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.
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When I accelerate on the highway to merge or pass my truck looses power completely can not accelerate. It shudders for about 45 seconds check engine light comes on flashing and it suddenly comes back to life. I took it to my local ford and they said it was a high pressure pump that needed to be replaced. I replaced it and it is still having the same issue. This seems to be a common issue with these trucks. The more research I have done the more I find about this same issue. Ford should be held liable and recall these trucks for this problem. I now have to take it to another ford dealership hoping they can figure it out. Last ford truck I will ever own.
2011 - 2015 phasers and timing chain
Bought the truck in september 2015 with 60,000 miles on it.now I have 101159 miles on it now. At about 98,000 miles my check engine light came on and I lost acceleration power when first taking off from a stop or if I get on the gas the truck hesitates and will either accelerate slow or won't accelerate at all. Almost got in an accident about a week ago when merging onto the freeway do to lost power. Contacted a mechanic and he came picked the truck up and ran testing on it and couple hours later called back and said my timing chains and phasers needed to be replaced. With that said it will cost me $3,000-4,000 to get this fixed and I simply do not have an extra couple thousand dollars to shell out for this fix . I have been doing a lot of searching and have been finding that a ton of people have had this problem and when they contact ford, ford is basically saying they are sol and have to pay out of pocket for the fix. I still owe $22,000 and thought about trading it in for something else but feel they will knock $4,000 off what the vehicle is worth. I have no idea what to do at this point. Please help!!!
The fuel pump fuse (fuse 27) overheats and burns out resulting in the entire truck shutting off at speeds. This happened to me at 65 MPH on a highway leaving me with no engine at that speed.
Engine has grinding noise for 2-3 seconds on daily initial startup and when engine is cold after sitting several hours. Dealer performed engine diagnostic and diagnosed the timing chain issue. For timing chain issues, this requires the replacement of timing chain and phasers. Dealer est cost to fix = $4000+. This has been a reported issue for this engine over the last 3+ years. Ford has refused to address on a recall, or refund customers who have already incurred this expense.
Passanger side exhaust manifold bolt as broke off causing an exhaust leak. The vehicle has 59010 miles and is a 2013. Ford wants over 1600 to fix said issue. Ford is not willing to accept fault or cover under emissions warranty.
My 2013 ford f150 is stalling at at any speed, and the wrench icon appears on the dashboard. Sometimes the engine icon also appears when this happens. It's off and on. The engine light does not stay on. I took it in for a checkup, and they said fuel system needs cleaning. Also, my transmission has started jumping at low speeds, and reduces the vehicle to and absolute crawl....less than 5mph. It's not a high speed problem...just at lights ,complete stops and stop and go driving/traffic.
Date 11/9/2018 vehicle: ford f150 2013 driver: experienced miles: 148,653 date of incident: 11/1/2018 location: south bound on I-275 in southeast, mi road condition: dry driver was on the highway going 73 MPH in the left lane passing a semi when the vehicle shifted from 6th gear instantly into 1st gear. Causing the vehicles rear end to lock up and throw the vehicle sideways. Driver was facing the side of the tractor trailer head on now while the rear end was bouncing off of the rumple strips. The motor was well over 6800 rpms causing the tac to bounce between 6500 and 7000rpm. Not only did this put a lot of stress on the motor and turbo, this also shocked all of the driveline components. A shift like this is commonly referred to as a "money shift" because it destroys an entire driveline as well as the motor. Luckily the vehicles driveline was still intact after this harsh downshift and the driver was able to throw the truck into manual mod shift the truck back up to 5th gear and counter steer 2-3 times to correct from the tail end kicking out. The driver believes that an average driver would have died in this same situation. The driver feels lucky to be alive after experiencing this. After the driver pulled the truck into the nearest ford dealer and explained what happened they told the driver that they have not heard of this problem before and that they wouldn't be able to look at the vehicle for at least a week. The drive then called ford to report the issue and on three separate calls on 11/1/2018 ford told the driver that they will not cover the problem, because it's not a re-call. The driver would greatly appreciate it if the federal safety agency can open an investigating into the 2013+ models of the f150's transmission suddenly shifting from 6th to 1st gear. This is a very deadly malfunction especially with icy roads just around the corner in mi.
Fuel pump fuse is prone to failure due to design flaw. Ford is aware and a service bulletin has been issued. Also a 'fuse 27 relocation kit' available. This failure causes the fuel system to fail without warning and causes the vehicle to stop operating. A recall should be done or offer of free repair should be available.
I was driving down the i5 freeway in orange county ca around 6:45 pm doing approximately 65-70 MPH, suddenly my truck downshifted into first gear causing me to start fish tailing and almost flipped over. My engine then went into a full rev, redlining. I was able to get over to the side of the road. Where I had my truck towed to the dealer.
My f150 stalls in traffic the engine light comes on and wench light comes on then engine lose power and have to stop and turn engine off and restart. Had it at dealer they told me the plugs needed replaced they did it but didn,t help still doing the same thing cost me 475.00 dollars, does all these things in motion still not fixed parked right now afraid to drive it
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.
Vehicle stalls while driving and won't restart for hours. This has happened 3 times since may and twice since september 2018. Each time it has been taken to a ford dealership and the ford dealer says that they can find nothing wrong that can be recreated. I have stalled out on an 8 lane highway. This was an extremely dangerous occurrence. I recently had the entire truck serviced, from oil change to throttle body cleaning to spark plugs to transmission cleaned, axles cleaned. All of this was done mid august 2018 and still has not fixed the issue. I have 102,367 miles on my vehicle. When I looked to see if there were others with this issue, I found that there were many and that ford is refusing to issue a recall to repair this extremely dangerous and hazardous malfunction. I am sitting on the roadway right at the moment, waiting for aaa to tow my truck to the dealership.
On three occasion over the past 12 months while driving our vehicle had a complete loss of throttle response. Causing the vehicle to slow while in traffic causing vehicles behind to swerve to avoid a collision. Coasting to the side of the road a blu wrench icon was lit up on the dashboard. The vehicles ignition was turned off then the motor was restarted with no difficulty. The wrench icon went off and vehicle ran appropriately.
When the truck was in cruise control, the engine started randomly downshifting all the way to 1st gard.
Went to pass on highway in my 2013 f150 with a 6.2l engine, and the throttle stuck wide open causing me to accelerate up to 80+ MPH. It did not decelerate for about 1 min. I had to avoid hitting other vehicles.
Ford f-150 3.5 v6 ecoboost stalls out at excessive speeds. While trying to overtake another vehicle the truck misfires because of the intercooler cools the air to cold to evaporate the condensation and hits cylinder four which cases it to misfire which then cause the engine to stall. Ford knows about these problems but does not notify the customer about the potential of it happening to people purchasing the vehicle. This is a major safety issues!
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. When the accelerator pedal was depressed with excessive force, the vehicle experienced a loss of engine power. The check engine warning indicator illuminated. Mahwah ford (55 franklin turnpike, mahwah, nj) diagnosed that the engine misfired and recommended a cylinder be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 57,652.
Eco boost power loss
The fuel management system blew the fuse. I looked online and saw where many people have had this happen and ford has a service advisory issued for this problem but charge the owner with making the correction to the defective wiring. They do not simply replace the mini 10 amp fuse but instead replace a part of the wiring and relocate it to a standard 20 amp fuse. When I explained my concern about engineering a fuel management system for a 10 amp rating and switching it to the 20 amp which could allow other parts of the system to overload he basically told me that ford had decided this was how they would fix the problem but now I have the concern other components of the system failing and sure enough it was less than two weeks later the fuel pump driver module failed causing my vehicle to stop running. The service manager also told me I was lucky as he had seen total melt downs of fuse panels from this defect. This has cost me $805 in repairs due to a faulty wiring design. The vehicle was stationary at the time, once in a parking lot and once in my driveway.
While driving and moderately accelerating onto freeway yellow wrench light came on, battery light came on and car decelerated. Accelerator did not work and motor ran rough. Turned ignition off then back on and started car. Warning lights went away and motor ran fine
Radiator fan turns on after approximately 5 minutes of vehicle running and continues to run until the vehicle is turned off. This started at approximately 60k miles. The fan turns on regardless of temperature outside the vehicle. It also turns on regardless the transmission temperature. The only consistent piece is the timing. The truck can be in motion or stationary.
Vehicle experiences hard downshift from higher to lower gears while driving at highway speeds on interstate highway, causing rear wheels to skid and vehicle to jerk. Vehicle looses power with RPM indicator on dash showing engine revving at or above 1,500 to 2,500 rpms while driving on local roads and streets. When starting from a stopped position the engine rpms will climb to 1,500 to 2,000 and the vehicle will no move. The wrench indicator has come on 3 times but goes off if vehicle is shut off and restarted. Additionally, the vehicle electronic control system does not store any codes to indicate the vehicle has experienced any problems. Have taken vehicle to local ford dealer on 4 occasions only to be informed that no codes were present and vehicle did not act up while in their possession. Also informed by dealer that unless code is displayed during diagnostic test ford motor will not pay for repairs unless code is displayed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle would downshift into a lower gear and slow down. The rpms increased and the contact was concerned that the engine would blow a rod. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (watertown ford chrysler, 1600 9th avenue se, watertown, sd 57201, (605) 886-5844) who offered to repair the vehicle at the contact's expense. The repairs were not completed and the cause of the failure was not disclosed. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the vehicle was not covered by any recall. The failure mileage and VIN were not available. **tr
While driving on a highway, I went to pass another car. The transmission downshifted, and the RPM increased, until the engine/car began shuddering and slowed down, with the check engine light blinking. I was able to pull off the highway at the nearest exit, and after a period of time in idle, the engine regained its normal idle speed and operation. Checking codes pulled up a p0302, indicating a cylinder 2 misfire. No issues were found with the spark plugs, coil or cables for cylinder 2. This is a dangerous failure that appears to be affecting other owners of this truck, and could cause potential for injury or death, if the engine stalls at the wrong time.
Experiencing timing chain rattle at startup (for about 2-3 seconds, noise comes from the front of the engine), as described in tsb 16-0027, after truck has been parked overnight or longer than 8 hours. Rattle is definitely mechanical sounding and sounds like the engine is about to fall apart.
Sporadic shifting. Transmission and/or oil pressure causes the truck to completly shut down on me when driving down the highway.
Truck has stalled many times I brought it to ford dealership and they say they can't find anything wrong,but it still stalls. It's happened on the highway,county street ,city street . It started march of 2018 truck has 50,000 miles the first time it happened.
Timing chain went bad I here it has been happening to lot f150 2013
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