2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

RECALL 16S19 DOES NOT COVER MY SPECIFIC TRUCK, BUT I HAVE TWICE REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP THAT TRUCK IS DOWNSHIFTING HARD ON ITS OWN, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT IS PHYSICALLY FELT AND A JERKING OF THE VEHICLE OCCURS. OCCURS ARE RANDOM TIMES WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED AT HIGH SPEED. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME TO "UNHOOK BATTERY CABLE AND IT WOULD RESET COMPUTER."

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN AFTER AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING FRONT OF TRUCK . FRAME OF TRUCK HAD TO BE RE-ALIGNED BUT AIBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON/OFF SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND IT DOES NOT STAY ON CONSTANTLY

AROUND THE BEGINNING OF JULY THIS YEAR AS I WAS DRIVING AROUND MY SPEEDOMETER AND DIGITAL GAUGES ON MY 2012 FORD F-150 QUIT WORKING AND THE TRUCK BEGAN SHIFTING VERY HARD. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE ENGINE, AND UPON DOING SO IT BEGAN NORMAL OPERATION. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS IT DID THIS SAME THING APPROXIMATELY FOUR (4) MORE TIMES. THE LAST TIME WAS THE MOST SERIOUS AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 65MPH WHEN MY TRUCK SUDDENLY DROPPED INTO FIRST GEAR AND ALMOST FORCED ME OFF THE ROAD ALONG WITH MY TWO (2) YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO WAS RIDING WITH ME. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND GUIDE THE TRUCK OFF THE ROADWAY. HOWEVER, THIS TIME UPON RESTART THE TRUCK, WHILE PARKED, WAS CONTINUOUSLY REVVING AT ABOUT 6,000RPM'S. UPON A SECOND RESTART IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL OPERATION. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, CAVALIER FORD CHESAPEAKE SQUARE, AND SPOKE WITH LINDSAY GIVENS WHO TOLD ME IT WOULD BE A "HOT MINUTE" BEFORE SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT MY TRUCK. I DROPPED IT OFF AFTER HOURS THAT NIGHT (07/20/18) WITH A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEMS. I WAS LATER CONTACTED ON 07/24/18, BY PHIL CAUSEY, SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY TRUCK THE FOLLOWING DAY. I NEVER HEARD ANYMORE AND UPON CALLING THE DEALERSHIP ON 07/27/18, AND SPEAKING TO TANYA HOWARD, I WAS ADVISED MY TRUCK STILL HADN'T BEEN LOOKED AT AND PHIL WAS OFF UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK. ON 07/31/18 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM PHIL AND HE STATED THAT WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING MY TRUCK AROUND IT GOT STUCK IN FIRST GEAR ON THEM AS WELL, AND THEY LOCATED THE PROBLEM IN THE LEADFRAME OF MY TRANSMISSION. THE DIAGNOSTICS SHOWS MY TRUCK READ CODES P0722 AND P072. THIS 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 COVERS THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON MY VEHICLE, HOWEVER FORD WILL NOT HONOR IT.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY TRANSMISSION SLAMMED INTO FIRST GEAR WITH BOTH CHECK ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER THIS, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT ABOVE 3RD GEAR. THE TRUCK WAS BROUGHT INTO IMLAY CITY FORD DEALERSHIP IN MICHIGAN WHERE THEY ASSESSED THE ISSUE TO BE THE LEAD FRAME WHICH UPON FURTHER RESEARCH SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BULLETIN 16N02. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMED ME THAT MY BIN WAS NOT EFFECTED BY THIS RECALL AND FORCED ME TO PAY 200 DOLLARS TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIR OF THEIR KNOWN ISSUE. I HAVE RECEIVED WHIPLASH FROM THE SUDDEN STOP OF MY VEHICLE. MY WORRY IS THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES OUT THERE NOT NOTIFIED BY THIS RECALL THAT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. FORD NEEDS TO EXPAND THEIR RECALL TO COVER ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES AND HONOR THE FULL COST OF REPAIRS.

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING LOCKED UP DURING A TURN. THE SYSTEM LOCKED FOR LESS THAN A SECOND, AND THEN FREED UP SO THAT I COULD FINISH THE TURN. LUCKILY THE STEERING DID NOT LOCK UP BEFORE OR AFTER THE TURN, SO THAT I COULD COMPLETE THE TURN AND GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY, I STAYED ON COUNTY ROADS TO REDUCE SPEED TO 30MPH AND SEE IF THE REDUCED SPEED HELPED. AFTER 30 MORE MINUTES OF DRIVING THE STEERING WAS COMPLETELY LOCKING UP WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT OR TURNING, AND SCREECHING VERY LOUDLY. THE "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" MESSAGE SHOWED UP, FOLLOWED BY "ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAULT" MESSAGE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC, WHERE THEY SAID THE WHOLE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, COSTING AROUND $2000. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE WORK DONE YET AND HOPE THAT THERE IS A RECALL WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. IF THE STEERING WERE TO LOCK UP ANY SOONER THAN IT HAD, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MAJOR INJURY OR DEATH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE WITH A TRAILER HITCHED TO THE REAR OF IT, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000. **TR CONSUMER STATED: I STARTED VEHICLE BACK UP LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON POWER STEERING WAS LOOSE. I PARKED THE TRUCK, THIS WAS SATURDAY MORNING, NO SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS OPEN. SUNDAY EVENING, I STARTED VEHICLE UP, POWER STEERING WAS WORKING. UPDATED 10/19/18*JB

TRANSMISSION FRAME RAIL TROUBLE CODES INDICATE A FRAME RAIL PROBLEM THAT HAD A RECALL BUT THIS VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTERMITTENTLY AND ALSO HAS GONE INTO LIMP MODE ON OCCASION.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY. FROM A STOP THE TRUCK WILL SOMETIMES SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 5TH AND THEN BACK TO 1ST AND GET STUCK IN 1ST. SOMETIMES WHILE IN 5TH OR 6TH GEAR THE TRUCK WILL JUST SHIFT INTO 1ST, CAUSING THE RPM'S TO SPIKE AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF AND RESTART THE TRUCK. THIS MORNING IT DID THE SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 5TH AND THEN BACK TO 1ST.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE TRUCK WILL RANDOMLY SHIFT GEARS CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JERK AND SLOW DOWN. MY TRUCK WILL SHIFT SPORADICALLY BETWEEN 1ST, 3RD, AND 5TH AND THEN GET STUCK IN 1ST GEAR AND REQUIRES ME TO RESET THE KEY TO GET IT TO SHIFT PROPERLY.

2012 F150: REPLACED THE VACUUM PUMP IN OCT 2016 BASED ON RECALL AND ISSUES WITH PRESSING THE BRAKE DOWN WHEN STARTING UP. SAME ISSUE STARTED AGAIN IN JUNE 2018. BROUGHT IT BACK TO LICCARDI FORD AND THEY STATE THE ISSUE IS "BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM PUMP SENSOR AND PUMP RELAY" . THEY CHARGE ME $140 FOR DIAGNOSIS AND WHEN I PICK UP THE TRUCK FOR A SECOND OPINION, THE "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM" WARNING LIGHT IS ON. I DID NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE WHEN I DROPPED IT OFF.