2013 FORD F-150 Engine Problems

I GET THE ENGINE CODE P0301 WHICH IS AN ENGINE MISFIRE WHEN DRIVING IN ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS AND STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. THE TRUCK ENGINE STUMBLES AND HAS REDUCED POWER WHEN YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION ESPECIALLY WHEN I TRY TO PULL A CARGO TRAILER.

MY 2013 F150 ECOBOOST HAS APPROXIMATELY 65K MILES ON IT AND HAS RECENTLY BEGUN STALLING WHILE IN OPERATION - ALWAYS MOVING. WHEN THIS OCCURS, AN ORANGE CRESCENT WRENCH APPEARS ON THE INFORMATION CENTER, THE RPM'S BEGIN TO FLUCTUATE, THE TRUCK LOSES ALL ACCELERATION POWER, THE TRUCK BEGINS TO SHUTTER, AND I AM FORCED TO IMMEDIATELY STOP AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENS AS OPPOSED TO NOT, AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE TRAFFIC AROUND ME HAS NO WAY TO ANTICIPATE THE ISSUE EITHER. THE SHOP I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO STATED THEY "THINK" IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT ARE NOT POSITIVE. THIS IS MY FIRST FORD IN SEVERAL YEARS/CARS AND THOUGH ORIGINALLY PLEASED WITH THE TRUCK, I AM QUICKLY BECOMING FRUSTRATED.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A CAR ON A RELATIVELY BUSY 2 LANE HIGHWAY ON SAT AUG 13 2016, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND SPEED. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE PASSING WHEN THIS OCURRED. ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION WAS CLOSING IN FAST, AND THE CAR I WAS PASSING (WAS JUST UP BY THE FRONT SIDE OF IT) WAS BEGINNING TO PASS ME NOW. I KNOW THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH ME OR MY VEHICLE. I ENDED UP LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDDLE AND DUCKED IN BEHIND THE CAR I WAS PASSING. IT WAS ONLY SECONDS WHEN THE VEHICLE COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WENT BY. VERY SCARY FOR ME AND MY WIFE AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER FOR ALL INVOLVED. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME WAS JUST ACCELERATING, AND POSED NO THREAT...

UPON LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY WHICH IS ON A HILL I WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES AND HAD NO RESPONSE, CAUSED ME TO GO OFF THE CURB. MY BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD TO OPERATE I WENT ON LINE AND DID SOME RESEARCH FOUND OUT ABOUT RECALL.

UPON ENTERING FREEWAY MERGING TRAFFIC I HAD A HARD ACCELERATION .MY TRUCK STUMBLED WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THEN 30 MPH BY THEN THE SEMI WAS ON MY REAR CAUSING A SERIOUS PROBLEM HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER .WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THE PROBLEM SEAM TO GO AWAY. THIS HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES.

IN THE SPAN OF ONE WEEK THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE", ON THREE (3) SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE CONSOLE DISPLAY GOES ORANGE, WITH A WRENCH. TWO OF THE INSTANCES OCCURRED AT STEADY SPEED GREATER THAN 50 MPH. ONE EVENT WAS WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP THROUGH A RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. NO OBD CODES WERE STORED AND THE EVENTS CANNOT BE REPLICATED AFTER A WEEK OF TESTING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD! THE VEHICLE MUST BE STOPPED IN ORDER TO SHUT IT DOWN AND RESTART, WHERE THE DISPLAY CLEARS AND IT RUNS NORMALLY UNTIL WITHOUT WARNING, IT OCCURS AGAIN. FORD DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE AN ANSWER. PANIC COULD EASILY ENSUE FORM THIS LOSS OF POWER AND THE DRIVERS ABILITY TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE & DEATH.

WHILE DRIVING (ON HIGHWAY OR ELSEWHERE), V8 ENGINE WILL STALL AND STOP SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HAPPEN TO ME TWICE ON 2 DAYS. WON'T CREATE ANY FAULT IN THE OBD. FIRST TIME, HAPPEN TO ME ON THE HIGHWAY, I WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE BEEN HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES. TOOK THE CAR TO FORD FARWAY IN GREENVILLE, SC, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE CAR WILL ALWAYS START BACK AFTER 45 MIN TO AN HOUR. THEN WILL SHUT DOWN FOR NO REASON AGAIN. THIS IS A THREATENING WITH POTENTIAL DEATH SITUATION IF IT HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC... SO PLEASE, ASK FORD TO INVESTIGATE ALL V8 TO FIND QUICKLY THE REASON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 FORD F150 WITH ECOBOOST, THE ENGINE CUTS OUT AND I LOSE POWER. THE WRENCH SYMBOL COMES ON. THE TRUCK STAYS RUNNING BUT YOU CAN'T ACCELERATE. THE TRUCK STARTS TO VIBRATE. IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE'S NO WARNING AND NO PATTERN AS TO WHEN IT HAPPENS. IT HAPPENS AT BOTH SLOW AND FAST SPEEDS. YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. THEN WHEN YOU RESTART IT, IT WORKS AGAIN. THERE'S NO PATTERN AS TO HOW LONG IT WILL WORK. SOMETIMES IT CUTS OUT IMMEDIATELY AND SOMETIMES WEEKS LATER. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALER TWICE. ONCE THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. THAT PROVED TO BE A TEMPORARY FIX BECAUSE IT DID IT AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER. THE NEXT TIME THEY RESET THE PCM. THAT ONLY WORKED FOR A FEW WEEKS. I HAVE A THIRD APPOINTMENT COMING UP. BUT I HAVE NO...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE THROTTLE WAS LOST. THE TRUCK WENT FROM 65 MPH TO 5 MPH IN A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF TRYING TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, GOING ONLY 5 MPH, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, AND THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, NOR WOULD IT SHOW UP IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. TOOK IT HOME, AND LATER THAT EVENING, IT LOST THE THROTTLE AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP THE NEXT DAY AFTER LOOKING AT THIS WEBSITE, AND TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHER ISSUES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE A WRECK OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. IT COST ME OVER $300 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. FORD...

N JUNE 20, 2016 MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON U.S. 60 IN MO WHEN THE ENGINE ON MY 2013 F150 VIN ECOBOOST JUST QUIT. IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN TRAFFIC. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS TOWED TO WEHR FORD IN MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THERE HAD BEEN A RASH OF DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODIES AND AT LEAST 2000 WERE ON BACK ORDER ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HE POINTED OUT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON HIS LOT WHICH HAD BEEN THERE FOR TWO WEEKS WAITING FOR ONE. HE SAID HE COULD GET A USED ONE FROM A WRECKING YARD. SINCE WE LIVE IN AZ AND HAD TO GET HOME WE SAID OK. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE AND FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THESE.

MY 2013 F150 ECO BOOST STARTED CUTTING OUT WHILE DRIVING HOME, THE WRENCH ILLUMINATED THEN THE CHECK ENGINE AS THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. IF I WOULD OF BEEN ON THE FREEWAY OR PULLING SOMETHING I WOULD'VE BEEN DEAD. AFTER COASTING OFF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO RESTART, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON AND WAS CUTTING OUT. I ONLY HAD TO GO 2 MILES TO GET HOME. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE MILEAGE IT WASN'T COVERED, BUT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH FORD HAD RECALLED THIS ON A FEW VEHICLES, BUT NOT THIS ONE YET. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE IT JUST SHUT THE ENGINE OFF ON YOU. IF YOU'RE IN TRAFFIC OR PULLING THERE WOULD BE A SEVERE PROBLEM. I'M STILL CONCERNED WHEN I PULL. I HOPE THAT...

THREE TIMES OVER A 2 YEAR PERIOD I HAVE STARTED TO PASS SLOW MOVING VEHICLES ON TWO LANE HIGHWAYS AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO DIE AND THE VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE, THERE WAS HESITATION AND A RAPID REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER AS THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THREE MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ECOBOOSTER ENGINE CAC DETECTOR SHIELD WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,987.

LOSE POWER ON ACCELERATION WHILE PASSING ON THE HIGHWAY SUDDEN LOST OF POWER AND ENGINE FAIL SHACKING TYPE OF FEEL NOT NOISE OR WARNING BEFORE EVENTS

THROTTLE BODY FAILED ON MY PICKUP WHILE DRIVING. WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND ENGINE WOULDN'T REV UP. HAD TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART MULTIPLE TIMES IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOP. SCANNED IT AND HAD CODE P2112 THROTTLE BODY STUCK CLOSED. REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AND SEEMS TO BE OK NOW. GLAD I WAS JUST PUTTING ALONG WHEN IT HAPPENED OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER.

I WANTED TO MAKE YOUR OFFICE AWARE AND SEEK ANY ASSISTANCE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER REGARDING A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE FORD ECOBOOST ENGINE FOUND IN MANY TRUCKS IN OUR STATE. RECENTLY I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND ENDED UP BEHIND A SLOW MOVING TRACTOR TRAILER. WHEN GETTING TO A PROPER PASSING ZONE, I ACCELERATED TO PASS THE VEHICLE. JUST ABOUT THE TIME I WAS ALONGSIDE IT, MY TRUCK (A 2013 F150 ECOBOOS WITH ABOUT 78K MILES) STARTED SHUDDERING, A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT DRASTICALLY REDUCED POWER ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION (THIS TOOK SEVERAL SECONDS - THE PASSING ZONE WAS ENTIRELY CLEAR WHEN I STARTED THE MANEUVER). I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR REPAIRS ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS FROM A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AFFECTING CONDENSATION IN THE COOLING...

VEHICLE RUNS GREAT MOST OF THE TIME, BUT WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE RAIN, SNOW, HUMID OR MISTING CONDITIONS, THE TRUCK WILL SOMETIMES LOOSE POWER AND START SHAKING/STUTTERING WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, OR WHEN CLIMBING A HILL. MOST OF TIME, IT IS A VERY SLIGHT SHUDDER BUT WHEN UNDER HEAVY THROTTLE, THE ENGINE WILL START CUTTING OUT, LOOSE POWER AND SPEED, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL START FLASHING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I WILL HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SLOWER LANE OF TRAFFIC, OR ONTO THE SHOULDER. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL EITHER GO OUT, OR COME ON SOLID. IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING WHEN THIS HAPPENS BUT IT HAS HAPPENED ENOUGH TIMES THAT I ALMOST EXPECT IT WHEN THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR IT TO OCCUR. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO VARIOUS FORD DEALERSHIPS AS I...

CONTINUED LACK OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IN A TURNING LANE, I CAN HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ENGINE GOES TO A COMPLETE SHUT DOWN OF POWER. I HAVE READ THE RELATED ENGINE ISSUES HERE, BUT AS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER, I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS A TURBO ISSUE. THIS ISSUE HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME SEVERAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THE LACK OF POWER FROM ENGINE THAT CAUSES LACK OF MOVEMENT FROM THE TRUCK. THE LACK OF POWER LAST FOR 1 TO 5 SECONDS AND IT IS THE SAME IN WET OR DRY WEATHER. I WANT THIS RESOLVED.

WHILE DRIVING, INCLUDING BUT NOT ALWAYS WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE DURING HEAVY FAST TRAFFIC, AND INCLUDING BUT NOT ALWAYS WHILE PULLING A TRAILER, THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON, THE TRUCK ABRUPTLY ENTERS "LIMP" MODE REQUIRING RAPID PULLING OFF THE HIGHWAY IN ORDER TO STOP AND RESTART THE ENGINE, AND THEN A DANGEROUS PULLING BACK ON THE HIGHWAY FROM THE BREAKDOWN LANE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING A THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT #BL3Z-9E926-B, BUT I AM TOLD BY A FORD DEALER THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 3300 OTHERS WAITING FOR THIS PART AND THAT THEY ARE SO BACKLOGGED THAT NO DELIVERY DATE IS YET IN THEIR SYSTEM. RAPID, UNEXPECTED, AND REPEATED LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING IS VERY DANGEROUS.

LOSS OF POWER AND SHUDDER AT SPEEDS OF 60+MPH WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS OTHER VEHICLES OR GOING UP HILLS. IN 2014 I PURCHASED A USED 2013 FORD F-150 ECO BOOST TRUCK. ABOUT A MONTH AGO I EXPERIENCED A SHUDDER AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE MPH WAS ABOUT 70+ MILES. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 60MPH OR HIGHER WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE. IF I GRADUALLY ACCELERATE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

ON 03/17/2016 I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 287 IN NEW JERSEY IN THE FAST LANE AT SPEEDS AROUND 65 MPH MY TRUCK HAD A LOSS OF POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND THE TRUCK STARTED SHUTTERING REALLY BAD, WITH THE ACCELERATOR PUSHED DOWN THE TRUCK WAS SLOWING DOWN AND THE CARS BEHIND ME WERE HITTING THEIR BRAKES. AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES THE TRUCK WENT BACK TO NORMAL. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND REMOVED THE AIR DEFLECTOR AND REPROGRAMMED THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. 7 DAYS LATER I HAD ANOTHER CLOSE CALL ON ROUTE 287 IN NEW JERSEY WHEN MY TRUCK STARTED MISFIRING AND SHUTTERING. AGAIN NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EVER CAME ON. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THERE WERE NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES OR ALARMS. THE MECHANIC...

MY TRUCK HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING HESITATION UPON ACELLERATION AND IS MAKING NOISES AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 2, 2016 BE FIXED AND AT FIRST IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I TOOK IT BACK ON FEBRUARY 16, 2016 BC I HAD TO HAVE A FORD RENTAL PER FORD. THE TRUCK WAS REPAIRED BUT THEN IT WASN'T COVERED PER FORD AND I HAD TO PAY OVER $400 TO GET IT FIXED. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND IT HAD TO GO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THIS TIME IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I JUST GOT MY TRUCK BACK ON APRIL 11,2016 AND TODAY ON APRIL 14, 2016 THE LIGHT IS BACK ON. I AM WAITING ON A CALL BACK FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT.

BRAKE ROTORS WARPING PRIOR TO 18,000 MILES; ENGINE COOLER FAN RUNS IN HIGH SPEED DURING SUMMER MONTHS, ALL THE TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO DRIVE ABNORMALLY WHEN REACHING SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR COMPRESSOR HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, DETAILS OF THE DIAGNOSIS COULD NOT BE PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIRS RELATED TO THE FAILURE AND IT WAS INFORMED EACH TIME THAT THE BRAKES AND ROTORS HAD PREMATURELY DETERIORATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I WAS DRIVING ON SNOW PACKED ROADS WITH THE "AUTO 4X4" ENGAGED, ABOUT 60MPH, THE ORANGE "MECHANICAL WRENCH" APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND MY VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. ELECTRIC STILL ON, I HAD NO MOBILITY. I STOPPED, PLACED TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND RESTARTED VEHICLE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MY DEALER HAS NOT SEEN TRUCK AS OF THIS WRITING, AS THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT WILL BE 5 DAYS FROM NOW.

SEPTEMBER 2015 I-75 NORTH BOUND, ATTEMPTED TO PASS A VEHICLE AT 70 MPH AND HAD LOSS OF POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND VIOLENT ENGINE SHAKING FOR 5-10 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY BEFORE SHAKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STOPPED. HAPPENED IN THE GAINESVILLE FL AREA CLOUDY BUT DRY DAY, HAD ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DONE IN VENICE FL PRIOR TO GETTING ON THE ROAD AT THE DEALERSHIP, 36,500 MILES. OCTOBER 2015 I-44 EAST BOUND TULSA OK, REENTERING THE INTERSTATE HAD LOSS OF POWER UNABLE TO ENTER AT APPROPRIATE SPEEDS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND VIOLENT SHAKING. SLAMMED ON GAS AND THEN BRAKE PEDALS WITH NO DIFFERENCE. PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE PARKED THE TRUCK, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED AS SOON AS IT STARTED GUNNED THE GAS PEDAL RPM IN THE RED LINE AND AGAIN THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SHOOK DID THIS FOR 30 MINUTES UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND DECELERATED AS THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

3.5 L ECOBOST LOSSES POWER WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND POOR ACCELERATION FROM STOP LIGHT OR WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED WHEN PASSING. SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS FROM VEHICLES GOING FASTER APPROACHING FROM REAR AT STOP LIGHTS AND WHILE PASSING. HAD CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS ON HWY WHILE TRAVELING AT 60-65MPH GOING UP A HILL. WENT TO PASS THE TRAILER TRUCK THAT WAS SLOWING DOWN. AFTER ENTERING THE PASSING LANE AND PRESSING THE ACCELERATION PEDAL THE TRUCK HAD A QUICK SHAKE THEN WITH THE ACCELERATION PEDAL PRESSED TO THE FLOOR THE TRUCK SLOWED TO 45 MPH AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BUY ANOTHER LARGE TRUCK ATTEMPTING TO PASS THE SLOWER ONE. SOMETIMES HAS TICKING NOISE AT START UP THAT SEEMS TO GO AWAY AFTER RUNNING FOR 5-30SECONDS. HAS P0016 CODE AND P0299 CODES.

MY TRUCK HAS OVER 115,000 MILES ON IT NOW I DRIVE 50,000+ MILES A YEAR. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW 1ST OCCURRENCE WAS AT APPX 50,000 MILES I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS ON INTERSTATE THE ENGINE STALLED STARTED RUN ROUGH AND LOST POWER THIS CORRECTED IT SELF AFTER I LET OFF THE THROTTLE IN A FEW SECONDS. IT DID THIS ONE MORE TIME A FEW DAYS LATER. TALKED TO LOCAL DEALER ASKED ABOUT FUEL FILTER, THEY SAID THERE WAS NO FILTER. THEY RECOMMENDED RUNNING FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER. I DID THIS AND CONTINUED TO DO THIS BUT ENGINE IDLED ROUGH AT STOP SIGNS EVEN IN PARK. IT FINALLY DID THE SAME THING A THIRD TIME AND THEN AGAIN FROM A STOP SIGN. I HAD SPARK PLUGS REPLACED THIS WAS AT 95,000 MILES THIS HELPED I DID NOT HAVE THE STUMBLE PROBLEM AGAIN BUT STILL IDLES ROUGH. FINALLY 2 DAYS AGO IT...

THE ENGINE SPLASH SHIELD HAS COME LOOSE THREE TIMES IN ABOUT A YEAR. THIS IS VERY LARGE COMPONENT UNDER THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THERE ARE A LOT OF F-150'S WITH THIS ISSUE, THAT SNOW WILL PULL THE SHIELD DOWN. THEY ALSO ASKED WHO CHANGED THE OIL - I BELIEVE THE SHIELD NEEDS TO BE REMOVED TO CHANGE THE OIL. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THE PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED BY FORD OR THE WARRANTY. IF THE SHIELD COMES LOOSE IT CREATES A CLEAR HAZARD FOR CARS BEHIND THE TRUCK. THE SHIELD HAS COME LOOSE AFTER AN OIL CHANGE (BY THE DEALERSHIP), IN THE SNOW, AND ONE OTHER TIME.

BASICALLY THE TRUCK WILL NOT START. IT HAS PLENTY OF POWER AND DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ELECTRICAL. WHEN STARTING THE TRUCK I HEAR THE STARTER RUNNING FOR ~5 SECONDS BUT THE ENGINE NEVER FIRES OFF. ON MY 4TH OR 5TH REPAIR AFTER HAVING IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. EACH TIME THEY TRY REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP ONLY FOR IT TO WORK BRIEFLY. TWICE IT STARTED FOR THEM AT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER IT HAD BEEN TOWED. EITHER THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OR THE WORK THEY DO FUEL PUMP TEMPORARILY FIXES THE REAL ISSUE. THIS CYCLE HAS REPEATED FOR 4-5 TIMES FOR A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 30K MILES. FIRST INSTANCE WAS IN FEBRUARY 2013. LAST 3 INSTANCES HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING BUT IF ITS A FUEL PUMP ISSUE AS THEY KEEP CLAIMING THEN THE ISSUE COULD...

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO MY COMPLAINT FILED PRECIOUSLY. AFTER THE SECOND EPISODE OF LOSS OF POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. I TOOK MY ECOBOOST POWERED TRUCK TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY PERFORMED TSB 14-0017. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX THE ENGINE LOOSING POWER. THIS IS WHY THE NHTSA CLOSED THE INVESTIGATION OF THE F150 ECOBOOST. THIS HAS NOT WORKED. YESTERDAY 11-7-2015 I WAS ON A 2 HOUR HIGHWAY TRIP IN RAINY CONDITIONS. WHILE DRIVING THE MOTOR AGAIN LOST POWER AND COULD NOT EVEN MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS WAS DANGEROUS TO MY FAMILY AND EVERYONE AROUND US. THE TSB FROM FORD HAS NOT FIXED THE DANGERS OF THESE TRUCKS. PLEASE RE-OPEN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR INJURED. AMERICAN ROADS DESERVE SAFE CARS.

WE HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR (ECO BOOST 6-CYLINDER) THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY, THE VEHICLE LURCHES AND HAS A LACK OF POWER/ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND EXPERIENCES THESE PROBLEMS BOTH IN CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING. THE NHTSA HAS HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINT AND FORD HAS RECEIVED OVER 4000. THE LAST TIME WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEIR EXPLANATION WAS: "CANNOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMER'S COMPLAINT" THIS PLATFORM IS FAULTY AND SOMEHOW FORD HAS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP IT OFF THE RADAR. APPARENTLY FORD DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT AND CONTINUES TO DENY THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM.

REPRODUCEABLE LOSS OF POWER AFTER EXTENDED HIGHWAY DRIVING IN HUMID WEATHER. LOSS OF POWER HAPPENS WHEN THE ECOBOOST INTERCOOLER (CAC) BUILDS UP CONDENSATION AND THEN THROTTLE IS APPLIED TO PASS OR MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. WHEN TROTTLE IS APPLIED THE CONDESATION WATER IS PUSHED BY THE TURBOS PSI INTO THE MOTOR. THIS CAUSES A MISSFIRE AND THE ENGINE TO LOOSE POWER UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS HAS HAPPEBED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE ON A COUNTRY ROAD WITH ONCOMMING TRAFFIC NEARLY CAUSING A HEAD ON COLLISION.

2013 FORD F-150 WITH THE 5.0 V8 ENGINE THAT HAS 51,000 MILES. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE TRUCK WILL CRANK AS NORMAL BUT WILL NOT START, AS WELL AS LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING. FORD ROAD SIDE HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO SUMMERVILLE FORD. FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED THAT A FUSE FORM THE FACTORY WAS TOO SMALL AND WAS OVERHEATING CAUSING THE TRUCK NOT TO START. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THIS IS A KNOWN/COMMON ISSUE, AND THE FIX WAS FOR THEM TO INSTALL A FUSE RELOCATION KIT BY SPLICING INTO THE WIRING IN THE FUSE BOX AS WELL AS INSTALL A LARGER FUSE. OF COURSE THIS SEEMS LIKE AN ENGINEERING/FUSE LOCATION ISSUE AND NOT A WORN OUT PART ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING ABOUT 45MPH AND LOST POWER TO GAS WOULDN'T GO OVER 30MPH TOOL LIGHT CAME ON THEN AND NUMBER 1 WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. LET IT SIT FOR HALF A HOUR , TURN BACK ON AND IT MUST HAVE RESET IT SELF P. DROVE BACK HOME WHICH IS 20 MILES AWAY AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW IT ONLY HAS 60K MILES ON IT.

WHILE TRYING TO MERG UNTO INTERSTATE ENGINE LOST POWER AND STARTED TO SHAKE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER AND THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE RPMS INCREASED TO 1,000. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE MAKING A TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION SHORTLY AFTER THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE IMMEDIATELY RECURRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED, STALLED, AND THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,750. MA 10/6 UPDATED 11/07/2017*CN

JUNE 30, 2015 3:30PM F150 SHUDDERED AND THEN STALLED OUT WHILE RUNNING TRAFFIC. WRENCH INSIGNIA APPEARED ON DASHBOARD SCREEN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN PARK AND IT RESTARTED. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE TRUCK. JUNE 30, 2015 5:45PM F150 SHUDDERED AND THEN STALLED OUT WHILE IN RUNNING TRAFFIC. WRENCH INSIGNIA APPEARED ON DASHBOARD SCREEN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN PARK AND IT RESTARTED. THERE WERE 4 PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK. TRUCK NOT USED FROM JUNE 30 TO JULY 4TH. JULY 4TH, 2015 6:30PM F150 SHUDDERED AND STALLED AND WENT IN TO SOME TYPE OF BARELY RUNNING MODE. THE WRENCH INSIGNIA AGAIN APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD SCREEN. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TRUCK STRUGGLED TO START BUT EVENTUALLY DID SO AND I TOOK IT HOME AND PARKED IT...

FORD F150 ECOBOOST 2013 13,000 MILE THE ENGINE SHAKES AND A LOST OF POWER WHEN PASSING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON WHILE ITS HAPPEN BUT SHUTS OFF WHEN THE POWER COME BACK. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO FORD 4TIMES BUT BECAUSE IT HAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THEY LOOK AT ME LIKE IF I'M CRAZY.

VEHICLE HESITATION WITH JERKING AND LOSS OF MOMENTUM WHEN LIGHTLY ACCELERATING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 60 MPH AND 70 MPH WHEN HOT. DEALER DETERMINED THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE SPARK PLUGS AND BOOTS AND CHANGED THEM OUT AT 48K MILES. DEALER MAINTENANCE BOOK LISTS CHANGING OUT THE SPARK PLUGS AND BOOTS AT 100K MILES WHICH A GROSS UNDERESTIMATED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. THIS IS MISS LEADING TO THE BUYER FOR EXPECTED REPAIR COSTS AND DANGEROUS FOR THE OWNER WHILE ON THE ROAD AND DANGEROUS TO OTHER MOTORIST BECAUSE OF THE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF MOMENTUM AND JERKING OF THE VEHICLE.

WHEN COLD STARTING THE ECO BOOST ENGINE A LOUD RATTLING NOISE CAN BE HEARD FOR SEVERAL SECONDS... FORD SERVICE STATED THAT THE NOISE IS TIMING CHAIN STRETCH AND STATED THAT OVER TIME THIS WILL CAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND COULD DESTROY THE ENGINE... THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON INDICATING THE ENGINE IS OUT OF TIME. IF THE TIMING CHAIN SHOULD SLIP OR BREAK IT WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO BE DESTROYED WHICH WOULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD.... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE DID NOT DECELERATE AND INCREASED IN RPMS WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY REPAIR SHOP, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

PICKUP HAS A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER ENGINE REACHES OPERATING TEMP. NOTIFIED FORD ABOUT ISSUE AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AS ADVISED DEALERSHIP STATED THIS WAS NORMAL FOR A 5.0 LITER ENGINE. NOTIFIED FORD AFTER TAKING TO DEALERSHIP THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED BACK.

THIS OCCURRED ON A RAINY HOT DAY SOUTHBOUND TOWARDS CAPE COD. I WAS DRIVING MY SECOND 2013 FORD F150, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ON A TWO LANE ROAD, AND UPON ACCELERATION THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUTTER, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE LOST MOST OF ITS POWER, AND VEHICLE SLOWED DRAMATICALLY. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 SECONDS THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RETURN TO A NORMAL OPERATING MODE. HAD THERE BEEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, I WOULD NOT BE WRITING THIS. AS I SAID, THIS IS MY SECOND ECOBOOST, AND I THOUGHT THAT FORD WOULD HAVE FIXED WHAT IS CLEARLY A POTENTIALLY FATAL FLAW WITH THIS ENGINE. I HAD THE SAME ISSUE OCCUR TWICE BEFORE IN MY PRIOR ECOBOOST F150. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO A DEALER TODAY FOR ANOTHER MINOR ISSUE AND ASKED THAT THE ECOBOOST ISSUE BE ADDRESSED, BUT THAT REQUEST WAS REJECTED BY THE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150 WITH ECO BOOST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SWITCH GEARS WITHOUT WARNING AND JERK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.