2012 Ford F-150 complaints

WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 20 MILES PER HOUR THE ENGINE WILL MAKE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO FORD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM UNTIL TODAY. THEY TOLD ME THE REAR TRANSMISSION MOUNT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. MY LAST SERVICE VISIT THEY FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE 4WD VACUUM SEALS THAT THEY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS ISSUE AND FIXED THAT PROBLEM. I THOUGHT WOULD RESOLVE MY ISSUES BUT IT DID NOT. I AM NOT CONFIDENT THAT FIXING THE REAR TRANSMISSION MOUNT IS GOING TO RESOLVE THE VEHICLE PROBLEMS. I RECENTLY HAD THE ISSUE FOUND IN #PE13018 RESOLVED BY THE DEALERSHIP.

STARTED UP TRUCK, WINDOWS WERE FOGGY SO TURNED ON FRONT AND REAR DEFROST. REAR DEFROST LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT OFF. PUSHED REAR DEFROST BUTTON AGAIN AND LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. PARKED THE TRUCK GOT OUT AND HEARD A LOUD POP. REAR WINDOW DRIVER SIDE COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THERE IS NO IMPACT AND BELIEVE THE REAR DEFROST IS DEFECTIVE AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE REAR WINDOW TO SHATTER. WAS NOT COVERED UNDER FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY AND DEALER WANTED $950 TO REPLACE.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 7:15AM I WAS USING THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER TO MELT THE ICE ON THE REAR WINDOW. IT WAS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OUTSIDE. THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW PANE (3 PANED REAR WINDOW) SHATTERED. THE WINDOW THAT SHATTERED IS WHERE THE CONNECTIONS FOR THE REAR DEFROST ARE LOCATED. THERE WERE NO HOLES OR IMPACT POINTS ON THE WINDOW.

THE BRAKE FLUID LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF A LEAK. I FILLED THE MASTER CYLINDER 2 TIMES WITHIN 2 MILES AND SAMETHING CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY GET IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS THE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER. NO SIGNS OF LEAKS. IMMEDIATELY STOPPED FUNCTIONING.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE ON 10 MAR 2016, I MADE A LEFT TURN IN MY F150 WHICH RESULTED IN THE STEERING MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE AND PRECEDING TO LOCK UP. I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE THE TRUCK HOME AND AM FEARFUL TO DRIVE IT ANYWERE.

RIDING DOWN THE ROAD LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT COMES ON AND BRAKE LIGHT PULL OVER PUT 24 OZ. BRAKE FLUID IN DRIVE FOR 20 MILES HI-WAY SAME THING PULL OVER MASTER CYLINDER ALMOST DRY. REFILL CHECK VEHICLE FOR LEAKS NOTHING DRIVE 1/2 MILE CHECK FLUID DOWN HALF WAY TAKE TRUCK TO DEALER SAY,S MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING INTO BOOSTER PUMP LUCKILY DRIVING EARLY MORNING NO TRAFFIC AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ROAD QUICKLY COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTERS

I ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR AND NOT HAVING ANY BRAKES WHEN APPLIED. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS TO NO AVAIL. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE RAMP. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED BUT I AM STILL VERY CAREFUL. I WOULD LOVE TO FIND THE EXACT PROBLEM.

TURNED REAR DEFROSTER ON, HEARD LOUD POP FROM REAR DEFROST AND IT SHATTERED OUT BACK WINDOW ALL IN AN INSTANT. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND HAD RECENTLY BEEN STARTED AFTER A COLD NIGHT.

STARTED VEHICLE PLACED IN DRIVE GAVE A LITTLE GAS WAS UNABLE TO STOP,I WAS STANDING ON BRAKE PEDAL BUT WAS NOT STOPPING UNTIL GOING THROUGH THE CORNER POST OF MY GARAGE.

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR LOSS OF BRAKING RIGHT AFTER STARTING ENGINE AND MOVING VEHICLE. HAS HAPPENED REPEATTEDLY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

DRIVING ON 03/04/2016, 7:45 A.M., 26 DEGREES F. HEARD LOUD BANG. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW OF POWERSLIDE UNIT HAD SHATTERED AND SPIDERWEBBED OVER WHOLE SURFACE. NO SIGNS OF ANY IMPACT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR CENTER OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INSTALLED A DRIVESHAFT BOOT REPAIR KIT LUBRICANT TO KEEP THE GEAR FROM WEARING OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,362.

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AS A RESULT OF FAULTY DEFROST SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WITH DEFROST ACTIVATED. WINDOW SHATTERED PRODUCING A LOUD POP. DEFROST FAILED TO WORK GOING FORWARD AND SPIDER WEB IN WINDOW WAS APPARENT ONCE DAMAGE WAS INSPECTED.

GOT IN THE TRUCK IN THE MORNING,THE TRUCK WAS COLD WAS BACKING UP AND PUSHED THE BREAK PEDAL AND DID NOT HAVE BREAKS..THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME.ONCE IN NOVEMBER OF 2015 AND FEBRUARY OF 2016,WHEN I CALLED MY WIFE TO ASK FOR THE VIN# TO FILL OUT THIS REPORT SHE SAID IT HAS HAPPENED TO HER ALSO 3 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH .NO BREAKS.IN THE MORNING,WE LIVE IN MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE FUEL PUMP SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING DUE TO FUEL PUMP FUSE (LOCATION #27) BURNING UP IN FUSE BOX. AFTER MY VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING SEVERAL TIMES, LAST ON THE HIGHWAY, WITH A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OTHER SAFETY CONCERNS, I FOUND FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB (TSB 15-0137) WITH A WORK AROUND FUSE RELOCATION. THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY AS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO FORD, BUT NOT THE CONSUMER, PUTTING DRIVERS AT RISK. THE FUSE AT ISSUE, LOCATION #27, LITERALLY MELTED AND BURNED UP IN THE SOCKET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEEDS AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A WATER LEAK HAD CAUSED WIRING DAMAGE WHICH MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED BUT THE VEHICLE LATER EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

THE ELECTRONIC ASSISTED POWER STEERING PUMP IS GOING OUT ON MY TRUCK. IT GAVE ME NO WARNING LIGHTS OR SIGNS THAT IT WAS GOING TO FAIL. I WAS DRIVING INTO A CURVE AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP I WAS ABLE TO STILL CONTROL MY VEHICLE BUT IT WAS HARD TO TURN. IT HAS THEN STARTED MAKING NOISE AND WANTS TO LOCK UP WHEN I TURN. I BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO FORD AND THEY'RE USING A SCAPEGOAT NOT TO COVER IT UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND BLAMING IT ON A MODIFICATION TO THE VEHICLE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK AND ALL THE SUDDEN A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LOUD LIKE A GUN SHOT WENT OFF AND MY DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAD JUST SHATTERED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE ABS ACTIVATED EVEN THOUGH THE ROAD SURFACE WAS DRY. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION, BUT THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FRONT BUMPER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

AFTER HAVING THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED AT ABOUT 24,000 MILES, I WAS BACKING UP AND LOST POWER AND ALMOST RAN INTO MY NEIGHBORS YARD. THE MECHANIC IS SAYING ITS THE VACUUM ASSIST PUMP AND POSSIBLY SOMETHING ELSE BUT THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T HAPPEN BEFORE AND ONLY WHEN I START THE CAR AND BACK UP

I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, FOUR TIMES! THE TRUCK WILL ACTUALLY GO INTO 'LIMP MODE' CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOSE ALL POWER WHEN ACCELERATING, IT TAKES ABOUT A MINUTE TO CORRECT ITSELF, BUT YOU HAVE TO LET COMPLETELY OFF THE ACCELERATOR. IF YOU DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR BEFORE IT CORRECTS ITSELF THE VEHICLE SHUTTERS VIOLENTLY AND SLOWS EVEN MORE! THIS IS A VERY HAIRY SITUATION ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON RT 95! THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME "UNFORTUNATELY IT'S SUNNY OUT AND WE CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM "! IT ONLY DOES THIS WHEN YOU GO ON TRIPS DURING RAINY DAYS OR IN HEAVY MOISTURE.I LIVE IN MARYLAND AND HAVE A SECOND HOME IN WINSTON-SALEM NC. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES WHILL COUTING BETWEEN THE TWO. ALL THE DEALERSHIP HAS DONE IS PUT A SO CALLED WATER DEFLECTOR ON MY VEHICLE, WHICH DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS WIDELY KNOWN PROBLEM?

ON START UP THE POWER BRAKES CAN FAIL TO WORK RESULTING IN EXTREME DIFFICULTY IN STOPPING THE TRUCK WHEN BACKING UP OUR OF THE DRIVEWAY OR A PARKING SPACE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN TWO NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS WITH PARKED CARS IN A PARKING GARAGE. THE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED TO START-UP FOR NOW. IF YOU START THE ENGINE AND LET IT RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES, THE BRAKES APPEAR TO PRESSURIZE AND WORK FINE. IT HAS NOT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED. THERE IS NOT INDICATION OF ANY BRAKING ISSUE WITH THE ONBOARD DISPLAY.

I TOOK DELIVERY OF THIS TRUCK IN MARCH OF 2012. THE TRUCK HAS HAD DOCUMENTED ONGOING SERIOUS DRIVABILITY, SAFETY AND RELIABILITY ISSUES SINCE OCTOBER OF 2013. THE ISSUE OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN RELATES TO ONGOING MISFIRE, BACK FIRE, AND ENGINE STALL. THIS CONDITION HAS OCCURRED AT LOW SPEED, HIGHWAY SPEED, AND WHILE TOWING. THE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER AND SUBSEQUENT SURGING EFFECTS CAUSED BY THIS CONDITION RENDERS THE TRUCK HAZARDOUS TO ME, MY FAMILY, AND OTHER MOTORISTS. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY REPORTED TO AND SERVICED BY FORD. I HAVE ALSO PERSONALLY FILED COMPLAINTS AND CONCERN WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY. SEE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE CASE NUMBER 8603638. THE MISFIRE, BACK FIRE, AND ENGINE STALL IS THE CURRENT ONGOING ISSUE BUT YOU WILL ALSO SEE IN THE SERVICE HISTORY THIS VEHICLE HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED TRACTION CONTROL, DRIVE SHAFT, STEERING SYSTEM, AND SENSOR/ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURES DATING BACK TO MAY OF 2012. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE ECO BOOST ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN IN MY TRUCK. THIS KNOWN ISSUE WAS RESPONDED TO BY TECH SERVICE BULLETIN 13-2-14. HOWEVER, THE MITIGATION MEASURES OF THAT BULLETIN AND OTHER SUBSEQUENT SERVICE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR MY TRUCK HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. FURTHER, THE SERVICE BULLETIN DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE OF A TRUCK TRAVELING PUBLIC ROADS AND EXPERIENCING SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. FINALLY, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE IGNITION/ENGINE PROBLEMS MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED

DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE USING DEFROST. OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING AND PARKED. A VISUAL INSPECTION WAS MADE TO INSURE THAT NO FOREIGN OBJECT WAS THE CAUSE. SHARDS OF GLASS WAS NOTED COVERING THE BACK SEAT AND FLOORBOARD. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IF A CHILD OR OTHER PERSON WAS IN THE BACK SEAT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

DRIVER DOOR LATCH SENSOR IS FAULTY. DOOR AJAR WARNING ON INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL NOT GO OFF. INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON AND DOORS WILL NOT LOCK WHILE STILL OR IN MOTION. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY WIFE WHILE TRAVELING OR SHOPPING AT MIGHT. IMPAIRS VISIBILITY WHILE NIGHT DRIVING AND LOCKING CAR A BIG SECURITY ISSUE.

I REMOTE STARTED MY 2012 F150 LARIAT AT WORK. 5-10 MINUTES LATER I WENT TO GET IN AND CLOSED THE DOOR AND BOOM THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW SPIDER WEB CRACKED INTO A MILLION PIECES. I KNOW FOR A FACT LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS AND IT NEEDS FIXED BY FORD. HERE IS THE FORUM I FOUND WITH LOTS OF OTHER CASES. HTTP://WWW.GLASSBYTES.COM/2014/08/NHTSA-RECEIVES-MORE-COMPLAINTS-OF-SHATTERING-F-150-BACK-LITES/.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I SPRAYED MY WINDSHIELD CLEANER AND TURNED THEM OFF BUT THE WIPER STAYED WIPING ON LOW. IT WAS FREEZING AT THE TIME AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.

RECENTLY I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN BECAUSE BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT HEATERS WERE "FRIED" ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. HERE IS A POST WITH SOME SAME OWNERS THE THE SAME PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.F150FORUM.COM/F38/HEATED-SEATS-PROBLEM-PLEASE-HELP-123190/INDEX2/ I WAS QUOTED $1900 TO FIX THE SEAT HEATERS. IN ONE OF THE POSTS THE OWNER STATED THE SEAT HEATER GOT BURNING HOT. ANOTHER STATED IT CHARRED THE FOAM AND EVEN THE LEATHER. I FEEL LIKE IT IS GOING TO TAKE A VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE OR EVEN WORSE SOMEONE GETTING INJURED FROM THIS PROBLEM. IT IS FORDS PROBLEM IF THIS IS HAPPENING ON MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND ALL THEY ARE DOING IS PUTTING IN NEW ELEMENTS UNTIL THEY FRY AGAIN. THEY NEED TO FIGURE THE ISSUE OUT RIGHT AND SEE WHAT IS CAUSING IT TO HAPPEN. I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A HAZARD THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE OCCURRING. I AM NOT SENDING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I WANT FORD TO PAY FOR THE SEAT HEATERS. IT IS BECAUSE IT IS HAPPENING TO MULTIPLE OWNERS AND ITS A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS ISSUE CAN BE RESOLVED BUT IT SEEMS LIKE MY SERVICE ADVISORY DIDN'T TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY.

'TAKATA RECALL" I TOOK THIS TRUCK TO THE BERGSTORM DEALERSHIP IN NEENAH,WI ON 1/07/16 MILEAGE WAS READ 30564. THE CABLE RETAINER FOR THE REAR DRIVER DOOR, COULD NOT BE OPEN. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE I HAD TO PAID FOR THE DIAG, THAT THEY NEVER TOLD ME THERE BE CHARGE FOR. HE JUST SAID "HERE JUST SIGNED THIS BLANK FORM AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS NEED TO BE DONE" I NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER DOOR DID NOT OPEN ON 9/2015 AT THE MILEAGE OF 27000. I FELT THAT THIS IS A DEFECT.

WAS DRING TO WORK ON SMOOTH ASPHALT ROAD WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC VISIBLE. TURNED ON ELECTRIC REAR WINDOW DEFROST. HEARD LOUD NOICE LIKE GUNSHOT. FELT RUSH OF AIR. DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE POWER STEERING ABILITY WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST MONTH. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

SEATS STOP WORKING THE TRUCK HAS 27,252 READING FORD FORUMS MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE EXPERENCED THIS AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS JUST RAN OUT. FORD WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $1,700.00 TO FIX THE SEAT HEATERS.

ON 1/12/16 AT ABOUT 06T00 HRS., ON MY WAY TO WORK TRAVELLING ON MAIN STREET, THE RIGHT SECTION OF MY SLIDING REAR GLASS WINDOW SHATTERED. ( IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN GOING OFF). THE TEMP WAS AROUND 30F DEGREES AND ICE ON THE WINDOW. I ACTIVATED THE DEFROST AND WITHIN TEN MINUTES THE GLASS SHATTERED. I THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD JUST SHOT MY VEHICLE AND IT CAUSED TO SWERVE INTO THE ADJACENT LANE. HAD THEIR BEEN MANY VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAY AT THAT TIME I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I WENT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP IN DOTHAN, AL AND THEY SAID THAT MY VEHICLE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER VALID AND THAT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE PART. I HAD THE SAME SLIDING GLASS REAR WINDOW REPLACED IN 2013 FOR FAILING TO CLOSE AFTER OPENING. I HAVE SEARCHED ONLINE AND HAVE NOTICED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH FORD F150 YEAR MODELS 2010-2013.

FOR TWO YEARS THE REAR SLIDER AND DEFROST HASN'T WORKED. WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO CHATTER.

I USED THE REMOTE START ON MY 2012 F150 PLATINUM ON A 20 DEGREE JANUARY MORNING. GOT IN DROVE TO WORK AND REALIZED WHEN I GOT OUT THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDING WINDOW WAS TOTALLY SHATTERED. NO EVIDENCE OF VANDALISM OR ANYTHING HITTING THE GLASS. SHATTERED TOTALLY EVEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDOW. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 2 MONTHS BUT UNDER MILEAGE WARRANTY BY 9,000 MILES. FORD DEALER TOLD ME NOTHING THEY CAN DO. CALLED FORD AND REGIONAL CUSTOMER CARE CALLED ME AND SAID IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 3 DAYS TO GET ME AN ANSWER. DECIDED TO FORGET THEM AND USE MY COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE JUST TO HAVE IT FIXED ASAP.

VACUUM ASSIST PUMP IS FAILING AT 33000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND PUMP THAT HAS FAILED. . PUMP MAKES LOUD NOISE AND VEHICLE LOSES BRAKING ABILITY BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO STOP VEHICLE AND GREATLY EXTENDS STOPPING DISTANCE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 30MPH OR LESS THROUGH THE CITY I TRIED TO TURN ON THE REAR DEFROST BUT THE INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. I THOUGHT EITHER A FUSE OR CONTACT MIGHT BE THE ISSUE BUT AS A CONTINUED TO DRIVE A FEW MINUTES LATER THE REAR SIDELIGHT WINDOW SHATTERED WITH A LOUD BANG. BROKEN GLASS COULD HAVE INJURED MY SON SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT AND VISIBILITY IS NOW COMPROMISED. NOTHING STRUCK THE WINDOW, THIS WAS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION OF THE DEFROST AND OR SUBSTANDARD GLASS OR THE COMBINATION OF BOTH AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. SOME POSTS ON THE INTERNET HAVE REPORTED LARGE AMOUNTS OF THE GLASS ALMOST FALLING ONTO INFANTS IN REAR FACING CAR SEATS. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR SAFETY FOR PHYSICAL HARM TO PASSENGERS AND VISIBILITY SAFETY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STEAM APPEARED ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A VAPOR LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE ENGINE COOLANT HAD TO BE REPLACED EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR WIDE PIPE WAS TOO NARROW AND NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WIDER PIPE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED FOR OTHER FORD VEHICLES. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

JUST HAD MY 2012 F150 FX4 SUPER CREW APPEARANCE PACKAGE REAR WINDOW SHATTER. LAST NIGHT MY TRUCK IS SITTING ALL BY ITS SELF ON A FLAT SURFACE I HIT THE AUTOMATIC START AS I'M WALKING OUT TO MY TRUCK IT'S ABOUT 22 DEG F OUT I HEAR THIS LOUD POP DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS THEN IN THE MORNING I NOTICED MY RIGHT REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. HOPEFULLY FORD WILL COVER THIS IF NOT THERE'S A CHANCE MY AFTERMARKET WARRANTY WILL OR I WILL FILE A COLLISION CLAIM THROUGH MY INSURANCE. THE SEAMES TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND FORD SHOULD TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECT IT. I LOVE MY F150 HAVE HAD IT SINCE BRAND NEW IT'S BEEN GREAT UP UNTIL NOW BESIDES THE RADIO MODULAR NEED REPLACED WHEN IT WAS JUST OVER A YEAR OLD. WARRANTY TOOK CARE OF THAT NO PROBLEM.

ECOBOOST, ALMOST 5 SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN A YEAR. IN JAN, MY WIFE, 3 CHILDREN & I WERE ON I-85 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN MY TRUCK STALLED. WE WENT FROM 65 MPH TO 20 & NO POWER. AN 18 WHEELER WAS BARRELING DOWN ON US & HAD TO MAKE AN AGGRESSIVE MOVE WITH HIS BRAKES LOCKED TO MISS US & THE OTHER CARS. I PULLED THE CAR THROUGH 4 LANES OF 65 MPH TRAFFIC, DOING 15-20 MPH & TURNED THE TRUCK OFF TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN. NEXT, I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN MY TRUCK STALLED OUT 3 TIMES BEFORE THE TRUCK WOULD FINALLY GO. OVER THE NEXT MONTH MY TRUCK STALLED AT LEAST 10 MORE TIMES. IN APRIL, FORD TOLD ME THAT THE ECOBOOST HAD A PROBLEM & THEY PERFORMED TSB 13-8-1, REPROGRAMED PCM & INSTALLED DEFLECTOR. I HAVEN'T NOTICE ANY POWER LOSS, BUT LOST 2 MPG FROM MY NORMAL DRIVING HABITS. IN JUNE, I MERGED INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC & MY TRUCK STALLED. 65 MPH TO IDLE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW I AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY & TURNED THE TRUCK OFF TO GET IT GOING. MY TRUCK STALLED 5 MORE TIMES BEFORE TAKING IT BACK TO FORD. IN AUGUST, MY TRUCK STALLED AT AN INTERSECTION 4 TIMES. I COMPLETELY BLOCKED TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 10 MINS. I GOT ON THE HWY & WENT 8 MILES. MY TRUCK STALLED 14 TIMES' VERY DANGEROUS. EVERY TIME I GOT THE TRUCK UP TO SPEED, IT WOULD STALL & I WOULD HAVE TO PULL IT OVER & TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTART IT. IN AUG I TOOK MY TRUCK TO FORD & THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. 2 MONTHS LATER IT WAS STALLING AGAIN. FORD TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MISFIRING &

WHEN DRIVING IN HUMID OR WHEN MOISTURE IS PRESENT SUCH AS RAIN OR MIST THE ENGINE SHUDDER, SHAKES, MISSES AND EVEN SHUTS DOWN WHEN QUICKLY ACCELERATING. I HAVE HAD THE ENGINE COMPLETELY LOOSE POWER WHEN MERGING ONTO FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ONCE WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SAID THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED REPLACED. OF COURSE I DIDN'T DRIVE IN HUMID OR RAINING ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS AGAIN UNTIL THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AT LEAST 4 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW. ALMOST CRASHED TWICE WHEN PASSING OR MERGING WHEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE DATE ENTERED BELOW WAS THE LAST TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. FIRST TIME WAS MARCH 2013 WHEN VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 16,000 MILES.

WHILE I WAS WARMING MY F 150 IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR DEPARTURE TO WORK, I HEARD VERY VERY LOUD THUMP SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR WINDOW. ASSUMING MAYBE I OPENED MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR TO FAR AND WIDE UPON GETTING IN, THAT MAY HAVE MADE THE THUMP SOUND. BUT AS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, AND PROCEEDED A HALF MILE DOWN THE STREET, I NOTICE TINY SMALL SPIDER FRAGMENTS ON THE RIGHT END OF THE 3 PANEL REAR WINDOW. I FIRST ASSUMED IT WAS MIST DROPPING FROM THE WINDOW BUT ALL THE OTHER WINDOWS ON THE TRUCK WERE DRY & CLEAR. SO I PULLED OVER TO GET OUT TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT WAS TRULY CRACKED AND DAMAGED. AND YES INDEED!!! IT WAS THE REAR RIGHT SIDE PANEL WINDOW DAMAGED. I REMEMBERED THE VERY LOUD THUMP SOUND THAT OCCURRED FIVE MINUTES AGO AND SAW THAT MY DEFROST WAS LIGHT FLICKING AND NOW I REALIZE THAT THE REAR DEFROST MUST HAVE A DEFECT, BECAUSE I NEVER EXPERIENCE THIS EVER BEFORE ON ANY OTHER VEHICLES I OWNED AND CONSIDERING I ONLY HAVE LESS THAN 37000 MILES THERE MUST BE A MAJOR DEFECT WITH THE F150 REAR PANEL WINDOWS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE FORD F-150 PLEASE CONTACT ME BECAUSE THIS IS UNSAFE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE SMALL CHILDREN, OR ANY PASSENGERS SITTING IN THE REAR. I'M JUST THANKFUL THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE REAR. THE COST TO REPAIR IS EXTREMELY COSTLY CONSIDERING THAT THE ENTIRE REAR PANEL WINDOW HAS TO BE REPLACE, THIS ISN'T FAIR TO THE CONSUMERS.

I STARTED MY 2012 F-150 AND ACTIVATED THE FRONT AND REAR DEFROSTERS. WHILE IDLING IN A DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP, LOOKED AROUND AND REALIZED MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDSHIELD PANEL HAD SHATTERED SPIDER WEB STYLE. LUCKILY I TURNED OFF THE DEFROSTER IN TIME AND WAS ABLE TO DUCT TAPE THE BROKEN WINDOW. UNFORTUNATELY, TINY SPLINTERS OF GLASS WERE ALREADY ON MY REAR PASSENGER SEAT, AND I GOT SOME IN MY HANDS FROM TAPING IT UP. THANK GOD NOBODY WAS SITTING IN THAT SEAT. TEMPERATURE WAS LOW 40S, I WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF A SLIGHT FROST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,415.

I TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON MY TRUCK, SWITCH LIGHT BLINKED SEVERAL TIMES,AND THEN STAYED ON, A FEW MINUTES LATER A LOUD EXPLOSION FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE HAPPENED, SOUNDED LIKE A GUN WENT OFF INSIDE CAB! REAR ,RIGHT SIDE GLASS PANEL WAS SHATTERED. THANK GOD NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS IN THE LANE NEXT TO ME! I SWERVED OUT OF REACTION THINKING SOMEONE HAD SHOT A GUN AT ME. I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY,NIGHTTIME, AND OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 31 DEGREES. *JS

UPON HARD ACCELARATION THE ENGINE WILL BEGIN TO SHUDDER, VIBRATE, AND MISFIRE. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS RAINING. *JS

20,484 MILES ON TRUCK. 10/18/15 RPM'S INCREASE BUT DOESNT SHIFT INTO NEXT GEAR. 10/19/15 ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER FOUND NO CODE, SENT BACK TO ME. 11/17&11/22 DRIVER SEAT LOST MEMORY. 11/28/15 RPM REVED WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED RPM'S WERE STILL INCREASING. 12/2 BROUGHT TO DEALER NO CODE ON DIAGNOSIS, SENT OUT AGAIN WITHOUT TROUBLESHOOTING 20,900 MILES ON TRUCK. 12/8/15 RPM'S REVED DIDNT GO INTO GEAR. 12/8/15 1HR AFTER PRIOR FAILURE, TRIED TO LEAVE DRIVEWAY AND 2 ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE DRIVE IT WOULDNT MOVE PUT TRUCK IN REVERSE THEN PROCEEDED TO PUT IN DRIVE, STUCK IN 1ST GEAR FOR 2 BLKS. 12/10/15 MY 5YR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER AND I DROVE 4 BLOCKS BEFORE TRUCK SHIFTED TO 2ND GEAR. 12/11/15 TRUCK DID NOT SEEM TO BE RUNNING RIGHT HEARD A CLUNK UPON LEAVING PRK LOT GOT ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND TRUCK FAILED TO SHIFT, WRENCH ON DASHED SHOWED AND WENT AWAY, DASH INFO HAD LINES ACROSS INSTEAD OF MPG AND AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON, DEALER WAS ON MY WAY, THIS TIME CODE SHOWED AND WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I ENDED UP DRIVING THIS VEHICLE 500 MILES IWITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILING HERE AND THERE UNTIL A CODE SHOWED. THIS CAUSED A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION TO ALL ON THE ROAD AND MUCH UNNEEDED STRESS. I AM VERY CONCERNED WHAT OTHER COMPONENTS HAVE PREMATURE WEAR DUE TO CONTINUING TO DRIVE MY TRUCK IN THIS CONDITION. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED VSC FROM DEALER BUT UNSURE WHAT IT COVERS SO FORD WILL NOT OFFER EXTENDED WARRENTY, ONLY OFFERING OIL CHANGES. I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO GO THRO

TAKATA RECALL. I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2012 F150 FX4. WHILE DRIVING ON A SECONDARY HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55MPH I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. UPON IMMEDIATE INSPECTION I FOUND THE REAR WINDOW BEHIND THE DRIVER HAD SHATTERED INTO A THOUSAND PIECES.

EACH MORNING, WHEN I PULL THE TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE BRAKES SOMETIMES DO NOT WORK. SOMETIMES, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THE TRUCK. I HEARD IT MIGHT BE A VACUUM ISSUE, BUT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, SUMMER WINTER, ETC. TRUCK WAS STATIONARY TO BEGIN WITH. THE BRAKES SOMETIMES MAKE A LOUD NOISE, AS WELL. IT'S HAPPENED EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT, LAST YEAR.