2011 FORD F-150 Engine Problems

IF I START MY TRUCK AND IMMEDIATELY PUT IT IN REVERSE MY BRAKES WILL NOT WORK, I HAVE TO LET THE TRUCK SIT FOR A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE MY BRAKES WILL WORK. I HAVE REPLACED MY BRAKES THINKING THIS WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT IT DID NOT. I HAVE BACKED INTO A CONCRETE POST BECAUSE OF THIS. VERY UNSAFE

TRUCK HAS A TIMING CHAIN RATTLE AND HAS HAD THE SAME RATTLE FOR 28,000 MILES, SINCE I'VE OWNED THE TRUCK. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE TRUCK HAS BEEN SITTING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. THE RATTLE LASTS FROM 2-10 SECONDS. I HAVE VIDEOS OF IT HAPPENING IN MY DRIVEWAY, AFTER A COLD START. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AFTER I DRIVE IT TO THEM AND THEY START IT. TSB-14-0194, TSB 16-0027, TSB- 15-0131. ALL 3 TSBS HAVE THE SAME RESULTS. I HAVE SHOWN THE DEALER MY VIDEOS ND THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME "NO PROBLEM WE CAN GET IT FIXED", ONLY TO FIND OUT HE DEALER REFUSES TO FIX IT UNTIL THEY CAN GET THE TRUCK TO DO IT FOR THEM, UNDER THEIR CARE. THE TSB STATES THAT IF THE OWNER HEARS THE RATTLE THE DEALER IS TO FIX IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

TRUCK MAKES A LOUD RATTLING NOISE UPON STARTING COLD IN THE MORNING. NOISE LASTS FOR 3-5 SECONDS, THAN GOES AWAY. THE ELECTRIC VACUUM PUMP WAS RECALLED AND REPLACED ROUGHLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. I TOOK TRUCK TO FORD DEALERSHIP LAST FALL (2017), AND THEY STATED IT WAS THE TENSION BELT/PULLEY LOOSENING. WHILE DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, SEEMS LIKE QUITE A FEW FORD TRUCK OWNERS WITH THAT ECOBOOST ENGINE ARE HAVING SAME ISSUE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN ALL DIFFERENT CLIMATES. THIS SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME, AND WAS HOPING FORD WOULD RECALL AND TAKE CARE OF THIS. TRUCK SEEMS TO MAKE THIS NOISE WHILE STATIONARY UPON STARTING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. I CONTACTED FORD CORPORATE, AND THEY RECOMMENDED FILING A CLAIM WITH YOU GUYS.

2011 3.5 ECOBOOST WITH 50,000 MILES WOULD LOSE POWER WHEN PASSING AND PULLING INTO TRAFFIC DUE TO CAM TIMING CHAIN DEFECT AND ENGINE ENDED UP BLOWING UP. $5,640 REPAIR AT 54,000 MILES AND STILL NO RECALL ON THIS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE .

5.0 ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AT 130K MILES. TIMING CHAINS ARE ALSO STRETCHED CAUSING ANOTHER TICKING SOUND.

WATER PUMP FAILED

COOLANT LEAKS AT MULTIPLE POINTS WHERE O-RINGS ARE LOCATED.

MY TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AT 48 THOUSAND MILES. FORD NEEDS TO DO A RE-CALL ON THIS. IT IS NOT OK THAT THE CONSUMER HAS TO PAY FOR A FAULTY PRODUCT. LONG TIME FORD OWNER AND THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED

THE MORNING AFTER I BOUGHT MY TRUCK IN NOVEMBER. I WENT TOO START IT ON A COLD MORNING AND NOTICED A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. ONLY DOES IT WHEN ENGINE IS COLD. I'VE BEEN TOLD IT IS MY TIMING CHAIN. AND THE DEALER WOULDN'T FIX IT SINCE THERE WAS NO WARRANTY

AT 10K BLOWING BLACK SMOKE, LOSE POWER WHEN PASSING AT 10K ALSO, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT 40K. DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND CLEARED CODE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. AT 54 K ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND WANTED TO STALL, BEGAN TO MAKE NOISE. TOWED TO DEALER. TIMING CHAINS WENT BAD AND BENT VALVES. DEALER SAID 10,000 DOLLARS FOR NEW ENGINE. I TALKED TO FORD AND THEY SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE. DEALER SAID TO CALL THEM AGAIN. THEY SAID NOTHING CAN BE DONE AGAIN. NEXT DAY DEALER CALLED AND SAID THEY WOULD DO THE ENGINE FOR 5643.00 DOLLARS. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 54,000 MILES!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE UP HILL, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND THE RPMS DECREASED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TRIPLE J FORD (470 MARINE CORPS DRIVE, TAMUNING, GUAM 96913, 671-648-2277) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE SAME DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE DUE TO NO FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC CODES. WHEN TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE RECURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1,500 RPMS. THE VEHICLE RECEIVED A REPLACEMENT OF THE COIL PACKS, SPARK PLUGS, O2 SENSORS, AND AN INJECTOR CLEANING. ON APPROXIMATELY AUGUST 5, 2017, THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER THE SECOND SET OF REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TURBO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS...

THE TRUCK IS MAKING A SEVERE RATTLING NOISE UPON START UP, WHICH CAUSED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ONE. CODES ARE SAYING ITS TIMING CHAIN RELATED. TRUCK WILL LOOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING, YOU CAN'T PUSH ACCELERATOR DOWN WITHOUT IT STALLING OUT OR WITHOUT IT MISSING REAL BAD AND JERKING. HAD TRUCK WORKED ON PREVIOUSLY BY FORD DEALER FOR THE MISSING AND ACCELERATION ISSUES. DEALER SAID IT WAS A COIL PACK AND CHANGED IT OUT AND PLUGS AND WIRES. HERE I AM WITHIN 10,000 MILES LATER AND ITS WORST THAN EVER. THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THESE ECOBOOST ENGINES AND TIMING CHAIN ISSUES. ABSOLUTELY NO REASON THAT A $40,000+ VEHICLE CAN'T MAKE IT PAST 70,000 MILES WITHOUT HAVING TIMING CHAIN ISSUES! EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD AND THE WAY THEY ARE HANDLING THIS ISSUE. ZERO ASSISTANCE OR HELP. NEXT STEP AFTER THIS OFFICIAL COMPLAINT WILL BE A LAW SUIT.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE STORE WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I CONNECTED A CODE READER AND PULLED A P0016. CRANKSHAFT/CAMSHAFT CORRELATION SENSOR. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A MECHANIC TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN CAUSE THIS CODE. AFTER CHECKING OUT THE ENGINE THEY FOUND THAT THE PRIMARY TIMING CHAIN IS STRETCHED CAUSING THE PLAY IN THE ENGINE. THIS PLAY CAUSES THE CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT TIMING TO BE OFF ENOUGH TO CAUSE THIS ENGINE CODE. THIS TRUCK HAS 55000 MILES ON IT AND IN NO WAY SHOULD BE HAVING TIMING CHAIN ISSUES THIS SOON. CLEARLY FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TIMING CHAIN AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SPEND $3,500.00 TO HAVE THIS FIXED. THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE THESE TRUCKS AND NEEDS TO OFFER A SOLUTION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.

MISFIRE AT HIGH SPEEDS. CAUSING ENGINE SHAKE AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. DUE TO THIS PROBLEM IT IS A HUGE RISK OF BEING REAR ENDED BECAUSE OF SPEED DROP. HUGE SAFETY CONCERN . SPARK PLUG AND COIL CHANGE ONLY HELPS FOR A MONTH AT A TIME. THIS IS IN THE ECOBOOST MODEL

WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE AT HIGHER SPEEDS THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND APPEARS TO MISFIRE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE STRUGGLES TO ACCELERATE AND BLACK SMOKE APPEARS FROM THE EXHAUST. THIS OCCURS MOSTLY WHILE TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED IN THE BEGINNING AND THE CODE REFERENCED A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THE IGNITION COILS WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED WITHOUT ANY CODES APPEARING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHEN PROMPTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. PALM COAST FORD IN PALM COAST, FLORIDA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE BATTERY, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

GOING AROUND 70MPH ON ROUTE 95, TRUCK SUDDENLY SHIFTS FROM 6TH GEAR DOWN TO 1ST ON IT'S OWN, REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP AND I SKIDDED NEARLY OFF THE ROAD. LUCKILY I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN INTO THE WINDSHIELD IT WAS SO JOLTING. CAME TO A STOP, NO DASH LIGHTS OR ENGINE INDICATORS CAME ON. TURNED THE TRUCK OFF, WAITED ABOUT 5 MINUTES, TURNED THE TRUCK BACK ON, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, EVERYTHING SEEMED OK, SLOWLY DROVE THE NEXT 2 MILES TO MY OFFICE. CHECKING FORD'S WEBSITE, THERE APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME IS THE ISSUE, CAUSING RANDOM DOWNSHIFTS.

MY VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS INTO 1ST GEAR AT ALL TIMES BUT SPECIFICALLY WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH, IT HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST GET RAN INTO ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST SEEMS YOU LOSE CONTROL FOR A BIT, ITS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AND IS GETTING WORSE, I SAW FORD HAD A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF THING BUT THEY SAID IT WASN'T IN MY BATCH OF TRUCKS, I THINK MY BATCH SHOULD ALSO BE INVESTIGATED BECAUSE MY TRUCK IS DOING EXACTLY THAT

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION. IT WILL SLIP FROM 1ST TO 5TH WHEN STARTING OUT. IT WOULD ONLY WORK IF I PUT IT IN MANUAL MODE. WHILE IN MANUAL MODEEVERYTHING ON MY DASH WENT BLANK AND QUIT WORKING. I HAD NOTHING TO GO BY NOT EVEN MY SPEEDOMETER. ALSO IT SLIPPED FROM 5TH TO 1ST WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY CAUSING IT TO LOCK UP AND MY WIFE HIT ME FROM BEHIND. I TOOK IT TO WORLD OF FORD IN PENSACOLA. THEY TOLD ME ABOUT 2 RECALLS. 16S19,16N02, NHTSA RECALL 16V248. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN THERE FOR OVER 10DAYS AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO TIMEFRAME ON WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED. I HAVE A PREGNANT WIFE AND A JOB AND NOW I'M OUT OF MY VEHICLES. THE MANAGER AT WORLD OF FORD FRANK TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT AWAY FROM HIS SHOP THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESET. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN RED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HAGEN FORD (3980 EUCLID AVE, BAY CITY, MI 48706 (989) 684-4600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT VALVES WITHIN THE ENGINE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE HEADS AND THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE TIMING CHAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF THE 24 MONTH COVERAGE BECAUSE IT BEGAN AT 28 MONTHS. THE MANUFACTURER REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

MY V-6 ECOBOOST ENGINE SHUDDERS UPON ACCELERATING, LOSES POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHING ON & OFF. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WEATHER IS DAMP. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 75K

LOSS OF POWER TOWING BOAT UP A HILL ON HIGHWAY. FORCED DANGEROUS LOW SPEED ON MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY WITH CURVES AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. DEALER INSPECTED AND SPARK PLUGS CRACKED AT ONLY 43K MILES.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWN SHIFT FROM 5TH TO 1ST AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STOP WORKING . AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FOUND FORD ISSUED THE FOLLOWING RECALL SAFETY RECALL 16S19 THE INTERMITTENT OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR (OSS) FAILURE MAY RESULT IN AN UNINTENDED DOWNSHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR. HOWEVER AFTER CONTACTING FORD THEY SAID MY TRUCK WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL. I BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIX THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT WAS ON THE RECALL.

MY NAME IS [XXX], I OWN A 2011 F150 ECOBOOST. OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS I HAVE ENCOUNTERED AND SAME ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE MISFIRING DUE TO MOISTURE GETTING IN THE INTAKE. EVERYONE DEALERSHIP PERSONAL I'VE SPOKEN WITH HAS CONFIRMED THAT IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THAT YEAR AND MODEL AND THERE IS NO PERMANENT FIX. HOWEVER WHEN THE ENGINE CONTINUOUSLY MISFIRES IT CALLS FOR SERVICE ON THE TRUCK AND REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN PARTS. I AM FILLING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS RIGHT THAT FORD SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO IGNORE A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HAS ALMOST GOTTEN MYSELF AND FAMILY INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY. AS WELL COST ME MONEY OUT OF POCKET TO CORRECT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE HOLD FORD ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE THIS ISSUE GETS SOMEONE KILLED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY NO WARNING JUST HEARD A POT AND I PULLED OVER NOTICED OIL COMING OUT. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THE BLOCK HAD 2 HOLES BLOWN OUT OF IT. OIL AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE THE RODS JUST BLEW THRU AT 94,000 MILES.

ECOBOOST 3.5 L TIMING CHAIN STRETCH. ON START UP AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT, TIMING CHAIN SLAPPS THE SIDE OF THE CRANK CASE. COMMON PROBLEM ON ECOBOOST ENGINE. DEALER TELLS ME I NEED NEW ENGINE.

2011 FORD F-150 XLT SUPERCREW 4X2. I WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE IN NORMAL CONDITIONS EARLIER THIS WEEK AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ACCELERATING AFTER PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD NOTICED THIS VERY INTERMITTENTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT THIS ISSUE WAS CONSTANT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS, BUT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE PU SEEMED TO BE OPERATING AT ABOUT 30-40% OF THE EXPECTED PERFORMANCE LEVEL. I TOOK INTO THE FORD SERVICE DEALER, NORTHSIDE FORD, AND THEY MENTIONED IT MIGHT BE THE PCM BUT THEY NEEDED TO START BY REPLACING THE O2 DOWNSTREAM SENSOR. THEY REPLACED THE O2 DOWNSTREAM SENSOR AND RE-TESTED AND IT THEM INDICATED THAT THE PCM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 112,500 MILES SO IT SEEMS ODD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL (12V190000) BUT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED AND IT SEEMS TO BE EXHIBITING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I WOULD...

2011 F-150 SUPER CAB 4X4 WITH AN 8FT BED 3.5 ECOBOOST ENGINE, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH WAY 60 MILES AN HOUR ENGINE THREW A ROD, IT BLEW THROUGH THE ENTIRE BLOCK CAUSING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION, STARTED CHECKING AROUND HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING IN THE 3.5 ECOBOOST ENGINES, SOMETHING ABOUT FORD USING CHEAPER POWDERED RODS, I'M NOT SURE ALL I KNOW IS I HAD A PERFECTLY GOOD TRUCK ONE MINUTE AND THE NEXT IT'S BASICALLY A LOSS, I JUST THANK FOR NO ONE WAS HURT.

WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE POWER SHUT DOWN AND THE ENGINE SHAKED VIOLENTLY AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTERWORD I COULD NOT SPEED UP PASS 50MPH. I PULLED OVER LET IT REST FOR 30MIN AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO DO ANY AGGRESSIVE ACCELERATIONS AND COULD BARELY MAKE IT UP HILLS.

DRIVING 2011 FORD F150 ECOBOOST ON THE HIGHWAY ON A 8 HR TRIP TO RENO FROM LAS VEGAS. WENT TO PASS A LARGE TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED SHAKING AND STUDDERING. HAD TO BACK OFF AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS APPROACHING. HAD TO BACK OFF AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN RAINY CONDITIONS BECAUSE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS BEHIND ME ATTEMPTING TO PASS ALONG WITH ME. THIS CAUSED SWERVING AND HARD BRAKING BY MANY VEHICLES BEHIND THAT VEHICLE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED BUT DID NOT REMAIN ON. I LATER REPLICATED THIS BY DOING A HARD ACCELERATION ON A CLEAR STRETCH OF ROAD SAME STUDDERING AND FLASHING LIGHT. DROVE CONSERVATIVELY THE REST OF THE WAY. IN RENO, I HAD THE TRUCK SCANNED AT AN AUTO PARTS STORE. NO CODES SHOWED. HAVE NOT HAD AN ISSUE SINCE. THIS COULD HAVE KILLED PEOPLE. THE INTERNET SAYS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO FORD ON THE EARLY ECOBOOST...

RECOGNIZED PATTERN FAILURE. EXCESSIVE TIMING CHAIN STRETCH ON 2011 FORD F-150 XLT WITH 3.5L ECOBOOST MOTOR. TAPPING AND RATTLING NOISE FROM THE TOP FRONT OF THE ENGINE WHEN FIRST STARTED, LASTING FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS. VEHICLE WELL MAINTAINED AND DRIVEN IN NORMAL FASHION ON PAVED HIGHWAYS. ODOMOTER ~86K MILES. THE OWNER CONTENDS TIMING CHAINS IN PROPERLY-MAINTAINED AND NORMALLY-DRIVEN VEHICLES SHOULD TYPICALLY LAST THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE (OR THEREABOUTS) UNLESS A DEFECT EXISTS. THE CUSTOMER HAS DISCOVERED (UNVERIFIED) THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS REVISED THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE TIMING CHAIN MECHANISM ON THIS MOTOR IN MORE RECENT MODEL YEARS, WITH REDESIGNED CHAIN AND GUIDES AND UPDATED PART NUMBERS. THERE IS A RISK OF CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LEADING TO A SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY HAZARD WITH THE VEHICLE NO LONGER DRIVABLE. FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM THREE TIMES WITH TSB 14-0194, TSB 15-0131, AND TSB 16-0027, BUT HAS FAILED TO...

THROTTLE BODY KEEPS GOING OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STOP NO MATTER WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING.

FORD F150 2011 ECOBOOST ENGINE. IN 2015, TRUCK STARTED TO LOOSE POWER GOING UP HILLS OR CARRYING A LOAD IN TRUCK BED. THEN THE TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE ON HIGHWAY GOING 70 MPH. SO IN JANUARY 2015, FORD REPLACED TIMING CHAIN AT 60,000 MILES. NOW TWO YEARS LATER AND 40K MILES SINCE - TRUCK IS HAVING TIMING CHAIN ERRORS AGAIN. ENGINE LOOSES POWER AND ENGINE LIGHT AND CODES SET SAYING TIMING CHAIN ERRORS. SAME SYMPTOMS AS BEFORE. FORD SAYS TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WILL NOT FIX UNLESS I PAY.

PRIMARY TIMING CHAIN WEAR. ACCORDING TO TSB. 15-0044,THE STRUCTURE OF THE TIMING CHAIN IS INFERIOR TO THE POINT IT STRETCHES. IF IT BREAKS, THE ENGINE WILL BE COMPROMISED AND A FULL RE-HAUL OF ENGINES INTERIOR WILL BE NEEDED. A LOUD GRINDING NOISE IS ALWAYS HEARD UPON STARTUP IN A "COLD" START UP.SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON LINE CONCERING FORD'S BELOW STANDARD OF MATERIAL / COST OF ANY REPAIRS. ALSO MENTIONED IS AFTER REPAIRS ARE DONE, SAME TROUBLE RETURNS IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AFTER REPAIRS. UNKNOWN THE AFFECT THE TIMING CHAIN WILL HAVE ON VEHICLE IF IT BREAKS IN TRANSIT. NOTE: AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THE ISSUE HAS STARTED AS SOON AS VEHICLE PURCHASED REACHES "OUT OF WARRANTY" MILEAGE STATUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS FLASHED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ALSO, THE HEATING GAUGE WAS HIGH AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE GAUGE RETURNED TO THE NORMAL RANGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED, BUT THE DEALER PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH A COLD WEATHER FRONT/GRILL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

I DRIVE A 2011 PLATINUM WITH THE 3.5 L ECO JUNK WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK LOOSES ALL POWER AND SHAKES AND DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT UP WHEN ACCELERATING HARD IT WILL STICK IN 3RD OR 4TH GEAR AT 70 MPH AND WHEN IT FINALLY SHIFTS IT TAKES OFF FAST AND HARD THESE TRUCKS WITH THE ECOBOOST ARE JUNK AND THEY SHOULD JUST RECALL THE WHOLE TRUCK CONSIDERING FORD CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THERE PROBLEMS

ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE TO THIS POINT THE FIST RECALL THAT I BELIEVE APPLIES TO THIS VEHICLE IS TSB 13-6-8, AND THE 2ND IS TSB 13-8-1. BOTH OF THESE SYMPTOMS ARE PREVALENT TO MY VEHICLE BUT FORD FAILS TO ACT ON THIS TSB AND FAILS TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS THAT WILL REMEDY THESE ISSUES. ONCE AGAIN THIS VEHICLE IS NOW PART OF A FIELD SERVICE ACTION (15N05) FOR THE ELECTRIC VACUUM PUMP, AND WILL RETURN THE VEHICLE ON 3/24/2017 TO SEE IF THEY WILL RESPOND IN THIS ACTION, AND ONCE AGAIN BRING THESE TSB'S TO THERE ATTENTION AS PREVIOUSLY DONE TO SEE IF THEY WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLE TO AN ACCEPTABLE OPERATING STANDARD. IF FORD FAILS TO RESPOND TO THE TSB'S AND TO THE FIELD SERVICE ACTIONS, WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS TO SEE THESE REPAIRS TAKE PLACE, AND MY VEHICLE IS IN A SAFE AND PROPER...

EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ENGINE MISFIRE EVENTS IN PAST YEAR WITH 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE. DEC 2015- MISFIRE CODE P0300. SIX SPARK PLUGS REPLACED BY NAPA CERTIFIED SHOP AT MY COST. AUG 2016 - TOWING 7,000 LB. TRAVEL TRAILER - ENGINE STUTTER & POWER LOSS GOING UPHILL, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO LOCAL FORD DEALER. DIAGNOSIS - CRACKED SPARK PLUG ON CYLINDER 6. SPARK PLUG REPLACED AT MY COST. DEC 2016 - UNDER NORMAL HIGHWAY DRIVING CONDITIONS. ACCELERATED FROM 65 TO APPROX 70 MPH TO PASS SEMI - ENGINE STUTTER & POWER LOSS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON & TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE, ENGINE WENT INTO LIMP MODE. HAD TO PULL OVER & SLOW TO 50 MPH BEFORE POWER CAME BACK. TOOK TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSIS - FOULED SPARK PLUG & BAD IGNITION COIL ON CYLINDER 3. COIL REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, SPARK PLUG REPLACED AT MY COST. FEB 2017 - UNDER...

TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED, ENGINE MALFUNCTION.

IT IS LOOSING POWER WHEN ACCELERATION DURING WET OR COLD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL HAPPEN WHEN GETTING ON THE FREEWAY, OR PASSING, GOING UP HILLS AND ACCELERATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION.

I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE JUST LEAVING WORK. MADE A RIGHT ONTO HWY & ALMOST GOT SMASHED, NO POWER IN THE PEDDLE, WITH A SEMI COMING AT ME FULL SPEED I'M SITTING THERE TRYING TO GO, HE BLEW HIS HORN PASSING ME IN LEFT LANE... CRAZY!!!!!!! THIS REALLY SHOULD BE A RECALL, NOT JUST CUZ OF ME BUT FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE!!! NOT COOL!!! WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT! REDUCED POWER DURING HARD ACCELERATION NHTSA PRELIMINARY EVALUATION #PE13018 STATUS: CLOSED DATE OPENED: MAY 22, 2013 DATE CLOSED: APRIL 07, 2014 RECALL: NO RECALL ISSUED COMPONENT(S): ENGINE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING SUMMARY: ON MAY 22, 2013, THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) OPENED PE13-018 TO INVESTIGATE 95 COMPLAINTS ALLEGING INCIDENTS OF REDUCED ENGINE POWER DURING HARD ACCELERATIONS.

CODE P0016, TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER AND TIMING CHAIN LOOSENESS ON ECOBOOST FORD F-150. 2011 W LOW MILES AT 59,000. COMMON PROBLEM SHOULD BE A RECALL.

TSB 14-0196, TSB 15-0131, TSB 16-0027 - ALL EXPLAIN THE ISSUE, SO YES FORD KNOWS IT IS A RECURRING ISSUE. ITS BASICALLY THE ENGINE RATTLING FOR 2-5 SECONDS WHEN YOU STARTING THE VEHICLE FROM A COLD START. IN MECHANICS TERMS THE PRIMARY TIMING BELT HAS STRETCHED AND TAKES THAT 2-5 SECONDS TO PICK UP THE SLACK.THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS IT VERY WELL. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=WT3AC_H8WL0 FORD ONLY COVERS THIS ISSUE FOR 5YR/60K MILES WHICH IS TERRIBLE. TONS OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF FORDS HAVE THIS ISSUE OVER A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT YEARS. THIS SHOULD EASILY BE A RECALL ON FORDS OR ATLEAST AN EXTENSION IN WARRANTY. THIS REPAIR WILL COST AROUND $2000 TO HAVE A FORD DEALER FIX IT FOR YOU. I CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE 62K MILES ON MY TRUCK AND FORD STILL WON'T EVEN GIVE ME A DISCOUNT FOR THE REPAIRS. IM ONLY 2K MILES OVER THE WARRANTY MARK AND STILL GET NOTHING?...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE STOPPED, THE ENGINE REVVED UNCONTROLLABLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,000. UPDATED 04/05/17 LJ THE CONSUMER STATED ALL INCIDENTS HAPPENED WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED, ENGINE IDLING AND FOOT ON THE BRAKE. *TR

3.5 ECO BOOST BOGGED DOWN WHEN I WAS PASSING....ON 1-2-20017..ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT..SAME SYMPTOMS AS MANNY ECO BOOST F150 FORD....VERY DANGEROUS !!!!

INTERCOOLER FOR TURBO HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR A THIRD TIME AS THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FOR PASSING, ETC.

MY 2011 F150 FX4 HAS BEEN ACTING UP WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO REPLICATE IT. SO FAR THEY HAVE CHANGED ALL OF TH COIL PACKS, RESET THE TRANSMISSION, CHANGED ALL THE SPARK PLUGS IN A HOPE THAT WAS THE ISSUE. WELL IT'S NOT. THE TRUCK LUNGES FORWARD WITH LOUD BANGS AND GRINDING NOISES. RPM'S GO UP AND DOWN AND THE TRUCK SOUNDS AS IF I DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR TO FIRST. THEN I CAN ONLY GO 40 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGH RPMS. ENGINE LIGHTS HAVE LIT UP AND NOW A WRENCH. THIS IS CRAZY MY GAUGES DON'T WORK THIS IS DANGEROUS.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THIS TRUCK, WHILE MERGING ON A HIGHWAY, MY TRUCK LOSES ALL POWER AND STARTS SHAKING RAPIDLY, ONCE AGAIN I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT BECAUSE I COULD NOT MERGE. WHEN I INITIALLY HAD THIS ISSUE 50 THOUSAND MILES AGO, I BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO AUTO-NATION FORD IN WHITE BEAR LAKE MINNESOTA, THEY SAID IT WAS AN ISSUE OF SPARK PLUGS, WIRES AND COIL PACKS, FORD ALSO SAID THE ISSUE WAS THE INTER-COOLER. FORD FIXED ALL OF THOSE ISSUES ROUGHLY 50 THOUSAND MILES AGO, BUT HERE WE ARE, MY TRUCK IS AT 100,XXX MILES AND THIS ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN! THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, I HAVE NOW BEEN RUN OFF THE ROAD TWICE AND ALMOST CRASHED INTO A LAKE! WHEN MY TRUCK LOSES ALL POWER AND STARTS SHAKING RAPIDLY, I LOSE CONTROL OF THE HALF TON TRUCK....

THE ENGINE MISFIRES AND CHANGES TO "LIMP MODE" AFTER THE ENGINE SHUDDERS, SHAKES AND LOOSES POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LIFE OF THIS VEHICLE. ALSO THE STEERING STICKS WHEN TURNING LEFT.