The transmission suddenly downshifts into first gear from 5th gear at higher speeds, causing a rapid loss of speed. The transmission also has hard shifts, the above problems have happened on several occasions. From safety standpoint the sudden downshift could cause a accident. There were no warning lamps or alarms. I have not had the truck inspected by anyone as it just happened. I have not taken it to a dealer.
2016 Ford F-150 transmission complaints
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I have a critical safety issue with the 2016 F150 truck I bought from Cavalier Ford, Chesapeake VA. The issue is the 6R80 automatic transmission unexpectedly changes gears while driving. In my case the truck down shifted from high gear to low gear on the interstate while driving about 70 miles per hour. I was fortunate no other cars were near me. My truck almost came to a stop, no brake lights displayed. This occurred the week on Jul 6 2021. It has occurred multiple times since than as well. I had the battery checked, showed bad, and bought a new one Jul 9th. I also had the "Check Engine" light scanned at Autozone. It revealed codes P0706/707, ie Range Sensor inside the transmission. I called Cavalier for an appt (Aug 11th almost a month away!!!), informed it would be $140 for a diagnostic!! It was free at Autozone. I also had another free scan done at Logan's Auto repair on Jul 22nd, having codes P0702/705/706/707/1921, all pointing to the Range sensor in the tranny. I spoke with Cavalier representative Nicole on Jul 16th, no help, and also left Service Mgr. Cathy Hunt. a voicemail on Jul 23rd explaining my dilemma. She has not returned my call. My status now, I have a 2016 F150 Ford truck, I urgently need to work and daily errands, ie Grandkids. There was a recall on this issue on the 2011/12 F150s. How come not now, its a major safety issue, and I see a lot of these trucks around. I wanted to convey this to Ms Hunt. Summary...the motor in this truck blew up at approx 39000 miles, and Ford did replace it. Now, at 79000 miles the transmission is also gone out. Since my extended warranty of 75000 just expired, I need some assistance from either Cavalier or the Ford plant. I need a reliable truck for work and taking care of the grandkids. If no one has reached out to me my COB Jul 28th 2021, a safety complaint will be sent in to the federal safety agency...Thank you
Truck speed went down when driving, try to seed up on the gas pedal for a few seconds didnt wana move forward. This has happend three time already, My son has a code reader thing that when he plugged it to My truck this code came up P0720. Had to park My truck at home for My worry and safety. My son took it to the Ford dealership and got it a diagnostic test done. On way over there He said the truck drove fine. The dealership test said it was Lead frame Connector. They have to change that and drain the oil of transmission and refill it again. Its almost a month My truck has been park here at home.
Leaking brake booster line at 50,000 + miles I have to pay for out of pocket. Also throttle body replacement. Vehicle would lose power then throw a code P2112. Both bad safety issues.
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle downshifted and ceased in first or second gear. The vehicle inadvertently shifted into third gear and ceased in third while the contact was transitioning from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal at a stoplight. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed that the lead frame had failed. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. The contact was referred to the federal safety agency to file a complaint. The failure mileage was 85,600.
Transmission will suddenly downshift into first gear or will downshift out of overdrive at freeway speeds. Transmission will sometimes not downshift to first gear at a complete stop, and will not operate properly until engine is shut off and restarted. Problem is similar to previous 6r80 transmission recall. Problem has been reoccurring since 4/23/21
My f150 randomly just downshifted when turning and almost all power. Then shifted back into gear. I read some post about this happening with other people also. This is the first time this has ever happened.
My truck will show a wrench light on the dash and downshift from 6th gear to 1st gear while driving causing the tires to lock up(70mph on the highway). This is a huge safety issues as I almost wrecked when it has done this. The 2011 to 2013 f-150s had a recall for this same issue but there is no recall for the 2016's. Truck shows code p0715.
Earlier this year, my f-150 started showing signs of overheating. A diagnostic was done and showed nothing. Following this I had the thermostat replaced 3 times. I was experiencing 'limp mode' where I'd be on the highway and the truck would go from 65 to 20 in seconds with only a "bing" sound as a warning. I researched on line to learn what the cause might be.and determined it was probably the etc sensor/knock sensor. My regular mechanic would reboot? The computer system and it would work for a while and then the same thing would happen. I finally went to the ford dealership where I originally purchased the truck. Due to the unprofessionalism of this dealership, I was compelled to contact ford corporate office. They informed me that even though this is a manufacturer's defect and there have been complaints about it, they were not in a large enough number to warrant a recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle downshifted to first gear with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was restarted and drove as designed. The vehicle was taken to mac haik ford (10333 katy fwy, houston, tx 77024, (713) 932-5000) where it was diagnosed that the lead frame needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 73,000.
While towing a travel trailer, my 2016 ford f-150 2.7l ecoboost engine exhibits intermittent engine stalls when coming to a stop and/or after restarting the vehicle. I had to gun the engine after restarting to keep it running. Note: this only happens when towing.
Intermittent failure of reverse gear to engage. On multiple occasions the reverse gear fails to engage after multiple attempts to shift into and out of gear. This appears to be an electronic control issue with the transmission shifting control as it eventually resolves itself after numerous attempts. The problem is both inconvenience and safety as backing up is often necessary to execute a normal turn around. An accident resulting in two insurance claims resulted from this defect; I was attempting to backup in my home driveway and there was delay in the reverse gear engagement; not fully comprehending what was going on, I pressed on the gas to proceed while reverse was not engaging. Then the truck suddenly engaged in reverse and I lurched backward hitting another vehicle before I could apply the brake. Total damages for both vehicles exceeded $15,000.
The truck makes a loud transmission squall under load in a downshift. This is a consistent issue that ford and the local dealer continue to say they cannot repeat. Anytime I drive the truck in terrain it happens. And I do not off road the vehicle, before you start asking those questions. Also when the transmission is cold/ambient temp, the shifting is incredibly rough, and jerky. Not just a little but the whole truck will lunge. This is a 5.0 v8 truck, not light and for it lung is disturbing. I am sure if this happens in close traffic someone will hit something. Only a matter of time.
The vehicle stalls between shifts. It has happened at all speeds. Freeway, pulling out of my drive. It has stalled while im trying to turn left in front of uncoming traffic. Numerous warning lights fill the dash. No throttle response. After you can pull it over, turn it off, wait a few seconds, then restart it runs fine. Til it happens again out of the blue. Ive had it into my ford dealership 3 times now and they still cant fix it. Happened just yesterday, about got hit by an on coming vehicle. Luckily, after a horn and slamming on their brakes, they stopped to see if everything was ok. Again slow speeds or fast, it just stalls. You are left without power when you need it the most. Very dangerous situation. This has happened while on the freeway, just a shutter and im left rolling with no power. Its happened pulling out of my driveway. Its happened turning into on coming traffic. Ford wont do anything about it. Again 3 times in the dealership and they always say "without a trouble code theres nothijg we can do". This is going to get somebody killed. Could have been me just yesterday.
Vehicle suddenly lost power while driving both from a stop and at highway speeds. I shut off vehicle and restarted it which seemed to temporarily solve the problem only to have it reoccur days later. Engine code registered on the dash display. Code was retrieved (p2112) which correlates to a faulty throttle body. Ford has acknowledged this problem with an extended warranty replacement, but my local dealership will not replace the throttle body, so I was forced to replace it myself and pay for the faulty part. My vehicle had less than 36,000 miles at the time of this incident. When the vehicle loses power in traffic, it is definitely a life, health, safety issue. There are numerous examples that can be found on the internet of this defective part/throttle body on various ford vehicles. I feel that ford should initiate a recall for obvious safety reasons. Ford has put out various tsb's regarding this documented problem.
While driving on a highway on 8/30/20, the truck experienced a complete loss of forward motion, began "bucking" and codes and warnings started appearing on the dashboard. Were able initially to coast to a safer location to stop. Truck would not move although the engine was running. Turned the truck off, restarted and all codes disappeared. However, as soon as we started again, within a quarter mile, same failure occurred. In 20 miles, this happened approximately 6 more times and we could not get safely off the road (no shoulders with ditch on side) having to come to a complete stop, turn engine off and restart the vehicle while in the traffic lane. Very unsafe and we were lucky not to be hit by passing vehicles. After researching what this possible could be, found it likely that it was a failure of the electronic throttle body, which was the subject of a recall in previous year models of this vehicle as well as a customer satisfaction action #16b32 for replacement of the electronic throttle body for our year of manufacture. (our truck was manufactured in dearborn during the period that this action was to be taken 8/1/15 through 5/17/16.) made appointment at local dealer and our truck was serviced yesterday at pittsville ford in pittsville md and the diagnosis was the electronic throttle body failure. The etb and gasket were replaced at a cost to us of $551.14. I have seen online threads of others having this same failure and want to know why ours was not part of a recall or other, longer customer satisfaction action, as this could have caused a severe or even fatal accident. Very dangerous to have this type of catastrophic failure with no warning at all. I have reported this issue for ford and my questions regarding why this was not already replaced and have been assigned a case number - cas-27541116. Told our VIN was not a part of this action. How?
Lost power, vehicle stalled out in middle of road at low speed. Got 'wrench' icon. Initially did not start up again until after a few minutes. Was able to start again and get home. Used code reader, got p706 and p707 codes. Cleared codes, no issues for a couple days then it happened again, downshifts hard at low speed, then from a stop at red light I have no first gear. Then it disappears and is smooth again. Then it all happens again the next day but is overall unpredictable and unsafe.
Driving eastbound on I-10 at 75 -80 MPH, on a mountain, suddenly advanctrac fault warning and engine power lost. Vehicle entered limp mode. I was forced to 'limp' on the shoulder to reach a safe area to stop with cell service and wait for a tow truck. This was a very dangerous situation. Semi traffic at high speeds were blowing past very little shoulder space to navigate. At each guard rail I was forced to stop - wait for a break in traffic- restart and pray for enough momentum to get around the area. I finally limped into wilcox az and contacted ford roadside assistance. The vehicle was towed 74 miles to smith ford in lordsburg nm $280. Fra advised that due to covid 19 no personal transportation is available. No alternate transportation is available in wilcox az. Smith ford service does not open until monday. Another roadside service $205 put computer on it. Code p2112 throttle actuator 'a' control system stuck closed. Pyramid roadside service found damaged wiring behind accelerator pedal and loose pedal. I had to walk alone in the desert to find a hotel. I eventually walked another 2 miles pulling a suitcase to a grayhound station to phoenix sunday (274 miles).I will contact dealer tomorrow.ford has been aware customer satisfaction program to replace defective etb 2015 & 2016 f150. I purchased may 5, 2019 and was not made aware of potentially dangerous situation. No recall was issued for this dangerous defect. Not only could I have been seriously injured on the interstate, I was put in very high risk situations both due to covid 19 high risk in this part of the country but also my personal safety being alone without transportation in an area with limited resources. Thus far I am out of pocket $800.00 and do not know what additional expenses I may incur until my truck is repaired. I live in papillion, ne and have a long way to go to get back home.
Over the past few weeks, my truck would loose power and go into limp mode randomly. I would pull over, turn the truck off, and back on. It would be okay for a couple of days and then occur again. This would happen in town and twice while on the freeway. I took it in today and had the code read: p2112 throttle actuator control system - stuck closed
Intermittently while towing, after driving several hundred miles of non stop highway driving, the engine will kill after exiting the freeway. When I restart it by turning the key, it will kill again as soon as I put it in drive. This will happen several times before I get the engine to keep running. This happens only in the tow/haul mode. I have been to my local dealership 3 times and they have not been able to fix the problem.
While driving straight ahead at a steady 35 MPH on a 2% downgrade, small city, double lane, one-way, debris free street, the automatic transmission shifted abruptly from 4th gear to 1st gear. I did not make any gear shift lever changes nor did I change any options such as pushing the sport mode, tow mode,locking differential, hill descent or traction control buttons. I was seated comfortably, both hands on the steering wheel, seat belt fully engaged with no in-vehicle distractions such as a phone or radio tuning. The engine immediately raced to 6400 RPM causing the rear wheels to start a skid even though the road surface was dry and free of any debris. After approximately 4 seconds I realized that the transmission had forcibly, on its own, shifted into 1st gear, so I put the transmission into neutral. The dash mounted gear indicator showed 4th gear during this altercation which made it harder to know what was going on until I shifted to neutral. Although it took another 5 seconds for the transmission to respond fully to this input, it finally went into neutral. Shortly thereafter the rear wheels went into coast mode. I was able to narrowly avoid colliding with the vehicles in the left lane because of my quick corrective action of putting the transmission gear selector into neutral. I've not had this dangerous self-shifting transmission to 1st gear at highway speed occur but the one time on september 19, 2019, but it does still concern me. My truck had approximately odometer 32,000 miles at the time of this occurrence. I bought the truck new with 16 miles and have not modified or poured any additives into the transmission. My truck has not been abused or towed. I sincerely hope this doesn't happen to any other 2016 f150 truck owners, but perhaps, unfortunately it may have. I also hope this helps in maybe finding a fix should there need to be one.
The truck shakes on highway just at high speed like 65-70 feels like the drive shaft it's loose because every time y give gas make a noise like clock clock hard n sometimes a light cone on saying transmission not on park
Vehicle exhaust leaks into cabin. Ford says not covered under warranty. Paint falling off fenders. Ford says not covered under warranty. Back up camera worked until ford dealer worked on it, has not worked since then and dealer (house ford address: 3538 hwy 61 w, red wing, mn 55066) wont or can't fix it.
These messages appeared on the information screen "hill start assist - not available" and "service advance trac". The engine started running rough, engine RPM and speed dropped and pressing on the accelerator pedal did mothing. I was going about 30 MPH on a city street. I was able to get to the side of the road and shut off the engine. I then restarted it and the problem disappeared. It happened about four times in the last two weeks. This is a safety issue that has not been addressed by ford. The dealer replaced the throttle body and motor assembly for a total cost of $681.55.
Attempting to accelerate, no power. Vehicle was on 2 lane highway with concrete barriers on both sides and no shoulder. I was going approx 70 MPH. I had our toddler, new born and wife in then vehicle. Vehicle slowed faster than I have ever felt before. Cars and trailers slamming on brakes. I'm assuming this did not trigger my brake lights and it was almost dark. So incredibly dangerous not to mention scary. Dash warnings indicated no traction control, hill decent or ABS. Dealer is replacing the throttle body. This was a catastrophic and dangerous flaw.
First time inwas driving in town, flat road no hills going about 35 on a turn, when my truck just stopped accelerating abruptly and was barely creeping along..multiple warning lights starting with hill assist came on. I got to side of road shut truck off and restarted indicators came back, so I started again to take to brother in laws house and it happened again. Called dealer they said take it out see if check engine lights come on. I take off on highway got to about 45 accelerating to 55 and again is just stops abruptly, lights flash again, I have no power no acceleration, only this time I have traffic near me a semi almost took me out because there is no warning when it happens. Check engine ligh comes on. My brother in law notice the temp gauge stayed cold and transmission temp was low, also I wasn't pulling anything at the time so transmission wasn't hot. I baught truck used less than a yr ago and have just over 40k miles on it. I have only pulled a popup camper with it so far. Noticed this seems to be a known problem for this truck. Will be contacting dealer today. I have included photos of warning flights that pop up.
Hill descent control fault/ service advancetrac warning suddenly turned on. Alternated w service light. But I was just driving home from work on a 70 degree day on a dry paved road decelerating from a 40mph zone to a 30 MPH zone up a slight incline. I wasn't using hill descent and traction was fine. The disturbing part was the vehicle suddenly ran rough and had no power. I could not get it to run well enough pull it over out of the traffic lane. An on off cycle returned function for a few seconds and I got around the corner before the fault occurred again. With no hills the last block I got to my driveway where a longer off period returned the vehicle to function. This type of sudden power loss could cause an accident.
Bought the truck a year and a half ago the engine has blown and now the brake master cylinder is went out probably be the brake booster next they should be reliable for this I'm 100 miles over my warranty and they were still on fix it
Vehicle was in motion merging on to interstate I-26 at 60 MPH during afternoon rush hour traffic in charleston, south carolina, when it unexpectly and without warning down shifted from high gear to low gear while driving. Vehicle has 66k miles on it. Called ford customer service to complain and was refered to dealer. No resolution.
The wrench light first came on around 42,000 miles, but would shut off when the vehicle would be turned off. It came on a second and third time around the 50,000 and 51,750 miles. Sometimes it would come back on when driving again and sometimes not. Then the engine light came on at about 52,000 miles. When this came on, it would stay on. The truck would seem to lose a lot of power and the RPM's would begin revving higher while driving. This would be driving on all road conditions, highway or city, up and down hills. We had the truck in to check and the code it provided was 'dtc s-p0741 torque convertor clutch solenoid circuit performance stuck off. Will have to replace tcc and if condition still exists, replace the main valve body.' the first ford dealer (while on vacation) made the repair, but this did not repair the truck. (the wrench light came back on again 131 miles after the repair and the engine light came back on again 40 miles later of the wrench light warning.) took the truck back to the ford dealer we purchased the truck at and they are still trying to determine the cause to the issue. The first time the wrench light came on, was under normal driving conditions and not towing a camper. All the remaining times the wrench and engine light came on was while towing a camper. (not sure if this is possible cause of the issue or not, but feel it is worth noting.) according to the owner's manual, the auto start/stop feature is to automatically disable when a camper is hooked up to the truck. But this never seemed to automatically disable when we were hooked up to the truck. Another issue is when starting the truck up from a cold start it would make a rattling noise. This only happens from cold starts. If the truck had been runner awhile, shut off and then restarted, it did not make the noise. Ford is still trying to determine what could be causing this.
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