While driving at approximately 35 mph, the blind spot warning and rear traffic warning system indicated that there was a failure to the system. I parked the truck and then tried to restart the vehicle. The truck would not start. When it was diagnosed at the dealer, they found a faulty lead frame in the transmission. This part was then replaced. I have checked with Ford and my vehicle is NOT being recalled at this time. I have seen other recalls involving lead frame in other fords that have the same transmission as mine.
2015 Ford F-150 driver assistance complaints
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Driving down the hyw the 2015 f150 will shut down to limp mode can not excelarate lose of power have to stop and restart did this 4 times. As this happen I was just about rear-ended.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while reversing, the contact became aware of a red line around the image displayed. The contact also stated that when the vehicle was shifted into reverse(R), the beeping sound of the rear-view camera was activated when there were no objects in the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or local dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 131,000.
Vehicle has a catastrophic design flaw. If water enters the LED BLISS tail light assembly even in small amounts for anreason, including due to manufacturing defects, minor damage such as a crack, e treme wet weather, or wear and tear of seals, then numerous electrical failures occur of the entire warning system. This includes not only the tail lights, and blind spot backup and cross traffic systems, but catastrophic failure of all dashboard door and window controls. The vehicle cannot be easily unlocked including with remote, climate and accessories cannot be controlled. They vehicle can barely be operated and great expertise and expense required to return the vehicle to proper service. This has happened twice to this vehicle in 2022. Both times it was from minor damage to the taillight lens. Water entered the connectors for a network system which is critical to numerous vehicle safety and critical systems which are completely digital. The part required replacing is available only from a dealer as an OEM part and cost $500 plus labor. Research shows this is a widespread confusing problem, which renders high end models nearly inoperable with uncontrollable systems other than basic engine functions and subjecting consumers to great inconvenience and expense. The manufacturer does not appear to have offered recall services and only will repair or replace if the item fails under warranty. Under any interpretation this problem is a gross failure in engineering and safety. What other vehicles with a minor taillight problem have failure of a majority of systems? So many codes are thrown that the average technician and consumer must bear great expense to repair for diagnosis, and then replacement with extremely expensive parts only available from dealer.
Al darmarcha mi camioneta no dio marcha creei que la vateria estaba baja pero no dio marcha solo encendieron las luces del tablero brake system y Electric park brake no damarcha se bloqueo por completo
REGARDING: 2015 FORD F150 WITH 20,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. -Made 1st report with as well as Ford.com back in June 2023 about the vehicle throwing codes for anti-lock brake system and communication loss of ECM/PCM. As well as, the system NOT ALLOWING the brand new battery to ever be fully charged. -Upon 1st reporting these issues, the vehicle was placed into the "Friendly Ford" service center in crosby, tx to be worked on and issues fixed. $1,376, later, we were contacted by the service center to pick the vehicle up, saying issues were now FIXED. (their prognosis: auxillary transmission pump replacement 6/19/2023) After picking vehicle up, all seemed to be running correctly. Until, the vehicle decided to do the exact same thing again...no charging the battery, not starting engine, turning itself off, ect. just got the vehicle out of the same service shop,, this time them claiming that it was now the transmission control module that needed to be replaced. this service trip costed $1490 (july27, 2023). When the service worker went out to bring the truck around for us to leave, he had to attach a battery booster to the battery, just to be able to start the vehicle....DING< DING< DING!! Not fixed......right ?! CORRECT!! it is NOT!! SO, here we are again (07/29/2023) with the code reader at Autozone saying "anti-lock brake system/ ECM/PCM (U0151-00 and U0100-00). Battery tested to be in good working order, as well as the entire starting system, itself is in complete working order. and STILL our problem persists.
I let my 83 year old mother use my truck due to expected extreme weather in Houston. While making a right hand turn the steering seized and she had to brake hard to avoid hitting a mailbox. Neither the tow truck drivers nor I could budge the wheel, even to allow it to be put on a flatbed or towed backwards without being sideways. Several error codes paged through the dash upon failure but the only other symptoms was that she said it felt like the steering wheel wanted to fight her right before it happened. Diagnosis - Failed EPAS Electric Power Assisted Steering rack. I take issue with a steering assist system being allowed to catastrophically fail with no warning or ability to manually maneuver safely to the side of the road. My mother could have been killed!
While driving there is a hard "clunk" sound then blind spot system, cross traffic system fault and see manual alert comes ON. Truck loses power and shifts out of D (Acts as if in neutral). Has happened about 7 or 8 times now. Very scary situation and can be tragic if this situation happens at high speed. I have done some research and I know there have been recalls for transmission lead frames on older model F-150's. Sounds and feels to be the exact same situation for my 2015 F-150.
While the vehicle was running, it spontaneous entered "limp mode". The wrench light came on the instrument cluster and warned that the blind spot and rear collision systems were offline. The gear selector indicator also disappeared. After the vehicle was shut off, it would not restart for numerous attempts. When it did, it was being driven to the dealership when the same series of events occurred at a red light. Afterwards, the truck struggles to accelerate. The dealership has diagnosed a lead frame failure, which was a recall on the previous generation F150s. Based off discussions online, it seems that this is common.
When using adaptive cruise control sometimes the truck will unexpectedly brake when passing large vehicles (Semi-tractor trailers, dump trucks, delivery trucks). Has only happened when passing large commercial vehicles on the left (US style, driver side left; my passenger side/other vehicle driver side facing each other) but not passenger vehicles. Happens in both night and day, and at random (doesn’t occur all the time). Has happened multiple times since buying vehicle used in 2019.
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.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at 70 mph with the adaptive cruise control engaged and traveling under an overpass the brakes would engage slowing the vehicle down abruptly. The contact stated that after passing the overpass the set speed would resume. The contact stated that the forward collision warning audio and visual would illuminate. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or independent mechanic for diagnosis or repairs. The contact stated that he disengaged the adaptive cruise control feature. The contact researched the failure and found the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V614000 (Forward Collision Avoidance) and was relating it to the failure. The contact stated that his vehicle was not included in the recall as it was manufactured in September of 2015 after the recall manufactured date of March 18, 2014, to August 6, 2015, for affected vehicles. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The contact stated that Ford informed him that he would receive a recall notice if the recall was extended and the VIN was included. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
My adaptive cruise control system still malfunctions and slams on the brakes automatically because it thinks it sees a vehicle in front that I am about to collide with. This only happens when I am passing large vehicles (semis, fuel semis, etc.) to my right when driving on highways. And it does not happen all the time (maybe 10-20% of the time I pass a semi on my right). But, when it does brake it scares me and then I have to press the gas hard so the person behind me doesn't rear end me. This is part of an issue I reported previously in 2015, where my truck would slam on brakes when passing large semis and also when passing under bridges at certain times. A recall was issues for this, which took care of the braking when passing under bridges, but did not completely fix the issue when passing large vehicles. I followed up with the federal safety agency again in late 2015 and 2016 that the problem is still happening. I will upload the emails below as attachments.
The contact owns a 2015 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH with cruise control activated, while approaching a parked dump truck, the vehicle applied the brakes independently. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated he experienced the failure on three separate occasions. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer and the dealer was made aware of the failure. The contact stated he also experienced the vehicle overheating and engine failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V614000 (FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.
a)When using the adaptive cruise control on interstate, the cruise control periodically resets to a much lower speed for no apparent reason. I have had the cruise set to seventy-five miles per hour on interstate highways and suddenly the cruise resets to thirty-five or forty-five miles per hour. This could become somewhat dangerous if someone is following me and does not notice the sudden reduction in speed. b)I have encountered problems when using the combined systems. For example, in a long line of vehicles approaching a stop sign, the autonomous systems operated efficiently. When the vehicle immediately in front of me leaves the stop sign, my vehicle attempts to accelerate through the stop sign. c)The lane keeping seems to pull hard to the right at various times. It may be due to the striping at interstate highway exits where to right hand lane marking follows the exit and the vehicle seems to attempt to remain centered between the lane markings. The lane keeping feature is very tiring to operate. The system seems to require operator intervention every minute of two so that the system may assure operator vigilance. This continued need to move the steering wheel slightly is extremely tiring. d)Speed sign recognition identifies school zone speed signs and reduces the preset speed of the vehicle even when the school zone is not active, such as off hours or holidays. This could become somewhat dangerous if someone is following does not notice the sudden reduction in my speed. e)Law requires the vehicle to be at the reduced / posted speed immediately upon passing the sign. Since the vehicle requires a few feet to recognize the change in speed limit and slow down, a traffic ticket may result. This has been reported to Ford and as a result the local dealer aligned the cameras with no resulting change in performance.
While on open freeway with adaptive cruise set at 70mph passed a semi truck the brakes were applied violently. This occured 3 separate times.
Driving down the road and the truck losses power and the service advance trac light comes on.. Shut the truck off for a min then it starts back up
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. The contact stated while having routine maintenance performed on the vehicle, he was informed that the back over prevention camera was inoperable. The contact stated that at times the camera was blank or the image was distorted. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to wareham ford, inc (2628 cranberry hwy, wareham, ma 02571, (888) 295-6995) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the camera needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 39,000. *bf the consumer stated he took the vehicle to wareham ford who stated he needed a new camera and the cost would be $1,000.
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.
I was driving on the highway and the vehicle loss power. I stepped on the gas pedal but the engine was sputtering and the truck was slowing down. I had to quickly pulled over. Shut the engine off, waited 5 minutes before starting it again. I was able to drive home, the code was p2112 throttle body actuator. It happened so quickly without any warning. I thought this is very dangerous. I was lucky today that I was driving on the right lane and able to pull over. If I was on the left lane on the highway, I don't know what would happen with sudden loss of power.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving 85 MPH, the low brake fluid warning light was illuminated. The contact stated while depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle failed to stop. The contact was able to idle the vehicle speed to slow down until he was able to use the parking brake to stop the vehicle on the side of the roadway. The vehicle was not drivable. The vehicle was towed to local dealer central ford located at 5645 firestone blvd, south gate, ca 90280, (562) 927-7888, and the dealer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle had not been diagnosed nor repaired as of yet. The VIN was associated the federal safety agency campaign number: 20v332000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was 40,000.
While driving 60 on a 2 lane rural highway, the cluster lights up with 'hill assist not available' and engine loses power and truck starts shaking even when stopped. Turned truck off and back on and worked fine. Happened once more and now check engine light is on.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving on the highway and approaching a semi-truck, the forward collision avoidance system applied the brakes with the warning light illuminated. The vehicle was previously repaired under the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v614000 (forward collision avoidance), at akins ford located at 220 w may st, winder, ga 30680. The contact stated that the failure recurred after the recall repair. The dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 45,000.*dt
While driving down the road approx 50mph power steering was lost. Errors displayed on dash for electronic power assist fault, advancetrac fault, hill start assist fault. Also no cruise control. After parking overnight, problem was not present on restart; after 5min of driving, all faults reappeared and have persisted continually without going away.
Advance trac malfunction
I was parked in a sage brush field, warming up in my truck. I turned it off and opened the door to get out. This is when I noticed my electronic running boards didn't extend. So I situated myself back in the drivers seat and realized the radio was still playing. (it is suppose to turn off when I open the door and the truck is off) I started the truck and found I had no dashboard lights, gauges were off, locks would not work in the front. I had only radio ( volume control didn't work) and flashers. I drove the few miles to my dealer. After calling someone. They told me they did a hard reboot of the system. Everything came back on and I noticed it was a few days before everything readjusted to read correctly. I was told to come back if I had more problems. They had a list of faults that showed on the computer when they plugged it in. The codes: bcm, fcim, ms1-can,hs2-can,hs3-can,u0137 said tbm couldn't communicate with bcm. Final statement on cause: excessive network traffic on the controller area network (can) bus causing the fcim to lock up. I have the work order if needed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. While driving 65-70 MPH, the brakes activated independently without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the failure recurred twice. Rapids ford lincoln (4330 8th st s #100, wisconsin rapids, wi 54494, (715) 422-0000) and the manufacturer were informed of the failure. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v614000 (forward collision avoidance). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 25,000.
The truck was running for about 15 minutes. We were going down a major highway in one of the passing lanes at approximately 70mph then without any warning power was lost. On the display trac stability came on then cycled thru hill assist and several others. I drifted of the road just past a exit. The engine felt like it was missing terribly as it cycling thru these errors. I shut it down and restarted it seemed ok, but check engine light still on, when I tried to move it started to shake and cycle errors again. I shut it down again and restarted this time it was running ok. The check engine light was still on and we drove with thecheck egine light for approximately 400 miles stopping and shuting off engine several times.light still on. Stopped for 1 hour to eat when restarting no check engine light on and has been working as normal today.
Service advance trac light came on while driving at highway speeds. Complete loss of power but engine was still running at a very rough idle. Zero throttle response. This happened while pulling a 30 ft camper in downtown nashville. Extremely dangerous situation. I was able to shut the truck off and restart it to clear the code but it continued to happen. After researching online I've found that this is a very common problem caused by the throttle body and sensor. Theres recalls out for multiple f150 truck models but apparently mine was made at a time that wasn't included in the recall. Ford has a bigger problem than they are admitting to and they are putting people's lives in danger by doing so. I reached out to ford because I wanted them to document that theres a problem if they weren't going to fix it. They recommended I report it to the federal safety agency. I nearly got hit multiple times because of a faulty sensor that costs less than $300 to replace.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. While driving 73 MPH with the cruise control activated, the adaptive cruise control was activated and the vehicle stopped abruptly on its own. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact was able to continue driving to his destination. The contact associated the failure with the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v614000 (forward collision avoidance). The vehicle was taken to billingsley ford inc. (located at 3804 w broadway st, ardmore, ok 73401, (580) 226-3300) where it was determined that it needed recalibrating. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000.
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