2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

THIS TRUCK IS SPONTANEOUSLY SHIFTING DOWN TO 1ST GEAR. IT IS ALSO GETTING STUCK IN DIFFERENT GEARS AND NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, FORD SUPPOSEDLY HAS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO 150,000 MILES FOR THE LEAD FRAME, HOWEVER I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO HONOR THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM. I CALLED FORD CORPORATE AND THE SAME THING. NOT ONLY WHEN THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS DOES THE TRANSMISSION MESS UP BUT SO DOES THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, TO THE POINT WHERE THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED TO FIFTH GEAR. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. AFTER WAITING APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN TIMES WITHIN TWO MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS LOCATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOE MACHENS FORD (1911 W WORLEY STREET, COLUMBIA, MO 65203), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

RIGHT REAR WINDOW BY THE SLIDER IMPLODED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ABOUT 5 MPH AND ELECTRIC DEFROSTER ON. A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE FORD F-150.

TRANSMISSION REVS HIGH EVEN AFTER ACCELERATION HAS STOPPED. BUCKLING, ROUGH DOWNSHIFTING. OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. EVEN WHEN NOT ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE (EVEN WHEN GOING AT A STEADY PACE). PROBLEM SEEMS ANALOGOUS TO 16S19 RECALL, BUT THAT SUPPOSEDLY DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE. 6R80 TRANSMISSION.

WHILE IN MOTION MY TRUCK HAS SLAMMED INTO FIRST GEAR WHILE AT DANGEROUS SPEEDS. IN ADDITION, I HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE THE TRUCK HAS STARTED IN A HIGH GEAR AND WOULD NOT EXIT 5TH GEAR. AT THE SAME TIME THE SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T WORK AND THE ODOMETER DISPLAYED ALL DASHES (I HAVE PICTURES OF THIS). MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT BOTH ISSUES ARE DUE TO A DOCUMENTED FAILURE IN THE MOLDED LEADFRAME (PART OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE FIRST ISSUE APPEARS TO EXACTLY MATCH RECALL "16N02". THE SECOND ISSUE EXACTLY MATCHES TSB 13-6-8. THE FIX FOR BOTH IS A REPLACEMENT OF THE MOLDED LEADFRAME. FORD IS SAYING THAT MY TRUCK IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE RECALL (WITH NO EXPLANATION) EVEN THOUGH MY TRUCK IS EXHIBITING THE EXACT SYMPTOM SPECIFIED IN THE RECALL AND MATCHES BOTH THE DATE AND LOCATION OF MANUFACTURE AS WELL AS THE MODEL OF TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE DOWNSHIFTING ISSUE HAPPEN YEARS AGO AS WELL AND THAT WAS SERVICED UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE DEALER ONLY REPLACED THE OUTPUT SENSOR AND NOT THE ENTIRE MOLDED LEADFRAME AS SPECIFIED AND THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURED NOW - THOUGH LUCKILY IT IS NOT HAPPENING OFTEN LIKE IT DID BEFORE. THIS IS THE LINK TO THE RECALL: HTTPS://MEDIA.FORD.COM/CONTENT/FORDMEDIA/FNA/US/EN/NEWS/2016/04/27/FORD-MOTOR-COMPANY-ISSUES-THREE-SAFETY-RECALLS-AND-TWO-SAFETY-CO.HTML

I GOT IN MY TRUCK ABOUT 7:40PM TO LEAVE FOR AN APPOINTMENT LAST NIGHT. I WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND STARTED IT TO WARM IT UP (OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 29 DEGREES F). I TUNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER AND 2 MINUTES LATER I HEARD A LOUD POP (SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT) FROM THE BACK OF MY TRUCK. I LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF MY REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. THERE WAS NOTHING BEHIND MY VEHICLE EXCEPT MY CLOSED GARAGE AND NOTHING STRUCK THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE REAR DEFROSTER HEATING THE COLD GLASS TOO RAPIDLY CAUSING IT TO EXPAND AND SHATTER. THIS GLASS SHOULD BE TEMPERED AND NOT SHATTER LIKE THIS. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH REVELED THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER FORD F150 OWNERS OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS. I'M GRATEFUL I WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT FAR FROM HOME OR DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ALSO GRATEFUL MY KIDS WEREN'T IN THE BACK SEAT AND THE GLASS DID NOT GO FLYING AS IN OTHER REPORTS I'VE SEEN AND READ. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS FAULTY REAR GLASS/WINDOW DEFROSTER SYSTEM. THIS COST ME $500 OUT OF POCKET TO COVER MY INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING AT THE TIME. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS NEED TO BE FILED BEFORE FORD CAN BE FORCED TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM?

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY, JUMPING FROM LOWER TO HIGHER GEARS. WHILE UP TO SPEED, IMMEDIATELY SHIFTS TO 1ST CAUSING REDLINING OF RPMS. SPEEDOMETER JUMPS ERRATICALLY. HAPPENED INITIALLY WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. CAUSED LOSS OF POWER AND FEELING OF MISFIRING, THEN SUDDEN SURGE FORWARD. AFTER GETTING UP TO APPROX. 40 MPH, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS TO 1ST AND STAYS THERE. COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A CRASH IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE AND THE GEAR SHIFTED FROM FIFTH TO FIRST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR TIRES SEIZED AND THE SPEED DECREASED TO ALMOST 0 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE GEAR BECAME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY SHIFT GEARS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. FIELDHOUSE FORD (1400 S HALLOCK ST, DE MOTTE, IN 46310) STATED THAT THE CONTACT NEEDED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR THEM TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BJ MAURER FORD (327 ALWINE RD, BOSWELL, PA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED FORD SAYS THE PROBLEM WILL BE CURED WHEN THE FIRST PROBLEM IS REPAIRED. CONSUMER STATES SYMPTONS STILL THE SAME AND TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.*JB

MY VEHICLE HAS CODE P0722 FOR THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR. THE PROBLEM DESCRIPTION MATCHES SAFETY RECALL 16S19 BUT MY VIN DOES NOT SHOW UP FOR THIS RECALL. IT APPEARS THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.