AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF SINCE I CHANGED THE SEATS OUT ALSO BACK UP CAMERA IS A BLUE SCREEN
2013 Ford F-150 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2013 record →
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED SEVERELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE ROTOR WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE ROTOR WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE LOCAL DEALER FRITTS FORD LOCATED AT 8000 AUTO DR, RIVERSIDE, CA 92504 AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE SPEED WAS REDUCED. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HONOLULU FORD LOCATED AT 1370 N KING ST, HONOLULU, HI 96817 HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.*DT*JB
LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER TSB 19S07 WAS PERFORMED ON MY TRUCK, I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AIRBAG LIGHT BOTH TURNED ON. SPEEDOMETER SHUT OFF, READ 0, SAME WITH ODOMETER. VEHICLE REFUSED TO SHIFT BELOW 3RD GEAR. I THEN HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH A MERGE LIGHT TO ENTER FREEWAY AND START FROM 3RD GEAR. I HAD TO DRIVE THE 3 MILES OR SO BACK HOME LIKE THIS. TRUCK HAD NO ISSUES PRIOR TO THE RECALL BEING DONE.
MY VEHICLE RECENTLY DIED ON THE INCLINE OF A BRIDGE WITH NO SHOULDER PUTTING ME IN A VERY DANGEROUS POSITION. IT TURNS OUT THAT FUSE 27 IN MY VEHICLES FUSE BOX MELTED, NOT BLOWN, BUT PHYSICALLY MELTED DISABLING THE FUEL PUMP. TSB 15-0137 ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE BIT I BELIEVE IY SHOULD BE ELEVATED TO A RECALL.
STARTED THE TRUCK AT 6:40AM WITH THE REMOTE START, WENT OUTSIDE TO GET INTO THE TRUCK, PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO DRIVE BUT TRUCK WAS STILL IN PARK. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE BACK WINDOW WAS SHATTERED/SPIDERWEBBED. SMELT LIKE BURNING WIRES ALSO.
THIS IS FOR AN AFTERMARKET COIL PAK MANUFACTURE BY WELL VEHICLE ELECTRONICS, SPRINGFIELD MO. THE PAK SHORTED CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND DAMAGED BY TRUCK (F150) ECU COSTING ME OVER $1300.00 TO REPAIR. I HAVE SENT THE COIL PAK BACK TO THE MANUFACTURE BUT THEIR ANALYSIS WAS IT WAS DAMAGED BY THE IGNITION. THESE COIL PACKS ARE THE IGNITION, THE ONLY THING FROM THE TRUCK IS THE 12 VOLTS, THE THE PULSE TO FIRE IT. I'M FILLING THIS REPORT TO YOU AS I'M SEEKING DAMAGES TO THEIR DEFECTED COIL. THAT OVERHEATED, CAUSING THE COIL WIRE TO SHORT AND CATCH FIRE. I HAVE THE SPARKPLUG AND IT WAS CHECKED AND IT IS NOT SHORTED.
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING RANDOM "POWER STEERING ASSIST" FAULTS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE POWER STEERING IS LOST ON THE VEHICLE. I HAVE RESEARCHED WHERE FORD HAS RECALLED SEVERAL TRUCKS IN THE SAME YEAR-MODEL RANGE AS THIS VEHICLE FOR THE SAME REASON DUE TO FAULTY PART. IS IT POSSIBLE THEY SIMPLY MISSED THIS VEHICLE OR DOES THE RECALL NEED TO BE EXTENDED TO COVER THIS VEHICLE AS WELL?
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE: OIL/FILTER CHANGE, MULTI POINT INSPECTION, TIRE ROTATION. LUG NUTS WERE SWOLLEN AND CRACKED CREATING POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM. SWELLING DUE TO BIMETALLIC SEPARATION OF THE LUG NUTS. LUG NUTS WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $200.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR DOWN TO 1ST GEAR WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK-UP. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE TACHOMETER REMAINED OPERABLE WITH SEVERAL OTHER INSTRUMENT PANEL FEATURES INOPERABLE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT USED AN OBD SCANNER AND RETRIEVED FAULT CODE: P0721 (OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSOR RANGE/PERFORMANCE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 191,000.
TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED CAUSING VEHICLE TO FAIL WHILE ACCELERATING DURING HIGHWAY ENTERANCE
BRAKE FLUID LEAKED FROM THE BRAKE MASTERCYLINDER INTO THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER. ONCE THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL IN THE MASTERCYLINDER REACHED A HIGH ENOUGH LEVEL, BRAKE FLUID WAS SUCKED THROUGH THE VACUUM LINES INTO THE INTAKE AND INTO THE ENGINE, WHERE PRESUMABLY IT FILLED UP THE CYLINDERS. THIS OCCURRED BOTH WHILE IN MOTION AND STATIONARY, I SUSPECT IT ONLY OCCURRED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND A VACUUM WAS ON THE VACUUM LINES.
IN NORMAL CITY STREET, WITH MY FAMILY, IT'S SUDDENLY HAPPENED WITH NO ANY SPEED MAYBE BELOW THE 40KM,
OIL PRESSURE LOW, IT'S CAME SOMETIMES SINCE 3000KM UNTIL NOW I HAVE 190000KM ITS CAME 7 TIMES, AND WHEN IT'S HAPPENED THE TRUCK SWITCHING OFF AND THE DENGROUS THING WHEN THE STEERING LOCK OMG SPECIFICALLY ON THE HIGHWAY OR CORNERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE CONTACT'S PLACE OF BUSINESS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER CHAMPION FORD LINCOLN (140 SOUTHTOWN BLVD, OWENSBORO, KY 42303, (866) 984-4305) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO A RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS QUOTED A COST OF $1,700 FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
TOOK MY VEHICLE TO FORD DEALERSHIP AS I WAS HAVING 3 WARNING LIGHTS COME ON & WHEN I TURNED THE WHEEL IT MADE A LOUD NOISE. THEY TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE & WHEN THEY RETURNED THE STEERING LOCKED UP & ALMOST CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT A BUILDING. THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHICH CAUSED YOU TO NOT BE ABLE TO STEER. IF THIS WOULD OF HAPPENED WHEN I WAS TAKING MY SON TO TOWN WE WOULD OF WRECKED THE TRUCK. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE & THEY SAID I CAN'T DRIVE IT.
LEAD FRAME, OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR. WRENCH ICON AND SLOW TO UP SHIFT. NO ACCELERATION AND LOSS OF GAUGES
MY TRUCK 2013 F-150 V-6 TRANS. 6 SPEED 47K MILES ON 7/19/2020 TRUCK DOWN SHIFTS DASH SPEED OFF WRENCH CAME ON ON 07/31/2020 TRUCK DOWN SHIFTS BANGS DASH SPEED OFF WRENCH CAME ON ON 8/4/2020 TOOK TRUCK TO FORD AND FOUND CODE LEAD FRAME BAD AND WILL REPLACE FREE ON 9/9 2020 PART WAS INSTALLED ON 9/25/2020 TRANS. BANGS GOING FROM #2 TO#3 GEAR WRENCH LIGHT ON ON 9/30/2020 TOOK TO FORD FOR PROBLEM CODE -NO CODE WAS FOUND ON 09/30/2020 PICKED UP TRUCK AND DROVE ABOUT FIVE BLOCKS TO STOPLIGHT TRUCK WAS STUCK IN 5TH GEAR AND WOULD HARDLY MOVE THEN BANGED INTO FIRST GEAR CALLED FORD BACK SAME DAY AN THEY SAID DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING AND WOULD CHECK WITH FORD TECH. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH FORD 6 SPEED TRANS. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION AND I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THIS TRUCK
HAD RECALL FIX COMPLETED APPROX. MARCH 2019 BY FORD DEALERSHIP ON 2013 F-150, BUT WHILE IN MOTION, TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPS GEARS OFTEN, AS WELL AS, DELAYED SHIFTING OF GEAR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL WENT BLANK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER EITHER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V075000 (POWER TRAIN) OR 19V433000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO HIS DESTINATION. THE CONTACT CALLED AND INFORMED FRIENDSHIP FORD OF LENOIR LOCATED AT 515 WILKESBORO BLVD NE, LENOIR, NC 28645, (828) 754-1524, OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 138,000.
SE OYE UN RUIDO METLICO CORRIENDO EN AUTOPISTA LUEGO DE LAS 55 MILLAS. CUANDO SUBE UNA CUESTA EN 1 Y CAMBIA A 2 AL HACER FUERZA EN RUIDO SE OYE SUMAMENTE FUERTE. LO EVALU UN MECNICO CON UN EQUIPO ELECTRNICO Y NO ENCONTR NINGN DEFECTO EN LOS SISTEMAS. NO PRESENTA NINGUNA OTRA COSA.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE TRUCK SHIFTED FROM 5TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR... THE WHEELS SEEMED TO HAVE LOCKED UP AS WE DID LEAVE A SKID MARK ON THE HIGHWAY. NEARLY SENT US THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD... THANK GOODNESS FOR SEAT BELTS. WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED ON THE CONSOLE. PULLED OVER... TURNED OFF VECHICLE, TURNED BACK ON AND SHOWED IN 1ST GEAR.. STARTED DRIVING AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR AND WRENCH REAPPEARED... POWERED OFF AGAIN AND BACK ON WRENCH DISAPPEARED... SEEMED TO DRIVE NORMAL AFTER A COUPLE MILES WRENCH APPEARED AGAIN AND WE HAD NO GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD OPERATIONAL EXCEPT RPM. DEALERSHIP PERFORMED RECALL 19S07 FOR THIS KNOWN ISSUE... ON TEST DRIVE IT WAS STILL NOT RESOLVED SO THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO DO 19N01 BUT THAT THIS WAS ONLY ALLOWED AS A WARRANTY REPAIR UP TO 150000 MILES. I HAD 151866 WHEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. SO I NOW HAVE AN UNSAFE TRUCK WITH A KNOWN RECALL ISSUE THAT FORD WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE I HAD 1866 MILES MORE THAN THEIR WARRANTY. THEY WANT 800 FOR ME TO FIX IT MYSELF WHICH I MUST DO AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL FIX THE ISSUE. FORD SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO FIX ISSUES TIED TO KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. WHO KNOWS NEXT TIME IT DOES IT SOMEONE COULD REAR END ME AND BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
BRAKE FLUID FILLED THE BOOSTER AND RUINED MASTER CYLINDER.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR. AN UNSTATED WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE TO HER DESTINATION. THE CONTACT CALLED BIRD KULTGEN FORD LOCATED AT 1701 W LOOP 340, WACO, TX 76712, (254) 666-2473, TO NOTIFY THE DEALER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF FAILURE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V433000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,500.
BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND STEERING SHAFT BAD FOUND ON 09/22/2020 AT INSPECTION STATION
GOES INTO LIMP MODE AT INTERSECTION VERY DANGEROUS THROTTLE BODY
MY VEHICLE IS LEAKING FROM THE ROOF INSIDE MY TRUCK AND GETTING MY SEATS WET. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM BECAUSE I'VE SEEN OTHER 2013 FORD F-150 OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING. I CALLED MY FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE AWARE THAT IT'S A KNOWN PROBLEM STATING FORD USED INFERIOR PARTS ON THE TOP STRIPS THAT RUN ALONG THE TOP AND DOWN TO THE REAR WINDOW. THE DEALER SAID I'D HAVE TO PAY @ OVER $500 TO GET THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED WHERE THEY REMOVE THE ENTIRE BACK WINDOW AND PUT NEW STRIPPING ON TOP THAT USES NEW SCREW PACKAGE THAT DOESN'T BREAK DOWN AND ALLOW WATER TO ENTER. I SEE THAT A SIMILAR REPORT OF THIS PROBLEM WAS ENTERED ON THIS SITE IN 2013. IT JUST SO HAPPENS IT TOOK A LONGER TIME FOR MY PROBLEM TO OCCUR DUE TO HAVING MY VEHICLE BEING PARKED OUTSIDE MORE.
EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKEN AND WARPED MANIFOLD.
LWITH OUT WARNING BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, LOST ALL BRAKING APPROACHING AN IINTERSECTION. WAS ABLE TO TURN CORNER & MAKE IT TO MY DRIVEWAY WITH OUT ANY BRAKES.
TL* THE CONTACT'S WIFE OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS WIFE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V433000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT'S WIFE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GRIFFIN FORD-LINCOLN, INC (511 7TH ST W, TIFTON, GA 31794) TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIR PERFORMED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, THE REAR TIRES WOULD LOCK UP WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DOWN SHIFTING. THE CONTACT WOULD PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE TO RESUME NORMAL DRIVING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE SLOWING DOWN AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SWITCH INTO A HIGHER GEAR WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT'S WIFE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT THEN CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.*DT*JB
THE STEERING WOULDN'T MOVE AND NONE OF THE TURNING SIGNALS WORK.
VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED WHILE COMING BACK FROM WORK, SPEEDOMETER SHUT ITSELF OFF AND A WRENCH ICON SHOWED ON THE DASHBOARD
ON 8/29/2020 I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 FORD F-150 AND I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN IN A INTERSECTION AND RIGHT WHEN I WAS TURNING MY STEERING WHEEL IT FROZE UP AND BECAME EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES AND PULL THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT WITH ALL MY MIGHT AND ALMOST WENT OVER THE CURB. LUCKILY I WAS DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOME SO I MANAGED TO TO SLOWLY TAKE DRIVE TRUCK BACK HOME. AFTER GOING ONLINE AND RESEARCHING THE STEERING PROBLEM I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THERE 2013 FORD F-150'S. EVEN OTHER YEARS OF FORD F-150 HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS ALSO. THE 2014 F-150 HAVE A RECALL ON THERE STEERING SYSTEMS. FORD HAS NOT TO THIS DAY ISSUED A RECALL YET FOR THE 2013 FORD F-150 BUT IT HAS RECALLS FOR FUSIONS AND OTHER 2013 FORD MODELS. THIS IS VERY DISCONCERTING TO ME BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE. LUCKILY I WASN'T GOING 75 ON THE FREEWAY AROUND A CURVE WHEN THIS HAPPENED OR THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHE. SHAME ON FORD FOR PUTTING FAULTY STEERING SYSTEMS IN THESE VEHICLES AND NOT ISSUING A RECALL STILL. I HAD TO PAY $2,000 TO GET THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY MAKE ME PAY FOR THERE FAULTY PART. I DO NOT FEELS SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK ANYMORE AND I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT IN THE FUTURE.
WHILE DRIVING FROM OHIO BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA, MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELLING AT 75 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING MY TRUCK ABRUPTLY STALLED TO 5 MPH WITH NO POWER FROM THE ACCELERATOR. I MANAGED TO GET THE TRUCK OUT OF THE HIGH SPEED LANE ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AND ON TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF. A FEW MINUTES LATER, I TURNED THE TRUCK BACK ON AND ALL FUNCTION RESUMED. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR WORK THERE WAS NO ISSUE REPORTED OR READ AND THE ERROR COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. SERVICE INFORMED ME I HAD A BAD THROTTLE BODY. THIS TRUCK WAS PART OF A "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM" RUN IN 2013 FOR A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND TOTAL LOSS OF ACCELERATION. MY TRUCK RECEIVED THE REPAIR IN 2014 VOIDING THE THROTTLE BODY 10 YEAR OR 150,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE SAFETY CONCERN REMAINS AND IS ENDANGERING MY LIFE, MY WIFE, AND OUR FUTURE CHILD. THE PART MIGHT BE REPLACED WITHOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM. AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE MAY KEEP THIS VEHICLE HAVING REOCCURRENCES. THIS HAS ME VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A SERVICE THAT DOES NOT INCREASE VEHICLE SAFETY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT CONCERN I BEGAN TO INQUIRE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS ISSUE. IT TURNS OUT THAT IN 2015 A CLASS ACTION SUIT WAS FILED AGAINST FORD AND SETTLED ON INDIVIDUAL BASISES (JANIS BENKLE ET AL V FORD MOTOR COMPANY). CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS TO ASSIST OWNERS LIKE MYSELF IN THIS SITUATION. THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM IS NO LONGER VALID AND THE REPAIR PE
DRIVING AT 70MPH, ENGINE BECAME WEAK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TRANSMISSION WENT TO 5TH GEAR, SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0 THOUGH TACHOMETER WAS STILL SHOWING AROUND 2,000 RPM. AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. TRUCK WOULDN'T SHIFT UP OR DOWN. CAME TO A STOP, TRANSMISSION WENT TO 3RD. HAD TO SHUT OFF TRUCK AND RESTART. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN 1 MONTH. I JUST PURCHASED THIS TRUCK THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE.
RANDOMLY THE STEERING LOCKS UP AND LOSES POWER STEERING - USUALLY ON A TURN LEFT AND RIGHT - ISSUE LASTS 2 TO 5 SECONDS AND THEN RETURNS TO POWER STEERING. A HILL DECENT FAILURE WARNING LIGHT APPEARS AND THEN A SERVICE ADVANCETRAC WARNING LIGHT. ALSO FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY. VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC.
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY AT 65MPH, A YELLOW WRENCH APPEARED IN MY DASH INFORMATION PANEL AND THE VEHICLE ENTERED "LIMP MODE". THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND I HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY TRANSITION ONTO THE SHOULDER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART, HOWEVER, IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES ON THE WAY TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. THE OBD DIAGNOSTIC CODE WAS P2112
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,952.
THE BRAKES WENT OUT ON MY 2013 F-150, THE MASTER CYLINDER LEAKED BRAKE FLUID INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. 'I WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR I WAS LUCKY THERE WASN'T A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME OR I WOULD HAVE HIT IT. 'I PULLED INTO GAS STATION AND GOT DOT 4 BRAKE FLUID AND FILLED UP THE RESERVOIR, THE INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWED 98% FULL. 'I DROVE COUPLE BLOCKS HOME AND WENT TO STOP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN (I WAS LUCKY I DID NOT GO THRU THE GARAGE).
DRIVER NOTED UNUSUAL LACK OF POSITIVE CONTROL SENSATION DURING NORMAL MANEUVERING WHILE DRIVING. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LOCAL SERVICE CENTER. SUSPENSION, W08HEEL AND TIRE MATERIAL CONDITION APPEARED SATISFACTORY. LUG NUTS WERE SWOLLEN. 24 LUG NUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. TIRES WERE ROTATED. VEHICLE MANEUVERING APPEARS NORMAL AFTER REPAIR. FINDING AND REPAIR WAS COMPLETED BY TOM FROST FIRESTONE, INC. WARRENTON, VA 20186 INVOICE 1012727 540-347-1500
AIRBAG LIGHT ON HAD TO REPLACE 2 WIRING HARNESSES AND SENSORS.THIS VEHICLE HAS 50600 MILES AND I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE NEW. FORD SAYS FIVE YEARS OR 60000 MILES WARRANTY. I HAD IT REPAIRED BY MY MECHANIC AT COST OVER 500.00 DOLLARS. I BELIEVE SAFETY ISSUES SHOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY FOR DEFECTIVE PARTS.THANK YOU!
TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE IN TRAFFIC AND ALMOST HAD A WRECK BEFORE I COULD GET OFF FREEWAY.
WHEN I WAS BACKING MY F150 OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A LOUD SQUEALING SOUND WHEN I TURNED MY STEERING WHEEL. THIS CAUSED A STABLE TRAC LIGHT, A HILL DECENT LIGHT, AND A POWER STEERING LIGHT. I CLICKED ON THE OK BUTTON TO CLEAR ALL THREE FAULTS ON THE DASH BECAUSE THE TRUCK SEAMED TO WORKING PROPERLY. AS I DROVE TO WORK A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BREAKS AND WHEN I WENT TO REACT THE POWER STEERING DID NOT WORK. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND OR DEATH TO ME AND MY KIDS. THE POWER STEERING DID COME BACK AND WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHEN A CAR TURNED IN FRONT OF ME AND WHEN I SWERVED TO MISS A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE TRUCK THE POWER STEERING FAILED YET AGAIN. I NOW HAVE ALL THREE FAULTS EVERY TIME I START THE TRUCK AND THE POWER STEERING IS COMPLETELY OUT NOW. THIS CONDITION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF A YOUNGER PERSON OR SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR HAVE THE PHYSICAL STRENGTH TO MANUALLY TURN THE VEHICLE WHEN THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WITHOUT WARNING.
VEHICLE HAS OUTSTANDING SAFETY RECALL NHTSA# 19V075 (MANUF RECALL# 19S07). REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO SCHEDULE RECALL WITH LOCAL DEALERS FAILED. DEALERS EITHER DID NOT RESPOND OR SAYS THEY WILL "GET BACK WITH YOU". CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SENT EMAIL STATING THAT THEY WILL GET IT TAKEN CARED OF, THEN NOTHING. FOLLOW-UP EMAILS GO UNANSWERED. BEEN TRYING TO SCHEDULE THIS SINCE APRIL. PLEASE HELP.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONED WITH A THREE PANEL SLIDING WINDOW. THE WINDOW PANEL BEHIND THE DRIVER SHATTERED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THAT THE SAME WINDOW PANEL SHATTERED SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HASSETT FORD (3530 SUNRISE HWY, WANTAGH, NY 11793, 516-785-7800) STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE ISSUE AND THERE WAS ALSO NO WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.
2013 FORD F-150 RECALLED BY FORD IN 2016 UNDER RECALL 16V345000. VEHICLE HAD THE DEFECTIVE HITACHI MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED IN MAY OF 2017 BY JENKINS FORD IN FORT MEADE FLORIDA AT NO CHARGE. ON JULY 30TH 2020 WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL, TRAVELLED TO THE FLOOR WITH MINIMAL BRAKING AND BRAKE FLUID LOW LEVEL LIGHT CAME ON WITH WARNING CHIME. REMAINED IN CONTROL TO STOP VEHICLE WITH NO ACCIDENT. VEHICLE TOWED TO BARTOW FORD, DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY MASTER CYLINDER SEAL ALLOWING COMPLETE BYPASS OF BRAKE FLUID INTO THE VACUUM BOOSTER. FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR $1282 CLAIMING THEY HAD FIXED THIS PROBLEM IN 2017. UPON INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED THAT THE DEFECTIVE HITACHI MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER IDENTICAL DEFECTIVE HITACHI MASTER CYLINDER. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO TRY TO CORRECT A DEFECT WITH THE IDENTICAL DEFECTIVE PART WHEN THE BRAKING OF A 6000 POUND VEHICLE IS AT STAKE! I JUST SAW ANOTHER RECALL JUST OUT FOR 2015 THRU 2018 F150 WITH THE SAME POORLY DESIGNED SINGLE SEAL MASTER CYLINDER. HOW MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE THERE BEEN FOR THE REPLACEMENT MASTER CYLINDER ALSO FAILING?
HAS A REALLY ROUGH START. KNOCKS REALLY LOUD WHEN IDLE. DRIVES ROUGH AND KNOCKS AS WELL. AFTER A WEEK OF SEARCHING FORUMS I FOUND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE THE CAM PHASERS REPLACED. MOST OF THEM JUST SAID THEY CHANGED OUT THE ENGINE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,044.
I HAD THE WRENCH LIGHT COME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A PROBLEM AT FIRST. THEN A DAY LATER WHEN I WAS GOING TO WORK, I TURNED THE TRUCK ON AND PUSHED THE GAS AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATED AT ALL. MY RPM'S WOULD NOT CLIMB. I HAD TO LET MY TRUCK START TO GO ON ITS OWN THEN MY GAS PEDDLE WOULD FINALLY CATCH AND MY TRUCK WOULD GO. LATER THAT DAY I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, GOING ABOUT 40MPH, AND MY VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART MY TRUCK. IT DID LIKE 3 TIMES ON THE WAY HOME. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW AS SOON AS I START MY TRUCK, WITH IT STILL IN PARK, AND HIT THE GAS THE LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND THE TRUCKS RPMS DON'T WORK. THIS IS ONE OF MANY PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK. THE A/C IS A WHOLE OTHER TOPIC.
ELECTRIC POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, HAD TO PULL OVER AND GET THE TRUCK TOWED. CONTACTED LOCAL FORD DEALER, THEY ADVISED REPLACING THE ELECTRIC RACK AND PINION FOR ABOUT $1900. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN, HOWEVER FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS MODEL YET.
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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