2008 Ford F-150: check engine light

Filed May 24, 2020 · Engine · TX

My truck timing belts have bin replaced 4 times in the las 3 yrs. It starts by making the engine jump the RPM go below 300 and it shuts off as I approach a stop sign or a light. The check engine light never comes on it just shuts off and it wont drive.

Filed Mar 21, 2019 · Electrical · 86,000 miles · NJ

Recently driving along a county road; vehicle warning tone sounds and I see the following. Battery, check engine, brakes, ABS and TPMS lights on. Speedometer and tachometer inoperative, engine temperature gauge inoperative. Vehicle information display showed titles, I.e. Trip a, mileage etc., but there were no values. Oil pressure and charging system and fuel gauges working normally. Engine performance unaffected. Drove 15+ miles to hometown and my mechanic. After a day of diagnosis, he stated the instrument cluster was the problem, and also that it was a known but not acknowledged issue by ford. New clusters are $700 to $900 which is outrageous. After a quick search online, there and a lot; and I mean a lot of people selling 2008 f-150 lariat instrument clusters. Sure I could pick one up for a couple hundred dollars, but an additional problem is the mileage; which is stored in the cluster rom. My truck only had 86k miles, whereas if I install a used one I inherit whatever mileage is on there. Considering the popularity of the f-150, you would like to think that ford would do the right thing; but I suppose I'm being naive with that wish.

Filed May 31, 2018 · Brakes, Engine · 200,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford f-150. While driving at unknown speeds, the vehicle hesitated. Also, the check engine and ABS warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who informed the contact that the spark plugs needed to be replaced. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 200,000.

Filed Jan 4, 2018 · Engine · 180,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford f-150. While driving 50 MPH, the engine failed and the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer (auto nation of panama city, 1730 w 15th st, panama city, fl 32401) and was informed that the timing chain needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue and did not assist. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 180,000.

Filed Aug 16, 2017 · Brakes · 61,500 miles · MS

Check engine light , brake and ABS. Abs motor and controller bad.

Filed Mar 29, 2016 · Fuel system · 92,500 miles · WI

Vehicle unexpectantly stalled while traveling 30 MPH causing partial loss of control of steering and braking ability. I was able to pull vehicle to side of road. Failed to restart vehicle initially. After several attempts, vehicle restarted. Was able to drive to dealer one block away with several stalls, restarts. Check engine light was on. Lochen ford in newburg, wi diagnosed a failed fuel driver module. Replaced at a cost of $350 on 3/29/16. After searching online, this is not an uncommon failure with this vehicle. Failure of part is due to accelerated corrosion of part itself due to poor design and mounting. Modifications have since been made to lessen the chance of failure. This is certainly of concern since stalling of the engine at all speeds is a safety issue. I suspect thousands, if not millions of these popular trucks are affected. This should be recalled by ford, but to my knowledge, has not.

Filed Mar 22, 2016 · Engine · 100,000 miles · MS

My vehicle has a bad miss in motor, have had all plugs/wires replaced to no avail. Data link still says misfire on #3. Have to drive slow up hills if drive at normal speed check engine lights up. No one seems to know whats wrong, even major dealerships. Need help on this, have talked to multiple people that are havint the same issue. I have alerted ford to this and they have been no help at all. This needs to be a recall. It happens mostly when driving at normal speeds going down the highway. Sometimes it misses sitting still. It is a fx4 as well.

Filed Jan 22, 2016 · Engine · 111,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford f-150. While driving, the engine made an abnormal noise and the check engine light illuminated. In addition, the oil pressure was low and the vehicle shook violently. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The technician informed the contact that there was a tsb for the failure (14-0114). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 111,000.

Filed Mar 11, 2014 · Electrical · 22,000 miles · AZ

Malfunction indicator lamps, spedometer, temp gauge audio beeper randomly go on and off. Speedometer goes to zero, mileage goes to dashed lines or "check gauges".

Filed May 31, 2013 · Acceleration · 32,000 miles · MN

05/31/2013 purchased used 06/29/2011 2008 ford 150 mileage: 26,440 issue: accelerator has stuck two times in town. 1st incident: 07/18/2012 mileage 32,000 driving in town with no cruise control being used. Preparing to turn at intersection, speed about 10 MPH, when engine started to roar. First reflex was to press brake which caused the tires to squeal. Put in neutral which caused the engine to slow down to normal. 07/19/2012: took to ford dealer they stated with out the check engine light being on they could only guess as to what the cause may be. Have enclosed the work order. Invoice states cruise control sticks, but both incidents the cruise control was not being used. 2nd incident: 05/29/2013 mileage 40,260 slowing down for a red light in town, speed about 15 MPH, engine started to roar, put in neutral, engine slowed down. My wife and daughter both drive this vehicle occasionally, I am afraid they might not get it into neutral soon enough to keep from causing injury to a person or anything in the path. 07/18/2012: repair consisted of cruise control switch. With out the engine light being on, they just had to guess as to what repair to do.the shop manager said if it happened again they would just have to keep the vehicle and drive it to see if this problem would recur. This would cause us not to have use of the vehicle for possibly months. Vehicle functioned fine until 05/29/2013. If I were to return to the dealer, they again would have to make a guess as to the repair needed. Please make recommendations as to what I can do with this issue.

Filed Jan 14, 2013 · Fuel system · 36,000 miles · AK

I was driving in the city at a 20mph road and I made a left turn then accelerated and all of a sudden the truck stalled but kept going straight forward until it completely stopped. Thankfully I was headed towards the sidewalk and not to incoming traffic or I would have easily been in an accident. The engine light came on and when I checked it, it came up as the fuel level sensor. So I took the gas tank down and revised it but it seems to be in new shape with maybe a little play in the sensor so I bought a new one because I cant risk to get in an accident. On top of that I replaced the fuel control module that was corroded due to fords lack of placement on a frame. Thankfully I wasn't injured or ford would have never heard the last of me. These new trucks cant be trusted anymore with your life and all these cheap material parts.

Filed Apr 28, 2010 · Brakes, Engine · 100 miles · OH

I have a f-150 xlt triton ford truck. I have had numerous issues from : seatbelts not working, engine light, solenoid, 4wd linkage, shaking and brakes not working, to not engaging into park or drive...I am so frustrated and ford won't do anything.