2012 Ford F-150 complaints

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF THIS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THE NET. IT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A "TRANSMISSION BUMP". THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS & CAUSES A BUMP, OR A PUSH. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED TO ME, I THOUGHT SOMEONE REAR ENDED ME! IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN WHILE YOU'RE AT A DEAD STOP. THE TRUCK ACTUALLY LURCHES FORWARD. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS "NORMAL" FOR THE 6 SPD. TRANSMISSION IN MY FORD. NO TSB HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FROM FORD TO FIX THIS!!! *TR

THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH ABOUT 400 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I BEGAN NOTICING A LOOSE/NIBBLE FEELING IN THE STEERING WHEEL ESPECIALLY OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, WHICH IS 90 PERCENT OF MICHIGAN ROADS. WHEN TEMPERATURES GET HOTTER THE PROBLEM IS MORE SEVERE. I HAVE HAD 4 POWER STEERING RACK AND PINIONS (EPAS) REPLACED AND EACH TIME IT FIXES THE PROBLEM BUT FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS AND THEN IT REAPPEARS. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE ENTIRE STEERING SHAFTS REPLACED AND THIS DID NOTHING. THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME MUCH MORE SEVERE AS TIME HAS GONE BY. I AM NOW EXPERIENCING THE VEHICLE PULLING AND JUMPING WHILE GOING OVER UNEVEN SURFACES IN THE ROAD. THERE ARE OVER 1000 PEOPLE WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON OTHER PUBLIC WEBSITES. I CAN NOW SLIGHTLY MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH WHILE THE VEHICLE IS OFF AND YOU CAN FEEL LOOSENESS/NIBBLE IN STEERING AND ALSO A VERY LOUD KNOCKING OF PARTS COMING FROM THE RACK AND PINION (EPAS). PARTS BANGING AGAINST EACH OTHER IS NOT NORMAL! EVERYTIME I PUT MY 6 AND 10 YEAR OLD KIDS IN MY TRUCK I FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY ALONG WITH MY OWN. FORD MOTOR COMPANY DOESN'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE AN ISSUE. I HAVE HEARD FROM TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM FORD THAT DURING PRODUCTION OF THESE VEHICLES IT WAS KNOWN THAT A NUMBER OF DEFECTIVE RACK AND PINIONS (EPAS) WERE INSTALLED DURING THE ASSEMBLY. I HAVE ALSO RAN INTO A PERSON THAT OVERSEES THE QUALITY DEPARTMENT (WON'T MENTION WHERE) BUT TOLD ME THAT FORD IS HAVING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH THEIR STEERING AND TOLD ME TO HAVE THEM REP

2012 F150 ECOBOOST. WAS CRUISING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60-65 CLOSING IN ON A SLOWER MOVING BUS. PULLED OUT TO PASS AND GAVE IT MORE THROTTLE THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WITH THROTTLE TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES AND PULL BACK BEHIND THE BUS TO AVOID A COLLISION. AFTER RECOVERING THE MOTOR SEEMED TO RECOVER AND ALLOWED FOR ACCELERATION AGAIN. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US. NEITHER TIME DID THE COMPUTER REGISTER A FAULT CODE OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK IT FOR THE ISSUE, FORD SERVICE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING AS NO CODE WAS FOUND AND UNABLE TO RECREATE IN TEST DRIVE. AT THAT TIME TSB 12-6-4 WAS OUT PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE. AFTER THE SECOND TIME,AGAIN THERE WAS NO CODE OR RECREATION BUT A NEW TSB 12-10-19 SUPERSEDED THE PREVIOUS TSB AND ALLOWED FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT FORD IS AWARE OF AND COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT ALL 2011-2012 F150 ECOBOOST MOTORS AND SOME EARLY 2013 MODELS. THE CHARGE AIR COOLER AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IS CREATING CONDENSATION THAT CAUSES THESE POWER LOSS EVENTS. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS IN TSB 12-10-19, IF SUCCESSFUL, SHOULD BE APPLIED TO ALL F150 ECOBOOST VEHICLES BUILT WITH THE OLDER INTERCOOLER DESIGN. *TR

2012 F150 ECOBOOST. CONSUMER STATES SHUTTERING, LOSS OF HORSEPOWER AND ELECTRICAL PANEL WENT BLANK *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION, THERE WAS STEAM COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE NEXT MORNING, AS THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING TO THE DEALER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE INNER COOLER WAS FILLED WITH WATER AND WAS PUSHING WATER THROUGH THE ENGINE. THE WATER WAS CREATED BY THE ENGINE AND ITS COMPONENTS. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM AT THE CURRENT TIME. UPDATED 02/11/13

2012 FORD F150 WITH ECOBOOST MILEAGE 2,500 - DRIVING FOR APPROX. 2HRS ON HIGHWAY - RAINING OFF/ON THROUGHOUT DRIVE - WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS A VEHICLE GOING UPHILL THE F150 LOST POWER AND BOGGED DOWN - STUTTERING ALONG - HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER TO SLOW LANE - TO AVOID POSSIBLE ACCIDENT WITH TRAFFIC THAT WAS APPROACHING IN FAST LANE. THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO STUTTER ALONG AT VARIOUS TIMES AFTER THE 3 HR TRIP. NO PROBLEMS SINCE BUT TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN USED MUCH (3,600 MILES NOW). SAW ON OTHER FORUMS AND THIS SITE THAT OTHER F150'S WITH ECOBOOST ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER - THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ECOBOOST. I SHOWED THEM THE PRINTOUT FROM THIS SITE HIGHLIGHTING THE TSB 12-6-4, WHICH THEY ARE GOING TO DO. MY FATHER PURCHASED THE SAME TRUCK AND HE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HIM THIS SEPTEMBER. HOPE THIS WORKS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

2012 FORD F150 WITH ECOBOOST - DRIVING BACK TO NY FROM MAINE - HIT RAIN IN VERMONT - TRIED TO PASS A VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY - TRUCK LOST POWER - BOGGED DOWN - STUTTERING ALONG. HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER TO SLOW LANE TO AVOID HAVING ACCIDENT WITH VEHICLES COMING UP FROM BEHIND - VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MY DAUGHTER HAS THE SAME TRUCK SHE HAD SAME PROBLEM IN JULY. IN RESEARCHING ONLINE HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE ECOBOOST. DEALER WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ANY ISSUES WITH THIS ENGINE. MY DAUGHTER FOUND ON FORD FORUMS AND THIS SITE THAT FORD ISSUED THE TSB 12-6-4 THAT IS SUPPOSE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER PLACED THE SHIELD ON THE INTERCOOLER AND RESET THE COMPUTER - TIME WILL TELL IF THIS WILL WORK BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

WAS DRIVING AT 60MPH, ACCELERATED A LITTLE AND VEHICLE SHUDDERED/HESITATED AND DIDN'T ACCELERATE, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED, THEN BECAME SOLID. TOOK TO FORD DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD A CALIBRATION UPDATE FIXED THE PROBLEM. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED 3 DAYS LATER. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP, IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR 3 DAYS AND THEY STATE "ARE WAITING FOR FORD TO ADVISE THEM ON WHAT TO DO NEXT." THIS IS A 2012 FORD F150 ECOBOOST LARIAT 4X4 SUPERCREW WITH ONLY 5,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS A STICKER OF NEARLY $50,000. I WOULD EXPECT NO PROBLEMS OR AT LEAST A TIMELY SOLUTION. EITHER WAY, MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE OR NEEDING TO ACCELERATE AND THE TRUCK FAILING TO DO SO IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED AND WHENEVER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ECO BOOST CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE SEAT RAIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE ECO BOOST WAS WORKING EXTREMELY WELL. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60.

HAD CRUISE CONTROL SET ON 59MPH......CAME UPON SLOW MOVING VEHICLES AND HIT ACCELERATOR TO PASS REACHING 80MPH....MADE PASS.....TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR TO SLOW DOWN, NOTHING HAPPENED WITH VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY AT 80MPH....HIT BRAKE....NO REACTION STILL 80MPH...HOT THE CRUISE OFF BUTTON ON STEERING WHEEL, STILL NO REACTION.....HAD TO PHYSICALLY FORCE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN TO A STOP, HOWEVER ENGINE REMAINED AT HIGH THROTTLE UNTIL I COULD TURN IGNITION OFF.......WAITED A FEW MINUTES...TURNED VEHICLE BACK ON AND VEHICLE ACTED NORMALLY....TESTED CRUISE CONTROL A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE MAKING IT HOME...NO PROBLEMS....THIS WAS AND COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION HAD THERE BEEN TRAFFIC ON THIS HIGHWAY...THANK GOD IT WAS AROUND 11 PM.....BRAND NEW TRUCK...HAD FOR TWO WEEKS.......REPORTING TO FORD SERVICE TOMM MORN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH IN RAIN WEATHER, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER BECAUSE IT HAD ENGAGED INTO LIMP MODE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN SPEED ONCE HE DROVE AWAY FROM THE SHOULDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER IT RAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE ENGINE AND THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BECOME DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 768. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

CPSC#I1290626A. 2012 FORD F150. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS GAS FUMES IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP TWICE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO UPGRADED THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE ABNORMALLY AND EXHIBITING NOISES JUST AS THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHOUT WARNING AND MOST OFTEN, AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE RAIN OR WHEN TRAVELING UPHILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY MOISTURE BUILD-UP IN THE INTERCOOLER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY ADDING A SHROUD OVER THE RADIATOR AND REPROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED PERMANENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF FAILURE AND NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,246.

EPAS STEERING FAILURE. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE EPAS ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST STEERING STOPPED WORKING. THOUGH WE KEPT TURNING THE WHEEL, TRUCK DID NOT MAKE THE TURN, IT SEEMED TO BE TRYING TO TURN AND TURNING SLOWLY. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE EPAS STARTED WORKING AGAIN. TRUCK SHOOK AND JERKED, AS THE EPAS TRIED TO CORRECT FOR STEERING INPUT. BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO EMERGENCY STOP THE TRUCK AND TRUCK ENDED UP OFF THE ROAD, ON TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN OR FOG MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCELERATION CAUSES ENGINE TO MISS FIRE AND LOOSE POWER. SETS ENGINE MAINT LIGHT PO-300 RANDOM MISS FIRE. HAS ALSO DEGRESSED TO FLASHING ENGINE MAINT LIGHT WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW TRUCK TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEED. DEALER APPLIED TSB 12-6-4 INTERCOOLER SHROUD AND FLASH PROGRAM ECM. CONDITION STILL EXISTS AND IS DANGEROUS. FORD NEEDS TO MAKE THE FIX A TOP PRIORITY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE DID NOT NOTICED ANY FUEL LEAKING ON THE GROUND. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

PURCHASED TRUCK NEW APRIL 2012. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I TRIED TO ACCELERATE PAST A SLOWER VEHICLE. THE TRUCK WOULD HARDLY RUN, LOST POWER AND SPEED. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD ECOBOOST ENGINE. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT DO MY "HOMEWORK" ON THIS ENGINE PACKAGE. MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET. FORD MOTOR CO. KNOWS AND ADMITS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH CONDENSATION BUILD UP IN THE INTAKE TRACT OF THIS ENGINE. IT HAS BEEN APROBLEM FROM INTRODUCTION. THEY STILL HAVE NOT FOUND A "FIX" FOR THIS DEFECT. SO FAR THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 2 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS WORKED. THIS TRUCK IS DANGEROUS TO MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. IF IT IS RAINING WHILE DRIVING, IT WILL HARDLY RUN. IT IS UNSAFE TO OWN OR OPERATE. *TR

PASSENGER AIRBAG, PROBLEM WITH THE 2012 FORD F150 SUPER CAB PICKUP, WITH XLT TRIM, AND ECO-BOOST ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM MAY ALSO EXIST IN OTHER 2012 FORD 150 PICKUPS. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SYSTEM WILL DISPLAY THE ?PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF? LIGHT FOR LIGHT WEIGHT ADULT PASSENGERS, THEREBY TURNING OFF ALL 3 AIR-BAGS FOR THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER (FRONT, SIDE, AND CURTAIN). THIS HAPPENS WITH ADULTS WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 132+ POUNDS OR BELOW. AT 150 POUNDS AND ABOVE, THE SYSTEM WORKS PROPERLY. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, THAT IS IT MAY BE OFF FOR PERIODS OF TIME, AND THEN ON FOR PERIODS OF TIME. THESE TIMES MAY VARY FROM ANYWHERE FROM 5 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR OR MORE. THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT ONLY PRESENT IN MY TRUCK, BUT AN IDENTICAL BRAND-NEW TRUCK, WHICH WAS BROUGHT UP FOR TESTING TO VERIFY THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT JUST MY VEHICLE, BUT WAS A SYSTEM DESIGN PROBLEM. THE FORD REPAIR SHOP AT SEWELL FORD RAN THROUGH THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS DETECTED. SUBSEQUENTLY, AFTER A WRITTEN COMPLAINT TO FORD, A FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER CAME OUT AND AGAIN SUBSTANTIATED THAT THEIR SYSTEM TEST READ NORMAL FUNCTION. HE STATED THAT THE SYSTEM PASSED GOVERNMENT STANDARDS, AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DONE, AND THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM. IF THIS IS THE CASE, THEN ACCORDING TO THE FORD MANUAL, MY WIFE MUST RIDE IN THE REAR SEAT FOR SAFETY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE MISFIRED WITH A TEMPORARY LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE. THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION OCCURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON EIGHT SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE FAILURE. THE TURBO BOOST, CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND C02 SENSOR WERE REPLACED AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND THE TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DOWN SHIFTED THREE GEARS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING AFTER WAITING TEN SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. UPDATED 9/25/12 *CN UPDATED 10/03/2012 *JS

AFTER USING CRUISE CONTROL FOR 1 HOUR ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH DURING HIGH HUMIDITY EARLY IN THE MORNING I TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THE MOTOR LOSES ALL POWER. I HAD TSB 12-6-4 APPLIED TO THE VEHICLE FRIDAY, THREE DAYS AGO, AND THOUGH IT MAY REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS SITUATION, IT DOES NOT OVERCOME WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE INTERCOOLER IN THIS ECOBOOST MOTOR. THIS FLAW ALLOWS FOR CONDENSATED WATER TO BE SUCKED INTO THE MOTOR AND CAUSING THE MISFIRE DURING HARD ACCELERATIONS AFTER LONG PERIODS OF USING CRUISE CONTROL IN HIGH HUMIDITY SITUATION. THE IMPACT OF LOSING POWER WILL BE A FATAL ACCIDENT FOR A CUSTOMER AT SOME POINT IN TIME IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY OCCURRED. *TR

ON TWO OCCASIONS I WAS CRUISING IN HIGH HUMIDITY OR RAINY CONDITIONS FOR CLOSE TO 2 HOURS. UPON TRYING TO PASS THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. AFTER THE FIRST OCCASION I WENT TO A DEALER IN CANADA BECAUSE I WAS VACATIONING THERE, THEY PERFORMED TSB 12-6-4 AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. TODAY ON THE RETURN TRIP BACK TO THE USA THE PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN IN MAINE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE A SUDDEN LOSS IN POWER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT SINCE THIS EVENT ONLY SHOWS IT SELF AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS. SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE PROBLEM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERCOOLER CONDENSING WATER WHILE CRUISING AT SPEED AND THEN INGESTING THE WATER UPON ACCELERATION CAUSING THE MISFIRE AND LOST OF POWER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING A BRAND NEW 2012 FORD F-150 W/ 3.5L V6 ECO-BOOST I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO INTERSTATE WHILE TOWING A SMALL BOAT TRAILER WHEN I LOST TOWING POWER (RPM DROPPED INSTANTLY FROM ~4000 TO ~2000 RPM DESPITE HAVING ACCELERATOR DEPRESSED) AND THE ENTIRE TRUCK STARTED VIOLENTLY SHAKING. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL I COMPLETELY LET OFF THE GAS FOR A FEW SECONDS. I THEN PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THINGS WERE BACK TO NORMAL. I COULD HAVE EASILY LOST CONTROL DURING THE RAPID DECELERATION HAD THE ROADS BEEN WET OR IF A BIG OLE 18-WHEELER HAD BEEN BEHIND ME THINGS COULD HAVE ENDED POORLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150, EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, SIZE P275/65/R18. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 22 MPH ON A GRAVEL ROAD, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE AND BOTH THE VEHICLE AND TIRE WERE TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A ROAD HAZARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER TIRE WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE FLAT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE INITIAL TIRE FAILURE. THE DEALER THEN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TIRES WERE ONLY FOR HIGHWAY USE AND NOT O BE USED ON A GRAVEL ROAD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF FAILURE AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,400. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

THE VEHICLE EXHIBITS A KNOCK OR NIBBLE THAT IS FELT IN THE ELECTRIC STEERING SYSTEM , THIS IS VERY NOTICEABLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD ON DAYS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 70F. AS THE TEMP INCREASES THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUES INCREASE. IT IS FELT AS IF THERE IS A MAJOR COMPONENT IN THE STEERING SYSTEM THAT IS WORN OUT OR VERY NEAR FAILURE. THE ISSUES HAVE NOT CREATED A SAFETY PROBLEM AS OF YET , HOWEVER I BELIEVE THAT THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS. THE DEALER STAFF HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SYMPTOMS AN TWO SEPARATE DATES, THEY HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION ON THE MATTER. I HAVE FOUND OVER 600 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON A FORD FORUM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE WAS HITCHED TO A 2011 FOREST RIVER FLAGSTAFF TRAVEL TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY ACROSS THE ROAD. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY REDUCED THE SPEED AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH REAR AXLES WERE NOT DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE WEIGHT SPECIFIED ON THE VEHICLE'S GROSS WEIGHT STICKER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS NO MILEAGE.

BRAND-NEW CAR - 2 DAYS OLD. TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON I-81 AT NIGHT DURING LIGHT RAIN. ENGINE STALLED DURING ACCELERATION ATTEMPT WHILE MERGING FROM THE ON-RAMP ONTO RIGHT LANE OF INTERSTATE, FORCING 18-WHEELER TO BRAKE TO VOID CRUSHING ME. ENGINE RUMBLED WITH VERY LITTLE POWER GETTING TO THE WHEELS, AND RECOVERED TO NORMAL DRIVING MODE WITHIN ABOUT ONE MINUTE. SCARIEST DRIVING EVENT IN MY DECADES OF DRIVING. INTERNET RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 3.5L 6-CYLINDER ECOBOOST IN HUMID WEATHER, DUE TO CONDENSATION IN THE INTERCOOLER BEING SUCKED INTO THE ENGINE, WHEN ACCELERATING SHARPLY (SUCH AS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, LANE CHANGES, ETC., I.E., WHEN FULL ENGINE POWER IS REALLY NEEDED). THIS WILL LEAD TO FATALITIES EVENTUALLY, IF NOT FIXED, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO FIX AVAILABLE FROM FORD. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 FORD F150 4X4 WITH THE ECOBOOST MOTOR TO WORK ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY I EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING ISSUE: AFTER CRUISING FOR ABOUT 20 MILES AT 65MPG I ATTEMPTED A PASS OF SLOWER MOVING TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK ACCELERATED TO ABOUT 80MPH DURING THE PASS THEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND CREATED AN ENGINE BREAKING SITUATION. THE TRUCKS' SPEED DROPPED RAPIDLY FROM 80 TO 60MPH AND I HAD TO ABRUPTLY MOVE INTO THE SLOW LANE CUTTING OFF OTHER CARS TO AVOID BEING REAR ENDED. AS SOON AS THE POWER/SPEED LOSS OCCURRED THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO UNTIL I EVENTUALLY SLOWED TO ABOUT 50MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE TRUCK HAS 5000 MILES PRESENTLY AND HAS BEEN BACK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR SOFTWARE UPDATES, A CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACEMENT, TO ADD AN AIR DEFLECTOR AND IT CONTINUES TO THROW CODES AND TURN ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I GOT IT BACK YESTERDAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN ON MY DRIVE HOME. ALSO MILEAGE SEEMS TO BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I TRY TO AVOID PASSING SITUATIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN FEAR THE VEHICLE WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN A LIGHT RAIN WHEN I GENTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ENGINE STARTED VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY MAKING THE WHOLE TRUCK VIBRATE LIKE THE WHEELS WERE FALLING OFF. THE INCIDENT LASTED ABOUT 10 SECONDS BEFORE IT RETURNED TO ACTING NORMALLY. *TR

MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH F150 ECOBOOST TRUCKS. HUNDREDS OF OWNERS WITH THIS ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.F150FORUM.COM/F38/2011-55-60MPH-SHUDDERING-POSSIBLE-FIX-128636/INDEX145/ WHILE TAKING OFF FROM T-INTERSECTION AND TURNING LEFT CROSSING ONCOMING TRAFFIC THE TRUCK STARTED TO TAKE OFF THEN LOST ALL POWER FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS. THIS LEFT MY FAMILY AND I SITTING IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE ON A BLIND CORNER. THE TRUCK DID NOT DIE (I THOUGHT IT DID), I MASHED ACCELERATOR TO FLOOR AND TRUCK DID NOT RESPOND WHATSOEVER. MY WIFE WAS SCREAMING FRANTICALLY AT ME ASKING WHAT I WAS DOING WHILE I ATTEMPTED TO GET THE TRUCK TO MOVE OUT OF THE ONCOMING LANE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS THE TRUCK REGAINED POWER AND ACCELERATED NORMALLY. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3X NOW AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK BUT DO AND MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE IT AT ALL. SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF THE ECOBOOST F150 HAVE EXPERIENCE THIS PRECISE PROBLEM. FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AND HAS PROMISED A FIX FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS. WHILE THE TRUCK HAS OTHER MAJOR ISSUES THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM IS GOING TO RESULT IN DEATHS. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, BUT WHEN. *TT

WHEN ACCELERATING THE TRUCK BOGGED. RPM OF ENGINE INCREASE TRUCK DID NOT. LET OFF GAS AND DEPRESSED TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ON INTERSTATE. HAD TO PULL OVER AND SHUT TRUCK OFF TO RETURN TO NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I HAVE DOCUMENTED EACH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED WITH MORE DETAILS EACH TIME. FORD HAS LOOKED AT TRUCK SEVERAL TIMES. LATEST WORD IS THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, STARTED A TSB HOWEVER THERE ISN'T A FIX AVAILABLE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN CHANGING LANES OR MERGING FROM RAMP. THERE IS NOT ANY WARNING AND SCARES THE DEVIL OUT OF THE DRIVER. *TR

WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AND ACCELERATING, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE TRUCK ENGINE ALMOST DIED. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE, MAINLY WHEN I ACCELERATE QUICKLY AS IN TRYING TO PASS A CAR. IT COULD EASILY GET SOMEONE KILLED. THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR COME UP WITH A FIX BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CODES SHOWING EVEN THOUGH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS I HAVE CHECKED THE F150FORUM.COM AND ITS EVIDENT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS RAMPANT WITH THIS ENGINE.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150 CREW CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH COVERS OVER THE FENDER WELLS OF THE ENGINE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE WHO STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THEY NO LONGER OFFERED THE FEATURE AND THAT HE COULD PURCHASE ONE AT HIS EXPENSE OF $300. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND CONFIRMED THE DEALER'S STATEMENT. THEY OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500.

ENGINE MISFIRE, SHUDDER, BOGGING. TSB DIDNT FIX. *TR