NHTSA Complaint #10726716 — 2011 FORD F-150

ON JUNE 12, 2015 I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON I 75 IN GEORGIA ON MY WAY TO FLORIDA. I HAD THE CRUISE SET AT AROUND 80 MPH AND CAME UP TO A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. I TAPPED THE BREAKS TO CANCEL THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THEN PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS THE SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE. AS I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE QUITE VIOLENTLY AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ON THE DASH BEGAN TO FLASH. MY TRUCK SLOWED TO ABOUT 55 OR 60 MPH. I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE MY TRUCK FOR A SECOND TIME BUT I RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE THROTTLE. I PULLED THE TRUCK IN TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE AND ATTEMPTED SEVERAL MORE TIMES TO GET THE TRUCK TO ACCELERATE BUT WITH NO RESPONSE. ABOUT ONE OR TWO MILES LATER I FELT A "KICK" AND THE TRUCK WAS BACK TO NORMAL LIKE NOTHING HAD EVER HAPPENED. THE ACCELERATOR WAS WORKING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON. I WROTE THE INCIDENT OFF TO MABE GETTING A BATCH OF BAD GAS AT MY LAST FILL UP.THE REST OF THE TRIP AND THE RETURN TRIP BACK TO OHIO MY TRUCK PREFORMED FINE. FAST FORWARD TO YESTERDAY JUNE 21, 2015 I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE STORE AND ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE ON A COUNTRY ROAD WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. AGAIN MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I HAD TO PULL BACK IN TO MY LANE. AFTER A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS MY TRUCK SNAPPED OUT OF IT AND I COULD ONCE AGAIN ACCELERATE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I NOTICED THAT SEVERAL OTHER FORD OWNERS HAVE BEEN HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. MY TRUCK IS A 2011 FORD F150 WITH THE 3.5 L ECOBOOST V6 WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE ENGINE THAT IS HAVING THE TROUBLE. I ALSO READ THAT FORD IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE.