2012 Ford F-350: sudden loss of power

Filed Sep 25, 2025 · Engine · 128,843 miles · NV

The contact owns a 2012 Ford F-350. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 65 MPH, the message "Loss of Engine Power" was displayed before the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, where it was diagnosed and DTC: P0087, P2291, and P2A00 were retrieved. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 128,843.

Filed May 26, 2022 · Fuel system · AK

CP4 high pressure fuel pump catastrophic failure. My fuel pump grenades and I lost all power on a busy road. I was able to use momentum after the loss of power to safely exit the roadway. I had no warning lamps prior to failure my vehicle will not start now and is currently at a shop being investigated.

Filed Mar 12, 2021 · Engine, Transmission · 134,000 miles · FL · fire

We have been maintaining our vehicle and had no warning lights at the time our truck died . At the time of the incident it had oil and water. We were driving on the florida turnpike at full speed when suddenly, the truck started shuddering, and then it completely lost power. A cloud of blue-white smoke came out of the back of our truck. We were lucky to be able to get off of the turnpike to a safe place. We could have been killed. The mechanic has determined that the engine is locked up and can't be fixed. Our truck only has 134,000 miles - it should not have blown up like this.

Filed Sep 21, 2018 · Engine · 150,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-350. While driving at unknown speeds, the vehicle went into power mode and lost power. In addition, the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer (walts live oak ford, 1109 ohio ave n, live oak, fl 32064, (386) 362-1112) where it was diagnosed that the exhaust sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was called, but failed to respond. The failure mileage was 150,000.

Filed Feb 25, 2015 · Engine · 53,000 miles · WI

Driving along cold windy winter day, I got a message on the dash "stop safely now". Motor immediately went into limp mode, complete loss of engine power to the point where I had all I could do to get out of traffic. As soon as truck came to a slow creep, motor shut off. Truck had power however engine would not turn over, basically the truck left me stranded roadside. Called ford roadside assistance, they said it would take up to an hour to get a tow (unacceptable). I was left inside the truck with no heat. Ended up calling a friend to tow me to a better location. This is a horrible design flaw shutting the motor down like that. Driver should be able to keep motor running to keep heater on. Driver should be able to proceed a few miles per hour to get out of a dangerous situation (stuck in an intersection, stuck on railroad crossing, stuck on bridge, etc). Many of these vehicles are designed and used to pull large trailers, rv trailers etc. I cannot imagine pulling a large trailer and having that situation occur while driving 65mph on a four lane highway. Very dangerous situation. My investigation is that ford recalled all the f series that came equipped with the ambulance package however they decided not to recall all the other f series trucks that did not have the ambulance package. Evidently ford believes that ambulance drivers and passengers are more important than all the other f series drivers with the same engine and components. Someone is going to get killed over this flaw and for what, a $ 60.00 sensor?. These trucks are 50-60k new and to be left stranded over a simple low cost part is unacceptable and dangerous. Look at all the crashes that occurred with gm with the ignition situation. This situation is as dangerous by allowing the engine to completely shutdown. Owner is left helpless and more than likely in a dangerous situation.

Filed Dec 13, 2014 · Engine · 58,000 miles · NC

Turbo charger tube failed at the plastic connection joint on the turbo. Plastic connection broke causing a sudden loss of power at highway speed. 4-failures in fleet trucks with the same issue. One turbo hose had a crimp band joint failure. This could result in a rear end crash on a truck pulling a trailer. Ford said its not a problem. 6.7 engine equipped.

Filed Jun 20, 2014 · Engine · 47,000 miles · WA

I was traveling with my three young children to a town approximately 40 miles from our home. I was going about 70 MPH on the freeway, and just as I started to exit at an off ramp a warning tone sounded and my dash flashed "stop safely now". I was exiting anyway and there was no where to pull over, so I continued up the ramp. I quickly turned into the nearby parking lot, and just as I quickly pulled into a parking spot the pickup completely died. It was only about 30 seconds from when I was first alerted to a problem to the vehicle completely shutting off. It was pure luck that I was able to find a safe place to pull over that quickly. I just kept thinking about how dangerous that could have been had I not been able to immediately get off the freeway. If I had lost power on the freeway there could have been a terrible accident. We were then completely stranded and had to wait for a tow. Luckily the weather was fair as we would have been unable to use any heat or air conditioning while we waited for what could have been hours for a tow. Not to mention that we live in a very rural area and often times do not have cell service. Also, we frequently are towing our stock trailer loaded with horses or cattle going up and down steep grades. I can only imagine what would happen if the pickup decided to shut off at those times. I was truly shaken up by this incident and the thought of what could have happened if the circumstances had been different. I am pleading with you to prevent certain future tragedy by forcing ford to fix this problem. It's a simple fix (in my case it took the dealer less than an hour) and there is no excuse.

Filed May 28, 2013 · Engine · 4,882 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-350 sd. The contact stated that while driving 75 MPH, the stop vehicle now warning message illuminated. The vehicle also lost power. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, who performed a diagnostic test and advised the contact that the egt exhaust temperature sensor was defective. The dealer replaced the exhaust temperature sensor replaced. The failure mileage was 4,882.