2014 FORD F-150 Complaints

TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS WHILE MOVING, FROM 6TH GEAR DOWN TO 1ST, ALL GAUGES GO TO ZERO BUT TRUCK DOES NOT POWER OFF. CAN ACCELERATE BUT DOES NOT PICK UP SPEED. SIMILAR SYMPTOMS FOR THE 2011-2013 F150 RECALL OUT NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND FAILED TO ENGAGE PAST THIRD GEAR. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,000.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, TRYING TO CHANGE LANE TO EXIT THE ROAD, PRESS ON MY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, THEN MY BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON, SAYING IAM LOW ON BRAKE FLUID, AND MY BREAKS DONT WORK, THE PEDAL WENT AL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOD. PUT ON MY HAZARDS LIGHT ON, AND LET THE TRUCK SLOW DOWN TO AN EXIT, VERY SLOW TO STOP WHILE DRIVING. FOUND OUT THERE A RECALL ON MY TRUCK, CALL FORD #, THEY TELL ME THAT THE TRUCK HAD BEEN SERVICE BEFORE IN 2016, AND THERE ONLY ONE RECALL FIX PER VEHICLE. SO IAM OUT LUCK, THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN..AT MY OWN EXPENSE...

BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 14,000 MILES. BEFORE 30,000 MILES HAD A SMALL RATTLE WHEN STARTING. ALWAYS FOLLOWED SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. AT 92,000 MILES CODE P0016 COMES UP. TOOK IT IN TO GET LOOKED AT WAS TOLD TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED AND ALL 3.5 LITER ECO BOOSTS FROM 2011 TO 2014 HAVE DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAINS BUT FORD HASN'T RECALLED IT YET. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE SENT BULLETINS TO TECHNICIANS ON IT, ADMITTING DESIGN FLAWS. WHY NO RECALL!?

INITIAL STARTUP, VEHICLE IS COLD. STEERING HAS BINDING OCCURRING THAT INCREASES AND DECREASES AS THE WHEEL IS TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION AS I AM DRIVING, AS IT IS TURNED FROM FULL LEFT TO RIGHT, OR RIGHT TO LEFT. IT REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL FORCE TO CONTINUE TO TURN THE WHEEL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO GO IN THE DESIRED DIRECTION. AS VEHICLE WARMS UP, THE FORCE REQUIRED TO TURN THE WHEEL LESSENS, BUT STILL REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT FORCE TO STEER IN EITHER DIRECTION. IF IT BECAME NECESSARY TO MAKE AN AVOIDANCE MANEUVER, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE FORCE REQUIRED TO STEER THE VEHICLE IN THE NECESSARY DIRECTION. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

TRANSMISSION. SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFT INTO LOWER GEAR WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A MOUNTAINOUS CANYON ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE ABRUPTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR. THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND AFTER SOME SECONDS CAUTIOUSLY SWITCHED THE GEAR SHIFT BACK INTO DRIVE. FORTUNATELY, THE TRANSMISSION HAD RETURNED TO THE HIGHER GEAR, AND I PROCEEDED TO MY DESTINATION. I'M CONCERNED THAT FORD'S RECALL AFFECTING 2011-2013 MODEL YEARS FOR SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT, CRASH CONCERN MAY NOT BE BROAD ENOUGH SINCE MY 2014 MODEL YEAR APPEARS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE; IF I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO A HIGHER GEAR I COULD HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS HAZARDS ON A STEEP, BUSY, AND WINDING CANYON ROAD AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

THIS VEHICLE HAS SHUT DOWN DURING OPERATION ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FIRST, WAS A MINOR REPAIR. THE SECOND, CAUSED OVER $11,000 IN DAMAGES, AND NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. EACH TIME IT OCCURS, THE LOSS OF POWER CAUSES A DECREASE IN THE ABILITY TO STEER AND ALL SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN. WITH OUR CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, WE HAVE BEEN IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AS WE HAVE HAD TO QUICKLY STEER THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WILL LOCKUP. IT WOULD LAST FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND THEN BE OK. THEN WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS OF AND ON TILL I STOP. THIS ALL HAPPENS NOW EVERY TIME I GO ANYWHERE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER ON THE 2014 F150 BUT FORD TELLS ME NOT ON MY TRUCK AND THEY WILL NOT HELP ME AT ALL. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS NOW AND WHEN I GOT IT CHECKED OUT THAT IS WHEN THE DEALER TOLD ME WHY IT IS HAPPENING. RECALL #14S09 (EPAS)

I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROST FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES ON MY WAY TO WORK, AND AS I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, I HEARD A LOUD POP, SIMILAR TO A GUNSHOT. I GOT OUT AND REALIZED MY REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. I HAVE THE THREE PIECE, SLIDING WINDOW WITH DEFROST. THE DRIVER SIDE WAS SHATTERED. NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXPENSIVE WARRANTY, NOR COVERED BY FORD AS A RECALL, NOR COVERED BY INSURANCE WITHOUT A DEDUCTIBLE. THERE WAS NO IMPACT, NO ROUGH ROADS. NOTHING.

WHILE TURNING LEFT IT STARTED MAKING AN AWFUL NOISE THEN POPPED UP WITH STEERING ASSIST FAULT ON THE GAUGE CLUSTER