NHTSA Complaint #10783070 — 2011 FORD F-150

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE MY VEHICLE STARTED TO MISS FIRE AND LOSE POWER. I WAS HAULING A HORSE TRAILER GOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WITH LARGE 18 WHEEL VEHICLES WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED MISS FIRING AND LOOSING POWER. WAS ABLE TO GET OFF INTERSTATE AND FIND A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. WHILE DRIVING TO FORD DEALERSHIP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUED TO FLASH, I FINALLY LOST ALL POWER AND THE TRUCK SHUDDERED AND FLASHERS AUTOMATICALLY WENT ON, WAS ABLE TO GET TO DEALER SHIP AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BAD #4 COIL. THIS WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITH A $100 DEDUCTIBLE AND 6 DAYS LATER SAME THING HAPPENED, AGAIN WHILE HAULING HORSE TRAILER ON INTERSTATE, SAME ISSUES WITH LOOSING POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHING AND TRUCK SHUDDERED. AGAIN WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE IT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, THIS TIME #6 COIL WAS DIAGNOSED AS BEING BAD. THIS WAS CHANGED UNDER WARRANTY WITH ANOTHER PAYMENT OF $100 DEDUCTIBLE. BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED TWICE WHILE HAULING MY HORSES, AND I HAD ANOTHER 400 MILES TO GO BEFORE REACHING MY FINAL DESTINATION, I COULD NOT TAKE THE RISK OF THIS HAPPENING AND LOOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATES WITH 18 WHEEL VEHICLES AT 60 MPH AND FIGURE I MIGHT GET LUCKY A THIRD TIME AND NOT BE KILLED BECAUSE AN 18 WHEELER COULDN'T STOP OR AVOID HITTING ME WHEN LOOSING POWER FROM 60 MPH TO 30 MPH, I CHOSE TO HAVE THE OTHER 4 COILS REPLACED. AFTER GETTING HOME I DID SOME RESEARCH AND SEE THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH NHTSA AND WANTED TO REPORT THE SAME ISSUE. THE OTHER 4 COILS I HAD REPLACED WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND NOW I FIND OUT THAT POSSIBLY THAT WASN'T THE ISSUE BUT MOST LIKELY MOISTURE ACCUMULATION IN INTERCOOLER SYSTEM OF TRUCK. I'M CONCERNED I DON'T HAVE A TRUCK THAT CAN BE DEPENDED UPON TO KEEP ME AND MY ANIMALS THAT ARE BEING TRANSPORTED IN HORSE TRAILER SAFE.