Ford f-150 2014 had an electrical issue that caused it to go up in flames as I was driving it down the highway at about 60 miles an hour. I first smelled a burning odor, then I looked in my review mirror and saw smoke, then I started seeing flames in the back passenger corner of my back seats. By this time the truck was very smoky but I was able to safely pull aside to the shoulder of the highway. I made an attempt to open my driver's door, but it wouldn't open and I then broke the glass to open the door from inside out. As I exited my vehicle and walked around the back of the truck I grabbed a towel out the bed of the truck and got on the ground to try and stop the flames at that time I could see a wire burning between the bed and the passenger cab of the truck as it made loud popping noises, then the truck just burst into flames. I called 911 and they called the fire department , they came out on the scene and put the fire out.
2014 Ford F-150 electrical complaints
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Rear drivers side panel wwindshield shattered . Turned on rear windshield defroster and after a minute or so heard a large bang. Was driving to work. Straight. Temp wa in the low twenties. Got snow and ice in lake county illinois.
Truck was parked in driveway. Remote started, sat for 5 minutes in driveway. Entered truck and heard a pop. Looked in rear view mirror and noticed drivers side pane of rear power sliding window had shattered, apparently the rear window defroster over heats the glass and causes it to explode. Having dome some research this has been happening to many f-150 owners from 2010 right up to 2015. Ford refuses to replace glass. Ha there been a child in a rear facing car seat in the vehicle it could have caused injury from the shards of glass. This is a wide spred problem from what my research shows.I implore the federal safety agency to issue a recall on the defroster and have ford motor company absorb the cost of repair and replacement of windows affected by defective defrosters. Vehicle has 30k miles on it, not accidents, no negligence by owner
Driver side HVAC blend door failure seems to be defective based on number of failures. Blows only hot air (full heat).
While driving down the interstate at 70 MPH. Truck died completely, dash flashed "put into park" my 15 year old son was driving and has sence to put it in neutral instead. He manuvered to the shoulder from the inside lane. The truck interior lights come on, but nothing else. No power to anything when key is inserted. We are lucky we weren't killled. This happened last saturday january, 27 2018. Road conditions were dry and it was around 50 degrees. 65,000 miles on truck. 2014 f150 eco- boost 3.5
Used remote start this morning to warm up the truck, when I went to leave the rear drivers side window was shattered due to something with the rear defrost.
My rear defrost caused my window to shatter then it started melting the plastic around the window. Smoking and burning. I had just left my home it was 40 degrees in south carolina had the front and rear defrost on. At a stop light I heard it pop and smoke was pouring around the rear window. It continued to smoke and burn even after I turned the defrost and the comfort system off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the instrumental panel lights would fail. The contact stated that the failure would occur intermittently without warning. The vehicle was taken to george coleman ford dealer located at 47 plaza dr, travelers rest, sc 29690 where the failure could not be duplicated or diagnosed. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer several times for the failure and left over night for test drives. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000.
This is an intermittent problem. The right rear door will not unlock or open from the inside or outside. Does not matter if the engine is on, the vehicle is moving or stopped. I feel this is a safety issue as the passenger on this side can not escape in an emergency.
The rear defroster shattered the rear window.
Emeerency brake system failure. Emergency brake will not release. Emergency brake light comes on when vehicle shifted from park to drive. Emergency brake light alarms and displays randomly while driving down road. Emergency brake system alarm will not release after multiple pull attempts.
The automatic locks on the doors stopped working on the vehicle. We took the vehicle to a local dealer and were told that the problem was electrical and could eventually impact all electrical functions in the vehicle. They said there was a short on one of the doors - they replaced the bcm and driver rear door latch which cost $900. As the vehicle was not even 2 years old, we could not understand how this could have happened and it was not covered under a warranty. Recently, we read of a recall on 2015-2017 ford f-150 trucks related to potential door problems ('frozen door latch or bent or kinked actuation cable') and were wondering if this was the same problem we experienced with our 2014 model.
The rear door locks, lock sometime and don't others. It now is starting not to unlock as well. It is both of the rear doors. When people try to get out they have to roll down the window and open from outside. Let's pray that there is not an emergecy and my kids have to get and the window want come down.
Rear window shattered after turning on rear defrost. Vehicle was stationary in my driveway at the time.
Main wire harness is routed outside.of the frame rails. Mud is pulling the wire harness off of the vehicle.
Remoted started my f150 as I normally would in the morning. Entered the vehicle to hear cracking, looking in my rear view and noticed the rear window shattered. Smoke was coming from the lower corner. Enter the truck bed to get a better look and the rubber in the lower corner was burning and melting. Shut truck off. It appears the rear defroster malfunctioned and could have caused a fire. The truck is at the dealership now. No recall and they did not take the issue very seriously.
The rear window defrost stopped working. 3 ford dealerships indicated this is widespread with this vehicle. With snow sticking to the window, visibility for reversing to avoid other vehicles, obstacles and pedestrians is greatly reduced. A vehicle this large, even with rear camera and mirrors should have the best visibility possible.
Rear defrost stopped working just after 36000 mile warranty expired,defrost button does not light up. Im am an asc certified tech, checked all the fuses and relays, the defrost grid has power to the right side of the three panel rear window only, power to left isnt there, ive seen alot of people complaining about there right rear glass shattering out of nowhere after using rear defrost. Possibly same issue?,doenst matter if vehicle is being driven or not.
Uncommanded blower motor speed change or recirculation door movemant.
Driving down road and lost power steering. Took all my strength to steer truck. Pulled over and discovered also lost turn signal, headlights didn't work. Two messages came up, check traction control and low battery power save mode. Might of been other things not working but didn't check for anything else. Drove it to ford dealer. Again took all my strength to turn steering wheel. Was driving down straight road about 20 MPH. Very lucky didn't happen on corner or when wife driving it.
After turning on the rear defroster for about 2-3 minutes the right rear window shattered. (if looking from behind its the far right out of the 3 part window. ) iturned it on and drove on a straight road for 1/4 to 1/2 mile at aprox 35 MPH. We heard a loud pop/bang and looked around and found the shattered window. No puncture mark or hole from any object hitting it. Apparently this is a common problem according to reviews and news articles as there is a defect in the defroster over heating. Luckily it stayed in the window so we do not have glass every where but it could fly out every where at any second. This is extremely dangerous, especially if you have a child in the back.
Rear defroster worked sometimes and sometimes not now it stopped completely afraid it will start on its own and shatter my window I have my two grandkids in the back every day afraid they will be harmed if it shatters or catch on fire due to the short why no recalls to fix the problem.
After having my truck fail to start several times I discovered it was a "fuse 27" issue with the truck. This issue is so prevalent that the ford dealer knew the issue by name as soon as I described it. The fuse, located in slot 27 of the main fuse panel was severely burned and charred from an overload issue that causes the fuse to burn in its socket instead of tripping like a fuse is designed. After researching the issue, I discovered this is a known issue to ford (tsb 15-0137) and hundreds, possibly thousands of ford f-150 vehicles are affected with this issue. This issue is a potential fire hazard to the vehicle, or could cause loss of power at highway speeds. Ford is choosing to release a tsb and a repair kit, and charge customers to fix their faulty wiring in their new vehicles instead of a recall or warranty coverage of a known issue they are not fixing. This is dangerous and irresponsible on ford's part.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford f-150. While driving various speeds, the instrument panel gauges and signal lights failed to work. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 27,000.
Have lost power steering, brakes, and engine twice at different inclines, low/moderate speeds and while or after turning right. Both caused by a blown fuse (once fuse27, then after repair fuse70). During the second occasion this almost caused a serious and significant accident. Clearly there is an electrical issue as it happened a second time after repair by the dealership. Loss of power is sudden and in my case the vehicle would not restart because the fuse was blown.
On february 20, 2016 I purchased a ford f150 lariat edition from an individual. The vehicle was coming off a lease. I drove the truck to my home and parked it in my driveway until I received the title on march 8. On march 9 I drove it and noticed an odd smell but thought it may have been in the air conditioner. On march 10 I as I was driving, I noticed that same smell but also saw smoke. I pulled over to the side of the road. I looked under the dashboard but did not see or smell where the smoke was coming from. As the smoke was still being produced, I called 911 and started to take my personal items out of the cab. On one of the trips to remove items from the console, a burning piece of the headliner fell on my left hand. At that point the 911 operator told me to move away from the vehicle. By the time the fire department arrived the truck was fully on fire.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford f-150. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the advance tracking warning light illuminated and the signal lights failed. The failure recurred three times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering motor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 3,000.
Went to pick up my child at school truck ran fine came out will not start wait 30 min.it started drove home.went to start truck will not..get message from truck will not start.
Driving at 30 MPH and suddenly an orange wrench shows on the instrument panel. The vehicle is unresponsive and shuts down into a safe mode where I have no power to the gas pedal but it steers and drives very slowly. It has happened 2 times since owning the vehicle for only 7 months, it's a scary position to be in when you're in the flow of traffic and suddenly aren't. I've read on line reports of this incident on several ford products. I took it to the shop for service and they have no reason it's happening they indicated that since it's an intermittent problem there is nothing they can do to solve it.......nonsense.
Vehicle was stopped at a red light with the operator's foot on the bake, vehicle began to accelerate unintentionally, operator was unable to stop and avoid collision of car in front of truck until the vehicle was placed in park. This prevented a collision from occurring. Incident occurred a second time on 1/22/2015 when vehicle was stopped at intersection. Truck narrowly missed oncoming traffic before transmission was forced by operator into "park". Continuing to apply pressure on the brakes and pumping the brakes were not successful in stopping the acceleration of the vehicle.
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