NHTSA Complaint #10514833 — 2011 FORD F-150

THE TRUCK HAS A HESITATION AT BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WHEN GOING UPHILL IN 6TH GEAR. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRUCK TRIES TO SHIFT BUT DOES NOT. ADDITIONALLY AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE TIMES THE TRUCK HAS LOST POWER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. MOST RECENTLY ON 5/29/2013 A VEHICLE PULLED ONTO THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, I PULLED AROUND THE VEHICLE AND ACCELERATED TO MAKE IT PAST THE OTHER CAR AND AVOID ON COMING TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND SEEMED TO DOWN SHIFT. I LET OFF THE GAS AND TRIED TO PRESS IT AGAIN WITH NO RESPONSE. AT THIS POINT I WAS BEYOND THE OTHER VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE LANE AND AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK WAS STILL LOSING POWER SO I ATTEMPTED TO PRESS THE GAS AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED MULTIPLE TIMES. I LET OFF THE GAS AGAIN AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS BEFORE ACCELERATING AND WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL DRIVING. THE WEATHER WAS RAINING AN HUMID AT THE TIME OF THE MOST RECENT PROBLEM. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO VARNEY FORD IN NEWPORT MAINE AT LEAST TWICE FOR SERVICE OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE FIXES BUT AFTER THE MOST RECENT ATTEMPT IN SEPTEMBER 2012 I WAS ADVISED THAT THE PERFORMANCE MAY JUST BE "A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE" AND THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE TO HELP. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER AGAIN BECAUSE THEY APPEAR TO BE UNABLE TO HELP. *TR