Vehicle had hard and sudden shifting and grinding noise coming form gears. Sudden shifting would result in abrupt change in speed. Two repairs were made by a Ford dealership totaling just over $10,000 including replacing transfer case and transmission. There was no vehicle warning indicators that notified me of this problem.
2020 Ford F-150: grinding or squealing brakes
8 of the 746 complaints about the 2020 Ford F-150 describe grinding or squealing brakes.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 3 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Grinding or squealing brakes by model year
What owners say
Truck would downshift so hard it would squeak tires. Took to dealer they replaced transmission saying the drum comes loose inside and oil passages do not line up. This year should be part of your investigation
The contact’s father owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. While driving at various speeds and accelerating or while idling, the vehicle bucked or jerked. The vehicle failed to accelerate intermittently, causing the driver to make several attempts to restart the vehicle, depress the accelerator, and allow the engine to cool down for the vehicle to accelerate as needed. There was a loud grinding and knocking sound coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the engine had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure, and a case was opened. The manufacturer referred the contact to the federal safety agency Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.
While driving the 4x4 feature wants to partial engage causing a grinding noise in front axle and when you let off accelerator it slows the speed quickly. At times only way to get it to quit is to stop and back up to make it stop. The problem is caused by loss of vaccum. This causes damage to the front brake rotors and drums and is a intermerminate problem and has been in shop before and reported numerous times.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-150. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the vehicle was shaking, and the engine was making grinding sounds. The check engine warning light was illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact related the failure to Customer Satisfaction Program: 21N03 (Cam Phaser Replacement); however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000.
1. The start/stop function will not restart at some long stop lights. I have to restart the vehicle. 2. The wiper will come on without being turned on. 3. The brake have started to grind like, the brake pads are bad. The brake will grind sometimes when coming to a stop. They have been checked and a recent service also. The brakes do this even during the day. The dealership found the brakes to be working in perfect order. 4. Transmission issues have been resolved to a point. 5. Service department great, however; the can duplicate issues with vehicle.
Windshield wiper motors failed during a rain storm. Vehicle has only 10k miles on it, wiper motors were set to medium, went up half way, motor made a grinding noise, then wipers stopped moving in either direction. I am able to push them down manually, and the motor can raise them to about 25% then it begins to grind and they stop advancing again. This stinks an awful lot like the recall on 2021 F-150s for bad wiper motors. I suspect the recall campaign needs to be MUCH larger and include 2020 F-150s as well. This was incredibly dangerous and could have caused a serious accident. I had no front visibility during the storm.
Wiper motor is non operational. It has been verified by dealer part is non operational. Non operational wipers put myself and others at risk if there would be visual obscurities that would need to be removed during vehicle operation. The only sign was a loud grinding noise for a few wipes prior to operation ceasing.
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Related recalls
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Questions about the 2020 Ford F-150 grinding brakes
Is grinding or squealing brakes a common problem on the 2020 Ford F-150?
8 of 746 owner complaints about the 2020 Ford F-150 (1%) mention grinding or squealing brakes. The model year with the most reports is 2004.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2020 Ford F-150?
There are 0 recalls and 3 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2020 Ford F-150
Harsh shifting 114Jerking 79Transmission failure 73Check engine light 56Loss of power 50Slipping 42Backup camera 38Hesitation 35Stalling 30Oil consumption 28Start-stop 25Won't shift 23Door locks 22Wipers 20Engine failure 17Adaptive cruise 15Screen failure 15Overheating 14Knocking 13Shudder 11Fire or smoke 10Collision warning 8Key fob 7Sudden acceleration 7ABS 6No deployment 6Coil spring 5Warning lights 5
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