My truck 2013 f-150 v-6 trans. 6 speed 47k miles on 7/19/2020 truck down shifts dash speed off wrench came on on 07/31/2020 truck down shifts bangs dash speed off wrench came on on 8/4/2020 took truck to ford and found code lead frame bad and will replace free on 9/9 2020 part was installed on 9/25/2020 trans. Bangs going from #2 to#3 gear wrench light on on 9/30/2020 took to ford for problem code -no code was found on 09/30/2020 picked up truck and drove about five blocks to stoplight truck was stuck in 5th gear and would hardly move then banged into first gear called ford back same day an they said didn't know anything and would check with ford tech. This has been an on going problem with ford 6 speed trans. This is a very unsafe condition and I can no longer drive this truck
2013 Ford F-150 transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle downshifted independently and the instrumental panel went blank. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired under either the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v075000 (power train) or 19v433000 (power train) however, the failure occurred. The contact stated that the service engine soon warning light was illuminated. The contact parked on the side of the roadway, restarted the vehicle and drove to his destination. The contact called and informed friendship ford of lenoir located at 515 wilkesboro blvd ne, lenoir, nc 28645, (828) 754-1524, of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 138,000.
While driving down the highway the truck shifted from 5th gear to 1st gear... The wheels seemed to have locked up as we did leave a skid mark on the highway. Nearly sent us through the windshield... Thank goodness for seat belts. Wrench symbol appeared on the console. Pulled over... Turned off vechicle, turned back on and showed in 1st gear.. Started driving and would not shift out of first gear and wrench reappeared... Powered off again and back on wrench disappeared... Seemed to drive normal after a couple miles wrench appeared again and we had no gauges on the dashboard operational except RPM. Dealership performed recall 19s07 for this known issue... On test drive it was still not resolved so they said they needed to do 19n01 but that this was only allowed as a warranty repair up to 150000 miles. I had 151866 when brought to the dealership. So I now have an unsafe truck with a known recall issue that ford will not repair because I had 1866 miles more than their warranty. They want 800 for me to fix it myself which I must do and there is no guarantee that this will fix the issue. Ford should be obligated to fix issues tied to known safety problems with the vehicle. Who knows next time it does it someone could rear end me and be seriously injured.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated while his daughter was driving 70 MPH, the vehicle downshifted from 6th gear to 1st gear. An unstated warning light was illuminated. The driver pulled over, restarted the vehicle, and continued to drive to her destination. The contact called bird kultgen ford located at 1701 w loop 340, waco, tx 76712, (254) 666-2473, to notify the dealer of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of failure. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v433000 (power train) however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 92,500.
Tl* the contact's wife owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that his wife received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v433000 (power train). The contact's wife took the vehicle to griffin ford-lincoln, inc (511 7th st w, tifton, ga 31794) to have the recall repair performed. The contact stated that immediately after having the vehicle repaired, the rear tires would lock up without warning while down shifting. The contact would pull over and restart the vehicle to resume normal driving. The contact also stated that while slowing down at various speeds, the vehicle independently switch into a higher gear with the check engine light illuminated intermittently. The contact's wife took the vehicle back to the same dealer where she was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact then called the manufacturer and was offered no further assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.*dt
Vehicle downshifted while coming back from work, speedometer shut itself off and a wrench icon showed on the dashboard
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
Truck went into limp mode in traffic and almost had a wreck before I could get off freeway.
Truck was recalled for downshifting while driving. Truck was taken to classic ford in shelby, nc where the recall problem was taken care of. Lately I have been having problems with truck where truck will not shift out of 1st gear. Have to stop, turn off ignition and truck works fine. Today while driving ,speedometer starts going crazy and truck downshifts to 1st gear, luckily I was only going 35 MPH. I would hate to think what would happen if I was on interstate going 65 MPH. Called classic ford to schedule service, cannot see me until next week. When I described what was going on, they said they haven't heard of this problem. Have been researching on internet and I am not the only one having this problem.
Re: 19n01 transmission molded leadframe. The recalls that ford did provide for my vehicle only included software updates that did not prevent the issue. When this failed my truck went from travelling 45 MPH in 6th gear to suddenly shifting to 1st gear. I had my family in the vehicle and I was barely able to avoid having an accident. The issue was not covered by for because I was outside of the warranty coverage. This is unaccceptable because the software updates provided did not prevent this from happening.
While driving vehicle suddenly shifted into 1st gear and flashed a wrench symbol and check engine light for code p0720. The vehicle lurched coming from a hugh rate of speed to shifting to first gear which almost caused a wreck. The vehicle would not shift out of first gear.
Had recall done last year for speed sensor automatically down shifting. Starting june 16th 2020 the vehicle started hard shifting between 3rd and 4th gear. It jerks the trucks it up shifts. Seems like there would be some warranty on parts from a recall. I?m at about 154000 miles, so we were told we just missed the warranty. Being the sensor was replaced seems like there should be some kind of warranty at least for that part. *bf
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle independently decelerated to 5 MPH. The vehicle was turned off and restarted and operated as intended. The maintenance required light was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact contacted trotter ford lincoln (3801 bobo rd, pine bluff, ar 71603, (870) 535-4321) however, the mechanic was unable to provide a cause for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000.
When I?m driving the car 60 MPH the car is done shifting my service keys, I cannot see how fast I'm driving I cannot see the mileage in my car and my airbag light is come on I have to stop the car started again and everything come back to normal.
My truck randomly shifts to a higher gear when I'm driving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, the transmission downshifted to first gear and the vehicle decelerated abruptly. The contact pulled over, restarted the vehicle and the vehicle operated as intended. The vehicle was taken to autonation ford st. Petersburg (2525 34th st n, st. Petersburg, fl 33713, (727)231-1323) to be diagnosed. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under an unknown recall. The vehicle was returned to the dealer twice due to the same failure. The contact was informed that the warranty on the vehicle was expired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000. *bf consumer stated that they were told that the throttle body and motor needed to be changed. Consumer said that they experienced the same failure the next day. Vehicle was taken in to have the transmission molded lead frame replaced. Vehicle was repaired.
Going 70 MPH on the high way my truck is down shifting to a lower gear then looses power the RPM and the speedometer starts going hay wire jumping back and forth. Doing 40 MPH it does the same thing and doesn't want to pick up speed. Took it to a ford dealership and they reprogrammed the brain now the MPH don't work no fuel notice it's blank.
Truck downshifted to first gear while traveling on freeway going 70mph. Lost control when rear tires started losing traction.
I had recently bought a 2013 f150 have owned it for almost 6 months now it started with it's like I can be driving and it's like the transmission acts funny slows down and then a wrench symbol will show up on the dash then I pull over and shut it off then back on it's ok . Coming home yesterday it's like it downshifted and then the rpms raise to 5000 and I was on the interstate passing a vehicle and I could have caused a wreck something wrong with the transmission very dangerous I don't know if it's been recalled or not I just would like to know though actually I will find out if it's been recalled or not and fixed.
Put truck into park to help truck ahead of us unload bed. Our truck was in park with engine on, within 3 min truck began accelerating and crushed body in between two trucks. Had to press breaks (car still rolling) shift into reverse, back into park before car would stop rolling then went into reverse.
I have already had the safety recall 19s07 ' 6r80 performed on my 2013 f150 svt raptor for the sudden deceleration issues. This week I was traveling at highway speed and the truck suddenly downshifted from 6th gear to 1st gear causing my trucks rear-end to start coming around. Luckily I was able to maintain control of the truck. I took it to the dealership and that saw the downshift codes and attempted to reapply the recall. Now they tell me though the actions and near accident are inline with the recall, the code p0961 and therefore it is not covered by the recall. This is an immediate safety issue and the safety recall 19s07 ' 6r80 recall should be extended to cover this code.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving at 60 MPH, the gear down shifted from sixth gear down to third, back up a few gears then back down, without warning and caused consumer to lose control temporarily. The failure occurred on two occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer llc chapman ford located at llc 3951 columbia ave, columbia, pa 17512 where it was diagnosed that the wire harness melted which needed replacement along with the PCM. In addition, the dealer informed that there might be a possibility that the transmission would have been damaged as well but wont be determined until further use of the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 54,000. *dt
In 2019 I took my ford truck into the dealer for 2 separate recalls related to the drivetrain. In 2020, I returned to the dealership with drivetrain issues after my vehicle suddenly downshifted and I lost drivetrain power. I was able to turn the vehicle off and back on to get it to crossroads ford of fuquay. The service advisor, [xxx] , informed me that there were damages to parts of the drivetrain, and I would be responsible for the repairs. When I asked if the damages were a product of the sudden downshifting recall notice, she said yes. I contacted the recall department and started case # [xxx]- to document the issue. The representative from the recall department informed me that ford would not be responsible for the damages. I tried explaining the to the representative that the damages should fall under the recall because the vehicle continued to have downshift issues after bringing it into have the recall repaired at the dealership in 2019. The representative told me that because my vehicle was at the present time over the warranty mileage of 150,000 mi., the vehicle was not eligible for repairs. I explained that it was eligible when I brought it in for warranty repair in 2019, but the representative turned me to the crossroads ford of fuquay dealership which sold me the vehicle. The rep said it would be considered "workmanship" issues. After speaking with the dealership, they dropped my bill by ~$300, but I still had to pay over $1500 for repairs that resulted from the downshifting. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I took my 2013 f150 with an open recall to ford dealer and was running fine before they reprogram the power control module I starting having problems when the vehicle is running speedometer going of air bag light on and also a big wrench came out on the display when I stop it only star drive in on 3rd gear to 5 gear the other gears don't work until I turn off the vehicle and turn it back on but I star driving again and does it again same thing
In november 2019, my vehicle started shifting inappropriately and I took it to the dealership to get it fixed. The dealership said it was a recall issue. The recall was for a lead frame and a reprogramming in the PCM. This repair was done for the two recall issues. My vehicle recently began doing the exact same thing, shifting up and down without warning while I was driving down the main road in my town. I brought the vehicle back to the dealership and they in formed me of a different PCM reprogramming available for that recall. The next day the dealership stated it was a different issue with transmission and it was sending a different code which is not part of the recall. Now the dealership is saying I will need a replacement or rebuilt transmission, and it is not covered by the recall.
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.
I took the truck in for the recall this is what they did: performed recall 19s07 performed PCM update later calibration and cleared dtcs. The truck is still doing the same thing I took it back and they said the engine light has to turn on before they can do anything. The engine light never turns on. When the truck is in motion I was merging onto the freeway and I hit the accelerator to speed up it downshift to first. So does the engine light have to turn on before they can check it? When it happens I have to pull over turn off the truck wait a bit and restart and it seems to work for a while.
Lead frame wiring harness in transmission problem, causing no signal to speedometer and eratic shifting of transmission. Had truck in dealership 6 months prior to lead frame failure, with transmission complaint and they did a software update . The mileage was under 150k at that time of the original complaint
I was driving down the road and my truck all of a sudden shifted down into 1st gear and became stuck. Had to stop the vehicle and turn it off. Started driving again and it did the exact same thing within 5 minutes. No lights came on or anything. Has done it for 3 days. I can drive in manual mode but it still has trouble wanting to shift but again no lights coming on.
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.
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