2013 FORD F-150 Engine Problems

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ME PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED, THEN THE VEHICLE START TO SHUDDER REAL BAD. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT, AND THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED FOR ABOUT A WEEK, THEN IT OCCURRED AGAIN WITH THE SAME EFFECTS. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD REPEAT LAW BATTERY MESSAGE. TOOK TO DEALER BATTERY TESTS GOOD. VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES DIE OVERNIGHT WITH A NO START CONDITION IN MOURNING. 6 DEALER VISITS AND ONE NEW BATTERY, "NO PROBLEM FOUND" FROM DEALER. THIS VEHICLE COULD STRAND YOU AT ANY TIME. I HAVE A OPEN CASE FROM FORD BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO PICK MY SON UP FROM SCHOOL GOING ABOUT 25 MPH I TURNED RIGHT ACCELERATED AND THE TRUCK COMPLETELY LOST POWERED IT DID NOT STALL JUST LOST ALL POWER AND THE GAS PEDAL HAD NO RESPONSE I WAS ABLE TO IDLE TO MY SON'S SCHOOL. THANK GOODNESS NO ONE WAS ON THE ROAD BEHIND ME BECAUSE WHEN I LOST POWER THE TRUCK JUST STOP ABRUPTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THAT WOULD HAVE PLAYED OUT IF I HAD BEEN GOING 70 DOWN THE HIGHWAY. FORD IS SAYING IT'S THE THROTTLE BODY I DON'T THINK THAT'S CORRECT :( *TR

YESTERDAY, MY TRUCK STARTED FINE WITH NO ISSUES, ALL SYSTEMS WERE FINE. THIS MORNING, 12/13/14, I WENT TO START MY TRUCK AND MY BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. I LEFT NOTHING ON AND NOTHING PLUGGED IN. I PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY AND IT STARTED FINE ALTHOUGH THE REMOTE START (FACTORY INSTALLED) NO LONGER WORKS WHEN PRESSED, THE HORN BLOWS ONCE AND THE LIGHTS FLASH TWICE. I LOOKED OUT OF MY WINDOW A FEW MINUTES AGO AND NOTICED THAT THE WHITE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS ARE ON. I WENT OUT TO MAKE SURE MY TRUCK WAS LOCKED, GOT IN, STARTED THE ENGINE AND SHUT EVERYTHING OFF AGAIN BUT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS WON'T GO OUT. *TR

VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND STALLED WHILE SLOWING DOWN ON FREEWAY. AFTER TOWING TO DEALER, DEALER COULD ONLY FIND LOOSE BATTERY CABLE. 2 DAYS LATER ENGINE STALLED AGAIN WHILE ACCELERATING ON FREEWAY WITH SAME SYMPTOMS. VEHICLE WILL NOT START AND IS WITH DEALER WHO INITIALLY SAID NO ISSUES CAN BE FOUND. VEHICLE SYMPTOMS MATCH DESCRIPTION OF "LIMP MODE". *TR

PURCHASED NEW 2013 FORD ECO PICKUP. IT WAS ADVERTISED AND SOLD TO BE A HIGH EFFICIENT FUEL ECONOMICAL VEHICLE. FIRST TIME TEMPERATURES DROPPED BELOW 30 DEGREES F, MY FUEL MILEAGE DRASTICALLY DROPPED. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH DEALERSHIP, THEY SEEMED TO BE AWARE OF THE AFFECT COLD AIR HAD ON ITS FUEL MILEAGE. PRIOR TO COLD WEATHER I WAS EXPERIENCING 18 TO 24 MPG. AS SOON AS COLD WEATHER ARRIVED I WAS EXPERIENCING 12 TO 14 MPG. THIS TYPE OF MILEAGE IS CONSISTENT ALL THROUGH THE WINTER UNTIL LATE SPRING. SEEMS THE 24 MPG IS UNACHIEVABLE ANYMORE. DEALERSHIP BRIEFLY EXPLAINED THE BOOSTERS WORK BEST IN WARM WEATHER. THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT OFFERED DURING THE PURCHASE PROCESS. I EVEN SHOWED THEM A MAGAZINE ARTICLE WRITTEN ON HOW FORDS ECO BOOST HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING LOWER THAN ADVERTISED MPG. THE SALESMAN ACKNOWLEDGED THE ARTICLE AND SAID THEY HAD CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD DURING...

PULLING OUT TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ENGINE SHUT DOWN, ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON . NO POWER , ENGINE MISSING VERY BAD. PULL OVER TO SHOULDER KILL ENGINE WAIT AND RESTARTED. FORD SAID NO COMPUTER CODE CAME UP BUT RESET COMPUTER FOR TURBO. 2ND FORD F-150 WITH 3.5 ECOBOOST THAT HAS DONE THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONLY DURING RAINY OR HUMID WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE THE SIX SPARK PLUGS, CONVERTER ASSEMBLY, AND NUTS WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE PCM WAS UPDATED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,132.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY ACCELERATED AS THE RPMS INCREASED TO 4000. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AND THE RPMS REMAINED AT 4000. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 11/20/14*CN UPDATED 08/28/2017*CT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

UPON TURNING OFF THE IGNITION THE STARTER KICKED ON AND WOULDN'T STOP. GOT TRUCK OUT OF GARAGE. IT DIED IN THE DRIVEWAY. SAW SMOKE AND SPARKS. OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW A SMALL FIRE UNDER THE ENGINE BLOCK. CALLED FD BUT HAD IT OUT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED. *TR

THIS BRAND NEW TRUCK IS MISFIRING. WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING I WAS TOLD THAT FORD IS STILL INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT EVEN REACHED OUT THE CUSTOMERS WHO JUST PAID ALL THIS MONEY FOR THESE TRUCKS LIKE ME AT A SUM OF 50,000.00. I'M TOLD THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2011 WHEN THE ECOBOOST ENGINE WAS INTRODUCED. WHERE IS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE FORD! SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS ECOBOOST ENGINE AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME YOU DIDN'T KNOW OF THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE CONTINUING TO SELL THESE TRUCKS TO PEOPLE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN CHEVROLET BUT I'M STARTING TO FEEL DIFFERENTLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE MISFIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,200.

DRIVING IN RAINY CONDITIONS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE MY TRUCK STARTED TO LOSE POWER, SHAKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. AFTER GETTING OUT OF TRAFFIC TO PULL OVER CALLED MY WIFE TO BRING ME MY O.B.D HAND HELD FOUND THAT I HAD CODES P0300, P0304, P0305 AND P0306 WHICH IS FOR CYLINDERS MISFIRING . THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC CONDITION IT COULD EASILY CAUSE A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YA'LL TAKE ACTION. MY TRUCK IS AT KENLY FORD IN KENLY NORTH CAROLINA AND LIKE THE FIRST TIME THEY PLAY IT OFF LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT AND THEY ALWAYS SAY THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. PLEASE DON'T SIT AROUND AND LET THIS PROBLEM COST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE...... *TR

AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A VEHICLE THE MOTOR IN MY TRUCK STARTED TO MISS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE MOTOR PROCEEDED TO IDLE EVEN THOUGH I WAS PUSHING IN THE GAS PEDAL. AFTER ABOUT 15 SECONDS OF NO RESPONSE TO THE GAS PEDAL BEING PUSHED THE ENTIRE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AS THOUGH IT WAS ABOUT TO FALL APART. ANOTHER 30 SECONDS LATER AND EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL. THIS OCCURRED IN A 2013 F-150 WITH THE ECOBOOST MOTOR. *JS

REGULAR MORNING, RIGHT AS I WAS DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, TWO ALARMS WENT OFF: "POWER TRAIN" AND "SERVICE ENGINE SOON". AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ERROR SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. NOT EVEN 10 YARDS OUT, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO JERK FORWARD SO I PUT ON PARK AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I STARTED AGAIN, ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE BACK TO MY PARKING STALL, AND SAME THING HAPPENED. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO AND IT ONLY GOT 7800 MILES ON IT. I HAVEN'T PUT ANY STRENUOUS WORK LOAD ON THIS TRUCK, MAINLY USED FOR COMMUTING SO FAR. *TR

WAS ACCELERATING ENTERING INTERSTATE I95 NORTH BOUND FROM AN ON RAMP AND SUDDENLY MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO STALL AND SHUTTER. THE TRUCK RAPIDLY LOST POWER PLUS SPEED AND A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK ALMOST RAN IN TO THE BACK OF ME. I DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY 500 MILE TRIP TO NYC (AND STILL DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE TODAY NOW WEEKLY BASES). ONCE BACK HOME I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO WAS AWARE OF MISFIRE ISSUES WITH MY TRUCK MODEL (APPARENTLY IT IS KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE TRUCK STALLS AND MISFIRES ISSUE AND SAID I HAD ALL THE LATEST UPDATES HOWEVER STILL TODAY I EXPERIENCE STALL AND MISFIRE MAINLY UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. LATELY THE ISSUE HAS WORSEN AND I AM TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN OF WILL DO ABOUT IT UNTIL THEY COME UP...

AFTER DRIVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE INTERSTATE WE HAD STOPPED TO RE-FUEL. UPON RE-ENTRY ONTO THE INTERSTATE THE TRUCK FAILED TO ACCELERATE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE TRUCK WAS SHAKING IT TOOK 30-40 SECONDS BEFORE NORMAL OPERATION RESUMED. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, TWICE ON OF WHICH WERE ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC OR PASS VEHICLES. ALL THREE TIMES THE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN HIGH HUMIDITY,RAIN & TRAVELING AT A RELATIVELY CONSTANT SPEED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STALLED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 350.

THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED IN A 2013 F150 PLATINUM WITH 12,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CAR LOST POWER AND STUTTERED AND FELL INTO LIMP MODE. YOU COULD NOT DRIVE OVER 10 MPH. THIS HAS BEEN JUST ONE OF MANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES BUT FORD CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO THEY WILL NOT FIX ANYTHING. RECENTLY, THE CAR JUST MISFIRED WHILE DRIVING AROUND 40MPH, THESE INCIDENTS OCCUR SUDDENLY THEN THE CAR RECOVERS. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP, I WILL PICK IT UP TODAY, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO NO SERVICE WAS DONE. THE REASON IT WAS IN THE SHOP THIS TIME? I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND THE CAR BASICALLY COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING, ALMOST CAUSING A HUGE ACCIDENT, THIS INCIDENT WAS MORE EXTREME THAN THE OTHERS AND THE CAR WAS...

2013 FORD F-150 3.5 ECOBOOST ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS HAS LOSS OF POWER ON TAKE-OFF WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS. THIS LOSS OF POWER SEEMS MORE LIKE A LONG DELAY IN POER APPLICATION TO THE WHEELS, LONG ENOUGH THAT WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS IN TRAFFIC BECOMES DANGEROUS AND I HAVE BEEN IN TWO NEAR MISSES IN THESE STALL SITUATIONS. THE VEHICLE COMES TO LIFE SUDDENLY WITH A BOOST OF FULL POWER LITERALLY SCARING YOU WHEN IT FINALLY DOES DECIDE TO GO AFTER A 1-3 SECOND DELAY, AND OFTENTIMES EVEN AFTER LETTING OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR YOU STILL GET THE POWER SURGE AND HAVE TO MASH THE BRAKES. I HAVE LEARNED TO KEEP A FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND MANGE THE DELAY, JUST HOPE I DON'T GET IN A TIGHT SPOT WHERE I NEED TO HAVE SUDDEN POWER FROM A STOP. *JS

2013 FORD F150 ECOBOOST SUPERCREW (157" WB) WHEN LOADED EXHIBITS PULSE/BUCKING/SHAKING WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. NOTICEABLY WORSE AS MORE LOAD IS APPLIED. VEHICLE IS RATE WITH PAYLOAD OF 1500 LBS AND IT ONLY TAKES 200-300 LBS IN THE BED TO FEEL IT AND WHEN YOU HAVE 700-800 LBS IT LITERALLY BUCKS. HAD AT DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FORD TECH LINE WHO ALL SAY THAT NO DAMAGE OR SAFETY ISSUE EXISTS AND TO LIVE WITH IT. I PAID $42K FOR THIS VEHICLE AND NOW I CAN'T EVEN PUT ANYTHING INTO THE BED TO TO UNSAFE STARTS THAT ARE GOING TO LEAVE ME STRANDED. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE THE COMPUTER TRIES TO COMPENSATE FOR THE VIBRATIONS AND STARTS TO LOWER POWER CAUSING IT TO NOT GO WHICH IS DANGEROUS IN LEFT HAND TURN SITUATIONS. THE TECH SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AS FORD STATES...

ENGINE STOPS ON HARD ACCELERATION ALL MOST GOT HIT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. *TR

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION DESIGN DEFECT IN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM . *TR

UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOP 4OR 5 LOUD KNOCKING SOUNDS WERE HEARD AND FELT, AND ENGINE POWER LOSS WAS EXPERIENCED. I LET OFF THROTTLE TO REDUCE KNOCKING SOUND,WHICH SOUNDED LIKE TURBO WASTEGATE POSSIBLY, AND ENGINE SHOOK AND HAD REDUCED POWER FOR SEVERAL MILES. TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS WARM AND DRY. I HAD BEEN DRIVING VEHICLE FOR OVER AN HOUR BEFORE PROBLEM. IT HAS HAD REDUCED POWER AND MINOR SHAKING BEFORE,BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. FORTUNATELY NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE COMING. I DO NOTICE WASTEGATE POPPING OFF ON SHORT,STEEP HILLS MORE LATELY. I HAVE THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. HAVE NOT BEEN TO DEALER YET, BUT HAVE APPT SOON. *JS

DURING ACCELERATION TO HIGHWAY SPEED DURING RAINY WEATHER MY TRUCK EXHIBITED A POWER LOSS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH AND THE ENGINE LOOSES POWER AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THIS HAS OCCURRED 2 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE (SINCE DECEMBER 2013). I HAVE THE TRUCK IN THE SHOP NOW FOR ANOTHER ISSUE AND HAVE INFORMED THE DEALER OF THE INCIDENTS BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. *TR

DURING ACCELERATION TO PASS A CAR, MY TRUCK EXHIBITED A POWER LOSS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTS FLASHING AND THE ENGINE LOOSES POWER AND THE TRUCK DECELERATES. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED 6 TIMES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS. IN 3 INSTANCES THE ENGINE ALMOST STALLED. IT CONTINUED TO STUTTER UNTIL I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED. TWICE, THIS HAS HAPPENED IN CHICAGO TRAFFIC WHILE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND RESULTED IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAVE TAKEN MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES BUT THEY SAY NO COMPUTER CODES WERE RECORDED. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD BUT THE REGIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER SAYS SHE HAS NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE WITH THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND TOLD ME TO CONTINUE TO TAKE MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER WHEN THESE ISSUES OCCUR. MY TRUCK IS NOW 9 MONTHS OLD WITH 13,000...

I WAS AT A STOP SIGN TURNING INTO A MAIN STREET, I ACCELERATED TO TURN INTO THE INTERSECTION WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK DID NOT DO ANYTHING. IT WAS REALLY NERVE WRECKING, I STEPPED ON THE GAS LIKE 3 TIMES UNTIL THE TRUCK FINALLY REACTED. I ALMOST GOT INTO A REALLY BAD ACCIDENT WHICH WOULD OF BEEN MY FAULT BECAUSE OF THE CARS DEFECT. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME, BUT IS THE MOST RECENT. THEY REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS! I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMERS CONCERN. THIS IS A $43,000 TRUCK AND THINK THAT I SHOULD GET WHAT I HAVE PAID FOR NOT A LITTLE PIECE OF CRAP. *TR

THE ECOBOOST ENGINE LOOSES POWER ON TAKE OFF IN RAINY WEATHER. I HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES. THE MOST RECENT WAS THIS MORNING 04/07/14. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE TRUCK IS TAKING OFF FROM A STOP, SUCH AS TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THE MAIN PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THE RAIN. AFTER DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME THE TRUCK WILL NOT TAKE OFF FROM A DEAD STOP. THE ENGINE LOOSES POWER AND SHAKES VIOLENTLY. THIS MORNING WHILE TAKING ME DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL WE PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND TRIED TO GET UP TO SPEED. THE ENGINE FAILED AND WE HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. IT WAS NOT RAINING THIS MORNING BUT I DID DRIVE FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE RAIN YESTERDAY. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME MY TUCK ALREADY HAS THE FIX FROM...

WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR INCREAE RPM. AFTER PUMPING THE GAS PEDAL TWICE THE TURBOS FINALLY KICKED IN AND ALLOWED MWE TO ONCE AGAIN ACCELERATE. THIS LOSS OF POWER WHILE ENTERING THE ROADWAY NEARLY CAUSED A COLLISION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM VISITING FAMILY AND WHILE PASSING A VEHICLE ON ROUTE 113 IN MARYLAND MY TRUCK SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE BEGAN SHUDDERING WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE HAD REDUCED POWER AND CONTINUED SHUDDERING UNTIL I STOPPED TRYING TO ACCELERATE. LUCKILY, THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES APPROACHING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND I WAS ABLE TO ABORT PASSING THE SLOWER VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS OCCURRED AT APPROX. 1600 ON A RAINY DAY. THE SYMPTOMS WENT AWAY AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AND I HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO HESITATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT WATER HAD ENTERED THE TURBO BOOSTER AND BUT THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. *TR

WHILE ENTERING I-275 AFTER A FOOTBALL GAME, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, AND THE ACCELERATION WAS NONE EXISTENT. I WAS NEARLY RUN OFF THE ROAD BY ANOTHER DRIVER. THE ACCELERATION FINALLY KICKED BACK IN AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5-7 SECONDS. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPROGRAMMED BY FORD. SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE INITIAL OCCURRENCE, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN AND I WAS NEARLY T-BONED BY A SEMI AFTER IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS, THE ACCELERATION KICKED IN AND I NEARLY PLOWED OVER A PEDESTRIAN. FORD SEEMS TO BE OBLIVIOUS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. *TR

I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE RAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS, WHEN I NEEDED TO PASS A SEMI-TRUCK AND PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO ACCELERATE THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHUDDER AND STALL, WITH AN ACCOMPANYING FLASHING MIL LIGHT. I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THE MIL LIGHT BECAME STEADY. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT-OFF THE TRUCK AND OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OBVIOUS CAUSE TO THE MISFIRE CONDITION...AND THERE WAS NOT. I RESTARTED THE TRUCK, BUT THE MIL LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED STEADY. I DROVE CONSERVATIVELY HOME AND HOOKED UP MY CODE READER TO THE OBD-II PORT. IT SHOWED CODES OF P0300, P0305, AND P0306...THE FREEZE-FRAME DATA SHOWED THE CONDITION OCCURRED AT 65 MPH AND 2578 RPMS. I CALLED THE DEALER AND SETUP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE TRUCK INSPECTED. THE DEALER APPLIED FORD TSB 13-8-10 AS THE FIX...

VEHICLE WILL NOT START WHEN PARKED ON A DECLINE OF APPROXIMATELY 8% AND FUEL LEVEL BELOW 1/4 OF TANK OR LESS THAN 100 MILES ON FUEL WARNING INDICATOR. LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE WILL NOT START UNTIL ON LEVEL GROUND. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE TRAVELING OFF-ROAD OR IN MOUNTAINS IF FUEL LEVEL IS BELOW 1/4 TANK AS THIS ISSUE MAY CAUSE VEHICLE TO STALL RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT OR BEING STRANDED. *TR

FORD ECOBOOST ENGINE. TRAVELING ON STATE HIGHWAY (ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION) AT ABOUT 45MPG (SPEED LIMIT WAS 55). I ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SLOWER CAR. I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND MOVE INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. AS I CAME EVEN WITH THE SLOWER CAR, THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SPEED OF 40 TO 45 MPH. ANOTHER CAR PULLED IN RIGHT BEHIND ME TO ALSO PASS THE SLOWER CAR AT THE SAME TIME. A SEMI TRAILER CRESTED THE HILL AND WAS QUICKLY APPROACHING. I WAS UNABLE TO HIT THE BREAKS AND RETURN TO MY LANE OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE SECOND PASSING CAR WAS ACCELERATING QUICKLY BEHIND ME AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AT ALL BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS STALLING. THE SECOND PASSING CAR REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND HIT THE BREAKS ALLOWING ME TO ALSO SLIDE BACK IN LINE AS THE SEMI...

WHEN HARD ACCELERATION, VEHICLE LOSSES ALL POWER AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED A ACCIDENT THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. FORD DEALER TELLS ME THEY CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM BUT THERE'S OTHER ECOBOOST OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS ND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,100. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY FORD ECOBOOST F-150 ON I-40 ON THE WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING I HAD A SEVERE LOSS OF POWER WHILE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO MISS OTHER TRAFFIC DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND OTHERS HAD TO AVOID ME AS WELL. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY SITUATION. I AM TAKING MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM. CONDITIONS WERE DAMP AND COLD THIS MORNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I THINK THIS MAY BE RELATED TO THE WET / DAMP CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT THE ECOBOOST ENGINES LOSING POWER. *TR

AFTER DRIVING IN RAIN FOR A COUPLE HOURS IN MY ECOBOOST F150, I WAS MERGING ONTO AN INTERSTATE WHERE TRAFFIC REQUIRED HEAVY ACCELERATION AND THE VEHICLE STALLED FROM 60-65 ABRUPTLY TO 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BACK TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR NEARLY A MINUTE. THE ENGINE RAN EXTREMELY ROUGH AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO THROTTLE INPUT FROM DRIVER. I HAD MY FAMILY WITH ME AND WAS VERY UPSET THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT INFORM ME OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ECOBOOST AT THE TIME OF SALE, EVEN THOUGH THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE ECOBOOST INTRODUCTION. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND I FIND THE NHTSA HAS FAILED TO RECALL THESE TRUCKS. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED IS MARLER FORD, NEAR ALEXANDRIA, LA. YOU ARE NOT TO USE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ANYWAY EXCEPT TO HANDLE THIS...

WIPERS NOT WORKING RIGHT--BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON - ENGINE STALLS ON ROAD WHILE DRIVING--GAUGES NOT WORKING RIGHT-HAD SPEED SET AT 55 MPH AND MOTOR WENT DOWN BUT START UP ON IT'S OWN---RADIO STOPS WORKING ALONE WITH THE PHONE TOO; THEY BUT IN A NEW BATTERY ON MY REQUEST AND NOW NEW THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO GAUGES AN TACK JUMPING UP AND DOWN WITH THE KEY OUT??? ALARM GOES OFF SOME TIMES WHEN MY PHONE RINGS AN I AM NOT IN THE TRUCK!!! *TR

MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE IN DALLAS. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2013 FORD F150 ECOBOOST. IT WAS TOWARDS THE END OF MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND WENT TO PASS AN 18-WHEELER. I ACCELERATED TO PASS IT, WHEN THE ENTIRE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER. THE TRUCKS ENGINE WAS UNABLE MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND I FEARED WE WOULD BE STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. WE WERE ABLE TO LIMP IT OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENTS. FORTUNATELY THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON A TWO LANE ROAD WHILE ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE VEHICLE HAS DONE THIS TO ME WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE (ECOBOOST MOTOR) THE ENGINE HAS SHUDDERED AND LOST ALL POWERS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE OR ACCELERATE. ON THE FIRST INSTANCE I WAS ON A TWO LANE ROAD ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A SEMI TRUCK WHEN THE TRUCK STARTED MISSING SO BAD IT CHOKED OUT AND SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC I HAD TO SWERVE INTO A DITCH TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE SECOND TIME WAS ON A FOUR LANE DURING A 45 MINUET DRIVE WHEN I WENT TO PASS IT LOST ALL POWER CAUSING ME TO DROP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR IN THE PASSING LANE OF A HIGHWAY CAUSING MANY VEHICLES TO SWERVE TO AVOID COLLISION. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS WHEN SAME AS THE SECOND GOING TO PASS...

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ENGINE WARNING ILLUMINATED. APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS THE VEHICLE RESPONDED AND ACCELERATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,300. DA

THE ENGINE RUNS VERY ROUGH AT IDLE AND OTHER TIMES DURING OPERATION, ITS LOSING COOLANT LEVEL AND SHOWS A MILKY WHITE RESIDUE IN THE OIL FILL CAP. DEALER SAYS THE MILKSHAKE STUFF IS NORMAL, NOT!!! DEALER SAYS LOSS OF COOLANT LEVEL IS NORMAL FROM ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. DEALER SAYS THAT THESE 3.5L V6'S JUST NORMALLY RUN ROUGH. TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND PULSES WHEN PULLING A LOAD. RECENTLY I GET A LOAD SNAP/CLICK SOUND AT THE HEATER CONTROL. THIS TRUCK IS BRAND NEW AND FEELS LIKE AN OLD BEAT UP TRUCK. FORD GOT RID OF THE 3.5L V6 AND REPLACED IT WITH A NEW REVAMPED 3.7L V6. THEY COULDN'T FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE 3.5L V6 BUT WON'T FIX THOSE ISSUES WITH MINE AND OTHERS WHO ARE STUCK WITH A PROBLEMATIC ENGINE. THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RECALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO VIRGINIA BEACH, VA FROM BEAUFORT SC ON INTERSTATE 95. I WAS POURING RAIN, NIGHT, AND LOTS VEHICLES (AROUND). I HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 200 MILES IN THE RAIN WHEN IT OCCURRED. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO PASS A TRUCK IN THE PASSING LANE WHEN THE TRUCK JUST STARTED SHAKING AND FELT LIKE IT WAS SLOWING DOWN. I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THE SHAKING STOPPED. THEN PROCEEDED TO TRY IT AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN STARTED SHAKING AND LOSING POWER AGAIN. I THEN FOUND A REST STOP TO REST AND THINK ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED. WHILE LEAVING THE REST STOP ACCELERATING UP TO SPEED IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I FINISHED MY TRIP TO VIRGINIA BEACH, VA DRIVING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. NOTE: WAS USING REGULAR AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. TO DATE: I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE IN HEAVY RAIN OR THE...

I WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH AND MY VEHICLE SUFFERED AN IMMEDIATE POWER LOSS. DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NO FIX AND THAT THIS WAS AN ONGOING ISSUE/INVESTIGATION WITH NHTSA? THIS SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER LEAVES DRIVERS IN A VERY UNSAFE POSITION. THIS IS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND FORD IS OF NO HELP. *TR

UPON ACCELERATION TO PASS ON FREEWAY, ENGINE SHUDDERS AND LOSES POWER. TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED TO TRY TO RECOVER, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE PRESS. HAD TO BACK OFF ON THROTTLE AND MOVE TO RIGHT LANE ALL THE WHILE THINKING TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO THE SHOULDER. VERY SCARY WHEN TRYING TO PASS AND NO POWER. LUCKILY I WAS NOT REAR ENDED FOR SLOWING DOWN SO FAST! *TR

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60-65MPH WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL/SHAKE AND LOSE POWER. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH ON AND OFF. *TR