2012 Ford F-150: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Mar 21, 2023 · Acceleration, Engine · FL

Illuminated wrench light followed by malfunctioning speedometer, cruise control, & turn signal cancellation. Delayed and no gear shifting including an unexpected transmission downshift to 1st gear occurring at 40 mph: rear wheels locked up, engine revved to redline, had to put hazard flashers on and shut engine down in heavy moving traffic. Finally Check Engine/Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL); later reading P0720 code.

Filed Nov 1, 2018 · Transmission · 59,000 miles · AR

Driving 72mph on interstate 40 with cruise control on. Vehicle unexpectedly downshifted to first gear. Vehicle rear tires locked and vehicle swerved almost putting me off the road. Was almost rear ended and run over by 18 wheeler. Was able to maintain control and pulled over. After collecting myself, I drove the remaining 10 minutes home without any more trouble.

Filed Sep 17, 2018 · Transmission · 82,000 miles · AR

Traveling at steady speed (no cruise control) on a four lane highway, approximately 60-65 MPH, when the transmission suddenly shifted into low gear, likely 1st. The engine RPM increased to 5-6000. The sudden down shift caused the rear tires to loose traction resulting in a fish tail loss of control until I was able to reduce speed. I was very fortunate to not have anybody beside me and the car behind me had left generous space otherwise it would have been an accident. No warning lights came on during or after the event. After briefly pulling to the shoulder I was able to resume without any problems. I did not turn the truck off or restart the engine. The remainder of the trip was uneventful. I have not had any other major events with the truck. The day prior to the event I did have an episode where the air conditioning system was blowing at high speeds and then briefly turned off and then resumed blowing at high speeds as if the control system had reset. That may not be related but is the only other computer related event I have noticed. I will be taking the truck to the dealer today to have it evaluated.

Filed Jun 29, 2018 · Steering · 82,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-150. While driving 70 MPH with the cruise control engaged, the steering wheel seized and the electronic power steering failure warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to joe machens ford lincoln (1911 west worley street, columbia, mo 65203) to be diagnosed and repaired. The manufacturer was notified via chat and informed the contact to notify the federal safety agency of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.

Filed Apr 30, 2018 · Acceleration, Brakes · 33,500 miles · TX

When I start the truck I have to let it idle and warm up for about five minutes. If I do not let the truck warm-up and I put it in gear the brake pedal is very firm and the truck will not stop. The brake pedal pulses like the ABS system is kicking on but the truck will not stop. Recently, the truck will not stop if cruise control is turned on. If cruise control is on and I push the brake pedal the brake pedal is very firm and cruise control will not turn off and the truck will not slow down. I have to manually turn off cruise control from the steering wheel and then the brakes will work again. I was driving down interstate 44 in oklahoma when I tried to hit the brakes and the truck did not stop. Before I left on the road trip I let the truck warm-up so that the brakes would work when I first left the driveway.

Filed Jan 12, 2018 · Acceleration, Transmission · 129,800 miles · OH

I previously submitted a complaint, but happened to notice that I had a typo on my VIN. I have had multiple experiences with the issue outlined in ford recall 16s19. The federal safety agency case 16v248. I have had the transmission shift gears unexpectedly at low speed while accelerating from a stop. More recently, I have had it down shift at higher speeds(approx 50-70mph). When cruise control is on, it cancels it out automatically. I have had on time when the mil wrench appeared briefly and all numbers on the center screen went to dashes until a restart of the engine. I have spoke to dealers and ford customer service, and looked on the federal safety agency site and all have told me that my VIN is not included in the recall. The recall states the affected dates are february 11,2011 to september 8, 2012 at the dearborn plant. My truck was built on august 2, 2012 at dearborn. I have yet to receive an answer from anyone as to why my truck is not included when it meets the deadline by over a month.

Filed Dec 5, 2017 · Transmission · 132,000 miles · LA

On 12/5/17, I was getting on to I-10 to head west to lake charles. On the ramp, my truck would not get out of first gear so I had to stop on the side of the interstate, turn, my truck off and back on. It started working until I was on the interstate going 70 MPH, then my RPM's went up, and my speedometer went to zero. The cruise control would not work as well, and check engine light came on. I had to coast on the interstate hoping the transmission would not go into 1st gear again. I contacted two different ford dealerships, as well as ford motor company, but they stated there is no recall on my truck. My truck was made at the kansas city plant and was created january 2102 which fits the place and date of the recall. This happened several times, and ford is not helping at all. It will cost over $500 to fix a defect that should have been fixed by ford. It is a 2012 f-150 truck.

Filed Nov 7, 2017 · Transmission · 62,000 miles · FL

When travel 70 MPH on interstate truck shifted to 1rst gear. Pulled over with no accident. Turned cruise control off. Safely merge into traffic, started to accelerate and problem occurred again. Next stop was rest area. Turn vehicle off and restarted with no problem. Conducted test drive around rest area, once car got to aprox 15 miles shifted to 1rst gear and check engine wrench became lite. Contacted ford roadside service and truck towed to nearest ford dealer. Check viin for recalls. "my viin does not fall into recall" per ford. Located recall 16s19 which describes the exact problem but my viin does not fall? Dealer states repair cost but their are no parts available to fix. P/n al32 7g276 d no assets available with no eta for delivery. Submitted cas13486115 awaiting resolution. 62k miles outside power train. Routine maintenance conducted in sept 17 10 point inspection conduct. After discussions with service provider no preventive maintenance can done to prevent a future failure.

Filed Dec 5, 2016 · Transmission · 45,000 miles · TX

Transmission shifts from 6th gear to 1st gear and other lower gears with out warning. Late time was today 12-5-16. Traveling at 60 MPH; it shifted without warning to 2nd gear and then to 1st gear. Causing vehicle to skid side ways on rain slick road. This is the 6th or seventh time this has happened. No lights are turned on. Almost always I am using cruise control. This is very dangerous. Can easily loose control of vehicle. Vehicle has 45,000 miles and dealer maintained.

Filed May 3, 2016 · Engine, Fuel system · 60,000 miles · AL

When on cruise control going 60-70 MPH, and you pull out to pass and step on the gas, the ecoboost "hesitates" and will not gain speed, but loose speed. I can only stop this by downshifting, then reengaging the gas. This can be a very dangerous situation. This has happened about 10 times over the last 4 years.

Filed Jul 20, 2015 · Engine · 17,000 miles · NY

Vehicle is a ford f150 2012 ecoboost v6 3.5l. Vehicle was driven in rain with cruise control on for a time period of around 3 hours without spooling the turbo chargers. Upon trying to pass another vehicle the gas pedal was pressed to accelerate. Vehicle began to shake violently, and began to lose power. This action nearly caused a head on collision. Vehicle was able to drive at current speed but would shake violently when gas was pressed to pick up speed. This happened twice in the same trip causing the check engine light to illuminate. This issue was consistent with the issue of condensation/water in the charge air cooler causing the cylinders to misfire and vehicle going into limp mode. There was no issue when atmospheric conditions were optimal. Again, this issue nearly caused a head on collision as I tried to pass another vehicle in an area which allowed passing in my lane. Ford re-flashed the the ecu and added a deflector shield to the top of the charge air cooler and it did not fix the problem.

Filed Jul 20, 2015 · Engine · 18,950 miles · NY

Vehicle is a ford f150 2012 ecoboost v6 3.5l. Vehicle was driven in high humidity and fog with cruise control on for a time period of around 4 hours without spooling the turbo chargers. Upon trying to pass another vehicle the gas pedal was pressed to accelerate. Vehicle began to shake violently, and began to lose power. Vehicle was able to drive at current speed but would shake violently when gas was pressed to pick up speed. The check engine light did illuminate. This issue was consistent with the issue of condensation/water in the charge air cooler causing the cylinders to misfire and vehicle going into limp mode. There was no issue when atmospheric conditions were optimal. This happened after the ford dealership made the recommended ford bulletin repairs. This issue has the potential of causing a fatality.