During normal highway driving, the vehicle abruptly went into "limp mode" with a complete loss of throttle control. The engine remained running, but I was unable to increase the speed of the vehicle. Once stopped, the vehicle showed several alerts on the dashboard: "Service Advancetrac," "Hill Assist Not Available," and "See Owners Manual." I was able to scan for fault codes and returned DTC P2112: Throttle Actuator Control System Stuck Closed. Upon further research, there is a Ford Technical Service Bulletin # TSB 16-0193 which states the vehicle may exhibit an intermittent loss of power and/or an illuminated powertrain malfunction (wrench) lamp with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P2111, P2112 and/or P2119 stored in powertrain control module (PCM) memory." After restarting the vehicle, it returned to normal operation with the dashboard errors remaining. A Ford dealer is scheduled to look at the vehicle. I have been told they expect to diagnose and replace a faulty Electronic Throttle Body. Losing complete throttle control while driving on a busy highway is dangerous for many obvious reasons.
2015 Ford F-150 acceleration complaints
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The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated he was able to restart the vehicle but continued to experience the failure while driving to the residence. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the throttle body to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but experienced the same failure in April 2020. The contact took the vehicle to back the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the throttle body to be replaced a second time. The vehicle was repaired but experienced the same failure in July 2023. The contact took the vehicle to back the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the throttle body to be replaced a third time. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.
No lights previous to incident. Sudden engine & speed malfunction . Yes, it happened multiple times heading to the ford dealer-2 mi away. We kept the hazard lights on. Sudden loss of power while driving, engine goes into limp mode, down hill assist light and altrack light comes on. Truck restarts but again limps unexpectedly. Took it to dealer -it was the throttle body that had been replaced 3 1/2 years ago by dealer.
accelator stuck to the floor a couple of times when gassing it to pass other cars on the roads. The pedal would actually will stay pressed down even when my foot is off the pedal, it will speed the truck up even when pressing down hard on the brakes. when i got it to stop and cut the truck off while in park and turning the key the rpms were going absouletely nuts. looking to see if this is a common occurance. thanks in advance!
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at low speeds and attempting to park the vehicle, the vehicle inadvertently went into reverse, then accelerated forward. The vehicle failed to stop and jumped the curb and abruptly stopped. There was an abnormal clacking noise detected. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was restarted and drove as designed. The contact called the local dealer who informed him to schedule an appointment. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 153,000.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while the vehicle was idling in the McDonald’s drive-thru pickup line, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and drove over the curb causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and almost crashed into a wall. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 133,751.
While driving at posted speeds on open highway and in congested work zones, this F-150 experienced an Electronic Throttle Body failure 5 times between Rochester Hills, MI and Granger, IN on 9/13/2022. It happened again on 9/14/2022 in city two way traffic with no shoulder. In each incident, the vehicle went into limp mode with rough idle and had to be completely stopped, turned off and restarted in high traffic, hazardous stopping locations. This happened once before in the mountains in Utah, in a construction zone back on 5/02/2021. At that time, the check engine light did not stay on and Ford was unable to find a code. It did not happen again until 9/13/2022. These incidents put me and my family in danger with each episode. Ford is fully aware of this issue, has in the past and should notify owners of the potential issue and continue to make repairs available as a recall or extended warranty service issue.
I was driving down the road like I always do, the cruise control just shut off. I tried to re-engage it and it would not respond, about 15 minutes later I engaged the cruise control successfully. This has happened numerous times over the last three weeks and now in order to engage the cruise control, I lift with my fingertips, the top left and the bottom left of the button and then it will engage. One occasion, the dash lights in trip 1 mode flashed. Then the control began working again.
On 2-24-2021 these two things had never happened before 1. I noticed when arrived to work the p for the gear selector stayed illuminated after vehicle is shut off. A co-worker pointed this out also this had never happened before 2. While in a parking space on side of cvs drug store no other cars near after starting the vehicle and putting into reverse the vehicle accelerated on its own while applying brake didn't stop hit a cement pole barrier, truck kept trying to jerk backwards after 2-3 seconds it stopped shifted vehicle from reverse to drive to move back into parking space vehicle accelerated on its own; quickly shifted from drive to park vehicle continue to move forward while brake pedal applied and hit a tree and truck turned off if not for tree would have went down embankment on to a freeway
While in motion and on the freeway there is power loss, shaking, engine sputtering and barely has enough power to get off the road, hill start assist disabled, decent control disabled, service wrench indicator, service advance trac. I powered off the truck, waiting 10 seconds and it starts and runs fine until it does it again.
While on open freeway with adaptive cruise set at 70mph passed a semi truck the brakes were applied violently. This occured 3 separate times.
Truck fault code flashes and truck shuts down into safe mode. Three times it occurred while driving on freeway at 70 MPH and the fourth time it happened in an a side road doing 35 MPH. Every time the same thing happened, the truck shut down in safe mode showing fault codes. I would stop, it would idle very rough, I was not able to move it as it would not rev or let me increase RPM. I would have to shut off truck, turn it back on, it would reset and drive like normal. Took to courtesy ford four times to diagnose and they could not find anything, I bought a code ready and the truck went into fault code and safety mode again, the code read p2112. Ford found tsb 16-0139 applied and replaced throttle body and charged me $496.95 for repair. 2015 ford f150 with 58k miles.
I was driving my 2015 f-150 on a city street at 35 MPH when suddenly my truck lost all acceleration power and began to shake violently. The engine continued to shake and sputter as I brought the vehicle to a stop. The service engine light came on along with two codes to 'service advancetrac' and 'hill decent control fault'. I turned the vehicle off, then restarted. It seemed to take longer to crank, but it started and I proceeded down the road. Each time the vehicle would reach 35 MPH the same sequence would occur with the vehicle shaking violently and losing all acceleration power along with the service codes flashing. I researched my problem and read story after story on the internet of others who owned 2015 f-150's with the same exact issue happening. I even found a recall ford issued: 16b32 for a defective throttle body, but was told at my local ford service center that although the identical thing happened with others, my truck was not listed under that recall. I had to pay $500 out of pocket for them to replace my defective throttle body plus labor costs. This seems to be a common issue with these 2015 trucks. I would like to see something done to include more trucks like mine with similar issues into that recall. I should not have been responsible for paying almost $500 to get this problem fixed. I'm just glad I wasn't on the highway or pulling my camper trailer. It's just a matter of time before someone is killed or badly injured because of this problem! Please do something about it before this happens!
On adaptive cruise control, since new, the vehicle brakes are applied when passing an 18 wheel truck/trailer (sometimes) causing a rapid 15-20 MPH hard braking decrease in speed jolting and scaring the occupants of the ford. Nearly rear ended several times. Have contacted ford but they did not care nor were they concerned that this is a safety issue. Very dangerous going from 65 to 45 while passing another vehicle and cars are behind me. This is a random occurrence making it even more scary. This has happened too many times to count since 2015 and I am afraid to use the adaptive cruise control for fear of being hit from behind on the highway.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH with the cruise control activated, the steering wheel seized without warning. The contact attempted to depress the brake pedal however, the vehicle was difficult to stop. The contact stated after driving over a bump in the road, the contact was able to turn the steering wheel and depress the brake pedal to stop the vehicle on the side of the road. The contact stated the air bag warning light was illuminated. The contact continued driving to his destination. After driving 30 miles, the air bag warning light turned off independently. The contact stated while exiting the vehicle he started to smell electrical fumes. The vehicle was taken to joe hall ford located at 1617 21st st, lewiston, id 83501, (208) 746-2391, and the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 20v332000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The manufacturer had been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 42,000.
While driving on highway at 55 MPH (6th gear), vehicle suddenly downshifted to 1st gear. The engine's rpms revved as the vehicle began to decelerate hard, resulting in the passengers experiencing a sudden jerk of their neck and body. The accelerator pedal had no response. After approximately 5 seconds I regained response from the accelerator and the vehicle began to upshift. A few moments later, the whole experience repeated with the vehicle downshifting to 1st. This repeated a third time. The incident caused several near-misses as we lost power at highway speed and began a rapid deceleration without notice.
Tl* the contact's husband owned a 2015 ford f-150. The contact stated that her husband had exited her vehicle to park his ford f-150 into their driveway. Upon start of the vehicle, the contact's husband lost complete control of the vehicle and clipped the side of her vehicle and crashed into a retainer wall. The contact's husband stated that the vehicle independently took off as the brakes failed to operate while being depressed. The contact was unaware if any warning lights illuminated prior to the failure. The air bags failed to deploy upon impact. Upon exiting the vehicle, the contact's husband was covered in blood and the contact had a knot on the back of her head while in her vehicle. The contact immediately cleaned off her husband for cuts on both his legs and arms. The contact's husband was later treated at a hospital for a broken back and ribs. A police report was filed as a result of the accident. The vehicle was towed to fiesta ford, inc.(78990 varner rd, indio, ca 92203) where the vehicle was deemed totaled. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and they offered no assistance with the failure. Upon investigation, the contact linked the failure to the federal safety agency campaign number: 20v332000(service brakes, hydraulic); however, the vehicle was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000. *dt
Less than 5 years old and only 82,000 miles on my 2015 f150, the vehicle is inoperable because of an electrical issue between the gas pedal and throttle body. This has left me stranded on the side of the road with my 6 week old baby in the back seat. Doing research, it appears to be a known issue with 2015 f150s and is causing major safety concerns, but yet no recall. When driving, the vehicle suddenly loses power and slows to a complete stop on the road. Warning lights illuminate the dash and vehicle is inoperable, leaving us on the side of the road.
While driving my 2015 ford f150 on a city street at 45 miles per hour the vehicle lost acceleration, rmp dropped to barely 2 and hill assist disabled light came on. Glided to a red light, put the vehicle in neutral, came to a stop and kept the gas lightly pressed hoping to keep power to the engine. When lighted turned green put truck back into drive and acceleration returned. Parked at my place of business. Shut the truck off but the brake lights stayed on. Had the vehicle towed to the dealership because of concern to drive it after losing acceleration (tow truck driver call the vehicle in limp mode). The dealership found not fault codes but did find plastic pieces on the floor board. Dealership said it was a "broken brake pedal" - a small plastic disc (grommet) inside the brake assembly broke into pieces causing loss f acceleration, the electronic messaging system to disable hill assist and the brake lights to remain on. Dealership said they have seen this in ford fusions but not in an f150. The new brake assembly is a total redesign from the the one that the vehicle was built with. The image on the left is the broken brake assemble (the finger is pointing to the damaged item), the part on the right where you will see the small white disc (grommet) is the replacement brake assembly. I purchased the vehicle new in 2015 and have been the only owner. My vehicle has 54k miles, is driven locally, not used to tow or off road and is garaged when not in use. A vehicle loosing acceleration while driving is a major safely concern and I hope this will be investigated as it is a known issue in other ford vehicles.
On july 24, 2020 while driving on interstate 291 driving 45-50mph with heavy traffic, with absolutely no warning there was a loud explosion. I thought I was rear ended. Simultaneously the rear tires locked up while approaching a work zone. I skidded uncontrollably for approximately 100 feet. Ultimately came to rest on the shoulder. As my family and I exited the vehicle there was heavy smoke coming from the rear and underside of the vehicle. We thought the vehicle was on fire. The state police arrived on the scene within 5 minutes upon us exiting the vehicle. The transmission wouldn't go into gear so the vehicle had to be flat bedded to the nearest dealership, marcotte ford, holyoke ma. Was told by the dealership the rear end failed and locked up. Upon their test drive I was told there was a total failure with the transmission. They said they had to wait for a decision from ford to either rebuild or replace the transmission. August 19, 2020 I was notified that the transmission was rebuilt and that I could pick up the vehicle. I did not receive any prior phone calls from them to inform me of what was going to be done to correct the situation. .
This vehicle experiences exactly the same characteristics as the following the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v614000 yet is not subject to the recall. The vehicle has acted in this way at least 10 times, the most recent on june 24, 2020. The vehicle may fall just outside the previously determined manufacture date window that determined the recall pool. Ford will not perform the software update to solve this problem as the vehicle is not subject to the recall. Please reconsider the vehicles included in this recall as mine may have been missed in error. September 30, 2015 the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v614000 unexpected braking using adaptive cruise control a vehicle that unexpectedly brakes increases the risk of a crash. The federal safety agency campaign number: 15v614000 manufacturer ford motor company components forward collision avoidance potential number of units affected 33,481 summary ford motor company (ford) is recalling certain model year 2015 ford f-150 trucks manufactured march 18, 2014, to august 6, 2015 and equipped with adaptive cruise control (acc). While using the adaptive cruise control, the vehicle may falsely detect an obstacle in its path and may unexpectedly apply the brakes. Remedy ford will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the cruise control module with updated acc radar software, free of charge. The recall began on october 25, 2015. Owners may contact ford customer service at 1‑866‑436‑7332. Ford's number for this recall is 15s29. Notes owners may also contact the federal safety agency vehicle safety hotline at 1‑888‑327‑4236 (tty 1‑800‑424‑9153), or go to 1 affected product vehicle makemodelyear fordf-1502015
I own a 2015 ford f150. I was driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle abruptly decelerated. The wrench and limp mode warning lights illuminated while the failure code p2112 occurred. I had to coast my vehicle on to the road shoulder and restart the engine. I had to stop and restart numerous times before I could make it home, off of a busy highway. When it stalled on me the next day, I had the vehicle towed to the dealer and paid for a diagnostic that located a failure code at the throttle body.
Cruise control shuts off during operation. Intermittently will not turn on. Analog speedometer will indicate speeds in excess of 40mph slower than real speed. Stuck at 40mph when comes to complete stop.
While trying to pass a dump truck on the interstate with adaptive cruise on, vehicle slammed on the brakes, and causing the vehicle behind me to slam on theirs to avoid hitting me.. I noticed that there had been a recall for this before in 2015, but I never received any notice of this.. It is a very serious road hazard!!
Vehicle accelerated of its own accord driving straight on highway. Took to dealer (village ford, ocala, fl), they ran black box and did warranty work. A few weeks later, vehicle accelerated again of its own accord while attempting to slow down to make a left turn. Vehicle collided into a tree.
Driving down the road today being mindful of the speed limit since I just got a speeding ticket two weeks prior. I looked at the speedometer and it read 62. I know the difference I speed variation just from driver feeling and experience. Well I applied the brakes and the speedometer did not move. When I reached my destination I put the car in park and noticed my speedometer was frozen at 40 MPH. So now according to the trucks brain 40 MPH = 0 MPH
While accelerating the vehicle to get to 55 MPH the engine suddenly lost throttle response and began to run rough. Simultaneously the dash flashed that uphill assist was deactivated and flashed the maintenance wrench. Upon pulling the vehicle over and shutting it off and restarting it the vehicle ran normally. The frequency of this increased from once every couple of weeks to now up to 5 times in 10 miles. When it causes an obd code it is p2112. It occurs most frequently while accelerating to highway speeds but has also occurred while at highway speed and accelerating to village speeds of 30 MPH. It has even occurred once while using cruise control as the vehicle was climbing a hill. At this time it is unknown what is causing the fault. An attempt has been made to clean the throttle body and the problem persists. A new throttle body is on order but has to be installed yet to see if it corrects the issue.
I picked up my 2015 ford f150 on thursday of last week because the master cylinder was leaking and caused my wife to lose her brakes while driving on the highway. I drove my truck to our family reunion about an hour and half away on saturday which was 2 days after I had picked my truck up and the cruise control would not shut off by taping the brake. My wife and I were traveling on a highway and I was in the slow lane with the cruise set at 72mph. I was approaching the vehicle in front of me, so I looked in my left mirror and noticed a car coming up beside me. I was unable to pass, so I touched the brakes to disengage the cruise control and I looked back in my mirror again to see if the car beside me was going to pass me soon. My wife then said what are you doing? I told her I am going to pass this car in front of us after the car beside me passed us. She then said well you better slow down because you are about to hit the car in front of us. Here my cruise control never disengaged so I touched the brakes 2 more times and nothing happened. I finally had to slam on the breaks and it finally disengaged. I had almost rear ended the car in front of us. I then got into the fast lane and placed the cruise control on again and found out that I was unable to disengage the cruise control by tapping the brakes like you should. I had to push the brake pedal 2/3 of the way to the floor which at this point you are stopping on the highway. This is the third safety issue in less than 1 year that almost caused an accident and that it has been towed to ford. My truck is currently at ford. Dec 2018 throttle body went bad and shut off with my wife driving my truck, sept 2019 master cylinder went bad and caused my wife to lose the brakes while on the highway, and sept 2019 cruise control not working properly almost causing an accident.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. While attempting to stop the vehicle, the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard when it was depressed. The failure caused the contact's foot to depress the accelerator pedal simultaneously. The contact stated that the failure occurred many times and it was difficult to depress the brake pedal without also depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact drove to germain ford (2356 heller dr, beavercreek, oh 45434, (937) 429-1300) where it was determined that the issue was normal. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was 50,200. The VIN was unknown.
Alert - alert I wrote before about trouble with the 2015 ford f150 stalling out while driving. I mechanic took ours out for a test drive and it did the same for him on the interstate. Please have someone address this issue before someone dies or has severe injuries due to vehicle stalling at random and for no apparent reason. I am just glad he wasn't passing on a 2 lane road or pulling a trailer. I can't believe ford has not addressed this - it's on you tube. This is the opposite of speeding up - imagine you have your kids, etc in the truck, in the middle of a major interstate with cars all around you and you stall out completely. Please, please do something about this. It only happens in motion.
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