2011 FORD F-150 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTER COOLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACTS STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO PERFORMED AN OIL CHANGE AND RECOMMENDED RETURNING FOR A FOLLOW UP AFTER 1,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK AFTER 1,000 MILES WHERE THE DEALER INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED 1.5 QUARTS OF OIL. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

MY VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH THE 3.5 LITER ECOBOOST 6 CYLINDER ENGINE. UPON ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND THE ENGINE FELT ROUGH. THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO ACCELERATE, CAUSING ME TO SWERVE BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE TO AVOID BEING REAR-ENDED BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE LEFT LANE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 - 60 SECONDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCEPT THROTTLE AND RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THIS PROBLEM HAS REPEATED ITSELF ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE 7TH TIME TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. IN ONLY ONE INSTANCE OF THE MANY THAT I'VE HAD, I DID GET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. FORTUNATELY, THIS WAS DOCUMENTED BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP AS ONE ENTIRE BANK OF CYLINDERS MISFIRING. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING OF TRANSMISSION SHIFT ISSUES, WHERE AT SLOW (LESS THAN 10 MPH) SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND FAIL TO ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR DEFLECTOR PLATE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

WE WERE DRIVING IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, GOING ABOUT 40 MPH, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST POWER/ACCELERATION AND TRUCK JERKED, AND BRAKES SEEMED TO APPLIED BY THEIR SELVES VERY HARD. THIS SEEMED TO HAPPEN SPORADICALLY UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO. ITS HAPPENING NOW AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK. THE TRUCK IS DRIVEN EVERYDAY ON THE INTERSTATE AND MY HUSBAND IS VERY CONCERNED THAT HE IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND HE SAID IT WAS SO BAD, WHEN THE LOSS OF POWER HAPPENED, THE BRAKES LOCKED SO BAD THE TIRES JUST SCREECHED. HE TOOK TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 3/4/14 AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP (SAME DAY) IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT, I BEGAN SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THE LOSS OF POWER/BRAKE PROBLEM. (MOISTURE IN COOLER CAUSING LOSS...

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (APX. 70 MPH) ATTEMPT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE, AND UPON ACCELERATION, THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER, AND WOULD NOT SPEED UP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND STAYED ON UNTIL THE TRUCK HAD BEEN TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO OCCUR IN THE RAIN, OR HIGH HUMIDITY DAYS. I HAVE NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT ON 3 OCCASION. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE HAS TOLD ME TO USE "FUEL ADDITIVE" EVERY TIME I COMPLAIN, STATING THE PROBLEM IS WATER IN THE ETHANOL THAT IS BLENDED WITH GASOLINE IN TEXAS. I RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM HAVING A FIX, THROUGH THE WEB, AND I AM NOW TOLD "THERE IS A FIX, BUT IT NOT A WARRATNY SITUATION"

TOWING A 9500# FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER ON INTERSTATE COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER SHUDDERING AND INABILITY TO ACCELERATE.

2011 F150 ECOBOOST AT 57K MILES MID JULY 2013 EXPERIENCED VIOLENT SHUDDERING LOSE OF POWER PULLING UP HILL AT 60 MPH. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WHERE REPAIR WAS LISTED AS #2 COIL PACK COSTED $277. NOW JAN 2014 SIX MONTHS AND 13K MILES LATER SAME EVENT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON TWICE WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. USED ON BOARD DIAGNOSIC TOOL I HAD PURCHASED AND TRUCK CODED P0303 AS #3 CYLINDER MISFIRE OBVIOUSLY THE #3 COIL PACK HAS GONE BAD AT 70K MILES. *TR

UPON TRYING TO PASS A TRUCK, WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS FOR ADDED POWER, THE ENGINE CONVULSED AND SHOOK THE ENTIRE TRUCK, LOST POWER, ENGINE LIGHT FLICKERED... I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY, CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY DID A CHECK THROUGH ON STAR (TYPE SYSTEM). SAID THEY SAW NOTHING?! STARTED BACK UP, SEEMED TO BE FINE ONCE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED NOW MULTIPLE TIMES. ALWAYS WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS FOR ADDED POWER, SAME SCENARIO. THIS IS THE ECO BOOST ENGINE. WHILE I LOVE THE POWER, IT HAS FAILED ME 5 TIMES TO DATE. SAME PROBLEM AS THE PE 13-018 REPORT. *TR

AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE13018- HARD ACCELERATION AND THE ENGINE MISFIRED WHILE TRYING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM THE EZ-PASS LANE AT A NJ TOLL PLAZA, WITH NO WARNING, THE TRUCK EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHUDDER AND COMPLETE STALL (ENGINE POWER LOSS). ALTHOUGH THE POWER DID COME BACK UP WITHIN 3 SECONDS, IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING AND I FELT MY FAMILY WAS IN DANGER WITH VEHICLES COMING UP BEHIND US QUICKLY. LUCKILY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY.

TRUCK LOST POWER WHILE ENTERING I 75 UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED EIGHT DIFFERENT TIMES. TRUCK HAS A MISS IN THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSES A DROP OF 5 MILES PER GALLON.

LOSS OF POWER DURING ACCELERATION WITH ECOBOOST ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE FORD DEALERSHIPS ABOUT THIS SINCE RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS PROBLEM IN THE MEDIA AS I AM NOW HOPEFUL FOR A RESOLUTION. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING AND THEY SAID THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT AND TO CONTACT FORD. HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH NO ONE IN FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENTS WANTING TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESOLVE THE PROBLEM....... *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED YOU COULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED. THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY SHUTTER UNTIL I STOPPED AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES, AT THREE DIFFERENT TIME IT PUT ME IN DANGER WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO INCREASE SPEED TO GET OUT OF DANGER ONLY COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT THE SIDE OFF A BUSY INTERSTATE. I FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM FORD AND THEY INSTALLED THE NEW VAIN IN THE TURBO. THIS HELPED THE PROBLEM BUT IT REALLY HURT THE FUEL MILEAGE AFTER THAT. *TR

ACCELERATING ONTO FREEWAY VEHICLE MISS FIRED AND STARTED TO SPUTTER AND SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, PULLED VEHICLE OVER TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED 5 MINUTES TO CHECK MANUAL. RESTARTED AND NO PROBLEMS. FEW DAYS LATER STARTED TO PASS A VEHICLE ON INCLINE AND THE VEHICLE DID THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN. REPEATED TURN OFF AND REST CONTINUED DRIVE NO PROBLEMS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE MASSIVE SHAKING AND LACK OF VEHICLE POWER TO MOVE WITH TRAFFIC. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY COULD REPLICATE INCIDENT, HOWEVER CAN'T SEEM TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF FORD MOTOR CO. BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER.3.5L ECOBOOST FX4 F150 CREWCAB. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, I ACCELERATED TO ENTER A HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED AND THEN BOGGED GOING INTO WHAT IS CALLED "LIMP MODE". THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND MISFIRE CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO DECELERATE RAPIDLY. THIS ACTION NEARLY CAUSED A REAR END COLLISION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ON MARCH 26, 2012 I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 95 WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN BOG AND MISFIRE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE RAPIDLY. AGAIN, NEARLY CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO FORD FOR A DIAGNOSIS, FORD ENGINEERS ARE APPARENTLY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE BOGS WHILE MODERATELY ACCELERATING ONTO THE INTERSTATE WHILE PULLING A TRAILER WITH A LOAD UNDER 3,000 POUNDS. IT SEEMS AS IF THE ENGINE IS STUCK ON THE REV LIMITER. THERE IS MINIMAL POWER AVAILABLE AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. I DID NOT BUY A POWERFUL TRUCK IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE THIS. *TR

I HAVE A 2011 F150 WITH THE 3.5 ECOBOOST. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ROUGH 3-4 UPSHIFTS SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW. BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO DEALER TWICE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ROUGH SHIFT. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE ENGINE STUMBLE ON ME TWICE WILL TRYING TO PASS. I HAVE READ OTHERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND AM HOPING FORD WILL HAVE A FIX BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED IN A WRECK. *KB

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH. I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A CAR BY GIVING THE TRUCK WIDE OPEN THROTTLE. THE TRUCK RESPONDED BY DOWN SHIFTING SEVERAL GEARS, AND THE RPM'S INCREASE TO AROUND 4000. ONCE THIS HAPPENS, THE ENGINE STARTS TO BOG DOWN/MISFIRE AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTS TO FLASH. I LET OFF THE GAS AND THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO MISFIRE FOR SEVERAL MORE MINUTES BEFORE CLEARING UP ON ITS OWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. *JS

VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY DURING HIGHWAY ON RAMP ACCELERATION. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND PLACED ME AND MY FAMILY IN THE DIRECT PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. *TR

UPON ACCELERATION MY TRUCK SHIFTED ROUGHLY SPUTTERED AND SHUT DOWN, THEN THE WRENCH SHOWED UP AND I HAD TO DRIFT TO SIDE OF ROAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. THEY HAVE DONE A COMPUTER UPDATE 1ST TIME, NO LUCK, REPLACED A LOOSE PIN,NO LUCK, REPLACED COMPUTER , NO LUCK, REPLACED CRANK SHAFT SENSOR, NO LUCK. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY EVENT. TWO TIMES MY TRUCK STALLED AND SHUT OFF WHILE MERGING ONTO AN EXTREMELY BUSY HIGHWAY. I HAVE CHILDREN THAT RIDE IN MY TRUCK AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE. I HAVE OPENED A CASE WITH FORD BUT ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS KEEP FIXING IT. 44,000 TRUCK , TRANSMISSION STINKS AND I WANT A REFUND. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT OR DIE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

NEW 2011 ECOBOOST V-6 F150 SUPER-CREW AUTO 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH THE ENGINE IN MANUAL SHIFT 1ST GEAR COLD ENGINE THE ACCELERATOR STICKS AT WHAT EVER RPM'S YOU ARE RUNNING AND WILL START GOING FASTER WITHOUT FOOT ON PEDAL I HAVE HAD TO DATE 10 RUN AWAYS AND FORD WON'T OR CAN'T FIX IT. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND TURN KEY OFF.....IF YOUR IN TRAFFIC IT COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IT ALSO MAY CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE... *TR

MY COMPLAINT IS THAT FORD HAS A GOVERNOR ON THE ENGINE THAT ONLY ALLOWS THE VEHICLE TO REACH APPROXIMATELY 89 MPH. YET THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATES 120 MPH AND NO INDICATIONS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL THAT THE ENGINE HAS A GOVERNOR AND TOP SPEED IS 89 MPH. I BELIEVE FORD IS MAKING A MISREPRESENTATION AND FALSE ADVERTISING TO THE PUBLIC. FORD HAS STATED TO ME THE REASON FOR THIS IS TO NOT EXCEED TIRE RATING SPEED. HOWEVER MY TRUCK CAME WITH 113 MPH SPEED RATED TIRES. FORD ALSO ADMITS THAT THERE IS NO INDICATION OR MENTION OF THE GOVERNED SPEED. I DON'T HAVE A NEED TO GO BEYOND THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OR WANT TO GO 120MPH. THAT BEING SAID , I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 81 POSTED SPEED 70 I WAS DOING ABOUT 73-75 MPH IN THE RIGHT LANE, ALONG SIDE OF ME IN THE LEFT LANE WAS A DODGE...

VEHICLE "SHUDDERS" OR "BUCKS" SLIGHTLY UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM 55 MPH ON UP. FOR A $45,000 VEHICLE AND NO FIX YET THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES WHEN THE HORN SOUNDED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD NEAR THE ENGINE. THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRE. THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE AT THE AID OF THE CONTACT. THE FIRE AND POLICE BOTH ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS LATER CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 7,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL SPORADICALLY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO GENERATE ANY FAILURE CODES FROM THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,200.

TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE MISFIRED, STARTED WITH EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND STARTED DECELERATING. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RECOVER AND HAD TO COAST TO SHOULDER AND TURN OFF ENGINE. DURING DECELERATION, TRIED TO ADD THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH ALL SPEED RANGES, BUT VIBRATION WAS EXCESSIVE AND NO ACCELERATION WAS ACHIEVED. *KB

FROM A DEAD STOP I ACCELERATED TO TURN INTO HER DRIVEWAY THE ENGINE HESITATED AND STUMBLED IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU HAD THROWN A HANDFUL OF MARBLES INSIDE THE INTAKE THE ENGINE MADE A FUNNY NOISE THEN DIED AFTER GETTING IT RESTARTED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON UPON RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP I FOUND OUT IT HAD MELTED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD SENSORS AND PART OF THE THROTTLE BODY AWAY FORD HAS NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THIS THE TRUCK IS ALSO BEEN PLAGUED WITH ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. APPARENTLY IT CAME REAL CLOSE TO AN ENGINE FIRE THE TRUCK IS STILL BROKE DOWN AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE AUGUST 5, 2011. *TR