2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH REAR DOORS HAD TROUBLE OPENING WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FORD COUNTRY (280 N GIBSON RD, HENDERSON, NV 89014, (888) 360-8509) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH REAR DOOR LATCHES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BOTH DOORS LATCHES WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

VEHICLE SHOWS HUGE WRENCH ON SCREEN. SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER STOPS WORKING AND ONLY HAVE 3RD AND 5TH GEAR. NEXT THE TRUCK VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR. TOOK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE RECALL FIXED. THEY SAID THEY RESET THE COMPUTER AND DOWNLOADED NEW SOFTWARE. 2 DAYS LATER, TRUCK WAS STUCK IN 1ST GEAR. PULLED OVER, RESTARTED IT AND SEEMED FINE. NOW ABOUT ONCE A DAY, WILL SUDDENLY SHIFT INTO 1ST AT ANY SPEED AGAIN. SEEMS LIKE THEY NEVER FIXED. BACK IN THE SHOP NOW SO LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. LOSS OF WORK, AND MY SAFETY IS A HUGE CONCERN. PAYING FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS TRULY UNSAFE!

POWER ASSIST LIGHT CAME ON IN SPARKS NV. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARK FULL OF PEOPLE, STEERING WAS HARD AND BLINKERS WILL NOT STAY ON. PULLED OVER AND CYCLED THE KEY WITH NO RESPONCE, DISSCONNECTD THE BATTERY AND THIS HAD NO AFFECT EITHER, AT A 137343 MI ON THIS TRUCK HAS HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS. THIS TRUCK HAS PULLED A LIVSTOCK TRAILOR MOST OF THESE MILES. I DROVE 80 MILES HOME IN THIS CONDITON WITH NO OTHER COMPUTER ERRORS. LETS GET IT FIXED FORD!

MY 2012 F150 WITH 82K, MILES ON IT 08/08/2019 GOT IN MY VEHICLE STARTER VEHICLE IT MADE A STRANGE NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND HAD NO POWER STEERING. WHAT SCARES ME IS WHAT IF I HAD BEEN ON THE FREEWAY AT 50 MILES AN HOUR OR BETTER AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT? ALSO MY DOOR LOCK ON DRIVER SIDE WOULD NOT WORK PAID $400 TO HAVE IT FIXED NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS FAILED. MY QUESTION IS WHAT IF I COULD NOT GET OUT IF MY TRUCKS POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AND CRASHED I COULDN'T GET OUT. I FEEL THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENT,I FEEL THIS IS FACTORY DEFECTIVE PARTS! THERE'S TOO MANY OF THE SAME REPORTED INCIDENTS, DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE WE GET A FIX? MY NEXT STEP IS SOCIAL MEDIA AND A 20 20 INVESTIGATION INTO WHY NO ONE HAS MADE AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE HUMAN LIVES AS OPPOSED TO BRIBERY AND FAT BANK ACCOUNTS. I BELIEVE IT IS A POWER STEERING MODULAR/FACTORY DEFECT. ALSO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS MAKING THE DOOR LOCKS FAIL EXCEPT FOR FACTORY DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT,I'M NOT A MECHANIC JUST A HARD WORKING AMERICAN CITIZEN, MADE IN AMERICA USED TO MEAN SOMETHING! I'VE MADE COPIES OF THIS REPORT FOR FUTURE USE. FOR FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE; [XXX] TO WHOMEVER RECEIVES THIS REPORT I HOPE DOESN'T PUT IT IN THE DEAD FILE. THANK YOU, I THINK? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

FORD MOTOR COMPANY BRAKE ISSUE: FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS HAD AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THEIR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS ON SEVERAL POPULAR VEHICLES FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE ROTORS PREMATURELY WEAR AND WARP CAUSING A REDUCTION IS BRAKING POWER AND AN INCREASE IN BRAKING DISTANCE, THUS CREATING AN UNSAFE, HAZARDOUS, AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY CONDITION. THE FAILURE OF THE ROTORS, DUE IN PART TO SUB-PAR MATERIAL AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, CAUSES EXCESSIVE AND PREMATURE WEAR/FAILURE OF THE BRAKE PADS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAS SUBSEQUENTLY LABELED THE BRAKE PADS AS A "WEAR ITEM" NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WITH UNDER 11,000 MILES ON MY 2012 F-150, WHICH I PURCHASED BRAND NEW, I NOTICED A PULSATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SCHEDULED A SERVICE CHECK WITH AT THE PLACE OF PURCHASE. AUTONATION FORD IN NORTH CANTON, OHIO ADVISED THAT THEY "FOUND FRONT ROTORS CORRODED AND PITTED. ALSO FOUND REAR ROTORS IN SAME CONDITION. REAR PADS WERE AT 2MM. TURNED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS AND REPLACED REAR PADS." FORD REFUSED TO REIMBURSE THE REPLACEMENT COST OF THE DANGEROUSLY THIN REAR PADS, CLAIMING THEY ARE A "WEAR ITEM", WHEN IN FACT THE PADS WERE WORN AT AN ACCELERATED RATE TO THAT LEVEL BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY ROTORS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS A FAULTY AND DANGEROUS PRODUCT ON THEIR VEHICLES THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED BEFORE IT RESULTS IN INJURY OR DEATH. *JS

AIRBAG PASSENGER LIGHT STAYS ON SWITCH SELECTOR INOPERABLE. IGNITION SWITCH DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY INTERMITTENT NO START.

WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO FIRST WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ALMOST CAUSING MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE SUDDEN DOWN SHIFT OVER SPUN THE MOTOR, RESULTING IN A LOWER ENGINE KNOCK WHICH A CERTIFIED FORD TECHNICIAN BELIEVES IS THE RESULT OF A BEARING FAILURE. EVEN THOUGH THE TECHNICIAN PERFORMED A CYLINDER LEAKAGE TEST IN WHICH NO INDICATION OF VALVE INTERFERENCE WAS IDENTIFIED, THE FORD ENGINEER HE WAS DEALING WITH SAID HE HAD SEEN THIS ISSUE BEFORE! THIS IS THE SAME RECALL ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSED MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS! THERE ARE DOZENS OF BLOG POSTS WHERE THIS ISSUE HAS CAUSED, AT THE VERY LEAST, MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIPS AND IN RARE CASES (NOT INCLUDING MINE), ENGINE FAILURE. I HAVE CALCULATED THE ENGINES RPM'S USING THE FORMULA: AXLE RATIO X VEHICLE SPEED X TRANSMISSION RATIO X 336.13) / TIRE DIAMETER = ENGINE SPEED. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE ENGINE'S RPM'S WERE AT AN ESTIMATED 9,074 RPM'S [(3.55 X 60MPH X 4.17 X 336.13)/32.9]. THE TACHOMETER ONLY GOES TO 7,000 RPM'S! THERE ARE TWO RECALLS (19N01 AND 19S07) THAT CAN CAUSE INTERMITTENT SHIFTING INTO FIRST. THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT, I WENT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T GET ME IN FOR RECALL FIXES BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO "TAKE CARE OF THEIR PAYING CUSTOMERS FIRST." I HAVE TALKED WITH FOUR DIFFERENT FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES, THE ANSWER HAS BEEN THE SAME; "THERE IS NOTHING FORD MOTOR COMPANY CAN DO FOR YOU AT THIS TIME." I FEEL FORD HAS BEEN VERY NEGLECTFUL IN TAKING RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS ISSUE, NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT THE COUNTLESS OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS.

THE EPAS (ELECTRONIC POWER ASSISTED STEERING) SYSTEM WENT OUT IN MY VEHICLE CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK IN THE DIRECTION THAT THEY WERE IN. THE SYSTEM ONCE IT FAILS WILL NOT ALLOW THE WHEELS TO BE TURNED AT ALL. FORD HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS SYSTEM FAILURE AND REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THE TRUCKS THAT HAVE THIS SYSTEM, BUT THEY ISSUED A RECALL ON THE SUV'S THAT HAVE THIS SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM IS OVER 2000 DOLLARS. I HAVE READ THROUGH MULTIPLE FORUMS OF THIS SAME ISSUE IN BY HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE MANY OF WHICH WERE UNFORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH BECAUSE OF THIS SYSTEM. I FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT I WAS PULLING INTO A SHOP TO GET MY OIL CHANGE WHEN THIS SYSTEM WENT OUT COMPLETELY.

PARASITIC BATTERY DRAIN BURNED AND CORRSION DAMAGE FROM WATER LEAKS INTO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS AFFECTED PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND SEAT RESTRAINT. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, BATTERY DIED, NEW BATTERY PLACED IN VEHICLE AND DEAD NEXT DAY. FORD MOTOR UNRESPONSIVE AND WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION FOR ONE MONTH!

STEERING WAS VERY STIFF THIS MORNING TURNING AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY. WAS MORE LIKE MANUAL STEERING THAN POWER STEERING. AFTER DRIVING AROUND THROUGHOUT THE DAY THE STEERING EVENTUALLY LOOSENED UP AND FELT LIKE POWER STEERING AGAIN. I LEARNED THAT MY TRUCK HAS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING.