2012 Ford F-150 complaints

I HAVE A 2012 FORD F-150 FX4 WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT. THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THIS OCCURRED. ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT MOVING, I HAPPENED TO BE OVER THIRTY MILES FROM HOME. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS ISSUE COULD POSSIBLY PRESENT ITSELF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. I AM IN DECENT SHAPE AND WAS ABSOLUTELY EXHAUSTED BY THE TIME I ARRIVED AT HOME. MY THOUGHTS WENT TO MY WIFE OPERATING THE TRUCK IN TRAFFIC, WITH MY CHILDREN IN IT, WHICH IN MY EYES POSES A VERY REAL SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER CARE SEVERAL TIMES AND RECEIVED NOT HELP, OR POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

THE SES, SERVICE ENGINE SOON, LIGHT CAME ON. I NOTICED MY TRUCK LACKING POWER AND TAKING LONGER TO SHIFT GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING. IT BECOME LESS OF A SMOOTH SHIFT AND MORE JERKY. WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ~70 MPH, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT HOLD 6TH GEAR. IT WOULD DROP TO 5TH AND 4TH GEAR, UNTIL I GAVE IT MORE GAS. IT WOULD REACH 3500 RPM'S AT TIMES BEFORE SHIFTING WHICH WAS NOT NORMAL. I ALSO NOTICED STARTING IN THE FALL OF 2016 A SHORT LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE AT COLD START. AFTER RESEARCHING THESE ISSUES, THIS LED ME TO TSB 14-0194, CODE P0016, DEALING WITH THE 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO MY LOCAL DEALER AND THIS WAS THE ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER OF LESS THAN 5 YEARS AND WAS AT 75,500 MILES, OUT OF THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. I JUST HAD THE REPAIR DONE, COSTING ME $3600. THE REPAIR INCLUDED PARTS LISTED IN TSB 14-0194 AS WELL AS TIMING BELTS, ADDITIONAL GASKETS, SEALS, GUIDES, TENSIONER, CAM, SPROCKET, GEAR CRANKSHAFT, AMONG OTHERS. I QUESTION HOW THIS KNOWN ISSUE OF TIMING CHAIN STRETCH WITH THE TSB IS NOT A RECALL. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN ACCELERATING ON TO A FREEWAY. IT CAN ALSO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BY SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTING WHILE DRIVING. I AM GLAD MY TRUCK IS FIXED, HOWEVER DID NOT LIKE THE PRICE TAG. I FEAR THAT THIS KNOWN ISSUE WILL LEAD TO A DEATHLY ACCIDENT AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET. I HOPE THIS POST HELPS MAKE A CHANGE, SAVING CONSUMERS A COSTLY REPAIR AND EVEN SOMEONES LIFE FROM A FUTURE ACCIDENT.

3/7/2017 20 MINUTE DRIVE HOME, SHUT TRUCK OFF TO RUN INSIDE HOUSE CAMEOUT TO RUN ERRAND TO PHARMACY AND UPON STARTING TRUCK AFTER PHARMACY SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC SHOWED UP IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, THIS HAS ALSO CAUSED MY TURN SIGNALS NOT TO WORK. THIS TRUCK HAS HAD A FAULTY TOURQUE CONVERTOR, REAR WINDOW REPLACEMENT DUE TO BREAK IN REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER. NOW THIS, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AND WILL BE PURSUING THE LEMON LAW IN MY STATE. WHEN SAFETY ISSUES ARISE AND ARE REPORTED THEY SHOULD BE ACTED ON IMMEDIATLY! SHOULD NOT WAIT TIL NUMBERS OF DEATHS BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN. A CONSCIENTIOUS AUTOMAKER WITH CUSTOMER SAFETY IN MIND WOULD PUT OUT RECALLS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE.

WIND SHIELD WIPERS WONT SHUT OFF ,STAY ON AFTER SHUTING OFF, DOES THIS ANYTIME I USE THE WIPERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 05/05/17*LJ *CN

I HAVE A 2012 FX4 F150 WITH 51,400 MILES ON IT, 29 DEGREE MORNING, I TURN ON DEFROSTERS IN BOTH FRONT AND REAR. I AM DRIVING TO WORK AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD AND I HEAR A LOAD POP AND I DON'T HEAR OR FEEL ANYTHING ELSE. IT IS DARK, SO I DON'T NOTICE ANYTHING RIGHT AWAY. AS I'M PULLING INTO WORK AND A LITTLE LIGHT OUTSIDE, I SEE MY DRIVER SIDE OF THE 3 PIECE REAR WINDOW IS SHATTERED. IT IS A REAR SLIDING WINDOW(STILL OPERATES FINE). I HEARD ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS INVESTIGATING RECALLS. SO I GO OUT AT LUNCH TO INVESTIGATE AND NOTICE SMALL SHARDS OF GLASS ON MY DAUGHTER'S CAR SEAT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM, THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SO NOW I'M STUCK WITH EATING THIS COST MYSELF. FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS.

MY VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR DIAGNOSTICS/REPAIR. EACH TIME IT WAS THE ADVANCE SERVICE TRACK LIGHT COMING ON WHICH DISABLES THE TURN SIGNALS. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS IN, THEY REPLACED SENSORS. THIS THIRD TIME THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEEEING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE READ IN THE FORD F-150 FORUM THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL YEAR. SAME STORY, THE TRUCK GOES IN 3 TO 4 TIMES WITH THE SAME LIGHT AND THEY FINALLY DIAGNOSE THE TRUE ISSUE WHICH COST BETWEEN $1700-$2500. MY VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 5 YRS OLD AND ONLY 45K MILES ON IT. MY UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WITH THE SERVICE TECH AND MANAGER THIS PART OF THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT WEAR OUT IN 5 YRS. THE STEERING RACK SHOULD LAST AT LEAST 80K MILES TO THE LIFE OF VEHICLE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND IF NEEDING ME TO EXPLAIN MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ME. THANK YOU.

AFTER MY FORD F150 WITH THE ECO-BOOST ENGINE IS OUT IN THE RAIN, WHEN I ACCELERATE ON THE ROAD THE TRUCK SPUTTERS AND SHAKES AND THERE IS A LOSE OF POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO 3,000. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,545. *CN

THE REAR GLASS WAS SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING WITH DEFROST ON.

I HAVE A 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOST. RECENTLY MY FAMILY WAS OUT OF TOWN TRYING TO MAKE OUR WAY HOME WHEN MY TRUCK SHUTTERS AND LOST POWER FOR A MINUTE, FOLLOWED BY A BLINKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THEN A SOLID CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I TOOK IT INTO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS AND COIL PACKS, AND IT WOULD COST OVER $500. I WAS AMAZED BY THIS CONSIDERING THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS RECOMMENDED BY FORD TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS AT 100,000 MILES. TO ADD TO MY AMAZEMENT, MY FAIRLY EXPENSIVE EXTENDED WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER THIS, NOT EVEN THE COIL PACK REPLACEMENT, WHICH TO ME SEEMS LIKE A WARRANTY ISSUE CONSIDERING THEY WENT BAD SO EARLY INTO THE ENGINES LIFE. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE TRUCKS AND HAVE READ EXTENSIVELY ON THE ISSUE. HOW IS THIS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED?

TRANSMISSION LEAD FRAME. I WOULD BE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK WOULD DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR AND THEN I WOULD HAVE TO CUT THE TRUCK OFF TO RESET IT TO GO AGAIN. SOMETIMES THAT WOULD REMEDY THE PROBLEM BUT SOMETIMES I WOULD JUST GO A FEW MILES AND IT WOULD START ACTING UP AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000. UPDATED 05/16/17*LJ *CN

POWER STEERING RACK WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM VACATION/ DISNEY. FAMILY IN VEHICLE. LOSS OF STEERING/STEERING BECOME TIGHT AND HARD TO STEER. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 75 MPH.

TIRE TREAD BELT SHIFTING DEFORMING, OUT OF ROUND ON CAPITOL H/T TIRES. SIZE LT275/65R18 123/120R 10PR PLEASE BE ADVISED YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CORRECT TIRE MODEL STYLE LISTED. PLEASE SEE ABOVE FOR CORRECT INFORMATION.

TRUCK GOES INTO LIMP MODE WHILE DRIVING AND DISPLAYS A WRENCH ON THE SCREEN. HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT FULL SPEED AND ONCE WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. OUR LOCAL FORD SAYS THEY CANNOT SEE US FOR 3 MORE WEEKS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BUSY. A LOCAL MECHANIC TELLS US IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. FROM WHAT I READ THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I'M TRULY SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE JUST ALL THE SUDDEN LOSES ALL ACCELERATION AND STOPS. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT MOVING IS TO PUT IT IN PARK, TURN IT OFF AND RE-START. WHEN ON A HIGHWAY GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR THIS IS VERY UNSAFE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED BY THE SYSTEM, THE VEHICLE'S SPEED WAS SEVERELY REDUCED AND ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL CRASHES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE A RECORDING DEVICE WAS ATTACHED, INDICATING THAT THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN, IN FACT, HE DID NOT. THE BRAKES AND SEVERAL PARTS WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

RECEIVED A "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" WARNING ON THE DASH DISPLAY, FOLLOWED BY ADVANCETRAC WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A FAULT WITH THE STEERING GEAR, AND THE ENTIRE STEERING BOX HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $1850. THE DEALER SAID IF IT HAD FAILED COMPLETELY, IT WOULD HAVE LIKELY RESULTED IN LOSS OF STEERING. CHECKING ONLINE, IT SEEMS FORD IS RECALLING OLDER VEHICLES FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT TRUCKS THIS NEW, AND IS INSTEAD MAKING CUSTOMERS PAY FOR WHAT IS CLEARLY A DEFECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE DEFROSTER AND THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO, THE SIDE MIRROR AND REAR WINDOW DEFROSTERS STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. A FORD DEALER CHECKED THE REAR WINDOW ON 1/3/2017 AND TOLD ME THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM WAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW. I DECIDED NOT TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR DUE TO COST. ON 1/21/2017, THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS WORKING AND I TURNED IT ON SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING, WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, I HEARD A LOUD BANG. MY DAUGHTER STARTED CRYING IN THE REAR SEAT AND ASKED ME WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BACK WINDOW. THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAD COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AN IMPACT OR ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE BROKEN THE WINDOW BESIDES THE REAR DEFROSTER BEING TURNED ON. *TR

DURING MEDIUM TO HEAVY ACCELERATION, THE ENGINE STARTS SHUDDERING AND VIBRATING ..IF YOU LET OFF THE GAS, IT CALMS DOWN A LITTLE BUT STILL RUNS ROUGH UNTIL YOU COME TO A STOP. THEN AT IDLE, IT SEEMS TO CORRECT ITSELF. IF YOU CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THE VIBRATION, IT SHAKES AND SHUDDERS MORE VIOLENTLY AND DOESN'T QUIT UNTIL YOU COME TO A STOP. IT APPEARS FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB FOR THIS ISSUE BUT WILL ONLY COVER THE COST IF IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED SEVERE REDUCED ENGINE POWER DURING A HARD ACCELERATION FOR AN ATTEMPTED PASS. UPON COMPLETION OF A DIAGNOSTIC, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A MISFIRE IN CYLINDERS 1-3. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED US THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND RESULTS WERE HALLMARK FOR A KNOWN CONDITION RELATED TO MOISTURE ACCUMULATION IN THE CHARGE AIR COOLER (CAC) FOR TURBOCHARGERS IN 3.5L ECOBOOST ENGINES OF MY MODEL YEAR. THE VEHICLE HAD JUST OVER 54K MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT (TYPICAL MILEAGE FOR THE PROBLEM TO MANIFEST). THE VEHICLE WAS MAINTENANCED ONE WEEK AFTER THE INCIDENT AT THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT NEW FROM. THE DEALERSHIP CITED THE CAUSE OF THE MISFIRE AS BAD COIL PACKS - 4 OF THEM AT THE TIME OF ARRIVAL. COIL PACKS TYPICALLY HAVE A LIFESPAN OF 100-150K MILES BEFORE FAILURE. HOWEVER, 4 OF THEM WENT BAD (3 SIMULTANEOUSLY) IN A VEHICLE WITH <55K MILES ON IT. LITERATURE POSTED ABOUT OTHERS/SIMILAR SITUATIONS READ THE SAME - BAD COIL PACKS, DUE TO INGESTION OF WATER INTO THE TURBO. AN ISSUE FORD WAS AWARE WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THE DEFLECTOR PLATE DUE TO DESIGN FLAW! NO ALERT TO THE OWNERS THAT IT WAS A POTENTIAL CONCERN, BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A CHECK - NO WORD AT ALL! IF THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THEIR TURBO DESIGN LEADING TO COMPOUNDING PREMATURE FAILURE, WHY WOULDN'T THEY LET THE OWNERS KNOW? THE DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM ME OF THE ISSUE IF THAT WAS THEIR INTENTION AS I VISIT REGULARLY. THE CALL CENTER REP SAID THEY DON'

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND ACTIVATING THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER, THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

STARTED VEHICLE, LEFT DRIVEWAY, TURNED ON REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER, AND LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT 40MPH DOWN A CITY STREET, HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD POP. INITIALLY THOUGHT SOMETHING HIT THE TRUCK IT WAS SO LOUD. BUT THEN LOOKED IN THE REAR WINDOW AND REALIZED IT HAD SHATTERED. *TR

IN WARM WEATHER THE TRUCK SUDDENLY SHAKES AND DOWNSHIFTS TO FIRST GEAR NO MATTER WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING. THE SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING, A WRENCH IS DISPLAYED ON DASH SOMETIMES. THE SPEED AFTER DOING THIS DOES NOT EXCEED 20-25 MPH. IF WE CAN SAFELY GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURN TRUCK OFF AND RESTART IT EVERYTHING RESETS. THIS HAPPENS ATLEAST ONCE DAILY, SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE DAILY. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN TRUCK IS IN MOTION. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT SPEED AS IT HAS HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND ON ONE OCCASION WHEN I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT. THE LAST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED TODAY, BUT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE IT DOES HAPPEN LESS, MAYBE ONCE WEEKLY INSTEAD OF MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARM OUTSIDE.

TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT THE GEARS RIGHT. WHILE ON I10 INTERSTATE!

WHILE BACKING UP OVER A SMALL SNOW PILE ON DRIVEWAY, LEFT PANE IN BACK WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. WAS GOING SLOW AND TURNING AT THE SAME TIME, TRYING TO BACK INTO GARAGE.

UNDER ACELERATION IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN DAMP WEATHER CONDITIONS, TRUCK ENGINE MISFIRED AND TOTALLY STALLED-OUT CAUSING MAJOR TRAFFIC JAM. HAS HAPPENED TWICE. ENGINE ACTED AS IF THERE WAS WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. ... HAS MISFIRED SEVERAL TIMES IN DAMP OR WET HIGHWAY CONDITIONS.

POWER STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHILE TRYING TO PARK AT WORK. NO WARNING AT ALL. FORD DOES NOT BACK THIS UP WITH A RECALL AS YET. COST 1772.29 TO REPAIR. HAD 93,217 MILES ON TRUCK.

WHEN I AN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL TO GO, THE WHOLE TRUCK VIBRATES AT RANDOM INTERVALS AND LASTS FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS AT INTERVALS EVERY 1 TO 2 MINUTES. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND IS GETTING WORSE EVERYDAY. LES SCHWAB CHECKED THE TIRES, BRAKES, ROTORS, AXLES, BEARING AND U-JOINTS AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD. IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE YOU ARE DRIVING ON A RUMBLE STRIP BUT MORE HARSH. THE SEVERITY OF THE VIBRATION IS WORSE WHILE DRIVING UP HILLS AND IT IS GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY. *TR

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS DOWN TO 1ST GEAR LOCKING REAR WHEELS AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID AND LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO AS TO HOW THE GAUGES RESPONDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000.

ON DECEMBER 25TH EXITING HIGHWAY ENTERING GAS STATION AS I WAS LOOKING FOR A PARKING DRIVING AROUND GAS STATION WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE I NOTICE IT WAS NOT STOPPING AND THE BRAKE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I WAS ABLE TO CIRCLE GAS STATION PARKING LOT WHEN I HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND STARTED APPLY THE BRAKE AGAIN AFTER 25 30 FEET IT CAME TO A STOP. TOWED THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND WHEN THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE TRUCK IT DID NOT FAULT. RECEIVED THE TRUCK BACK DECEMBER 28TH AND DROVE ROUGHLY 70 MILES LATER WHEN THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 20 AND HAD TO REPEAT THE SAME PROCEDURE DURING THE GAS STATION BY PLACING TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND TURNING IGNITION OFF TOWED TRUCK TO NEW DEALERSHIP WONT RECEIVE THE DIAGNOSIS FOR BRAKE FAILURE TILL THE 2ND OF JANUARY 2017. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER WAS ACTIVATED AND THE REAR WINDOWS SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE REPAIRED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 02/14/17*LJ UPDATED 02/15/17.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES LATER, THE WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED UNTIL THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

DEALER IDENTIFIED FUSE #27 MELTED CAUSING STALLING AND POTENTIAL TO OVERHEAT CIRCUIT CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. NOT COVERED UNDER FORD CERTIFIED PRE OWNED WARRANTY FOR POWERTRAIN ETC. VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC AND FAILED TO RESTART UNTIL AFTER THIRD ATTEMPT..

NO BRAKES WHEN STARTING UP MY TRUCK, PLUS WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN, IT DID NOT STOP, AFTER THAT THE BRAKES STARTED TO WORK AGAIN, BUT EVERY TIME I START THE TRUCK UP IN MY GARAGE, AND BACK IT OUT THERE ARE NO BRAKE ,IT BEEN DOING THIS OCT TO NOW, IF I PUSH HARD ON THE BRAKE IT WILL SLOWLY STOP IT

THIS IS NOT A DEFECTIVE GLASS OR FRAME ISSUE. THIS IS STRICTLY AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE ON THE DEFROSTER. FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT IT, IT SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM, NOT JUST FREAK COINCIDENCE. IF MORE PEOPLE LIVED IN COLDER CLIMATES THERE WOULD BE MORE COMPLAINTS. FRIDAY DEC. 16, 2016, AROUND 8 PM. I STARTED MY FORD F150 AND TRIED TO TURN REAR DEFOGGER ON. HIGH THAT DAY WAS 32, LOW 22. AT THAT TIME OF DAY I WOULD EXPECT IT WAS CLOSER TO 22 THAN 32. THE INDICATOR LIGHT LIGHT FOR THE DEFROSTER FLASHED ON, THEN WENT OUT. I TRIED AGAIN, THIS TIME IT STAYED ON FOR 15 OR 20 SECS. I BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND WHEN SHIFTER FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD I NOTICED INDICATOR LIGHT WAS OFF AGAIN. I DROVE 50 TO 100 YARDS WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP. THE STREET IN MY SUBDIVISION ARE ASPHALT AND HAVE NO POTHOLES, IT WAS REPLACED LAST SUMMER. I THOUGHT I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING, AND REALIZED THE REAR WINDOW ON PASSENGER SIDE WAS SHATTERED. THE WINDOW WAS STILL IN FRAME, NO HOLES AND THERE WERE NO CHIPS. JUST A SHATTERED PIECE OF GLASS IN THE FRAME. NOTHING HIT THE WINDOW OR THERE WAS NO OTHER REASON THE WINDOW WOULD SHATTER, OTHER THAN THE REAR DEFROSTER HEATING THE WINDOW TO A POINT IT CRACKED. I TALKED WITH A SHOP ABOUT REPAIRING THE WINDOW, AND OWNER TOLD ME HIS SUPPLIER SAID THERE ARE ROUGHLY 500 OF THESE UNITS THAT GET REPLACED EVERY WEEK IN MICHIGAN ALONE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A FAR MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM BUT ONLY THOSE STATES THAT HAVE FREEZING TEMPS AND IT ONLY AFFECTS VEHICLES IN 2-

REAR GLASS ON FORD F150 SHATTERED APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS AFTER I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFOGGER WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED ON A STRAIGHT ROAD IN A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH / 6TH GEAR. MY TRUCK SHIFTED ON IT'S OWN ( I COULD TELL BY THE DASHBOARD GEAR INDICATOR) INTO 1ST GEAR. THIS CAUSED MY REAR TIRES TO LOCK UP AND PUT MY VEHICLE INTO A SKID. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDSHIELD EXPLOSION AND SMALL FIRE WHEN REAR DEFROSTER WAS ENGAGED. VEHICLE WAS IDLE IN SCHOOL CARPOOL LINE WHEN WHITE SMOKE APPEARED TO BE FORMING NEAR REAR WINDOW. THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME STARTED BEEPING AND POINTING TO MY REAR WINDOW. SUDDENLY THE WINDOW EXPLODED WITH A SOUND LIKE A RIFLE REPORT AND THE GLASS SPIDERWEBBED ON THE WINDOW. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF ALL CLIMATE CONTROLS AND INSPECTED THE DAMAGE. THE TRIM WAS SMOLDERING FROM THE ELECTRICAL FIRE AND AFTER GETTING HOME I TOOK PHOTOS AND STARTED TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM AS WELL AS CONTACT THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THE REPAIRS WOULD LIKELY BE OUT OF POCKET OR VIA INSURANCE CLAIM. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS INVOLVING THIS ISSUE AND THE MALFUNCTIONING REAR DEFROSTER SYSTEM. THERE IS A TSB ON THE FAULTY SYSTEM. YET THERE IS NO EFFORT TAKEN BY FORD OR THE NTSB ON MITIGATING CONSUMER SAFETY RISK. GLAD MY KIDS HAD EXITED THE VEHICLE MINUTES PRIOR OR THEY MAY HAVE BEEN HIT WITH SMALL GLASS SHARDS. THIS ISSUE REMAINS TODAY AS A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO CONSUMER AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *TR

VEHICLE SHIFTS UNEXPECTEDLY. NO PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE CAN BE IDENTIFIED THAT CAUSE IT. IT HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC, IN PARKING LOTS, CITY STREETS, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS WARM AND WHEN IT IS COLD. CAUSES PEOPLE AND PROPERTY IN TRUCK TO BE THROWN AROUND. ALSO CAUSES A SUDDEN REDUCTION IN SPEED THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A REAR END ACCIDENT. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 100K MILES. FORD HAS TRIED TO FIX IT AND THEY CAN'T. THEIR IS A RECALL 16S19 FOR THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE ON THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR BUT FORD SAYS MY TRUCK IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. IT'S EITHER A PAPERWORK ISSUE AT FORD AS TO WHAT VEHICLES ARE EFFECTED OR AN UNDERESTIMATION OF HOW FAR REACHING THE ISSUE IS.

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT 55MPH HEARD A LOUD BANG. SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION! THE SOUND STARTLED ME ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT, THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDOW WAS ON FIRE. NOT REALIZING WHAT WAS HAPPENING I ATTEMPTED TO POUR WATER ON IT. IT CONTINUED TO BURN, THEN I QUICKLY TOOK A RAG FROM INSIDE THE TRUCK AND BEGAN TO TRY AN PUT OUT THE FIRE. BETWEEN THAT WATER ,RAG AND A SCREW DRIVER THE FIRE WAS FINALLY OUT. THE FIRE THAT WAS BURNING WAS VERY ODD IN NATURE NOTHING I HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED THE INCIDENT UP ONLINE AND SAW THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED HUNDREDS OF TIMES FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS FULLY AWARE BUT WILL NOT COVER IT UNLESS ENTIRE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS TOTALLY A DANGER TO SOCIETY! THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN AWFUL ACCIDENT. *TR

DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, ACCELERATED FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND BETWEEN 30 AND 40MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, COULD NOT ACCELERATE, CHECK WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, AND ALSO THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT. PULLED OFF THE ROAD, RESTARTED AND EVERYTHING OK. SAW DEALER 2 DAYS LATER, THEY SAID I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BULK CONNECTOR AT A COST OF $650. VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 75,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY A STRONG SMELL INSIDE THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. EARLIER IN THE DAY I HAD USED THE REAR DEFROSTER AND WHEN I TRIED TO USE IT JUST BEFORE THIS LOUD POP, THE LIGHT ON THE DASH BUTTON WOULD NOT COME ON. UNBEKNOWNST TO BE AT THE TIME, AS IT WAS DARK OUT, 1/3 OF MY REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. THE NEXT DAY IN THE LIGHT I FOUND THE WINDOW DAMAGE. THE WINDOW CLEARLY EXPLODED OUTWARD, AS THE REMAINING GLASS WAS PUSHING OUTWARD AND THE BROKEN GLASS WAS IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. FORD REFUSES TO REPAIR THE ISSUE, AS IT SAYS IT IS GLASS, BUT IT SEEMS CLEAR THE DEFROSTER HAS A ROLE IN CAUSING THE GLASS TO BREAK, EVIDENCED BY THE NO LONGER FUNCTIONING BUTTON AND THE BURNING SMELL WHEN IT HAPPENED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD UNEXPECTEDLY DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE ELECTRIC COIL WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V248000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR AND OTHER LOWER GEARS WITH OUT WARNING. LATE TIME WAS TODAY 12-5-16. TRAVELING AT 60 MPH; IT SHIFTED WITHOUT WARNING TO 2ND GEAR AND THEN TO 1ST GEAR. CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID SIDE WAYS ON RAIN SLICK ROAD. THIS IS THE 6TH OR SEVENTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. NO LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. ALMOST ALWAYS I AM USING CRUISE CONTROL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. CAN EASILY LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS 45,000 MILES AND DEALER MAINTAINED.

I DROVE TO MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND PARKED. I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE ICE FALLING ON MY BACK WINDOW (IT HAD BEEN FROSTY THAT DAY). I DIDN'T NOTICE THE DAMAGE AT THAT TIME. I THEN DROVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND HEARD IT AGAIN, AND WHEN I EXITED THE TRUCK AND CIRCLED AROUND THE BACK, I SAW THE SHATTERED GLASS PANEL AND SMALL HOLE ON THE PASSENGER'S BACK WINDOW. I HAD USED THE DEFROST BUTTON THAT DAY. I HAVE SINCE CLEARED THE PANEL OF GLASS PIECES AND SECURED A TEMPORARY PANEL IN PLACE. THIS GLASS PANEL IS RIGHT BEHIND MY 6-YEAR-OLD SON'S BOOSTER SEAT, WHERE HE ALWAYS SITS.

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED FROM A DEALERSHIP WITH 95,000 MILES. AT 115,000 MILES THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A RATTLING SOUND AT STARTUP AND WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC NOTED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TMING CHAIN AND FORD HAD ISSUED TSB 14-0194. HE ADVISED IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY A FORD DEALER. THE FORD DEALER INSPECTED AND AGREED WITH THE DIAGNOSIS, PRIMARY TIMING CHAIN WEAR, AND PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE OF $2,200 FOR THE REPAIRS. SHOCKED BY THE NEED FOR A MAJOR ENGINE REPAIR AT THIS MILEAGE, A COMPLAINT WAS ISSUED TO FORD CORP. THEY RESPONDED THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP OFFERING NOTHING. THE DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE CONSULTANT NOTED THE VEHICLES SERVICE RECORDS INDICATE THE TIMING CHAIN HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. FURTHER RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A COMMON AND RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL YEAR. I EXPECT A RECALL TO BE ISSUED.