NHTSA Complaint #10633230 — 2012 FORD F-150

USING TRUCK TO PULL APPROX. 5000 LB TRAVEL TRAILER FOR CAMPING. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 45 MINS SINCE LAST STOP, 15 MIN BATHROOM BREAK. WEATHER WAS DRIZZLE RAIN THAT HAD BEEN CONTINUOUS FOR LAST 2 HOURS OF TRIP TIME AND THERE WAS STANDING WATER ON ROADWAY. I WAS IN A 65 MPH LOCATION, FLAT ROADWAY, AND CAME UPON A SMALL CAR DOING LESS THAN 60 MPH ON THE TURNIGAN ARM AREA OF THE SEWARD HIGHWAY (2 LANE-OPPOSING TRAFFIC). IT WAS CLEAR AND I BEGAN TO PASS. AS I CLEARED THE VEHICLE I NOTICED A LARGE CLASS A RV HAD FOLLOWED ME TO PASS THE CAR. I CONTINUED AT 65-70 MPH TO FINISH PASSING AND MY TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING AND LOSING POWER AND SPEED, NO LIGHTS OR PROBLEMS SHOWN ON DASH. THE RV THAT FOLLOWED ME WAS ON MY REAR END AND TRYING TO FIT BACK INTO THE LANE WITHOUT RUNNING THE SMALL VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AS OPPOSING TRAFFIC APPROACHED. I COULD DO NOTHING BUT SIGNAL AND PULL OFF ON TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. AS I STOPPED AND PUT TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND REVVED THE ENGINE IT APPEARED FINE. I WAITED FOR A CLEARING IN TRAFFIC AND PULLED BACK IN AND ACCELERATED WITH NO PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM CORRECTED THAT QUICKLY WITH OUT ME SHUTTING IT OFF. THE TRUCK HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR THE REST OF A 250 MILE TRIP. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE ENDED UP VERY BAD AND IT SHOOK MY WIFE UP EMOTIONALLY. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ONE MORE TIME ON THE RETURN TRIP ON 9/13/14. SIMILAR WEATHER, BUT NOT QUITE AS WET. THIS TIME WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPENED I WAS IN A PASSING LANE AND HAD A SLIGHT INCLINE AND A SEMI WAS DROPPING DOWN IN SPEED AND I WENT TO PASS ACCELERATING FROM 55 TO ABOUT 65 MPH, MOVING INTO THE PASSING LANE. AS I ACCELERATED THE TRUCK HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. THIS TIME THE SITUATION WAS NOT AS DIRE AS I RECOGNIZED IT, SIGNALED, MOVED BACK INTO THE SLOW LANE AND THEN SHOULDER. OTHER THAN UPSETTING OTHER MOTORISTS AS I SLOWED DOWN NO ENDANGERMENT TO LIFE OCCURRED. *TR