NHTSA Complaint #11124182 — 2015 FORD F-150

2015 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST, BOUGHT APRIL 2018 WITH APPROX. 67,000 MILES, CURRENTLY AT APPROX. 75,000 MILES. I AM REPORTING THE SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATING POWER AS THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND STALLS BOTH WHEN MOVING WITH TRAFFIC OR ACCELERATING TO ENTER OR MOVE WITH TRAFFIC. MULTIPLE WARNING MESSAGES INCLUDING THE WRENCH LIGHT FLASH IN THE DASH MESSAGE AREA AS THE ENGINE SLOWS TO IDLE WITH NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND COMES TO A STUTTERING STOP. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS THREE WEEKS AGO AND HAS HAPPENED NO LESS THAN SIX TIME SINCE - TWICE WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO THE FREEWAY (VERY BUSY, VERY FAST TRAFFIC) AND TWICE WHILE CROSSING OR TURNING IN MULTI-LANE INTERSECTIONS FROM STOPPED. FOUR OF THE SIX TIMES RESULTED IN MY VEHICLE DYING IN AND OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC WITH AND ME BARELY GETTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. I NOW SHIFT TO NEUTRAL TO LET MOMENTUM MOVE THE VEHICLE AS I WORM THROUGH TRAFFIC TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE CLEARS OR RESETS THE MESSAGE AND SOMETIMES "DOWNHILL ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE" WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BOTH STAYED ON OR SHUT OFF ON RESTART. I CAN THEN DRIVE ON THE VEHICLE'S OWN POWER, THOUGH THE PROBLEM HAS REPEATED AS SOON AS TWO MINUTES LATER, OR NOT FOR DAYS. I HAVE NOT HAD TO BE TOWED AND NO ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED. THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSUMER'S COUNCIL FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD IN 2015 WHICH WAS SETTLED WITH FORD OFFERING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ONLY ON THE ETB (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY) OF CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES - ALL WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE, AND MULTIPLE CUSTOMER SERVICE ACTIONS (CSA'S) THAT HAVE SINCE EXPIRED. A FEW MINUTES ON THE FORD FORUMS ONLINE AND IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE, AND FORD HAS OFFERED SEVERAL BANDAIDS, BUT NONE UNTIL AFTER THE ETB HAS FAILED AND LIVES BEEN ENDANGERED. *TR