2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

I HAVE OWNED MY TRUCK FOR 5+ YEARS NOW. ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 STARTED UP MY TRUCK TURNED ON MY DEFROST AND REAR DEFROST SAT IN THE CAR FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES ARRIVED AT WORK. AS I PULLED UP IN THE PARKING LOT I HEARD A VERY DISTURBING LOUD NOISE. SOUNDED LIKE SOMEBODY HAD HIT MY TRUCK WITH A ROCK OR A BEBE GUN. I WAS BEYOND FREAKED OUT SPECIALLY SINCE I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE PARKING LOT. I STAYED IN MY TRUCK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES CALMED MYSELF DOWN AND DECIDED TO CALL MY HUSBAND. EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED. AS I'M TALKING TO HIM I NOTICED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR... THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERING AS I WAS TALKING TO MY HUSBAND. I DEFINITELY THOUGHT SOMEBODY HAD TO HIT MY VEHICLE WITH SOMETHING. HE TOLD ME TO CALL THE POLICE IF I FELT THREATENED. AT THE SAME TIME COWORKER PULLED UP NEXT TO ME I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND SAID THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO VISIBLE OF ANY TYPE OF HIT. SHE SAID IT MUST HAVE SHATTERED ON ITS OWN. WE WERE BOTH PRETTY SPEECHLESS BUT I WAS TOTALLY FREAKED OUT. CALLED THE INSURANCE COMPANY FILED A CLAIM. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO SAFELITE FOR REPAIRS. HE ADVISED ME THAT FORD TRUCKS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS HE ALSO ADVISED ME THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO I WOULD BE WASTING MY TIME. I WENT ONLINE AND DID SOME RESEARCH AND SURE ENOUGH, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IF THIS IS A DEFECT THAT COURT IS AWARE OF MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHAT IF I HAD MY NIECES AND THEIR CAR SEATS IN THE BACK IN THE WINDOW SHATTERED AND HURT MY NIECES??? I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF MY TRUCK NOW I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL OWN ANOTHER FORD BECAUSE OF THIS MAJOR PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY ARE IGNORING. 😡💩

THERE IS A TICK/KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH MY ENGINE IT SOUNDS LIKE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS FROM A DEALER ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND I'M VERY FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I AM WORKING HARD TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON THIS TRUCK AND NOW I PROBABLY HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE??? IT HAS 123,000 MILES

2012 FORD KING RANCH 3.5 ECOBOOST F150 SUDDENLY DOWN SHIFTS DURING ACCELERATION. IT IS LABORED WHEN ACCELERATING, IT GETS TO THE 6TH GEAR THEN SUDDENLY DOWN SHIFTS.THIS HAPPENS WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ON TO THE HIGHWAY AND ALSO WHEN COMING FROM A COMPLETE STOP AFTER SITTING AT A LIGHT, THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO 75 MPH TOO. IT SEEMS LIKE IT LOSES POWER.

WHEN TURNING VEHICLE EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT AS SHARP TURN AS POSSIBLE AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. THE ONLY WAY TO RESET TURN SIGNALS, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS TO CUT TRUCK OFF, RESTART THEN DRIVE BACKWARDS ABOUT 10 YARDS AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND TURN SIGNALS STARTED WORKING, TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BERGLUND FORD SERVICE DEPT SAID I NEEDED A NEW STEERING GEAR. THIS WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX, $2046.40 AND IN MY RESEARCH THIS YEAR TRUCK WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM WIDE SPREAD. I FEEL THERE WAS A DESIGN PROBLEM AS THE STEERING GEAR IS NOT A PART THAT NORMALLY FAILS ON A VEHICLE,

MY POWER STEERING HAS FAILED FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, IT CORRECTED ITSELF. THE THIRD TIME, MY SERVICE CENTER FOUND A CODE THAT SHOWED A MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND STEERING SYSTEM, WHICH LOCKED THE WHEEL. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED A THIRD TIME. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, AS IT HAPPENS WHILE I AM DRIVING! IT STARTS WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE, REGARDLESS OF WHERE I AM. I LIVE AND WORK IN NASHVILLE, TN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUSE OVERHEATED AND PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM STARTING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO IRON CITY FORD (9924 PARKWAY E, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35215) WHERE THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE WIRING AND FUSES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AWAITING REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,854.

FEB 24, 2019 WAS PULLING OUT OF CHURCH PARKING LOT WHEN FORD TRUCK SUDDENLY DIED WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. LUCKILY I HAD ENOUGH SPACE TO MANEUVEUR TO THE SIDE. I TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND TRIED TO RESTART. FORD TRUCK WOULD ONLY CRANK..(NO START) I HAD TRUCK TOWED HOME. AFTER READING ON INTERNET I LOOKED AT FUEL FUSE F27 20 AMP. SURE ENOUGH IT WAS BURNED. I REPLACED AND VEHICLE STARTED UP. I ASKED DEALER ABOUT WARRANTY UNDER THE FEDERAL EMISSION WARRANTY AND THEY SAID NOTHING EXSIST. I HAVE READ ENOUGH TO KNOW THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT AND SHOULD REPAIR.

TWICE NOW (I JUST PURCHASED IT LESS THAN 30 DAYS AGO) WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. NO POWER BRAKES WERE PRESENT. NO LIGHTS ON DASH, NO WARNING,....NO NOTHING.

WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY EXPRESSWAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, MY TRUCK SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND I LOST ALL INFORMATION ON DASH (SPEEDOMETER, MILES UNTIL EMPTY, ETC). LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND NO ONE WAS HURT. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. I WAS TOLD THAT MY TRASMISSION HAS CODE P0722, APPARENTLY A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH FORD'S QUALITY OF PRODUCT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR A KNOWN ISSUE. THIS TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 56,000 MILES ON IT AND I AM STILL MAKING MONTHLY PAYMENTS.

THE SAME DAY THE RECALL 19S07 WAS RELEASED MY VEHICLE DID DOWNSHIFT BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET IT IN TO UPDATE THE SOFTWARE. I WAS GOING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN THE DOWNSHIFT OCCURRED. ON 02/15/19 I WAS ABLE TO GET THE SOFTWARE UPDATE. RECALL WAS TAKEN CARE OF. THE NEXT DAY 02/16/19 I WAS DRIVING THEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND GOT IT DIAGNOSED. TRUCK RAN JUST FINE BEFORE THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED. COME TO FIND OUT THE LEAD FRAME WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE DOWNSHIFT. DID MY RESEARCH AND BACK IN 2016 FORD ISSUED A RECALL 16N02, WHICH COVERS A ONE TIME REPLACEMENT OF THE LEAD FRAME WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE. THE ISSUE IS STILL HERE AND I BELEIVE THEY SHOULD REPLACE THE LEAD FRAME AS WELL DUE TO THE RECALL 19S07 CREATED MORE PROBLEMS.