2010 FORD F-150 Complaints

VEHICLE STALLED AS IF OUT OF FUEL, DESPITE HAVING BEEN RECENTLY FILLED WITH GAS. FUEL MONITORING SYSTEM (TANK LEVEL GAGE AND RANGE COMPUTER) INDICATED THAT VEHICLE WAS USING FUEL AT MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN NORMAL. FOR EXAMPLE, NORMAL RANGE OF THIS TRUCK WHEN 36 GALLON TANK IS FULL IS APPROXIMATELY 570 MILES. AFTER 250 MILES, GAUGE WAS SHOWING TANK OUT OF FUEL AND RANGE COMPUTER WAS INSTRUCTING ME TO REFUEL. REFILLING ONLY REQUIRED 15 GALLONS, INDICATING REDUCED TANK STORAGE CAPACITY. AFTER PERFORMING RESEARCH VIA INTERNET, SUSPECTED BENT FUEL PUMP MOUNT DUE TO FAILED TANK PURGE VALVE. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE WHO FOUND STORED P-1450 CODE WHICH INDICATED A PRIOR FAILURE OF THE FUEL VENT PURGE VALVE. DEALER DROPPED THE TANK, REMOVED THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND VERIFIED THAT THE MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR THE PUMP ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN SEVERELY BENT WHEN TANK COLLAPSED UNDER ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. NEGATIVE GAGE PRESSURE INSIDE OF TANK CAUSED PLASTIC FUEL TANK TO COLLAPSE, SEVERELY BENDING FUEL PUMP MOUNTING HARDWARE WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED OF TWO 3/16" DIAMETER STEEL RODS. APPARENTLY THE PURGE VALVE FAILED AND EITHER THERE IS NO PRESSURE RELIEF SYSTEM, OR IT FAILED. DEALER REPLACED PUMP AND PURGE SOLENOID VALVE AT OWNER COST OF $950+. DEALER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO LIABILITY FROM EITHER DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. MY CONCERNS IS SIMPLE....HOW CAN THE DESIGN OF THE FUEL SYSTEM ALLOW THE TANK TO COLLAPSE AT ALL? MY CASE RESULTED IN PUMP HARDWARE DAMAGE, BUT IT SEEM VERY PLAUSIBLE THAT FUEL TANK DAMAGE OR FAILURE IS VERY POSSIBLE, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO SPILLED FUEL AND FIRE. *JB

MY HUSBAND AND I JUST PURCHASED A 2010 FORD F150 LARIAT SUPER CREW ON 9/7/13. ON 9/15/13, WHEN HE LEFT FOR WORK AT 5 AM HE PUT ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. HE DROVE 2 1/2 MILES TO WORK AND AS SOON AS HE SHUT OFF THE TRUCK, HE HEARD A LOUD POP. THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. *TR

I OWN A FORD F150 LARIAT 4X4 WITH A 5.4 ENGINE, 3.55 GEARS AND 38,000 MILES. I WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH USING CRUISE CONTROL AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFTED, WHICH CAUSED THE REAR TIRES TO LOCK UP AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SKID. THE ENGINES RPM'S INCREASED TO AT LEAST 5000 RPM, WHEN I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. WE I PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE ENGINE WENT INTO A LOCKDOWN MODE WITH THE ENGINE AND WRENCH ICONS ILLUMINATING. I LET THE TRUCK SIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AND CALLED THE DEALER FOR A TOW. THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO DRIVE THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP IF POSSIBLE AND DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO A FAULTY COMPUTER (MECHATRONIC) THAT CONTROLS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CONTROLLER IN STOCK AND RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE THE UNIT REPLACED IN MY HOME TOWN. THE DEALER IN MY HOMETOWN CLAIMS THAT THE HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A SIMILAR PROBLEM AND I NEED TO MONITOR THE TRUCK FOR RECURRENCE. I SEARCHED THE WEB AND IT SOUNDS AS IF THE PROBLEM IS KNOWN ON THE 2010 MODEL. YOUR SUGGESTIONS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE MODULE FAILURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS ADVISED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE BSM MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

THIS MORNING I SWITCHED ON MY REAR DEFROSTER. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 50 DEGREES. WITH A FEW MINUTES I HEARD A LOUD POP. INSPECTING THE GLASS OF THE VEHICLE I FOUND THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW BROKEN (SPIDER WEBBED). THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT GLASS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING THE DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO RESPONSE. UPDATED 10-24-13 *BF THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AFTER MUCH CHECKING AND TESTING. THE MAF SENSOR WAS BAD. THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO CODE THROWN, AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS COMPLETE AND INSTANT POWER FAILURE. UPDATED 10/29/13

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY,NAROWLY MISSED BEING IN ACCIDENT. WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. AS OF THIS DATE UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. *TR

I HAVE 2010 FORD F150 FX4. I HAVE 36000 MILES ON IT AND AM THE ORIGINAL. BOUGHT IT NEW FROM DEALERSHIP. TODAY I WAS TOWING MY HORSE TRAILER WITH 2 HORSES IN IT AND CAME THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR THE BARN. SPEED LIMIT IS 30 MILES AN HOUR AND I WAS DOING 25 AND WAS ACTUALLY BRAKING TO SLOW IT DOWN TO 20. I HEARD A WEIRD ENGINE NOISE AND SUDDENLY THE TRUCK SURGED AND TOOK OFF. WE HIT ALMOST 50 MILES AN HOUR IN THIS RESIDENTIAL 2 LANE ROAD IN A MATTER OF SECONDS AND I WAS STANDING ON THE BRAKES WITH BOTH FEET. MY FRIEND IN THE TRUCK WAS DOWNSHIFTING (AUTOMATIC) FOR ME IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW ENGINE DOWN. WE MANAGED TO GET IT TO 2ND AND WITH ME STANDING ON BRAKES WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP IT AT 40 MPH. NEUTRAL HAD NO EFFECT AND RPMS WAY TOO HIGH FOR FIRST GEAR-EVERY TIME I SLIGHTLY LIFTED MY FOOT OF THE BRAKES SLIGHTLY, WE SURGED TO 50 AND THE TRUCK KEPT TRYING TO GO FASTER. NOTHING WE TRIED COULD GET IT TO STOP, SLOW OR RETURN TO NORMAL. WE TRIED NEUTRAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. IT WAS NOT THE FLOOR MAT OR THE TOW FEATURE. DID NOT HAVE SPEED CONTROL ON. SCARIEST RIDE OF MY LIFE AND WITH TWO HORSES BEHIND ME. I WAS PREPARED TO HIT A TREE OR ROCK WALL AS WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF ROAD. I WAS TERRIFIED OF JACK KNIFING. WE FINALLY HIT AN INCLINE FOR A HILL AND WE SLAMMED IT INTO NEUTRAL AGAIN,PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE WHEN WE GOT TO THE TOP. THINK MY BRAKES COMPLETELY BURNED OUT AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM MY ENGINE. NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT WE HAD TERRIFIED PULLED OVER WITH US ONCE WE GOT THE RUNAWAY TRUCK STOPPED. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND WILL SEE WHAT THEY SAY TOMORROW. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD SOMEONE PULLED ONTO THE ROAD IN FRONT OF US OR A DEER STEPPED OUT. I AM TERRIFIED OF THIS TRUCK NOW. *LN

WHILE DRIVING I PUT MY REAR DEFROSTER ON AND I HEARD A VERY LOUD POPPING SOUND. WHEN I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR I NOTICED THE BACK WINDOW SHATTERED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG. THEN I HEARD THE REAR WINDOW CRACKLING AND LOOKED BACK AND NOTICED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW HAD EXPLODED AND SHATTERED. IT WAS ONLY BEING HELD TOGETHER BY THE FACTORY TINT BUT THERE WERE GLASS SHARDS THROUGHOUT THE BACK SEAT WHERE MY CHILDREN SIT. THE WINDOW IS A POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW WITH DEFROST. I ALSO HAD THE REAR DEFROST ON DURING THE TIME WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WINDOW SHATTERING. *TR