NHTSA Complaint #11403667 — 2013 FORD F-150

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK USED. ON 2 OCCASIONS IT COMPLETELY SHIFT OFF WITH NO WARNING. I GOOGLED AND READ THAT IF THE ANTIFREEZE RUNS LOW IT WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN UNTIL ANTIFREEZE IS BROUGHT BACK TO LEVEL. RECENTLY I HAVE USED THE VEHICLE MORE. I CHECK THE RESERVOIR AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH FIR THIS PARTICULAR LEVEL. EVERYTIME I HAVE TO ADD ANTIFREEZE. NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER OF ANY LEAKAGE. LAST MONTH I DID NOT CHECK DUE TO HAVING A SHOULDER SURGERY SO THE TRUCK SAT UNFRIENDLY FIR APPROXIMATELY 6 WEEKS. I USED THE TRUCK TO GO TO MY LOCAL WALMART STORE APPROXIMATELY A 9 MILE TRIP ONE WAY. I NOTICED GOING TO STORE THE COOLING FAN CUT ON AND STAYED ON. I LOOKED AT GAUGES AND THEY WERE OK. AFTER PICKING UP GROCERIES I CRANKED THE TRUCK . I PULLED OUT OF PARKING LOT DROVE ABOUT A MILE AND NOTICED MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I STARTED WATCHING THE GAUGES. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS SLOWLY CLIMBING TO THE HOT RANGE. I TURNED IN THE DEFROSTER AND HEATER TO PULL HEAT OFF THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY WATCHING SO I COULD MAKE IT BACK HOME. I LIVE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY AND DID NOT WANT TO BREAK DOWN. I SLOWED MY SPEED TO 20-30 MPH WHICH DID HELP KEEP GAUGE IN SAFE ZONE. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE RESERVOIR WHICH WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. HE ADDED 1-1/2 GALLONS OF COOLANT. WE LET SIT AND THEN CRANKED THE TRUCK IT IS NOW BACK TO RUNNING IN THE NORMAL RANGE. I POSTED WHAT HAPPENED ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2013 F-150 AND IN MY OPINION VERY DANGEROUS SINCE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THAT FLUID LEVEL HAS MYSTERIOUSLY DROPPED AND EVAPORATED AND THE TRUCK SHUTS DOWN AND WILL NOT START UNTIL COOLANT IS REFILLED. I HAVEN'T BEEN STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ... YET... BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *TR