NHTSA Complaint #10513974 — 2012 FORD F-150

V6 ECOBOOST MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING IN HEAVY RAIN ON I65 IN BIRMINGHAM, AL. I PULLED INTO THE FAR LEFT LANE TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES. WHEN I ACCELERATED THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND RAPIDLY LOSE SPEED AND POWER. SEVERAL VEHICLES INCLUDING A SEMI HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE SECOND TIME WAS ON MY RETURN TRIP HOME. WE WERE TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE ROAD IN FOGGY CONDITIONS. WE CAME TO AN AREA WHEN THE ROAD SPLIT SO YOU COULD PASS SLOWER VEHICLES. I, ALONG WITH A CAR FOLLOWING, WENT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE WHICH HAD MOVED TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I WAS ALONGSIDE THE SLOWER VEHICLE MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND LOSE SPEED. I HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE BRAKING ACTION TO FALL IN BEHIND THE VEHICLE TO MY RIGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM. THE VEHICLE FOLLOWING ME ALSO HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID HITTING ME. AND THE CAR TO MY RIGHT. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER WHEN I RETURNED HOME. THEY REPLACED THE CAC, INSTALLED A PLASTIC SHIELD, REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, AND REPLACED A DEFECTIVE CAT AS WAS THE RECOMMENDED REPAIR ACCORDING TO THE ISSUED TSB. ON APRIL 18TH I WAS TRAVELING ON HWY41 IN THE RAIN.TWICE ON MY TRIP THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND LOSE SPEED WHEN PASSING SLOWER VEHICLES. THE APPLIED TSB DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AT THE REQUEST OF FORD CUSTOMER CARE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND AN ISSUE. THE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED THE SECOND CAT WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE BUT HAS INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AT THIS TIME. THEY OFFERED TO SEND ME A BUY BACK OFFER WITHIN TEN DAYS AND AFTER TWENTY DAYS AND SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TODAY THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO BUY BACK MY TRUCK. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE ISSUE UNTIL THEY (IF) COME UP WITH A FIX. I AM UNWILLING TO PUT MY FAMILY AT RISK. *TR