2014 FORD F-150 Complaints

I GOT A LEFT REAR DOOR AJAR WARNING ON THE DASH OF MY 2014 FORD F150 CREW CAB PICK UP TRUCK. I WOULD CHECK THE DOOR AND IT WAS CLOSED PROPERLY. EVERY TIME I STARTED THE TRUCK I WOULD GET THE WARNING. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH FORD TO FIND OUT WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING. ON THE DAY OF THE APPOINTMENT WITH FORD, I STARTED THE TRUCK AND HEARD A BUZZING TYPE NOICE FROM THE REAR SEAT AREA. I GOT OUT TO HE TRUCK WITH IT RUNNING AND OPENED THE LEFT REAR DOOR TO SEARCH FOR THE BUZZING NOISE. AS I WAS LOOKING FOR THE NOISE I STARTED TO SMELL PLASTIC BURNING, THEN OUT OF THE LEFT PILLAR BETWEEN THE FRONT AND BACK DOOR SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF WHERE THE SEAT BELT GOES BEHIND THE COVER WHERE THE SEAT BELT RETRACTS TO. SMOKE AND THE SMELL OF THE PLASTIC STARTED TO FILL THE CABIN AREA OF THE TRUCK. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF. WITHIN ABOUT TEN MINUTES THE SMOKE CLEARED BUT THE SMELL OF BURNED PLASTIC WAS STRONG. I THEN HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MILLER FORD IN LUMBERTON, NEW JERSEY. A PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM FORD IS THAT THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS IN THE DOOR POST AND UNDER THE CARPET AREA IS MELTED. I AM AWAITING TO HEAR FROM FORD THE FINAL STORY AT THIS TIME.

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW IN MARCH 2015. I HAVE HAD IT SERVICED ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS EVERY 5,000 MILES. BOTH FRONT BRAKE LINES HAVE RECENTLY BURST WITH NO WARNING, AS FOLLOWS: - ON 1 MAY 2019, WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 105,488 MILES ON IT, I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP AT A CITY STREET RED LIGHT. THE PEDAL SUNK TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ENTER THE INTERSECTION AMIDST ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT OR SOUND BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. BRAKE FLUID GUSHED ONTO THE GROUND FROM THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE. A FORD SERVICE AGENT DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE AS A BULGE IN THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE HOSE WHERE IT MET THE CALIPER THAT HAD BURST WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED MINUTES AFTER LEAVING THE SAID FORD SERVICE FACILITY AT WHICH THEY HAD JUST PERFORMED A BRAKE INSPECTION AND SAID ALL FOUR BRAKES LOOKED NEW AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION. - ON 11 DECEMBER 2019, WHEN THE TRUCK HAD 113,089 MILES ON IT, WHILE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED, I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO START THE TRUCK. THE BRAKE PEDAL SANK TO THE FLOOR. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT OR SOUND BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW BRAKE FLUID GUSHING OUT OF THE FRONT LEFT BRAKE HOSE. A FORD SERVICE AGENT DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE AS A RUPTURE IN THE FRONT LEFT BRAKE HOSE.

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED THIS MORNING FROM HAVING MY REAR DEFROSTER ON. I TURNED MY DEFROSTERS ON BEFORE WORK THIS MORNING AND THEN DROVE APPROX 3 MILES BEFORE HEARING A LOUD SOUND FROM THE TOP REAR OF MY VEHICLE. IT WAS A CLEAR 1 LANE ROAD SO IT WASN'T POSSIBLE FOR ANYTHING TO HAVE HIT ME. EVENTUALLY I SAW THAT THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. THE ONLY THING UNIQUE WAS THAT I HAD MY DEFROSTERS ON. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE AND QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE REPORTED MY MANY PEOPLE. HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE FORD WILL ACCEPT IT AS THEIR FAULT.

BACK GLASS SHATTERED ALL THE SUDDEN AFTER AUTO START AND DEFROST ARE COMING ON TRUCK WAS PARKED AND IT WAS EARLY MORNING

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING STRUCTURE AS I TURN RIGHT AND THEN TRY TO SRAIGHTEN INTO THE STREET MY STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT ABEL TO TURN N WAS MAKING A FUNNY NOISE AS I TRIED TO AND ALMOST CRASHED HAD TO YANK THE STEERING WHEEL HARD AND WAS BARELY ABEL TO TURN ENOUGH TO NOT HIT A CAR NOW CAR IS JUST ABEL TO GO STRAIGHT.FROM MY KNOWLEDGE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING THE TRUCKS COME WITH AND LOOKED INTO IT AS I WAS PARKED AS CLOSE AS I COULD TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET THAT THE TRUCKS ARE KNOWN FOR THEM GIVING OUT WITH NO WARNING N A RECALL WAS DONE ON A CERTAIN BATCH I CALLED FORD N DEY SAID NO MY TRUCK HAS NO RECALLS N READ UP THAT THE RECALL NUMBER WAS 14S09 N WAS HAPPENING TO ALOT OF THOSE TRUCK MODELS

PRETENSION ON DRIVERS SIDE HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES NOW HAS TO BE DONE AGAIN AFTER4 MONTHS..PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON.THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT.

OUT OF WARRANTY, TIMING CHAIN PROBLEMS, PHASERS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY, FORD ISSUED TSB: SOME 2011-2014 F-150 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.5L GASOLINE TURBOCHARGED DIRECT INJECTION (GTDI) ENGINE AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 10/10/2014 MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0016. OTHER DTCS AND DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS MAY ALSO BE PRESENT. THIS CONCERN MAY BE DUE TO A WORN PRIMARY TIMING CHAIN. LOSS OF POWER, EXHAUST SMOKING, LOUD RATTLE IN ENGINE DURING COLD STARTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY; HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 216,000.

USED REMOTE START TO START MY TRUCK AFTER WORK. WALKED OUT TO MY TRUCK TO FIND THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW TO BE COMPLETELY SHATTERED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY; HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 216,000.