2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS. DESIGN FLAW OF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ON THE F-150 ECOBOOST CAUSING MANIFOLD BOLTS TO SNAP/SHEER, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE MANIFOLDS TO WARP. THIS IS CAUSING NOISE, AND POSSIBLY EXHAUST GASES TO ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. FORD IS OFFERING A FIX UNDER PROGRAM CODE: 17M05 FOR THE F450/F550, BUT IS EXCLUDING THE OTHER "F SERIES" TRUCKS WHICH SUFFER FROM THE SAME/SIMILAR ISSUE. THE ISSUE WAS NOTICED IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN ENGINE MISFIRE BEGAN OCCURRING (WHICH IS ALSO A KNOWN ISSUE). THE DEALERSHIP HAS QUOTED $1,400 TO REPLACE THE MANIFOLDS AND STUDS.

LOSS OF BRAKING WHILE BACKING UP JUST AFTER COLD START, DUE TO VACUUM PUMP FAILURE ON 3.5L ECOBOOST, REFERENCE FORD CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 15N05 & NHTSA INVESTIGATION - EVEN AFTER HAVING REPAIR DONE PREVIOUSLY BY FORD UNDER THE PROGRAM / EXTENDED WARRANTY - VACUUM PUMP FAILED AGAIN LESS THAN 2 YEARS AFTER FIRST VACUUM PUMP REPLACEMENT CAUSING THE BRAKING ISSUES

THE VEHICLE WOULD DOWNSHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING, HAS OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO REMAIN IN 1ST GEAR AFTER THESE INCIDENTS AND INTERMITTENTLY WHEN LEAVING FROM A STOP, AT AN INTERSECTION. VEHICLE HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES, IN WHICH CASE THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYED AN ILLUMINATED MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT AND GONE INTO LIMP MODE, WITH ONLY 5TH GEAR AVAILABLE, WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION. THIS PROBLEM WOULD ALSO CAUSE THE ODOMETER TO READ '-------.--' AND THE SPEEDOMETER TO READ '0 MPH', EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, TRAVELLING AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE IS IN OTHERWISE PERFECT OPERATING CONDITIONS. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0720 WAS DISPLAYED DURING THESE INCIDENTS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 16N02 FOR 'CERTAIN' VEHICLES, IN WHICH THE DEALERS ARE REPLACE THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. IN THE CASE OF MY VEHICLE, THIS PROGRAM DID NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED. WITH MY VEHICLE NOT APPLYING FOR THE NOTED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM, WITH THE SAME FAULTY PART AS NOTED WITHIN THE SPECIFIC CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM, IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE AFFECTED VEHICLES WITH DEFICIENT MOLDED LEAD FRAMES IS FAR GREATER THAN WHAT WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT AND THEREFORE, THE RECALL PROGRAM SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ALL F-150S AND SIMILAR VEHICLES WITHIN THE SPECIFIED BUILD DATES, AS NOTED WITHIN THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM. THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME FAILURE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND CAUSES SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE DRIVERS OF THOSE VEHICLES AND TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE TRUCK I PLACE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE IT IS HARD AS A ROCK, WILL NOT MOVE DOWN OR ALLOW TO USE, PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR NO BRAKES ALMOST DROVE THROUGH GARAGE DOOR THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME I USE THE VEHICLE THE CAUSE IS BRAKE ASSIST VACUUM PUMP WHICH SHOULD CAUSE A RECALL, AS SOMEBODY WHO USES THIS TRUCK OR ONE LIKE IT WITH THE SAME PROBLEM COULD RUN OVER SOMEBODY NO PHOTOS AVAILABLE AS THE PART IS HIDDEN BEHIND THE LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, TRUCK WAS SUPPOSED TO SHIFT FROM 5TH TO 6TH GEAR, BUT SHIFTED INTO FIRST INSTEAD. HAPPENED 3 TIMES TODAY AND A COUPLE MORE TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK. TIRES SQUEALED, THROWS YOUR FORWARD IN YOUR SEAT DUE TO THE SUDDEN DROP IN SPEED.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD EVERYDAY USE THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DROPS DOWN TO 1ST GEAR SOMETIMES CAUSING THE TIRES TO LOCK UP OTHER TIMES CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV UP. IT HAS HAPPENED ONCE ON THE FREEWAY AND QUITE A FEW TIMES ON THE SIDE STREETS I TOOK IT TO THE TRANS SHOP AND HE WAS NOT SURE

WHILE DRIVING LOST POWER STEERING ; POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT SHOWED UP ON SCREEN

05/10/2018 DRIVING IN A SCHOOL ZONE AT 20 MPH THE VEHICLE WITH OUT ANY INPUT DOWN SHIFTED FROM 3RD TO 1ST GEAR. AFTER WHICH IT REFUSED TO SHIFT UP UNTIL I PULLED OVER AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. NO CODE WAS THROWN. 5/09/2018 WHILE PICKING UP THE KIDS FROM SCHOOL THE F150 FELT LIKE IT WAS STUMBLING AT 20 MPH AND THEN IT KICKED BACK IN AND SPUN THE TIRES, NO CODE WAS THROWN. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ACTED AS IF IT DID NOT KNOW WHAT GEAR TO BE IN WHILE GOING AT A STEADY PACE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS BOUNCING TO VARIOUS SPEEDS AND THEN IT SMOOTHED BACK OUT. I TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM CHANGE THE FLUID BELIEVING AT 110000+ MILES AND NO WAY TO CHECK THE FLUID......THE FLUID MAY HAVE LEAKED OR JUST WAS WORN OUT. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR NO REASON THE VEHICLE WENT IN TO LIMP HOME MODE AT 75 MPH, AND WOULD ONLY OPERATE IN 3 THRU 5TH GEARS UNTIL I COULD TURN IT OF AND THEN RESTART. IT THREW P0720 CODE WITH THAT CODE ALSO PENDING SHOWING THE OUT PUT SPEED SENSOR. THIS TRUCK IS A DEARBORN TRUCK WITH 6R80 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ( SEE RECALL 16S19) BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A TRUCK BUILT IN TEXAS.....FORD CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 16N02, NHTSA ACTION NUMBER RQ17010. AS IN ALMOST ALL THE REPORTS FORD CLAIMS THAT A TRUCK BUILT AT DEARBORN DOES NOT ( BY VIN EVEN THOUGH THE IT FALLS IN THE RECALL TIME FRAME AND HAS THE AFFECTED TRANSMISSION, AND THE DEALERSHIP EVEN TOLD ME THE TRUCK WAS BUILT IN TEXAS)

GEARS FLASH ON AND OFF, THEN THE ACCELERATOR SLOWS DOWN. GOES INTO NUETRAL AUTOMATICALLY. RANDOMLY SHIFTS BETWEEN GEARS CAUSING TRUCK TO PICK UP SPEED OR DRASTICALLY LOSE SPEED WITHOUT WARNING. SHIFTS VERY HARD AS WELL. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS ON THE HIGHWAY. SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERYTIME I DRIVE ABOVE 65MPH, BUT OCCASIONALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE RANDOM SHIFTING OF GEARS HAPPENED FIRST AROUND 4 YEARS AGO, BUT HAS BEEN A SAFETY RISK FOR THE LAST 5-6 MONTHS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN IT HAPPENING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED ON ITS OWN AND LOST ACCELERATION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, BUT THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (MIKE BROWN AUTO GROUP, 4950 EAST HIGHWAY 377, GRANDBURY, TEXAS 76049), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 192,434.