2013 Ford F-150 complaints

FORD MOTOR COMPANY (FORD) IS RECALLING CERTAIN 2011-2013 F-150 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (RECALL #19S07). THE TRANSMISSION MAY UNEXPECTEDLY DOWNSHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR, REGARDLESS OF VEHICLE SPEED. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (LETTER) FROM FORD INFORMING ME OF THIS ISSUE. PROBLEM IS MY TRUCK HAS BEEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 6TH GEAR TO FIRST WITHOUT WARNING FOR THE PAST MONTH (FEB.-MARCH 2019). I NOTIFIED FORD MOTOR CO. AND WAS INFORMED YOUR VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE PART AND THIS RECALL DOESN'T COVER THIS. ACCORDING TO FORD, THE RECALL IS ONLY A SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD TO OVERRIDE THIS ISSUE. THE RECALL LETTER STATED MY TRUCK WAS SAFE TO DRIVE (REALLY!!) I SCHEDULED A APPOINTMENT WITH A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SERVICE CENTER TO INSPECT AND REPAIR. I DON'T TRUST THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIPS. THANKS FORD MOTOR CO, FOR ALL YOUR HELP.. THIS RECALL IS A BUNCH OF BS!!

JANUARY 28, 2019 REAR ELECTRIC SLIDING WINDOW (3 PIECE UNIT) SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. NO ONE HIT IT, THROW ANYTHING AT IT, OR SHOT IT. THE SOUND DOES SOUND LIKE A SOMEONE SHOT AT YOU. THE TRUCK WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVE WARMING UP AS USUAL (ELECTRIC START), GET IN, CLOSE THE DOOR AND BOOM THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW PANEL SHATTERS. TAKE IT BACK TO THE PLACE WE BOUGHT IT AND THEY TOLD US THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER EITHER. SAFELIGHT ORDERED US A WINDOW, INSTALLED IT, AND PROCEEDED TO TELL US THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO MANY FORD TRUCKS BEFORE. WE WERE DODGE TRUCK PEOPLE UNTIL THE AIR BAG RECALL, CHANGED TO FORD AND THIS HAPPENS, WHATS NEXT? THIS SEEMS LIKE A BIG PROBLEM WHEN FORD HAS NUMEROUS PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ALL OVER THE U.S. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONCE, WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN? I SURE HOPE NOT. IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN WHEN I HAVE MY CHILDREN WITH ME OR MY ELDERLY PARENTS WITH ME, GOD FORBID THEY SHOULD GET HURT BY GLASS, I WILL BE SUING. OR EVEN CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AND THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP UNTIL THE VEHICLE ALMOST CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PAUL CERAME FORD (11400 NEW HALLS FERRY ROAD, FLORISSANT, MO 63033, (314) 838-2400) AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE REMEDY TO REPAIR THE FAILURE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AFTER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2019. A LOANER VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,900.

FEB 19, 2019 STARTED EXPERIENCING DRIVE TRAIN PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK IT WOULD SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR AND WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS, ALSO FROM A STAND STILL THE VEHICLE WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS FROM A STOP AND START. ON FEB 21, 2019 I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO PRECISION FORD DEALERSHIP OF LILLINGTON, NC WHERE A TSB 13-6-8, (OBDII DATA CODE P070) OPEN RECALL 19S07 WAS DIAGNOSED. THEY WERE AWARE OF THE OPEN RECALL BUT COULD NOT REPAIR IT UNTIL APPROVED BY THE FORD COMPANY. I CONTACTED THE FORD COMPANY ON MAR 8, 2019. THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS, AND THEY WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME IF I PAY TO HAVE MY VEHICLE REPAIRED. I FEEL THIS DECISION IS UNPROFESSIONAL OF THE FORD COMPANY AND A TOTAL INCONVENIENCE FOR ME TO BE WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION WITH NO INDICATION OR TIMEFRAME OF WHEN I CAN GET MY VEHICLE REPAIRED. AT THIS RATE MY VEHICLE WILL BE INOPERATIVE FOR NO LESS THAN 2 - 3 MONTHS WHICH I FEEL IS NO FAULT OF MINE BUT A LACK OF EXPEDIENCY ON BEHALF OF THE FORD COMPANY.

2013 FORD F-150 WITH 142K MILES BEGAN RATTLING UPON START UP. VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS HAD THE OIL CHANGED PER SCHEDULE AND HAS ALWAYS USED FULL SYNTHETIC MOBIL 1 OIL. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 3.5'S EVEN ON WELL TAKEN CARE OF VEHICLES. REPAIR WAS ESTIMATED AT 3200.00 PLUS TAX TO REPLACE CHAIN. F-150 WAS TAKEN IN AND W HEN THE DEALERSHIP OPENED THE ENGINE THEY INDICATED THAT IT WAS IN PRISTINE CONDITION INSIDE AND NO SIGNS OF SLUDGE OR INDICATORS THAT ENGINE WASN'T TAKEN CARE OF. DEALERSHIP ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE IS A TSB FOR THESE ENGINES.

WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH NOTICED MY TRUCK HAD DOWN SHIFTED INTO 5TH GEAR, I SLOWED TO PULL OVER AND NOTED THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON, THE WRENCH INDICATOR AND SPEEDOMETER WAS AT ZERO. MY TRUCK SUDDENLY DOWN SHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY AT THE SHOULDER AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTED. MY TRUCK STARTED NORMALLY. I WENT TO FORD HUNTINGTON BEACH AND DESCRIBED THE SITUATION. AFTER EVALUATING DEALER STATED TRANS FLUID FULL, POSS LEAD FRAME DAMAGE AND VALVES GETTING STUCK. $1600! I INFORMED THE DEALER OF THE PENDING RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT ONLY COVERED A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. DAMAGE CAUSED BY A KNOWN FAULT SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

FORD RECALL 19S07 UNDER THIS PROGRAM, IT IS ONLY A SOFTWARE FIX TO PROGRAM THE VEHICLE TO IGNORE THE SYMPTOMS OF FAILURE. THE SOFTWARE PATCH PROGRAMS THE COMPUTER TO IGNORE ERRORS IN THE OSS SENSOR. THIS COULD MASK TRUE PROBLEMS WITH THE OSS AND THUS THE TRANSMISSION AS A WHOLE. FURTHER, IT COULD CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION, ENGINE, OR BOTH. OUR VEHICLE STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN THIS RECALL ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 10, 2019. AS MY WIFE WAS ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, IT SHUTTERED AND DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED BACK UP NORMALLY. AS SOON AS THE RECALL WAS ISSUED, I SCHEDULED AN APPOINT WITH ANDY MOHR FORD IN PLAINFIELD, IN TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 26, 2019. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE SOFTWARE PATCH FOR THE 2013 MODELS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2019. I ADVISED THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING THE ISSUES DESCRIBED. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I CONTACTED FORD'S CUSTOMER CARE AND WAS ADVISED THE SAME THING BUT THAT THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE A RENTAL VEHICLE IN THE INTERIM UNTIL THE FIX WAS ISSUED. ON OR ABOUT MARCH 5, 2019, I SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WITH ANDY MOHR FORD AGAIN AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE SOFTWARE PATCH WOULD NOT ACTUALLY FIX THE ISSUE OF THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING. FURTHER, IT WAS STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. FURTHER, THAT THIS FIX WOULD SIMPLY MASK THE ISSUE THAT W

I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO RED MCCOMBS FORD IN SAN ANTONIO, TX BECAUSE I HAD ISSUES WITH MY TRANSMISSION. I CAN BE DRIVING AND IT WOULD REV UP TO 4K RPM WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATION. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I'M DRIVING AND IT DROPS INTO 1ST AND JARS ME WHEN IT BOGS DOWN. TOOK IT IN AND WE PAID ALMOST $1000 FOR REPAIRS TO FIX IT SINCE I FEARED FOR MY SAFETY. IT FELT LIKE I HAD NO CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. THAT WAS IN SEPT 2018..HERE WE ARE MARCH 2019 HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I TRIED TAKING IT IN, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE OFFER OF A LOANER VEHICLE WHILE THEY FIXED AGAIN, SO I HAVE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE MY TRUCK STILL. I LOVE MY TRUCK...BUT THIS IS SCARY DRIVING LIKE THIS. I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BECAUSE I HAVE TO GET TO WORK DAILY. I NEED A RELIABLE VEHICLE PER I HAD MAJOR SURGERY LAST SEPT AND HAVE HAD 2 EMERGENCY ROOM TRIPS SINCE AND CANNOT AFFORD TO GET IN A WRECK OR HAVE MY TRUCK GO OUT WITH MY HEALTH ISSUES. I'M AFRAID ALL THE JERKING IS GOING TO CAUSE ME ISSUES WITH MY BACK AND SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. I HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART TRUCK TO GET IT TO QUIT REVVING UP, AND NOT REAR ENDING SOMEONE.

THE DEFROSTER ON THE REAR GLASS CAUSED THE BACK GLASS TO SHATTER WHILE DRIVING.

I USED THE REMOTE STARTER IN THE MORNING TO WARM UP MY TRUCK. AS I ENTERED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND SAT DOWN I HEARD A LOUD POP ALMOST LIKE A SMALL GUN FIRED. SHORTLY AFTER I COULD HEAR THE CRUNCHING OF THE REST OF MY BACK WINDOW SHATTERING. I COULD ALSO SMELL SMOKE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. AFTER CHECKING ON LINE IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE REAR DE-FROSTER.

VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP.I WAS DOING 75 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. ALSO, THE WRENCH ICON AND CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NATCHEZ FORD LINCOLN (888-508-9699, LOCATED AT 14 SGT PRENTISS DR, NATCHEZ, MS 39120) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE LEAD FRAME AND THE CONNECTOR IN THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,450.

I WAS DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. IF MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE SHE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TURN AND POSSIBLY HAD A VERY BAD ACCIDENT.

I HIT THE BUTTON FOR THE REAR DEFROST, BUT IT DIDNT LIGHT UP. I HAD STOPPED AT A GAS STATION TO GET A DRINK AND I WAS SITTING IN A PARKING STALL WITH THE TRUCK RUNNING WHEN I NOTICED SMOKE AND SMELLED SOMETHING HOT. SHORTLY THERE AFTER, ABOUT 5 SECONDS,I HEARD A LOUD BANG, WHICH SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT. I TURNED AROUND AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THIS TRUCK WAS SHATTERED. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM TO BE CREATED BY THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER, THAT WHEN THE DEFROSTER ISNT FULLY GROUNDED, IT CAUSES THE WINDOW TO GET TOO HOT CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE. BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW IF THE DEFROSTER IS ON OR OFF BECAUSE THE LIGHT ON THE DEFROSTER WAS NOT ON PRIOR TO ME SMELLING THE SMOKE AND HEARING THE LOUD BANG.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 ' 50 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACTS TORSO SLAMMED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V075000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. BRIGHTON FORD (8240 GRAND RIVER AVE, BRIGHTON, MI 48114, (810) 227-1171) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WIDELY REPORTED- PLEASE READ CAREFULLY! VERY SIMILAR TO EXISTING RECALL*, BUT NOT THE SAME. POTENTIALLY DEADLY. CURRENT RECALL DOES NOT ADDRESS THE SUDDEN UP-SHIFTS MENTIONED HERE. 2013 FORD F-150 MFG DEFECT: MOLDED LEADFRAME ASSY IN 6R80 TRANSMISSION SYMPTOMS: INTERMITTENT LOSS OF SPEED SIGNAL CAUSES SUDDEN/UNEXPECTED SLAMMING UPSHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR TO 5TH WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, CAUSING A COMPLETE AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF ALL ACCELERATION. INDICATIONS: 5TH GEAR SUDDENLY INDICATED ON DISPLAY, DASHES REPLACE NUMBERS ON SPEED/MILEAGE RELATED DISPLAYS (MPG, ODOMETER). SPEEDOMETER MAY READ 0, AIRBAG SYMBOL POPS ON, LARGE ORANGE WRENCH SYMBOL MAY BRIEFLY APPEAR. PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR DOES NOT CAUSE DOWNSHIFT. MOTOR MAY STALL. REMAINS IN 5TH GEAR WITHOUT SOME OTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION. TURNING ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON WILL RESET THE COMPUTER, AND VEHICLE OPERATES NORMALLY UNTIL NEXT OCCURRENCE. DANGERS: THIS COULD BE FATAL WHEN PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, BOTH FROM THE SIDE (PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM SIDE STREET) OR FROM REAR (SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED LOSS OF SPEED/ NO BRAKE LIGHTS). FORD CANNOT FIX THIS BY RE-PROGRAMMING THE VEHICLE TO IGNORE THE FAULTY SENSOR ANY MORE THAN YOU CAN IGNORE AN ONCOMING CEMENT TRUCK OR TRAIN. REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $800. IF NOT RECALLED, OWNERS MAY TRY TO LIVE WITH THE RISKS OR TRADE TO AN UNKNOWING PERSON, ENDANGERING LIVES OF OTHERS. *THIS DEFECTIVE PART IS ALSO THE ROOT CAUSE OF FORD RECALL #19S07, INVOLVING SUDDEN VIOLENT

WHILE DRIVING AND IN 6TH GEAR ON A 2 LANE RD, THE TRUCK SHIFTED DOWN INTO 1ST AND CAUSED ME TO SLIDE OFF THE ROAD. WHEEL ALMOST LOCKED UP. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTED ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER. PLACED THE SHIFTER IN MANUAL AND USED MANUAL TO GET HOME. THEY NEXT DAY TRUCK RAN BUT ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AND TRANS ACTS UP NOW AND THEN.NO DAMAGE BUT NOW THE TRUCK DOESN'T RUN RIGHT. I CLEARED THE CODES BUT NOT MUCH BETTER.

2013 FORD F-150 SHIFTS FROM 5TH OR 6TH TO 1ST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. TRUCK SLOWS DOWN AT A EXTREMELY FAST PACE, ENGINE REPAIR LIGHT COMES ON, AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING. HAPPENED WHILE GOING 70 MPH ALMOST CAUSING ME TO WRECK MY TRUCK. THIS WAS ON SATURDAY NIGHT, STARTED MY TRUCK ON MONDAY AND RAN FINE, ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP TRANSMISSION PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN TWICE ON THE WAY, DEALERSHIP REPROGRAMMED ECM AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE STILL HAVING PROBLEM AND NEEDED TO REPLACE THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

MOVING GRADUALLY PICKING UP SPEED AFTER STOPPING AT RED LIGHT TRUCK GOT TO 4TH GEAR AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DOWN SHIFT ALL THE WAY TO 1ST MAKING IT SEEM LIKE SOME ONE HIT ME FROM BEHIND. THIS CAUSED MY TRUCK TO GO FROM ABOUT 35MPH TO 10MPH VERY QUICKLY AND I WAS LUCKY NOT TO BE HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND ME AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

TODAY MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK WITH OUR TWO KIDS DOWN INTERSTATE I79 AT 70 MILES PER HOUR AND THE TRUCK SHIFTED ITSELF TOO FIRST GEAR LOCKED UP THE REAR TIRES AND ABOUT MADE THEM WRECK. I HAD TOO LEAVE MY JOB TO GET THEM OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DRIVE MY TRUCK BACK TOO WORK THIS IS NOT ONLY A ISSUE BUT IT COULD GET SOMEONE SERIOUSLY HURT

STEERING IS BINDING UP DURING TURNS, BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT. FEELS LIKE POWER STEERING HAS FAILED. WHEEL DOES NOT RETURN TO CENTER BUT MUST BE STEERED BACK TO CENTER. NO WARNING LIGHTS PRESENT

THE DOWN HILL DECENT LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR ARE INTERMITTENT WHICH AFFECTS THE BLINKERS, THE POWER LOCKS ON THE DOORS AND SOMETIMES THE TRACTION CONTROL.

JUMPS FROM HIGH TO LOW GEAR WHILE TRUCK IS IN MOTION WHEN DRIVING AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS ON COUNTRY, CITY AND HIGHWAY ROADS. HAS ALSO OCCURRED WHEN STOPPED TO MAKE A TURN INTO TRAFFIC.

FORD F-150 RECALL - CURRENT RECALL FROM FEBRUARY 2019 FOR THE UNINTENDED DOWNSHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR ON 2013 F-150 DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM OF SUDDEN LOSS OF GEAR AND UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFTING. VEHICLE SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED PER THE RECALL AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE SUDDEN DOWNSHIFTING. WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET IMMEDIATELY AFTER COMPLETING THE RECALL REPAIRS, THE VEHICLE LOST GEAR AND SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR FROM 5TH GEAR NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. REAR TIRES HAVE LOCKED UP ON OCCASION WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO FORD DEALERSHIP IN NEWNAN, GEORGIA WITHIN ONE HOUR OF PICKING IT UP FROM THE SAME DEALERSHIP AFTER THEY HAD COMPLETED THE RECALL SOFTWARE UPDATE. FORD DEALERSHIP IN NEWNAN, GEORGIA THEN RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND IDENTIFIED THE LEAD MOUNT CABLE AS THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND ERRONEOUSLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM FOURTH INTO FIRST GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ABRUPTLY REDUCE SPEED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,580. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

INTERMITTENT POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE, RESULTS IN A DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. FIRST HAPPENED AT APPX 20 MPH WHILE CORNERING, AND MOMENTARY EXIT OF LANE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC UNTIL ABLE TO WRESTLE VEHICLE BACK INTO LANE. I WAS ON A CURVY COUNTRY ROAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REARVIEW MIRROR FRACTURED WHILE THE DEFROSTER WAS ACTIVATED. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REARVIEW MIRROR FRACTURED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,500.

TAKATA RECALL. I PUT MY TRUCK IN DRIVE AND AS SOON AS I GET OVER 2-5 MPH IT SHIFTS FROM 1ST GEAR TO 3RD. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I LOSS THE SPEEDOMETER AND MY TURN SIGNALS WILL NOT TURN OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH A BIG WRENCH IN THE CENTER OF MY GAUGES. WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT BELOW 3RD AND WILL NOT GO INTO 6TH. ALSO THE ODOMETER,MPG, AND TRIPS ALL GO BLANK.CODE P0720. OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR CIRCUIT. I'M TOLD BY FORD AND A TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT IT'S IN THE TRANSMISSION! TRUCK JUST HIT 69147 MILES AND I HAVEN'T OWNED IT THREE WEEKS YET.

I NOTICED MY F150 SHIFTING STRANGE AT SOME POINTS RECENTLY(WITH IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS) THEN I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS AND SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED ON 11-13 F150S. SO I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY LOOKED UP MY VEHICLE TO SEE IF IT WAS AFFECTED BY THE RECALL. IT WAS PART OF THE RECALL SO THEY ASKED ME TO SET AN APPOINTMENT FOR IT TO BE FIXED. SO I DID, I LEFT IT WITH THEM FOR TWO DAYS ON THE SECOND DAY THEY CALLED TO TELL ME THEY CAN'T FIX IT BECAUSE FORD HASN'T DEVELOPED THE SOFTWARE TO FIX IT AND IT WON'T BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR. I ASKED THEM IF I WAS GOING TO GET A RENTAL UNTIL IT CAN BE FIXED DUE TO IT BEING A SAFETY CONCERN. I DRIVE MY 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN THIS VEHICLE DAILY. THEY TOLD ME NO AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO CALL FORD. SO I CALLED FORD AND AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO TRY AND SPEAK TO A MANAGER IN THEIR CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT I FINALLY GET A CALL FROM LENNY THE MANAGER WHO PROCESSED TO TELL ME THAT 'SAFETY IS NOT A JUSTIFIABLE REASON FOR THEM TO ISSUE ME A RENTAL' SO I ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MYSELF OR MY CHILDREN GET HURT OR KILLED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE RECALL BEING THAT MY TRUCK CAN SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST GEAR AS I'M GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. HE DID NOT HAVE ANY ANSWER FOR THAT AND TOLD ME THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO. SO I THEN ASKED TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOVE HIM. HE SAID THERE WASN'T ANYONE ABOVE HIM. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING THIS TRUCK ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN IN IT IF IT CAN DOWNS

WHILE IN MOTION (60MPH) GOING DOWN A HIGHWAY, THE TRUCK SHIFTS FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING.

VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR WHEN IN 6TH. RAN OFF THE ROAD ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. CALLED CORPORATE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS. BAD MOLDED LEAD FRAME. ORDERED PARTS,DEALERSHIP OPENED UP PAN AND FOUND METAL SHAVINGS. DID NOT INSTALL PARTS BECAUSE THEY SAID TRANNY WAS NO GOOD. FORD DOES NOT WANT TO FIX DAMAGED TRANNY ALTHOUGH VEHICLE NOW HAS RECALL FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE. CONTACTED BOTH CORPORATE AND DEALERSHIP AND PRETTY MUCH TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO, ALTHOUGH THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD FIX ISSUE. I BEEN LIED TOO, MADE BELIEVED THAT ISSUE WAS GOING TO BE FIXED. ITS BEEN OVER A MONTH OF BACK AND FORTH CHIRPING WITH BOTH CORPORATE AND DEALERSHIP AND IM TIRED OF THIS SICK GAME OF MAKING CUSTOMERS BELIEVE THEY WILL FIX THE ISSUE AND TURN RIGHT BACK AROUND AND SAY NO. IM STUCK AND IN DISBELIEVE. IM MAKING A HUGE DEAL BECAUSE I HAD MY 6MONTH OLD BOY IN THE BACKSEAT WHEN THIS HAPPEND AND FORD COULD HAVE CARED LESS.

WE FOUND OUT RECALL AFTER ACCIDENT LAST YEAR - WHEN TURNING - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED LOCKED, VEHICLE SKID AND CAUSED ACCIDENT. WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS BY INSURANCE, WE TOLD THEM WAS NOT OUR FAULT. WE HAD TO PAY DEDUCTIBLE AND OUT OF POCKE TO TRY TO REPLACE VEHICLE. NOW SAME VEHICLE IS ALSO UNDER SAME RECALL.

VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER WILL STOP WORKING WHILE MOVING AND VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE ONLY 5TH AND 3RD GEAR. IF YOU ARE PULLING OUT THE VEHICLE WILL STALL LEAVING THE POSSIBILITY FOR A CRASH. FORD REFLASHED THE PCM PER THE RECALL DIDN'T FIX THE ISSUE. NOW THE SAY THEY NEED TO CHANGE THE LEAD FRAM WHICH WAS RECALLED ON TRUCKS BEFORE THIS YEAR BUT NOT THIS TRUCK. A LOT OF THESE TRUCKS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE.

TRANSMISION PROBLEM FROM 1ST GEAR DOWNSHIFT AND POWER LOSS FROM ACCELERATION HAVING THE TRUCK SLOW DOWN ABUPTLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MEDVED FORD (1404 S WILCOX STREET, CASTLEROCK, CO 80104) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE CHANGED TWICE IN THE PAST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30-60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW OUTPUT SPEED MODULE NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO JENKINTOWN FORD (1650 THE FAIRWAY, JENKINTOWN, PA 19046, (888) 503-1980), BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,100.

1. LOSS OF BRAKES RESULTING IN PEDAL GOING ALL WAY TO FLOOR AT 35 MPH CITY. RECALL 16S24 BUT FORD DEALERSHIP IS SAYING MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED 2. LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, THIS HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES. 3. RECALL 19S07: BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP, STATED THEY DON'T HAVE THE SOFTWARE YET TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM OF SUDDEN POWER TRAIN DOWNSHIFT PRIME FORD 857 PORTLAND RD SACO MAINE 04072 SERVICE MANAGER :STACEY DRUMMEY 207-571-5035

TOOK VEHICLE OUT OF GARAGE AFTER WARM UP AND WHILE ACCELERATING TO 55 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL. I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED DOWN INTO A MUCH LOWER GEAR. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE BRAKES HAD LOCKED UP AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE. I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND WENT OUT TO SEE IF I HAD A SMOKING BRAKE. NOTHING LOOKED WRONG SO I GOT BACK IN AND STARTED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE CURB AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO NEUTRAL THE SHIFTED INTO A HIGHER GEAR THEN INTO A LOWER GEAR. I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL THEN TRIED DRIVE AGAIN. THE ERRATIC SHIFTING CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 5 MILES THEN SEEMED TO WORK CORRECTLY. THE NEXT DAY I ATTEMPTED TO BRING IT TO WORK TO GET IT LOOKED AT AND THE SAME SITUATION OCCURRED EXCEPT THE VEHICLE THEN DOWNSHIFTED TO 1ST AND WOULD NOT COME OUT. I STOPPED SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND STARTED AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WITH THE ERRATIC SHIFTING INTO LOWER GEARS FOR 30 MILES. I HAVE THE PAPERWORK FROM THE FORD DEALER SHOWING ME IT WAS THE MOLDED LEAD FRAME FAILED AND A CONNECTOR #AL3Z-7G276-D, CONNECTOR# 6L2Z-7G276-AA. TOTAL COST $1292.94

REAR WINDOW SHATTERS BY ITSELF, REMAINS IN PLACE. IN MOTION ON NEIGHBORHOOD, 20 MPH, DRIVING STRAIGHT, 35 DEG F OUTSIDE; DEFROSTER OFF. NOTHING IMPACTED WINDOW.

TRANMISSIOM SHIF TO FIRST SPEED

UNEXPECTEDLY DOWN SHIFT INTO 1 GEAR FROM 4TH WHILE DRIVING 30+ MPH, LOCAL STREET DRIVING: HAPPENED 4 TIMES, EACH TIME I WAS ON AN UP HILL INCLINE, ADDING POWER TO INCREASE SPEED. 1ST THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN IS A LOSS OF TORQUE, SHORTLY AFTER THE GEAR WOULD DROP FROM 4TH OR 5TH TO 1ST AND THE DRIVE TRAIN WOULD ACT AS A BREAK RAPIDLY BRINGING THE TRUCK TO A NEAR STOP. SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER WOULD ZERO OUT.I COULD GET IT TO RESET AFTER A WHILE.

AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES PER HOUR THE VEHICLE SHIFTS FROM 5TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR LOCKING THE REAR WHEELS THE VEHICLE THEN HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED TO PROCEED OTHER TIMES WHEN LEAVING A STOP THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST OR FIFTH GEAR WHEN SPEAKING WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY SAY PARK THE VEHICLE THEY MAY HAVE A FIX IN JUNE

VEHICLE IS DOWN SHIFTING TO GEARS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A ABRUPT STOP. I WAS GOING 55 MPH AND THE VEHICLE DOWN SHIFTED WITHOUT NOTICE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO FIX THE ISSUE, DUE TO THE ENGINEERS HAD NOT CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION. I WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATION DATE OF JUNE OF WHEN FORD WOULD HAVE A SYSTEM UPGRADE. MEANWHILE, I STUCK WITH A TRUCK PAYMENT FOR A VEHICLE I CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE.

THE TRUCK WILL DOWN SHIFT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE HAPPEN A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE CITY AT LOWER SPEEDS 40 MPH OR LESS. TRUCK WILL TYPICALLY GET BACK IN SINK AND DRIVE NORMAL. THE LATEST INCIDENT WAS THE SCARIEST. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH IN 6 GEAR. AND THE TRUCK DOWN SHIFTS INTO 1ST GEAR!!!! LOCKING THE REAR WHEELS UP IN TRAFFIC AT THIS SPEED IS DANGEROUS AND LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT OR KILLED. SINCE THIS ISSUE I AVOID INTERSTATE OR HIGHWAY TRAVEL AS THE DEALERSHIPS TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY TRUCK NOR CAN THEY FIX IT IF THEY CAN'T RECREATE THE ISSUE. I DON'T LET FAMILY OR FRIENDS RIDE IN THE TRUCK IF I HAVE TO DRIVE IT OR LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE IT . I HAVE A TRUCK THAT'S A DEATH TRAP AND IS JUST SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIPS TELL ME THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I KEEP TRACK OF WHEN IT HAPPENS AT WHAT SPEEDS AND DATES ALSO . FORD NEEDS TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS AS I HEAR IT'S A VERY COMMON PROBLEM!

I WAS DRIVING ON FEBRUARY 12TH 2019 AND HAD MY DEFROSTERS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR TO SEE MY BACK WINDOW SHATTERED RIGHT OVER MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST 3 YEARS. I STOPPED AND GOT OUT AND TOUCHED THE WINDOW AND BURNT MY HAND WITH HOW HOT IT WAS.

THIS MORNING AT ABOUT 5:30 AM I LEFT TO GO TO THE GYM AND HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK. I GET HOME ABOUT 7:00 AM GRAB MY STUFF OUT OF THE BACK AND NO PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK. BEFORE LEAVING FOR WORK ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER I AUTO STARTED THE TRUCK. I GET TO THE TRUCK TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND I NOTICE MY DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW IS COMPLETELY SHATTERED! I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND COME TO FIND THAT THIS IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH FORD. EITHER THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THE WINDOW OR WITH REAR DEFROST GETTING TO HOT OR STAYING ON TO LONG. THERE WERE LITTLE BITS OF GLASS ON THE SEAT, WHAT IF SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE BACK AND THE WHOLE WINDOW SHATTERS? THIS IS NOT SAFE AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED!

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE TOWING CAUSING INTERMITTENT SPEED CHANGES. RECEIVED A P0735 DTC CODE-GEAR 5 INCORRECT RATIO.

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED ON ITS OWN WITH NO IMPACT. VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY AND HAD BEEN STARTED WITH REMOTE START. REAR DEFROSTER ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30-40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO OPERATE AS INTENDED. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MOORESVILLE FORD (LOCATED AT 151 E PLAZA DR, MOORESVILLE, NC 28115, (704) 664-1300) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LEAD FRAME HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,930.

REAR DEFROST FAILS TO WORK. REAR WINDOW EXPLODES UPON USE SENDING GLASS INTO OCCUPANT SPACE.