-5711) WHERE THE OIL LEVEL WAS CHECKED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS FINE AND THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.