NHTSA Complaint #10560597 — 2013 FORD F-150

FORD ECOBOOST ENGINE. TRAVELING ON STATE HIGHWAY (ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION) AT ABOUT 45MPG (SPEED LIMIT WAS 55). I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER CAR. I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND MOVE INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. AS I CAME EVEN WITH THE SLOWER CAR, THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SPEED OF 40 TO 45 MPH. ANOTHER CAR PULLED IN RIGHT BEHIND ME TO ALSO PASS THE SLOWER CAR AT THE SAME TIME. A SEMI TRAILER CRESTED THE HILL AND WAS QUICKLY APPROACHING. I WAS UNABLE TO HIT THE BREAKS AND RETURN TO MY LANE OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE SECOND PASSING CAR WAS ACCELERATING QUICKLY BEHIND ME AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AT ALL BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS STALLING. THE SECOND PASSING CAR REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND HIT THE BREAKS ALLOWING ME TO ALSO SLIDE BACK IN LINE AS THE SEMI SHIFTED ONTO THE SHOULDER IN HIS LANE. WE WENT THREE-WIDE ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS WENT OUT ON THE DASH, THE ENGINE KICKED BACK IN. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PASS THE SLOWER CAR AND TRAVELED HOME. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL DEALER FOR EVALUATION AND THEY TOLD ME THIS IS KNOWN TO HAPPEN DURING RAINY WEATHER. WEATHER AT TIME OF INCIDENT, PARTLY CLOUDY, AROUND 4:30 IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME MY ENGINE HAS CUT OUT ON ME DURING ACCELERATION. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME TO NEARLY WRAP UP FOUR VEHICLES IN A NASTY WRECK. *TR