Takata recall. I put my truck in drive and as soon as I get over 2-5 MPH it shifts from 1st gear to 3rd. When this happens I loss the speedometer and my turn signals will not turn off. Check engine light comes on with a big wrench in the center of my gauges. Will not down shift below 3rd and will not go into 6th. Also the odometer,mpg, and trips all go blank.code p0720. Output speed sensor circuit. I'm told by ford and a transmission shop that it's in the transmission! Truck just hit 69147 miles and I haven't owned it three weeks yet.
2013 Ford F-150 acceleration complaints
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1. Loss of brakes resulting in pedal going all way to floor at 35 MPH city. Recall 16s24 but ford dealership is saying my vehicle is not included 2. Loss of engine power while attempting to merge onto highway at 65 MPH, this has occurred three times. 3. Recall 19s07: brought into dealership, stated they don't have the software yet to remedy the problem of sudden power train downshift prime ford 857 portland rd saco maine 04072 service manager :stacey drummey 207‑571‑5035
Vehicle is down shifting to gears while the car is in motion, causing the vehicle to come to a abrupt stop. I was going 55 MPH and the vehicle down shifted without notice, causing the vehicle to swerve into on coming traffic. This has happen several times, I do not feel safe operating the vehicle. Took it to the dealership and was told that there was nothing that they could do to fix the issue, due to the engineers had not came up with a solution. I was given an estimation date of june of when ford would have a system upgrade. Meanwhile, I stuck with a truck payment for a vehicle I cannot safely drive.
Today while driving 70mph my truck shifted to 1st gear causing the truck to lock the rear tires, swerve from left to right, RPM's to the max rev limit, loss of power, dash cluster went blank, wrench symbol showed up, then wrench symbol was gone with a blank dash cluster. Truck then jumped to 3rd gear, back to 1st, then back up to 5th gear. Pulled over turned of truck, took out key, re-started truck and issue was gone. This has happened multiple times, however, I was at 10-20mph. Once at 55mph shift to 3rd gear, back to 5th, then to 1st, up to 3rd. Every time the truck will end up at 3rd gear. The truck will not shift down to first manually, you must take of in 3rd gear without any power. There was a recall for 2011-2012 ford f150's. There are multiple complaints all over the internet with these same problems all with years ranging from 2011-2017. O feel this is an ongoing problem with a huge safety concern witb your vehicle going from 70mph down to first gear causing the wheels to lock up and swerve all over the highway. Do people have to die before ford will recognize this is a problem with many years of the model!!!!! I'm happy my family was not in the truck when this happens. I car pool kids everyday on the highway. Would you feel safe doing this knowing that ford knows about this issue from past years. Please make these trucks safe!!! I took it to a ford dealer and they hooked up the computer to my truck, and the computer showed 0 codes found. Every time this happens you turn off the vehicle, re-start it (sometimes you have to do it multiple times) the truck will drive perfect until it decides to act up again.
Around 100k miles. Truck all of a sudden started to hard shift. Eventually would throw orange wrench light and speedometer would quit working and would have trouble getting the speed up as if it werent shifting. Air bag light will come and stay on. A reboot would take these problems away temporarily. I've read same owners have experienced same issues online on the f150 forum.
The frightening issue I experienced on january 7, 2019 is identical to the reports I have since read regarding this vehicle and the frequent issues that LED to the recall for 2010-2012 ford f-150's for unexpected transmission downshifts [the federal safety agency recall no. / mfr recall no. : 16v‑248 / 16s19]. While driving 65-70 MPH on the interstate, speedometer suddenly and rapidly fluctuated between 40 and 70, then transmission abruptly dropped from 6th/5th gear to 1st gear. As a result, my wheels locked and caused the vehicle to skid into the lane to my right, forcing other cars to swerve out of my way to avoid a high speed collision. It happened so fast, and without warning, that it was difficult to understand what was actually occurring. Once stopped (in the middle of the interstate), I drove to the median, turned the engine off, sat for a few minutes to gather my thoughts, restarted the vehicle and drove it slowly to my ford dealership (not on the highway). After inspecting my truck, the ford dealership verified the issue and stated the following (written report attached): ran koec got code p0720 oss sensor circuit fault, ran pinpoint tests, found open in oss sensor which is part of the molded lead frame attached to the valve body, removed the valve body, dissasembled, cleaned and inspected the value body, all valves and bores are ok, reassembled valve body with new molded lead frame assembly and new revised separator plate gasket, installed new clutch feed tube seals and seal between valve body and fluid pump, installed new fluid filter and pan gasket, filled transmission with new fluid reprogrammed PCM and cleared dtcs, verified repairs. Despite parallels to the previous recall issue, ford informed me it is not covered (there is nothing I could have done to prevent it) and the total cost to me was $1,418.83. Please expand the recall - it will save lives.
While driving the vehicle it will downshift from higher gears and then no longer shifts or registers speed - wrench light will illuminate on dash. The speedometer will also drop down to zero and no longer register any speed even though the truck is moving. The digital display will display dashes and the air bag light indicator will stay lite. When you unbuckle the seat belt the indicator light will not illuminate. Took it in to have battery tested and had 100% charge but reading indicated a bad battery so had it replaced but issue still presented itself an hour later. Issue occurs intermittently and without warning. Took it to mechanic and they had it for two days and unable to replicate situation. Also took it to dealer and was told they couldn't do anything if the issue never presented itself while they had the truck. Asked if issue was ever presented at that facility or any known issues and was told no. Issue has occurred on four separate occasions over the last 20 days.
My 2013 ford f-150 xlt with 71,000 miles is having transmission issues and problems with shifting and completely losing power while driving. This issue has started intermittantly about a month ago. While I'm driving, a giant wrench appears on the dashboard which is then followed by loss of power and acceleration. The vehicle is then stuck into a single gear and the speedometer and mileage computer go blank so I no longer know how fast I'm travelling. My vehicle issue seems very similar to the 2011-2012 ford f-150 transmission downshifting recall from below. 'federal safety regulators are investigating whether to reopen and expand a previous ford recall by more than a million vehicles for unexpected downshifting. The initial 2016 recall affected more than 153,000 ford f-150, ford expedition, lincoln navigator and ford mustang vehicles from the 2011-12 model years. A second recall would increase that number to an estimated 1,375,577 vehicles affected, and expand into the 2013 model year."
Put the ford f150 into gear, would not shift up from 1st gear. Same issue we have been having and have taken to the dealership and they cannot find any problems with the transmission. Had to turn off truck and restart
My 2013 ford f-150 ecoboost gets stuck in 1st gear sometimes while trying to move from a stop. It has also skipped 1st and 2nd gear and gotten stuck in 3rd gear and barely able to move more than 5 MPH. It has happened from a dead stop as well as while driving 40 plus miles per hour. Typically pulling over and turning the truck off and back on fixes it. I am afraid it will happen again and cause an accident.
Truck suddenly drops from 6th gear to 1 st gear and barks the rear tires while traveling at 60mph also the instrument panel goes completely out except for the RPM gauge it also down shifts from 6th to 5th and then will not upshift and only down shifts to 3rd gear also it has stuck in 1st gear when taking iff from a red light. It has done everything while traveling down the highway except for the 1st gear issue that happened from a stoped position when I started to take off. Problem does happen all the time and when you pull over and place the vehicle in park and turn the engine off and restart the engine the problem goes away and then it starts it again took the truck to local dealership and was told it would cost 985.00 to fix this problem when it is the same problem that was recalled on the previous years truck same problem on the 2011 and 2012 also have read the problem is still accouring on the 2014 models as well
Driving down interstate and truck suddenly shifted to 3rd gear locking up my tires. Thank god I didn't lose control and drove off the road to a stop. Turned off truck and back on. Drove ok for a bit. Will keep dropping gears or randomly shifting up and down. From a start it could sometime try to go into 5th. At times all the dash indicators flash and go to dashes.
We took our ford f150 in for erratic downshifting, were able to provide photographic evidence of the problem, but because no error codes are popping up and they can't replicate the problem they are returning out vehicle to us. My issue is ford knows this is an issue and knows the fix is to update the software then look for error codes, but they are acting as they have no idea this is a known problem amongst the 2011-2013 models and they are sending the unfixed car back home to be a safety hazard not only to my family but the families on the road around us.
Transmission - molded leadframe malfunction on 5.0 motor. The 2011-2012 recall for the molded leadframe malfunction also affects 2013 vehicles such as ours leading to the truck loosing power, stalling out, shifting on it's own from 5th to 1st and the other way leaving the truck a wreck waiting to happen at any time during driving. This risks the lives of the driver, passengers and everyone else on the road. When this happens you must bring the vehicle to a complete stop, shut it off, wait for computer to cycle, then restart. Ford should be expanding the recall to replace this deadly malfunctioning part at their cost. This has happened at least 10 times within 30 days of owning the vehicle which was bought from maxwell ford in austin texas. The last time this happened it was in a parking lot after just starting the truck and backing out of a stall.
When the truck was in cruise control, the engine started randomly downshifting all the way to 1st gard.
Speed sensor lead frame problem. Vehicle would periodically get stuck in a gear, digital speedometer would go to all dashes, and air bag light would pop up. Other times, in highest gear, the vehicle would drop a gear unannounced. Would take off in 5th gear at times. Would shift hard at times.
Under certain conditions, the transmission controls could force a temporary downshift into first gear when the vehicle is in motion.
Recently experienced speedometer, odometer, cruise control, blinker control, and transmission shifting quits working. If I shut off and start again problems goes away. I had researched the issue and it is the speed sensor. They have a tsb but my vehicle is not included even though it has the exact same issues. A ford dealer said to replace the lead frame, again the exact same issue of the tsb. Today, while traveling at 70mph on the highway it suddenly downshifted causing the tires to lock up and squeal and dropping my speed rapidly. Thank goodness no one was riding my tail. Very scary incident, afraid to drive vehicle now. Very disappointed with ford as I have seen many people have this same issue and it has not been addressed. It's unsafe for us that have these vehicles and for others on the road with us. Maybe we need to file a class action lawsuit.
Getting off the highway the truck would no slow down. It would not shift to 2nd or 1st gear. Hard uncontrolled stop. When tried to start moving again truck lunged forward and started from 5th gear. Drove directly to the ford dealer as this was a safety concern. It switched gears randomly the entire way to the ford dealer from the highway. 2013 47k miles
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle was shifted into third gear and decelerated on its own. The contact stated that the tachometer and speedometer ceased to display and the instrument panel went blank. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failures. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 102,000.
Speedometer, odometer, cruise control, blinker control, and transmission shifting quits working. Believe it's the transmission lead frame causing the problem like in the 2011 and 2012 f150's.
While in motion on a main road the truck spontaneously downshifted from 5th gear to third gear and if not for the seatbelt would have thrown me through the windshield. The check engine light revealed a p0720 code after this happened and the truck is not shifting properly.
Sporadic shifting. Transmission and/or oil pressure causes the truck to completly shut down on me when driving down the highway.
Truck was having issues with randomly disengaging from cruise control, loss of power from a stop, and erratic downshifting. On the highway the cruise control would disengage, speedometer would go to 0 then back to its actual speed. From a stop sign/stop light, when the light would turn green the truck would spit and sputter, shifting erratically, RPM would go up but no power. When cruising around 45mph truck downshifted for no reason causing a loud clunking sound, this happened twice consecutively. Took is to simmons rockwell to get it diagnosed, after I had already researched the issue and knew what it was, and they replaced the molded lead frame in the transmission. This was exactly the issue they had that caused the recall on the 2011/2012 models. The repair cost was @ $500. I was just reading an article which stated that the federal safety agency may order another recall which would include the 2013 model.
Sudden downshift into 1st gear at highway speeds. Speedometer and digital display stops working.
While driving 75 MPH down the interstate the transmission shifted to 2 gear and locked up tires for a split second before shifting back up. I was in traffic and took truck off road into the median, thankfully was able to maintain control of the vehicle before coming to a complete stop. The transmission basically has a mind of its own at times I've been told it is a output speed sensor and will have that replaced. It appears that the 11' and 12's have a recall but not 13' this is a very dangerous issue that needs serious attention be taken care of by ford
My 2013 ford f150 will shift into different gears while driving causing the truck to lock up. I was driving 65 MPH down the interstate this morning when it shifted into 1st gear causing my tires to lock up and skid all over the road. Luckily I was able to get it off the road before crashing. I have heard this is the output speed sensor which has happened to millions of other f150's. Why has this not been recalled?? This is a major safety hazard! Https://www.slashgear.com/ford-faces-1m-recall-expansion-over-worrying-transmission-flaw-02513360/
My truck downshifts without cause, sometimes to 1st gear, and on one occasion my wheels skidded (which was witnessed by my neighbor who was walking his dog and was startled by the skid). The speedometer goes to zero even while moving - I have video from my cell phone of this happening while going approximately 75 MPH on the freeway. When this happens all other gauges go to dashes, including the mileage, mpg, etc. The transmission will slip into 2nd and 5th gears and will not go to any other gears. It sometimes remains in 3rd gear even at a dead stop. Turning the truck completely off sometimes "resets" things, but only temporarily. I have contacted a dealer about this and they looked up my VIN and told me there are no recalls for my truck year - even though the same types of things were occurring with 2011-12 f150's, and those are the subject of a recall. This is a safety issue: it happens without warning, sometimes on the freeway traveling at high speeds, sometimes while sitting at a stop light and it shifts to 3rd gear and hardly will get going. I called ford customer service and explained everything and they said they would report to the federal safety agency but since it is out of warranty and there is no recall, I would most likely be responsible for the cost of repair. I pointed out a letter sent by the federal safety agency to ford on january 18, 2018 addressing issues with my truck model and year, but that did not change anything in the representative's mind. I believe there needs to be consumer protection on this, both from a safety and financial aspect, by the federal safety agency. I have video of what happened on the freeway with the truck downshifting to 5th gear and remaining there, and when traffic slowed the truck downshifted to 2nd gear and would not shift to any other gear. I had to pull off the freeway with hazard lights flashing and turn off the truck and restart it to try to "reset" things.
My transmission has been acting erratically for the past 30 days. At first the vehicle would lose acceleration and then the rpms would jump 2000, after a couple seconds I would hear a loud thump as the transmission reengaged; the speedometer also registered 0 a couple times when this happened. Other times the transmission would refuse to leave first gear or I would lose power while in first gear for approximately 10 seconds. The worst issue happened when I was driving the vehicle at approximately 35 MPH when the transmission shifted into 1st gear and locked up my rear tires! Thankfully I didn't get rear ended, or worse, been driving on the highway; there is no way I could have controlled the vehicle at high speeds and could have seriously injured myself or other drivers. Unfortunately these transmission issues are intermittent and do not generate error codes. I've been to two ford dealers, the first could not replicate the issue and the second was able to determine the issue is caused by a faulty electronic control assembly in the transmission; they had to search service bulletins in order to figure out what is happening. While this seems to be a common complaint with ford owners, 2013 vehicles are not included in the recall and they want to charge me $1412.75 to fix the issue. In addition, this is a major safety issue.
While driving on the city street the transmission jumped from higher gear to a lower gear for no reason. Transmission seems to be unable to decide what gear it should be in after stopping at red light. Transmission would be in a high gear and almost unable to take off from a dead stop. After turning vehicle off and cranking up again it seemed to work fine. Then when pulling out onto the highway from a side road I attempted to go and my truck would barely move, I was almost hit by an oncoming vehicle because my truck would not go into the proper gear and take off as designed to. I am afraid to drive it anymore because I may go to take off and not be able to and get hit by oncoming traffic. I also am afraid I may be going down the road and the transmission jump into a lower gear and cause me to lose control and have a wreck. This is a very dangerous problem to have.
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