2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT 48 MPH ON 2 LANE COUNTY RD I WAS IN 4 WHEEL HIGH WHEN TRUCK SLAMMED INTO 1ST GEAR CAUSING TRUCK TO LOOSE TRACTION AND ENDED UP GOING INTO DITCH. THE TRUCK NEVER STALLED OUT ALL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING AND TECH LIGHT CAME ON. I PROCEEDED TO BE PULLED FROM DITCH. THEN TURNED TRUCK OFF .CHECKED TRUCK OVER IT HAS BODY DAMAGE NOTHING VISIBLE UNDER TRUCK SO I STARTED IT GAUGES WHERE WORKING TECH LIGHT WAS OFF RADIO STOPPED WORKING BUT COULD BE LOOSE CONNECTION I PROCEEDED TO LIMP IT HOME AT ABOUT 20 MPH WAS SHIFTING HARD AT HIGHER RPM I HAD IT TOWED TO BODY SHOP WHILE AT HOSPITAL.RECALL CAME ON NEWS I WENT TO DEALERSHIP THEY SAID BRING IT IN THEY'LL REPROGRAM IT . I'M WONDERING ABOUT DAMAGES CAUSED BY DEFECT WHO WILL BE PAYING FOR THAT? THIS DEFECT IS A DANGER AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK FORD 7 YEARS FROM FIRST REPORT ON HERE TO ADDRESS ISSUE. AND THEY CLAIM ONLY 5 CASES OF A CRASH WHICH I HAVE FOUND 7 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF IT 4 OF THEM WHERE SINGLE VEHICLE 3 INVOLVED BEING REAR ENDED BECAUSE THE SUDDEN STOP VERY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD. *TR

ON THE EVENING OF 2/14/19 WHILE RETURNING HOME FROM THE CAR WASH, MY 2012 FORD F-150 SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR FROM 6TH GEAR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF CONTROL AS THE ROAD WAS DRY AND MY SPEED WAS 40 MPH. THE NEXT MORNING I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT JACK DEMMER FORD IN WAYNE MI TO SPEAK WITH MY SERVICE REP. HE DID NOT PICK UP AND DID NOT RETURN MY CALL DESPITE MY LEAVING A DETAILED MESSAGE AND CALLING AGAIN LATER IN THE DAY. ON THE MORNING OF 2/19/19 WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO WHAT I ASSUME IS "LIMP MODE". IT DROPPED FROM 6TH TO 5TH GEAR AND A WRENCH LOGO APPEARED IN THE MESSAGE SCREEN. THERE WAS NO DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM, JUST A LOGO. WHEN I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY, I REALIZED THAT I NO LONGER HAD 1ST, 2ND, OR 6TH GEAR. I ARRIVED AT WORK AND CALLED THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY. THEY GAVE ME A RUNAROUND ABOUT HOW AN OFFICIAL FIX WAS NOT AVAILABLE YET AND ASKED ME IF I HAD TRIED TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. AFTER INSISTING REPEATEDLY THAT SOMETHING BE DONE, I WAS TOLD I COULD BRING THE TRUCK IN THE HAVE THE POWER TRAIN MODULE "REPROGRAMMED". THIS WAS DONE AT NO COST BUT I WAS TOLD THIS WAS ALL THEY COULD DO FOR ME AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT DAY IN THE EVENING, THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY DOING 55 MILES AN HOUR. THE ROAD WAS WET AND STARTING TO FREEZE. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL. THE TRUCK RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER THIS. AS OF 2/20/19, NO FURTHER CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH FORD REGARDING THE ISSUE. I WILL BE CALLING TOMORROW TO CUSTOMER CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND DEMANDING A RENTAL CAR UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS RELATED TO RECALL 19S07. THE TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR IS REPORTED TO BE LOSING COMMUNICATION WITH THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE, CAUSING A DOWNSHIFT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS TESTING THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT ENGAGING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

ATTEMPTED TO BACK OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND TURNED VEHICLE TO LEFT AND HEARD LOUD SCREECHING SOUND FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IMMEDIATELY RECEIVED "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" ALERT, THEN POWER STEERING COMPLETELY FAILED, AND "POWER STEERING FAILURE" DISPLAYED ON VEHICLE DISPLAY. NO POWER STEERING NOW AND SLIGHTEST TURN OF WHEEL RESULTS IN LOUD SCREECHING SOUND FROM STEERING RACK. NOW, WHEN VEHICLE SITS IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING, NO POWER STEERING IS AVAILABLE AND THE WHEELS CANNOT BE TURNED WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE.

2012 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES WITH CONCERNS FOR MALFUNCTION OF THE VEHICLES LUG NUTS AND REQUEST A RECALL BE ISSUED. *AS *TR

WHILE ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR, CAUSED REAR TIRES TO LOCK UP AND TOOK ME OFF THE ROAD. THEN WHEN INTO LIMP MODE. HAPPENED TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES. AT THE TIME 11/18 MY TRUCK WASNT RECALLED. THEY FINALLY RECALLED IT LAST WEEK AND ARENT PAYING FOR THE REPAIRS AND DIAG I HAD TO DO IN NOVEMBER.

INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH DRIVING DOWNSHIFTS AND HARD UPSHIFTS. SOMETIMES THE F150 SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO THIRD UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION AND WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD GEAR. WRENCH LIGHT ERROR COMES ON, AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND THE SPEEDOMETER GOES TO ZERO AND MILEAGE COUNTER ALL SHOW DASHES. PULLING OVER AND SHUTTING OFF THE TRUCK WORKS TO CLEAR THE WRENCH ICON AND REGAIN SPEED AND MILEAGE READING BUT THE SHIFTING ISSUES MAY OR MAY NOT COMR BACK IMMEDIATELY. DOWNSHIFT TO 5TH WHILE IN MOTION AND HAD IT DOWNSHIFT FROM 6TH HEAR TO 1ST ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH WHICH WAS SCARY. WITH THIS ISSUE IT SCARES ME TO DRIVE DUE TO THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON AT THE TIME IT DOWNSHIFTED TO 1SR GEAR. IF I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT, WOULD I HAVE HAD NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENTS FOR ME AND MY KIDS?

LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD TRIM STARTED MAKING A FLAPPING SIDE. EVENTUALLY IT CAME OFF AND I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS CHARGED OVER $200 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. LESS THAN 1 MONTH AGO, THE RIGHT SIDE (DRIVER) WINDSHIELD TRIM STARTED MAKING THE SAME NOISE. MY VEHICLE HAS NOT HAD A NEW WINDSHIELD IN IT SO APPARENTLY THE TRIM IS DEFECTIVE. MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT. UNFORTUNATELY, MY DEALER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY PACKAGE DOES NOT COVER THIS PROBLEM. EVEN THEN, IT WOULD COST ME $250.00 FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED OCCURRING WHEN I REACHED DRIVING SPEEDS OF 50+MPH.

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, WHEN THE TRANNIE DROPPED INTO LOWER GEAR AND LOCKED UP THE REAR END. THE TRUCK FISHTAILED FOR A FEW MOMENTS UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP LATER THAT THE LEADFRAME HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER A SAFETY REORT CAME UT STATING A SENSOR WAS TO BLAME.

WHEN DRIVING, THE TRUCK WOULD SHIFT DOWN TO 1ST GEAR WITHOUT ANY WARNING, ABOUT PUTTING US THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. VERY SCARY. WE DID TAKE IT IN AND THEY REPLACED A SENSOR. EXPENSIVE! I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.