2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AND THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

ON HWY 65MPH ACCELERATING SPEEDOMETER READING WENT TO ZERO, TRANSMISSION AUTO DOWNSHIFT. HAD TO PULL OVER RESTART AND THEN BOTH THE SPEEDOMETER AND TRANSMISSION WORKED. AFTER THIS SEVERAL STARTS THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK AND TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR

EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED DOWNHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEED. TRANSMISSION WAS ERRATIC IN GEAR SELECTION WITH CORRESPONDING TACHOMETER AND SPEDOMETER OSCILLATIONS.HAD SIX OCCURENCES WITH VARIOUS DEGREES OF SEVERITY .CALLED FORD HELP LINE .ALL THEY SAID WAS THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS " UNSAFE " TO DRIVE . GOT THE TRUCK INTO THE FORD DEALER AND HADF IT CODED. TRUCK WAS SHOWING CODES FOR DEFECTIVE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR. THE " LEAD FRAME " HAD TO BE REPLACED AT " MY EXPENSE ". NO REPROGRAMMING WAS DONE BECAUSE THERE WAS " NO RECALL " AT THAT TIME . THE ROOT CAUSE WAS REPAIRED BUT THERE WAS STILL THE POSSIBILITY OF A VIOLENT DOWN SHIFT EVENT . I HAVE SINCE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A EXPANDED RECALL TO REPROGRAM AND PREVENT THE DRAMATIC AND VIOLENT DOWNSHIFT ISSUE. I AM GOING TO GET THE TRUCK IN ASAP TO GET THIS DONE . THE ORIGINAL RECALL LANGUAGE STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE DOWNSHIFT ISSUES AND TESTED POSITIVE FOR DEFECTIVE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR THAT FORD WOULD " REPLACE THE LEAD FRAME AND REPROGRAM " FREE OF CHARGE AND ALSO WARRANTEE THE COMPONENTS FOR I THINK 150,000 MILES. I FEEL THAT I HAVE HAD TO MAKE THIS VEHICLE " SAFE TO DRIVE " AT MY EXPENSE. THE REAL FIX IS TO REPLACE THE LEAD FRAME AND REPROGRAM . I WAS JUST LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN I EXPERIENCED THE DRAMATIC DOWN SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR AND HAD TO MANUVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD . I FEEL BAD FOR ANY ONE ELSE THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS. FORD IS GETTING OFF ON THE " CHEAP ' BY NOT DOING THE " COMPLETE " FIX. VERY !!!!!!!!! UNHAPPY FORD OWNER.

REAR PASSAGER DOOR AJAR COME ON WHEN OFF CAUSING INTRERAL LIGHT TO STAY ON .THE TIMER CAN BE TURNED OFF AND STILL STAY ON PASS 30 SEC LONGEST TIME STORTEST 10 SEC.

THE DOOR LOCKS ON THE VEHICLE STICK IN THE LOCKED POSITION. I CANNOT GET IN OR OUT THE VEHICLE WHEN THE DOOR LOCKS STICK. THIS IS A REOCCURRING ISSUE. I HAVE TO GET PLIERS TO PULL THE TAB UP TO GET IT UNLOCKED. IT HAPPENS IN BOTH STATIONARY AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

THE REAR DEFROSTER HAS NOT WORKED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE FROM 2009-2014 AND THAT IT IS NOT WORTH FIXING BECAUSE IT WILL JUST BREAK AGAIN. WITH A PUSHBUTTON RATHER THAN A TOGGLE SWITCH IT IS NOT CLEAR IF IT IS TURNED ON OR OFF. DRIVING ONE RAINY DAY, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS DRIPPING RAIN INSIDE THE TRUCK AT THE BACK WINDOW, BUT I COULD NOT SEE ANY WATER COMING IN. I THEN NOTICED THE LIGHT WAS ON FOR THE REAR DEFROST. I RECALLED WHAT I HAD READ ABOUT THESE DEFROSTERS SHORTING OUT AND CAUSING THE WINDOW TO SHATTER. I REALIZED THAT WAS THE SOUND OF ELECTRICAL ARCING RATHER THAN WATER. I QUICKLY PUSHED THE BUTTON TO THE OFF POSITION AND WITHIN ONE SECOND, BOOM, THE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. WITH THE LARGE VOLUME OF COMMENTS AND ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET, WHY IS FORD NOT RECALLING THIS? THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE WINDOW TO GET REPLACED AND AS MANY OTHERS DO, I DO NOT HAVE IT PLUGGED IN TO AVOID ANOTHER SHATTERED WINDOW. ALSO, THE MIRROR DEFROSTERS WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT THE ENTIRE CIRCUIT BEING COMPLETED. I HAVE OTHER PAST EXPERIENCE WITH FORD NOT BACKING THEIR PRODUCT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V075000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION FORD LITTLETON (8252 S BROADWAY, LITTLETON, CO 80122) WHERE THEY REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. ONE WEEK LATER, THE CONTACT HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS UNEXPECTEDLY DOWNSHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

THIS MORNING I TURNED ON MY REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER WHILE DRIVING IN MORNING TRAFFIC, I HEARD A LOUD POP LIKE A ROCK HITTING MY VEHICLE. AFTER ARRIVING TO WORK I NOTICED THE DRIVER SIDE GLASS OF THE 3 PIECE POWER SLIDE WINDOW HAD SHATTERED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING STRIKING IT. AFTER CONDUCTING AN INTERNET SEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE DEFROSTER CAUSING THE REAR WINDOW TO SHATTER.

ON 3/19/2020 VERY STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE,VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN ON VEHICLE ALSO WOULD NOT EVEN ALLOW LIGHTS OR DASH TO WORK. VEHICLE WAS IN A PARKED POSITION

THE 19S07 RECALL SERVICE WAS PERFORMED ON 3/19/19 AT BOB TOMES FORD MCKINNEY TX. TODAY, 3/20/19 THE DOWNSHIFT OCCURRED ON THE WAY TO WORK. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND IT DOWNSHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR. I THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX?