2019 Ford F-150: false forward collision warnings

Filed Oct 14, 2026 · Driver assistance · NY

Driving on two lane road, approximatly 45-55 mph, collision warning on dash and audiable message to avoid impending accident. There was no obstruction in the road. Has happened two times in the past 4 months. Once in daylight with clear weather, once nighttime and light rain. Both times temperature was 60-70 deg F. Concerned it could also apply the brakes accourding to Fords information. I have not had the problem diagnosed since it happens so infrequently.

Filed May 7, 2025 · Driver assistance · AL

Transmission with no prior issues started to delay shift and have a hard time shifting through gears then would skip gears and get stuck in gears cause the truck to harshly stall and jerk, front collision warning randomly coming on just going down the road

Filed Jan 5, 2025 · Transmission · AR

2019 Ford 10 speed transmission has been shift hard when slowing down and then accelerating. This week while driving 65 mph the collision warning came on and truck slowed down. There was no traffic near me for any collision. Since then the transmission is not shifting correctly.i had one occasion where the transmission shifted from 8th gear to 1st gear. Very hard, or pausing and then shifting hard. Coming into highway it paused, loss power in front of of oncoming traffic. Very dangerous so I immediately took my vehicle to Ford Dealer and also call the Ford Customer relations to report issue. There is only 75,000 miles on the truck. In research I have found know issues with exact same issues on this transmission. However no recall for my vehicle. This is poor safety and poor customer satisfaction for Ford.

Filed Oct 1, 2022 · Driver assistance, Engine · GA

It present at this moment engine light on and off all time, it had a power train damaged, I bought a new transmission 5 month ago, at this time it has deactivated adaptative Cruise control, automatic emergency brakes, forward collision warning, and it has a power train problem again.

Filed Jun 27, 2021 · Driver assistance, Electrical · AZ

The collision warning appears random and not even close to a vehicle. I’m Alamo experience problems with the power train (truck jerks) and not other problems. I have been having the same problems since 2020. My truck is at the dealership and now Ford engineers are involved because the trucks has multiple codes and unable to figure out the problem. My truck has been at the dealership since May 17-June 1st and June 7 to current.

Filed Apr 15, 2021 · Driver assistance · 30,000 miles · AL

Advanced collision warning works. But, the braking has never kicked in at all ever. I have seen this issue 4 or 5 times in the last year.

Filed Jan 19, 2021 · Electrical, Transmission · 23,908 miles · WA

Today while driving home from work, a wrench-shaped indicator light on the dashboard turned on. Following this, the display notified me that the front sensor and collision avoidance were no longer available. Afterwards, the truck began to shudder and jerk around while idling at the stoplight. The rate at which the truck could accelerate began to decrease every time I would accelerate from a complete stop (a stoplight for example). Shifts also seemed very rough. Whenever the transmission shifted, it felt like sitting in a chair on a concrete floor while somebody dropped dumbbells on the ground.

Filed Jan 16, 2021 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 10,500 miles · VA · crash

In motion, interstate highway merge lane. I have a 2019 ford f150 equipped with a pre-collision avoidance system. The vehicle mileage is approximately 12,500. I purchased the vehicle new. During my vehicle ownership the collision avoidance system has always been set to 'apply braking' and alert set to 'high' the system has alerted on multiple occasions, however the aeb never engaged the brakes. I was recently in a collision, while the system alerted, and should have engaged the aeb. The pre-collision aeb did not apply the brakes. The collision was minor; the pre-collision aeb system failed. Other concerns for consideration. If the pre-collision system can fail, could the system also apply brakes when there is no danger of a collision. A failed system is a failed system. I would greatly appreciate a response and assurance from ford motor corporation; before I have the damage repaired, I would like ford to inspect the system, provide a data history report from my vehicle; and assurance the pre-collision system is functioning as designed before I have the vehicle repaired.

Filed Jul 19, 2020 · 26,000 miles · CA

Collision alert randomly goes off

Filed Oct 7, 2019 · 350 miles · MO

In repeated collision tests the pre-collision assist system (standard equipment version) invariably failed. Ford has been completely unhelpful in resolving the issue and has implied I shouldn't expect it to work! Several other f-150s have been tested locally and also failed collision tests . I strongly suspect the standard equipment version of pre-collision assist system is faulty in many 2019 ford pickups. I have videos of my tests but see no way to get them to you.

Filed May 17, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 150 miles · TX

1) forward collision/pre-collision automatic emergency brake system and warning (visible & audible) do not work and is non-responsive during vehicle operation. 2) lane departure warning system does not work and is non-responsive during vehicle operation.

Filed May 16, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 150 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2019 ford f-150. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the contact noticed that the pre-collision automatic braking system failed to operate without warning. The contact called ford of boerne at 210‑920‑3023 (located at 31480 I-10, boerne, tx 78006) and scheduled an appointment with the technician. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 150. *as consumer stated my complaint is that the forward collision response system and automatic braking do not work. Upon my visit to the dealer they told me there is no way to check the system to see if it works (and this information supposedly came from ford engineers). Therefore, the system is not capable of being tested, the system is not fail-safe of errors, the system is incapable of demonstrating repeat front collision warning and emergency braking.