NHTSA Complaint #10568106 — 2011 FORD F-150

WE WERE DRIVING IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, GOING ABOUT 40 MPH, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST POWER/ACCELERATION AND TRUCK JERKED, AND BRAKES SEEMED TO APPLIED BY THEIR SELVES VERY HARD. THIS SEEMED TO HAPPEN SPORADICALLY UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO. ITS HAPPENING NOW AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK. THE TRUCK IS DRIVEN EVERYDAY ON THE INTERSTATE AND MY HUSBAND IS VERY CONCERNED THAT HE IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND HE SAID IT WAS SO BAD, WHEN THE LOSS OF POWER HAPPENED, THE BRAKES LOCKED SO BAD THE TIRES JUST SCREECHED. HE TOOK TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 3/4/14 AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP (SAME DAY) IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT, I BEGAN SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THE LOSS OF POWER/BRAKE PROBLEM. (MOISTURE IN COOLER CAUSING LOSS OF POWER PROBLEM IN F-150 ECHBOOST ENGINES) HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BACK AND HE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE INFO ON THE INTERNET THAT WE HAD FOUND, AND THAT IF HAD HAPPENED AGAIN THAT SAME DAY, THEY TOLD HIM THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ECHBOOST PROBLEM, BUT CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL A RECALL HAPPENS, SO THEY DID NOTHING TO THE TRUCK .THIS IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM AND IT IS GOING TO CAUSE A COLLISION AND POSSIBLE DEATH OR INJURY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE F-150 ECOBOOST TRUCKS. PLEASE HELP EVERYONE THAT OWNS THIS VEHICLE AND ISSUE A RECALL. *TR