2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY DURING THE DAY WHEN PAVEMENT WAS DRY. SUN WAS SHINING BUT OUTDOOR TEMPS WERE ABOUT 30 DEGREES. WHILE GOING 70 MPH, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DROPPED INTO 1ST GEAR. THE TRUCK JERKED FOR A SECOND THEN SEEMED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL. I HAD NO POWER TO THE WHEELS SO I COASTED OFF THE FREEWAY TO A SAFE LOCATION. MY TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED. I PROCEEDED TO CALL FOR A TOW TO MY USUAL SERVICE STATION.

WAS DRIVING AND WOULD LOOSE POWER AND SLOW WAY DOWN THEN POWER WOULD COME BACK. COULD GET BACK TO HIGHWAY SPEED THEN LOOSE POWER AGAIN. I WAD ABLE TO GET HOME. ONCE I STOPPED ENGINE IT WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD TOWED TO FORD DEALER FOR REPAIRS. WAS TOLD IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THE FUSE IS TOO SMALL AND HAS TO BE REWIRED. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND SAFETY ISSUE. FORD SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL AND FIX IT. THIS COST ME $430 TO HAVE REPAIRED.

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK IN A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT WHEN A POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING CAN ON AN I LOST STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS LOCK AND THANKFULLY I WAS NOT DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I GOOGLED THIS AND HAVE SEEN LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS AND LOSS OF LIFE. COME ON FORD...

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO PREVIOUS REPORT: 11129849. FOLLOWING THE INITIAL SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT TO 1ST GEAR THE TRUCK WAS EVALUATED BY THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND, HOWEVER OVER THE NEXT 2 MONTHS THE TRUCK BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE FREQUENT SHIFTING ERRORS. THE DASH GAUGES WOULD QUIT OR BLANK OUT AND THE TRUCK WOULD BECOME STUCK IN A SINGLE GEAR, MOST OFTEN 3RD GEAR. THE FREQUENCY CONTINUED TO INCREASE UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, OBD-II CODES WERE P0720, P0722. A PREVIOUS FORD BULLETIN DESCRIBED THE EXACT SYMPTOMS IN DETAIL HOWEVER FORD REPORTED MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE REPAIR BULLETIN. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH MY LOCAL TECHNICIAN WE ELECTED TO PROCEED WITH THE REPAIR BULLETIN EVEN THOUGH I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. THIS BULLETIN REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION LEAD FRAME. THIS HAS COMPLETELY RESOLVED THE ISSUE.

DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE SITTING STILL IN A PARKING LOT WITH VEHICLE NOT RUNNING. THE REAR WINDOW IS A 3 PIECE SLIDING WINDOW WITH REAR DEFROST AND FACTORY TINT. THE VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN TURNED OFF AFTER DRIVING WITH THE REAR DEFROSTER ON. APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MINUTES AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF I HEARD A LOAD BOOM AND AFTER INVESTIGATING FOUND IT TO BE THE REAR GLASS SHATTERING. AFTER RESEARCHING THE CONDITION, IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES AFTER RUNNING THE REAR DEFROSTER.

I HAVE A CERTIFIED PRE OWNED FORD F150 2012 LARIAT 4WD SUPER CREW 3.5L ECOBOOST, AND I AM HAVING METAL TAPPING NOISE IN THE TOP FRONT OF THE ENGINE ON COLD START UP !!! I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NO TROUBLE CODE SET ! AND SAID NO ISSUE PRESENT, MY TRUCK HAS ONLY 70,000 MILES AND I CANT GET FORD TO VERIFY ENGINE PROBLEM !

2012 F150 FX4 PASSENGER REAR WINDOW EXPLODED 2-9-19. 32 DEGREES. HAS DEFROST, WAS NOT ON. ACTUALLY CAUGHT THE INCIDENT ON VIDEO WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. ENTERED VEHICLE AFTER REMOTE START, INSERTED KEY...10 SECONDS LATER "SHATTER". THIS IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE GLASS, MAYBE NOT THICK ENOUGH? DISAPPOINTING. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. I DO HAVE VIDEO AS IT OCCURRED.

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK GOING TO WORK, I WAS GOING ABOUT 70MPH IT WAS FOGGY AND THE ROADS WERE WET. OUT OF NOWHERE MY F-150 SLAMS INTO 1ST GEAR AND LOCKS THE REAR WHEELS, MAKING SKID STRAIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO THE DITCH. MY INSTRUMENT GAUGES WENT SCRAZY, MY NEEDLE FOR MY SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0-MPH AS SOON AS IT DROPPED TO 1ST GEAR. WHEN THE TRUCK FINALLY CAME TO A STOP, I NOTICED THAT THE WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE WERE ON. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND STEPPED OUTSIDE AND DID A WALK AROUND OF IT AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS REAR BED FENDER WAS PUSHED IN. I STARTED THE TRUCK UP AND NOTICE THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL. I PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE AND NOTICE ON THE DASH THAT THE NUMBERS FOR GEARS WEREN'T ON SO I PUT IT IN MANUAL AND IT WAS ON GEAR 3. SO I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK BACK HOME IN 3RD GEAR. I DO SOME SEARCHING FOR THIS SAME 2012 F-150 FX2 ECOBOOST AND SEEN FORD HAS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME MODEL AND PAY FOR A WRECKER TO TAKE IT TO FORD. NOW THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT MY TRUCK IS NOT COVER UNDER THE RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY ROAD TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR AND WAS STUCK IN GEAR. I TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. FEW WEEKS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. AND THEN COUPLE DAYS LATER IT BEGAN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 5TH EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENED I WOULD SHUT OFF AND IT WOULD STOP. OTHER DAY IT GOT STUCK IN 1ST GEAR AGAIN AND A 'WRENCH' APPEARED ON INSTRUMENT GAUGE. I LOOKED ON INTERNET AND IT APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK AND THAT THERE IS A RECALL WHEN I CALLED FORD I WANNA TOLD THAT MINE DOESN'T FALL UNDER RECALL. HOW CAN THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME MODEL AND SAME YEAR TRUCK BE COVERED FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL TRUCKS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A KNOW PROBLEM THAT FORD IS REFUSING TO COVER. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE SOMEONE INJURY OR WORSE.

I REMOTE STARTED MY 2012 F-150 AND WHEN I WENT OUT TO GET IN THE TRUCK I NOTICED MY REAR DEFROSTER WASN'T ON ANYMORE AND THE REAR WINDOW HAD NOT DEFROSTED. IT WAS ABOUT 25 DEGREES OUT. I PUSHED THE REAR DEFROSTER BUTTON BUT IT WOULD NOT COME ON. I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED MY PASSENGER WINDOW, OF THE 3 SECTION REAR WINDOW, HAD SHATTERED. I TAPED THE WINDOW UP AND DROVE TO WORK. I HAVE 36,428 MILES ON THIS TRUCK AND I AM NOT HAPPY!!