2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND AS I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE LOW FLUID INDICATOR CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. I OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND MY RESERVOIR WAS NEARLY EMPTY BUT THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF LEAKAGE AROUND THE RESERVOIR. I GOT UNDER THE VEHICLE AND COULD NIGHT SEE SIGNS OF LEAKAGE ON BRAKE LINE OR ANY OF THE CALIPERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED, THE RPMS SEIZED, AND THE REAR WHEELS SLID. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND WAITED. UPON BEING RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE PERFORMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO L.B. SMITH FORD LINCOLN (1100 MARKET ST, LEMOYNE, PA 17043, (717) 761-6700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A VALVE AND SOLENOID BODY NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,995. *TT

I TURN ON REAR DEFOGGER HEARD OF LOUD BANG AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AN IMPACT.

01/18/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:45 PM EST, MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING ON NB ROUTE 301 IN THE CROFTON, MARYLAND AREA. DUE TO THE RECENT SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES WE ARE EXPERIENCING HERE IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES, WE HAD THE REAR DEFROSTER ACTIVATED IN OUR 2012 FORD F-150 XLT PICK UP TRUCK. WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING THE VEHICLE, BOTH MY WIFE AND I HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD "POP" SOUND WHILE RIDING INSIDE OF THE CABIN OF THE TRUCK. I PROCEEDED TO LOOK IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR TO SEE IF I COULD DETERMINE WHERE THE NOISE ORIGINATED FROM AND THAT'S WHEN I OBSERVED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE GLASS WAS SHATTERED. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY OTHER OBVIOUS DAMAGE AND WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHY THE WINDOW SUDDENLY CRACKED WITHOUT AN OBVIOUS CAUSE. AT THIS POINT I WAS QUITE PERPLEXED. I SUBSEQUENTLY TURNED TO GOOGLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND A SOLUTION AND THAT'S WHEN I FIGURED OUT WHAT HAD OCCURRED. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THROUGH VARIOUS FORUMS AND ONLINE SITES THAT MULTIPLE OTHER FORD F-150 OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH THE SAME EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES IN PLACE (REAR DEFROSTER ACTIVATED, LOUD "POP" SOUND, OBSERVED A BROKEN REAR WINDOW). THE ARTICLES GO ON TO PROVIDE NIGHTMARISH EXCHANGES BETWEEN FORD F-150 OWNERS AND FORD DEALERSHIPS WHERE THEY ARE FORCED TO PAY FULL PRICE FOR THE REPAIRS DUE TO WARRANTIES BEING EXPIRED. BASED ON THE AGE OF THE TRUCK AS WELL AS IT'S MILEAGE, I TOO AM OUT OF WARRANTY. I DO NOT BELIEVE FORD IS RECOGNIZING OR HANDLING THESE ISSUES PROPERLY. THIS APPEARS TO STRICTLY BE A DESIGN DEFECT AND NO FAULT OR NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE OWNER/OPERATOR. MY SAFETY CONCERNS ARE DECREASED VISIBILITY AND SHARP TEMPERED GLASS SHARDS INSIDE OF THE CABIN. I HAVE SUBMITTED AN INSURANCE CLAIM AND AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY DEDUCTIBLE. I AM LOOKING TO THE NHTSA FOR ASSISTANCE IN LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER.

REAR DEFROST AND MIRROR HEATERS NOT WORKING. REPLACED 3 TIMES ALREADY. ALMOST BACKED INTO AND RUN OVER KIDS AND HIT A CAR BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF VISIBILITY.

FRAME LEAD RECALL WHICH ALREADY HAS A RECALL BUT FORD IS SAYING MINE IS NOT COVERED. TRUCK SLAMMED INTO 1ST FROM FIFTH WHILE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD. RESTARTED THE TRUCK AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN FIRST. IT THEN SLAMMED INTO 3RD AND IS NOW STUCK IN 3RD. THE RECALL STATES THAT MY TRUCK IS COVERED BUT WHEN I RUN MY VIN IT DOES NOT SHOW UP. FORD IS REFUSING TO COVER THE SAFETY RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH HEADING TO TOWN ON A MAIN ACCESS ROAD. I LOST ALL POWER, ACCLERATION, BUT COULD STILL STEER TO A STOP. NOT THE BATTERY IT READS 12.3 AND HAVE POWER TO MY MAIN FUSE BOXES, DOME LIGHTS, BUT NOTHING ON THE DASH AND WILL NOT START. I HOOKED UP AN OBDM AND IT ONLY SHOWS CYLINDER 5 MISFIRE WHICH I HAVE ALSO CHANGED THE PLUGS COIL PACKS AND ALSO STILL HAS NOT YET FIXED THE PROBLEM.

IN TOW MODE WHILE GOING DOWN HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHILE PULLING A 4800 LB CAMPER. I TAPPED THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN WHEN THE THE VEHICLE SHIFTED TO 2ND GEAR. THE RPMS JUMPED UP AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR WITHOUT FEATHERING THE GAS PEDAL. THIS OCCURRED ONE OTHER TIME WHILE PULLING MY ALUMINUM BASS BOAT. ADVISED DPATRICK FORD OF THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL. THE BUILD DATE OF JUNE 2012 FALLS IN THE TIME FRAME OF THE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE HAS 41,100 MILES ON IT.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR ON ITS OWN CAUSING THE TIRE TO LOCK UP PUTTING ME INTO A SKID ON THE HIGHWAY PULLED OVER RESTARTED VEHICLE THEN WAS STUCK IN 5TH GEAR AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND RETURNED TO NORMAL THEN HAPPENED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY!

THERE IS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 16N02 WITH SAFETY RECALL 16S-19 ON 2012 FORD F-150 FOR A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHERE A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER QUIT WORKING AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE GOES INTO A LIMP MODE, THERE IS ALSO INSTANCES WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL SHIFT BACK INTO 1ST GEAR ON ITS OWN WHICH IS WHAT MY 2012 F-150 IS DOING AND FORD IS DENYING THAT MY VEHICLE IS COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT STATES EXACTLY WHAT MY TRUCK IS DOING.