2011 Ford F-150: engine overheating

Filed Jul 21, 2021 · Engine · OR

3.5L EcoBoost. Exhaust manifold bolts brake or come loose. Resulting in warped exhaust manifold. Loss of power. On highway going 60 miles an hour when lost power and resulted in speed down to 30-20, and nowhere I could pull off Highway to emergency lane. Was basically stranded. Took the vehicle into Ford dealership in Roseburg Oregon July 16 2021 where they told me that it was an exhaust manifold which had been already done the year prior 2019 at a cost of $1200. This time it will cost $2500. There were no warning lights or advanced notice of any problem. We were going up an incline on interstate 5 and it was like somebody turned the key off Lost power and overheated.

Filed Sep 1, 2020 · Fuel system · 83,000 miles · WA

Inadequate contacts on fuse relay for fuel pump, causing overheating without burning out the fues(#27 in the fuse box). This caused the relay and fuse to start melting and resulted in immediate shut down of the fuel pump, and complete power loss. I was lucky it happened right after I pulled into my driveway. No warning at all. Extremely dangerous if it had happened on the freeway.

Filed Jan 4, 2020 · Acceleration, Lights · 39,000 miles · OR

After receiving recall 19s07-19v‑075 by mail and having it reprogrammed by crater lake ford medford,or the transmission shifts worse than the original. My vehicle was manufactured at georgia plant. 3.7 flex fuel. I was in cruise control going down a mountain pass with my foot on the brake and the cruise control failed to disengage and then abruptly shifted to a lower gear. The cruise control works flawlessly on most grades. The problem only seems to occur when during on highways in the mountains. 39k miles. Way too many light bulbs have gone out on this model. Never off-roaded . Not a work truck. Never even towed anything. Since that downhill cruise control problem occurred, now I have an antifreeze coolant leak at the expansion overflow tank on the 3/4 quick disconnect hose . Vehicle has never overheated. Low speed high rev before shifting into 2nd gear. Cruise control problem only on highway going downhill. Did they mistakenly reprogram my f150 with wrong recall?

Filed Apr 15, 2019 · Engine · 167,000 miles · FL

Driving about 80 miles per hour, the engine battery light and overheating light came on, pulled over to find that the pulley by the idler pulley came off with part of the engine block. This should not have happened.

Filed Feb 22, 2019 · Electrical, Visibility · 55,000 miles · CA

Rear window passenger side shattered. Rear defrost would sometimes come on and sometime not. Suspect the window overheated and shatteres. Many of these incidents reported in us and canada.

Filed Jan 20, 2019 · Visibility · 67,000 miles · MI

I started my truck and turned in the rear defrost. Approximately 2-3 minutes after starting the vehicle and activating the rear defrost I was on the roadway when I heard a loud sound and noticed my rear passenger side window was shattered but otherwise in tact. The window fractures covered the entire window. I inspected the damage and smelled what I believe was wires overheated/burning. The temperature outside was 9 degrees at the time. I believe the rear defrost likely malfunctioned and overheated the window too quickly causing it to shatter. At the time the damage occurred I was stopped at a red light.

Filed Sep 18, 2018 · Steering · 89,700 miles · CA

After the air conditioning is on while car is in park and idling for about 10 minutes, the steering power assist is lost, especially on left hand turns. So if I turn left, the steering wheel must be manually turned back to straight or the car will continue to turn left. After the turn, if my hands were not on the steering wheel and manually steering the car back to straight, the car will continue turning into opposing traffic. On a windy road, the truck will continue to go in the direction of the turn and not return to the straight ahead track without manually turning the steering wheel. It is a very scary scary situation. The next day morning after cooling off all is good. This happens both on the highways and city streets once it overheats some component.

Filed Feb 26, 2018 · Engine · 129,000 miles · OK

Coolant leaks at multiple points where o-rings are located.

Filed Jul 11, 2017 · Fuel system · 132,000 miles · WA

I was driving at highway speeds (70+ MPH) on a mountain road going uphill in heavy traffic when the truck completely shut down. The trucks' power steering, braking, and maneuverability became extremely challenging as I tried to pull it to safety. However, with it being on a mountain road there was very little shoulder and part of my truck ended up blocking traffic since the truck was unresponsive. Major safety hazard! The faulty component that caused this situation is the fuel pump fuse overheated causing no fuel delivery to my vehicle. I later learned through some research that ford motor co. Had issued, without alerting the public, a tsb (15-0137) regarding the fuel pump fuse. I had no idea since there was no recall issued. If I had known, this very dangerous situation could have been avoided!!!

Filed Apr 7, 2017 · Engine · 106,000 miles · AK

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford f-150. While driving 65 MPH, unknown warning indicators flashed on the instrument panel. Also, the heating gauge was high and the vehicle overheated. When the vehicle was parked, the gauge returned to the normal range. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure could not be duplicated. The failure persisted and the vehicle was towed to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired, but the dealer provided the contact with a cold weather front/grill. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 106,000.

Filed Feb 17, 2016 · Engine · MD

Engine coolant is overheating. Engine coolant temperature gauge in the normal range ( between h and c ) .transmission fluid temperature gauge (between h and c ) . Gauge detail- ---- trans temp -195 - 210 f .20 minutes driving (not towing ) .check the level of the coolant in the reservoir --- low!!! . Adding 1/2 gall -5o/50 mixture coolant. 02/16/2016 - apple ford (columbia , md ) check engine cooling system. --- found coolant tank and coolant hose from tank to heater core leaking. Car mileage-44117. Car for life oil and filter change,mulitpoint inspection.

Filed Apr 30, 2015 · Electrical, Visibility · 75,662 miles · GA

While driving at 65mph on a highway in ga with my rear window defroster on, with an exterior temperature in the mid 50s, I heard a very loud bang which I initially thought was a rock kicked up by the vehicle in front of me. When I reached my destination, I found it was the passenger side rear window panel that had shattered due to the defroster overheating and was still intact because of the factory tint applied to the involved window. It's obvious the defroster was the cause because the spider webbing began at the corner/base of the window where the heating connections are in place and now my rear window defroster does not work when I attempt to activate it.