2006 Ford F-150: engine failure

Filed Mar 28, 2025 · Electrical, Engine · MT

while in drive, accelerating to highway speeds or cruising around 30 mph it will downshift and jump to about 4000 PMS's and not shift up into 3rd gear. It blown 1 engine and I have replaced the transmissions, taken it to a Ford dealership and they weren't able to help me. I've replaced the ECM and anti-theft modal also and the symptoms still persist. i am i in for over 11K for the new engine and transmission, and another $100 on the ECM and anti-theft modal plus the shop charges. The truck has under 190,000 miles before any of this started. I am the 2nd owner an had for less than 3k miles before any of the problems started. Now I see the 2015-2017 F-150s are having the same problems getting recalled. is there anything involving the earlier Triton's engines?

Filed Mar 31, 2021 · Engine · 13,000 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, an abnormally loud sound was coming from the vehicle. The contact pulled off the road and shut-off the vehicle. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was restarted but sputtered. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the spark plugs needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted, leading to an engine failure. The local dealer was not notified. The manufacture was notified but provided no assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 13,000.

Filed Sep 10, 2019 · Engine · TN

My f150 2006 is getting a low oil pressure message. I took it to several mechanics and they all said that I need a new engine. One changed the favors crankshaft and oil pump. It ran for about three months. After that I begin to have the same error message, low oil pressure. What can I do?

Filed Sep 6, 2018 · Steering · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. While attempting to make a turn, the steering wheel seized. The failure prevented the vehicle from turning and almost drove off a bridge into a river. The vehicle was able to be veered to safety. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Apr 27, 2016 · Engine · 70,000 miles · RI

On november 16,2011 I was on my way to see my mother who passed away and while driving it sounded like a bomb went off and I had vehicle towed and it was spark plug issue, then two years later it happened again, I changed on plugs and coil packs at garage, now two years later another 3rd plug breaks into engine, now in need of new engine. Miles are over class action suit but not by many. My truck is worthless for fords lack of fixing this issue. I do have documents to show. This problem is a repeated issue and end result for them not to recall issue sooner has ended with a none working truck engine.

Filed Apr 5, 2016 · Engine · 140,000 miles · IN

On 3 occasions my vehicle ,over 4 months, has had a complete engine failure. This occurred most recently while I was exiting the interstate .when the engine shuts down so does the dash and brake lights, it also stops power steering and brakes. This time by reacting quickly I was able to put the vehicle in neutral and restart ,after turning key to off position first.

Filed Dec 28, 2014 · Engine · 95,000 miles · PA

The engine began to tick on top. Later it began to tick on the bottom. The engine light came on and I had it checked. The code said it was a cam sensor. As it turned out the engine was not getting the proper amount of oil due to a clogged a oil port restriction. End result had to replace the engine. While at the service center another truck came in with the same problem with similar mileage. Now my son who has a 2005 ford f150 is experiencing the same issues with his truck with 96000 miles that's three that I know of.

Filed Jul 23, 2014 · Brakes · 86,000 miles · FL

As a part of regular maintenance I always have well in advance performed scheduled maintenance on my 06 f-150.on aug 23 2013 I had my rotors and brake pads all replaced as well as having a hi pressure brake fluid change performed as part of this as suggested by the bill currie ford dealership in tampa. The truck had 83,996 miles on it at this time of service. The truck was rarely driven after that and used only on short trips.of 10-20 miles or less after having the brakes serviced. Friday july 18th 2014..the tuck had only approx. 2000 additional miles on it after the brakes were serviced at bill currie ford.I and a friend were driving to pickup a washing machine about 30 miles away. Without warning. Upon returning the right wheel began pulling to the right and smoke and a rubber and plastic smell accompanied by smoke starting rising from the right wheel well which was scotching hot. The heat was so intense that when we stopped the plastic wheel cover fell off because its was melted.it was taken to the dealership were the original work was performed. I was informed it was the caliper,that it had seized and that after already having replaced the front rotor several thousand miles before//the right rotor and caliper and brake line would now have to be replaced again..because they said.."we can't tell when a caliper will fail". Now it has cost me $2,300,00 to get my brakes done..when initially they were still in safe limits.we were lucky this didn't cause a fire or cause the tire to blow out while on the highway.

Filed May 20, 2014 · Steering · 58,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 MPH, the power steering suddenly malfunctioned making the steering wheel difficult to turn and causing the vehicle to lose control and drive into on coming traffic nearly causing a crash. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed that a lower joint in the steering column shaft seized. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The failure mileage was 58,000.

Filed Jul 5, 2013 · Engine · GA

Spark plugs and coil packs have failed across our entire fleet of 2005-2008 f-150's. The potential for seized spark plugs is significant due to increased heat from failed coil packs. The coil packs seem to fail approximately every 25,000-75,000 miles. The repairs have been very costly - especially with a fleet of 200+ vehicles. Ford has not offered any assistance with any of the claims. Symptoms - the vehicle sputters or bogs down under load while traveling up a hill or under hard acceleration. Dangers - the vehicle will not accelerate with 100% power while under load in a dangerous situation. The need to quickly accelerate becomes altered due to possible spark plug/ coil pack failure. Risks are accidents, personal injury, or even worse.

Filed Jan 18, 2013 · Engine · 81,250 miles · ME

While turning truck started to emit noises, sounded like an exhaust problem, manifold etc. No service engine light on and all gauges were normal. Then while driving, as truck shifted down to overdrive, noise returned, loss of power, but again no service engine light, gauges all normal. Took vehicle to dealer, have been told, engine needs to be replaced,(81,250 miles/130,000km) for a meager $6000. Vehicle has been dealer maintained since new, oil changed every 3125, miles/5000km (by dealer) still no service engine light, gauges still reading normal. Manufacturer will do nothing. Looking for lawyer who would like to start class action suit against manufacturer, considering all the issues I have found on the 2006 f150 v8 triton since starting research yesterday, there are a lot of us that ford is not willing to assist.

Filed Jul 4, 2012 · Engine, Fuel system · 71,000 miles · NC

I had a fuel injector fail that completely ruined the engine at 71k miles. I had to have it replaced. I was very surprised to see that my problem was exactly like the ford 2005 customer satisfaction program 07m08 problem. My truck was built in 2005, but titled as a 2006. I have talked and wrote to ford but they would not help me. I told them I still have the failed injector and they wouldn't even look at it to see if it was one of the defective parts that spurred the 07m08 program. I believe ford needs to expand the customer satisfaction program 07m08 to include 2006 models. I would love for the federal safety agency to pressure ford to revisit this issue. This was hard for me because I still have the injector that failed. I keep it as a reminder of the $8,000 I had to spend on a new engine. I believe the federal safety agency should pressure ford to admit which injectors were an issue so people like me have leverage to fight giants like ford that in this case screwed their customer.