2013 Ford F-150 complaints

ON 12/31/18 I WAS OPERATING MY VEHICLE LISTED IN THIS COMPLAINT. WHILE OPERATING I HAD THE REAR DEFROSTER ACTIVATED. I ARRIVED HOME AND BACKED INTO TO MY DRIVEWAY. WHILE REVERSING I HEARD A LOUD POP COME FROM MY BACK WINDOW. THE ENTIRE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. THE WINDOW SETS IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK BED AND DID NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH ANY FOREIGN OBJECT. ON 1/5/19 WHILE GETTING THE WINDOW REPAIRED CHAFING WAS FOUND ON THE DEFROSTER WIRES ON THE BROKEN WINDOW. I CALLED FORD, THEY ADVISED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH F150S BUT IT DID NOT HAVE A RECALL. I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR MY EXPENSES SINCE I DID NOT DAMAGE THE WINDOW. THIS WAS NOT A CHEAP FIX, THE SHATTERED GLASS WAS POPPED OUT FROM THE INSIDE.

THE TRUCK GETS STUCK IN FIRST GEAR AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND TURNED ON AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET AND WOULD NOT ADVANCE TO SECOND GEAR.

2011 - 2015 PHASERS AND TIMING CHAIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 30 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO EIDE FORD LINCOLN (800 E BISMARCK EXPY, BISMARCK, ND 58504, 701-222-3500) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LEAD FRAME FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,190.

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

WHEN I ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY TO MERGE OR PASS MY TRUCK LOOSES POWER COMPLETELY CAN NOT ACCELERATE. IT SHUDDERS FOR ABOUT 45 SECONDS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FLASHING AND IT SUDDENLY COMES BACK TO LIFE. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL FORD AND THEY SAID IT WAS A HIGH PRESSURE PUMP THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I REPLACED IT AND IT IS STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS. THE MORE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE THE MORE I FIND ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. FORD SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE AND RECALL THESE TRUCKS FOR THIS PROBLEM. I NOW HAVE TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP HOPING THEY CAN FIGURE IT OUT. LAST FORD TRUCK I WILL EVER OWN.

TRANMISSION WILL START SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 5TH GEAR WHILE DRIVE AT ANY SPEED CAUSING THE TIRES TO LOCK UP AND CHIRP. OTHER TIMES THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR. OTHER TIMES WHILE DRIVING 60MPH+ THE SPEEDO NEEDLE WILL GO TO 0MPH AND TRANSMISSION IS UNRESPONSIVE. IN ALL CASES THE VEHICLE MUST BE PULLED OVER, TUNED OFF AND RESTARTED TO CORRECT HE ISSUE. IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN THERE IS NO SAFE AREA TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING ISSUE FOR A FEW MONTHS. SUSPECTED LEAD FRAME FAILURE.

REAR DEFROST SHATTERED MY REAR WIDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DOWN SHIFTS TO FIRST GEAR. IN THE WINTER WITH SNOW/ICE ON THE ROAD THIS CAUSES THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK-UP . I DO NOT WANT SOMEONE TO RUN INTO THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE OR LOOSE CONTROL. THE TRUCK WAS ASSEMBLED IN SEPT OF 2012. THE ENGINE IS A 3.7 LITER W/ 6 SPEED AUTO. 4 WHEEL DRIVE. IN JUNE OF 2018 (6/22/2018) I BROUGHT THIS TRUCK TO COPPER COUNTRY FORD, HOUGHTON MI. AND HAD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT "REFLASH" UPDATE THE TCM ( TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE)

EARLY THIS MORNING (JAN 9, 2019) MY HUSAND REMOTED STARTED HIS 2013 F150 TO HEAT IT UP BEFORE WE LEFT FOR WORK (IT WAS MIDE 30'S OUTSIDE). AFTER RUNNING FOR ABOUT 10 MIN WE GOT IN AND BEFORE EVEN BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WE HEARD A LOUD POP. IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE SHOT OUR BACK WINDOW WITH A GUN. WE SAW THE BACK WINDOW DIRECTLY BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THE TINT FILM HELD IT ALL TOGETHER, BUT IT WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. WE GOT OUT TO SEE IF A BIRD FLEW INTO IT OR TO FIND ANY REASON AND NOTICED THERE WASN'T EVEN A PUNCTURE TO THE WINDOW FROM OUTSIDE. IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY SHATTERED FROM THE INSIDE OUT. MY HUSBAND WILL SPEND TODAY FINDING SOMEONE TO REPAIR AND WE'VE NOW LOOKED IT UP AND FOUND MANY COMMENTS OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US ALL AND URGE FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL?

ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE IN REVERSE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AS IF I HAD BACKED INTO AN OBJECT PARKING LOT. TWO TIMES WHILE DRIVING APRROXIMATELY 45 TO 50 MPH MY VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY INCREASED RPMS, AGAIN IT FELT AS IF SOMEONE REAR ENDED ME. MOST RECENT VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT. MANUAL SHIFT OPTION WORKED. RESTARTED MOTOR 4 TIMES HOPING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. VEHICLE NEVER SHIFTED OUT OF 5TH. AS TRAVELING, SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, ODOMETER DISPLAY WENT TO DASHES, TRACTION CONTROL STOPPED WORKING, WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, DISPLAY FOR GEARS WAS EITHER 5TH OR 3RD DEPENDING ON SPEED. AT ABOUT 55 MPH THE VEHICLE PERFORMED A HARD JERK, HIGH RPMS, ALMOST BRINGING ME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN HEAVY TRAFFIC HIGHWAY. AGAIN AS IF SOMEONE REAR ENDED ME. FINALLY LIMPED HOME. NOW I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. MY 5 YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED 10-23-2018. CONTACTED FORD DEALER NOT IN RECALL AND WARRANTY OUT SO IT'S MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET. THIS IS SO DISHEARTENING TO KNOW IT'S A FACTORY DEFAULT YET FORD WILL NOT HONOR THE REPAIRS.

VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE WAY WARMING UP WHILE I WAS IN I HEARD A LOUD POP AFTER EXAMINING MY VEHICLE NOTICED THE BACK GLASS WAS SHATTERED.THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS ON DURING THIS TIME.AFTER INVESTIGATING THE MATTER ON THE INTERNET SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE REAR DEFROSTER SHATTERING WINDOW. *TR

ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS DIAGNOSED TO BE WITH THE LEAD FRAME, SIMILAR TO THOSE DESCRIBED WITH THE 2011-2012 RECALL. I HAD RANDOM ISSUES WHERE IT WOULD SLIP FROM 2ND TO 5TH STARTING FROM A STOP. THEN I HAD IT SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFT FROM 4TH TO 1ST WHEN GOING ABOUT 50MPH, ENOUGH TO CHIRP THE TIRES.

I HAVE HAD 3 ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLES BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILING. ALL IN A 4 MONTH PERIOD. THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILS AND I AM LEFT WITH LITTLE OR NO BRAKES. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME I HAVE SOME KIND OF CONTAMINATION IN THE FLUID. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER TWICE AND FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM, SO I AM ADVISED TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE COMPONENTS TO THE TUNE OF 2500. DOLLARS. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD ADDRESS AND WONT HELP ME AT ALL. THE BRAKES DON'T GIVE YOU ANY WARNING WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO FAIL. EVERY TIME THEY FAIL I HAVE BEEN DRIVING, LUCKILY NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED OR INJURED YET. NOBODY CAN GUARANTY ME IF I FIX THE BRAKING SYSTEM THAT IT WILL WORK LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO.

DELAYED SHIFTS, LOSS OF POWER, SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING, ENGINE WRENCH ILLUMINATED, PO 720/722 LEAD FRAME REPLACED VERY SCARY LOSING POWER AT HIGH SPEEDS AND REVS IN RED LINE

MY 2013 F-150 IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER A FORD RECALL FOR 2011 THRU 2012 F150S 16N02 MOLDED LEADFRAME EXTENDED WARRANTY RECALL. THE TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR ALL BY ITSELF, EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, RESULTING IN REAR WHEEL SKIDDING AND TRANSMISSION LOCK-UP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DEFOGGER WAS INOPERABLE A YEAR AGO. THE DEFOGGER BEGAN WORKING AGAIN THIS YEAR AND SHATTERED THE REAR WINDOW. THE CONTACT CALLED HOLIDAY FORD AT 877-478-5316 (LOCATED AT 390 N ROLLING MEADOWS DR, FOND DU LAC, WI 54937) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED REAR DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING SOMETIME LAST YEAR. THIS WINTER CONSUMER TRIED IT AGAIN AND STARTED WORKING. DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND CONSUMER STOPPED USING IT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM REVEALED IN THE INTERNET.*JB

IT WAS ABOUT 20 DEGREES OUT AND I DROVE TO WORK WITH MY FRONT AND REAR DEFROSTERS ON. AFTER I BACKED INTO MY PARKING SPOT I HEARD A VERY LOUD POP OR BANG. STARTLED ME. I GOT OUT AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL DARK OUT. WHEN DRIVING HOME, I NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE PORTION OF THE REAR POWER SLIDING WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. I'M PISSED! CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN FOR AN ESTIMATE. WAS TOLD IT'S NOT COVERED AND MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED ANYWAY. COME TO FIND OUT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM. OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE HERE.

REMOTE STARTED TRUCK. 10 MINUTES LATER I GOT IN, PUT KEY IN IGNITION AND ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER I HEARD A LOUD POP. I LOOKED BACK AND THE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. DEFROST WAS ON.

MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY TRUCK STARTED NOT WANTING TO SHIFT INTO THE PROPER GEAR. IT WENT FROM SHIFTING INTO A HIGHER GEAR AS I WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, WHICH CAUSED ME TO LOSE PRETTY MUCH ALL POWER. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE A WRECK IN BUSY TRAFFIC. THE MOST WORRISOME PROBLEM WAS THAT IT STARTED SHIFTING INTO 1ST GEAR WHEN DRIVING IN NORMAL TRAFFIC. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH, CAUSING THE BACK TIRES TO LOCK AND A LOSS OF ALL POWER. IT HAPPENED A FINAL TIMEWHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH. IT WENT FROM 5TH GEAR TO 1ST CAUSING MY TIRES TO LOCK AGAIN AND ALMOST CAUSING THE PERSON TRAVELING BEHIND ME TO WRECK INTO ME. IT WAS VERY SCARY. EVEN THOUGH I WAS ON A CURVY ROAD I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, BUT I HAD LOST ALL POWER AND THE RPMS ON THE ENGINE WENT EXTREMELY HIGH. AS SOON AS I COULD I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS RESET THE COMPUTER. THIS ISSUE IS VERY SCARY AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS WRECK AT THE SPEED I WAS TRAVELING AT, NOT TO MENTION IF IT WAS A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. IN RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE, I FOUND MANY SIMILAR ISSUES AFFECING FORD TRUCKS

SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT INTO LOW GEAR, FEELS LIKE FIRST GEAR. REAR WHEELS LOCK AND SLIDE. SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS 0, AND ODOMETER DISPLAYS 0, DIGITAL GAUGES IN THE CENTER GO BLANK. THIS IS FOLLOWED WITH A LOSS OF POWER. COASTING TO A SAFE PLACE, TURN OFF THE IGNITION, RESTART AND HAVE GAUGES BACK, DRIVING WITH NORMAL SHIFT POINTS. THIS HAS OCCURRED 5 TIMES IN THE PAST 14 DAYS. AND THIS TRUCK IS NOT A DAILY DRIVER, SO THIS IS OCCURRING EACH TIME THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED. WE ONLY USE THIS TRUCK FOR DRIVING IN THE CITY, WE ARE TERRIFIED OF DRIVING ON ANY INTERSTATE OR HIGHWAY OR AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 40 MILES PER HOUR DUE TO THE LOCKING UP OF THE REAR WHEELS. THERE IS NO PHOTO DOCUMENTATION DUE TO THE RAPID ONSET OF THE DOWNSHIFT. I FEAR THIS VEHICLE WILL BE INVOLVED IN A CRASH.

I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM THE GAS STATION AROUND 2230 HRS ON A WINTER NIGHT. I WAS GOING ABOUT 35 MPH ON A CITY STREET WHEN I SUDDENLY HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG; LITERALLY SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT, I QUICKLY LOOKED AROUND, BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING AT THE TIME. IT WAS DARK AT MY HOUSE WHEN I GOT HOME, I WALKED AROUND THE TRUCK BUT DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING OBVIOUS AT THE TIME. WHEN I CAME OUT THE NEXT MORNING I GOT INTO MY TRUCK AND LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED THE REAR WINDOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS SHATTERED, NO HOLE, NO PIECES MISSING, NO OBVIOUS SIGNS IT WAS STRUCK. THE WINDOW IS ACTUALLY BOW OUT A BIT LIKE THE FORCE WAS FROM THE INSIDE.

TWO PROBLEMS: I) FROM A STOP, SUCH AS FOLLOWING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE INSTRUCTION LIKE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, YIELD (BEFORE MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY), STOP SIGN, PARKING SPOT, ETC, THE TRUCK ATTEMPTS TO START MOVING FORWARD IN 5TH GEAR. THE TRUCK DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD UNLESS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL OR PARK AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE. TRUCK WILL NOT ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION IN 5TH GEAR. II) MORE CONCERNING IS THAT THE TRUCK DECIDES TO DOWNSHIFT INAPPROPRIATELY (E.G. IT SHOULD UPSHIFT OR STAY IN GEAR, BUT DOWNSHIFTS ERRATICALLY CALLING). THIS LEADS TO STOPPING SHORT AND CAUSES THE TRUCK TO BUCK. IT RESULTS IN ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PRESENTS A HORRIBLE RISK TO DRIVER, PASSENGERS, AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. HAD TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD OVER A CURB CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND ALMOST A HEART ATTACK! I HAVE 68,000 MILES ON A TRUCK THAT SHOULD LAST FOR AT LEAST DOUBLE THAT. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN BABIED AND WELL-MAINTAINED SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THIS IS SAD THAT FORD WON'T ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR USING A FAULTY TRANSMISSION WITH KNOWN ISSUES. REF: MOLDED LEADFRAME ISSUE INCLUDING TSB 13-6-8

TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS (30-70 MPH), TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM UPPER GEARS (3RD-6TH) IMMEDIATELY DOWN TO 1ST GEAR, FAILING TO DOWNSHIFT THROUGH THE GEARS IN BETWEEN. WRENCH ICON APPEARS ON DISPLAY. DISPLAY ALSO SHOWS DASHES INSTEAD OF NUMBERS AND THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ZERO ALTHOUGH STILL MOVING FORWARD. REAR TIRES BREAK TRACTION. CRASH POTENTIAL IS HIGH DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON WET ROADS. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AT FIRST IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A RANDOM HARD SHIFT (2ND TO 1ST WHEN ACCELERATING) PERHAPS ONCE A MONTH - EASILY FORGETTABLE. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS HOWEVER, IT'S HAPPENED 4 TIMES AT SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH AND ONCE AT 70 ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THE TRUCK IS TOO DANGEROUS TO OPERATE AND IS WILL BE SIDELINED UNTIL REPAIRED. SCAN TOOL SHOWED P0722 (OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSOR). THE ONLY FIX IS TO REPLACE THE LEADFRAME CONNECTOR (P/N: AL3Z-7G276-D) IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS APPLIES TO THE 6R80 TRANSMISSION. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS ARE IDENTICAL TO THE 2016 RECALL OF 2011-2012 F-150'S. IT SEEMS FORD EXTENDED THE FREE REPLACEMENT WARRANTY FOR 10 YEARS/150,000 MILES FOR EFFECTED VEHICLES. UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE JUST PASSED THE 150K MARK, SO IF THE RECALL IS EXPANDED, I'M ALREADY OUTSIDE THE MILEAGE LIMIT, SO I'LL BE STUCK WITH THE BILL.

TRAVELING AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR CAUSING THE REAR TIRES TO SKID AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE TRACTION. THIS LASTED A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT SHIFTED BACK INTO 6TH GEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. SLOWED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AT ABOUT 20 MPH THEN JERKED FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE NEXT DAY WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ON A CITY STREET THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL CAUSING ME TO STALL INTO APPROACHING TRAFFIC. CHECKING OTHER COMPLAINTS THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE "LEAD FRAME MODULE" WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE MODULE BUT ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WHICH WAS APPARENTLY DAMAGED IN THE ERRATIC SHIFTING. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 5 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS, WHICH IS 4 MONTHS OVER THE WARRANTY DATE. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 50,000 MILES ON IT WHICH IS 10,000 UNDER THE MILEAGE WARRANTY ON THE DRIVETRAIN. I HAD TO PAY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FOR THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRS. THIS ISSUE IS A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND NO IDEA HOW THAT HAPPENED. IT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. *DT*JB

SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO FIRST GEAR AT 55 MPH *TT CONSUMER STATED MOLDED LEAD FRAME WAS REPLACED AND REPAIRED. *JB

IN OCTOBER TRANSMISSION HAD A COUPLE OF HARD SHIFTS. *DT

WHEN ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE INTERSTATE THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHIFT UP AND DOWN AT RANDOM, SO I SLOWED TO ALMOST A STOP AND ALL SHIFTS WERE FINE AFTER THAT

STARTED ON THE INTERSTATE AND GOT UP TO ABOUT 65 MPH AND TRUCK SHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR AND BEGAN TO SKID AND HOP AND WAS ALL OVER THE ROAD, (LUCKILY NO TRAFFIC WAS CLOSE TO ME) GOT CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND CAME TO A STOP. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY ON DASH PANEL. CONTINUED ON MY WAY AT A VERY SLOW SPEED UNTIL I GOT TO AN EXIT TO TURN AROUND AND GET BACK HOME. WHEN GETTING BACK HOME AGAIN NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS

2 INSTANCES OCCURRED: 1/ THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A REGULAR STREET ROAD. SPEED WAS AROUND 30 MPH. THE GEAR SUDDENLY SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR AND FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE 'LOOKED UP'. IT WAS A BRUTAL STOP. AFTER STOPPING, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND DROVE NORMALLY 2/ FEW WEEKS LATER, BUT WITH VERY LOW MILEAGE COMPLETED SINCE THE FIRST EVENT, THE CAR GEARS SHIFTED FROM 2ND TO 5TH. THE VEHICLE JUST TURNED, ENTERING A CAR PARK AT LOW SPEED. AFTER STOPPING COMPLETELY THE VEHICLE, IT RESTATED NORMALLY. THE ISSUE HOWEVER REPEATED FEW MINUTES LATER, GEARS AGAIN SHIFTING FROM 2 TO 5.

SEVERAL ISSUES SPANNING 5 MONTHS AND BECOMING MORE FREQUENT: 1. RANDOMLY FROM A STOP F-150 WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR FOR 5+ SECONDS WHILE REVVING RPM AT 5,000+. 2. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR WILL DISPLAY ON DASH PANE AND SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 0 MPH WHILE I AM DRIVING SPEEDS OF 45 MPH. TACHOMETER WILL WORK AS NORMAL. TO CORRECT I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART MY VEHICLE. 3. LATEST SCENARIO 12/30/18 WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING MY F-150 WILL HARD DOWNSHIFT TO A LOW GEAR AND TOGGLE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW GEARS CAUSING VIOLENT JERKING EXPERIENCES PRODUCING VERY DANGEROUS TRAFFIC SCENARIOS.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL DOWNSHIFT FROM HIGHER GEARS AND THEN NO LONGER SHIFTS OR REGISTERS SPEED - WRENCH LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE ON DASH. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL ALSO DROP DOWN TO ZERO AND NO LONGER REGISTER ANY SPEED EVEN THOUGH THE TRUCK IS MOVING. THE DIGITAL DISPLAY WILL DISPLAY DASHES AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT INDICATOR WILL STAY LITE. WHEN YOU UNBUCKLE THE SEAT BELT THE INDICATOR LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. TOOK IT IN TO HAVE BATTERY TESTED AND HAD 100% CHARGE BUT READING INDICATED A BAD BATTERY SO HAD IT REPLACED BUT ISSUE STILL PRESENTED ITSELF AN HOUR LATER. ISSUE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THEY HAD IT FOR TWO DAYS AND UNABLE TO REPLICATE SITUATION. ALSO TOOK IT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING IF THE ISSUE NEVER PRESENTED ITSELF WHILE THEY HAD THE TRUCK. ASKED IF ISSUE WAS EVER PRESENTED AT THAT FACILITY OR ANY KNOWN ISSUES AND WAS TOLD NO. ISSUE HAS OCCURRED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST 20 DAYS.

TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST FOR NO REASON LOCKING UP THE REAR WHEELS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DEFROSTER BECAME ACTIVATED, POTENTIALLY, AND THE INTENSE HEAT CAUSED THE WINDOW TO SHATTER. FAIR OAKS FORD LINCOLN (2055 OGDEN AVE, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540, (630) 250-5750) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,500.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE OUR TRUCK SHUT DOWN STOPPED WORKING. WE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE. NO WARNING LIGHTS, NOTHING THE VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THERE WAS A WRENCH THAT APPEARED. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CODE OF ISSUE INDICATED AN ISSUE. NO CODE WAS DETECTED. WE WERE TOLD THAT PERHAPS IT WAS BAD FUEL. WE PURCHASED A FUEL CLEANER. AGAIN, WE TRAVELED DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND AGAIN THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. WE TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO FIND OUT THAT THE BRACKET HOLDING THE ENTIRE DRIVE SHAFT WAS BROKEN. WE REPLACED THE PART. STILL THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED FOR NO REASON. WE AGAIN TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND FINALLY A CODE APPEARED. THE CODE INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL SWITCH WAS IN ERROR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. WE CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. A VERY DANGEROUS SIT-IN 2, 1. THE DRIVE SHAFT COULD HAVE SEIZED THE REAR WHEELS, THEREBY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. 2. THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL SWITCH INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WITH NO WARNING. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT BOTH OF THESE SITUATIONS COULD HAVE CAUSED A FATAL ACCIDENT, YET FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, SEND OUT A WARNING TO OTHERS THAT MAY BE EFFECTED. THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE ON THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO PROVIDE NO INDICATION OR WARNING TO PEOPLE THAT OWN THESE VEHICLES. 2011 AND 2012 HAVE BEEN RECALLED. PLEASE HAVE YOUR VEHICLES CHECKED FOR BOTH ISSUES. THE CODE THA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PLACED IT IN DRIVE, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL GLASS REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR TO 3RD GEAR AT 55 MPH. AFTER THIS HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD GEAR. SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND LET SIT FOR 2 HOURS AND THEN DROVE HOME, NO ISSUE. CALLED DEALERSHIP TO REPORT ISSUE. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP, VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED FROM 5TH GEAR TO 2ND GEAR, LOCKING UP REAR WHEELS. VEHICLE DID THIS 3 MORE TIMES DURING THE TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP NOW.

AN UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFT FROM 5TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE REAR TIRES LOCK UP MOMENTARILY, CAUSING SKIDDING. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY AND RANDOMLY THROUGH GEARS 5, 4, 3, 2, AND 1ST. THE TRUCK WILL GO DAYS WITHOUT ANOTHER INCIDENT, BUT THEN MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE DAY. REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER MODULE AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY FROM 1ST TO 5TH AROUND 5 -10 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND SOMETIMES STICKS IN 1ST GEAR OR STARTS OUT IN 5TH GEAR WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE. HAVE TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP AND SHIFT TO NEUTRAL OR REVERSE IN ORDER TO RESET GEAR.

WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AND TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED TO 3RD GEAR AND REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP.

WHILE AT HWY SPEED, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR. WHILE STATIONARY GOING TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE STARTED IN 4TH. VEHICLE IS 2013 FORD F-150. 2011 AND 2012 FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCKS WERE RECALLED FOR SAME ISSUE. DEALERSHIP"... FOUND FAULT WITH OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSOR SIGNAL. CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO INTO LIMP MODE DUE NOT READING THE CORRECT SPEED. TO CORRECT ISSUE REMOVED TRANSMISSION FLUID PAN AND REMOVED MAIN CONTROL VALVE BODY AND REPLACED MOLDED LEAD FRAME CONTAINING SPEED SENSOR. ALSO SET PCM/TCM TO LATEST CALIBRATION AND CLEARED DTC'S POST ROAD TEST."

BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN SEPTEMBER 2015 WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT.NOW I HAVE 101159 MILES ON IT NOW. AT ABOUT 98,000 MILES MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ACCELERATION POWER WHEN FIRST TAKING OFF FROM A STOP OR IF I GET ON THE GAS THE TRUCK HESITATES AND WILL EITHER ACCELERATE SLOW OR WON'T ACCELERATE AT ALL. ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT ABOUT A WEEK AGO WHEN MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY DO TO LOST POWER. CONTACTED A MECHANIC AND HE CAME PICKED THE TRUCK UP AND RAN TESTING ON IT AND COUPLE HOURS LATER CALLED BACK AND SAID MY TIMING CHAINS AND PHASERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WITH THAT SAID IT WILL COST ME $3,000-4,000 TO GET THIS FIXED AND I SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE AN EXTRA COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SHELL OUT FOR THIS FIX . I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF SEARCHING AND HAVE BEEN FINDING THAT A TON OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WHEN THEY CONTACT FORD, FORD IS BASICALLY SAYING THEY ARE SOL AND HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE FIX. I STILL OWE $22,000 AND THOUGHT ABOUT TRADING IT IN FOR SOMETHING ELSE BUT FEEL THEY WILL KNOCK $4,000 OFF WHAT THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. PLEASE HELP!!!

TRUCK ERRATICALLY SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR WHILE TRAVELING AT 55MPH CAUSING REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP AS IF I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES. THERE IS A LARGE WRENCH ICON ON THE DISPLAY WHICH CAUSES THE SPEEDOMETER TO READ 0 MPH WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND ODOMETER READING IS DASHES "-------.--" TRUCK WILL ALSO GET STUCK IN FIRST GEAR WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP WHICH NEARLY CAUSED ME TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AS I WAS EXPECTING TO. TRUCK WILL ALSO GET STUCK IN FIFTH GEAR WHILE AT A STOP. DASHES AND WRENCH CLEAR WHEN TRUCK IS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. ERRATIC BEHAVIOR IS COMPLETELY RANDOM AND MAKES ME FEEL COMPLETELY UNSAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE.

USED REMOTE START ON TRUCK. TRUCK WARMED UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MINUTES, OUTSIDE TEMP 40 DEGREES. UPON ENTERING TRUCK , A LOUD EXPLOSION RESEMBLING A GUNSHOT OCCURED. MY 4 Y/O DAUGHTER FRIGHTENLY POINTED OUT THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE GLASS HAD SHATTERED. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS DEFECT ON FORD FORUMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE AND THE REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WITHOUT IMPACT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER (JENKINS FORD, 8 BILLINGSLEY DR, BUCKHANNON, WV 26201, (800) 400-7770) AND WAS INFORMED TO SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

IN FEB 2018 TRUCK BEGAN RANDOM HARD SHIFT AND LOSS OF POWER WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A LIGHT, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IN AUGUST 2018 AT 70 MPH, HAD A MOMENTARY LOCK UP OF REAR WHEEL, CAUSING THE WHEELS TO CHIRP ON THE ROAD AND RELEASE, SLOWED TO A STOP, PLACED IN NUETRAL NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALL SEEMED NORMAL. ACCELERATED TO 65 MPH AT STEADY SPEED OBSERVED SPEEDOMETER INDICATION MOMENTARILY DROP TO 50 MPH AND BACK TO 60 MPH, SHORTLY AFTER THE FUEL ECONOMY ON THE COMPUTER AVERAGE DROP FROM 18.5 MPG TO 17.5 MPG. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IN DECEMBER 2018 AFTER STOPPING IN IDLE, MOVED TRUCK FROM PARK TO DRIVE, FELT NO POWER TO MOVE OBSERVED I WAS IN 5TH GEAR. PLACED IN PARK, SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED VEHICLE WITH NO ISSUES, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. SPOKE TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR CODE THEY WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE UNTIL ISSUE WAS REPEATED. I HAVE ORDERED AND WILL REPLACE THE LEAD FRAME ASSEMBLY AS THAT APPEARS TO BE THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE, AND CLEAN AND INSPECT ALL CONNECTIONS TO TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS THE SAME ISSUE THE RECALL ON 2012 COVERED ON THE SAME TRANSMISSION, FORD DID NOT INCLUDE 2013 IN THIS RECALL.

PUT THE FORD F150 INTO GEAR, WOULD NOT SHIFT UP FROM 1ST GEAR. SAME ISSUE WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AND HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. HAD TO TURN OFF TRUCK AND RESTART

MY 2013 FORD F-150 XLT WITH 71,000 MILES IS HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING AND COMPLETELY LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. THIS ISSUE HAS STARTED INTERMITTANTLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WHILE I'M DRIVING, A GIANT WRENCH APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD WHICH IS THEN FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER AND ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE IS THEN STUCK INTO A SINGLE GEAR AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND MILEAGE COMPUTER GO BLANK SO I NO LONGER KNOW HOW FAST I'M TRAVELLING. MY VEHICLE ISSUE SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO THE 2011-2012 FORD F-150 TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING RECALL FROM BELOW. 'FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATORS ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER TO REOPEN AND EXPAND A PREVIOUS FORD RECALL BY MORE THAN A MILLION VEHICLES FOR UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFTING. THE INITIAL 2016 RECALL AFFECTED MORE THAN 153,000 FORD F-150, FORD EXPEDITION, LINCOLN NAVIGATOR AND FORD MUSTANG VEHICLES FROM THE 2011-12 MODEL YEARS. A SECOND RECALL WOULD INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO AN ESTIMATED 1,375,577 VEHICLES AFFECTED, AND EXPAND INTO THE 2013 MODEL YEAR."

FORD F-150 PROWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED RESULTING IN A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. MAKING A LEFT IN ALAMEDA ON TO HIGH ST. STRING FAILED AND I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES TO AVOID GOING ON TO THE CURB. I WAS STUCK IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE CARS SWERVED AROUND ME.