2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

HAD BEEN IN THE TRUCK DRIVING AND THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER ON. WHEN I STOPPED AND OPENED THE DOOR TO THE TRUCK A PANEL IN THE REAR SLIDING BACK GLASS EXPLODED. I HAVE BEEN SEEING WHERE MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THE ISSUE AND SOME HAD SAID TO REPORT IT HERE.

THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS BUT MOST RECENTLY WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 70 MPH MY TRUCK WENT INTO FIRST GEAR AND LOCKED UP MY TRUCK REAR END. I SLID ONTO THE BERM OF THE ROAD AND ALMOST DOWN A HILL. THE DREADED WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT INOPERABLE, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO SORT OF A LIMP MODE AND DROVE REAL WEIRD. THE CODE WAS A P0720 OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSOR. OF COURSE MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT IS A 2012, BUILT IN DEARBORN WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION AS THE RECALLED ONES, GO FIGURE! I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH SHARPNACK FORD IN WILLARD OHIO THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW WITH THE TRUCK WHERE I WILL PAY $1000 TO GET THE LEAD BODY IN THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THIS IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS THAT ALL VIN'S FOR 2012 ARE NOT COVERED. I OWN THREE FORDS AND I AM STARTING TO WONDER WHY!

WHEN I START THE TRUCK I HAVE TO LET IT IDLE AND WARM UP FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. IF I DO NOT LET THE TRUCK WARM-UP AND I PUT IT IN GEAR THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY FIRM AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSES LIKE THE ABS SYSTEM IS KICKING ON BUT THE TRUCK WILL NOT STOP. RECENTLY, THE TRUCK WILL NOT STOP IF CRUISE CONTROL IS TURNED ON. IF CRUISE CONTROL IS ON AND I PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY FIRM AND CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT TURN OFF AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT SLOW DOWN. I HAVE TO MANUALLY TURN OFF CRUISE CONTROL FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN THE BRAKES WILL WORK AGAIN. I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 44 IN OKLAHOMA WHEN I TRIED TO HIT THE BRAKES AND THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP. BEFORE I LEFT ON THE ROAD TRIP I LET THE TRUCK WARM-UP SO THAT THE BRAKES WOULD WORK WHEN I FIRST LEFT THE DRIVEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE SERVICE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOB BOYD FORD, INC. (2840 N COLUMBUS ST, LANCASTER, OH 43130) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWERTRAIN), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL; THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

TRANSMISSION ON 2012 DROPS TO 1ST GEAR ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES WHEN I STOP THEN START UP IT WILL NOT GET OUT OF 1ST GEAR THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JS

THE FUEL PUMP RELAY AND POWER FUSES BOTH MELTED WHICH HAS CAUSED STARTING ISSUES AND ENGINE MISFIRES. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THE SAME FUSES MELTING IN AGES 2010 -2014 OF THE SAME FORD F-150 TRUCKS. THIS SHOULD BE UNDER A FORD RECALL PROGRAM AS IT CAUSED TRUCKS TO LOOSE POWER.

TRUCK DOWNSHIFTS ON ITS OWN I LOSE MY SPEEDOMETER NO POWER HAVE TO TURN TRUCK OFF AND RESTART TO GET IT TO WORK FOUND RECALL ON THIS BUT FORD SAYS MINE IS NOT IN THE RECALL.

2012 FORD F150 - TRANSMISSION LEAD FRAME THE FORD DEALERSHIP (BOLTON IN LAKE CHARLES, LA) IS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION LEAD FRAME IN MY TRUCK. THE VEHICLE, DRIVING LINEARLY AT 35 MPH, LOCKED INTO 3RD GEAR AND WENT INTO SAFE OPERATING MODE WITH ALMOST NO ACCELERATION. THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND A WRENCH LIGHT FAULT CODE APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR OR REGAIN ACCELERATION, EVEN WHEN STATIONARY, PARK, OR AFTER RESTARTING. THE VEHICLE IS AN EARLY 2012 PRODUCTION PICKUP FROM THE DEARBORN, MICHIGAN PLANT, MATCHING THE RECALL CRITERIA FOR NHTSA (16V-248) AND FORD (16S19) BUT THE VIN DOES NOT APPEAR IN REFERENCE TO THE RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION LEAD FRAME. THE DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR ANY WARRANTY FOR THIS RECALLED DEFECTIVE PART. THE VEHICLE IS DEALER STOCK / UNMODIFIED AND PRESENTLY HAS 71,000 MILES.

TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED DUE TO POOR DESIGN. MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND DURING COLD START. CAM SENSOR IS TRIGGERING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

THE POWER STEERING ASSIST TOTALLY CUT OUT WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN OUT FROM A PARKING LOT ON TO A 6-LANE HIGHWAY. I WAS NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THE TURN. THE TRUCK SHUDDERED VERY ROUGHLY AS THE POWER STEERING FAILED. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD AT THE TIME. IF THERE WERE, ONE WOULD HAVE HIT ME AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD. I TURNED THE A/C OFF AND MY POWER STEERING CAME BACK. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN YET. BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I HOPE THAT THIS REPORT, IF SUPPORTED BY MANY MORE FROM OTHER OWNERS, MAY POINT TO A LARGER PROBLEM, IF ONE EXISTS.