2013 FORD F-150 Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THEN STALLED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE COLD AIR COOLER WAS DEFECTIVE HOWEVER, A REMEDY WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

WE BOUGHT OUR 2013 F150 XLT 4X4 V6 FLEX FUEL AT DENHAM FORD IN WETASKIWIN ALBERTA. WE TRAVELED ACROSS COUNTRY TO ONTARIO. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT. APPROXIMATELY 9000 KMS FOR MILEAGE OUR TRUCK HAS STEADILY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. GOING UP BURLINGTON SKYWAY AND GARDEN CITY SKYWAY (100 KM/H MAJOR HIGHWAY) TRUCK STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN 60 KM/H UPHILL WITH PEDAL TO THE FLOOR! HAD INSTRUMENTAL PANEL PROBLEMS IMPROPER DISPLAY OF AMOUNT OF GAS OR DISTANCE TO E. DRIVESHAFT CONSTANTLY CLUNKING AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. FORD REFUSED TO REPLACE AFTER TOWING OF PROBLEMS AND CONSTANT CALL INS TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. TOOK TO LOCAL DEALER AND 7-8 TECHNICIANS STOOD ROUND SCRATCHING HEAD REPLACED FUEL PUMP DID NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. FORD ASK FOR PAYMENT 558.08 WE NOT HAVE FUNDS AS ALL OF OUR MONEY GOING INTO GAS TO REPAIR TRUCK AND FALSE READING ON PANEL AND FORD REFUSED TO HELP US. WE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR FAILED TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY DECELERATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,400.

I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHILE IT WAS RAINING. IN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE IN FRONT OF A SEMI MY VEHICLE STATED SHUTTERING VIOLENTLY AND LOST POWER. I COULD NOT GET PAST 40MPH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. THIS WAS AFTER THE TRUCK HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR TWO HOURS. THE SEMI ALMOST REAR ENDED ME AS I GOT OFF THE ROAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND IT RAN FINE AFTER THAT. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO MY DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, NOT EVEN AN ERROR CODE. THE TRUCK HAS A FORD 6 CYLINDER ECO BOOST ENGINE. *TR

WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC I FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL AND ALL POWER WAS LOST ALMOST RESULTING IN A CRASH. THE NEXT TIME WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. UNABLE TO PASS ALMOST REAR ENDED, LUCKILY ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. TODAY NOVEMBER 3RD 2013 9:00 AM TRAVELING 40 MPH ON FLAT GROUND CLEAR SKY ABOUT 45 DEGREES I FLOORED IT AND THE TRUCK DID NOTHING IT DID SHAKE ALITTLE AND I KEPT MY FOOT TO THE FLOOR FOR ABOUT 1/2 A MILE AND IT NEVER REGAINED ANY POWER. THEN I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS EVER CAME ON AND MY FUEL ECONOMY GET WORST EVERY DAY. THE TRUCK FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS DRAGGING IT DOWN ALL THE TIME. POOR FUEL ECONOMY MIXED WITH UNRELIABILITY IS GOING TO EQUAL DISASTER. FORD IS LUCKY NO ONE HAS...

MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TRIP. ON TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT OCCURRENCES, WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS OR MERGE, THE TRUCK ENGINE SHUDDERED AND FAILED TO PROVIDE POWER NECESSARY TO ACCELERATE. NEVER DID IT COMPLETELY STALL, BUT THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE SHUDDERING OF THE ENGINE AND THE TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WAS RIDING OVER ROUGH PAVEMENT. I HAD READ ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE IN THE F150 (UNFORTUNATELY AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK) BUT HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED IT UNTIL YESTERDAY. WHEN I FELT THE SHUDDERING OF THE ENGINE, I EASED OFF THE GAS AND GENTLY REAPPLIED AS I HAD HEARD ABOUT INSTANCES OF THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLING WHEN PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR. IF IT WOULD HAVE STALLED LAST NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE, IN STORMY WEATHER, LATE AT NIGHT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN...

DRIVING NEW FORD 2013 F-150 WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME. I TRIED TO PASS A VEHICLE AND IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN SEVERAL WEEKS LATER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED #6 SPARK PLUG AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. NOW I HARDLY DRIVE THE TRUCK AND IT STAYS IN THE GARAGE ESPECIALLY ON RAINY DAYS. *TR

LOSS OF POWER UNDER ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING ON I 95, ATTEMPTING A LANE CHANGE WHEN POWER DROPPED, ALMOST HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER, PULLED OVER FINALLY AND SAT FOR 15 MINUTES THEN COASTED TO MY DESTINATION. NO ENGINE WARNINGS OR LIGHTS/FAULTS REGISTERED. HAPPENED ON TWO MORE OCCASIONS SINCE THEN. THE FIRST TIME, I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. MY TRUCK HAD ALL THE UPDATES THEY SAID. THE SECOND AND THIRD TIMES WERE ON BACK TO BACK DAYS. ALL OCCURRENCES WERE DURING RAIN DRIVING. THE SERVICING DEALER NOW SAYS THERE IS TSB ON THE INTERCOOLER AND THEY WILL FIX IT. *TR

WHEN FIRST ACCELERATING EARLY IN THE MORNING THE TRUCK ACCELERATES SUDDENLY WHEN 1ST TAKING OFF. THIS REALLY BECAME A PROBLEM WHEN SOMEONE STEPPED IN FRONT OF ME, THE TRUCK TOOK OFF AND THEN I HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY. I HAVE REPORTED TO FORD AND TAKEN IT IN TWICE, BUT THEY INSIST NO ONE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. THE MOTOR'S RPM FLUCTUATES ABOUT 200-300, THEN SETTLES DOWN.THE VISIBILITY HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE DAY ONE. FORD REPLACED THE WIPER BLADES, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. I HAVE BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND ALL THEY SAY IS "WE CAN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM". *TR

RAINING MOST OF THE DAY, I EXITED I-29 ON TO ST 46, WHEN I TRIED TO PASS A CAR, THE ENGINE PRETTY MUCH SHUT DOWN AND BEGAN VIBORATING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO PULL OVER AND LET IT IDLE FOR A BIT. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 2 DAYS LATER ON I-90. THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I'M LUCKY TRAFFIC WAS VERY LIGHT AT THE TIME. *TR

I TOOK MY 2013 FORD F-150 WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE ON A WEEK LONG VACATION DOWN TO SOUTH TEXAS (APPROX. 1200 MILES OR 17.5 HOURS ONE WAY) IT WAS SUNNY AND WARM THE ENTIRE TRIP DOWN AND THE VEHICLE RAN GREAT. HOWEVER ON THE WAY BACK UP TO IOWA IN WAS RAINING AS SOON AS WE LEFT AND ONLY LET UP RAINING FOR 20 MIN INCREMENTS THE ENTIRE WAY HOME. ABOUT 5 HOURS IN WE PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE TO GET GAS AND EAT. WE GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO GET ON THE ON RAMP AND RETURN TO THE INTERSTATE. I WAS GOING ABOUT 40 MPH WITH SMOOTH ACCELERATION WHEN I GAVE MY TRUCK A LITTLE BIT OF GAS TO MERGE INTO THE 75MPH TRAFFIC. MY TRUCK DID NOT MOVE, INSTEAD IT CONTINUED TO GO 40MPH AND REVVED UP TO REDLINE. I HAD TO LET OFF OF...

3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE. WENT TO MERGE ON HIGHWAY, PRESSED ACCELERATOR, ENGINE STUMBLED, PRESSED FURTHER ON ACCELERATOR, ENGINE STUMBLED, LOSS OF POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHING, VIOLENT SHAKING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO SAFE SPEED ON -RAMP, LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER A PERIOD OF 1 - 2 MINUTES. HAD TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD TO AVOID TRAFFIC AS I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT FOR THIS TRUCK. FORD ENGINEERING TO MY SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THERE WAS NO FIX BUT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. *TR

INTERSTATE, NIGHT, RAINING WENT TO PASS VEHICLE AND ACCELERATED WHEN ENGINE STUMBLED, SHUTTERED VIOLENTLY, AND LOSS POWER. ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED HAD TO PULL OVER ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. *TR

SHUDDER/MISFIRE. THE MISFIRE OCCURS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS GOING UPHILL OR ON A FLAT SURFACE. THE TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT FORD DEALER SHIP WHO IS TRYING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERS TECH THE MISFIRE CAN OCCURS AT LOW RPMS. NEW SPARK PLUG COILS AND THREE SETS OF NEW SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. APPARENTLY IT KEEPS BLOWING SPARK PLUGS.AS OF YET NO SOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND TO THE PROBLEM. *TR

FORD F-150 ECOBOOST LOSS OF POWER. - TRYING TO PASS A SEMI ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE STUMBLED AFTER A DOWNSHIFT, LOST POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHUDDER. TRIED TO PULL OFF OF SIDE OF ROAD BUT ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE MEDIAN, THE LIGHT STOPPED FLASHING AND THE SHUDDER WENT AWAY AS DID THE LIGHT. IT WAS IN THE MID 60S, I HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 120 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH IN OHIO ON I-75 SOUTH OF TOLEDO. IT HAD BEEN RAINING OFF AND ON ALL DAY. *TR

WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR TO GET THE TRUCK UP TO THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC FLOW.I HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE FOR APPROX 1 TO 2 SECONDS. THIS PUT ME IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I HAD TO GET ON THE BRAKES HARD TO SLOW THE VEHICLE ON THE ON RAMP TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT BY THE FASTER TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. IN ADDITION THE TRAFFIC BEHIND ME HAD TO RAPIDLY SLOW DOWN TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME.WE TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY 30 SEPT 2013. THIS WAS RUIDOSO FORD IN RUIDOSO NEW MEXICO. THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH IT AND THAT THEY KNEW OF NO OTHER PROBLEMS OF THIS TYPE ON 2013 F-150 FX-4 PICKUP TRUCKS. I AM STILL IN THE TALKING STAGES WITH THEM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM...

I PURCHASED A 2013 FORD 150 SUPERCREW CAB 4X4 WITH THE 3.5L V6 MOTOR 4 WEEKS AGO. ALL HAS BEEN WELL UNTIL THE FIRST RAIN LAST WEEK. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY BEHIND A SLOW VEHICLE, I WENT TO PASS THEY VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME ON A FOUR LANE FREEWAY, AND MY TRUCK STUMBLED AND LOST POWER INSTANTLY AS I PUT MY FOOT DOWN. I HAD MYSELF, WIFE, AND TWO CHILDREN 1 AND 2.5 IN THE TRUCK. IT WAS VERY SCARY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND WITH NO POWER AS SAFELY AS I COULD I MOVED BACK INTO THE SLOW LANE OF TRAFFIC AND OFF THE FREEWAY AROUND OTHER PASSING VEHICLES. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS. I HAVE 2,400 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I TURNED IT OFF. RESTARTED AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT RAN FINE, I SCAREDLY PULLED BACK ON FREEWAY AND WENT 50 MPH TO MY DESTINATION....

I PURCHASED MY TRUCK BRAND NEW IN APRIL OF 2013. IT IS A 2013 FORD F-150 FX4 SUPER CREW ECOBOOST. MONDAY (9-23-13) I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE I-75 AT APPROX. 70MPH, I HIT THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS A VEHICLE AND WHEN I DID, MY TRUCK DROPPED DOWN TO 2ND OR 3RD GEAR, BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, LOST POWER (HP), AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE TRUCK AND WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND PROCEEDED ON MY DRIVE HOME. I DROVE ONE MORE HOUR, STOPPED IN TAMPA FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, THEN GOT BACK ON I-75. ONE AND A HALF HOURS LATER, IT DID THE SAME THING AT 60MPH THIS TIME. THIS TRUCK IS KNOWN FOR THIS ISSUE. THE INTERCOOLER SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM. MY TRUCK NOW HAS 9500 MILES ON IT. WHAT'S UPSETTING IS THAT THIS IS THE 2ND TIME MY TRUCK...

I WAS DRIVING AT 48-50- MPH WHEN I DECIDED TO PASS A CEMENT TRUCK THAT WAS GOING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. AS I PULLED OUT TO PASS THE TRUCK EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. WHEN I GOT ALONGSIDE THE CEMENT TRUCK MY TRUCK STARTED TO HESITATE AND MISFIRE. THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I WAS STUCK FROM GOING BACK AS ANOTHER CAR WAS BEHIND ME,ALSO TRYING TO PASS THE SLOW TRUCK. I BARELY MADE IT PAST THE CEMENT TRUCK AS AN ONCOMING VEHICLE HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE SHOULDER TO MISS ME AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME. WHEN I RETURNED HOME I LOOKED UP ECOBOOST PROBLEMS ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED TODAY, I BELIEVE THE IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THERE IS A FATALITY IF THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE ALREADY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING FROM MILWAUKEE TO DES MOINES ON SUNDAY SEPT 15TH, 2013, AND WHEN I WENT TO PASS ANOTHER DRIVER IN DUBUQUE THAT PULLED IN FRONT OF ME THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS I ANTICIPATED. IT WAS RAINING OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THE TRIP, TEMP WAS 55DEG, AND I HAD BEEN ON CRUISE CONTROL FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. BASICALLY, I WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND INSTEAD OF GAINING SPEED QUICKLY I RECEIVED NO ACCELERATION CAUSING THE CARS BEHIND ME TO HAVE TO BRAKE QUICKLY. DURING THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING INDICATING A MIS-FIRE WAS OCCURRING AT WHICH POINT I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE MIS-FIRES CEASED AND AFTER A BRIEF STOP I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY DRIVE. MY TRUCK WAS BUILT ON 1/15/2013 AND HAS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE, WOBBLE AND LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, AND RESTARTED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN ERRATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A SHROUD WOULD NEED TO BE PLACED OVER THE INNER COOLER TO PREVENT CONDENSATION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED THE SAME DAY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,200.

WHILE DRIVING FROM WILSON, N.C. TO SWAN QUARTER N.C. IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON A FISHING TRIP, I STARTED TO PASS A SLOW SCHOOL BUS THEN MY TRUCK START JUMPING, LOOSING POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO DITCH MY TRUCK TO KEEP FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT WAS A VERY FOGGY MORNING AND I HAD BEEN DRIVING AT 50 AND 55 MPH FOR A LONG DISTANCE BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. *JB

I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. IN ORDER TO PASS A CAR THAT WAS GOING AT A REDUCED SPEED I MOVED INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. IMMEDIATELY, AS I ACCELERATED THE ENGINE MISFIRED AND THEN I LOST ENGINE POWER. I HAD TO BRAKE AND GET BACK INTO THE RIGHT HAND LANE SO I WOULD NOT CAUSE AN ISSUE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IMMEDIATELY STARTED FLASHING AND I PULLED OVER. IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO LOSE POWER AT HIGH SPEEDS AND THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. I WAS GLAD I DID NOT HAVE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC BEHIND ME AND THE CARS WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE AROUND ME AS I DECELERATED DUE TO THE ENGINE MISFIRING. SCARY SITUATION TO BE IN AND DISHEARTENING AFTER BUYING THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW AND ONLY...

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH I ACCELERATED TO PASS A CAR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHUDDERING AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, IT STARTED DECELERATING. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK. I REVVED THE ENGINE UNTIL THE TURBOS STARTED SPOOLING NORMALLY AGAIN. *TR

AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 200 MILES AT 65MPH IN THE RAIN, I ACCELERATED QUICKLY TO PASS A VEHICLE AND MY 2013 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST TRUCK SEEMED TO LOSE POWER/STALL AND I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING AND AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES (PROBABLY 2-3), POWER WAS RESTORED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. *TR

ATTEMPTED TO ENTER INTERSTATE TRAFFIC FROM AN ON RAMP. ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO SPEED AND MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND SLOWED. A MALFUNCTION INDICATION LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING ON THE DASH. A VEHICLE BEHIND ME HAD TO PASS ME ON THE SHOULDER TO AVOID A REAR END COLLISION. THE CONDITION CLEARED ITSELF AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 SECONDS. I WAS APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED MILES INTO A 150 MILE TRIP IN RAINY WEATHER. RETURNED TO THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY WHO RETRIEVED NUMEROUS MISFIRE CODES FROM THE ECM (DTC P 0903, P 0904, P 0905). DEALER RE-PROGRAMMED THE ECM AND INFORMED ME I WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE IT AND SEE IF THAT WORKS. PERFORMED RESEARCH TO SEE IF THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE AND FOUND THAT INDEED IT WAS, THAT THE CONDITION HAS EXISTED SINCE AT...

2013- FORD F150 ECOBOOST: I WAS DRIVING ALONG AT HIGHWAY 100KM/HOUR HIGHWAYS SPEED. I CAME UPON A CAR GOING 70KM/HR. IT WAS SAFE TO PASS, AND AS I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, MY TRUCK LOST COMPLETE POWER AND DECELERATED TO ABOUT 40 KM/HR, EVENTUALLY SLOWING RIGHT DOWN. I TRIED FRANTICALLY TO PUSH THE GAS, AS THERE WERE TWO SEMI TRUCKS BEHIND ME TRYING TO PASS AT THE SAME TIME AS ME. THE TRUCKS BOTH ENDED UP HAVING TO PASS ME UNSAFELY ON THE SHOULDER TO THE LEFT OF ME, INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO GLIDE OVER BACK TO THE LANE I WAS IN, AND EVENTUALLY RODE THE SHOULDER. I CONTINUALLY TRIED TO GET POWER TO THE VEHICLE. MY ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. EVENTUALLY AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, MY TRUCK DID "GRAB" AND SHOOT FORWARD. THE ENGINE LIGHT THEN WENT OFF, AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY DRIVE,...

THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE!!! I EXPERIENCED THIS TWICE LAST WEEKEND ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I WAS DRIVING (25MPH) AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK BEGAN SHUDDERING AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I COULDN'T GO MORE THAN 5 MPH AND ALMOST CAUSED AND ACCIDENT. THE DEALER WAS CLOSED, SO I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND AFTER RECONNECTING IT THE TRUCK RAN FINE, UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED BUT AT 70MPH. ONCE AGAIN THE ONLY THING TO DO WAS DISCONNECT THE BATTERY (TO RESET EVERYTHING). THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING JUST TO BE TOLD THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. *TR

WHILE TRYING TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES ON THE FREEWAY MY F150 ECOBOOST ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE. THIS SITUATION ALMOST CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS TRAFFIC BEHIND ME HAD TO RAPIDLY SLOW DOWN TO ALLOW ME TIME TO PASS THE SLOWER VEHICLES AND GET OUT OF THE WAY. *TR

WHILE TRYING TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE FROM A SLOW SPEED OF 20 MPH TO AVOID A POSSIBLE COLLISION MY F150 ECOBOOST ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR THE ENGINE LIGHT TO GO OFF. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH MY ECOBOOST ENGINE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A SECONDARY ROAD IN RAINY CONDITIONS AT APPROX 35MPH AS I PRESSED THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WOULD BARELY ACCELERATE. ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING WITH WHAT I ASSUME IS THE INFAMOUS ECOBOOST MISFIRE. THE TRUCK IS A 2013 WITH ONLY 13000 MILES. ONCE I STOPPED BRIEFLY THE MISFIRE WENT AWAY AND NORMAL OPERATION RESUMED. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND BUT AS OTHERS HAVE STATED THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

HAD BEEN DRIVING IN RAIN ALL DAY. PULLED OUT TO PASS ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING AND STOPPED ACCELERATING. HAD TO PULL BACK BEHIND VEHICLE I WAS TRYING TO PASS. DEALER SAID I HAD SAME PROBLEM OTHER ECOBOOST OWNERS WERE HAVING AND REPLACED INTERCOOLER. IT DID NOT FIX PROBLEM AS IT HAS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES. DEALER SAID FORD WAS "WORKING ON A SOLUTION". I HAVE TO WAIT FOR RECALL AND JUST BE AWARE THAT PROBLEM COULD OCCUR IF CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,700.

REDUCED ENGINE POWER DURING HARD ACCELERATIONS WITH THE 5.0 V8 ENGINE. SAFETY ISSUE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC OR NEEDING TO ACCEL FOR ANY REASON. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY BEHIND A TRUCK TOWING A BIG CAMPER. WHEN I GOT A CHANCE TO TRY AND PASS HIM I GOT OVER TO GO AROUND HIM AND WENT TO ACCELERATE AND MY TRUCK LOST ALL POWER (CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING) AND I HAD TO APPLY BRAKE HARD TO SLOW BACK DOWN TO GET BACK BEHIND THE TRUCK. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT ANYONE BEHIND ME SO I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK OVER. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND SET AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY WENT OUT AND TRUCK STARTED RUNNING FINE. I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO FORD AND THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS A 2013 F150 WITH THE ECOBOOST 3.5 ENGINE WITH LESS THAN 11K MILES. I'M AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT NOW. *TR

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SEMI TRUCK AFTER DRIVING A CONSTANT SPEED OF 65 IN ARIZONAS HUMID MONSOON SEASON, UNDER HARD ACCELERATION MY F150 HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ALONG WITH A VERY STRANGE SHUDDER AND LOUD REVVING SOUND. AFTER I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND PULLED BEHIND THE SEMI I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS (DUE TO ON COMING TRAFFIC), THE TRUCK RAN NORMAL. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THE CONDITIONS WERE DIFFERENT THE DAY OF TEST DRIVE AND THE TRUCK WAS NOT DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR NEARLY AS LONG. THIS COULD BE A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 940.

THE FIRST TIME THE INCIDENT HAPPEN I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY ABOUT 70 DEGREES OUT. I TRIED TO GO AROUND A CAR AND WHEN PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE KIND OF STALLED AND SHOOK, DID NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. I LET OFF THE PEDAL AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT ACCELERATED FINE. THERE WASN'T MUCH DANGER INVOLVED IN THIS MISHAP AS THE OTHER DRIVER AND I WERE THE ONLY 2 VEHICLES ON THE ROAD FOR A FARE AMOUNT OF DISTANCE. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED IS WHAT REALLY WORRIED ME. I WAS LEAVING A GAS STATION PREPARING TO CROSS A 4 LANE HIGHWAY WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 55 MPH. THIS TIME IT WAS MORNING ABOUT 65 DEGREES AND SUNNY, I ROLLED UP TO THE INTERSECTION AND WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS WAS PRESENTED I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK PRETTY BAD...

I PURCHASED MY 2013 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST IN DECEMBER 2012. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN APPROXIMATELY MARCH 2013. IT WAS RAINING. I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT WHERE I HAD MADE A COMPLETE STOP. I COULD NOT GAIN SPEED VERY WELL. THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING/POPPING AND THE WHOLE TRUCK WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE SAME HAS OCCURRED EVER SINCE ON MORE THAN A DOZEN OCCASIONS AND AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. HOWEVER, EACH TIME WAS WHILE IT WAS RAINING. NEVER HAS HAD A PROBLEM IN FAIR WEATHER. I EXPERIENCE A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, MANY TIMES WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE OR WHILE TRYING TO OVERCOME A VEHICLE. THE FRONT-END LURCHES, I LOSE SPEED DRAMATICALLY, THE ENGINE SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN I ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE SPUTTERS AND SOUNDS LIKE IT DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER TO CHOKE OUT OR BLOW UP. THE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE EACH TIME....

I WAS DRIVING MY NEW 2013 F150 ECOBOOST IN THE RAIN AND I TRIED TO PULL TO THE LEFT TO PASS A SLOWER CAR ON THE HIGHWAY. AS I WENT TO GIVE IT GAS, ABOUT 90% THROTTLE, THE TRUCK FELT LIKE IT HIT A BRICK WALL, STUTTERED AND STARTED SHAKING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR ABOUT 55 MPH. IF I TRIED TO DRIVE PAST THAT IT WOULD JUST SHAKE. THE TRUCK HAD NO POWER. I DROVE IT LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND EVERYTHING WAS OK. ON THE WAY BACK ABOUT A WEEK LATER, ONCE AGAIN IN THE RAIN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED TO DUPLICATE THIS IN DRY CONDITIONS AND THE TRUCK PERFORMS PERFECT. ONLY WHEN IT IS WET OUTSIDE DOES THIS PROBLEM HAPPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER, HE ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR. THE ENGINE RESUMED NORMALLY WITHIN TEN SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE ECO BOOST ENGINE, HOWEVER THERE WAS NOT A REMEDY AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK FOR A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, WITH BOTH MY WIFE AND I. DRIVING AT LOW AND HIGHER SPEEDS TRYING TO MERGE OR PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS WE APPLY THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS OR MERGE THERE IS A LOSE OF POWER AND THE TRUCK ALMOST STALLS. WE HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN 6 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. I TOOK MY TRUCK BACK TO PHIL LONG OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. AND WAS TOLD I WAS LYING AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS AND THEY COULD LOOK AT IT FOR $150.00 AS MY TRUCK IS BRAND NEW AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY, IM NOT HAPPY I CANT DRIVE MY TRUCK SAFELY AND FEEL LIKE FORD HAS LET ME DOWN. DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING ANY POST SALE CUSTOMER SERVICE. PLEASE HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 44 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR DEFLECTOR PLATE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

AFTER A PROLONGED PERIOD (8+ HOURS) OF DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN FREQUENT RAIN THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND STALLED (WITHOUT COMPLETELY DYING) WHILE IN A PASSING MANEUVER. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED MULTIPLE TIMES THEN WENT OUT. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE POWER LOSS MY VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATOR INPUT AND RESULTED IN COMPROMISED SAFETY BETWEEN TWO RAPIDLY CONVERGING VEHICLES. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 -15 SECONDS THE ENGINE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

AS I WAS PASSING A SLOW MOVING TRACTOR TRAILER IN MY BRAND NEW 2013 FORD F-150 LIMITED V6 ECOBOOST WITH ONLY 345 MILES ON IT, ON A TWO LANE HWY IN LIGHT RAIN WELL INTO THE PASS THE VEHICLE JUST LOST POWER ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HAVE A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. AFTER TALKING TO ONE OF MY FRIENDS WHO WORKS AT A FORD DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE FORD ECOBOOST ENGINE. I TOOK IT THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE AGENT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT THE FORD ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON A FIX BUT HAVEN'T FOUND ONE AS OF YET. HOW CAN I TRUST THIS VEHICLE TO GET ME WERE I AM GOING SAFELY. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING, VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STARTED SHUDDERING WITH THE CHECK ENGINE FLASHING. COULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE THE LIGHT WAS FLASHING FOR ABOUT 20-30 SECONDS. AFTER LIGHT WENT OUT TRUCK STARTED DRIVING NORMAL AGAIN. *TR

I WAS TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER CAR WHEN MY ENGINE STALLED. I WAS GOING ABOUT 45 TO 50 MPH WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE AROUND THE CAR AND MY ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLED AND LOST POWER. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT APPEARED. IT HAD BEEN RAINING ALOT AND WAS HUMID AND WET ALTHOUGH NOT ACTIVELY RAINING AT TIME OF MALFUNCTION. I DRIVE A NEW FORD F150 V6 WITH ECOBOOST TECHNOLOGY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR SEVERAL SECONDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER RELATED TO THE DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.