NHTSA Complaint #10482665 — 2013 FORD F-150

WHILE TRAVELING IN RAIN ON THE HIGHWAY - OUTSIDE TEMP 40 DEG F / DEWPOINT 40 (THIS IS RELEVANT - THIS ISSUE OCCURS WHENEVER TEMP & DEW POINT ARE WITHIN 10 OF EACH OTHER FOR MANY OTHERS) AT 65MPH - I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. AFTER MY LANE CHANGE, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE & THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED & REVVED HIGH FOR A SECOND AND THEN ILOST 90% OF MY ENGINES POWER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER & SHAKE AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CEL) BEGAN TO BLINK ON MY DASH. I WAS NEARLY HIT BE 2 FAST MOVING SEMI TRUCKS AS I TRIED TO CROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE BERM WITH 0 ABILITY TO ACCELERATE ANY FURTHER. STOPPING & STARTING THE ENGINE MADE THE ISSUE GO AWAY. A SIMILAR EVEN OCCURRED THIS MORNING AS WELL BUT CLEARED ITSELF AFTER I LET OFF OF THE GAS. I HAVE HEARD NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE ON DIFFERENT F-150 FORUMS. THE ISSUE IS APPARENTLY TOO MUCH CONDENSATION IN THE ECOBOOST ENGINES TWIN TURBO INTERCOOLER (HENCE THE TEMP/DEW POINT CORRELATION). FORD HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE THIS FOR 3 YEARS NOW - AND JUST RELEASED A NEW TSB 12-10-19 WHICH I HOPE WILL RESOLVE IT. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 14 DAYS - AND IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SOLD TO ME WITH THIS KNOWN DANGEROUS FAILURE POSSIBILITY BEING PRESENT. THE TSB IS BEING APPLIED TO MY VEHICLE TOMORROW & I HOPE IT WORKS. NUMEROUS OTHERS HAVE HAD DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS AT REPAIR & NONE HAVE MADE THE ISSUE PERMANENTLY GO AWAY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR