2012 FORD F-150 Complaints

UNEXPECTED SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAUSING INCONSISTENT DRIVING. COULD CAUSE DANGEROUS SLIP/SKID. CONGRUENT WITH RECALL INVOLVING SAME MODEL YEAR VEHICLE HOWEVER NOT LISTED FOR SPECIFIC VIN.

MY TRUCCK BEGAN TO DOWNSHIFT ON ITS ON AND JERK REAL BAD. I COULD WATCH MY SPEEDOMETER DROWN INSTANTLY AS IT DOWNSHIFTED. IT DOWNSHIFTED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND A LOUD CLUNK.

I HAVE AN F150 THAT WILL DOWNSHIFT WAY DOWN NO MATTER THE SPEED AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. WHY WOULD THE SAME YEAR VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM NOT BE COVERED? I PUT IT ON A COMPUTER AND IT IS THE SAME THING. OUTPUT SPEED CENSOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST ELECTRICAL POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS STRETCHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. KOONS FORD (6970 SECURITY BLVD, BALTIMORE, MD 21244, (410) 298-3800) WAS CONTACTED FOR A SECOND OPINION ON THE ORIGINAL DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RECALL: THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION TRAVELING OVER 45 MPH AND AT 70 MPH. THERE IS A SUDDEN AND QUICK, WHAT SEEMS TO BE A DOWNSHIFT OR VERY LOUD POP FROM THE TRANSMISSION/REAR AXLE AND FEELS LIKE THE BACKEND HAS RUN OVER A LARGE OBJECT LIKE A TELEPHONE POLE. SUDDEN AND HARD JERK OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE REAR END WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED SPORADICALLY OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS, AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT TIMES.

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHILE DRIVING IN WHICH THE TRUCK SEEMS TO LOSE POWER AND SHIFTS TO A LOWER GEAR. THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER DO NOT DISPLAY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ON SOME OCCASIONS THE WRENCH HAS SHOWN. ONE ONE OCCASION WHILE ACCELERATING TO ENTER A HIGHWAY THE GEAR SHIFTED DOWN AND THE TIRES SQUEALED AND THE TRUCK DRAMATICALLY SLOWED DOWN. SOME OCCASIONS WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED THE SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS IS EXTREMELY ROUGH. THESE OCCASIONS HAVE HAPPENED WHILE IN MOTION, ON CITY STREETS, ON HIGHWAYS, AND ENTERING OR EXITING HIGHWAYS.

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DROPS INTO 1ST GEAR RANDOMLY DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. LOCKS UP REAR AND CAUSES AN ACCIDENT HAZARD.

REAR WINDOW, ON PASSENGER SIDE, SHATTERED AFTER TURNING THE DEFROST ON. TEMP WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES. THE INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DEFROST WAS FLICKERING, AS THE WINDOW SHATTERED, THEN TURNED OFF. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT FLAT ROAD 30 MILES PER HOUR.

THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE IT WOULD OCCASIONALLY HAVE THE SHUTTERING AND POWER LOSS EFFECT TILL IT WENT 5000 PASSED MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEN ENGINE IMPLODED. SO THEY JUST BLOW IT OFF AS A COMMON ISSUE BUT NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY 10000 FOR A NEW ENGINE FOR A PROBLEM THEY ALWAYS KNEW ABOUT.

THE TIMING CHAIN IN THE ENGINE GETS PREMATURELY STRETCHED AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT SO TIMING CHAIN FAILURE DOES NOT OCCUR. I HAD THE CHAIN REPLACED IN JAN 2017 COMPLETELY AND THE ISSUE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETELY RESOLVED. 1 YEAR LATER THE SAME ISSUE IS BACK AND THE CHAIN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. IT IS A LOUD RATTLING NOISE THAT OCCURS ON START UP AND CAN CAUSE COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS CAN BE FOUND ABOUT THIS WELL KNOWN ISSUE. FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. THE EARLY MODEL 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINES ARE CAUSING THE STRETCHING OF THE TIMING CHAIN AND A RECALL NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON THEM TO ENSURE CUSTOMER SAFETY