2007 Ford F-150: jerking or lurching

Filed Dec 11, 2024 · Transmission · 126,963 miles · IN

The contact owns a 2007 Ford F-150 The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled and jerked. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was restarted; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the transmission had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred, with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken back to the mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the spark plugs, and torque converter had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the federal safety agency Hotline for assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 126,963.

Filed Nov 24, 2024 · Steering, Transmission · KY

Transmission and rear end jerking when putting in or taking out of park, reverse or drive and now doesn't want to go forward when putting it in drive and I can't get it to shift out and transmission fault light came on and I re set it by taking black cable off battery and put transmission fluid in it and it still does it and also headlights doesn't work on bright and power steering pump makes noise and it's full of fluid I don't know if it is leaking or what small stuff I can deal with but major transmission and engine stuff on truck I can't.

Filed Feb 22, 2019 · Acceleration · 116,000 miles · FL

Left work drove 1/4 of a mile and car jerked while driving at 35 MPH, wrench light came on and car didn't seem to accelerate at first but did slightly accelerate so I could get off the road. Turned car off waited a few minutes turned on and light went off. Drove home 10 miles and still doing it without equal pattern

Filed Feb 17, 2018 · Brakes · 195,000 miles · OK

Takata recall inflators have been removed. Instrument panel displays tire inflation warning always. The main safety issue I see with this vehicle is the brake and accelerator pedals are to close to each other and are not adjustable. The issue comes about when depressing brake to shift from park to drive or reverse. I am aware of this and it still happens sometimes. Sometimes the motor revs but vehicle will stay stationary. Sometimes there's more pressure on accelerator than brake pedal and the vehicle will lurch forward or backward. This being an xl model, its not equipped with adjustable pedals which may solve problem but am uncertain of that. It seems to be ideal vehicle except for these to issues.

Filed Apr 16, 2017 · Acceleration · 80,500 miles · CA

During shifting on streets and hwy's my rpms ramp up to 3000-5000. I have been driving while maintaining speed and then the rpms will ramp up then the speed steadily drops while my foot is still on the accelerator. Turning the overdrive off seems to help occasionally. I have also attempted to brake at lights and the rpms will ramp up and lurch forward almost causing me to rear end other vehicles. This is a major safety concern and I dont understand why ford hasn't issued a recall and addressed this safety hazard. My o/d light occasionally flashes and when in "park" then putting the gear in "reverse" it wouldn't operate and where my digital mileage is said "trans fault". I turned the vehicle off, then back on and the o/d was off and was able to back up. None of my warning lights have come on at all. Occasionally at a stop sign when I attempt to accelerate there's a delay in movement. Speed varies at times of incidents.

Filed Sep 8, 2016 · Steering, Wheels · 43,000 miles · IL

While driving at 35mph or less the driver side front hub assembly may emit an intermitent grinding noise as if the hub is trying to lock into four wheel drive. Grinding noise stops when vehicle is slowed to 15mph or less. Sometimes full stop is needed to cease grinding noise. When noise stop a jerk can be felt as if the hub locks back into its place. Took vehicle to ford dealership and they recommended bringing vehicle in when grinding noise was present. That is not possible because the noise will stop when I slow down. Dealership could not recommend any way to diagnose it without paying to have it inspected. Problem has not been diagnosed and manufacturer has not been notified. Vehicle was bought 3 years ago at 43k miles and has approx. 80k current miles. Noise is intermittent with occaisional long periods between occurences. Can happen within 5 miles of driving or after 500 miles of driving.

Filed Nov 4, 2015 · Engine · 1,000 miles · NM

Vehicle has started to jerk around 40-50 MPH. Reviews states the spark plugs and coils are the issues. Wanted to change out spark plugs, but understand the plugs breaks upon removal and very expensive to fix. Know issue by ford motor company. Now I don't even want to attempt changing out the plugs. This issue should be recall or paid by ford for replacement, since this issue is know by ford. Issue is still ongoing, help, don't want to pay $1000 for a simply maintenance.

Filed Mar 16, 2015 · Engine · 145,824 miles · OH

Truck jerks and jumps because the cylinders aren't firing. Just spent $1000 for new plugs a few months ago. I have had to replace several coils in the last 3 years. Problems started around 100k miles.

Filed Apr 5, 2013 · Engine · 94,656 miles · CA

Hauling my daughter's basketball team back from king city, ca on us 101 northbound. Accelerated to merge on to highway, engine coughed, lurched, coughed, lurched, shook and finally proceeded. Took it to the shop and was told that a bad spark plug had fried my coil. That explained some of it. I was told by the service manager to bring it back before 100k miles, and I did. Now I am told that all the remaining spark plugs are effected, but they don't see any issue when they run diagnostics. Therefore, it cannot be repaired. Great. Just made the last payment on it too.

Filed Aug 9, 2011 · Acceleration · 89,000 miles · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford f-150. The contact was driving 70 MPH when the vehicle accelerated without warning. The contact applied the brakes and the vehicle begin to jerk. The contact was able to stop the vehicle and shut off the engine. The vehicle was restarted than proceeded without further incident. The contact was concerned that the failure could potentially lead to a major crash and believed the vehicle was unsafe to drive. The failure mileage was 89,000.

Filed Jun 17, 2011 · Steering · 12,000 miles · MO · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford f150. While attempting to make a left turn, the contact stated that the steering wheel violently jerked and pulled the vehicle to the right, which caused him to crash into a fence. The contact sustained a large cut on his forearm, whiplash, knot on the head, and a broken finger. A police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where they inspected the vehicle and confirmed that the steering column fractured. The manufacturer was not notified. The current and failure mileage was 12,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed May 1, 2010 · Acceleration · 26,072 miles · CA

On 4-29,2010 I was driving at about 25 MPH with my foot on the gas pedal when without warning, the engine revved up and the truck accelerated on its own. Taking my foot off of the gas, I put the brake on, the truck continued to accelerate and was lurching, the tire were squealing, but I was not slowing down, I was going about 60 MPH by now, the engine was still accelerating, I turned the ignition off, and was coming to a stop slowing, there was an intersection with cross traffic in front of me.. I was still moving.. So I jammed it into park to stop.. I restarted it in a few seconds thinking I could move it out of traffic, but when I stared it the engine was still racing. I had the car towed to theadore robbins ford in costa mesa ca. They had the truck 2 days and were unable to recreate the situation, fixed nothing and returned the truck to me. The truck is a 2007 f 150 with 26,072 miles on it.