NHTSA Complaint #11082461 — 2013 FORD F-150

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH MY 2013 FORD F-150 DOWNSHIFTED FROM SIXTH GEAR TO FORTH CAUSING THE TRUCK TO QUICKLY DECELERAT DOWN TO 47 MPH. THANK GOD THE SEATBELT WORKED AND THAT NOBODY WAS BEHIND ME. TOOK IT DIRECTLY TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND LEFT IT FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. FORD CALLED AND SAID IT WAS MY TIMING CHAIN AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3,200 + TAX. DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM I'VE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A MULTIPLE TSB'S ON THE PROBLEM YET MY FORD DEALER WHERE I GET MY MAINTAINED NEVER MENTIONED IT. SO MY WARRANTY RAN OUT AND I AM ON THE HOOK TO THE $3,200+ TAX WHEN THEY KNEW THAT AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM EXISTED.