Electronics in the throttle body cause a computer fault while driving, which results in the engine (3.5 l twin turbo v-6) instantly going into limp mode, where the engine produces no power. This sudden loss of power is extremely dangerous. It happens with no warning. It can happen while attempting to accelerate through an intersection with oncoming traffic. It can happen at freeway speeds where the sudden deceleration can cause a collision, and where there is no place to pull over safely. This fault is very common in ford f-150's and ford automobiles. It has been a problem ignored by ford and the federal safety agency for years! It should be the object of a recall! I replaced the throttle body on my f-150 at 75,000 miles. Now, 25,000 miles later it needs to be replaced again! This is ridiculous, as well as expensive! Please, make ford stand behind their dangerously flawed product!
2013 Ford F-150 engine complaints
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Driver side tubo/supercharger coolant leaks
3rd time this has happened, pressed gas pedal to accelerate onto highway. Gas pedal was stuck in down position with engine revving. Held brake to slow it down, picked right back up when let off. No floor mats where near the pedal, and tapping the brake didn't disengage it. Was stuck for several minutes at dangerous speeds
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated and the speed was reduced. On several occasions the vehicle stalled while driving. The vehicle was taken to honolulu ford located at 1370 n king st, honolulu, hi 96817 however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact indicated that the failure recurred and persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no additional assistance. The failure mileage was 200. The VIN was not available.*dt
My vehicle recently died on the incline of a bridge with no shoulder putting me in a very dangerous position. It turns out that fuse 27 in my vehicles fuse box melted, not blown, but physically melted disabling the fuel pump. Tsb 15-0137 addresses this issue bit I believe iy should be elevated to a recall.
This is for an aftermarket coil pak manufacture by well vehicle electronics, springfield mo. The pak shorted caught on fire, and damaged by truck (f150) ecu costing me over $1300.00 to repair. I have sent the coil pak back to the manufacture but their analysis was it was damaged by the ignition. These coil packs are the ignition, the only thing from the truck is the 12 volts, the the pulse to fire it. I'm filling this report to you as I'm seeking damages to their defected coil. That overheated, causing the coil wire to short and catch fire. I have the sparkplug and it was checked and it is not shorted.
Timing chain stretched causing vehicle to fail while accelerating during highway enterance
Oil pressure low, it's came sometimes since 3000km until now I have 190000km its came 7 times, and when it's happened the truck switching off and the dengrous thing when the steering lock omg specifically on the highway or corners
In normal city street, with my family, it's suddenly happened with no any speed maybe below the 40km,
Exhaust manifold bolts broken and warped manifold.
While driving from ohio back to north carolina, my wife and I were travelling at 75 MPH when suddenly and without warning my truck abruptly stalled to 5 MPH with no power from the accelerator. I managed to get the truck out of the high speed lane on a two lane highway and on to the side of the road. I turned the truck off. A few minutes later, I turned the truck back on and all function resumed. This has happened in the past, but when I took it in for work there was no issue reported or read and the error could not be replicated. The truck was towed to a ford dealership. Service informed me I had a bad throttle body. This truck was part of a "customer satisfaction program" run in 2013 for a bad throttle body and total loss of acceleration. My truck received the repair in 2014 voiding the throttle body 10 year or 150,000 mile warranty. The safety concern remains and is endangering my life, my wife, and our future child. The part might be replaced without fixing the problem. An electrical issue may keep this vehicle having reoccurrences. This has me very concerned about a service that does not increase vehicle safety. And because of that concern I began to inquire if anyone else has had this issue. It turns out that in 2015 a class action suit was filed against ford and settled on individual basises (janis benkle et al v ford motor company). Currently, there are no programs to assist owners like myself in this situation. The original program is no longer valid and the repair performed was only good for one time (that repair apparently would not solve the safety concern as others have stated that the problem persisted after a new throttle body was put in). I have sought out an audience with the "zone manager". However, I have been informed that is impossible as customer care will not give that information and neither will the dealership.
While traveling on the open highway at 65mph, a yellow wrench appeared in my dash information panel and the vehicle entered "limp mode". The engine shut down and I had to make an emergency transition onto the shoulder in heavy traffic. The vehicle was able to restart, however, it had the same problem two additional times on the way to the nearest ford dealership. The obd diagnostic code was p2112
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving approximately 15 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that he pulled over and restarted the vehicle. The vehicle was not been taken to a local dealer for a diagnostic test. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 128,952.
Truck went into limp mode in traffic and almost had a wreck before I could get off freeway.
Has a really rough start. Knocks really loud when idle. Drives rough and knocks as well. After a week of searching forums I found that a lot of people are having this problem and have the cam phasers replaced. Most of them just said they changed out the engine.
I had the wrench light come on while I was driving and didn't have much of a problem at first. Then a day later when I was going to work, I turned the truck on and pushed the gas and the light came on and I could not accelerated at all. My RPM's would not climb. I had to let my truck start to go on its own then my gas peddle would finally catch and my truck would go. Later that day I was driving home from work, going about 40mph, and my vehicle went into limp mode. I had to pull over and restart my truck. It did like 3 times on the way home. What I don't understand is how as soon as I start my truck, with it still in park, and hit the gas the light illuminates and the trucks rpms don't work. This is one of many problems I have had with this truck. The A/C is a whole other topic.
Timming chain making rattling sound on startup, the issue has been reported to ford motor company for the years 2011-2015 an d yet the ford company refuses to make a recall. The cost of replacement is between 1,900.00 and 2,900.00 dollars. That is alot for the cosummer to deal out for something the ford company should be responsiable for.tbs servoce bullentin 18-2305. This all happens at start up and continually gets worst if not fixed.
Timing chain needs replacement (per hiller ford) code came on
Upon accelerating to pass or merge onto a highway the engine will lose power and the check engine light will flash. This loss of power makes it dangerous to safely pass or merge onto a highway. I was researching on the internet and there are many instances of this happening to ecoboost owners. This problem has been dubbed the "ecoboost shudder " I have called 4 dealerships asking if there is a service bulletin for this problem or repairs. It seems that ford service departments are completely unaware of this problem however it is well known to ecoboost owners.
Oil and radiator fluid leaks causing engine smoking and nauseating odor when heater turned on while engine cold or cold exterior temps. Complete loss of engine and drive power randomly lasting 15-60secs, then all numbers ie: gas milage, speed, mileage become dashes, speedometer quits working, on highways and city street. Pulling over shutting off and restart will reset until next random episode. Rough jerks and occasionally a bang with jerks (feel like it comes from the axels) usually at low speeds. More often in parking lots but in traffic jams on highways. Once transmission recall complete it ran fantastic for a week and a half. Now it's worse than ever and engine light comes on for a day and then goes off.
After purchase, I got a continuous p0308, cylinder 8 misfire. Problem is that cylinder 4 has low/no compression, dragging down cylinder 8 as well.
Stopped running, died coming off interstate at 75 MPH. Day before died and wouldn't start just rolled and rolled over. Hour later, it started. Had it towed off interstate would not start. Started once at dealer. Dealer stated the fuse 27 is known to melt and after a week in the shop it is fuse 27 which also had to be rewired. It is on websites that fuse 27 does this all the time.. Shutting off on interstate is a horrible experience especially when ford knows of this defect.
At approximately 80,000 miles, I began to hear a chirping or air whistling sound when lightly to moderately accelerating. I began to investigate the noise using the internet where I located videos from other f-150 ecoboost 3.5 engine owners who were experiencing the same exact senario as I was. They had found that the drivers side and/or passenger side exhaust manifolds were leaking exhaust. The tell tale sign is a darkening of the area around the rear of each manifold. The manifolds were warping from either a design flaw or material failure at the rear and also breaking the mounting fasteners. I have determined both of my manifolds are leaking exhaust from the noises coming from the engine compartment while driving. This may trigger a safety inspection failure if found due to leaking exhaust as well as an emission test failure if required by the state where the owner resides. Also the release of carbon monoxide forward of the passenger compartment is a concern especially if the leaks increase in size.
I am having trouble with my eco boost because when I start my truck I have a loud rattling sound then my truck loses power and shakes alot like a compression leak
We own a ford f-150 3.5 l ecoboost v-6 king ranch pickup truck. Truck was purchased in 2014 new. Have serious concerns as the vehicle has so many current issues. From day one of purchase and while still in the dealership parking lot, upon start up there was a very loud clattering sound. Sales rep said it was because it was cold and it had been sitting. Purchased vehicle, had problems immediately with dangerous lag in acceleration (which we still do), an average of 12 mpg if we were lucky and very serious engine misfires with major decrease in power accompanied by sputtering whole vehicle shuddering while trying to merge on the highway or with hard acceleration. Very dangerous, especially if in the fast lane, which we were. We started to limp over several lanes of traffic to the shoulder and the truck regained power. Many misfires like this, all explained to the ford service tech and verified on the trucks computer. So many in fact it was necessary to replace all spark plugs at less than 57k miles. We just picked our truck up today, feb 18th, 2020, after it was in the shop again, this time for 12 days, to fix this misfire problem again and numerous other issues with the front hubs staying locked in 4 wd while in 2 wheel drive and switching in and out, timing chain replaced, and the ecoboost turbo tubes replaced as they were cracked, iwe replaced, and left front actuator. Also about 3 weeks ago it had transfer case motor replaced as well as numerous switches, all which did not correct the problems. My husband and I decided to take it on the highway to see if the lag misfire problem was fixed. When he hit the gas there was a screechy sound from the top of the engine, power seriously decreased once again on the highway and the check engine light was back on. I sent an email to ford and auffenberg ford in ref to these continuing problems.
Throttle body failed 12/4/17 leading to engine power loss at highway speed. Engine light and wrench warning display appeared. Could not accelerate. Was able to coast to shoulder safely. Restarting the vehicle, it immediately went to limp mode. Vehicle was towed to dealership (apple ford, shakopee mn). Tb was replaced by dealership service center. On 1/22/2020, the vehicle again lost power on highway and warning lights came on. Again, was able to coast to shoulder and exit the freeway in limp mode and get to nearby dealership (wold motors, jordan mn). Determined that the throttle body again failed, was replaced. Two failures with the same part in such a short period of time indicates a clear defect. Vehicle losing power due to this equipment failure to a very unsafe situation and could cause an accident and risk.
1. Engine doesn't run smooth at highway speed.. 2. Powertrain, transmission - received a recall 19v‑075 for software update notice 6/25/2019. Took the f150 to gateway ford dealership for the update. The next time tried to accelerate (8/16/19) the transmission shifter eradicable the dash icons flashed and the pickup stalled as to be in low gear, I shut off the ignition after pulling to the side of the road, restarted it after a bit and continued on my way. This has happened again, not sure of dates. As I was traveling out of south dakota I contacted gateway, they said to take the pickup to another ford dealership and they would fix it. Took it to auto nation ford in corpus christi, tx. They wouldn't fix it . They said the update wad already done. The pickup drove and worked good prior to the recall update and now it will shift radically and dash icon flashing when accelerating rapidly. In addition the drivers seat is wearing out. It should rear better than that. The pickup only has 90,178 miles on it and should last me longer than that. One more issue. The positive battery post continually corrodes. I've cleaned it many times and still corrodes. Please have someone address these issues on my f150. I think there should be no cost to me per your advertising on tv. Thank you [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle failed to respond with accelerator pedal depressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the wheel speed sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 80 MPH, the vehicle downshifted on its own without warning. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and then to luther family ford (located at 3302 36th st s, fargo, nd 58104, (701) 282-2350) where it was diagnosed that unknown engine components needed to be replaced. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v075000 (power train). The contact stated that the recall repair was completed in june of 2019. The vehicle was not repaired for the recent failure. The contact was unable to communicate with the manufacturer about the failure. The failure mileage was 128,073.
I regularly have my truck serviced . . Today my engine light came on with no warning. It sent a message to put vehicle in park. It was towed to my home. It will not let me shift to drive with an uncontrollable vibration. It did almost the same thing when it was recalled. I have always paud my payments on time ... Had it servuced accordingly. Mt truck has given me more problems than I deserve. We were on tge main highway when this happened thank god no one was coming behind me it would have been a bad accident...help [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).'
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