NHTSA Complaint #10513632 — 2012 FORD F-150

DRIVING IN RAINING CONDITIONS, WHEN ACCELERATING I WOULD LOOSE POWER WHEN THE TURBO CHARGERS KICKED IN. IT WAS AS IF THE TURBO CHARGERS WERE PICKING UP THE MOISTURE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MISFIRE AND WOULD LOOSE ALL POWER FOR ACCELERATION. EVEN AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED, THIS ACCELERATION PROBLEM STAYED WITH THE VEHICLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. THE NEXT MORNING, STILL HAD SAME PROBLEM BUT AS THE TEMPERATURE WENT UP AND HUMIDITY DECREASED THE PROBLEM GOT LESS SEVERE AND BY THE END OF THE SECOND DAY THE ACCELERATION HAD RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN I WAS PASSING A SEMI TRAILER, I TRIED TO PULL OUT AROUND IN PASSING ZONE ON A SINGLE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, WHEN THE ENGINE DIDN'T RESPOND I HAD TO BREAK AND FALL BACK BEING THE SEMI. LUCKILY, THIS OCCURRED AS I PULLED OUT TO PASS THE SEMI, IF IT HAD HAPPENED AFTER I ALONG SIDE OF THE SEMI, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY TO ACCELERATE TO PASS THE SEMI OR RETURN TO MY SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC ARRIVED. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DURING RAINING CONDITIONS AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR