NHTSA Complaint #10512252 — 2012 FORD F-150

FIRSTLY, WHILE DRIVING ALONG A 3 MILE STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD I PULL OUT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. MY TRUCK ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN TO WHAT FORD DESCRIBES AS "LIMP HOME MODE" MID-PASS AND I HAD TO DECELERATE QUICKLY AND GET BACK IN TO MY LANE BEFORE A HEAD ON COLLISION OCCURRED. THERE WERE VEHICLES IN THE LANE THAT I HAD TO CUTOFF TO GET TO SAFETY.I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE THEN RE-START IT BEFORE THE CONDITION CLEARED UP. THIS SAME SCENARIO HAPPENED AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2012. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING ALONG WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 62 MPH WHEN FOR NO REASON THE VEHICLE WENT IN TO "LIMP HOME MODE" AGAIN. I HAD TO PULL OVER ONCE AGAIN AND STOP/START THE ENGINE. I WAS IN A FAIR AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION HAD THERE NOT BEEN A CONVENIENT PULLOUT IN THE AREA. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SECONDLY, THE ENGINE MAKE A POPPING SOUND WHILE I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP (AGAIN THE DEALERSHIP CAN FIND NOTHING) THIRDLY, THE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM RANDOMLY CYCLES SOME UNKNOWN SOLENOID DURING USE WHICH THE DEALER CANNOT REPRODUCE. THIS IS A BRAND NEW ECOBOOST ENGINE, WHICH I LOVE BUT WHICH I FEEL IS VERY UNSAFE AND I CAN GET NO RESOLUTION FROM FORD. *TR