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.
2013 Ford F-150 transmission complaints
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Vehicle erratically shifts from 6 gear to 1st gear,causing tires to lock up. Same issue is recalled in 2011-2012 f150, but not covered in 2013. Very dangerous issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 60 MPH, the transmission shifted from fifth to first gear without warning. The contact was able to drive home and parked the vehicle. The dealer was not notified. The manufacturer stated that there were no recalls; therefore, the contact would need to pay for the repairs. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 90,000. *dt
The truck gets stuck in first gear and will not accelerate until the vehicle is shut off and turned on again. The vehicle was in motion on a city street and would not advance to second gear.
Transmission lost power at 75 miles per hour on the highway. The wrench sign came on dash and then all displays showed -----. Additionally, the speedometer stopped working and the air bag light illuminated. When transmission reengaged, it was in 3rd gear, causing wheels to lose traction. I was able to navigate heavy traffic to get to the shoulder, where truck shifted to 5th gear once stopped. I was able to make it off the highway, however, the truck would shift randomly between 3rd, 4th and 5th gear but would not shift in to 1st, 2nd or 6th. Grapevine ford dealership pulled code p0722 from 6r80 transmission and determined transmission lead frame was faulty. Ford does not accept responsibility and will not pay for this known problem. The 6r80 lead frame has been recalled on 2011 and 2012 f150's but has not yet been recalled on 2013 f150's.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle decelerated to 30 MPH without warning. The vehicle was taken to eide ford lincoln (800 e bismarck expy, bismarck, nd 58504, 701‑222‑3500) where it was diagnosed that the lead frame failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 82,190.
Tranmission will start shifting between 2nd and 5th gear while drive at any speed causing the tires to lock up and chirp. Other times the transmission will not shift out of 1st gear. Other times while driving 60mph+ the speedo needle will go to 0mph and transmission is unresponsive. In all cases the vehicle must be pulled over, tuned off and restarted to correct he issue. It is a safety concern when there is no safe area to pull off of the road. This has been an on going issue for a few months. Suspected lead frame failure.
While driving at highway speed the transmission abruptly down shifts to first gear. In the winter with snow/ice on the road this causes the rear wheels to lock-up . I do not want someone to run into the rear of my vehicle or loose control. The truck was assembled in sept of 2012. The engine is a 3.7 liter w/ 6 speed auto. 4 wheel drive. In june of 2018 (6/22/2018) I brought this truck to copper country ford, houghton mi. And had the service department "reflash" update the TCM ( transmission control module)
On 4 different occasions while in reverse truck immediately stopped as if I had backed into an object parking lot. Two times while driving aprroximately 45 to 50 MPH my vehicle immediately increased rpms, again it felt as if someone rear ended me. Most recent vehicle would not shift. Manual shift option worked. Restarted motor 4 times hoping to resolve the issue. Vehicle never shifted out of 5th. As traveling, speedometer stopped working, airbag light came on, odometer display went to dashes, traction control stopped working, wrench light came on, display for gears was either 5th or 3rd depending on speed. At about 55 MPH the vehicle performed a hard jerk, high rpms, almost bringing me to a complete stop in heavy traffic highway. Again as if someone rear ended me. Finally limped home. Now I'm afraid to drive the vehicle. My 5 year warranty expired 10-23-2018. Contacted ford dealer not in recall and warranty out so it's money out of my pocket. This is so disheartening to know it's a factory default yet ford will not honor the repairs.
My 2013 f-150 is experiencing the exact same symptoms that are covered under a ford recall for 2011 thru 2012 f150s 16n02 molded leadframe extended warranty recall. The transmission will downshift into first gear all by itself, even at highway speeds, resulting in rear wheel skidding and transmission lock-up.
Delayed shifts, loss of power, speedometer not working, engine wrench illuminated, po 720/722 lead frame replaced very scary losing power at high speeds and revs in red line
Issues with the transmission that was diagnosed to be with the lead frame, similar to those described with the 2011-2012 recall. I had random issues where it would slip from 2nd to 5th starting from a stop. Then I had it suddenly downshift from 4th to 1st when going about 50mph, enough to chirp the tires.
My automatic transmission on my truck started not wanting to shift into the proper gear. It went from shifting into a higher gear as I was trying to merge into traffic, which caused me to lose pretty much all power. This could have cause a wreck in busy traffic. The most worrisome problem was that it started shifting into 1st gear when driving in normal traffic. It happened 3 times at speeds of 30 MPH, causing the back tires to lock and a loss of all power. It happened a final timewhen I was traveling at 55 MPH. It went from 5th gear to 1st causing my tires to lock again and almost causing the person traveling behind me to wreck into me. It was very scary. Even though I was on a curvy road I was able to maintain control, but I had lost all power and the rpms on the engine went extremely high. As soon as I could I took it to the dealership and they replaced a part in the transmission as well as reset the computer. This issue is very scary and could have caused a serious wreck at the speed I was traveling at, not to mention if it was a higher rate of speed. In researching this online, I found many similar issues affecing ford trucks
Sudden downshift into low gear, feels like first gear. Rear wheels lock and slide. Speedometer displays 0, and odometer displays 0, digital gauges in the center go blank. This is followed with a loss of power. Coasting to a safe place, turn off the ignition, restart and have gauges back, driving with normal shift points. This has occurred 5 times in the past 14 days. And this truck is not a daily driver, so this is occurring each time the vehicle is operated. We only use this truck for driving in the city, we are terrified of driving on any interstate or highway or at any speed above 40 miles per hour due to the locking up of the rear wheels. There is no photo documentation due to the rapid onset of the downshift. I fear this vehicle will be involved in a crash.
Two problems: I) from a stop, such as following traffic control device instruction like at a traffic light, yield (before merging onto a highway), stop sign, parking spot, etc, the truck attempts to start moving forward in 5th gear. The truck does not move forward unless shifted to neutral or park and then back into drive. Truck will not accelerate from a stopped position in 5th gear. Ii) more concerning is that the truck decides to downshift inappropriately (e.g. It should upshift or stay in gear, but downshifts erratically calling). This leads to stopping short and causes the truck to buck. It results in almost total loss of control of the vehicle and presents a horrible risk to driver, passengers, and others on the road. Had to pull off side of road over a curb causing property damage and almost a heart attack! I have 68,000 miles on a truck that should last for at least double that. The truck has been babied and well-maintained since it was purchased. This is sad that ford won't accept responsibility for using a faulty transmission with known issues. Ref: molded leadframe issue including tsb 13-6-8
Traveling at various speeds (30-70 MPH), transmission shifts from upper gears (3rd-6th) immediately down to 1st gear, failing to downshift through the gears in between. Wrench icon appears on display. Display also shows dashes instead of numbers and the speedometer drops to zero although still moving forward. Rear tires break traction. Crash potential is high due to loss of control of vehicle, especially on wet roads. This has been occurring over the last several months. At first it just seemed like a random hard shift (2nd to 1st when accelerating) perhaps once a month - easily forgettable. In the last two weeks however, it's happened 4 times at speeds over 30 MPH and once at 70 on an interstate highway. The truck is too dangerous to operate and is will be sidelined until repaired. Scan tool showed p0722 (output shaft speed sensor). The only fix is to replace the leadframe connector (p/n: al3z-7g276-d) in the transmission. This applies to the 6r80 transmission. Signs/symptoms are identical to the 2016 recall of 2011-2012 f-150's. It seems ford extended the free replacement warranty for 10 years/150,000 miles for effected vehicles. Unfortunately, I've just passed the 150k mark, so if the recall is expanded, I'm already outside the mileage limit, so I'll be stuck with the bill.
Started on the interstate and got up to about 65 MPH and truck shifted to 1st gear and began to skid and hop and was all over the road, (luckily no traffic was close to me) got control of the truck and came to a stop. No check engine lights or anything out of the ordinary on dash panel. Continued on my way at a very slow speed until I got to an exit to turn around and get back home. When getting back home again no check engine lights
When accelerating to get on the interstate the transmission started to shift up and down at random, so I slowed to almost a stop and all shifts were fine after that
In october transmission had a couple of hard shifts.
Sudden downshift of automatic transmission to first gear at 55 MPH *tt consumer stated molded lead frame was replaced and repaired.
Traveling at 70 MPH on the highway the transmission shifted into 1st gear causing the rear tires to skid and the rear of the vehicle to loose traction. This lasted a few seconds before it shifted back into 6th gear and I was able to maintain control. Slowed to stop at a red light and vehicle shifted into first gear at about 20 MPH then jerked forward when coming to a complete stop. The next day while making a left turn on a city street the transmission shifted to neutral causing me to stall into approaching traffic. Checking other complaints this appears to be an issue with the "lead frame module" with these transmissions. Took the vehicle to the dealer who replaced the module but also had to replace the transmission valve body which was apparently damaged in the erratic shifting. I have had the vehicle for 5 years and 4 months, which is 4 months over the warranty date. The vehicle has only 50,000 miles on it which is 10,000 under the mileage warranty on the drivetrain. I had to pay a significant amount for the transmission repairs. This issue is a definite safety hazard which could cause loss of control of the vehicle.
Several issues spanning 5 months and becoming more frequent: 1. Randomly from a stop f-150 will not shift out of 1st gear for 5+ seconds while revving RPM at 5,000+. 2. The wrench warning light indicator will display on dash pane and speedometer will read 0 MPH while I am driving speeds of 45 MPH. Tachometer will work as normal. To correct I have to pull over and restart my vehicle. 3. Latest scenario 12/30/18 while highway driving my f-150 will hard downshift to a low gear and toggle between high and low gears causing violent jerking experiences producing very dangerous traffic scenarios.
2 instances occurred: 1/ the vehicle was in motion on a regular street road. Speed was around 30 MPH. The gear suddenly shifted to first gear and felt like the vehicle 'looked up'. It was a brutal stop. After stopping, the vehicle restarted and drove normally 2/ few weeks later, but with very low mileage completed since the first event, the car gears shifted from 2nd to 5th. The vehicle just turned, entering a car park at low speed. After stopping completely the vehicle, it restated normally. The issue however repeated few minutes later, gears again shifting from 2 to 5.
Transmission would shift from 6th gear to 1st for no reason locking up the rear wheels.
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.
While driving down the interstate our truck shut down stopped working. We coasted to the side of the interstate and re-started the vehicle. No warning lights, nothing the vehicle engine shut off. There was a wrench that appeared. We took the vehicle to a repair shop to determine what the code of issue indicated an issue. No code was detected. We were told that perhaps it was bad fuel. We purchased a fuel cleaner. Again, we traveled down the interstate and again the vehicle shut down without warning. We took it to the shop to find out that the bracket holding the entire drive shaft was broken. We replaced the part. Still the vehicle downshifted for no reason. We again took it to a repair shop and finally a code appeared. The code indicated that the transmission control switch was in error. This is a very dangerous issue. We called ford motor company and there is no recall at this time. A very dangerous sit-in 2, 1. The drive shaft could have seized the rear wheels, thereby causing an accident. 2. The transmission control switch indicated that the engine shuts down with no warning. Please be aware that both of these situations could have caused a fatal accident, yet ford motor company refuses to provide assistance, send out a warning to others that may be effected. This is irresponsible on the ford motor company to provide no indication or warning to people that own these vehicles. 2011 and 2012 have been recalled. Please have your vehicles checked for both issues. The code that finally resulted in our further insistence p.1780-00 for your and any passengers safety. Please have your vehicle inspected.
Vehicle downshifted from 6th gear to 3rd gear at 55 MPH. After this happened, the vehicle would not shift out of 3rd gear. Shut off vehicle and let sit for 2 hours and then drove home, no issue. Called dealership to report issue. On the way to the dealership, vehicle downshifted from 5th gear to 2nd gear, locking up rear wheels. Vehicle did this 3 more times during the trip to the dealership. Vehicle is at dealership now.
Was traveling at 60 MPH and transmission down shifted to 3rd gear and rear wheels locked up.
Transmission shifts erratically from 1st to 5th around 5 -10 MPH on highway and sometimes sticks in 1st gear or starts out in 5th gear when shifting to drive. Have to come to complete stop and shift to neutral or reverse in order to reset gear.
An unexpected downshift from 5th gear to 1st gear causing the vehicle to slow down suddenly and without warning when driving at speeds between 45 and 65 MPH on the highway. The rear tires lock up momentarily, causing skidding. The transmission shifts erratically and randomly through gears 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1st. The truck will go days without another incident, but then multiple times in one day. Reprogramming of the computer module at the ford dealership did not resolve the problem.
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