NHTSA Complaint #10545222 — 2011 FORD F-150

AS WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH LEXINGTON KENTUCKY ON RT 75 NORTH, TOWING OUR ENCLOSED CAR TRAILER WITH OUR MUSTANG INSIDE. IT WAS RAINING PRETTY HARD AND THERE WERE 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC ON A RATHER STEEP GRADE, THE TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE AS WE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES ON THE FREEWAY TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO MERGE FROM AN ON RAMP. I HAD JUST READ ABOUT A FEW INCIDENTS WHERE THIS SAME THING HAD HAPPENED TO OTHERS BEFORE WE HAD LEFT ON THIS TRIP. THE TRUCK DROPPED TO ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR, I HAD TO MANEUVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC TOWING A 20' LONG TRAILER IN A HEAVY RAIN STORM. WE STOPPED THE TRUCK, SHUT IT OFF, AS DESCRIBED IN THE FORUMS I HAD READ ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM, AND LET IT SET FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. IT RESTARTED FINE AND RAN GOOD THE REST OF THE WAY BACK TO OHIO. WHEN WE RETURNED HOME I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY SAID BECAUSE THE COMPUTER SHOWED NO CODES THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK, I WAS PREPARED FOR THAT WITH THE ARTICLES THAT I HAD READ AND I SAID FIX IT OR I'LL FILE A SUIT AGAINST THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD! THE MILEAGE HAD DROPPED FROM ABOUT 16-17 MPG IN THE CITY TO ABOUT 11 MPG IN THE CITY, IT TOOK THEM SUPPOSEDLY UNTIL AUGUST TO "GET THE PARTS IN" SO FAR IT'S BEEN FINE BUT I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DUPLICATE THE SITUATION AGAIN. *JS