NHTSA Complaint #10523737 — 2011 FORD F-150

WE WERE TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE ROAD. WE WERE FOLLOWING A SLOW MOVING TRACTOR TRAILER. WE HAD BEEN TRAVELING FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS. IT HAD RAINED EARLIER AND WAS HUMID. I ACCELERATED TO PASS AND WAS PARTIALLY AROUND THE TRUCK WHEN THE ENGINE OF MY TRUCK STARTED MISFIRING AND LOST POWER. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO LIMP IT ALONG AND GET BACK INTO MY LANE BEFORE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE MOTOR IN MY TRUCK IS THE 3.5 LITER ECOBOOST. I HAVE SEEN REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO THIS MOTOR, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED SO DRAMATICALLY TO MINE. I DON'T RECALL HAVING TRAVELED FOR ANY DISTANCE IN THESE CONDITIONS WITH THIS TRUCK. THE TRUCK IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM LOOKED AT. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT REPAIRS DEPENDING ON HOW THE TRUCK IS EQUIPPED. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS EVENT AND I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. I HAVE READ OF A POSSIBLE RECALL OF THE TRUCKS WITH THESE MOTORS TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. IT IS EVIDENT TO ME THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE ISN'T AS LUCKY AS WE WERE. *TR