2011 Ford F-150 complaints

I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. THE CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES TRAVELING ON HIGHWAYS 55-65 MPH. SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT INSIDE THE CAR AND MY REAR WINDSHIELD ON PASSENGER SIDE WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THE REAR DEFROSTER IS NOT WORKING. I BELIEVE THE REAR DEFROSTER GOT SO HOT THAT IT SHATTERED THE GLASS.

WHEN THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING FAILS, ONE IS UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEELS ANY FURTHER. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR STATIONARY, AND HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS, DOESN'T MATTER CITY OR HIGHWAY DRIVING. I FEEL THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE, SINCE ONE WOULD BE UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEELS IN ORDER TO AVOID A HAZARD IN THE ROAD, I.E. A CHILD DARTING OUT ONTO THE STREETS, OR, IF ONE WHAT FOLLOWING A CURVE IN THE ROAD, ONE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE CURVE, AND COULD END UP OFF THE ROAD, OR, IMPACTING AN OBJECT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, OR, END UP IN A BODY OF WATER, OR, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE RPM'S STARTED REVVING EXCESSIVELY HIGH AND LOUD WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE SPEEDOMETER, THE TACHOMETER AND THE GEAR SELECTOR ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE AND THE TRANSMISSION CHANGE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 189,000.

AT 68,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE TRUCK GOES FROM 6TH GEAR TO 2ND CAUSE THE TRUCK TO SHUTTER AND JERK AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND LOSS OF CONTROL IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE RPM'S SPIKE TO 7000 AS THE TRUCK TRIES TO GET BACK INTO GEAR. I ALSO EXPERIENCED GOING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 5TH GEAR WHILE STARTING OUT LEAVING ME STUCK OUT IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT DOESNT HAVE THE RPM'S TO GET INTO 5TH GEAR. AFTER THE 1ST EXPERIENCE OF THIS HAPPENING I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE WEST HERR FORD DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULDNT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. OVER HE NEXT MONTH THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES THIS TIME WITH THE KIDS IN THE TRUCK SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER HOWEVER THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE A VIDEO OF MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WHEN IT WENT FROM 6 TO 2. THE DEALER AGREED THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT COULDNT DUPLICATE IT SO NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER WHO SENT MY VIDEO TO THE FACTORY. THE FACTORY INDICATED THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THE PROBLEM. THERE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO GO PART BY PART AND NO GUARANTEE OF THE PROBLEM BEING FIXED. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY INDICATED THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2011 FORD TRANSMISSIONS. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AS A RESULT OF THE DROPPING GEARS. THE SOLENOID IN THE VALVE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO HAVE GEARS JUMP. AFTER GETTING THE TRUCK BACK I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. AS IT TURNS OUT THE REPLACEMENT SOLENOID

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED ABRUPTLY AND HESITATED TO RESPOND FOR A GREAT DISTANCE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM SIXTH TO FIRST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE SEIZED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000. UPDATED 03/16/16*LJ *CN

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70MPH, I SAW MY SPEEDOMETER MOMENTARILY DROP TO 40MPH. IT DID IT AGAIN ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER, AND DOWNSHIFTED TO ABOUT 4TH GEAR MOMENTARILY. ABOUT A MINUTE LATER, STILL AT 70MPH THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED, AND THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR! MY REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND I LOST CONTROL, AND FISHTAILED FOR A FEW SECONDS. LUCKILY I HAD TAKEN A HALF DAY VACATION AND WAS NOT IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. STILL OTHER CARS HAD TO SWERVE TO KEEP FROM BEING HIT. THE DEARLERSHIP WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, AND REPLACED A MOULDED PLASTIC MODULE MADE BY CONTINENTAL THAT I THINK CONTAINED THE TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR. SO IT APPEARS THAT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR SIGNAL IS LOST, THE FAILURE MODE IS TO DOWNSHIFT TO 1ST GEAR NO MATTER THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE.

THE BRAKE VACCUM PUMP MAKES NOISE ON START UP. THIS IS THE SECOND ONE SINCE I HAVE HAD IT. THEREMEMBER IS ALSO A LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE. WHEN TAPPING THE BRAKES IN REVERSE THE PUMP WILL ALWAYS MAKE LIKE A BUILD UP NOISE. ALSO EXTREME BRAKE DUST IS VISIBLE ON RIMS. I HAVE BRAKES AND ROARS JUST UNDER THE BEST YOU CAN GET.

HARD BRAKE PETAL WHEN FIRST STARTING VEHICLE. TAKES UP TO 60 SECONDS TO HAVE POWER BRAKES. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR TWO PLUS YEARS.

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED DUE TO THE WINDOW DEFROSTER. THIS SEEMS TO BE COMMON AMONG F150'S WITH A REAR SLIDER WINDOW. THIS HAPPEN ON THE WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING. SPEED 35 MPH ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT . THERE WAS FROST ON THE WINDOW BUT THE LIGHT ON THE DEFROSTER WAS NOT ON. HEARD A LOUD BANG AND DID NOT IMMEDIATELY NOTICE THE BROKEN GLASS UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY WHEN THE SUN DEFROSTED THAT GLASS. NO RESPONSE FROM FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE

I TURNED ON THE TRUCK WITH THE REMOTE STARTER. THIS IS APPARENTLY TIED INTO THE AUTO DEFROSTER ON THE BACK WINDOW. AS SOON AS I GOT IN THE CAR AND STARTED TO DRIVE THE BACK WINDOW BLEW OUT FOR NO REASON. I DID A SEARCH ON THE WEB AND APPARENTLY THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM. THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD I ACTUALLY THOUGHT SOMEONE SHOT OUT MY WINDOW!!

WHEN THE "SERVICE ADVANCE TRACK" LIGHT INDICATOR LIGHTS UP, WHEN YOU ACTUATE THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER, THE TURN SIGNALS WILL ONLY FLASH ONCE, AND THEN THEY STOP FLASHING. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR MOVING AT ANY TIME.

2011 FORD F150 LARIAT - WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS, ENGINE LIGHTS WILL FLASH AND THE TRUCK WILL LOSE POWER. AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS OF FLASHING, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE TRUCK DECELERATES. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND THEN RE-STARTED BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. I WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AND HAD TO PULL OFF TO A CITY STREET. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

MY LEFT PANEL OF THE REAR WINDOW IS SHATTERED AFTER TURNING THE REAR DEFROST ON. CALLED FORD, THEY WILL NOT REPLACE.

WHILE TURNING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WAS NOT GOING FAST BUT IT STRAIGHTENED OUT THE TRUCK AND LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE LEFT LANE. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AS WELL AS THE SERVICE ADVANCETRAC WARNING MESSAGES CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME BUT DEFINITELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE TRUCK IS AT THE DEALER AND HOPEFULLY BEING FIXED. THIS IS A SCARY FAILURE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. A FEW DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND THIS COULD HAVE HURT SOMEONE. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN A TURN SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING A VEHICLE WITH 37,400 MILES ON IT SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

UPON DOWNSHIFT DURING ACCELERATION, THE TRUCK SHUDDERS, MISFIRES, BACKFIRES THROUGH EXHAUST SYSTEM, AND LOSES POWER WHILE CREATING A VIOLENT SHAKE IN THE DRIVETRAIN. THIS OCCURS IN BELOW 35 DRY OR WET WEATHER. THIS ISSUE DESTROYED MY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, AS WELL AS BROKE LOOSE THE BAFFLES IN FACTORY MUFFLER CAUSING OVER $2,000 IN REPAIRS FOR EXHAUST. I FURTHER REPLACED PLUGS, AND PLUG BOOTS. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE THIS SEVERE ISSUE, AND THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP FROM FURTHER DAMAGING THE VEHICLE IS TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, AND IDLE AS WELL AS REV ENGINE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE, AND NEARLY CAUSED OTHER VEHICLES TO REAR ENDED ME ON AT LEAST 5 OCCASIONS. ALL OF WHICH I HAD TO JUMP ONTO SHOULDER OF ROAD OR IN MEDIAN TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONGST OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. I CURRENTLY OWE $22,000 ON THIS VEHICLE, AND AM QUITE FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF A RECALL FROM FORD. SOLUTIONS OF A WALKER CAC ARE KNOWN; HOWEVER, FORD IS NOT WILLING TO EVEN CONSIDER PAYING FOR THIS FIX. PLEASE HELP IN THE RESOLVING OF THIS ISSUE?

I HAVE THE ECOBOOST MOTOR. I WAS PASSING A VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND STARTED SHUTTERING. THE WEATHER WAS DRY AND SUNNY. IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE COMING AND I HAD TO ACCELERATE HARD TO GET AROUND THE VEHICLE THAT I WAS PASSING, IT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. I TOOK THIS TRUCK IN FOR THIS PROBLE BEFORE TO FORD AND THEY PUT A AIR DAM PLATE KIT IN FRONT OF THE CAC. THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS FORDS FIX FOR THE PROBLEM SO THEY KNOW THEY A HAVE DEFECT WITH THE SYSTEM. THIS FIX ISN'T WORKING AND I READ WHERE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE FORD FIX THE PROBLEM THAT GOING TO GET SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED IN THESE VEHICLES SOMEDAY. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT TAKE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT FILED FOR THIS DEFECT.

I OWN A 2011 FORD F150. DRIVING HOME FROM WORK LAST WEEK IN THE DARK I JUST GOT ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK OR A GUN WAS SHOT. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, I THEN NOTICED THE REAR DEFROSTER LIGHT WAS NOT ON I WENT TO TURN IT ON AND IT DID NOT GO ON THAT IS WHEN I LOOKED AT MY BACK WINDOW AND NOTICED IT WAS SHATTERED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE. WHEN I GOT HOME I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND SAW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING A LOT SO I CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THE WINDOW AND THEY SAID THAT THEY CHECKED THERE RESOURCES AND VERIFIED THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY RECALLS OR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAMS AT THIS TIME AND IT MUST BE INSPECTED BY A FORD DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF ANY SYMPTOMS MY VEHICLE MAY BE EXPERIENCING. WENT TO FORD DEALER THEY SAID THAT I SHOULD JUST GO TO A GLASS SPECIALIST TO HAVE IT FIXED. SO I TOOK IT TO A GLASS SPECIALIST AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE REPLACED AT LEAST 14 REAR WINDOWS ON FORD TRUCKS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS, I SHOULD CALL FORD AND COMPLAIN AND HANG ON TO MY RECEIPT.

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH ON COUNTRY ROAD THREE TIMES AND ONCE GOING DOWN THE HWY. AT 65 MPH THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR VERY VIOLENTLY WITH NO WARNING. NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO DROPPED DOWN TO 0 AND BOUNCED AROUND AS THIS HAPPENED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ALL IN THE PAST WEEK.

UPON RETURNING HOME FROM WORK, I PARKED THE TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE NEXT DAY, I WENT TO THE TRUCK TO GO TO WORK AND THE TRUCK HAD ROLLED BACK AND PARTIALLY INTO THE STREET. WHEN I GOT INTO THE TRUCK, IT WAS IN PARK. WHEN ARRIVING HOME FROM WORK THAT EVENING, I AGAIN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, PLACED THE TRUCK IN "PARK" AND WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK IN A JERKY MOTION. I NOW HAVE TO PARK IN MY DRIVEWAY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, TO PREVENT THE TRUCK FROM ROLLING BACK INTO THE STREET. THE DISTANCE THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET AND IT SEEMED TO HAPPEN SLOWLY ENOUGH THAT IT WASN'T NOTICEABLE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. THIS HAPPENED THE DAY AFTER NEW YEARS 2016 AND TO DATE, I HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE ISSUE THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP.

REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF REAR SLIDER WINDOW SHATTERED WHEN OPERATING DEFROSTER WHEN APPROX. 27 DEG. F. NO IMPACT, BUT LOUD GUNSHOT LIKE SOUND AND GLASS WAS SIMPLY SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING. LUCKILY THE GLASS DIDN'T SEPARATE AS I HAD 3 CHILDREN IN REAR IN CHILD SEATS, ONE REAR FACING. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM.

ELECTRONIC BRAKE VACUM PUMP IS LOUD WHEN STARTING THE TRUCK, BREAKS ARE HARD AT START AND FAIL WHEN IN REVERSE. CAN HEAR THE PUMP GET LOUD AT STOPS. THIS OCCURS EVERY SINGLE TIME THE STRUCK IS STARTED AND AT IDLE. THEM PUMP IS LOUD FOR APROX 30 SECONDS TO 1 MINUTE ON EACH OCCURRENCE.

FAULT LOG CODE P0234, TURBO NOISE HISSING, CUTTING OUT. LOSS OF POWER. POOR ACCELERATION. COOLANT LEEKS, OIL LEEKS. RETURNED TO CORNING FORD FOR MORE SERVICE WORK. ORIGINAL SERVICE OCTOBER 11 / 2015. SECOND SERVICE DECEMBER 28 / 2015 COOLANT LEEK, TURBO HISSING, CUTTING OUT HISSING WHEN UNDER ACCELERATION. CONDITION WHEN IN MOTION ON CITY STREET AND HIGHWAY DRIVING.

THE TRUCK BRAKES DID NOT WORK ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE ENGINE WAS AT FAST IDLE, PLACED IN DRIVE AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT FUNCTION. THIS LURCHED THE TRUCK FORWARD WHILE EXTREME PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO STOP IT. DANGEROUS IN A PARKING SETTING WHERE A PEDESTRIAN IS WALKING IN FRONT OR BEHIND THE TRUCK. IT JUMPS FORWARDS OR BACK, DEPENDING IF DRIVE OR REVERSE IS SELECTED. AS TIME WENT BY THE BRAKES BECAME WEAKER WHEN APPLYING AT STOPS. AS I REFLECT BACK IN THE PAST WHEN PULLING A TRAILER IT HIT THE BACKEND OF ANOTHER VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY STOPPING SITUATION ON THE INTERSTATE. THE TRUCK WOULD PARK WELL IN THE GARAGE, BUT WHEN PULLING OUT YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF IT LURCHING INTO THE HOUSE OR ANOTHER VEHICLE. TOOK THE TRUCK TO FORD DEALER WHICH DIAGNOSED IT AS A BRAKE VACUUM PUMP FAILURE. THE ECO BOOST ENGINE IS TURBO CHARGED WHICH ROBS THE VACUUM SYSTEM OF NEEDED VACUUM. TO SUPPLEMENT THE NEED FOR VACUUM THIS VACUUM PUMP WAS ENGINEERED INTO THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL VACUUM. IF IT FAILURES THE BRAKES FAIL ALSO. THE 2014 MODELS HAVE BEEN REENGINEERED TO A MECHANICAL PUMP ELEMINATING THE ELECTRICAL PUMP. THE FORD SERVICE MAN SAID THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A RANGE OF NUMEROUS BRAKE FAILURES DUE TO THIS PUMP CONFIGURATION. THE FORD GARAGE CHARGED $832.57 TO GET US BACK ON THE ROAD AND FOR US TO HAVE A SAFE TRIP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE VACUUM PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO MONTHS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

NO BRAKE BOOST UPON STARTING, WHEN YOU START THE MOTOR WHEN COLD THERE IS NO BRAKE VACUUM BOOST FOR ABOUT 15 TO 20 SECONDS.. THE "BRAKE ASSIST PUMP" BEHIND THE LEFT HEADLAMP CORRODES AND LOCKS UP AND UNTILL THE MOTOR GETS ENOUGH VACUUM THERE IS VERY LITTLE BRAKING ABILITY. FORD GAVE ME A NEW PUMP BUT I HAD TO [XXX], I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING INTO THIS, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. THIS COULD VERY EASILY BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL A CHILD GETS CRUSHED UNDER A PICK-UP TO ACT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND THE DEFROST SYSTEM FOR THE REAR WINDOW WAS ACTIVATED, THE REAR WINDOW'S ELECTRIC SLIDING WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN SPUTTERING & MISSING. HEAVY HESITATION ON ACCELERATION. ON 12/01/15 MY TRUCK EQUIPPED 3.5 ECOBOOST STARTED MISSING UPON ACCELERATION THEN LOST ALL POWER AND STARTED TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS THEY RETURNED WITH SAYING MY ENGINE, TURBOS & CRANKSHAFT ARE DAMAGED AND MUST BE ALL REPLACED. I AM WITHIN THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY BUT EXCEEDING THE MILEAGE WITH 71,000. MYSELF & HOLMES TUTTLE FORD FILED A CLAIM WITH FORD BOTH BEING DENIED ANY HELP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN AND INTERSTATE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE" WARNING COMES UP AND I LOST ALL POWER STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE THE CAR HOME AND AFTER CALLING THE DEALER THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHY THAT WOULD HAPPEN. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE SITE, IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS RECALLED IN SOME MODEL YEARS BUT NOT IN OTHERS. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE "SERVICE ADVANCETRAK" WARNING COMING ON SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ALWAYS TOLD IT WASN'T HURTING ANYTHING. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT AFTER READING IT MAY NOT DO ANY GOOD. I WILL BE AT THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW.

MY VEHICLE AS BEEN MISS FIRING SINCE IT HAD 20,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ALMOST 2 ACCIDENTS BECAUSE UPON MERGING ONTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC MY VEHICLE WILL MISFIRE, SLOWDOWN AND WILL NOT SPEED UP FAST ENOUGH TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY SAFELY. BECAUSE OF THIS I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT TWICE BY AN 18 WHEELER TRUCK. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THE MISS FIRING DUE TO AIR COOLING SYSTEM AND IT DESTROYED MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND INSTALLED SOME TYPE OF COOLING SHIELD, AND NOW AT 110,000 MILES IT'S MISS FIRING AGAIN AND RUNNING SLUGGISH. THE COOLING SHIELD THAT WAS INSTALLED DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AT ALL. NOT ONLY IS THE ON GOING MISS FIRING LIFE THREATENING BUT HAS DESTROYED MY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS TWICE WHICH IS CAUSING MY EMISSIONS TO EMIT HARMFUL SMOG INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. ISN'T THEIR EMISSION LAWS AUTOMAKERS MUST ABIDE BY? THE MISS FIRING IS MESSING UP MY EMISSION'S WHICH IS HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT TOO.

2011 F-150 FX4. SERVICE ADVANCETRAC WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYS. IT COMES ON WHEN I START UP THE VEHICLE STATIONARY. THE TURN SIGNALS STOP WORKING, TOO. THE NEXT DAY THE LIGHT WILL BE OFF. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE A RECALL JUST LIKE ON THE 2014 F-150S AS IT IS A ISSUES OF SAFETY.

1. REAR DEFROST AND SIDE MIRROR DEFROST FUSE CONTINUALLY BLOWS. STARTED APPX 3 YRS AND AT 42,000 MILES 2. STEERING COLUMN LOCKS UP WHEN TURNING LEFT AT A SLOW SPEED IN CASES SUCH AS PULLING INTO OR OUT OF A DRIVEWAY OR PARKING SPOT OR MAKING A U TURN. AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE INTERSTATE VEHICLE FLOATS TO THE LEFT AND IT IS HARD TO STRAIGHTEN, ALMOST AS IF THERE IS NO POWER ASSIST.(I UNDERSTAND FORD RECALLED SOME BUT NOT ALL 2011 F150'S FOR A STEERING RACK REPLACEMENT (STARTED AROUND 4 YRS/ 55,000 MILES 3. TRANSMISSION TAKES ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO ENGAGE INTO REVERSE UPON STARTING IN THE MORNING OR ON COLD DAYS WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED FOR MARE THEN SAY 5 HOURS STARTED AROUND 6 MONTHS/ 6,000 MILES.

ENGINE STALL-SHUTS DOWN WHEN IT GOES INTO PASSING GEAR. WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO PASS OR ENTER ONTO A HIGHWAY YOU ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN

AT 45,000 MILES, SERVICE ADVANCETRAC LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN PERFORMING TIGHT TURNS (EX. PARKING). AFTER THE SERVICE LIGHT APPEARED, TURN SIGNAL WOULDN'T WORK OR WOULD ONLY WORK WHEN HELD DOWN. THIS ISSUE OCCURRED OFF AND ON UNTIL VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE AT 50,700 MILES. ENTIRE STEERING RACK HAD TO BE REPLACED. PART NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, REPLACEMENT COST WAS AROUND $1500.

REAR DEFROSTER QUIT WORKING FOR AWHILE. TURNED ON THE TRUCK TODAY. IT WAS ABOUT 26F OUTSIDE. I TRIED TO TURN ON MY REAR DEFROSTER BUTTON AGAIN. IT DID NOT TURN ON. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 35-40 MPH. HEARD A LOUD BANG, NOTICED MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR SLIDING WINDOW IS NOW SHATTERED. CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP THEY HAD NO IDEA OF THIS HAPPENDING. CALLED FORD CUSTOMER CARE, THEY HAD NO IDEA OF THIS EITHER. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE INTERNET KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE EXCEPT FORD AND THEIR DEALERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL OR DEPRESSING THE OFF SWITCH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SWITCH THE IGNITION KEY TO THE OFF POSITION TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

FORD F150 3.5L ECOBOOST COMPLETELY LOOSES POWER WHEN ACCELERATING IN PASSING GEAR. VEHICLE SHUTTERS AND BUCKS SEVERALLY AND DOES NOT ALLOW ANY TYPE OF ACCELERATION TO BE ABLE TO EXIT INTO SLOW LANE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. NORMAL OPERATION RETURNS AFTER ABOUT 1.5 MINUTES OF COASTING AND THEN GENTLY APPLYING ACCELERATOR TO REGAIN VEHICLE CONTROL. DURING THE RECOVERY TIME THE ENGINE RUNS VERY ROUGH AS IF TIMING WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF SYNC.I DRIVE 1000 MILES PER WEEK ON INTERSTATE 95 AND THIS CONDITION IS ONGOING. I EXPERIENCE AT LEAST 2 OR 3 OF THESE EPISODES PER WEEK WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER COMPLETELY AND DOES NOT RECOVER UNTIL 1.5 MINUTES LATER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON VERY TIME THIS CONDITION OCCURS. WHEN READING THE ERROR CODES IT ONLY SHOW MISFIRING OF ALL CYLINDERS (CODE P0300).

MY DRIVER SIDE SEAT HEATER WOULD GET REALLY HOT AND EVENTUALLY JUST QUIT WORKING. I CHECKED THE OBVIOUS CAUSES, (BLOWN FUSES & HEATING ELEMENT CONNECTION) AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. I THEN DECIDED TO LOOK ONLINE AND NOTICED SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. THE CAUSE IN MANY CASES WAS THE SEAT HEATING ELEMENT (FORD PART NUMBER 9L3Z14D696C) HAD BURNT UP CAUSING DAMAGE THE SEAT FOAM AND IN SOME CASES BURNT THE SEAT COVER. I REMOVED MY SEAT TO SEE IF THIS WAS THE SAME ISSUE I WAS HAVING AND DISCOVERED THE SAME ISSUE MANY OTHERS HAD EXPERIENCED (SEE ATTACHED PICTURES.) I ORDERED THE SAME PART 9L3Z14D696C FOR $30 FROM MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND IT'S WORKING AGAIN BUT FOR HOW LONG' I'M SURPRISED THAT FORD HAS NOT ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE. THIS DEFINITELY COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE HAD THE SEAT CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING, OR WHILE REMOTE STARTING MY TRUCK (THE SEAT HEATERS WERE SET TO COME ON WHEN THE TRUCK WAS REMOTE STARTED.) THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE IT BECOMES A BIGGER ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE REVERSING AT A LOW SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, HOWEVER, IT TOOK A LONGER DISTANCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 02/10/16*LJ; 4/30/18*JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VACUUM PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JS

ENGINE LOSSES POWER AND SHUDDERS BADLY WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO OVER TAKE. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND WHEN DIAGNOSED SAYS MISFIRE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER, CHECKED AND INSTALLED NEW PLUG AND COIL AFTER 50 MILES THE SAME PROBLEM AND DEALER SAYS THEY CAN NOT FIX ISSUE. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AFTER COILS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT COILS WERE OEM MOTORCRAFT UNITS. IN READING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IT APPEARS THAT THIS POWER UNIT HAS A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND ISSUES.

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE A 2011 F-150 FX4. NOTICED THE REAR DEFROST WASN'T COMING ON ALL THE TIME, BUT IT DID COME ON AND IT MUST OF GOTTEN TO HOT...DRIVING TO WORK 11/24/15 GETTING ON THE FREEWAY I HEARD A LOUD NOISE LIKE SOMETHING HIT MY TRUCK ON THE ROOF. WHEN I GOT TO WORK...I LOOKED ON THE ROOF...NO DAMAGE. I NOTICED LATER THAT DAY THAT THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW HAD SHATTERED...IT MUST OF GOTTEN TO HOT FROM THE DEFROSTER. LOOKING ON THE INTERNET...THERE ARE VERY MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

I HAVE SEEN MANY POSTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH FELLOW 2011 FORD F-150 OWNERS. MY TRUCK ALSO LOCKED UP ON ME DRIVING ON A CITY STREET DURING LUNCH HOUR AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER (UNDER WARRANTY) THEY ADVISED AFTER DIAGNOSTICS THAT THE ELECTRONIC RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. AFTER HEARING A RIDICULOUS PRICE OF $1800.00 (PART AND LABOR) I ASKED WHY WAS IT NOT COVERED UNDER DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY IN WHICH THEY ADVISED IT WAS "ELECTRICAL." FORD NEEDS TO ASSIST ALL FORD F-150 OWNERS ON THIS MATTER IF THEY DON'T WANT A HUGE LAWSUIT IF, GOD FORBID, ANYONE GETS INTO AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED; HOWEVER, THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE COOLANT SYSTEM WAS NOT SEPARATING THE SLUDGE CAUSING THE SLUDGE TO PENETRATE THE ENGINE AND ACTIVATING THE VEHICLE LIMP MODE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD INSTALL AN OIL SEPARATION DEVICE TO THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,263.

I WAS PULLING INTO A DRIVE AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, HOWEVER IT TOOK MUCH LONGER TO STOP THE TRUCK. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER...AT 50K MILES, FORD SHOULD COVER THIS.

ON COLD MORNING (32 DEGREES F), FROST WAS PRESENT ON REAR WINDOW. OPERATOR TURNED ON REAR DEFROST. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING, OPERATOR HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM REAR OF VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THERE WAS A SLIGHT ODOR OF BURNING ELECTRICAL WIRE AND NO SIGNS OF IMPACT.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A STATE HIGHWAY, AND SIGNALED FOR A RIGHT TURN. AS I SLOWED AND BEGAN MY TURN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM QUIT AND BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED TURNING EFFORT I WOUND UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD ONTO WHICH I WAS TURNING. A WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED ON MY DASH THAT I HAD A POWER STEERING FAILURE. I MUSCLED THE TRUCK OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED IT. THE POWER STEERING WORKED FOR ABOUT 1-200 FEET, THEN FAILED AGAIN. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES HEADING IN MY DIRECTION WHEN I WENT INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE. I WAS ABLE TO "MUSCLE" THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP SAFELY. I GOT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT NEED A NEW ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST UNIT AT A COST OF $1,600+. THIS SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. WHAT IF AN INEXPERIENCE DRIVER HAD BEEN DRIVING OR SOMEONE WITHOUT MY SIZE OR STRENGTH?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATE 01/13/16 MA *CN

2011 FORD F150 ECOBOOST WITH 23,000 MILES: WHILE TRAVELLING AT SPEEDS 45 MPH AND GREATER, THE STEERING BECOMES DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER OR CORRECT DURING AT SPEED TURNS, (IE. DRIVING ON TWISTING HIGHWAYS). THE LOCAL FORD DEALER INSPECTED THE PROBLEM AND STATED THAT THE EPAS SYSTEM NEEDED REPLACING AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE AND TO NOT DRIVE IT. THE ESTIMATE CALLED FOR A $1160 STEERING GEAR PART, AND $80 "ADJUST TOE IN" AND LABOR FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $1370!! AFTER READING SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, AND RECALLS PRESENT FOR DIFFERENT MODEL YEARS, IT IS CONCERNING THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE FOR THE 2011'S AS WELL.

NO BRAKES WHEN FIRST STARTED UP. I HAD TO THROW IT IN PARK TO KEEP FROM RUNNING OVER HILL. AFTER SEARCHING ON LINE I FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ECOBOOST TRUCKS. FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE AND PUT THE UPDATED PART ON.