NHTSA Complaint #10678221 — 2011 FORD F-150

GENERALLY SPEAKING WITH A NEW VEHICLE I "BABY" A NEW VEHICLE UNTIL I GET OVER 75,000 MI. FIRST INCIDENT - NOTICED AROUND 40,000 MI. WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND DOESN'T HAVE POWER. THOUGHT IT WAS BAD GAS, TURBO LAG, OR INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION ISSUE. PROBLEM OCCURRED A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS, EVERY TIME WAS DURING ACCELERATION TO PASS OR MERGE ON TO EXPRESSWAY CONDITIONS. KEEP IN MIND SINCE I WAS IN THE BABYING MILEAGE RANGE I RARELY PERFORMED SUCH ACCELERATION. BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF OCCURRENCES, I DISCUSSED THIS WITH A FRIEND THAT ALSO OWNS AN ECOBOOST AND HE THOUGHT THE SAME REASONS. I HAVE 7 YEAR 100,000 EXTENDED WARRANTY SO I THOUGHT I WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE PROBLEM OCCURRED FREQUENTLY ENOUGH TO EASILY TROUBLE SHOOT. OF COURSE FREQUENCY WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH UNTIL AFTER I GET OUT OF THE "BABY" STAGE ON MILEAGE. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE HAS OVER 75,000 MILES. I NO LONGER BABY IT. PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY TIME I ACCELERATE TO PASS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ALSO, I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM WHEN ACCELERATING TO ENTER HIGHWAY TRAFFIC FROM RAMP. THE RAMP OCCURRENCE APPEARS TO BE WHEN I'M AT A SPEED AND THEN ACCELERATE. NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR SLOW SPEED. I'M CONCERNED THIS MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND POTENTIAL A LIFE THREATENING OR CHANGING EVENT. WHAT IS ONE LIFE WORTH? I GUESS THAT DEPENDS ON IF ITS YOURS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING EVENT AND KNOW THAT DRIVERS LIKE MYSELF ONCE AWARE PAY ATTENTION AND PROCEED WITH CAUTION AND THIS IS THE REASON THERE HASN'T BEEN LIFE LOST, OR NO ONE HAS PROVEN THIS WAS THE ROOT CAUSE TO ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. I FEAR FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND THAT THEY MAY DISCOVER IT AT THE WRONG TIME. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO HELP. *TR