Three times in the last two months this has happened to me. While accelerating from a stop on a city street the truck will jerk forward and backward chirping the tires like it's slipping gears. While this is happening if I give it gas either it won't rev up or it will rev up but not accelerate almost like it's in neutral. Also, the speedometer drops down to zero and bounces up and down even while the truck is moving when this happens. My wife refuses to drive the vehicle until the problem is corrected and quite frankly I don't feel safe driving it either. I find it terrible that ford has not included the 2013 vehicles into the recall of the earlier models suffering from the same defects.
2013 Ford F-150 transmission complaints
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Vehicle was stopped in the left turn lane. When the green arrow appeared, pressure was applied to the accelerator. The vehicle began to move at a rate that was not normal for what the tachometer was reading. The vehicle then jolted suddenly as if the 1st gear had engaged. This was shortly followed by the vehicle losing road speed. It seemed that 5th gear had been engaged. The seatbelt caution and wrench symbol came on. The speedometer dropped to 0. I was able to move the vehicle out of traffic lanes, but it was slow because the transmission was not in first gear. Putting the vehicle into neutral and back to drive did not fix the problem. Once stopped, I shutdown the vehicle and waited 30 seconds before restarting the vehicle. This seemed to fix the issue. The check engine light will not go on for this failure. I have contacted ford dealerships who are unable to diagnose the issue unless there is an associated check engine light and code that can be retrieved from the onboard computer. This is a safety issue because a powertrain failure while in traffic can lead to a vehicle being unable to clear an intersection if there's oncoming cross traffic. I request that the federal safety agency investigate f150 model year 2013 for this issue with the erratic shifting in the automatic transmission at low speeds.
While traveling in 4th gear, the vehicle suddenly went into 1st gear. It would not go out of 1st gear until I shut it off and restarted. Happened again before I got it home. Dealer replaced the lead frame harness, cost $1025.00. This could have resulted in a serious accident. Vehicle had 60844 miles on odometer.
While driving my truck's speedometer will shut down, as well as the other instrument cluster, except my tach. It will then go into "limp mode" until I'm able to get to the side of the road and recycle the engine. The code the computer is showing indicates an output power speed sensor. This would also indicate a relationship with the leadframe. I was wondering why there is no recall on 2013 f150 while sharing the same 6r80 transmission and causing the same problems?
At highway speed transmission will downshift to 1st gear locking rear tires. Engine rpms hit 5000 to 6000 revs. Speedo will stop working. Have to pull off the road and restart the truck which resets everything till it happens again. At times during intown driving transmission shifts erratically.
Normal driving about 40 MPH, then sudden down shift. Speedo to 0 while tach revs and all other gauges quit. I see a recall on 2012 raptors involving lead frame replacement and PCM reset. Mine has the same tranny as recalled. Happened yesterday once while I drove and 4 times today while wife drove. She was almost rear-ended.
2013 ford f-150 traveling 65mph all of a sudden will down shift to first gear causeing the vehicle to almost instantly stop in traffic! Ford had a recall on this issue but will not assist with fix since my vehicle is not under the recall! Told me to go to dealer to get a $120 diagnostic, but once it happens the codes clear 60 seconds after and can not be found at dealership. So ford basically told me to keep driving it till it happens again and hope I'm near a dealership
While traveling at 55 MPH the truck shifted from 6 to 3rd gear locking up the rear end. I was able to pull over and noticed the speedometer was not operating. I turned the vehicle off and functionality returned.
My 2013 ford f-150 fx4 3.5l v6 automatic transmission is jumping, gets stuck in the first gear or sometimes 5th gear. Have to put the vehicle in park and then sometimes shut it off and turn it back on. Driving at 30 miles an hour at times it would jump and buck hard. Took it to the dealer. They had it for about a week and were unable to duplicate the problem. This issue is very irritating and it feels very dangerous to me. Trying to pull out into traffic and then the transmission starts to jump around or is stuck in 5th and you cant get moving is dangerous. The dealer would not offer a repair because they could not duplicate the problem while they had it. But of course it happened on the way home after I picked it up. It is random, but happens every few days.
Getting off the highway the truck would no slow down. It would not shift to 2nd or 1st gear. Hard uncontrolled stop. When tried to start moving again truck lunged forward and started from 5th gear. Drove directly to the ford dealer as this was a safety concern. It switched gears randomly the entire way to the ford dealer from the highway. 2013 47k miles
For the past 6 months I have had the same issues that others have described. There are several issues happening. 1. When coming to a stop then accelerating, most frequently after getting off highway/interstate the trucks rpms will rev up to 4000, but the truck will never shift out of 1st gear. I have to come to a complete stop and/or restart the truck before it will operate normally. 2. Again stop from off highway/interstate when accelerating the truck will slowly move and it will still be in 4th gear which will eventually get up to speed and start to act normal. 3. When driving down the road at 30-50mph the truck will shift down to 1st gear from 6/5th gear casing the rear tires to lock and skid slowing the truck down quickly. I was just able to get off the road in time to not cause an accident. 4. When driving down the road the truck will jerk like it down shifted and shows the wrench icon and then the speedometer drops to 0mph while still traveling down the road. The tachometer still works, but that is about it. I have to restart the truck before it will start working again. Had mechanic check for codes, but there was none. This behavior is very erratic and a significant safety hazard, I worry for my safety. There should be a recall for this issue.
I am having the issues described in rq17010. Somewhat frequently when slowing down to a stop or driving at slow speeds (I.e. In parking lots) I will experience a harsh downshift in to 1st gear which will cause the rear end to slide if it's slippery out.
My truck has 58,000 miles on it. About 6 months ago it periodically began having issues losing power and shifting erratically. Initially, I pulled over and cut the truck off and restarted it. This solved the problem temporarily. Recently it began to do it more and more frequently. I took it to my local mechanic and he ran a diagnostic on it. It came back as a problem with the "lead frame module" in the transmission. He also said I missed out on a recall of this problem by 2 months. (the recall on this issue was through april of 2013 and my truck was manufactured in june of 2013.) he suggested I take it to my local ford dealer in parsons tn. I did this and once again had the same problem diagnosed for another $90 fee. I was quoted approximately $600 to have this problem corrected. I made the earliest appointment they had to have this repaired, which was a week later. My appointment would have been today, 8/23/2018, but they called me yesterday saying they wouldn't be able to get me in until next week. I went ahead and rescheduled and continued to drive my truck. Today I was driving it and without warning, it suddenly downshifted and my rear wheels locked up. I luckily didn't wreck but came very close. I came home and began researching the lead frame issue and saw many people had this same thing happen. I was never told by the dealership my truck wasn't safe to drive and this might happen. I really like my truck but now I am very disappointed with ford in general. I searched extensively to find a truck with no mechanical issues and now find out that not only do I have a " major" issue, but it missed out on a being corrected for free by 2 months. If I am going to have to pay to have a problem fixed that is an admitted defect, I will never again own another ford!
Truck is down shifting when on highway, at times will not accelerate, loses speedometer indictation, has a output speed sensor code. When accelerating truck from stand still have to turn engine off sometimes multiple times to get transmission to engage
For awhile now I've been hearing a loud rattling noise when I start my truck in the morning.. Never payed it much mind until recently, I started to investigate it online and found out that it appears to be a common problem with theses trucks. It's the timming chain stretch.. Took it to my mechanic he also verified that's what it is he said he seen this a lot with the other fords. Then I took it to the ford dealer and they said they are not going to fix it because it's out of warranty, the truck has 65000 miles, this problem has been going on for awhile now, and from what I'm reading online it appears to be a common issue.. Was wondering why ford will not honor this issue and repair the problem?
Shifting into first while on interstate. Locking up rear tires
Driving vehicle several times at 45 to 70 MPH transmission shifts into 1st gear locking up rear tires. Nearly rear ended on highway. This has happened 4 times in last 3 weeks no trouble code came up in vehicle. I am concerned for the safety of my family and I in this vehicle. This has happened both on the highway and city streets.
When driving 45 MPH or more the transmission will sometimes stall or downshift and slow down vehicle. The vehicle jerks and hesitates.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving at 35 MPH without warning, the vehicle downshifted from 5th gear down to 1st gear. The vehicle was taken to tom's ford located at 200 nj-35, keyport, nj 07735, (732) 264-1600, to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the ECM/TCM/PCM needed to be reset. The reset was performed and the vehicle functioned properly. The manufacturer was not contacted or notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 136,000.
Sometimes vehicle will start or get stuck in 5th gear either from the start or during deceleration. Engine revs, but forward motion compromised. Intermittent sudden downshifting at highway speeds. Gear indicator and tramsmission position will drop to 1st. This causes the rear wheels to lock up at highway speed and put the vehicle into a spin. Paid ford dealership to complete tsb lead frame repair in april 2018. Problem has gotten worse. Opencase with ford fleet service 15493350-j0v7c7
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 f-150. While driving 35 MPH in third gear, the vehicle gear unexpectedly shifted to fifth gear and then to first gear with the power train warning indicator illuminated. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and turned the vehicle off. Once the vehicle was restarted, it operated normally. The contact also mentioned that the failure occurred periodically. The vehicle was taken to tom's ford (200 nj-35, keyport, nj 07735, (732) 264-1600), but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 55 MPH, the engine downshifted into first gear and the yellow wrench maintenance icon illuminated. Rountree ford (8770 business park dr., shreveport, la 71105, (318) 798-3673) diagnosed that the lead frame needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 86,398.
I was driving highway speed and my transmission shifted from 6th gear to 3rd without warning causing my rear tires to lock up and skid. This has happened 3 different times in the last week. I have the truck at the ford dealer now waiting for them to call me back. I know my model year is not involved with the national recall but I fell like it is the same problem. As described in the 2011-2012 recall.
Experiencing transmission shifting issues from start and while driving. Shifts into different gears randomly. Wrench light comes on, lose all dash info, speedometer drops to zero. After reading code p0720 with scanner appears to be leadframe issue as recall for 2011, 2012 f150. My truck is 2013 but there is no recall issued for my truck.
Truck suddenly downshifts from 6th gear to 1st gear while driving 65mph. Speedometer goes to zero then bounces erratically.
Sometimes vehicle will start or get stuck in 5th either from the start or during deceleration. Engine revs, but forward motion compromised. More concerning is the intermittent downshifting at highway speeds. Speedometer has failed and turns off, reads 0 rmp. Gear indicator and tramsmission position will drop to 1st, go back to 5th, and waver anywhere in between. This has even locked up my rear wheels at 70mph. Pretty scary! This has happened a handful of times now. Thankfully, I have been able to shift to neutral, get to the shoulder, kill the engine, restart and go. I wrote this today b/c I got a wrench light finally, so hopefully they can diagnose this intermittent issue.
Vehicle experiences hard downshift from higher to lower gears while driving at highway speeds on interstate highway, causing rear wheels to skid and vehicle to jerk. Vehicle looses power with RPM indicator on dash showing engine revving at or above 1,500 to 2,500 rpms while driving on local roads and streets. When starting from a stopped position the engine rpms will climb to 1,500 to 2,000 and the vehicle will no move. The wrench indicator has come on 3 times but goes off if vehicle is shut off and restarted. Additionally, the vehicle electronic control system does not store any codes to indicate the vehicle has experienced any problems. Have taken vehicle to local ford dealer on 4 occasions only to be informed that no codes were present and vehicle did not act up while in their possession. Also informed by dealer that unless code is displayed during diagnostic test ford motor will not pay for repairs unless code is displayed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 15 MPH, the transmission failed and the vehicle downshifted into first gear. On another occasion, the contact stated that the vehicle was completely out of gear. Also, the rpms increased when the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle would not accelerate. A dealer was not made aware of the failures. The manufacturer notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 140,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving 55 MPH, the vehicle would downshift into a lower gear and slow down. The rpms increased and the contact was concerned that the engine would blow a rod. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (watertown ford chrysler, 1600 9th avenue se, watertown, sd 57201, (605) 886-5844) who offered to repair the vehicle at the contact's expense. The repairs were not completed and the cause of the failure was not disclosed. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the vehicle was not covered by any recall. The failure mileage and VIN were not available. **tr
Vehicle was in motion on the highway traveling at 65-70 MPH. Speedometer stops functioning and indicates 0 MPH. Odometer indicates a series of dashes "-------". The transmission speed remains at constant RPM regardless of pressure applied to throttle. Indicator for powertrain malfunction/reduced power/electronic throttle control momentarily appears. Driver applies pressure to throttle and hears the engine response, but there's no apparent response in the drivetrain. Drive coasts off highway and shifts from neutral back into drive. Is able to get back into a gear. Turning the vehicle off and restarting seems to correct the issue temporarily.
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