NHTSA Complaint #10947456 — 2013 FORD F-150

I EXPERIENCED A CONDITION NOTED IN FORD TSB: ASI-32166 "SOME VEHICLES, WITH TURBOCHARED GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION ENGINES, WILL EXHIBIT FLASHING MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP, AN INTERMITTENT STUMBLE AND/OR MISFIRE DURING HARD ACCELERATION DURING EXTREME HUMID OR DAMP CONDITIONS." WHILE DRIVING AT A RELATIVELY STEADY 55-60 MPH (ON A RAINY AFTERNOON), I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR DOWN IN AN EFFORT TO OVERTAKE A VEHICLE. IMMEDIATELY, THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHIMMY, AND I STARTED TO LOSE POWER. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ANY MORE, I PROMPTLY EXITED THE INTERSTATE, PARKED, SHUT OFF MY VEHICLE IN AN EFFORT TO ALLOW IT TO "RESET". WHEN I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE. I WAS (THANKFULLY) UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE SCENARIO ON THE REMAINDER OF MY DRIVE HOME. *TR