2012 FORD F-150 Engine Problems

WHILE ACCELERATING TO ENTER HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE LURCHED AND LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY.I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT SEEMED TO RUN FINE FOR A TIME. LATER WHILE UNDER A LOAD IT WOULD MISS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN THIS HEAVY TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ORDERED PARTS, BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO CONFIDENT OF BEING ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.. *TR

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, USUALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED, WET/HUMID CONDITIONS, UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM PERFORM THE WORK OUTLINED IN A TECH BULLETIN FROM FORD BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. JUST YESTERDAY (10/6/13 AT ABOUT 12:25PM APPROX 65 DEGREES F) DRIVING IN LIGHT RAIN ON I-96 NEAR GRAND RAPIDS, MI I ACCELERATED HARD FROM ABOUT 65MPH TO PASS ON THE FREEWAY AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

THIS TRUCK CONTINUES TO HAVE HESITATION AND ALMOST STALLS DURING HARD ACCELERATION. I HAVE RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THE REPAIR, WHICH IS KNOW BY FORD, UNLESS THERE IS A "CODE". THEY MAINTAIN THIS CONDITION WILL NOT OCCUR WITHOUT THE CODE BEING PRESENT WHICH I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN IS NOT TRUE. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BEFORE IT IS OVER. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND THEY WILL NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR WITHOUT THE "CODE" BEING PRESENT. THIS IS DANGEROUS, FORD UNDERSTANDS THE PROBLEM AND HOW TO FIX IT BUT WILL NOT WITHOUT THE CODE BEING PRESENT, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS PRESENT WHEN IT OCCURS. GO FORD! *TR

TRAVELING WITH MY WIFE FROM LITTLE ROCK TO HOUSTON ON A RAINY / HUMID DAY WITH THE TEMPERATURE AT ABOUT 80-85 DEGREES, I ACCELERATED QUICKLY TO PASS ON A 4-LANE HIGHWAY. THE TRUCK BEGAN SHUDDERING VIOLENTLY AND WE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. AFTER SLOWING DOWN AND PULLING OFF AND RESTARTING THE TRUCK IT SEEMED TO RUN FINE. THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES DURING THE TRIP. THE SECOND TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, BUT ENDED UP GOING OFF. THE THIRD TIME THE LIGHT FLASHED AND STAYED ON. AFTER GETTING BACK TO HOUSTON I TOOK THE TRUCK IN AND THEY "REPROGRAMMED THE CAC" AND INSTALLED A NEW "AIR DAM DEFLECTOR PLATE." I JUST GOT THE VEHICLE BACK SO I DO NOT YET KNOW IF THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM PERMANENTLY, HOWEVER, I HAVE SEARCHED NUMEROUS BLOGS AND WEBSITES AND DISCOVERED THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE EXACT...

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ON INTERSTATE 85 IN MAJOR TRAFFIC THE ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY HAD A SHARP REDUCTIONS IN ENGINE POWER DURING ACCELERATION. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN THE LAST MONTH. *TR

ON 2 SEPT 2013, IN FLORIDA, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A TWO LANE ROAD INTO THE MEDIAN AND MERGE INTO TRAFFIC GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO SPUTTER AND HAD LOSS OF POWER THAT BARELY ALLOWED ME TO CROSS BEFORE TRAFFIC ARRIVED. THE ROUGH RUNNING CONTINUED AFTER I ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT A 1/4 MILE BEFORE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO EXIT. IT STARTED RUNNING CORRECT SHORTLY AFTER THAT. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND AROUND MID 80'S, MILEAGE WAS AROUND 9500, SPEED WAS 0-50 MPH. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 27 SEPT 2013, IN MISSOURI, AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS TRAFFIC ON I-70. THE VEHICLE AGAIN STARTED TO SPUTTER WITH DRAMATIC LOSS OF POWER THAT DIDN'T ALLOW IT TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC SPEEDS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND I CONTINUED TO THE NEXT EXIT....

THE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHILE TRYING TO PASS A TRUCK ON THE TWO LANE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A HUGE LOSS IN POWER AND COULDN'T COMPLETE PASSING THE TRUCK. EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN WHILE STILL SHAKING AND BUCKING TO GET BACK BEHIND THE TRUCK THAT I WAS TRYING TO PASS. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING AND LOSS OF POWER HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES EVEN AFTER THE MANY TRIPS TO THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT'S. NONE OF THE BANDAGES HAVE WORKED THAT FORD HAS ATTEMPTED. THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE TO NOT FEEL SAFE IN A 4X4 TRUCK NOR WILL MY WIFE RIDE IN IT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE SCARING HER LAST TIME SHE RODE IN THE TRUCK. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS OR HAS RAINED RECENTLY OR IS HUMID WHICH WOULD BE EVERY DAY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. *JS

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED ACCESS FUEL FLOODED THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER REGARDING THE ACCELERATION AND THE ENGINE FUEL. THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,700. JO

PROBLEM WITH ENGINE LOSING POWER AND DETONATION IN CYLINDERS DURING ACCELERATION. FIRST REPORTED PROBLEM OF ENGINE SHUTTER WITHIN WEEKS OF PURCHASE. ENGINE HAS NEVER OPERATED CORRECTLY. I HAVE BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND THEY KNOW THAT THE CAC IS THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSE TO REPLACE IT. THE LAST INCIDENT ON SEP. 20 2013 HAPPENED WHEN ENTERING HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK COMPLETELY LOST POWER AND MY FAMILY AND I WERE ALMOST HIT MY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD TO "LIMP" OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS THE TRUCK WOULD NOT OPERATE. THIS ECO-BOOST ISSUE IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED.

LOSS OF POWER WITH VEHICLE VIBRATION WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. TRUCK HAS THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. AFTER THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I ATTEMPTED ANOTHER AGGRESSIVE ACCELERATION TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHICH IT DID. ONE INSTANCE THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS OCCURRED DURING A RAINY DAY. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THIS AGGRESSIVELY SINCE BUYING THE TRUCK. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. I.E. PASSING ON A TWO LANE ROAD. I RESEARCH ONLINE TO DISCOVER THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. I CALLED THE DEALER TO MAKE APPOINTMENT; THE SERVICE MANAGER TOOK MY VIN BUT STATED NOTHING SHOWED UP IN THE COMPUTER FOR ANY ISSUES WITH MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL.

I HAVE AN 2012 F-150 WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT IT MY WIFE AND I WERE GOING TO TRY AND MERGE INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC, WHEN I WENT ACCELERATE TO TRAFFIC SPEED THE ENGINE JUST FELL ON IT'S FACE , I LET OFF AND TRIED IT AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE OTHER DRIVERS HAD SENSE ENOUGH TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LANE OR WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE. I CALLED THE FORD DEALER AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BUT TO BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT . I TOOK IT IN AND AFTER 7 HOURS THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG , I ASKED IF THEY SEARCHED FOR RECALLS ON SOFTWARE OR SOMETHING ELSE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING FROM...

LOSS OF POWER UNDER ACCELERATION 3.5 ECOBOOST SURGING LOSS OF TURBO. *JB

I PURCHASED MY F-150 ECOBOOST, ON JULY 28, 2012. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING IT, I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE. OFTEN WHEN IT RAINS, THE TRUCK WILL NOT START OR WHEN IT DOES START, IT REFUSES TO GO OR WHEN IT IS GOING, IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PASS A SLOW VEHICLE, THERE IS NO POWER. THE ENGINE BOGGS DOWN, TO AN IDLE. THE TRUCK HAS LEFT ME STRANDED NUMEROUS TIMES. I TOOK MY FAMILY ON A TRIP TO MIAMI, FLORIDA, DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. ON THE OPEN ROAD THE MOTOR QUIT. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP IT INTO A FORD DEALER, WHO HAD TO PERFORM EXTENSIVE ENGINE REPAIRS IN ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK RUNNING AGAIN. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT BACK TO TENNESSEE, AFTER 3 WEEKS OF REPAIRS, IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES, I TRY TO ACCELERATE...

THIS COMPLAINT PERTAINS TO THE 3.5 LITER ECOBOOST ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THERE WERE FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC AT THIS LOCATION. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AROUND A SLOWER VEHICLE, THE ENGINE SHUTTERED AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I HAD TO DRIVE ONTO THE BERM, NEARLY CAUSING A CRASH. THE ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY TRIP FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO NORTH CAROLINA. THIS ENGINE SHUTTER OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES DURING MY RETURN TO PA. THE LAST TIME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ACTIVATED. THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON A BUSY MULTIPLE LANE HIGHWAY IS AN EXTREME HAZARD AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS VEHICLE CRASH. IT IS TIME FOR FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS KNOWN ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD AT AROUND 50 MPH, I STARTED TO PASS THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND MY TRUCK LOST POWER. I COULDN'T COMPLETE THE PASS AND NEARLY WAS HIT HEAD ON BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET BACK INTO THE LANE I CAME FROM. WHEN I HIT THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED TO 40 MPH. AFTER LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND HITTING IT AGAIN STILL NOTHING 40 WAS AS FAST AS IT WOULD GO. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A PULL OFF SPOT AND TRIED TAKING OFF AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS NORMAL. THERE WERE NO ENGINE LIGHTS OF ANY KIND THAT ILLUMINATED DURING THIS TIME. THIS OCCURED AT APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES. IT CURRENTLY HAS 20,768 MILES ON IT AND HAS DONE IT 2 MORE TIMES. BOTH TIMES THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS. I GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND FOUND MANY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MOSTLY WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY OR HUMID WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. *JB

UPON ACCELERATION, BETWEEN 15-25 MPH, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO STUMBLE AND LOST POWER. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME. IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES SINCE WITH THE LATEST OCCURRENCE ON SEPT. 3, 2013. THE VEHICLE MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY 18XXX. THE PROBLEM NORMALLY OCCURS COMING OFF OF IDLE AND ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC. IT HAS OCCURRED, HOWEVER, ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE A SLOWER DRIVER. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 65-70 DURING THAT INSTANCE. AT NO TIME DID ANY FAULT LIGHTS ILLUMINATE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF LIGHTLY PRESSING THE THROTTLE, IT SEEM TO CLEAR UP. *JB

ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, MOTOR LOST ALL POWER AND BEGAN SHAKING. CODE CAME UP AS ENGINE MISFIRE. BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP SAID KNOWN ISSUE, THEY INSPECTED DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SINCE THAT DATE HAS OCCURRED 4-5 MORE TIMES DURING WET WEATHER ANYTIME ACCELERATING (PASSING VEHICLES, ON RAMPS).

NOTICEABLE LAG DURING ACCELERATION. MOST NOTEWORTHY INCIDENT INVOLVED PASSING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, ENGINE BOGGED DOWN AND CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL. HAVE NOTICED THIS A FEW TIMES SINCE AS WELL. WE ARE IN MONSOON SEASON, HAVE HAD RAIN AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL HUMIDITY. HAVE ALSO NOTICED WHAT FEELS LIKE DELAYED AND HARD TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. FUEL CONSUMPTION/MILEAGE SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED. (WAS GETTING 17-23MPG WHEN TRUCK WAS FIRST PURCHASED IN MARCH 21013, AM NOW AVERAGING 13-15MPG). HAVE ALSO NOTICED VIBRATION/SHUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN, AND DURING DOWNSHIFTING. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN SHOP AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ON 8/26/13. FORD IS PERFORMING A COLD-SOAK(?) THE CODE THAT THEY PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE WAS INDICATIVE OF A MISFIRE BUT THEY CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THE MISFIRE AT THIS TIME. *TT

MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING ON I81 NORTH BOUND. I ATTEMPTED TO PASS THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND WHEN I ACCELERATED (I PUSHED IT TO THE FLOOR) THE ENGINE DIED. THERE WAS AN INSTANT WHERE I THOUGHT THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS GOING TO CRASH INTO THE REAR END OF MY TRUCK. DURING THE FAILURE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF AND IT TOOK AT LEAST 1 MINUTE FOR THE ENGINE TO RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION... I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AGAIN... I CALL RISING SUN FORD DEALERSHIP IN MARYLAND WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WILL HAVE IT THERE THIS WEDNESDAY FOR THEM TO CHECK OUT... THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE DOING EXACTLY AS I DESCRIBED... WHY DO THEY NOT HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO WARN ME OF THIS ISSUE WITH...

WHEN RETURNING FROM CULLOWEE, NC, I WAS ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP OF I-40 EAST. AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO INCREASE TO HIGHWAY SPEED. THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE NEVER GAINED SPEED UNTIL I LET OF THE ACCELERATOR COMPLETELY AND SLOWLY APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN. THE VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE AND THE RESULTING DANGEROUS MERGE INTO TRAFFIC TERRIFIED MY WIFE, CHILD AND GRANDCHILD. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING ON AN ON-RAMP TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON I-90, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATED VERY HARD, THE ENGINE THEN LOST POWER, CAUSING ELECTRIC TO SHUT DOWN, AND UNCONTROLLED DECELERATION TO OCCUR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. ONCE I RELEASED THE PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL, AND PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THE POWER RETURNED AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED AGAIN. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE PROBLEM AND WAS REPLACED. NOTIFIED FORD REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT CONCERNS THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, HE RESPONDED THAT THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY, AND NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE DESPITE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND APPARENTLY THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS NOT UPDATED AS REQUIRED. AFTER THE UPDATE, IT WORKED FINE. IN DECEMBER 2012, SIMILAR...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 60 MPH. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO ABOUT 80% OF TRAVEL. THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY HAD AN ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. I TOTALLY RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN APPLY ABOUT 10% AND THE ENGINE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE ENGINE CONTINUED ON AS NORMAL - GIVEN TRAFFIC CONDITIONS I DID NOT ATTEMPT A SECOND HARD ACCELERATOR APPLICATION. IT WAS RAINING AND HAD BEEN RAINING ABOUT AN HOUR WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I CALL FORD AND WAS GIVEN A TSB REPAIR CODE. IT IS FORD TSB 13-8-1 - AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE THIS TSB WAS 12-10-19 AND 12-6-4. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY I DID ACCELERATE IN THE SAME FASHION AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED PROPERLY - IT WAS NOT RAINING WHEN I DID THIS. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT 6/28/13, WHEN ACCELERATING TO GET ONTO A HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING SOMEWHERE BEFORE 60 AND LOST ALL POWER. THE SPEEDOMETER PEGGED AT 60 AND THE RPMS JUMPED TO REDLINE, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER BEING PRODUCED. THE VEHICLE TOOK AT NOSE DIVE AND WOULD NOT ALLOW FUEL TO THE ENGINE UNTIL THE RPMS SETTLED TO IDLE AND I WAS ABLE TO FEATHER THE GAS PEDAL IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE ENGINE. THE SECOND INCIDENT 8/9/13, WHEN GOING TO PASS SOMEONE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON I-95 THE VEHICLE FELL FLAT AGAIN, SAME SCENARIO, THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SAME ACTIONS AS ABOVE, WITH FEATHERING THE GAS PEDAL AND ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE ENGINE. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE INTERCOOLER WAS REPLACED AT 7600 MILES. THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS IN BOTH SCENARIOS, THESE EVENTS COULD'VE BEEN...

I WAS TRAVELING AT 65MPH AND WENT TO PASS AND AT ACCELERATION THE TRUCK STALLED AND ALMOST DIED. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY A SEMI I HAD TO PULL OFF ON SHOULDER TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN ACCELERATE AGAIN. MY TRUCK HAS THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND HOPE THEY CAN RECALL AND FIX PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED. *TR

FORD F150 2012 ECOBOOST EXT CAB 4X4 XLT AFTER DRIVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND STOPPING AT A REST AREA I BEGAN TO REENTER THE INTERSTATE. AS I ACCELERATED ON THE ONRAMP TRAFFIC WAS MODERATE SO I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR EVEN HARDER. THE TRUCK WAS IN 5TH GEAR AND DOWNSHIFTED TO 4TH. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHUTTER AND LOOSE POWER. AT THIS POINT I PANICKED AND PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR EVEN HARDER. THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR AT WHICH POINT IT LOST ALL POWER. ALL THAT I COULD DO WAS LET OUT AT THIS POINT AND HOPE TO REGAIN POWER. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC HAD MOVED OVER BY THE TIME I HAD MADE IT TO THE END OF THE ONRAMP AT WHICH POINT THE TRUCK HAD A CLEAR AND DEFINITIVE MISS AND VERY LITTLE POWER. THE TRUCK SLOWLY ACCELERATED UP TO 60 MPH AND CONTINUED TO MISS FOR ANOTHER QUARTER MILE. AFTER...

ON ACCELERATION RAMP ON INTERSTATE 75 ATTEMPTING TO GET UP TO SPEED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOSE ALL POWER FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC ONTO SHOULDER TO AVOID ACCIDENT. EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE REGAINED POWER. THIS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES DURING THE SAME TRIP ON JULY 30 AND AUG 5. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING THEN ACCELERATING THE TURBO DROPS OUT A SEVERE LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED.

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX. 50 MPH BEHIND A SLOW VEHICLE AND PULLED IN THE ONCOMING LANE TO PASS WHEN THE TRUCK SEEM TO MISS FIRE. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I HAD BRAKE HARD TO PULL BACK IN BEHIND THE SLOW VEHICLE. IT DID THIS FOR ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS AND CLEARED UP. IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. 2012 F150 ECOBOOST *TR

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE OR HARD ACCELERATING FROM A STANDING STOP VEHICLE SHAKES AND STALLS, STAYS IN SECOND GEAR AND HAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE, IN WET OR DRY CONDITIONS, SOMETIMES COMPLETELY DYING. ON ONE OCCASION VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED WHILE ENTERING EXPRESSWAY CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO RUN OFF ROAD, HITTING A SIGN AND DIRT BANK TO AVOID APPROACHING SEMI TRUCK. ENGINE OIL IS DILUTED WITH GAS, HAS BURNING SMELL IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WE ARE AFRAID OF ENGINE EXPLOSION AND FIRE, BURNING SMELL IS SO BAD. FORD HAS ATTEMPTED SEVERAL FIXES, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES, NOW THERE IS A GRINDING GRUNT WHEN GOING INTO REVERSE. *TR

IT IS A NEW TRUCK 2012 WITH ABOUT 650 MILES WHEN PURCHASED. THE FIRST COLD START THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND HAD A SLIGHT MISS. TOLD DEALER SAID NOT TO WORRY THEY COULD FIX IT. WENT TO KY ON WAY BACK RAN INTO A DOWN POUR OF RAIN. THE TRUCK AT ABOUT 40MPH STARTED TO SHAKE AND QUIVER LIKE IT WAS GOING TO QUIT .GOT TO THE SIDE OF ROAD TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT FROM OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES THEY CANT FIX IT.I HOPE THAT NO ONE GETS HURT FROM THIS ENGINE FAILURE.THE TRUCK NOW HAS 4160 MILES, IT STILL IDLES ROUGH AND HAS MISS. THE DEALER CHECKED IT OUT AND STILL CAN'T FIND THE CAUSE. *TR

I WAS GETTING ON THE FREEWAY ON SATURDAY EVENING AROUND 7:30PM AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE MY 2012 F-150 ECOBOOST TO MERGE AND THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. IT WAS VIBRATING SO BAD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND NOT TO MENTION I ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER PICKUP TRUCK BECAUSE I HAD LOST ALL POWER. I PAID ALOT OF MONEY FOR THIS TRUCK AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I PULLED OF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT IT DOWN FOR ABOUT 3-4 MIN AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT WAS FINE. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND MY WIFE WAS TERRIFIED AND SAID SHE WILL NOT GET BACK IN IT. *TR

ECOBOOST ENGINE HAS A TERRIBLE MISS AT IDLE AND BLOWS BLACK SMOKE AT START UP. FUEL MILEAGE IS ALSO BAD DUE TO RICH FUEL CONDITIONS. FORD HAS REPLACED MANY PARTS INCLUDING INJECTORS AND PLUGS THAT WERE CARBONED UP. NOW FORD REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL A NEW CALIBRATION PROGRAM IS RELEASED MID AUGUST 2013. THE TRUCK HAS SPENT A TOTAL OF 6 WEEKS IN THE SHOP AND IS ONLY 10 MONTHS OLD. BOTTOM LINE...FORD REFUSES TO HONOR THE WARRANTY. THEY CANT FIX IT AND THEY WONT BUY IT BACK. *TR

I'VE HAD PROBLEMS SINCE THE FIRST MONTH OF PURCHASE, FIRST TIME IT STALLED PULLING OUT OF A STOP SIGN WITH MY KIDS IN THE TRUCK, SCARED US TO DEATH. SECOND TIME, MY WIFE AND I WERE ON THE INTERSTATE GOING ON VACATION DRIVING AT NIGHT IN A STEADY RAIN, TRUCK BEGIN TO SHUDDER AND STALLED OUT, HAD TO PULL OVER ABOUT 5 TIMES DURING A 5 HOUR TRIP AND SIT UNTIL IT WOULD CRANK AND RUN AGAIN. WHEN I RETURNED I TOOK INTO FORD, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS, TRUCK KEPT DOING THE SAME IN A RAIN SO I TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND AFTER THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME THEY SAID THERE IS A DEFECT AND FORD HAS A NEW PART COMING OUT IN OCTOBER OF 2012, ENDED UP GETTING THE PART INSTALLED IN DECEMBER 2012. TRUCK IS DOING THE SAME THING, JUST STALLED ON ME IN BRANSON, MISSOURI,...

WHILE UNDER ACCELERATION IN TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, EXPLOSION, FIRE, LOST OIL PRESSURE, ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED IT AS INTERCOOLER COLLECTED CONDENSATION THAT GOT SUCKED INTO ENGINE INTAKE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO EXPLODE A HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. INTERCOOLER STILL HAD OVER A SIP OF WATER IN IT. *TR

ATTEMPTING TO PASS ON INTERSTATE, VEHICLE BOGGED DOWN UNTIL I TOOK MY FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR, AT THIS TIME MY SPEED HAD DECLINED FROM 65 MPH TO 50 MPH. DURING THE PAST 2 WEEKS THIS HAS OCCURRED OTHER TIMES. THIS HAS NEVER OCCURRED SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE BUT I AM CONCERNED. ONCE THING THAT I NOTICED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED ON RAINY DAYS. I WAS CALLED BY A FRIEND THAT BOUGHT A SIMILAR VEHICLE MAKE MODEL EQUIPMENT AND MOTOR AND MENTIONED THAT HE WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM MADE AWARE TO HIM BY A FRIEND THAT WORKS AS A FORD SERVICE MANAGER. I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL FORD DEALER. THEY SEEMED INDIFFERENT AS TO THIS BEING A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. I AM SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING, FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND MAKE THIS KNOWN TO OTHER...

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE. AFTER MOVING OVER AND ACCELERATING - THE TRUCK BUCKLED AND STALLED! I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY AN 18 WHEELER AT 65 MPH! THIS WAS VERY CLOSE TO BEING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING MULTIPLE VEHICLES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AS FORD DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. NOT TO MENTION I TOOK IT IN FOR FORD TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND THEY REFUSED TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AS THE VEHICLE DID NOT SHOW A TROUBLE CODE. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE IS A TSB ON THIS VEHICLE BY FORD FOR THE REPAIR BUT FORD WON'T MAKE THE REPAIR. NOT TO MENTION SINCE THEN THE FUEL MILEAGE HAS DROPPED DRASTICALLY SINCE THE EVENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES NOW. I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT AN ACCIDENT WITH THIS ISSUE, NOT TO MENTION IT GOING OUT OF WARRANTY...

ON JULY 6, 2013, I WAS DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER ON THE HIGHWAY AND OCCASIONALLY NOTICED A MISS/SHUDDER OF THE ENGINE DURING THE DRIVE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED BEFORE AND HAD ADDRESSED, UNDER WARRANTY WITH MY FORD DEALER. I HAD SLOWED TO 30MPH DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THE NEED TO MERGE ONTO ANOTHER HIGHWAY WHEN I EXPERIENCED A VERY SEVERE AND FRIGHTENING ISSUE WITH MY F150. I WAS MERGING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON AN ON-RAMP AND NEEDED TO ACCELERATE HARD. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE REVVED BUT HAD NO POWER. THE TRUCK SHOOK SO BADLY THAT I COULD BARELY CONTROL IT AT 30 MPH. I LET OFF THE GAS AND TRIED AGAIN WITH THE SAME RESULT. BY NOW, I HAD TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ON THE FOURTH OR FIFTH ATTEMPT, THE ENGINE FINALLY CAME...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INNER COOLER, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND DEFLECTOR SHIELDS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,800.

JUNE 5, DRIVING FROM FORT COLLINS, CO, TO BILLING, MT, GOING UP A HILL TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER, LOSS OF POWER, MISFIRING OF ENGINE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. NOT RAINING. JUNE 7, MILEAGE AT 22548, FORDS FIX: INSTALL NEW DEFLECTOR, NEW INTERCOOLER AND UPDATE PCM. JUNE 11, DRIVING FROM YELLOW STONE RIVER IN MT TO STEAMBOAT LAKE CO, GOING UP A HILL, MINOR MISFIRING OF ENGINE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, WENT OFF THE NEXT DAY. NOT RAINING. JUNE 15, FROM COLORADO SPRING, CO TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM, AFTER GETTING GAS, STARTED TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY (AFTER ~5 HOURS OF DRIVING), TURBO KICK ON, MASSIVE LOSS OF POWER (NO ACCELERATION AT ALL), HEAVY SHAKING OF TRUCK, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK OVER A MILE TO GET BACK UP TO HIGHWAY SPEED (55 MPH). GAS MILEAGE REDUCED BY 20%. NOT RAINING. 6/27, MILEAGE 24563, DEALER REPLACED ALL SPARK PLUGS,...

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP SIGN TURNING RIGHT MY 2012 FORD F150 PLATINUM 4X4 ECOBOOST STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FOR A FEW SECONDS. I THOUGHT THE TRUCK SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 3 MONTHS AND IS GETTING MORE FREQUENT. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING FROM KENTUCKY TO ALABAMA IN DRIVING RAIN MY ENTIRE TRIP, TRUCK BEGINS TO MISFIRE AND LOSE POWER IN ALABAMA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW. AFTER LETTING UP ON ACCELERATOR, TRUCK ENGINE STOPPED MISSING, BUT UNDER STRAIN AND ON HILLS IT AGAIN BEGAN TO MISS FIRE AND ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AGAIN. BECAUSE OF POWER LOSS AND ENGINE BUCKING, I FOUND A FORD DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY FOR REPAIRS. THEY REPLACED THE INTERCOOLER AND REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER IN THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK DID STOP MISFIRING, BUT SEEMED TO DRIVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED DOWN AND STILL SEEMED TO MISS SOME DURING THE REST OF MY WET TRIP TO FLORIDA. TRUCK SEEMS TO DRIVE GREAT IN THE CITY UNDER DRY OR WET CONDITIONS NOW. * IT APPEARS THE ISSUE IS ONLY WITH EXTENDED TRAVEL IN VERY WET CONDITIONS. *TR

ON VACATION TO GA FROM MD IN JULY OF 2012, DURING A HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND LOST POWER SEVERAL TIMES TRAVELING ON I-95 TOWING A BOAT. DRIVING ABOUT 65-70 MPH STOPPED AT THE FORD DEALER ON RT. 1 IN FREDERICKSBURG VA AND THEY DID A TEMPORARY FIX, A PIECE OF CARDBOARD WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT THE MOISTURE FROM CAUSING PROBLEMSONLY TO BE TOLD TO GO BACK TO OUR DEALER FOR THE PART ONCE IT COMES IN ALL BACK ORDERED. WE HAVE SINCE CONTACTED SHEEHY AND GOT NOWHERE NEVER GOT A CALL EITHER THAT THE PART WAS IN. TRUCK GETS THE WORST GAS MILEAGE AND OVER THE RAIN WE HAD STARTED TO STALL OUT AGAIN. NEVER CALLED AND NEVER FIXED.NOW WITH THE RAIN AGAIN AND THE HEAT IT IS DOING IT AGAIN..... *TR

I SWITCHED LANES TO PASS A TRUCK AND THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE LANE SO I STEPPED ON THE THROTTLE TO THE FLOOR AND IT HESITATED THEN STARTED TO DIE. THEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE ALONG WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT CONTINUED TO SPUTTER AND SHAKE FOR A MILE OR SO THEN IT STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE PROBLEM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL LIT AND MY AFTERMARKET STEREO CAN PULL THE CHECK ENGINE CODES AND THEY WERE P0300 P0304 P0306 P0306. IT WAS ABOUT 75 OUTSIDE AND THE ROAD WAS DRY. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE TRUCK NOW HAS 26,300 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND TURBO CHARGER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

ON TRIP FROM LOUISVILLE KY. TO ATLANTA, GA IN THE RAIN, TRUCK DISPLAYED THE SHUDDERING STALL CAUSED BY CONDENSATION IN THE CHARGED AIR COOLER WHICH GETS INGESTED INTO ENGINE CAUSING MOTOR TO GO INTO LIMP MODE, TRUCK HAS HAD TWO OF THE THREE TSB'S PERFORMED AS THIS IS THE SEVENTH INCIDENT OF THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE NEW. WHEN TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY AT RISK FROM REAR END COLLISION. *TR

SINCE I PURCHASED MY TRUCK THERE HAS BEEN SEVEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHERE I HAVE ACCELERATED TO ENTER AN INTERSTATE OR PASS A VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK IN AND THEY HAVE REPLACED PARTS AND SAID IT WAS REPAIRED. THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSTATE IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA WHERE BARRIERS WERE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERSTATE. I ACCELERATED TO ENTER THE INTERSTATE AND THERE WERE CARS AND A SEMI APPROACHING WHERE I ENTERED. I ACCELERATED TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK STALLED AND WOULD NOT TAKE FUEL. THE APPROACHING SEMI COULD NOT STOP IN TIME AND HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS ME. HE MISSED HITTING ME BY INCHES AND ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. WITH THE BARRIERS IN PLACE I COULD NOT GET OFF THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE TRUCK STALLED. I HAVE THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE INNER COOLER FOR THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,800. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN THE OUTSIDE LANE ON I 95 (FLORIDA) DURING HEAVY RAIN, APPROACHING A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I CHANGED LANES AND ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND RAPIDLY DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TRAVELING IN RAINY CONDITIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR. SINCE I HAD COMMITTED TO MAKE THE OVERTAKING MANEUVER AND FOR THE FEW SECONDS I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND/OR PULL BACK INTO MY ORIGINAL LANE AS I WAS TRAVELING ADJACENT TO THE VEHICLE I WAS OVERTAKING, I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE FAST APPROACHING ME IN THE INSIDE (FAST/OVER TAKING) LANE. LUCKILY THE DRIVER WAS OBSERVANT ENOUGH TO RELEASE OF THE IMPENDING COLLISION A HEAD IF HE DID NOT TAKE EVASIVE ACTION AND SLOW DOWN. AFTER A FEW SECONDS I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK INTO OUTSIDE/SLOW LANE....

I HAD THE TSB (FOR KNOWN SURGING ISSUE) PERFORMED ON MY TRUCK (2012 SUPER CREW 4X4) IN MAY AT 25K MILES. EVERYTHING SEEMED BETTER, UNTIL... THIS PAST SATURDAY, I LEFT THE HOUSE AT 5AM FOR A 7.5 HOUR/ 350 MILE DRIVE FROM HOME. IT WAS RAINING CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE FIRST TWO HOURS. SOMETIMES HARD RAIN, BUT IT DIDN'T STOP FOR THE FIRST 2 HOURS. I WAS DRIVING BACK COUNTRY ROADS WITH MOSTLY 55 MPH LIMITS AND ROLLING HILLS. GIVEN THE WEATHER, TYPE OF ROADS, TIME OF DAY, ETC. I DROVE GENTLY FOR THE TRIP, NEVER PUT MY FOOT IN IT. THEN, WHEN GOING UP A STEEPER HILL THAT REQUIRED MORE THROTTLE THAN THE OTHERS TO KEEP MY SPEED UP, THE TRUCK STARTED HESITATING. A LOT. MORE THAN IT EVER HAD BEFORE THE TSB. AND THEN, JUST AFTER THE HESITATION BEGAN, SOMETHING EXTRA OCCURRED THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED TO IT BEFORE....