While at hwy speed, automatic transmission went from 6th gear to 1st gear. While stationary going to accelerate, vehicle started in 4th. Vehicle is 2013 ford f-150. 2011 and 2012 ford f-150 pickup trucks were recalled for same issue. Dealership"... Found fault with output shaft speed sensor signal. Causing transmission to into limp mode due not reading the correct speed. To correct issue removed transmission fluid pan and removed main control valve body and replaced molded lead frame containing speed sensor. Also set PCM/TCM to latest calibration and cleared dtc's post road test."
2013 Ford F-150 transmission complaints
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Truck erratically shifted to first gear while traveling at 55mph causing rear wheels to lock up as if I slammed on my brakes. There is a large wrench icon on the display which causes the speedometer to read 0 MPH while the vehicle is in motion and odometer reading is dashes "-------.--" truck will also get stuck in first gear while accelerating from a stop which nearly caused me to be involved in an accident because I could not accelerate as I was expecting to. Truck will also get stuck in fifth gear while at a stop. Dashes and wrench clear when truck is shut down and restarted. Erratic behavior is completely random and makes me feel completely unsafe driving my vehicle.
In feb 2018 truck began random hard shift and loss of power when taking off from a light, no check engine light. In august 2018 at 70 MPH, had a momentary lock up of rear wheel, causing the wheels to chirp on the road and release, slowed to a stop, placed in nuetral no check engine light all seemed normal. Accelerated to 65 MPH at steady speed observed speedometer indication momentarily drop to 50 MPH and back to 60 MPH, shortly after the fuel economy on the computer average drop from 18.5 mpg to 17.5 mpg. No check engine light. In december 2018 after stopping in idle, moved truck from park to drive, felt no power to move observed I was in 5th gear. Placed in park, shut off and restarted vehicle with no issues, no check engine light. Spoke to dealer and they stated that with no check engine light or code they would have to drive until issue was repeated. I have ordered and will replace the lead frame assembly as that appears to be the most probable cause, and clean and inspect all connections to transmission. This was the same issue the recall on 2012 covered on the same transmission, ford did not include 2013 in this recall.
My 2013 ford f-150 xlt with 71,000 miles is having transmission issues and problems with shifting and completely losing power while driving. This issue has started intermittantly about a month ago. While I'm driving, a giant wrench appears on the dashboard which is then followed by loss of power and acceleration. The vehicle is then stuck into a single gear and the speedometer and mileage computer go blank so I no longer know how fast I'm travelling. My vehicle issue seems very similar to the 2011-2012 ford f-150 transmission downshifting recall from below. 'federal safety regulators are investigating whether to reopen and expand a previous ford recall by more than a million vehicles for unexpected downshifting. The initial 2016 recall affected more than 153,000 ford f-150, ford expedition, lincoln navigator and ford mustang vehicles from the 2011-12 model years. A second recall would increase that number to an estimated 1,375,577 vehicles affected, and expand into the 2013 model year."
Put the ford f150 into gear, would not shift up from 1st gear. Same issue we have been having and have taken to the dealership and they cannot find any problems with the transmission. Had to turn off truck and restart
On highway, speed(60 MPH), gauges on dash began swinging wildly, transmission began shifting up and down rapidly and then down shifted to 1st gear at 60 MPH. The rear tires started screaming and threw me sideways into the next lane and onto shoulder of road. I had been on highway for approx. 20 minutes before fault happened. I restarted and vehicle seemed to operate. I attempted to travel to ford dealer when after another 20 minutes fault resumed throwing truck off highway and luckily onto exit road. I again restarted truck and proceeded at 20 MPH to nearby dealer. My ford dealer found intermittent loss of oss signal from the lead frame. Exact problem and repair as in recall #16n02 but my truck was just out of recall range. I believe this safety recall should be extended to include 2013 trucks with the same unsafe condition. I had some drive train warranty left so repair cost me only $100.00 but recall would have extended my transmission warranty to 150,000 miles.
At least once a week the transmission behaves erratically. When acceleration from a stop all power is lost. A big wrench light comes on on the dashboard. I am forced to coast or limp out of traffic. Usually it will stop if I shut the truck off and restart it. Another problem I have experience is sudden downshifting into first gear while traveling at speeds in excess of 40 MPH. Again I need to pull over and shut the truck off and restart it to correct the problem. Another powertrain issue I have experienced, however not as dangerous. Is all of a sudden all the gages will go blank. No speedometer, tachometer, or odometer. Sometimes I'll see the big yellow wrench. Again, to fix this I need to shut the truck off and restart it. I have a 2013 ford f-150 xlt with 3.5 ecoboost approxmittly 80,000 miles. I experience at least one of these three problems at least once a week and seems to be getting worse.
Transmission would slip out of gear periodically. Dash would also reset.
My 2013 ford f-150 ecoboost gets stuck in 1st gear sometimes while trying to move from a stop. It has also skipped 1st and 2nd gear and gotten stuck in 3rd gear and barely able to move more than 5 MPH. It has happened from a dead stop as well as while driving 40 plus miles per hour. Typically pulling over and turning the truck off and back on fixes it. I am afraid it will happen again and cause an accident.
Truck suddenly drops from 6th gear to 1 st gear and barks the rear tires while traveling at 60mph also the instrument panel goes completely out except for the RPM gauge it also down shifts from 6th to 5th and then will not upshift and only down shifts to 3rd gear also it has stuck in 1st gear when taking iff from a red light. It has done everything while traveling down the highway except for the 1st gear issue that happened from a stoped position when I started to take off. Problem does happen all the time and when you pull over and place the vehicle in park and turn the engine off and restart the engine the problem goes away and then it starts it again took the truck to local dealership and was told it would cost 985.00 to fix this problem when it is the same problem that was recalled on the previous years truck same problem on the 2011 and 2012 also have read the problem is still accouring on the 2014 models as well
The truck was shifting between 5th and 6th gear sporadically while driving 65 miles per hour on the freeway. Then sudden while driving at that same speed it shifted to 1st or 2nd gear locking up the tires. This caused other vehicles to have to slam on their brakes almost causing a pile up. The truck suddenly shifted back to 6th gear and began shifting back and forth again between 5th and 6th gear until I could exit the freeway. Upon exit the vehicle shifted from 4th or 5th gear to 1st gear when exiting locking up the tires again.
When putting the truck in drive from a parked position or an idling position the transmission hard shifts to 2nd gear and then hard to 1st and then all the way to 5th. Truck has 69,750 miles. Has happened on two occasions. Fortunately not while on the highway. Have read that this is a common problem. This time is will only go from 1st to 2nd and has finally come up with the wrench service light. Ford needs to fix this known problem before someone seriously gets injured or worse.
Vehicle shifts into 1 gear while driving at high speeds. Vehicle will also remain in high gear after coming to a stop, no codes show. Problem is intermittent.
2013 f150 downshifted from 6th gear to 1st gear while traveling approximately 50 MPH. This resulted in the tires locking up as if I had slammed on the brakes. It now continues to shift erratically from 1st to 6th to 3rd. It also gets stuck in 1st gear and then will randomly shift normally and then downshift back to first gear. This has been happening frequently for some time with hard shifting but this is the first time it has dropped from 6th gear to first gear. This is definitely a safety issue and I am finding it difficult to have any nearby ford dealerships take a look at it within the next two weeks.
While accelerating at highway speeds, the throttle suddenly went dead and an orange wrench appeared on the dash. I was able to maneuver the truck to the side of the road and shut it off. When it restarted I was able to drive home. The dealer was not able to find any codes. Dealer would not repair under warranty without a code. Ford referred me back to the dealer. This is unsafe and apparently is a faulty electronic throttle body.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving approximately 75 MPH, the gear shifted from sixth to first gear without warning. The contact managed to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road and called capital ford of charlotte at 844‑242‑1515 (located at 5411 n tryon st, charlotte, nc 28213), but no one answered the phone. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 167,119.
The transmission will down shift into a 1st or 2nd gear unexpectedly. This has happened several times while moving at 40 to 50 MPH. Also the transmission will up shift and downshift randomly causing the vehicle difficult to control. When this happens the speedometer will jump around and sometimes completely shut off. When the truck is turned of then turned on again the gauges will work again.
Transmission shifted to 5th gear while pulling into an intersection vehicle lost power in the intersection air bag light and wrench symbol came on the vehicle lost power lost all displays I was almost hit by another vehicle and could have been seriously injured .I understand that previous years were recalled because of this transmission problem but no recalls on the 2013 yet please issue a recall this is very dangerous I am afraid to drive this truck. Thank you
This is the 3rd occurrence over the last month. Driving on hwy 90 at 65 miles per hour the truck suddenly downshifted into 1st gear. The rear tires locked up and smoked as I was thrown forward against my seat belt. I narrowly kept control of the vehicle. I shifted the truck into neutral and coasted onto the shoulder. I turned the truck off and restarted the engine. The truck operated normally for about 50 miles. The sudden violent downshift is extremely dangerous and frightening. Ford has recalled 2014 f150's with the same issue. Why have they not recalled the 2013's? Someone is going to get killed by this defect. This is a widely reported issue with the 2013 ford f150. Do something.
While driving 55 MPH my truck has downshifted into first gear, locking up the rear tires. This has now happened on three separate days
Transmission would shift on its own erratically. While travelling in 6th gear at 70 MPH it would downshift to 1st locking tires briefly and then back to speed after letting off the pedal. The instrument panel would go blank and the needles would stop working while still moving. It cant be duplicated and does it without warning. It had done it at various speeds once it was in 5th or 6th gear with or without the cruise control on. Several times and it would not even turn the "check engine" light on. Would have a wrench with ok button. Was getting on highway during one occasion and it lost power almost causing a merge collision due to I couldn't accelerate. I limped it off the side off road, shut it down, restarted and then was able to take off again. I just had it repaired and now seems to be working as I have tried many situations nervously awaiting it to fail if it is the fix. The lead frame in transmission was replaced. This was a recall issue for the 2011-2012 models and should be the same for 2013 or any model with this design. It causes very dangerous situations and could be fatal in certain traffic situations. I physically watched cars back off me while travelling 60 MPH and my tires must have smoke without brake lights when it shifted down and chirped the tires unexpectedly. Not happy since I only have couple months on these new tires as well. The transmission always seemed to have a hard shift point between 4,5 and 6th gear.
Sudden momentary downshift at about 50 MPH while cruising in town. The vehicle rear tires skid momentarily. The vehicle quickly recovered & drove normally. This is the second occurrence in two weeks.
Either I start from being stopped and it immediately goes to 3rd or 5th gear or it will drop to a low gear when I'm going highway speed. If I put it in park it fixes problem but is very scary when it happens, especially when going fast or starting from a stop and crossing at an intersection in traffic. This seems to happen 2-3 times a week. No code when brought to the dealer. Once a yellow wrench has game on and whole dash went blank.
An unexpected downshift to first gear causes truck to slow down without warning while in motion
Experience an intermittent loss of the transmission output. Depending on vehicle speed at the time of the downshift, an unintended downshift into first gear may occur causing the rear tires to slide or lock up until the vehicle slows. This may result in a loss of vehicle control without warning, increasing the risk of a crash. Code p0731 when the code p0731 is set in the powertrain computer, it means that the powertrain computer or PCM is seeing greater than a specified RPM difference between the rotational speed of the input RPM sensor and the transmission output RPM sensor in gear 1.code p0732 when the code p0732 is set in the powertrain computer, it means that the powertrain computer or PCM is seeing a greater than a specified RPM difference between the rotational speed of the input RPM sensor and the transmission output RPM sensor when the vehicle is in 2nd gear.code p0733 when the code p0733 is set in the powertrain computer, it means that the powertrain computer or PCM is seeing a greater than a specified RPM difference between the rotational speed of the input RPM sensor and the transmission output RPM sensor when the vehicle is in 3rd gear.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving various speeds, the transmission downshifted into second gear and the vehicle decelerated abruptly. The failure was experienced several times. The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer where a failure code for the transmission load sensor was found. The transmission load sensor was replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 120,000.
My auto transmission down shifts into first gear while driving. It locks up the wheels and is potentially very dangerous. Ford had a recall for 2011 and 2012 f-150's with this exact problem (recall #16s19), but they said it does not apply to my truck.that is wrong and it should apply to my truck because the recall identifies the exact problem. It is the "powertrain control module/transmission software update". It happens randomly and at speeds between 25 and 45 MPH.
Automatic transmission problem. Twice while traveling on the highway in 6th gear at greater than 65 MPH the vehicle shifted from 6th to 4th gear for no apparent reason which caused the tires to squeal and the entire vehicle jerk and slow significantly. No warning or error or warning lights were illuminated. Five other times while traveling at about 15 MPH the automatic transmission controls attempted to shift from 2nd gear to 5th gear which significantly bogged the vehicle down and almost stalled. Ford error code p0722, obd-ii trouble code associated with the transmission output speed sensor came in. The vehicle was serviced and it was determined the molded lead frame connector was defective and needed replaced.
When driving down the road, the truck lost speedometer reading and automatic transmission began shifting erratically. Tranmission shift lever was moved to manual with no change in behavior. This resulted in an unsafe emergency stop on the side of the road during heavy traffic conditions. Condition reset only after truck was turned off and back on. Problem repeated itself on drive to dealership. Dealership determined it was transmission lead frame and replaced it. Was informed that my truck build date was just outside of the recalled date window so I paid the $870 for the repair.
Traveling approximately 75 MPH on straight, level highway, automatic transmission was in 6th gear (highest gear), suddenly automatic transmission downshifted into much lower gear with no action taken on my part. Transmission was subsequently ruined and had to be replaced.
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