2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE RPMS SUDDENLY REVVED TO 4,500 AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO PARK, AND THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (BAIERL FORD, 540 S. MAIN ST., ZELIENOPLE, PA), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000. *TT*JB *TR

AUGUST 2018- WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE POWER STEERING ASSIST LIGHT ALERT APPEARED AND WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED, SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO STEER. DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THIS OCCURRED AGAIN AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. AT TIMES, THE POWER STEERING WOULD WORK AND THE LIGHT WOULD DISAPPEAR. HOWEVER, I DID NOT HAVE POWER STEERING WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP - DIAGNOSIS CODE U2011 AND U3000. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED MOTOR INSIDE STEERING GEAR. TOTAL COST FOR PARTS AND LABOR WAS $2333.29. OCTOBER 2018 - WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65 MPH AND EXITING I LOST POWER STEERING - ASSIST ALERT LIGHT APPEARED. WAS ABLE TO HARD BREAK AT STOP SIGN, TURN OFF VEHICLE AND TURN BACK ON - POWER STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN, NOVEMBER 2018 - THE POWER STEERING ALERT LIGHT APPEARED ON 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. ALL GOING DIFFERENT RATES OF SPEED. THE MOST DANGEROUS WAS HIGHWAY SPEEDS, EXITING HIGHWAY TO TURN RIGHT AT A STOP LIGHT AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP - THEY HAD THE TRUCK FOR 10 DAYS; COULD NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE. ADVISED TO REPLACE TIRE. PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES COST OVER $1000. TODAY, 11/20/2018 LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE POWER STEERING LIGHT APPEARED AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING AND MADE A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT, BUT NOT AS SEVERE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

UPON SLOWING DOWN TO 40-50 MPH TO ENTER EXIT RAMP FROM AN INTERSTATE HWY, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN DOWNSHIFTING ON ITS OWN TO ONE LOWER GEAR TO THE NEXT, IN FAIRLY RAPID SUCCESSION CREATING HIGH RPM. I CONTINUED TO A STOP LIGHT IN LOW GEAR AND WHEN RESTARTING ALL SHIFTS WERE NORMAL. IT ONLY HAPPENED THIS ONE TIME AND HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. I RESEARCHED ON INTERNET AND SEE SIMILAR IF NOT SAME ISSUE ON 6S19 - POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMING - 2011-2012 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248. I WENT TO FORD DEALER AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED. I ENTERED MY VIN IN THE RECALL LOOK-UP AND IT ALSO DID NOT SHOW TO BE RECALLED. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH OF VIN DESCRIPTIONS, APPEARS MY VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED ONE DAY AFTER THE DATE RANGE FORD LISTS ON ITS AFFECTED VEHICLE BUILD DATES.

MOON ROOF: OPENED ONCE WHEN PURCHASED. ACCIDENTLY OPENED INSTEAD OF DOME LIGHT. OFF THE GRID, WOULD ONLY CLOSE HALF WAY. 40 MPH. WINDS, HEAVY RAIN, GOT SOAKED. VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING GIVING I WAS EXPOSED TO THE OUTDOOR ELEMENTS AS DESCRIBED. DARK WIND AND RAIN IN MY FACE FOR HALF HOUR. WIPING H2O FROM FACE AND INSIDE WIND SHIELD, STEERING AND DASH. HAD MECHANIC AT A GARAGE CLOSED IT. FOUND TWO SMALL PIECES OF PLASTIC BROKEN OFF TRACK. DEALER FIRST QUOTE $1,100.00. SECOND QUOTE WAS $2,200.00. BLOG ON WEB AND U TUBE REPAIR SITES MANY EXAMPLES OF MOON ROOF FAILURES FROM TRACK FAILURE TO MOON ROOF EXPLODING ON FORD VEHICLES. WHY DOES THIS NOT CONSTITUTE A RECALL. FORD DEALERSHIPS ARE ASKING THE CONSUMER TO PAY OUTRAGEOUS PRICES TO HAVE THEIR ENGINEERING FAILURES FIXED. A RIP OFF TO THE CONSUMER. I PAID ABOUT $43,000 FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE COST TO FIX THE MOON ROOF IS OVER 5% OF THE COST OF MY TRUCK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AND THE REAR WHEELS SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO AS LOW AS 8 MPH INSTANTLY AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO 6,000. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD USUALLY RETURN TO NORMAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. METRO FORD OF OKLAHOMA CITY (2800 WEST INTERSTATE 44 SERVICE RD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73112, (405) 438-3330) AND SAM WAMPLER'S FREEDOM FORD (720 SOUTH GEORGE NIGH EXPRESSWAY, MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA 74501) WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN) AS A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT SPUN OUT OF THE RIGHT LANE INTO A GRASSY AREA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY PLACED INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. DURING THE FAILURE, THE SPEEDOMETER AND INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE INCREASED AND DECREASED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LOST POWER COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED AND UPSHIFTED RANDOMLY. GRIECO FORD OF DELRAY BEACH (3000 SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33483, (561) 278-278-0303) AND AUTONATION FORD MARGATE (5401 WEST COPANS ROAD, MARGATE, FLORIDA 33063, (954) 644-4976) WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE DEALERS REQUESTED A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT ATTACHED A DIAGNOSTIC CODE READER TO THE VEHICLE AND REFERENCED DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE: OSS SENSOR (P0720). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,218.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO FIFTH GEAR ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN) THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOEL CONFER FORD OF BELLEFONTE (2892 BENNER PIKE, BELLEFONTE, PA 16823, 814-355-5445) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION LEAD FRAME WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 71,973.

DRIVING 72MPH ON INTERSTATE 40 WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR. VEHICLE REAR TIRES LOCKED AND VEHICLE SWERVED ALMOST PUTTING ME OFF THE ROAD. WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED AND RUN OVER BY 18 WHEELER. WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND PULLED OVER. AFTER COLLECTING MYSELF, I DROVE THE REMAINING 10 MINUTES HOME WITHOUT ANY MORE TROUBLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SUDDEN DOWN SHIFT IN THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT MORE RECENTLY, WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY SHIFTED AND WAS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO J.C. LEWIS FORD LINCOLN OF STATESBORO (12130 US-301, STATESBORO, GA 30458, 12130 US-301, (912) 341-6767) FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: RQ17010 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER WAS EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.