NHTSA Complaint #10534462 — 2011 FORD F-150

SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THE ENGINE LOSING POWER WHILE TOWING A CAMPER OVER 100+ MILES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THEN ADDING POWER TO CLIMB A HILL. DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, OVER A 1.5-2 HRS DRIVE, APPROACHING A HILL WHILE TOWING A CAMPER, ACCELERATED TO CLIMB THE HILL AND THE VEHICLE AGAIN, DROPPED FROM 65 TO 40 MPH IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS. ENGINE STUTTERED AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE CONTROL TO GAIN SPEED TO CLIMB THE HILL. TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP NO PROBLEM FOUND, ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THERE WAS AN INEFFICIENT CATALYTIC REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LEFT CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS OCCURRED POST HAVING THE ECOBOOST FIX THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY STATED WOULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM AND IT IS STILL OCCURRING. ODBC 2 DATA LOGGER CAPTURED THE INCIDENT RECORDING ENGINE SPEED, ENGINE RPM, AND ENGINE LOAD (%). *TR