2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE TRUCK LURCHES FORWARD, REAR TIRES MAKE A SQUEALING SOUND FROM SKIDDING. IT WAS HARD TO KEEP TRUCK IN CENTER LANE OF INTERSTATE AND IMMEDIATELY HAD TO MAKE MY WAY TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. ONCE I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES IT ACTED LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. I HAVE READ THE REPORTS OF THE INTERCOOLER BEING MESSED UP AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO I HAD TO REPLACE THAT PART DUE TO OIL AND WATER ENTERING IT BUT FORD SAYS IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO A PART NOT BEING COVERED. I HAVE HAD COILS REPLACED, SPARK PLUGS REPLACED, AND NOW I'M HAVING TO GO THRU THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN. ITS DANGEROUS AND FRUSTRATING. I'VE HAD IT HAPPEN A COUPLE MORE TIMES BUT NOT TO THAT EXTENT. THE GAUGES WILL PEG ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT THEN GO TO ZERO AND AIRBAG LIGHT WILL COME ON. TRUCK RESETS TO NORMAL WHEN TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM HAPPEN MOST OF THE SUMMER. BUT THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO. REPAIR SHOP CAN'T REPLICATE IT AND THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC TEST DOESN'T FIND IT EITHER.

RECALL ON 2011-2012 F150 LEAD FRAM HARNESS FAILURE MY TRUCK FALLS INTO THE REQUIRED DATE BUT FORD SAYS MY VIN # ISN'T IN THERE DATA BASE UNDER THE RECALL

THE FORD F150 ECOBOOST WOULD HAVE THE TACHOMETER AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS GO DEAD, AND THE DASH WOULD DISPLAY A "WRENCH" SYMBOL. A TIMES THE TRUCK WOULD DOWNSHIFT ON ITS OWN TO FIRST GEAR. THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH TO 1ST GEAR WHEN I WAS TRAVELING OVER 60 MPH, ENDANGERING MY SAFETY AND THAT OF OTHER DRIVERS.

WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED AT WHICH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS IN 6TH GEAR, THE SPEEDOMETER INSTANTLY GOES FROM TRAVELING SPEED TO ZERO. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES IN QUICK SUCCESSION, EACH OCCURRENCE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR. EACH INITIAL OCCURANCE HAD A DURATION OF NEGLIGIBLE TIME, SEEMING TO SPAN A FRACTION OF A SECOND. THE PHYSICAL RESPONSE WAS A SHARP JERK OR LURCH THAT PLANTED ME INTO MY SEAT RESTRAINT. ABOUT HALF A MINUTE LATER, IT OCCURRED A SECOND TIME BUT THE DURATION WAS SEVERAL SECONDS. THE REAR WHEELS SLOWED TO THE POINT WHERE THE REAL WHEELS LOST TRACTION AND THE VEHICLE LEFT THE TRAVELING LANE. THIS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC AND THE ONLY REASON THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT WAS BECAUSE OF THE AWARENESS AND FAST RESPONSE OF THOSE AROUND ME. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON A CITY STREET AT 45 MILES PER HOUR IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION.

VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 45000 MILES. HAS ERRATIC LOSS OF POWER WHILE ACCELERATING. EVIDENCE OF WATER IN THE AIR INTAKE. RESEARCH IS SHOWING THAT THE ECOBOOST ENGINE IS COLLECTING MORE WATER IN THE INTERCOOLER THAN THE ENGINE CAN CONSUME. PROBLEMS INCREASES IN SOUTHERN HUMID STATES. THIS IS PROBLEM CAUSED BY FAULTY ENGINEERING IN THE 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE AND COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS DUE TO UNPREDICTABLE LOSS IN POWER. LOSS OF POWER IS FELT WHILE DRIVING ON CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50-55 MPH IN 6TH GEAR THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTS TO 2ND AND THEN 1ST GEAR. THE REAR TIRES LOCKED UP AND THE RPM'S RED LINED. I SKIDDED FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN IT SHIFT BACK INTO A HIGHER GEAR AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE TURNING AT A LOW SPEED, AN ABNORMAL NOISE COULD BE HEARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING FAULT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EXCESSIVE EFFORT WAS NEEDED TO SAFELY OPERATE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TO MANISTEE FORD (3471 GRANT HWY, MANISTEE, MI); HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 101,000. **TR THE CONSUMER STATED FORD WAS CALLED AND TRUCK WAS FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED INDEPENDENT DECELERATION AND JERKED. IN ADDITION, THE LIMP HOME WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO J.C. LEWIS FORD (9505 ABERCORN ST, SAVANNAH, GA), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPEED SENSOR WAS FAULTY AND THE LEAD FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND DID NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,200.

THE POWER STEERING STOPPED PROVIDING POWER ASSIST CONSISTENTLY AND IT IS INTERMITTENT. THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS STICKY AND HARD TO TURN. THERE IS NO HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO CHECK FLUIDS ON AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO SERVICEABLE COMPONENTS OF THIS STEERING SYSTEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS RELATIVITY LOW MILEAGE (>50K) AND DRIVEN ON PAVED ROADS. THIS WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING TAKING A TURN AND IS PRESENT ON HIGHWAY AND CITY DRIVING.

AS WE DROVE 55 MPH ON STRAIGHT DRY HIGHWAY OUR VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR CAUSING REAR TIRES TO LOCK UP. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TRAFFIC BEHIND US. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT INTO PARK FO COLLECT OURSELVES AND THEN PROCEEDED STRAIGHT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO DROP VEHICLE OFF. WITH RESEARCH ON THIS DEFECT WE FOUND FORD HAD A RECALL OUT FOR THIS SAME ISSUE (RECALL 16S19 WHICH WE NEVER RECEIVED) WE WERE ADVISED OUR VIN DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL THEREFORE WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. WE WERE NOT GIVEN A REASON WHY EVEN THOUGH OUR F150 IS A 2012 AND WAS MANUFACTURED IN DEARBORN MI JULY 2012. (WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET $100 REFUND FROM LOCAL DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER IT WAS AFTER A LOT OF PHONE CALLS. NOT SURE IF IT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THEM OR MANUFACTURER AND STILL DOES NOT COVER OUT OF POCKET COST OR MONTHS OF TIME SPENT). AFTER WE PICKED UP OUR "REPAIRED"/PAID FOR VEHICLE A FEW WEEKS LATER WE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT. WE WERE TAKING TRASH TO THE LOCAL DUMP A MILE DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING 30 MPH AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR, MILEAGE METER ON DASHBOARD BLANKED OUT AND WRENCH APPEARED ON SCREEN. ON THE WAY INTO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DRIVING 55 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR, MILEAGE METER ON DASHBOARD BLANKED OUT AND WRENCH APPEARED ON SCREEN. LOCAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE ON THEIR OWN, WE HAD TO WAIT OVER 9 DAYS FOR FORD MANUFACTURER TO GET BACK WITH THEM ON HOW TO FIX IT AND SEND PARTS. THEY REPLACED MAIN CONTROL/VALVE BODY IN TRANSMISSION, REPROGRAMMED TCM (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE) AND CLEARED SHIFT TABLES. AGAIN THEY DID NOT COVER ANY COSTS AND WE HAD TO PAY HEFTY BILL OUT OF POCKET WHEN THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE VEHICLE IS A 2012 F150 4X4 SUPER CREW LARIAT ECO BOOST WITH ONLY 41,000 MILES ON IT.