2011 Ford F-150 complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND OR FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,406 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,500. *TR

LOSS OF POWER DURING ACCELERATION WITH ECOBOOST ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE FORD DEALERSHIPS ABOUT THIS SINCE RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS PROBLEM IN THE MEDIA AS I AM NOW HOPEFUL FOR A RESOLUTION. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING AND THEY SAID THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT AND TO CONTACT FORD. HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH NO ONE IN FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENTS WANTING TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESOLVE THE PROBLEM....... *TR

VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND MISSES AT AROUND 1500-2200 RPM'S. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,000. *TR

VEHICLE ACTS AS IF IT WANTS TO STALL DURING RAINY CONDITIONS UPON HIGH ACCELERATION, ONLY DURING WET CONDITIONS DOES THE ECOBOOST NOT ACCELERATE WHEN NEEDED. HAS CAUSED 3 SERIOUS SITUATIONS WHERE POWER WAS NEEDED AND EXPECTED BUT TRUCK SPUTTERED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAS BEEN DANGEROUS AND DEALER HAS NO FIX. I AM UNHAPPY WITH THIS ENGINE. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS THAT COME ON TO WARN YOU OF THE CONDITION, AND YOU CANNOT TELL THERE IS A PROBLEM WHEN CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ONLY WHEN YOU GO TO PASS OR NEED POWER. *TR

3.5 LITER ECOBOOST MOTORS SPUTTERED UNDER ACCELERATION ON HILL AND HAS DONE THIS SINCE BOUGHT. *TR

FORD ECOBOOST. VEHICLE HAS FEW ISSUES. FIRST THERE IS UNEXPECTED HESITATION WHEN PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC. YOU ARE WITHOUT POWER AND SUBJECT TO BEING RUN OVER. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE ENGINE GOES LIMP WHEN ACCELERATING LEAVING YOU IN TRAFFIC SUBJECT TO BEING RUN OVER. FORD HAS REPLACED THE CAC AND THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE. WHEN AT SPEED AND YOU ACCELERATE A SMALL AMOUNT, THE ENGINE WILL MISFIRE AND RUN ROUGH. THE LACK OF THROTTLE RESPONSE LEAVES YOU VULNERABLE WHEN PASSING. BEEN AT THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT DISPLAY ACCURATE FUEL READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE FUEL SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING GEARS, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIOLENTLY LUNGE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION IN A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND STARTED TO SMOKE. MY WIFE AND I WERE ALMOST KILLED WHEN WE TRIED TO MOVE OFF THE ROAD BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. THERE WAS NO WAY OF CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE WITH NO ACCELERATION AND MAJOR VIBRATION OF THE TRUCK. I NOTICE THAT MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ECOBOOST F150 ENGINES AS WELL. *TR

DRIVING ON NEW YEARS DAY, I WAS TRAVELING AND NEEDED TO ACCELERATE ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY. AS I PRESSED ON THE THROTTLE PEDAL MY FORD F150 2011 SEEMED TO LOSE POWER FOR A SECOND OR TWO BEFORE REGAINING POWER AGAIN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I CAN RECALL, BUT IT HAPPENS EACH TIME I PRESS THE THROTTLE ALL THE WAY DOWN FOR ACCELERATION. I HAVE LEARNED THAT MY F150 IS NOT RELIABLE ENOUGH TO ATTEMPT TO PULL OUT UNLESS TRAFFIC IS COMPLETELY CLEARED, OR I HAVE SEVERAL CAR LENGTHS OF DISTANCE. *TR

ACCELERATING ONTO INTERSTATE FROM ON RAMP, SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, VEHICLE SHUDDERED, LOST POWER AND SPEED. VEHICLES AROUND ME ON INTERSTATE HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING TRUCK. TRUCK GRADUALLY REGAINED SPEED OVER NEXT 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE. APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS AND 400 MILES LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

THE FIRST TIME I WAS ACCELERATING IN AN ON RAMP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED MISSING TO THE POINT I HAD TO ABORT ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND PULL INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE TO AVOID THE ON COMING TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND I KEEP GETTING TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING ON OTHER ECO BOOST ENGINES. MY SOLUTION IS TO INCREASE THE DISTANCE TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH THE APPROACHING TRAFFIC WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS A SAFE PRACTICE. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING MY F150 CUTS OUT AND HESITATES ALONG WITH A ROUGH IDLE. I HAVE TAKEN TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AND IT SHOWS TO BE A MISFIRING ISSUE IN 4 OF 6 CYLINDERS. FORD RECOMMENDED REPLACING A COUPLE OF PARTS, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THE PRINTOUT GIVEN TO ME SAID IT MAY OR MAY NOT FIX THE ISSUE AND WAS UNDER FURTHER INVESTIGATION WITH FORD ENGINEERS. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN MAINTAINED ON TIME WITH SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES, ETC...THE TRUCK NOW HAS 75K MILES AND HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 125K MILES. EACH TIME THE TRUCK HAS BEGUN TO MISFIRE AND STALL OUT THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND HAS HEAVY VIBRATION UNTIL STOPPING AND RESTARTING THE TRUCK. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL BURNED OUT WHICH SEEMED TO HELP, BUT CONTINUES TO IDLE ROUGH. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY BURN OUT AGAIN. I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE FROM FORD AND THEY OFFERED ME NO HELP OTHER THAN TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH MY DEALERSHIP WHICH WHO KNOWS WHEN FORD WILL RELEASE A FIX. I NOW PAY FOR A TRUCK THAT I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR AND DOES NOT RUN CORRECTLY. EVERYONE THAT RIDES WITH ME HAS SAID, "MAN WHY DOES YOUR TRUCK IDLE LIKE THIS?" MY TRUCK STICKERED FOR $41,460. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A NICE LOOKING TRUCK THAT DOESN'T PERFORM UP TO PAR. *TR

ON I-70 NEAR ST. LOUIS, I WAS IN THE INSIDE LANE AND WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO PASS WITH MY F-150 ECOBOOST, THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY SHUT ITSELF OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN AND LET IT SET FOR ALMOST 20 MINUTES BEFORE IT WOULD RESTART CORRECTLY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF. BY LUCK I HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO MOVE OVER ON THE MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TRAVELING ON I 20 DURING HEAVY RAIN , GOT OFF INTERSTATE TO REFUEL AND AFTER REENTERING INTERSTATE ACCELERATED TO GET BACK TO HIGHWAY SPEED AND TRUCK STALLED WENT TO SHAKING REAL BAD AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WOULD NOT ACCELERATE JUST SHOOK REAL BAD AND I PULLED OVER TURNED IT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED AND CONTINUED ON. NO MORE ISSUES ONCE THE RAIN STOPPED. *TR

DATES AND MILEAGE ARE CLOSE BUT APROX. THIS IS GOING ON NOW AND FORD HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AFTER BEING IN FOR REPAIR MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH TRUCK NOW. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE I WAS TAKING OFF FROM A LIGHT AND WENT TO ACCELERATE AND TRUCK STARTED HESITATING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. FORD SAID IT WAS INTERCOOLER AND FIXED THAT BUT DROVE TRUCK FROM DEALERSHIP AND DID NOT GET 1/4MILE DOWN ROAD BEFORE IT HESITATED AGAIN. THEN FORD SAID IT WAS COIL PACK AND SEEMED TO FIX IT BUT THEN IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP WITHIN A MONTH. *TR

I WAS READING ON LINE ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FORD F-150 ECO BOOST ENGINE AND REALIZE THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME SEVERAL TIMES AND SCARE THE [XXX] OUT OF ME. NOT REALIZING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK. AS A MATTER OF FACT WHEN I TRY TO USE THE PASSING GEAR TO PASS THE TRUCK FELL ON IT FACE. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO GO ON A REPORT OF ENGINES LOSING POWER DURING HARD ACCELERATION SUCH AS WHEN PASSING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED YOU COULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED. THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY SHUTTER UNTIL I STOPPED AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES, AT THREE DIFFERENT TIME IT PUT ME IN DANGER WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO INCREASE SPEED TO GET OUT OF DANGER ONLY COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT THE SIDE OFF A BUSY INTERSTATE. I FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM FORD AND THEY INSTALLED THE NEW VAIN IN THE TURBO. THIS HELPED THE PROBLEM BUT IT REALLY HURT THE FUEL MILEAGE AFTER THAT. *TR

I OWN A 2011 F150 3.5L TURBO ECOBOOST TRUCK. IT HAS CAUSE ME NOTHING BUT GRIEF! VIOLENT HESITATION/SHAKING ON HIGHWAY WHEN PASSING. LOSE OF POWER WITH ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON LEFT ME ON THE ROAD TWICE. FINALLY ENGINE BLOCK EXPLODED WITH A ROD SHOOTING OUT OF ENGINE. OIL SPAYED ALL OVER ENGINE CREATING THICK BLACK SMOKE AND POOR VISIBILITY. PULLED OVER HAD TO GET OUT OF THE TRUCK BECAUSE SMOKE WAS INSIDE. COUNTLESS FORD ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE ISSUE AND NOTHING WORKED. EVENTUALLY THE WHOLE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. I JUST RECEIVED MY TRUCK BACK AND HAVE LOST TOTAL FAITH IN THIS PRODUCT. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS ENGINE! I HAVE ALL DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS. *TR

TRUCK LOST POWER WHILE ENTERING I 75 UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED EIGHT DIFFERENT TIMES. TRUCK HAS A MISS IN THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSES A DROP OF 5 MILES PER GALLON.

SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND ENGINE HESITATED FOR FIVE SECONDS. TRIED TO MERGE INTO TRAFIC AND ENGINE HESITATED . THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES, HAD TO PULL OVER ON SHOULDER TILL ENGINE PICKED UP SPEED. *TR

I RECENTLY SAW WHERE THE NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING PERFORMANCE ISSUES (BOGGING DOWN,HESITATION) OF FORDS ECOBOOST 3.5L V6. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ALONG WITH SEVERE DOWNSHIFTING WHEN DECELERATING CAUSING SKIDDING AND LOSS OF CONTROL IN WET OR ICY CONDITIONS. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO TONY FREDERICK VP FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO SENT A FACTORY REP TO LOOK AT THIS AND OTHER ISSUES. WAS TOLD VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. THE HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING FOR ME OCCURS REGULARLY. I DO NOT BELIEVE ITS ISOLATED TO WET OR HUMID CONDITIONS. *TR

AFTER 4 HOURS OF STEADY HIGHWAY DRIVING UPON ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE THE TRUCK FAILED TO DOWNSHIFT , LOST POWER ( REQUIRING ME TO ABORT MANEUVER) AND BEGAN BUCKING... THERE WAS NO CEL. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY INSPECTED THE TRUCK FOUND NO CODES AND SAID NO PROBLEM FOUND. THEY SAID THEY RELOADED THE PROGRAMMING FOR THE TRANSMISSION. THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN ACCELERATING AND CREATES DANGEROUS LOSS OF POWER AT CRITICAL DRIVING PERIODS. *TR

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. ATTEMPTED TO PASS SLOW MOVING VEHICLE. TRUCK SHUDDERED AND LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX PROBLEM, AND HAS JUST REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER EACH TIME. THEY NOW SAY THAT IT'S AN INTERCOOLER ISSUE. WAS TOLD PART IS ON BACKORDER, AND WOULD BE IN BY END OF APRIL. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THEM RE: PART AVAILABILITY, WITH NO RESPONSE, AND IT'S NOW MAY 23RD. THIS TRUCK IS DANGEROUS, AND HAS LEFT ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MORE THAN ONCE. *TR

THE VEHICLE JUST DOESN'T ACCELERATE WITHOUT HESITATING. *TR

FIRST, THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES, I WOULD GUESS AT A MINIMUM 20 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO. THE DATE AN MILEAGE LISTED ARE ESTIMATES ABOUT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED. WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS THAT I AM WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT AND MY VEHICLE WILL SHUTTER AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO STALL AND WILL THEN GET A SMALL BURST OF POWER AND JERK FORWARD SLIGHTLY. AS I MENTIONED, THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MY FOOT HAD COME OFF THE BRAKE BECAUSE OF THE JERKING FORWARD. I RECENTLY REALIZED THIS WAS A PROBLEM WHEN I HEARD ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR

TRUCK LOST ALL POWER, COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED. NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE ALSO LOST POWER AND DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND AS IT PROCEEDED TO PERFORM WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000....UPDATED 07-15-13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE FAILURE RECURS THEN, IMMEDIATELY TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IN ORDER TO RECORD ANY CODES THAT MAYBE STORED. UPDATED 07/18/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DRIFTED FROM ONE LANE TO ANOTHER. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS ADVISED THAT THE STEERING SYSTEM COMPUTER REQUIRED UPDATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SEVERAL OTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, ALL OF WHICH ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOT A STEERING COMPUTER IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I HAVE A FORD 2011 FX4 ECOBOOST. WHOLE TRUCK STARTED SHUDDERING AS I WAS GETTING ONTO THE SOUTHWEST FREEWAY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND VEHICLE HAD LOSS OF POWER. WAS ABLE TO COAST AND DRIVE SLOW TO THE NEXT EXIT WHERE I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. I STARTED THE TRUCK AGAIN AND IT SEEMED OK BUT THE SHUDDERING HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME AND THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CODE WAS PULLED AND THEY REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME (SHUDDERING AND LOSS OF POWER) AGAIN AT 30K MILES 3/4/2013 WHERE THIS TIME THEY REPLACED A IGNITION COIL AND SPARK PLUG. AND A THIRD TIME AT 34K MILES 4/27/2013 AND IT IS BACK IN THE SHOP TODAY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT IS VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN YOU CANNOT GET THE TRUCK TO DRIVE WITHOUT SHUDDERING AND JERKING ANYTIME YOU GIVE IT GAS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT. THE DEALERSHIP SO FAR HAS BEEN FIXING WHATEVER THE CODE STATES, HOWEVER THERE IS A UNDERLYING CONDITION THAT IS CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

BRAKES ARE INEFFECTIVE IN A PANIC STOP. ON DRY PAVEMENT THE BRAKES CANNOT BE APPLIED HARD ENOUGH TO LOCK THE WHEELS AND ACTIVATE THE ABS FUNCTION. STOPPING DISTANCES ARE MUCH LONGER THAN NORMAL AND SAFE. COMPARED TO OTHER F150'S WITH HE SAME BODY STYLE AND ENGINE THE BRAKES ARE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT AND MUCH WORSE IN STOPPING DISTANCES (ROUGH TEST STOP FROM 30 MPH IN 28 FT COMPARED TO 15 FT, STOP FROM 40 MPH IN 46FT COMPARED TO 28 FT) DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED REPAIR 4 TIMES WITH NO IMPROVEMENT AT ALL AND NOW FORD HAS DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKES ARE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND THAT "SOME TRUCKS WILL STOP BETTER THAN OTHERS". IF THIS IS IN FACT TRUE THERE MAY BE MANY F150'S ON THE ROAD WITH SUBSTANDARD BRAKES WHICH THE OWNERS MAY NOT SUSPECT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. MY VEHICLE IS DRAMATICALLY WORSE THAN OTHER F150'S THAT I HAVE DRIVEN AND I AM BEING TOLD THAT IT IS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. NORMAL IN THIS INSTANCE IS NOT SAFE. *TR

ACCELERATING ONTO FREEWAY VEHICLE MISS FIRED AND STARTED TO SPUTTER AND SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, PULLED VEHICLE OVER TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED 5 MINUTES TO CHECK MANUAL. RESTARTED AND NO PROBLEMS. FEW DAYS LATER STARTED TO PASS A VEHICLE ON INCLINE AND THE VEHICLE DID THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN. REPEATED TURN OFF AND REST CONTINUED DRIVE NO PROBLEMS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE MASSIVE SHAKING AND LACK OF VEHICLE POWER TO MOVE WITH TRAFFIC. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY COULD REPLICATE INCIDENT, HOWEVER CAN'T SEEM TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF FORD MOTOR CO. BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER.3.5L ECOBOOST FX4 F150 CREWCAB. *TR

ON FRIDAY 4/12/2013 I WAS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I WAS DRIVING MY 2011 FORD F-150 HOME FROM A NIGHT OUT WITH THE FAMILY. IT WAS KIND OF LATE, WHEN I RAN OVER AN EXHAUST PIPE, WHICH WAS LAYING ON THE ROAD. I DID NOT SEE IT. IT WAS A FAIRLY SMALL PIPE. ONCE I STOPPED I REALIZED THAT IT PUT A HOLE IN MY FUEL TANK. AND IT WAS GUSHING OUT FUEL. IT WAS COMING OUT FASTER THAN WATER FROM A KITCHEN TAP. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY TWO BLOCKS FROM HOME, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A FIRE STATION. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY TRUCK HOME, ONCE THE FUEL WAS OUT OF THE TANK. THERE WAS A SPLIT IN THE TANK ABOUT 6 INCHES LONG, LIKE IT HAD BEEN CUT WITH A VERY SHARP KNIFE. THIS IS A PLASTIC FUEL TANK. WHEN I LOOK UP FUEL TANK PART NUMBER 9L3Z-9002-B ON FORD PARTS DOT COM FOR MY TRUCK THEY ALSO SHOW A SKID PLATE NUMBER 9A147. MY TRUCK DOES NOT HAVE THIS PART. THE FUEL TANK IS AN OBSOLETE PART THERE ARE ONLY 4 IN THE NATION AVAILABLE. I AM LOOKING. NOT HAVING THIS PART IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC (40-45 MILES) AN HOUR I HAD A COLLISION WITH CARS IN FRONT OF ME. AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. DAZED AND INJURED I COULD NOT RECALL THE DETAILS OF THE MOMENTS JUST BEFORE THE COLLISION, TO THE POLICE. ALL THAT I COULD REMEMBER WAS TRYING DESPERATELY TO STOP THE VEHICLE BUT IT WOULD NOT STOP. AFTER THE ACCIDENT NO ONE SEEMS TO BELIEVE ME AND EVEN MY INSURANCE CARRIER IS NOT INTERESTED IN LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE BRAKES FAILED OR THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. *TR THE CONSUMER REFERENCED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA15006. HE BELIEVED HIS ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO A BRAKE SYSTEM DEFECT. UPDATED 05/19/16.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DEFROSTER WAS ACTIVATED, HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW BEGAN MELTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE GLASS AND DEFROSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,600. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000....UPDATED 04/25/13 *BF UPDATED 05/21/2013 *JS

THE TRUCK LOST ALL POWER WHEN ACCELERATION WAS REQUIRED. GAS TO FLOOR AND IT FELL TO IDLE WHILE PASSING. LOST ALL POWER AGAIN DURING A MERGE TO FREEWAY, DROP TO IDLE AND ROUGH RUNNING. LOST ALL POWER WHILE TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. 3 TIMES IN 60000 KM. NO WARNING DRIVE LINE SHUDDERS WHEN SUBJECTED TO LIGHT LOAD SLIGHT GRADE HIGHWAY SPEEDS. FEELS LIKE ENGINE MISS. DOZENS OF TRIPS TO DEALERS 5 TSBS AND MANY DOCUMENTED LETTERS TO FORD. READY TO GIVE UP. *TR

2011 FORD F150 FX4 ECO BOOST ROAD CONDITIONS - DRY. EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE - APPROXIMATELY 35F. HIGHWAY ON RAMP ACCELERATING TO MERGE. THE MOTOR HESITATED FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE KICKING IN, THE FRONT END FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE AS WELL. AS THE TRUCK PASSED APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. I HAD TO KEEP THE TRUCK AROUND 45 MPH TO AVOID THE SHAKING FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE IT STOPPED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF. I NOTICED A SLIGHT BURNING SMELL AND THE ENGINE DIDN'T SOUND LIKE IT DID PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN BEHIND ME ON THE RAMP, OR I WAS PASSING A VEHICLE IN POOR ROAD CONDITIONS OR IN BUSY TRAFFIC THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OF SOME SORT, MOST LIKELY A REAR END COLLISION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TURBO CHARGER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG HWY 95 IN GEORGIA FOR SEVERAL HOURS EARLY ONE MORNING. I WENT TO PASS A SEMI AND LOST ALL POWER. THE TRUCK RPMS JUMPED UP WHILE THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED TO 4TH GEAR BUT THE TRUCK DID NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD TO GET BACK INTO MY LANE IN AN ABRUPT WAY CAUSING TRAFFIC TO RE-ACT AND ALLOW ME BACK IN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ALMOST A DOZEN TIMES SINCE THEN. FORD HAS BEEN ISSUING TSB FOR A FIX BUT NONE OF THEM WORK. THIS IS ONLY HAPPENING ON THE 3.5L ECO-BOOST MOTOR. THEY ARE NOW IN THEIR 3RD MODEL YEAR OF THIS TRUCK AND ARE STILL HAVING THIS PROBLEM, IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE TIMING OF WHEN THIS HAPPENS IS UN-PREDICTABLE AND OFTEN LEAVES NO CODES FOR THE DEALER TO TROUBLESHOOT, SO YOU GET SENT ON YOUR WAY WITH "COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM". FORD HAS BEEN CLAIMING IT IS CONDENSATION IN THE INTER-COOLER, HAS ISSUED COMPUTER UPDATES NUMEROUS TIMES, NOW THEY HAVE RELEASED AND UPGRADED INTER-COOLER, BUT THE PROBLEMS ARE STILL HAPPENING. *TR

AFTER RUNNING A LONG HIGHWAY RUN I WAS COMING OFF AN ON RAMP AND STEP ON THE THROTTLE TO MERGE. THE MOTOR HESITATED FOR FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT KICKED IN. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THEY ARE WORKING ON A FIX. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED NOW BEFORE SOMEONE DIES IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

OCCASIONALLY WHEN STEERING THE TRUCK TO THE LEFT, THE STEERING WILL FEEL LIKE IT IS STICKING. IT BECOMES HARD TO TURN TO THE LEFT AND WHEN THE TURN IS COMPLETE, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RETURN TO CENTER. ON ONE OCCASION WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE TRUCK AND BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING PLACE, I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AT ALL. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF THEN RESTARTED AND THE SAME THING. ON THE SECOND TIME I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF THEN RESTARTED, I COULD TURN THE WHEEL NORMALLY. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING OR SOME MECHANISM OF THE STEERING. *TR

THERE IS A POPPING AND JOLTING MECHANICAL FEEL FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END OF THE TRUCK. IT FEELS LIKE THE FRONT END OR STEERING SHAFT IS LITERALLY ABOUT TO COME APART. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AT NORMAL SPEEDS AT ANY SPEED ON STRAIGHT ROADS THAT ARE PAVED NORMALLY WITHOUT DEFECT. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WORSE THE HIGHER THE TEMPERATURE IS OUTSIDE. IT FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK IS LOOSE. I THOUGHT THE TIRE WAS LOOSE - IT WASN'T. *TR

I HAD JUST TURNED ONTO THE ON RAMP OF THE TURNPIKE. THERE WAS HEAVY TRAFFIC AND I NEEDED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY TO AVOID A SEMI TRUCK TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT LANE. AS I PUSHED THE PEDAL DOWN THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND LOST POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO SWERVE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE TO AVOID A COLLISION. THIS LOSS OF POWER HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE THEN. AT FIRST ON HARD ACCELERATION AND THEN IT BECAME COMMON AT ANY LEVEL OF ACCELERATION. AS OF THIS WRITING THE DEALER HAS DONE HIS BEST TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A SHORTAGE OF PARTS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND EITHER BUY THESE VEHICLES BACK OR FIND A RELIABLE FIX. IF IT IS WATER ENTERING THE ENGINE AS THEIR INITIAL INVESTIGATION SAYS, ARE THEY GOING TO COVER THAT DAMAGE IF ANY? *TR

I HAVE A 2011 FORD F-150 4X4 ECOBOOST AND HAVE HAD ONE STEERING RACK REPLACED ALREADY. IT WAS REPLACED DUE TO POPPING IN THE STEERING AS WELL AS BUMP STEER AND WANDERING. THE INITIAL REPLACEMENT WAS 6-1-12 AND AS OF THIS POST (1-26-13) AND ROUGHLY 12K MORE MILES, IT IS STARTING TO HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT REQUIRED THE INITIAL REPLACEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT SUSPENSION IN GENERAL SEEMS LOOSE AND THE LEFT SIDE SQUEAKS OVER BUMPS AND SEEMS WEAKER IN THE SPRING THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

WHEN YOU ARE GOING OVER BUMPS THERE IS RATTLES AMD CLUNKS IN THE STEERING AND THE STEERING IS LOOSE.THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND IT FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK IS LOOSE. THANKS *TR

STEERING HAS A LOOSE FEELING. IT FEELS LIKE THE TRUCK IS GOING TO FALL APART AND THE WHEELS ARE LOOSE. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT HASN'T FIXED IT. MY TRUCK IS ON IT'S 3RD STEERING GEAR AND ALL OF WHICH HAD THIS PROBLEM. THE FEELING CAN BE FELT AT LOW SPEEDS (5-10MPH) TO HIGH WAY SPEEDS (55-70MPH). *TR

THERE IS A VERY BAD RATTLE COMING THRU THE STEERING. SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE EPAS. *TR