2010 FORD F-150 Complaints

THE DAY AFTER PURCHASING A NEW 2010 F-150 FORD TRUCK THIS PAST NOVEMBER I EXPERIENCED A TERRIBLE VIBRATION AT AROUND 70 MPH. I STOPPED AT THE NEAREST FORD DEALER WHICH WAS FRANKFORT KY AND THEY CHECKED THE BALANCE THEN SAID THERE WAS AN DRIVE SHAFT ALIGNMENT REPAIR NEEDED BUT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL HOURS. BECAUSE I WAS TRAVELING AND WOULD NOT BE AT MY HOME LOCATION FOR A WEEK I CALLED THE DEALER IN NORTH CAROLINA WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, AFTER A BIT OF CHECKING AROUND THEY TOLD ME VIA PHONE THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS NOT THE ISSUE. A WEEK LATER I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE ORIGINAL DEALER AND THEY BALANCED THE TIRES AND GIVE IT BACK TO ME. I HAD A 400 MILE TRIP TO MAKE AND WITHIN THE FIRST 50 MILES THE SHAKE WAS BACK IN THE TRUCK. I CALLED THE DEALER THEN RETURNED THE TRUCK BACK TO THEM 3 DAYS LATER. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOOK A RIDE WITH ME AND SAID IT FELT LIKE FLAT SPOTS ON THE TIRES. THE KEPT THE TRUCK OVERNIGHT AND DID ANOTHER BALANCE JOB WHILE CHECKING THE DRIVE SHAFT, BRAKES, TRANSMISSION AND ROTORS. WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK BACK THIS TIME THE SHAKING STARTED AT 45 MPH AND CONTINUED TO AROUND 65 MPH. I WAS ON ANOTHER TRIP AND CALLED THE DEALER TO RELAY THE BAD NEWS. I RETURNED THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH PIRELLI 20 INCH SCORPION TIRES LIKE THE ONES THAT CAME ON IT. I OFFERED TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE TO INSTALL ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRE BUT THE DEALER WOULD NOT HAVE IT. AFTER TAKING THE TRUCK ON A 2000 MILE TRIP THE SHAKING HAS RETURNED JUST AS BAD AS THE DAY I PURCHASED THE TRUCK. THE VEHICLE IS 4 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 16000 MILES ON IT, I HAVE COMPLAINED SINCE THE DAY IT WAS PURCHASED AND NOW ITS NEARING HALF OF THE WARRANTY LIFE AND THE ISSUE IS NOT RESOLVED. THE TRUCK SHAKES SO BAD YOU WILL GET AN UPSET STOMACH AFTER A FEW HOURS OF RIDING IN IT. *TR

I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ONLY A COUPLE OF MILES WHEN I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. WENT TO MAKE A TURN IN THE LOT AND THE TRUCK SHUT DOWN. TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND BACK ON. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO WORK WELL NOW, BUT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IS I HAD BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW DECEMBER 2010. ITS FIRST PROBLEM WAS THAT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS IT STALLED AND DIED APPROACHING A RED LIGHT. I TOOK IT IN AND THE TECH REPROGRAMMED THE ENGINE. I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM FOR A MONTH UNTIL TODAY. TODAYS PROBLEM SCARED THE CRAP PUT OF ME. I WAS CRUISING DOWN THE ROAD AT 70 MPH WHEN MY TRUCK SHIFTED DOWN FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST. I FISH TAILED AND ALMOST LOST IT.I WAS GOING DOWN A HILL, IT WASN'T A VERY STEEP DECLINE. MY TRUCK WHILE CRUISING AND GOING DOWN HILLS USUALLY SHIFTS DOWN ONE GEAR ACTING LIKE AN ENGINE BREAK TO KEEP MY SPEED FROM INCREASING. TODAY IT WENT RIGHT FROM 6 TO 1. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME OR THEY WOULD HAVE PLOWED ME. I GOT PULLED OVER AND STARTED MY ENGINE, EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I DROVE FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER AND PULLED OVER CALLED ROADSIDE ASSIST AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. I PURCHASED A FORD BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE AND DEPENDABLE. THE TRUCK HAS 9500 MILES ON IT. *TR

ON 02/25/10 MY P/U HAD 2214 MILES, I COMPLAINED OF CLUNKY SHIFTING GEAR HUNTING AND 2 SECOND HESITATION WHEN PUSH ACCELERATOR DOWN FOR PASSING. FORD ,DIAGNOSIS EVERY THING NORMAL. I AM LIVING WITH THIS NIGHTMARE. I HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONAL DRIVER SINCE 1976. 02/26/11 BACK INTO FORD WITH CLUNKY TRAN. AND 2 SECOND HESITATION WHEN PASSING AT 50 MPH. FOUND NO PROBLEM. 02/02/11 BACK INTO FORD SAME SYMPTOMS TOLD THEM I WANT TO RIDE WITH TECH. DID NOT ALLOW RIDE WITH TECH SERVICE WRITER AND SERVICE MGR. SAID THEY EXPERIENCED MY PROBLEM. TOLD ME COME BACK WHEN TRANS. TECH AVAILABLE. THEN WROTE MY INVOICE TO READ UNABLE TO DUPLICATE? FORD I BELIEVE HAS ISSUED TALKING POINTS TO ALL LOCATIONS TO COVER UP THE FACT THAT THERE IS PROBLEM! THIS IS SERIOUS BECAUSE MANY TIMES IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION YOU ACCELERATE INSTEAD OF BRAKE. SO WHEN YOU GO TO ACCELERATE AND HAVE A 2 SECOND DELAY IN PEDAL PUSH DOWN TO WHEN THE COMPUTER READS WHAT TO DO AND GIVES YOU PASSING GEAR YOU COULD BE RUN OVER! PLEASE HELP MY VEHICLE LISTED FOR 46,000 PLUS PAID 40,000 FOR IT. CONSUMERS IN AMERICA SHOULD NOT GET FLEECED LIKE THIS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU, HOW IRONIC I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A CHEVY GUY UNTIL THIS NIGHTMARE! *TR

THIS ISSUE IS FROM DATE OF PURCHASE , EXCESSIVE NOISE OR CLATTER IN THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION AS SOMETHING IS LOOSE OR BROKEN. FORD CONTINUES TO CLAIM IT IS THE SHOCKS MAKING NOISE BUT THE SERVICE TECH'S BELIEVE IT IS NOT NORMAL. I HAVE SPENT 6 + MONTHS TRYING TO RESOLVE !! *TR

MY FORD F-150 TRUCK(MILAGE,529) HAS STALLED OR LOST POWER AND STALLED 10 TIMES ON 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE PROBLEM STARTED ON 01-14-11. THE FIRST TWO VISITS TO THE DEALER THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE CONDITION OR FIND A CODE IN THE COMPUTER. NO MECHANICAL WORK WAS PERFORMED. ON 01-26-11 THE WRENCH APPEARED, I DROVE DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER. THE TECH FOUND TWO CONFLICTING CODES. HE E-MAILED FORD TECH CENTER WITH THE PROBLEM. ON 01-28-11 THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. (CODE P0505) ON 02-01-11 TRUCK STALLED AGAIN, THIS TIME THEY REPLACE THE RESONATOR(PIN POINT LEAK TO THE RESONATOR HOSE CODE P0102 AT 9511 MILES. ON 02-08-11 TRUCK STALLED AT A STOP SIGN. ( NO WRENCH) ON 02-15-11 TRUCK STALLED TWICE (WRENCH SHOWED UP ) AT MILEAGE 9,525- 14 MILES SINCE THE RESONATOR WORK. ON 02-16-11 I HAD A MEETING WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE WAS VERY COURTEOUS AND PROFESSIONAL. I GAVE THE SERVICE MANAGER A COPY OF A REPORT ON PROBLEMS FOR 2010 FORD F-150 TRUCKS. (WWW.ARFC.ORG) I UNDERSTAND THIS INFORMATION IS FROM THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (WWW.NHTSA.GOV) THIS WAY THEY CAN NOT SAY THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM. ON 02-16-11 TRUCK WAS RETURNED TO DEALER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. THE TRUCK STALLS BETWEEN 10 AND 40 MPH YOU LOSE THE ABILITY TO STEER THE TRUCK.ON ONE OCCASION I WAS TURNING INTO MY PROPERTY MAKING A LEFT TURN. I WAS GOING SLOW SO I WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE I HIT A SNOW BANK. ONCE YOU LOSE POWER STEERING THERE IS NO WAY TO STEER THE TRUCK AND THE BREAKS FADE VERY FAST. *TR

TRUCK HAS A WARNING LIGHT ON THAT LOOKS LIKE A WRENCH. TRUCK HAS BEEN STALLING WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LOSE ALL POWER AND STOP DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF ROAD. FORD TECH'S SAY THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND FORD REFUSES TO HELP. I AM JUST WAITING TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT SO I CAN SUE FORD FOR NOT ACTING ON THIS SAFETY ISSUE AFTER HAVING THE TRUCK IN FOR REPAIR FOUR TIMES WITH NO HELP. *TR

3RD BRAKE LIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE CAB WAS LEAKING. WATER AGAINST THE ELECTRONICS FOR THE LIGHT COULD CAUSE THE LIGHT NOT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY RESULTING IN A CRASH. FORD REPLACED THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT SINCE THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE THE DIGITAL FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO LEVEL GROUND THE FUEL GAUGE DID NOT CORRECT ITSELF. HE STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD BEEN ONGOING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPROGRAMMED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE REPAIR TEMPORARILY CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED NOT TO RELY ON THE DIGITAL DISPLAY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,000. UPDATED 3/2/2011 *CN

WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SIX DIFFERENT INSTANCES SINCE DECEMBER WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE IN MOTION. RANGE OF SPEED AT TIME OF INCIDENT HAS BEEN BETWEEN 5 - 40 MPH. ON JANUARY 23, 2011, WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH DOWN A WINDY HILL, THE VEHICLE FLASHED THE WRENCH LIGHT THEN COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. AS A RESULT, I HAD A NEAR MISS OF A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE ONCOMING LANE AS THE TRUCK I WAS DRIVING VEERED INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY REGAIN CONTROL. TYPICALLY THE TRUCK CAN BE PUT INTO PARK THEN TURNED BACK ON BUT NOT IN THIS CASE. THE LATEST STALL OF THE ENGINE OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 9, 2011 WHILE MAKING A TURN IN A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER ON JANUARY 23, 2011 AND THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE COMPUTER READING DID NOT SHOW FAULTY EQUIPMENT. IN ADDITION, I AM EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL GAUGE. EVEN AFTER COMPLETELY FILLING UP THE VEHICLE, THE GAUGE DOES NOT READ AS FULL. THERE ARE FUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. AS A MOTHER WITH TWO CHILDREN WHO IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, I AM TERRIFIED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR A FATAL ACCIDENT TO OCCUR. THERE ARE NUMEROUS WEB PAGE/BLOGS WHERE DRIVERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE DESCRIBED THESE SAME ISSUES. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING.