2011 Ford F-150 complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DESCENDING A STEEP GRADE, THE RPMS GREATLY INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE HOLD BACK DISENGAGED. ONCE THE RPMS DECREASED, THE ENGINE HOLD BACK ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LOW BUT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AGAIN AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000....UPDATED 02-07-13 *BF UPDATED 02/13/2013*JS

ENGINE LOST POWER ,TERRIBLE SHAKING AND VIBRATING,WILL NOT ACCELERATE. WAS ABLE TO LEAVE LANE OF TRAFFIC,TOO SIDE OF HIGHWAY AND STOP. AFTER BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WAS ABLE TOO RESTART AND RETURN HOME TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND WAS TOLD ENGINE HAD MISFIRE,BUT THERE WAS NO FIX FOR IT AT THAT TIME.THIS HAS BEEN SOME 15 OR 16 MONTHS,VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TOO DEALERSHIP 8(EIGHT) TIMES AND STILL HAS LURCHING,FAST IDLE,AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATION WHEN ENGINE IS RUNNING. *TR

CPSC#I12A0451A. 2011 FORD F150. CONSUMER STATED WIFE WAS SEVERELY INJURED, FINGER WAS CUT ON DRIVERS SEAT WHILE VACUUMING VEHICLE. NEEDED SURGERY ON FINGER TO REPAIR DAMAGE. *LN THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THE SHARP EDGES ON THE SEAT.

MY TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH THE ECOBOOST 3.5L ENGINE. TWICE NOW I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND HAD THE TRUCK LOSE POWER AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY, CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE FIRST TIME WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE WARM (75 DEGREES F) WITH LIGHT RAIN. I PULLED OUT TO PASS AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACTED AS IF THE GAS WAS SHUT OFF. IT THEN BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER VIOLENTLY AS IF THE REAR AXEL WAS BEING RIPPED FROM BENEATH IT. I WAS ABLE TO FALL BACK BEHIND THE VEHICLE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS, OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING THE TRUCK, IT SEEMED TO RUN NORMAL. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE TECH INSPECTED THE TRUCK AND STATED IT IS A PROBLEM FORD IS AWARE OF (IN WET CONDITIONS), BUT HAS NO FIXES. THE SECOND TIME I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE INTERSTATE FROM A REST STOP INTO A SINGLE LANE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. THE WEATHER WAS COOL (45 DEGREES F), DRY AND SUNNY. I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRUCK ACTED AS IT DID ON THE FIRST INSTANCE. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OFF OF THE LANE BETWEEN TWO LARGE CONSTRUCTION PYLONS IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY A TRACTOR/TRAILER. THE SUPPLIED DATES, MILEAGE AND SPEED WERE FROM THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT. *TR

DRIVING 60 MPH AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN CLIMBING UP A MODERATE SLOPE (1-2%), TOWING A 6800 LBS 35FT TRAVEL TRAILER, AND SUDDENLY THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT TURNS ON AND STARTS FLASHING, VIBRATIONS FROM WHAT I ASSUME WAS THE ENGINE, SHOOK THE ENTIRE TRUCK AND CAUSED MY VEHICLE SPEED TO DROP FROM 60 MPH TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH IN A FEW SECONDS. TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS SLOWLY PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER, THEN IN A FEW MOMENT THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND ENGINE EVERYTHING WAS FIND. I WAS LUCKY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME AND THE TRAILER DIDN'T JACK KNIFE ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER THAN NEEDS ATTENTION AND INVESTIGATED AND ACTION TAKEN AGAINST. I WILL BE TAKING MY TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. TAKE ACTION BEFORE SOMEONE DIES FROM THIS. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN I-55, TOWING MY TRAVEL TRAILER ON A TRIP FROM ST. LOUIS, MO TO GULF SHORES, AL, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER ON THE INTERSTATE. I HAD BEEN DRIVING MULTIPLE HOURS IN THE RAIN WHEN IN JACKSON, MS, I HAD TO LET OFF THE GAS TO ALLOW OTHER VEHICLES TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I RE-APPLIED THE GAS, THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE SPEED AND DROP FROM AROUND 60MPH TO 35MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER LETTING OFF AND RE-APPLYING GAS ABOUT THREE TIMES THE VEHICLE FINALLY RECOVERED AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON MY WAY. LUCKILY THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE HIGHWAY WERE ABLE TO AVOID ME AND I WAS NOT REAR-ENDED OR OTHERWISE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

YESTERDAY I WENT TO PASS A TRUCK THAT MADE AN ILLEGAL TURN, AND HAD TO HIT THE GAS HARD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, ONLY DID IT FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS, THAN WHEN I LET OFF THE GAS, THE ENGINE KEPT RUNNING AT HIGH SPEED FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 3 SECONDS? AND MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE PEDAL AT THAT TIME. *TR

TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 WHEN HARD ACCELERATION VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE BECOMES VERY DANGEROUS HAVE ALMOST CAUSED MAJOR PILE UP DUE TO LOSS OF POWER AND TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL THIS VEHICLE AND OTHERS LIKE IT ARE GOING TO START KILLING PEOPLE. ALL OVER THE INTERNET PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT SAME PROBLEM AND SO FAR FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THESE VEHICLES AND THAT IS VERY CONCERNING. PLEASE HELP BEFORE MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED. *TR

I OWN A 2011 F-150, 5.0, CREW CAB, 4X4. I STARTED NOTICING A POPPING OR CLINKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE NOISE HAS BEEN GETTING WORST AND IS VERY ANNOYING AS WELL. I NOTICE AT LOWER SPEEDS WHEN DRIVING DOWN OUR GRAVEL ROAD. I TYPED THIS ISSUE IN AS WELL ON THE F-150 FORUM AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS POST WITH SAME ISSUE! MANY ARE SAYING IT HAS TO DEAL WITH ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST STEERING. I WILL BE TAKING IT INTO THE DEALER, TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. I JUST HOPE THAT FORD WILL STEP UP AND FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

BEGAN TO NOTICE ROUGH SHIFTING A LOWER SPEEDS (30 - 45) AT ABOUT 12,000 MILES. OVER TIME IT BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED AND FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE IS LUGGING AT THIS SPEED. THE TRANSMISSION CAUSES A SHUDDER WHEN SHIFTING UP OR DOWN AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS HAVING A PROBLEM GETTING INTO GEAR. LEFT THE TRUCK AT THE DEALER FOR 3 DAYS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I THINK THE STREETS THEY WERE DRIVING WERE SO ROUGH THAT THEY COULDN'T FEEL THE SHUDDER. I WAS TOLD THAT IT MAY BE A PROBLEM THE COMPUTER IS HAVING SYNCHRONIZING THE FUEL SYSTEM AND THE ENGINE RPM'S. DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AT 20,000 MILES NOW. *TR

DURING THE PROCESS OF DRAINING ENGINE OIL, WAS REMOVING THE OIL FILTER AND OIL STARTED TO POUR OUT UNDER THE TRUCK. THERE IS AN OIL FILTER DRAIN CATCH BASIN THAT IS INSTALLED TO MAKE ALL THE OIL BEING SPILLED COME OUT WHERE IT CAN BE CAPTURED. THE CATCH BASIN IS NOT INSTALLED IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS THE OIL TO DRAIN PROPERLY, INSTEAD, THE BACK END IS LOWER THAN THE DRAIN PORTION. BLOGS SEEM TO CONFIRM THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THESE TRUCKS. *TR

SURGING AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN COMING TO A STOP. FEELS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT DOWNSHIFTING AND REQUIRES HARD BRAKING TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM MOVING INTO AN INTERSECTION, OR A CAR STOPPED AHEAD GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE. THE SECOND TIME I ALMOST HIT THE CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

UNDER HARD ACCELERATION INTO TRAFFIC OR WHEN PASSING, VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER AND GO INTO A "LIMP MODE." THIS CONDITION IS THOUGHT TO OCCUR BECAUSE OF ENGINE MISFIRE AND SEVERAL FACTORS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT CAN CAUSE THIS IN THE ECOBOOST 3.5L V6. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED IGNITION COILS WITH NO SUCCESS IN CORRECTING THIS ISSUE. MY SERVICE MANAGER SHARED WITH ME THAT FORD ENGINEERING IS WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS YET TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO CORRECT IT. IN THE MEANTIME, MY FAMILY IS PLACED AT RISK OF AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO PREDICT WHEN THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST FOR PASSING OR MERGING SITUATIONS. THIS BECOMES EVEN WORSE WHEN PULLING A TRAILER. NHTSA SHOULD DEMAND THAT FORD IMMEDIATELY RECALL AND REPAIR THESE VEHICLES, OR REPLACE THEM UNTIL AN APPROPRIATE SOLUTION IS FOUND TO REMEDY THE MISFIRE CONDITION AND RESULTANT LOST OF POWER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE ALIGNED. AS A RESULT, THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CAMBER POLE WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

RADIO WITH SYNC, DROPS AUDIO ON LEFT CHANNEL. FORD DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE BUT CHANGED LEFT FRONT SPEAKER. STARTED DOING IT AGAIN AND THIS TIME I REPLACED ALL FOUR SPEAKERS WITH HIGHER GRADE TRIAXLES. STILL INTERMITTENTLY DROPS LEFT CHANNEL. THIS HAPPENS ON RADIO, SIRIUS AND SYNC, BOTH SERVICES AND PHONE. *TR

CONSOLE LID ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPLIT BENCH SEAT. LATCH, WHICH IS PLASTIC, HAS BROKEN OFF TWICE. ALTHOUGH FIXED BY WARRANTY, I CAN SEE WHERE THIS WILL BE A CONTINUING PROBLEM UNTIL THE PLASTIC IS REPLACED WITH METAL. *TR

WHEN PUTTING TRUCK IN REVERSE AFTER GOING FORWARD OR PUT IN FORWARD AFTER BACKING UP, CLUNK OR CHIRP NOISE FROM UNDER VEHICLE. COULD BE DRIVESHAFT OR REAR. WAITING FOR WARRANTY SERVCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RUNNING BOARDS WERE TOO NARROW AND SLIPPERY, CAUSING HER TO SLIP WHEN TRYING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER IT RAINED OR SNOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. A DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 11,860.

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 BEGAN AT AROUND 3K MILES AND HAS STEADILY GROWN WORSE UNLESS THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 80 DEGREES. THE STEERING BEGINS TO FEEL LOOSE AND UNSTEADY AT ANY SPEED. AT ITS WORST YOU CAN HEAR THE POPPING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE LONGER THE VEHICLE OPERATES THE MORE PRONOUNCED THE SENSATION COMING THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. I FEEL AT ANY MOMENT THAT THE STEERING MAY JUST COMPLETELY FAIL. *TR

THIS IS A ON GOING PROBLEM THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT AND HAVE NO FIX FOR, AND IT WILL END UP KILLING SOMEONE AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE. IT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR MERGING ON TO TRAFFIC THE TRUCK BOGGS DOWN AND LOSES ALL POWER MANY TIMES I ALMOST GOT KILLED HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD SO I WOULD NOT KILL THE FAMILY. THE KEEP COMING OUT WITH FIXES BUT NOTHING WORKS INCLUDING THE LAST ONE WHERE THEY PUT A DEFLECTOR PLATE ON THE INTERCOOLER. I CAN NOT BELIEVE FORD KEEPS PUTTING OUT TRUCKS WHEN THEY KNOW OF THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH WHEN THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO REPAIR FACILITY. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 21,000.

AT ROUGHLY 800 MILES I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ON A RAINY AFTERNOON AND WHILE APPLYING ENOUGH LOAD TO PASS THE TRUCK STARTED TO SURGE/MISFIRE SEVERELY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. DROVE THE TRUCK ABOUT 2 MILES IN THIS DERATED CONDITION UNTIL I REACHED MY DESTINATION. TURNED THE IGNITION TO OFF AND THEN CYCLED THE IGNITION BACK ON AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE UNIT RAN CORRECTLY AGAIN. TOOK UNIT TO THE DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL ONCE PLUGGED INTO THE DATA PORT DID NOT REVEAL ANY FAULT CODES AND NO CODES WERE STORED. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THIS HAS HAPPENED VERY INTERMITTENTLY ABOUT 7 TIMES TOTAL NOW ALWAYS WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THROTTLE IN EITHER HUMID OR RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERAL SOFTWARE UPDATES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED TO THE TRUCK FOR SOME ISSUE WITH THE TRANS, BUT THIS INTERMITTENT MISFIRE UNDER LIGHT LOAD STILL OCCURS. THIS HAPPENED MOST RECENTLY AT ROUGHLY 23100 MILES ON THE ODOMETER WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT ROUGHLY 65 MPH AND APPLYING LIGHT LOAD TO TRY AND CLIMB THE HILL. HAD TO LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND TRY TO APPLY THE THROTTLE AGAIN TO ACCELERATE. THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 3 THROTTLE APPLICATION ATTEMPTS THAN FINALLY SMOOTHED OUT WITHOUT ILLUMINATING THE CEL THIS TIME. IM SURE THE ISSUE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FORD COMES OUT WITH A REAL RESOLVE AND NOT BAND AID REPAIRS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 10-15 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS IF THE ENGINE WAS NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH FUEL. THE VEHICLE SLOWLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE UP TO SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, HOWEVER NO FAILURE CODES WERE FOUND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW FORD F 150 IN AUGUST OF 2011. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING BANGING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL AS AN AUDIBLE NOTE AT LOW SPEEDS AND HIGH SPEEDS. ALWAYS WHEN THE TRUCK IS COASTING STRAIGHT WITHOUT ANY INPUT IN THE STEERING. I HAVE GOTTEN NO WHERE WITH THE PURCHASE DEALER....APPLE FORD IN COLUMBIA MD. I AM TAKING IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER WITH HOPES THAT THEY WILL GIVE A [XXX] AND TRY AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE!!!! MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH MY CHILDREN.......IT IS THAT BAD. WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL NOT LOSE THEIR LIFE IN ORDER FOR FORD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. I WOULD TRADE THE TRUCK TODAY IF I COULD TAKE, ON THE CHIN, THE $10000+ LOSS ON A NEW VEHICLE. LASTLY WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE A PROBLEM AT ALL?.....[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY WIFE WENT TO GET INTO THE TRUCK AND HER FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RUNNING BOARD CAUSING HER TO FALL. SHE HAD TO BE UNDER A DOCTORS CARE FOR A KNEE INJURY FOR 60 DAYS. I HAVE SLIPPED OFF THESE SAME RUNNING BOARDS THREE TIMES MYSELF. FORD MOTOR NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE CONTACTED BOTH FORD MOTOR AND MY SEALING DEALER ABOUT THIS WITH NO RESULTS. *TR

CPSC#I270250A. 2011 FORD F-150 ECOBOOST. CONSUMER STATED HIS TRUCK HAS BEEN POPPING AND CLUCKING IN THE STEERING. HE ALSO HAS TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *LN THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE NOISE WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC FOR THE EPAS RACK AND THEY REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING FELT LOOSE WHEN THE POPPING OCCURRED.

THERE IS A KNOCKING,POPPING,LOOSE FEELING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. MY TRUCK IS ON IT'S 2ND STEERING RACK AND IT FEELS WORST THAN THE ORIGINAL ONE AFTER 3500 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER DOES'NT KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THERE IS'NT A FIX. I DO KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE HEAT, THE HOTTER IT IS OUTSIDE AND THE LONGER YOU DRIVE THE MORE NOTICEABLE IT IS. I KNOW THAT A $45,000 TRUCK SHOULD'NT FEEL LIKE THIS WHEN IT ONLY HAS 14,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE CALLED FORD CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY DO NOTHING AND NOW MY DEALER IS IGNORING ME. I LOVE MY TRUCK, BUT I WISH FORD WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY F150 HAS BEEN MAKING POPPING FEELINGS AND NOISES THAT ARE RESONATING UP THROUGH THE STEERING COLUMN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS IS NOT ONLY VERY ANNOYNING, BUT IT MAKES EVERYONE THAT IS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR 2011 F150'S WONDER IF IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE BEEN TO THE FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN AND THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. FORD HAS NOT BEEN RESPONSIVE TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

FEELS LIKE A LOOSE JOINT IN THE STEERING SHAFT. SOME PEOPLE REFER TO IT AS POPPING. IT FEELS LIKE A LOOSE BALL JOINT WOULD FEEL. AS YOUR DRIVING, THE FRONT END FEELS LOOSE, AND YOU CAN FEEL "THE ROAD" IN THE WHEEL. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD ME THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE DRIVE THE TRUCK AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING, SOMETHING FEELS LOOSE IN THE FRONT END. *TR

2011 FORD F150 4 WHEEL DRIVE 5.0 ENGINE.. STARTED AT AROUND 6000 MILES I NOW HAVE ONLY 13000 ON THIS VEHICLE.. THERE IS A KNOCKING/TAPPING/RATTLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL/SHAFT WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AT ANY SPEED. MANY FOLKS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE ON FORD TRUCK FORUMS YET FORD SAYS THIS IS NORMAL, IT CANNOT BE NORMAL IF THESE TRUCKS ARE FINE WHEN THEY ARE BRAND NEW YET DEVELOP THIS RATTLE AND KNOCKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AFTER A FEW THOUSAND MILES. MY TRUCKS STEERING FEELS VERY SLOPPY AND LOOSE WHEN GOING STRAIGHT OVER BUMPS AND HAS A RATTLE/KNOCKING/POPPING SENSATION THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. IT FEELS AS IF SOMETHING IS GOING TO FALL APART IN THE STEERING SYSTEM. MANY OWNERS HAVE HAD THEIR STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY REPLACED BY FORD WITH GOOD TEMPORARY RESULTS ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RETURN A FEW HUNDRED TO A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER, SO AGAIN IT CANNOT BE NORMAL. TO NOTE: IT IS DEFINITELY WORSE WHEN THE WEATHER IS HOT BUT ALWAYS THERE EVEN WHEN COLD OUT. I DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT AND SECURE DRIVING THIS TRUCK LIKE THIS. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIND A FIX TO THIS VERY REAL DRIVER CONCERN AND VERY POSSIBLE SAFETY CONCERN. THIS (2011-2012) IS THE FIRST YEAR THIS TYPE OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST SYSTEM HAS BEEN USED IN A TRUCK SO THERE ARE NO LONG TERM RELIABILITY STATS. FORD SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND FIND A FIX NOW BEFORE SOMETHING VERY BAD STARTS HAPPENING. IF THIS WERE A RATTLE IN THE DOOR OR SOMETHING ANNOYING LIKE THAT IT WOULD NOT BE MUCH OF A CONCE

MY 2011 F150 ECOBOOST WITH EPAS STEERING IS POPPING AND CLUNKING WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE IN THE STEERING. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO HAVE THEM TELL ME THIS IS NORMAL. IT IS NOT NORMAL. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER F150 OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS AND I'M CONCERNED IT COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH ME AND MY FAMILY. FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ISSUE AND WILL NOT COMMENT WHEN I ASK IF IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN. BELOW IS A LINK TO A FORUM SITE WHERE OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS... THANKS HTTP://WWW.F150FORUM.COM/F38/STEERING-WHEEL-POPPING-OVER-BUMPS-ROUGH-TERRAIN-94150/ [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TRUCK STARTED HAVING A POPPING IN THE STEERING WHEEL OVER ROUGH ROADS AND TERRAIN. STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACED BY DEALER WITH NO FIX. THEN THEY REPLACED THE STEERING RACK WHICH IS A NEW ELECTRONIC POWERED RACK AND MY PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED FOR ROUGHLY 1000 MILES. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS TO GET WORSE WHEN ITS HOTTER OUTSIDE. I KNOW A FEW FRIENDS WITH THESE NEW ELECTRONIC RACKS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD SEEMS TO BE DOING NOTHING AND THERE IS NO ANSWERS TO THE ISSUE. SOMETHING IN THE RACK COULD BE LOOSE OR DEFECTIVE AND COULD CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE. RACK NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED OR FIXED. *TR

NEWER FORD F150'S ARE EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST RACK AND PINION STEERING WHICH HAS PROBLEMS WITH POPPING OVER BUMPS OR ROUGH TERRAIN. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCURRING TO A LOT OF OWNERS WITH THE EPAS STEERING( F150 FORUM MEMBERS OVER 600 POSTS ON THE TOPIC AND 57,000 VIEWS. MINE IS AFFECTED AS WELL. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK INTO TWO DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS WITH NO RESOLVE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ISOLATED TO THE EPAS STEERING RACK. THE STEERING FEELS VERY LOOSE AND SLOPPY. TRAVELING OVER SMALL BUMPS OR ROUGH TERRAIN RESULTS IN POPPING, KNOCKING IN THE STEERING LINKAGE. WHEN OFF ROAD, THE KNOCKING IS MORE PRONOUNCED AND THE STEERING FEELS LIKE YOU COULD LOSE CONTROL. DESPITE NUMEROUS CALLS TO FORD BY F150 OWNERS, NO RECALLS OR TSB'S HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I MADE A LEFT TURN FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT STOP, AS I WAS ACCELERATING ON A MODERATE RATE, THE ENGINE "TOOK OFF" (UNINTENDED ACCELERATION) AND IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED TO ~50+MPH. I SWITCHED TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SLOWED DOWN TO THE SPEED LIMIT, ~35 MPH. I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS NOT STUCK ON THE FLOOR MAT (IT WASN'T). I REENGAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ACCELERATION STARTED IMMEDIATELY AGAIN. THIS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OCCURRED THREE TIMES IN A STRETCH OF ABOUT 2 MILES OR SO, UNTIL I HAD A CLEAR, SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON, AT LEAST NOT THAT I COULD NOTICE. AFTER I STOPPED THE TRUCK AND STARTED UP AGAIN THINGS WERE FINE. I TRIED TO "RECREATE" THE SITUATION BY SUDDENLY ACCELERATING, BUT TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE IS A 2011 FORD F-150 PICKUP WITH 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE. *TR

2011 FORD F-150 RAPTOR SUPERCAB; <12,000MI, HAPPENING SINCE NEW. AT SLOWER SPEEDS, WHEN TRANSMISSION IS ALLOWED TO SHIFT UP TO AT LEAST 3RD GEAR AND BACK DOWN FOR A SLOW MANEUVER AND/OR STOP, UNDER NORMAL RE-ACCELERATION CONDITIONS (NORMAL- <2000RPM), AS VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND SHIFTS FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND, IT WILL SEEM TO PRESUME A 1/2 TO 1 SECOND "NEUTRAL" STATE, REVVING RPM'S PRIOR TO ENGAGING SECOND GEAR WITH A VERY ABRUPT AND PRONOUNCED "SLAM" SHAKING ENTIRE TRUCK. SYMPTOMS CAN BE SLIGHTLY ALLEVIATED OR AVOIDED BY LETTING OFF ACCELERATOR PRIOR TO SHIFT, ALLOWING TO COAST UP TO SECOND GEAR THROUGH SELF POWER AT IDLE RPM. NOT FEASABLE FOR NORMAL EVERY DAY DRIVING CONDITIONS. APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY LACK OR SUDDEN LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. *JS

STEERING WHEEL SHAKES REAL BAD ON STOPPING THE HARDER THE STOP THE WORSE IT SHAKES THIS TRUCK HAS 16000 MILES ON IT NOW AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE STARTED AFTER THE 1ST SERVICE AND TIRE ROTATION (ABOUT 8500 MILES) ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT START IMMEDIATELY AFTER BUT RATHER SEEMED TO GET WORSE OVER TIME FROM THAT POINT I BELIEVE THAT IT IS WARPED BRAKE ROTORS POSSIBLY FROM CHEAP OR DEFECTIVE OEM PARTS THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD OR ABUSED JUST DAILY DRIVE TO FROM WORK 19 MILES EACH WAY. *TR

FORD F 150 2011 STEERING ISSUE. 2011 IS THE FIRST MODEL YEAR FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ON THE F 150. WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT, THERE IS LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING. I AM AWARE THAT ELECTRIC POWER STEERING IS EASIER TO TURN. THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE. IT FEELS LIKE LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING SHAFT, AS A LOOSE JOINT. WHEN I WENT TO AN F 150 ONLINE FORUM AND TYPED IN MY PROBLEM, I FOUND OTHERS WHO WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE STEERING. IT SEEMS WORSE WITH HEAT. I HAVE BEEN FEELING IT WHEN I WOULD HIT SMALL BUMPS IN A ROW. YESTERDAY, I FELT IT ON ALL SURFACES. IT FELT LIKE THE STEERING SHAFT WAS GOING TO COME APART. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT AND CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THE STEERING SYSTEM ITSELF NEEDS TO BE TAKEN APART. *TR

I FEEL A HEAVY TAPPING IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT. THIS CONDITION GETS WORSE WITH WARMER WEATHER. 78 TO 100 DEGREES. *TR

FUEL FILLER NO LONGER CLOSES. WILL NOT KEEP DUST WATER AND DEBRIS OUT. BROKEN HINGE. WAS TOLD AT DEALERSHIP IT IS COMMON ON THE CAPLESS FUEL FILLER MODELS. *TR

TRUCK STARTED TO NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY, CHECK TRANSMISSION ICON CAME ON, LUCKILY WAS COASTING DOWN A HILL AT ABOUT 45 MPH. CHECKED THE TRANS TEMP, INDICATED 205 F. NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND THE TRUCK. PULLED OVER, FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID POURING FROM IT. 2011 F-150XLT 6700 MILES, NOT HAPPY WITH THIS INCIDENT. AFTER READING SEVERAL POSTS, FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS TRUCK. *JS

THE ECOBOOST VERSION THAT I OWN HAS AN APPARENTLY "KNOWN" PROBLEM WITHIN FORD WHERE CONDENSATION BUILDS UP BECAUSE OF THE TURBOCHARGER INTERCOOLER TO THE POINT THAT WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE HEAVILY TO AVOID A PROBLEM, TO PASS SOMEONE, OR SIMPLY TO GET ON A BUSY STREET OR FREEWAY, THE TRUCK SUCKS ALL THAT WATER INTO THE ENGINE AND IT COMPLETELY MISFIRES SIMILAR TO JUST RUNNING OUT OF GAS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT CAN EASILY CAUSE AND ALMOST HAS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED FIRST AT ABOUT 700 MILES AND HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE ESPECIALLY IN HIGH HUMIDITY. I KEEP HEARING ABOUT "SOME FIX IS BEING CONSIDERED BY FORD ENGINEERING" AND THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE FORD OASIS PROBLEM REPORTING SYSTEM NUMBER [XXX] I BELIEVE BUT 7 MONTHS LATER I AM STILL WAITING FOR FORD TO STEP UP. THIS PROBLEM CAN AND I EXPECT WILL GET PEOPLE KILLED AND THAT'S JUST SAD. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

2011 F-150 3.5L ECOBOOST LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 50-60 MPH TO PASS A VEHICLE. VEHICLE BOGS DOWN AND I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED TWICE IN ONE WEEKEND. MANY ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND FORD CANNOT FIND A FIX. THIS IS EITHER A FUELING ISSUE OR A CONDENSATION ISSUE IN THE TURBO SYSTEM, THIS PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS IN HIGH HUMIDITY OR RAINY WEATHER AND USUALLY HAS A MISFIRE FEELING TO IT. FORD IS NOT PUSHING THE ISSUE AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE ACCIDENTS BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING. PERSONALLY I WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE KILLED IN MY NEW TRUCK. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS CAME ON AND THREW CODES P0300, P0304, P0305, PO306, WHICH ARE ALL MISFIRES, BUT WHEN THE TRUCK IS SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON NO CODES ARE STORED. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY VIA AN ON-RAMP DOING ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR I ATTEMPTED HARD ACCELERATION TO PICK UP SPEED AND MERGE IN TO TRAFFIC THAT WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN I DEPRESSED THE THROTTLE THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE, BUT IT STARTED TO HESITATE AND SHAKE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR. THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT SITUATION AS I EXPECTED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE WHEN IT DID NOT. I WAS THEN FORCED TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THE CEL HAD CLEARED AND THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. NO CODE WAS STORED IN THE PCM TO INDICATE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. ONCE WHILE TOWING A 4000LB BOAT/TRAILER WHICH ALSO ALMOST CAUSED A SEVERE ACCIDENT. FORD HAS FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND CONCLUDES THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO SINCE NO CODES WERE STORED. I WILL NOTE THAT AFTER RECEIVING TSB 12-2-10 THE VEHICLE WILL STILL EXHIBIT THE SAME SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED ABOVE, BUT NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. VEHICLE WILL STALL, GO IN TO "LIMP MODE" WITH NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING IS WRONG. ONLY RESOLUTION IS TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON TO CLEAR THE STATUS. THIS CREATES DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHEN ON A HIGHWAY. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. *TT

DRIVING DOWN A TWO LANE ROAD IN THE EARLY EVENING, I WAS 3 OR 4 CARS BACK IN A LONG LINE OF OVER A DOZEN VEHICLES. WE WERE ALL STUCK BEHIND ONE SLOW MOVING VEHICLE. A CHANCE CAME UP TO PASS AND I PULLED INTO THE OTHER LANE. AFTER STEPPING ON THE THROTTLE THE TRUCK DEVELOPED A MISFIRE. IT LOST NEARLY ALL POWER AND BEGAN DECELERATING. IN THE TIME SINCE PULLING OUT TO PASS, A SEMI TRUCK HAD POPPED UP OVER AN UPCOMING HILL. BY THIS POINT, THE VEHICLES PREVIOUSLY BEHIND ME HAD MOVED FORWARD AND FILLED IN MY PLACE IN LINE. I BEGAN EVALUATING MY OPTIONS. I WAS NOW MOVING SLOWER THAN THE TRAFFIC IN THE RIGHT LANE, BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY OPENINGS TO MOVE BACK OVER. I EXAMINED THE SHOULDER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD LOOKING FOR SAFE PLACES TO PULL OVER. THERE WERE NONE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. AFTER SEVERAL VERY TENSE SECONDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REGAINED POWER. I HAD JUST ENOUGH TIME TO ACCELERATE TO AN OPENING IN THE RIGHT LANE AND GET BACK OVER. LIKELY CAUSE: CONDENSATION IN THE CHARGE AIR COOLER INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE UPON A CALL FOR POWER. SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL MORE TIMES. EVERY SINGLE TIME HAS BEEN AFTER CRUISING FOR SOME PERIOD AT LESS THAN HALF THROTTLE, FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN HUMID OR RAINY CONDITIONS. FORD CLAIMS TO BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WORKING ON A FIX. HOWEVER AFTER WAITING FOR OVER 8 MONTHS SINCE MY FIRST INCIDENT I'M STARTING TO HAVE MY DOUBTS. I HAVE HEARD REPORTS FROM NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE SAYING THIS EXACT SAME TH

ENGINE, THE TURBOCHARGED V-6 ECOBOOST, STALLED OUT (TRIED TO DIE AND SHOOK AND AND SHUDDERED LIKE NOTHING I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN 50 YEARS OF DRIVING) WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS A TRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE AND AGAIN WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM AN EXIT STOP SIGN AFTER TRAVELING IN COLD RAIN. GLAD I WAS ON A FREEWAY VICE TWO LANE ROAD. TAKES ABOUT 15 TO 20 SECONDS FOR THE ENGINE TO GET POWER BACK. ALSO IT DID THE SAME THING 3 WEEKS EARLIER, ON SAME CROSS COUNTRY TRIP, IN NORTHERN IDAHO WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO FREEWAY SPEED AFTER DRIVING IN WET SNOW FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR. REALLY FELT UNSAFE. I REPORTED IT TO FORD. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO FIX MY TRUCK AFTER I REPORTED THE NEAR DISASTROUS DRIVABILITY ISSUE - LIKE CAN'T BE TRUSTED TO ADEQUATELY PERFORM IN RAIN AND I LIVE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. *TT

DROVE 200 MILES WITH CRUISE SET AT 73 MPH TOWING AN ENCLOSED TRAILER, DAMP COOL CONDITIONS. PULLED OFF FREEWAY TO FUEL UP. WHILE ACCELERATING ON THE ON RAMP TO GET BACK ON THE FREEWAY, VEHICLE STUMBLED, LOST ALL POWER TO THE WHEELS, TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. REMOVED FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR FOR A FEW SECONDS AND PRESSED DOWN AGAIN, THIS TIME THE TRUCK ACCELERATED. HAPPENED AGAIN 2 DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING THROUGH FOG. VEHICLE IS A 2011 F-150 EQUIPPED WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. INTERCOOLER CONDENSATION IS THE SUSPECTED CULPRIT. *TT

THE TRUCK HAS DEVELOPED A ROUGH IDLE THAT CAUSES THE TRUCK TO FEEL AS IF IT IS MISSING. ALONG WITH THE IDLE THE FUEL ECONOMY HAS DROPPED 4-5 MPG. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK IN 3 TIMES AND 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. WHILE IN SERVICE DIAGNOSICS THE TECHS WHERE ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK TO MISFIRE TWICE BUT THEY FELT THAT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO BE SIGNIFCANT. THE FIRST DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED I TRADE THE TRUCK IN ON ANOTHER BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A FIX. THE SECOND DEALER STATED THAT THEY CONTACTED FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT THEIR IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT FORD DOES NOT HAVE A FIX FOR THE ISSUE AND DOES NOT HAVE A TIMELINE FOR A ADAQUATE FIX. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN APPARENT NOW FOR 6 MONTHS WITH NO END IN SIGHT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I WILL JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. *TT

WHEN I STARTED UP MY F-150 SUPER CREW CAB WITH THE ECOBOOST ENGINE THE SERVICE ADVANCED TRACK WARNING MESSAGE CAME ON. AS I WAS DRIVING WITH THIS ERROR MESSAGE ON THE DASH I FOUND THAT MY TURN SIGNALS WOULD NOT STAY ON UNLESS I HOLD THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER. LATER THAT DAY I WENT TO TAKE THE TRUCK INTO THE DEALER TO SHOW THEM THE ISSUE AND THE ERROR MESSAGE WAS GONE AND THE TURN SIGNALS WERE NOW FUNCTIONING FINE. SINCE THE ERROR WAS NO LONGER ON THE FORD DEALER COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE ERROR STAYED OFF FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS AND THEN CAME ON AGAIN. NOW IT HAS BEEN COMING ON ABOUT EVERY 3 OR 4 DAYS SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUE IS WITH THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY AND HAVE REPLACED THAT. I JUST GO THE TRUCK BACK AND HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO CONFIRM THAT THE ISSUE IS FIXED HOWEVER MY CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS NOT THERE AS THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY ISSUES THAT I HAVE SEEN ON THIS TRUCK THAT APPEAR TO BE "COMPUTER" RELATED SINCE SHUTTING OFF THE TRUCK (OR AS I PUT IT REBOOTING) WILL CORRECT THE ISSUE. *TT

VEHICLE HAS FORD'S SELECTSHIFT TRANSMISSION - WHEN IT IS PUT IN "M" MODE AND THEN GEAR 1 IS SELECTED, IT WILL BEHAVE NORMALLY UP TO ABOUT 3000 RPM. ABOVE 3000 RPM, IT WILL NOT SLOW DOWN IF THE DRIVER'S FOOT IS REMOVED FROM THE ACCELERATOR. IF THE SLOPE OF THE ROAD CHANGES, IT WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE AS THOUGH IT WAS STILL GOING UPHILL, INCREASING SPEED WITHOUT ANY DRIVER INPUT. IT WILL RETURN TO NORMAL BEHAVIOR IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED, AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO ONLY OCCUR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED INTO 1ST GEAR AND IN THE M POSITION (NOT D). *TT

AFTER 100 MILES I NOTICED A VIBRATION OR MISS WHILE TRUCK IDLES AT STOPS. SINCE THAT TIME EVERY PERSON IN THE TRUCK NOTICES IT AT EVERY STOPLIGHT OR STOP SIGN. I TOOK TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY RAN ALL COMPUTER TEST ON VEHICLE AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG THAT IS JUST HOW VEHICLE RUNS. I ASK THE SERVICE REP HOW THAT CAN BE AND HE ADVISED ME THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS BY OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT THERE ARE NO UPDATES OR RECALLS ON IT.IF IT GETS WORSE TO BRING BACK AND WILL SEE IF THEY CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT AT THIS TIME FORD IS NOT LOOKING INTO THE SITUATION. ALSO ON A SIDE NOTE CHROME TOW HOOKS ARE RUSTING AND THERE ANSWER TO THAT IS TO CLEAN THEM WITH STEEL WOOL WHAT A WAY TO BE TREATED AFTER MAKING A 40,000.00 DOLLAR PURCHASE. ONE VERY PISSED FORD OWNER [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR