2011 FORD F-150 Engine Problems

WENT TO PASS CAR ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING AND SHAKING HAD TO PULL OFF ROAD TO AVOID ACCIDENT .TURNED ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON AS DIRECTED BY DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ON GOING PROBLEM BUT DIDN'T CORRECT THIS PROBLEM TIME .BEEN FIGHTING THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2011 AND JUST READ WHERE FORD WAS SUPPOSE TO FIX IT .ARE Y'ALL WAITING TILL SOMEONE GETS KILLED? *TR

WHILE TOWING MY CAMPER AT 60 MPH UP AN INCLINE MY 5.0L F150 BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, AS I INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR THE POWER TO THE VEHICLE DECREASED EVEN MORE. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LIMPED UP THE HILL AT A WHOPPING 20MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. ONCE ON THE DOWNGRADE THE VEHICLE CAME BACK UP TO SPEED AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO HAVE POWER ISSUES AND A KNOCKING FROM THE MOTOR WHEN I WAS CLIMBING HILLS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD GARAGE AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WERE NO CODES TO TELL THEM WHAT WAS WRONG. THE VEHICLE STILL HAS THE APPARENT MISS AND KNOCKING SOUND AT CERTAIN RPM'S AND NOW HAS AN ISSUE STARTING FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THE DAY. I AGAIN TOOK IT TO THE FORD GARAGE WHEN THE STARTING ISSUE WAS HAPPENING AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH AND DRIVING UP AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A RETRO KIT HAD TO BE PLACED ONTO THE TURBO BOOST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

I WAS TRYING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, DOING 70 MPH, ONCE I TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK BOGGED DOWN AND ALMOST HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE ONCE MORE ABOUT 50 MILES LATER AND THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS IS A ONGOING ISSUE WITH ALL 2011-2013 F150 ECOBOOST. *TR

LOST POWER DURING ACCELERATION, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. TRUCK HAD A SEVERE MISS. DROVE ABOUT 20 MILES IN 5TH GEAR AND ENGINE CLEARED UP AND LIGHT WENT OFF. TRUCK THEN MISSED DURING ACCELERATIONS ALL THE WAY HOME. *TR

SINCE NEW, THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD AN ISSUE WITH A LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING HARD. THE LATEST INCIDENT, THIS PAST OCTOBER, OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 80000 MILES. PLUGS WERE BAD PREMATURELY AND FOUND THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY WATER BUILD UP IN A CAC FOR THE TURBO CHARGERS AND THERE WAS A TSB. I WAS PASSING A CAR AND LOST POWER ALMOST CREATING AN ACCIDENT. THIS TIME, FORTUNATELY, A LIGHT STAYED ON SO THEY COULD DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. THE DEALER DID AN UPDATE PER THE TSB BUT FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE UPDATE DUE TO THE MILES EVEN THOUGH THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE NHTSA DID NOT MAKE THE RECALL MANDATORY IN THEIR PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION AS I BELIEVE WATER BEING INJECTED INTO AN ENGINE CAUSING A POWER LOSS AT A TIME POWER IS CALLED UPON IS DANGEROUS. *TR

I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WENT TO IDLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON STEADY AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FROM IDLE. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE PAST IDLE. AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 1/2 MILE THE ENGINE AGAIN LOST POWER. I AGAIN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL HOME (APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES). ALL THE WHILE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON STEADY. A SIMILAR EVENT OCCURRED WHILE TOWING A 30 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER WHILE ON THE I-80 FREEWAY NEAR RAWLINGS WYO.IN JUNE, 2014, ALTHOUGH THAT TIME THE ENGINE SHUDDERED VIOLENTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY THE LIGHT STOPPED FLASHING AND I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY WITHOUT HAVING TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SHUDDER HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE AND HAS BEEN...

THE ECOBOOST ENGINE FORD INTRODUCED INTO THE F150 (AND OTHER VEHICLES) IN 2011 SEEMS TO BE HAVING COMMON AND WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS, INCLUDING MY VEHICLE. I FIRST REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO THE DEALER WITH ABOUT 30,000 MILES AND NOW AGAIN AT 63,000 MILES. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS REVEALED UNDER ANY ACCELERATION "EVENT" SUCH AS HIGHWAY MERGING, PASSING, TOWING ETC. UNDER ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE "CHOKES" AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE AS THE DRIVER & PASSENGERS EXPERIENCE THE VEHICLE STALLING, SHUDDERING OR BUCKING. THIS IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS THE VEHICLE GOING INTO "LIMP MODE" OPERATING ON FEWER THAN ALL CYLINDERS. THE PROBLEMS APPEAR TO STEM FROM DYSFUNCTIONAL INTERCOOLER OPERATION ON THIS TWIN TURBO ENGINE. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS DESCRIBED IN F150 BLOGS. ONE, MOST COMMON, IS THAT THE COOLING OF THE AIR VIA THE INTERCOOLER CAUSES CONDENSATION TO ACCUMULATE INSIDE THE AIR INTAKE. WHEN THE DRIVER ACCELERATES, THE INCREASE IN AIR VOLUME DRAWS...

I PURCHASED A 2011 FORD F-150 4X4 WITH AROUND 41,000 MILES ON IT FROM TEXAS DIRECT AUTO, ON 08/18/14 WITH AN EXISTING WARRANTY ON IT. ON THE MORNING OF 09/24/14 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE STARTING COMING OUT OF MY AC VENTS, HOOD AND EXHAUST PIPE, AS WELL AS LOSING POWER TO THE TRUCK AND SHAKING REALLY BAD. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY TO PARK IT. THE TRUCK IS STILL UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, SO I TOWED IT TO JOE MYERS FORD, HOUSTON ,TX DOWN THE STREET. LONG STORY SHORT, I WAS TOLD THE MOTOR BLEW AND ON 10/2/14 JOE MYERS FORD IS DENYING THE WARRANTY BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE SERVICE MAINTENANCE RECORDS, THEN I WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO ABUSE. JOE MYERS FORD QUOTES ME $10,500 TO INSTALL A NEW MOTOR. TEXAS DIRECT AUTO WHERE I PURCHASED IT,...

I WAS ACCELERATING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, GOT UP TO APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STATED TO LOOSE POWER AND UNTIL I LET OFF OF THE GAS AND BEGAN TO SLOWLY GET BACK UP TO 55 MPH. VEHICLE IS A 2011 F150 ECOBOOST. *TR

I WAS MERGING ON TO THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY JERKING WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PREVENT GETTING HIT BY FASTER CARS. I LET OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRUCK REGAINED COMPOSURE AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO. NOW I CAN'T GIVE THE TRUCK MORE THAN A 1/4 THROTTLE OR IT WILL START JERKING AGAIN. SINCE THAT INCIDENT I HAVE HAD FORD REPLACE THE INTERCOOLER, INSTALL A SHIELD PUT OVER THE TOP HALF OF THE INTERCOOLER PER TSB 13 -8 -1, RE-FLASHED COMPUTER, REPLACED SPARK PLUGS, AND REPLACED FUEL FILTER. THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST TODAY. *TR

DURING ACCELERATION TO PASS ANOTHER MOTORIST, TRUCK EXHIBITED MULTIPLE MISFIRES CAUSING TRUCK TO LOSE POWER AND TRIGGER THE SEL LIGHT. AFTER THAT, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WAS ACTUALLY LOSING SPEED ON THE FREEWAY. MY TRUCK NOW COASTING, I HAD TO MANEUVER MY VEHICLE THROUGH TRAFFIC GOING MUCH FASTER THAN ME, TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER WHERE I HAD TO EVENTUALLY SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND START IT BACK UP AGAIN. TRUCK THEN IDLED VERY ROUGH AND I PRECEDED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THAT DANGEROUS SITUATION AGAIN. *TR

ENGINE MISS FIRE. THE ENGINE WHEN TRYING TO PASS MISS FIRES AND ACTUALLY SLOWS DOWN. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND IT WAS NOT MISS FIRING. IT CONTINUED TO DO THIS AND I REPEATEDLY TOOK IT BACK FOR SERVICE WITH THE SAME RESULT. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THERE WERE MANY ESB'S ON THIS SUBJECT WITH THE TURBO COOLING SYSTEM RETURNING WATER BACK TO THE FIRING CHAMBERS BURNING OUT THE SPARK PLUGS, COIL PACKS, AND SENDING RAW FUEL TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BURNING IT OUT. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THESE ISSUES EVEN THOUGH THE ESB'S WERE AVAILABLE TO THE FORD DEALER OF THE ISSUES NOW THAT THE WARRANTY IS OVER I AM EXPECTED TO REPAIR THESE ISSUES. THIS IS FRAUD!!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON I-20 FROM DALLAS TO LUBBOCK, I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A VEHICLE IN THE ON-COMING LANE. WHEN I HIT THE GAS PEDAL, THE TRUCK WENT INTO VIGOROUS SHAKING, AND THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER TO ACCELERATE. I WAS THREE HOURS INTO THE TRIP, THE TRUCK HAD BEEN CRUISE CONTROLLED FOR OVER 60 MILES, AND IT HAD BEEN RAINING THE ENTIRE WAY. WHEN THE TRUCK DID THIS, A VEHICLE (IN ON-COMING LANE) APPEARED AND I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO RETURN BEHIND THE CAR I ATTEMPTED TO PASS. THE SHAKING OF THE TRUCK MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND I HAD TO PULL OVER IN FEAR OF MY SAFETY, AND ULTIMATELY MY LIFE. HAD I NOT ACTED WHEN I DID, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. DEALERSHIPS ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME CONDITIONS AS MY EXPERIENCE. THIS...

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE MISFIRING AT MODERATE TO HARD ACCELERATION. THIS REALLY BOTHERS ME. AS I HAVE TALKED WITH FORD MECHANICS I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT FORD HAS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ AND STUDIED, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH CONDENSATION IN THE INTERCOOLER MAKING ITS WAY TO HE INJECTORS. ONCE YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE YOU EXPERIENCE A SOMETIMES VIOLENT STUTTER AND THE VEHICLE NOT ACCELERATING BUT INSTEAD SOUNDING LIKE IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE. I HAVE ALSO HEARD THIS HAPPENS WHEN ITS HUMID OUTSIDE. REGARDLESS, ONE DAY I'M GOING TO NEED TO ACCELERATE AWAY OR FROM SOMETHING AND THE TRUCK IS GOING TO FAIL, CAUSING ME TO GET HIT OR KILLED. I HAVE FOUND FIXES TO THE PROBLEMS INCLUDING A FULL RACE INTERCOOLER, PLUGS AND WIRES, HOWEVER I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO SPEND OVER...

JUST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE. THEN TAKE IT IN FOR SERVICE FOR ROTORS THAT'S ARE SHOT WITH 25K ON IT. FIND OUT THE LAST GUY BLEW THE TURBO CHARGERS AT 4000 MILES N TRADED IT IN. THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS FROM TAKE OFF. THEN SHIFTS HARD. ALSO SHIFTS HARD FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. NOONE WANTS TO ADMITS THERE'S PROBLEMS. DEALERS KEEP SAYS OH ITS OK. NOT TRUE. I WANT A NEW VEHICLE. I JUST GOT IT. THEY CAN SHOVE IT. LOSSES POWER WHEN IT WANTS TO. I PLUG A CHARGER INTO THE PORTS THE RADIO GOES STATIC. I MEAN WTF . *TR

I HAVE A FORD F150 ECOBOOST. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DEFECTIVE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRYING TO OVERPASS OTHER VEHICLES..VEHICLE LOOSES POWER DUE TO MOISTURE OR HUMIDITY THAT ENTERS THE INTERCOOLER. IT ALSO MAKES THE CYLINDERS TO MISFIRE AND THE TURBO. DUE TO THAT ENGINE TURNS ON AND I HAVE TO POWER TO MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A SUDDEN SLOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY.. I HAVE THREE KIDS AND I WOULDN'T WANT ANY ACCIDENTS HAPPENING DUE TO THIS.. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS VEHICLES I LOST MY MONEY ON A WORTHLESS PIECE OF YOU KNOW.IM VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I'VE SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON REPAIRS ARE NOT WORKING. *TR

ENGINE SHAKES AND LOSES POWER WHEN YOU TRY AND SPEED UP. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN BUT MISSING BADLY. COASTED OFF THE ROAD, STOPPED AND WHEN IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. THE DEALER WON'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE IS NO ERROR CODE RECORDED. THIS CONDITION COULD BE DANGEROUS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR PULLING A TRAILER. *TR

THE ENGINE WILL START TO MISS BADLY AND THAN GO DEAD WHEN PASSING THIS IS DANGEROUS.. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION BY YOU IN MAY 2013 BUT YOU STOPPED IT IN 14 BECAUSE FORD SAID THEY HAD A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM.. THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED AND THIS IS DANGEROUS. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN TO FORD 4 TIMES NOW AND THEY KEEP CHANGING A COIL OR SPARK PLUG THEY SAY. THE FIRST TIME THEY PUT SOME KIND OF DEFLECTOR ON THE CHARGE AIR COOLER. MY TRUCK WILL BE OUT OF WARRANTY IN 1200 MILES AND I DON'T WANT TO GET A PROBLEM. I JOINED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WITH GRANT &EISENHOFF. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE 500,000 FORD TRUCK F150 V6 ECO BOOST FROM 2011,12 AND 13 ENGINES AFFECTED. WHY WOULD YOU DROP AN INVESTIGATION JUST BECAUSE FORD SAID THEY HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED.. THIS PROBLEM IS OR MAY ALREADY...

I WAS ACCELERATING UP AROUND 45 MPH AND THE VEHICLE JUST DIED TO A ROUGH IDLE. CAR BEHIND HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS ME. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A THROTTLE CONTROL BOARD AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN FORD VEHICLES. PLEASE TELL FORD TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM OR THEY WILL NOT RECALL THIS PART UNTIL SOMEONE DIES IT LOOKS LIKE. *TR

I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT DATES AS TO WHEN THE FIRST INCIDENT TOOK PLACE. I WAS ENTERING THE E WAY MERGING INTO TRAFFIC WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLES LOST POWER. I WAS FORTUNATE NOT TO BE HIT IN THE BACK BY TRAFFIC I HAD TO STEER QUICKLY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE AND TWO OTHERS WE OWN IN ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DIFFERENT FIXES THEY HAVE TRIED HAVE NOT WORKED AND YET I CONTINUE TO BE CHARGED FOR THESE FIXES. I FEEL IF IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FORD SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM NOT CHARGING ME TO TRY AND FIGURE IT OUT. AFTER READING ONLINE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD I FELT IT IS IMPORTANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE HARD TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ONTO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. WHEN I PUSHED PEDAL TO FLOOR, THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED AS IF A GOVERNOR HAD KICKED IN. FORTUNATELY, I HAD ROOM ON SHOULDER TO NOT GET HIT, BUT HAD TO WAIT AND PUMP PEDAL TWICE BEFORE IT BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. I HAVE NOT TRIED TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAD AN IDENTICAL PROBLEM 3 YEARS AGO IN ANOTHER ECOBOOST FORD F150 THAT NEARLY KILLED ME. I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND REALIZED THAT I NEEDED HARD ACCELERATION AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED. THERE WAS NO WHERE TO GO, BUT FORTUNATELY MY FELLOW MOTORISTS REALIZED I HAD A PROBLEM AND LET ME BACK INTO MY LANE WITHOUT A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH. I ASKED MY DEALER ABOUT THAT THEN, AND WAS TOLD THAT NEVER HAD BEEN REPORTED. I IMMEDIATELY TRADED THAT TRUCK FOR THE ONE I HAVE NOW...

TRAVELING FREEWAY SPEED, INSIDE LANE, SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, ORANGE CHECK ENGINE (WRENCH) APPEARS ON DISPLAY. GOT TO ROADSIDE, APPEARED TO GO INTO LIMP MODE. TRUCK MOVED AT OWN (SLOW) SPEED, I HAD ZERO THROTTLE CONTROL. EXITED FREEWAY, SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED, ISSUE GONE. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE WET, SLEET, DE-ICER ON ROADWAY. WITH TRAFFIC ALL AROUND, ON SLICK ROADS, THIS WAS SOME SCARY STUFF RIGHT THERE! *TR

A MUFFLED NOISE AND SHAKE IS CONSISTENT WHEN SWITCHING GEARS BETWEEN 3-4-5. ON A RECENT ROAD TRIP THERE WAS HESITATION WHEN I ACCELERATED TO 65MPH. *TR

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE ROAD, MY TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING. I WAS IN THE ON-COMING TRAVEL LANE ADJACENT TO THE VEHICLE I WAS PASSING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE INCIDENT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS THE VEHICLE I WAS PASSING SLOWED DOWN WHEN I LOST POWER AN I WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY GET OVER. I COASTED WITH A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE TO THE SHOULDER AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I RESTARTED IT A FEW MINUTES LATER IT RAN A LITTLE ROUGH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE FOR THIS MAKE MODEL WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP, WHILE HAVING A TSB IN PLACE FOR THE ISSUE, DID NOT NOTIFY ME OF THE ISSUE AND WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE RECOMMENDED SERVICE UNDER EITHER...

MY 2011 ECOBOOST F150 WOULD SPUTTER, SHAKE AND CHUG AS I DO A HARD ACCELERATION ENTERING A HIGHWAY OR PASS A VEHICLE. 4 TIMES I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK FOR SERVICE WITH THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. MY ENGINE LIGHT WILL FLASH SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN IT WILL STAY ON TILL I TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. 2 TIMES THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THE PROBLEM IS A TURBO COOLER ISSUE AND WANT TO CHARGE ME $200 FOR SOME CHEAP LICK AND STICK PLASTIC AIR DEFLECTOR. THE OTHER 2 TIMES THEY HAVE SAID I HAVE A BAD DISTRIBUTION WIRE AND PLUG. FIRST WAS ON CYLINDER 3 AND SECOND TIME ON CYLINDER 1. EVERY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON A HARD ACCELERATION, ITS BEEN DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC AND I HAVE HAD TO PULL OF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TO NOW BE VERY...

ON FEBRUARY 13, 2014, MY FORD 2011 F-150 ECOBOOST BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF LIMITED THROTTLE RESPONSE COUPLED WITH A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN POWER OUTPUT AND MODERATE TO SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION. THESE SYMPTOMS OCCURRED AND WERE MOST SEVERE UNDER HEAVY ENGINE LOAD, WHILE TRAVELING UPHILL, HIGH OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE AND WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON. GENERAL LOCATIONS: MOJAVE HIGH DESERT (JOSHUA TREE, CA) AND THE GREATER PALM SPRINGS, CA AREA. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE GENERALLY DRY WITH LOW HUMIDITY. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2014 THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED ABOVE WERE SO VIOLENT THAT THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON (FLASHING) AND I PULLED OFF THE ROAD FOR MY OWN SAFETY. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, ALLOWED IT TO REST' AND THEN TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON. THE SYMPTOMS DID NOT DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY, BUT THEY WERE REDUCED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. ON FEBRUARY 20, 2014 I BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO...

WATER FROM THE CAC WAS INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING A MISFIRE. THIS IS THE 8TH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I HAVE HAD ALL TSB'S COMPLETED BY FORD AND THE ISSUE STILL PERSISTS. THE ECOBOOST ENGINES ARE UNSAFE. THIS LOSS OF POWER WHILE MERGING HAS CAUSES ME TO NARROWLY ESCAPE ACCIDENTS 2 OUT OF THE 8 INCIDENTS. I NOTICED THAT THE NHTSA CLOSED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ECOBOOST ISSUES EARLIER THIS YEAR. I'M SUGGESTING THAT THE NHTSA RE-OPEN THAT INVESTIGATION. THE TSB'S ARE NOT FIXING THESE ISSUES AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER IF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS. *TR

MY 2011 F150 IS EQUIPPED WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE NEW. DURING LONG DRIVES WHEN IT IS WET OUT THE TRUCK LOSES POWER, STUMBLES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS MAKING A PASS AND THE PROBLEM OCCURRED, CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO EXTREME LOSS OF POWER. AFTER A MINUTE OR SO IT SEEMS TO RE-SET BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND FUEL ECONOMY IS POOR. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK BACK TO FORD AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE AND EVERY TIME I GET A DIFFERENT STORY. I THINK THIS ISSUE EFFECTS A LOT MORE F150'S THAN REPORTED SINCE THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN A LONG TIME IN WET CONDITIONS AND THEN THE PROBLEM WILL OCCUR UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. FORDS HAS TOLD ME MANY SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM FROM A BAD COIL, CATALYTIC CONVERTER,...

VEHICLE STALLS OUT LIKE IT IS STARVING FOR FUEL WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE. IT HAS STALLED OUT WHEN PASSING OTHER VEHICLES AND WHEN ENTERING HEAVY TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATES. AS OF JULY 31, 2014, THE TRUCK HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, I CONTINUE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

THIS IS A FORD ECOBOOST TRUCK THAT IS TURBOCHARGED. DURING A HEAVY RAIN ON INTERSTATE 95 I TRIED TO ACCELERATE FROM ABOUT 5 MPH AND THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND BARELY MOVED. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS THE TRUCK REGAINED POWER AND MOVED AHEAD. THERE WERE 2 OTHER INSTANCES ON THIS TRIP ALSO DURING RAIN.. THE SECOND TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. UPON RETURNING HOME I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS. THERE HAVE BEEN 3 TSB'S TO EFFECT A REPAIR. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER. THE ENGINE CODE WAS A MISFIRE ON CYLINDER #6. TSB 13-08-01 WAS APPLIED AND I WAS BILLED $255.66. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS A RECALL AND REPAIRS MADE BEFORE SOMEONE IS BADLY HURT. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED ON THE INTERSTATE. THE PROBLEM IS HIGH HUMIDITY CONDENSES IN THE INTERCOOLER (CAC) OR CHARGE AIR...

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AND PASS SLOWER TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, MY 2011 F150 (4X4, ECOBOOST) TRUCK LOST ALMOST ALL ENGINE POWER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO BLINK, AND THE ENTIRE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY. DUE TO THE TRUCK'S SUDDEN DECELERATION WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS SIGNALING IT, ONCOMING TRAFFIC (INCLUDING A LARGE TRACTOR/TRAILER) APPROACHED FROM BEHIND RAPIDLY AND EVERYONE HAD TO BRAKE ABRUPTLY TO AVOID A COLLISION. I TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS, PULLED THE TRUCK TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND SAT THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES WHILE I CALLED WORK TO INFORM THEM THAT I WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK AND BE DELAYED. DURING THAT CALL, THE ENGINE LIGHT STOPPED BLINKING AND THE TRUCK BEGAN RUNNING NORMALLY AGAIN. I REENTERED THE HIGHWAY WHEN TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR AND THE TRUCK PROCEEDED TO RUN NORMALLY UNTIL I REACHED MY WORKPLACE (ROUGHLY 2-3 MORE MILES ON THE HIGHWAY AND...

VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD THE TIMING CHAIN REPLACED, THE PLUGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED 3 TIMES, THE IGNITION COILS HAVE ALL BEEN CHANGED. THE IS AN INTERMITTENT MISFIRE WHICH IS UNEXPLAINED. FORD DOES NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THE GHOSTS IN THIS MACHINE. UPON SEARCHING THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUE IN THE F-150 ECOBOOST, I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE, HOWEVER WAS UNLUCKY THAT MINE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I DO MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING WITH THIS VEHICLE. MOST CASES ONLINE ARE UNDER 90,000 MILES. IT IS ABSURD FOR A VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE THESE KIND OF ISSUES WITH THE HIGHWAY DRIVING. THIS IS ALSO THE SAME ENGINE THAT IS BEING SUPPLIED TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN FORD INTERCEPTOR AND EXPLORER MODELS. I AM SURE THIS ISSUE WOULD BECOME ESCALATED THE MOMENT AN OFFICER CANNOT PURSUE A VEHICLE BECAUSE OF MISFIRES AND BAD TIMING. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IN HIGH HUMIDITY. PUSHED THE PEDAL DOWN TO PASS A COUPLE TRUCKS GOING UP A MOUNTAIN AND THE ENGINE BEGAN MISFIRING AND STUTTERING. THERE WAS LOSS OF POWER AND VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE WITH FLASHING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. FAILED TO PASSED THE TRUCKS CAUSING A DANGEROUS CONDITION BY PRODUCING UNEXPECTED RESULTS. THIS PROBLEM IS DETAILED IN FORD'S TSB 13-8-1. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THIS CONDITION. *TR

I OWN A 2011 F150 4X4 SUPERCREW ECOBOOST, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM. I WAS PULLING A TRAILER WEIGHT APPROX 2500LBS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING UP HILL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. MY TRUCK LOSS ALL POWER AND I BARLEY MADE IT TO THE TOP OF THE HILL. I PULLED OVER CHECKED OUT THE TRUCK AND THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY DID THE TSB, REPLACED ALL SPARK PLUGS AND REPLACE ONE IGNITION COIL. COST AROUND $800 BUT THE PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS, I'M AFRAID TO PUT ANY LOAD ON THE ENGINE. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH CONDENSATION IN THE INTER COOLER THAT CAUSES A MISS FIRE BUT FORD WILL NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I'M HOPING FOR A RECALL SOON BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED BY THIS MALFUNCTION. *JS

AS I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I HAD TO ACCELERATE TO AVOID A SEMI WHO WAS APPROACHING IN THE RIGHT LANE. I HARD ACCELERATED, BUT THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. I HAD LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND WAS FORCED TO PUT MY FLASHERS ON AND MERGE TO THE BREAK-DOWN LANE TO AVOID BEING RUN COMPLETELY OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHILE IN 6TH GEAR AND I HAD TO MANUALLY SHIFT TO 5TH GEAR TO STOP THE TRUCK FROM VIBRATING APART. LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LATER (WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN 5TH GEAR) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF AND THE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO BE SHIFTED BACK INTO 6TH WITHOUT ANY VIBRATION. THIS LACK OF ACCELERATION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND HAS HAPPENED MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT. ABOVE WAS ONLY AN EXPLANATION OF THE LAST OCCURRENCE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN...

2011 F150, 3.5L ECOBOOST MOTOR, VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND LOSES POWER DURING ACCELERATION. DANGEROUS TO TRY AND PASS VEHICLES OR EVEN CHANGE LANES TO PULL OVER AS THERE IS POWER LOSS FROM ENGINE. TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY PERFORMED FORD TSB 13-08-01. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE ENGINE MISFIRE CONTINUED, AFTER RETURNING TO DEALER THE VEHICLE SHOWED CODE RELATED TO SAME TSB AFTER IT HAD BEEN APPLIED. DEALER CLEARED CODE. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED SPARK PLUGS AND SO FAR HAS NOT RECURRED. I HAVE SEEN QUITE A FEW REPORTS OF THIS SAME ISSUES ON MANY FORD F150 FORUMS. I WOULD SAY FORD REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

AS I WAS MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY 694 NORTH, I HAD TO ACCELERATE BECAUSE OF A SEMI APPROACHING ME FROM BEHIND, I GAVE THE TRUCK FULL THROTTLE BUT THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT QUIT OR JUST HAD NO POWER LEFT. THE TRUCK STRUGGLED TO REACH 55MPH, AND WITHIN SECONDS I ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED AND ALMOST RAN OFF THE HIGHWAY, DO TO THE FACT THAT MY TRUCK HAD NO POWER. AFTER I MERGED ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY FOR ABOUT 3 MILES WHILE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. DURING THIS TIME IT FELT AS THOUGH MY TRUCK HAD LOST 50% OF ITS POWER. *TR

I WENT TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE BOGGED WITH ALL LOSS OF POWER. IT WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE SHUDDERED AND WOULD NOT REGAIN POWER UNTIL I STOPPED THE TRUCK AND SHUT IT OFF THEN RE-STARTED IT. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUES WHEN THE DIAGNOSTICS WERE RUN. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AND I AM WAITING TO HEAR THEIR FINDINGS. *TR

I EXPERIENCED LACK OF ACCELERATION, SPUTTERING, AND SHAKING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE INTERSTATE FROM A MERGE RAMP. THIS EVENT NEARLY CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. MY EXPECTATION WAS FOR VEHICLE TO PERFORM AT NORMAL STANDARDS AND GET ME SAFELY ONTO THE HIGHWAY. IT FAILED TO DO SO! *TR

I EXPERIENCED LACK OF ACCELERATION, SPUTTERING, SHAKING FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO PASS ON A 2 LANE RURAL HIGHWAY. THIS IS SECOND EVENT OF THIS NATURE AND THE FIRST SINCE HAVING FORD MAKE CERTAIN REPAIRS TO ENGINE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. I HAVE THE V-6 ECO BOOST ENGINE. I AM UNHAPPY THAT THIS ENGINE ENCOUNTERS THIS PROBLEM AND IT COULD RESULT IN A WRECK WITH LOSS OF LIFE. THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY! *TR

I WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AFTER PICKING UP MY DAUGHTER FROM DAYCARE. I PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR FIRMLY TO GAIN SPEED TO GET INTO TRAFFIC. MY TRUCK STALLED WITH A PINGING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND AN UNCHARACTERISTIC BLACK SMOKE POURING OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAD TO BRAKE TO AVOID HITTING MY TRUCK ON MY DAUGHTERS SIDE. THE TRUCK RECOVERED BUT ONLY GRADUALLY PICKED UP SPEED WITH VERY LITTLE POWER. IT WAS A LOW CONSTANT ACCELERATION. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH MY TRUCK BUT THIS TIME IT ENDANGERED MY DAUGHTER SO I FEEL THAT I NEED TO SPEAK OUT. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE MY 1.5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OR SOMEONE ELSE GETS HURT DUE TO FAULTY EQUIPMENT. *TR

I OWN A 2011 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST AND HAVE HAD ISSUES THAT FORD WISHES TO IGNORE AND WHICH I CONSIDER A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. APPROX. OCT 16, 2013, WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE DURING RAINY WEATHER, I ACCELERATED TO PASS, ON THE LEFT, A TT/ST THAT WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE. AS I STARTED TO PASS, AT APPROX. 3500 RPM, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY THE VEHICLE THAT WAS BEHIND ME, DUE TO THE STALL AND SUDDEN DECELERATION. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND TO THIS DATE THE SAME THING OCCURS , ONLY THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. FORD'S FIX IS TO REPLACE THE COIL AND ALL SIX SPARK PLUGS AT A COST OF $400, STATING THE ISSUE IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY (VEHICLE STILL UNDER WARRANTY). FORD REFUSES...

WHILE TRYING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY MY TRUCK STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOOSE POWER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR A FEW SECONDS AND WENT OFF. THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING EVERY DAY NOW UNDER ALL CONDITIONS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND NO REAL RESOLUTIONS. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE NEED TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A MUCH SLOWER VEHICLE MY TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND BEGAN SHUDDERING VERY BAD. WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC APPROACHING QUICKLY I HAD TO STEP ON THE BRAKES RATHER HARD AND QUICK TO AVOID A ACCIDENT. WHAT WOULD HAVE POSSIBLY HAPPENED IF I WAS TOWING A LEGAL BUT HEAVY LOAD? FORD HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE COILS ON THE ECOBOOST AND THIS TRULY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS IS A EXTREMELY SERIOUS TRAFFIC SAFETY WHEN YOU LOOSE ALL POWER AND THE SEVERITY OF THE SHUDDER THAT ALSO OCCURS. *TR

DURING ACCELERATION TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY, MY F-150 LOST POWER. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE TRUCK LOST POWER. AN 18-WHEELER BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON HIS BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING MY VEHICLE AS I MOVED IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY PERFORMED TSB13-8-1. AS OF TODAY (4/28/2014), THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. I JUST TOOK MY TRUCK BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE ANOTHER TSB PERFORMED. THIS TIME, I HAD TO PAY $100 BECAUSE MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT THE TSB'S THAT FORD IS ISSUING ARE INADEQUATE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CAUSE OF POWER LOSS IS MOISTURE THAT BUILDS UP INSIDE THE INTERCOOLER. THE LAST FIX WAS TO PLACE A PIECE OF PLASTIC OVER THE INTERCOOLER IN AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE INTERNAL...

I ACCELERATED HARD ON A HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMP AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO STUTTER TO THE POINT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT STALL OUT. I LET OFF THE GAS AND ACCELERATED AGAIN MORE SLOWLY WITH NO PROBLEM. THINKING IT WAS A ONE OFF I ACCELERATED HARD AGAIN AND AGAIN THE CAR STUTTERED. I WENT EASY FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND THEN AGAIN ACCELERATED HARD A FEW DAYS LATER WITH THE SAME RESULT. I GOT ONLINE AND REALIZED I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS ENGINE. ON 4/18/14 I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP(LANDERS FORD, COLLIERVILLE, TN) AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH IT AND SAID THERE WAS A FIX. THIS FIX INCLUDED INSTALLING A MOISTURE DEFLECTOR AND REPROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER. IT WAS PERFORMED AND I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. YESTERDAY, 4/23/14, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I AM PLANNING ON GOING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. *TR

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE, I MOVED INTO THE LEFT PASS LANE AND PUSHED ON THE GAS, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY, LOSE POWER, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY DID THE INTERCOOLER FIX. AFTER THAT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A SPARK PLUG, REPLACED IT, ON THE DRIVE HOME SAME PROBLEM, ENGINE SHUDDERS VIOLENTLY, LOSES POWER, GOES INTO LIMP MODE, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EITHER FLASHES OR GOES SOLID. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED THE TRUCK NEW FROM THE DEALER. *TR

THE TRUCK IS NEW TO ME AND WILL MISS IN CASES OF ACCELERATION ON THE HIGHWAY OR GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY. IF IT WERE A SMALLER VEHICLE, I KNOW I WOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER TODAY WHEN TRYING TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY ALREADY AT ABOUT 60-65 MPH AND THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND FELT LIKE IT QUIT AND I HAD TO RUN ON TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO NOT GET HIT. IT HAS BEEN SPUTTERING/MISSING ALOT BUT NEVER TO THAT EXTREME. I HEAR THERE IS AN INTERCOOLER PROBLEM WITH THE 2011 ECONOBOOST ENGINE AFTER ASKING AROUND. SUPPOSEDLY, THEIR IS MOISTURE BUILDING UP IN THE INTERCOOLER AND IS HORRIBLY DAMAGING TO THE ENGINE.. *TR