Truck has downshifted from drive into a lower gear. Also engine rattles on startup. Mechanic advised the rattle is probably a stretched timing chain. Downshifting occurred on the highway at approximately 55 MPH. My son has a 2011 4 wheel drive ford pickup with a v-6 engine. 45,000 miles. The timing was replaced at a cost of $1800. Ford motor company will not fix problems.
2013 Ford F-150 engine complaints
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Timing belt failure on ford ecoboost v6 engine with only 65000 miles
Engine rattles upon cold startup and check engine light illuminates from p0016 error code relating to the timing chain being stretched. Ford has issued technical service bulletins regarding this issue meaning it is a known issue with this model of vehicle, yet they refuse to help with the repair yet I have purchased an extended warranty and just so happen to be 3000 miles over the mileage limit.
While traveling in our 2013 f150 with 37,000 miles from wisconsin to texas on interstate 35 at 70 MPH towing a 4000 lb trailer the engine suddenly shut down and the gold wrench illuminated. Had to quickly pull to the shoulder to get out of the way of traffic to avoid getting rear ended. The ecoboost engine went into limp mode when the gold wrench appeared and max speed was about 2 MPH with the trailer attached. Turned the engine off and when restarted after 10 minutes it seemed to be back to normal. Went to the nearest ford dealer, rusty eck ford, wichita, kansas where a selftest was performed. No codes were found, no tsb or ssm found, but said they suspect the throttle body is going out (invoice no focs664277). Continued on our trip and the same thing happened four more times that same day. The next day of our trip south the truck ran flawless during the remaining 500 miles of our trip. Since we have reached our destination the problem has occurred once during local driving. I am planning on replacing the throttle body but no one can assure me the this will fix the problem. This sudden loss of power is extremely dangerous and depending on the specific road and traffic conditions could result in an accident with injuries and/or fatalities. We were terrified driving through fort worth construction at night with heavy traffic and absolutely no shoulders for many miles fearing the gold wrench would appear.
Ford's ecoboost turbo has leak and needs to be replaced. Acceleration has decrease power and causes delay before acceleration finally kicks in.
Traveling at various speeds on highway. The orange wrench waring lights came on, speedometer went to zero, mileage indicator went out , gas dte indicator quit working, speed reduced. Switched vehicle off after stopping, switched back on everything reset - vehicle ran fine until the next time, same thing reoccurred. This has happened several times. Took it to dewitts automotive repair, windsor, va. Dianostic report indicates wiring harness and module sensor for powertrain needs replacing. Must be replaced by ford repair shop.
2013 ford f-150. Consumer writes in regards to defective water pump. *ld the consumer stated the water pump failed at 60,000 miles. The battery became low at 65,000. The guages were illuminated even the vehicle was off. After some research, the consumer discovered the failure was with the switch in the shifter. The vehicle was repaired. Updated 11/15/2017
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that the vehicle did not start and was not operable. Prior to the failure, the vehicle experienced a loss of power. The vehicle was towed to len stoler ford (11275 reisterstown rd, owings mills, md) where it was diagnosed that the fuse that runs through the fuel pump was defective due to the fuel wiring harness overheating. A new wire needed to be relocated to another fuse box. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 40,372.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While stopped at a traffic light, the vehicle idled roughly and stalled. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the timing chain failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Hertrich ford lincoln (1427 bay rd, milford, de 19963, (302) 725-3216) was contacted, but was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While attempting to accelerate from a stop, the vehicle hesitated and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. In addition, the vehicle intermittently stalled. The vehicle was able to restart on the first attempt. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the intake of the eco boost failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was at the shop to be repaired. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 109,000. *ln updated 7/31/18
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving various speeds, the wrench icon displayed "major malfunction" and the vehicle stalled without warning on numerous occasions. The contact stated that the vehicle lost complete throttle control. Ken garff ford in saint george, utah 84770 was made aware of the failure, but could not find the source of the failure. An independent mechanic diagnosed that there was a short in the ECM board in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and referred the contact to the dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 3,000. *bf consumer stated no place in the carfax even show's when consumer brought it in to service. No mention they replaced the short block when a piston shrank in cyl no#3 they replace the long block in march 2017 three weeks back in april now to replace head's engine still had a miss two weeks after that they had to replace throttlebody the light still comes on they can not fix problem. Vehicle purchase dated should be on or before incident date updated 9/12/18
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start and a clicking sound was heard in the engine compartment. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 85,000.
On first occurance, truck was in motion on highway. Vehicle lost power, gages zeroed out and engine light came on. Pulled over nad restarted vehicle and it ran fine and engine light cleared. Multiple loss of power occurances. Does not throw a code when diagnostics are ran. Tonight, when merging onto the interstate, while accelerating, truck lost all acceleration, all gauges stopped working and engine light came on. Restarted the truck, gages did not start working unitl truck was turned off a second time but the truck was driveable. Engine light did not clear.
While coming off the entrance ramp to the interstate in front of a semi I increased my throttle to merge and the truck started to shutter and engine light come on as soon as I pulled in front of the semi. Pulled over put the truck in park and turned truck off to turn off the engine light. Truck was able to run after turning truck off.
Two days in a row my vehicle stalled after violently shaking the steering wheel, I had a complete power loss. I coasted to the side of the road and waited to restart the engine. After about 5 minutes I was able to restart my vehicle. The second time it happened I was one the way to the dealership. The dealership called me back to inform me that my vehicle was driven for 26 miles and could not duplicate. I have been researching online to see if there have been any issues. Back in 2013 an investigation was started for this issue. I spoke with the dealership and the service department told me they could not do anything because the cars computers did not throw a code. Not only did nothing happen ford did not mention any tsb that would help or fix this issue, after I asked about any tsb that would help or fix. Still I got nothing from the dealership.
Driving on interstate when brake light came on. Tried brakes but they did not work. Very hard pedal that could not be pressed on without noises coming the brakes. Stopped vehicle with ebrake and took to locale ford dealer. Discovered that vacuum pump locked up causing the exaust cam to break into pcs inside the motor. Had to replace motor due to the vacuum pump issue.
While driving at both high speeds and low speeds, we have lost acceleration ability. A large yellow wrench appears on the screen. We have to pull the truck over by coasting to the side, put the rough running truck in park, turn the truck off, wait, and then restart the truck for the acceleration to work again. We have had the throttle body replaced 2 x's in the last year and it continues to do it intermittently. Unfortunately the dealer says they can not recreate it and it does not come up with a diagnostic code they are not able to help us with the issue. I called ford after looking it up online and saw that there are many of the same occurrences happening with others out there. They stated there is not a recall and basically I needed to just keep trying at the dealership level. This is not a new problem and has been happening for the past year and a half!
Truck unexpectedly stalls. Error code is p2112. Throttle body failure. I have installed 3 throttle bodies during ownership. Complete loss of power during driving. Engine stutters, continues to run very roughly, with complete loss of power. This has happened while towing a rv trailer as well as normal driving. Extremely dangerous to experience.
Fuse #27 for the fuel pump is burning up on one side. Engine stalls intermittently. Will not restart for a while after.
While accelerating to pass engine lost power and began to shutter check engine light flashed several times and finally cleared all power was restored. This has happened several times since I've owned the vehicle. This was the first time the check engine light flashed. This causes safety concerns. It had 98,000 miles on it the last time it happened.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. When the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to pick up speed and stalled. The contact had to coast the vehicle over to the side of the road and restart the vehicle. The second time the vehicle stalled while driving over 50 MPH, and the oil indicator illuminated. The vehicle was unable to be restarted after coasting over to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to a dealer (levittown ford, llc, 3195 hempstead turnpike, levittown, ny 11756, (866) 421-1288) who replaced the fuse and re-wired the fuse box per a tsb. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that they would follow up with a response within 48 hours. The contact wanted to know why a tsb had been issued and if the dealer stated this was a known issue, but there was no recall issued yet by the manufacturer. The approximate failure mileage was 19,600.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate over 20 MPH. In addition, the turbo warning error indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to sound ford (101 sw grady way, renton, wa 98057) where it was diagnosed that the crankshaft and turbo booster needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 145,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 30 MPH, the engine stalled and the maintenance warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart and resume normal operation. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (coconut point ford 22400 s. Tamiami trail, fl 33928), but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 114,000.
Timing chain rattle on ecoboost engine, I believe ford issued a bulletin on it, I feel it should be covered under recall, makes a horrendous noise on startup everytime, and its very expensive to fix. The engine feels as if it is about to fall out on startup its that loud, shakes the whole truck.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving approximately 10 MPH, the low oil pressure warning indicator illuminated. Shortly after, the vehicle stalled. The contact restarted the vehicle, but the failure recurred approximately four miles later. The contact took the vehicle to the d'orazio ford dealer where it was diagnosed that a switch associated with the ignition failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that the failure recurred approximately four times while driving various speeds. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired a second time. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000.
Now the second time in and the truck doesn't even have 50k miles on it. Truck would turn over but not start and left my wife and kids stranded in a parking lot where I had to go get them. It's hot as heck in june/july in texas so I know it isn't a cold weather start thing. Researching online we are not the only ones with this problem. Eventually leaving it there and messing with the key and ignition switch I'm assuming it started after a few hours. The truck was not over heated.
Stumble/misfire on acceleration from highway cruise up hill conditions or hard acelarecion eqped with 3.5l ecoboost and engine light flashes . Very dangerous in the highway becouse my the truck engine stops working and you have to pullover right away if you luky .
Hesitation stumbles erratic acceleration. Nothing happens when stepping on accelerator then suddenly takes off.
3.5 eco-boost engine on two occasions put me in an unsafe condition by causing a loss of throttle response. Each time this happened a "wrench icon" flashed with a loss of power. No throttle response until the engine was shut down and restarted. When these incidents happened I was towing a trailer at highway speed and had a difficult time pulling out of traffic onto the shoulder. Each time this happened a trouble code of p2112 was set and the cel came on. The throttle body had to be replaced each time. The first time this happened I had 23131 miles and ford replaced the part under warranty, the second occurrence was at 45558 miles and I had to cover the cost for replacement. With the loss of power at highway speed this could lead to a serious accident in not being able to move out of the way of traffic at a critical moment. The ford service managers can't give me a reason why this part is failing.
I excelerated from a stop, suddenly my check engine light started to flash and I started to lose power and acceleration. My vehicle then began to shudder, I let off the accelerator pedal and moved to the side of the road. After about a minute the engine light turned itself off and the full power came back to the truck.
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